Computer graphics processing, operator interface processing, and selective visual display systems inventions 05/06

20060109197 - Display system: A display system (100) is provided which includes two display devices (101a and 101b); a coupling section (102) for coupling the two display devices such that one display device can be displaced relative to the other display device; a detection section (111-114) for detecting a value by which a position...

20060109198 - Method and apparatus for using picture-in-picture data as an independent display: A display in communication with a first display panel and a second display panel is provided. The display controller includes a memory having main display data and PIP display data, wherein the PIP display data is provided by a camera sensor. Tracking circuitry configured to determine a display position of...

20060109199 - Edge lighting system for interactive display surface: An edge lighting system has a plurality of light sources, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted at spaced-apart intervals along a rail that is disposed adjacent to an edge of a display surface. Orifices formed in the rail in which the light sources are inserted are sized to enable...

20060109200 - Rotating cylinder multi-program and auto-stereoscopic 3d display and camera: The invention described herein represents a significant improvement for the users of displays. In a first reflective immersive embodiment, a rotating encompassing projection screen with integral horizontal and vertical reflective lenticulars completely surrounds users to enable multiple users to concurrently watch completely different programs including auto-stereoscopic 3D programs in an...

20060109201 - Wearable apparatus for converting vision signal into haptic signal, agent system using the same, and operating method thereof: A wearable apparatus for converting a vision signal into a haptic signal, an agent system using the same, and an operating method thereof are provided. If a blind person has a vision signal processing module mounted on glasses and a haptic signal processing module wore on a skin, it can...

20060109202 - Multiple program and 3d display and 3d camera apparatus and process: In a first preferred embodiment, this invention provides a low cost means for reliably providing auto-stereoscopic 3D high resolution images on a very large display. A vertical lenticular array is actuated in pixel wide increments to display full resolution auto-stereoscopic image from every pixel on the display such that many...

20060109203 - Method for the allocation of short addresses in illumination systems: In a method for the allocation of short addresses in illumination systems, whose illumination components (DALI EB, Lp) are controlled via a DALI bus, the short address is determined and allocated automatically without the intervention of an operator with the aid of a localization device (Tag, 4)....

20060109205 - High efficiency multi-mode charge pump based led driver: A high efficiency multi-mode charge pump based LED driver comprising a multi-mode charge pump and a LED driver controls the brightness level of at least one group of a plurality of LEDs, which is used as a backlight for a display device. The charge pump provides an output voltage to...

20060109204 - System for controlling led devices: A DMX512 signal source distributor and a loader for a plurality of LED controllers can control LED devices such as an LED board. The DMX512 signal source distributor includes a UART, an MCU connecting to a memory, and a DMX512 encoder chip connecting to a memory. The UART is connected...

20060109206 - Plasma display module: A plasma display module includes a plasma display panel, a chassis supporting the plasma display panel, and a conductive member between the plasma display panel and the chassis. The conductive member may reduce the distortion of electrical signals applied to electrodes....

20060109207 - Driving device and method for plasma display panel: A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the plasma display apparatus are provided. According to an embodiment, the plasma display apparatus is driven by dividing a sub-field into at least an address period and a sustain period. The apparatus includes a timing controlling unit to vary a length...

20060109213 - Plasma display and driving method thereof: A plasma display panel and a method thereof is described. A frequency of a sustain pulse varies according to a screen load ratio in each subfield or frame. The frequency of the sustain pulse is determined such that power consumption of the plasma display panel, which is a function of...

20060109211 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method of the same: A plasma display apparatus and a driving method of the same are provided. The plasma display apparatus comprises a plasma display panel comprising a scan electrode, a sustain electrode and an address electrode; a first controller for controlling an application time point of the data pulse for the address electrode...

20060109208 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof. The plasma display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a Plasma Display Panel (PDP) including scan electrodes and sustain electrodes, a driver that supplies a pre-reset waveform to the scan electrodes or the sustain electrodes prior...

20060109209 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus, and more particularly, to a plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof, in which scan electrodes are scanned according to one of a plurality of scan types and a last sustain pulse of sustain pulses applied to scan electrodes or sustain...

20060109210 - Plasma display device: A plasma display device in which in a sustain period for each subfield, a time point to clamp to a second potential a sustain pulse belonging to a first group including a sustain pulse to be first applied is delayed comparing to a time point to clamp to the second...

20060109212 - Plasma display device and method for driving the same: In a plasma display device, the application of at least one address signal to a cell receiving a scan signal is offset from the application of the scan signal. Such offset improves picture quality and/or reduces noise....

20060109214 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: A plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus comprises a plasma display panel in which a plurality of electrodes are formed, an energy storage unit for storing energy applied to the electrodes, and a protector for maintaining a voltage level of the energy...

20060109216 - Display device: A display device which operates appropriately independently of the manufacture variations of each element formed over a substrate is provided without increasing the number of components. The display device includes an external correction circuit and a panel, and the external correction circuit and the panel are connected to each other...

20060109215 - Display device and electronic apparatus: The invention provides a display device and an electronic apparatus which can reduce power consumption in the case of being driven by using a digital time grayscale method. According to the invention, a row in which all the pixels display black is focused on in a plurality of pixels arranged...

20060109218 - Device and method for driving organic el display: A device and method for driving an organic EL display is disclosed, in which the device includes a photo converter sensing an intensity of external light, and converting the sensed light to an electric signal; an A/D converter converting the electric signal of the photo converter from an analog signal...

20060109217 - Emissive circuit capable of adaptively adjusting brightness: An emissive circuit capable of adaptively adjusting brightness is as follows. A brightness adjusting circuit is for receiving the incident ray and is adapted to adjust the power of the driving device according to the intensity of the incident ray. Thus, the driving device, for driving and controlling the brightness...

20060109219 - Apparatus and method for controlling colour and colour temperature of light generated by a digitally controlled luminaire: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling the correlated colour temperature (CCT) or colour of light produced by an array of light-emitting elements by providing multiple selectable paths for the flow of drive current. The apparatus includes a primary path comprising primary light-emitting elements, and one or...

20060109220 - Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display device preventing a deterioration of picture quality. More specifically, in the method and apparatus, a difference between modulated data and normal input data is calculated, and the normal input data are modulated by using the difference...

20060109221 - Apparatus and method for improving recognition performance for dark region of image: An apparatus and method are provided for displaying an image. A process of human color recognition and a process of human color response are analyzed to find a reference brightness value of an image such that a dark region of the image can be correctly detected. A brightness of the...

20060109222 - Touch sensible display device: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display panel; a plurality of pixels disposed on the display panel; a plurality of sensor data lines disposed on the display panel and disposed between two adjacent pixels; and a plurality of sensing units disposed on the...

20060109223 - Display with improved color depth and method thereof: A display includes a display device and a logic processing unit. The logic processing unit is formed on the display panel to transform a gray value of an original data into the gray value of a display data....

20060109224 - Viewing-angle adjustable liquid crystal display and method for adjusting viewing-angle of the same: A viewing-angle adjustable liquid crystal display includes a display panel and a data driver. The display panel includes several pixel units. Each pixel unit has a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The data driver provides a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage, respectively, to the first sub-pixel...

20060109225 - Semiconductor device, circuit, display device using the same, and method for driving the same: A device excellent in electrical characteristics is provided by suppressing an operation failure owing to a hysteresis effect that occurs in a circuit using MOS transistors having floating bodies. Moreover, sensitivity of a sense amplifier circuit and a latch circuit including these MOS transistors as components is improved. A signal...

20060109229 - Display device and driving method thereof: A driving method of an active matrix display device having M gate lines and N source lines, comprises the steps of writing a data signal of an (m-1)-th row (2=m=M, m is a natural number) to the source line, comparing a data signal of an m-th row with the data...

20060109228 - Liquid crystal display (lcd) driving circuits and methods of driving same: An integrated circuit device includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver circuit. This LCD driver circuit includes a decoder and a multi-stage sample-hold circuit coupled to an output of the decoder. The LCD driver circuit supports different contrasts for the red, blue and green color signals. In particular, the LCD...

20060109230 - Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof: A liquid crystal display may include: a panel assembly provided with a plurality of pixels connected to gate lines and data lines; a signal controller generating a plurality of output control signals on the basis of image data and input control signals from an external MPU; a gate drive circuit...

20060109226 - Relative brightness adjustment for lcd driver ics: Circuits and methods to adjust the brightness of LCD displays have been achieved. The invention applies for LCD systems having a single or multiple display panels. The technique applied makes use of the property of LCDs where each pixel responds to the applied RMS voltage across it, and changing the...

20060109227 - Source driver, gate driver, and liquid crystal display device implementing non-inversion output: A source driver and a gate driver for implementing a non-inversion output characteristic of a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device may include, a liquid crystal panel including pixels, each pixel including TFT transistors connected to different source lines and different gate lines, a source driver which...

20060109231 - System for correcting display device and method for correcting the same: In a display device having a nonvolatile memory device, such as an active matrix type liquid crystal display device, display contents displayed on the display device are obtained by a camera device. The obtained information (corresponding to the display contents) is digital-converted and then processed to detect a defect and...

20060109232 - Liquid crystal display and driving circuit thereof: A gate driver of a liquid crystal display includes classes of driving circuits coupled to each other for outputting gate pulses. At least one class of driving circuits includes a shift register and a switch. The shift register outputs the gate pulse corresponding to the class of driving circuit according...

20060109234 - Apparatus and method for luminance control of liquid crystal display device: A luminance control apparatus of a liquid crystal display device (LCD) is presented. The LCD includes a liquid crystal display panel divided into areas, lamps, an arithmetic unit, and a lamp driver. Fewer lamps are present than the number of areas. The arithmetic unit scans pixels of each area, extracts...

20060109233 - Method for improving a display image performance of a transflective lcd: A method for improving the display image performance of a transflective LCD containing a back light is disclosed. The method includes setting the LCD driving voltages in a first range when the back light unit is on, and setting the LCD driving voltages in a second range when the back...

20060109235 - Controller, control method, and display device utilizing the same: A controller switching a display mode of a display panel. A processor provides a first initial signal and switches to a first display mode when a select signal is asserted. A gate driver simultaneously activates the gate electrodes in a first gate electrode group when receiving the first initial signal,...

20060109236 - Image display device: The present invention provides an image display device capable of freely changing a scanning direction of an image display medium including support plates, first and second electrode groups provided at the plates and colored particles provided between the plates, including first and second electrode-driving components which receive electrode-designation signals and...

20060109240 - Apparatus and method for enhancing the capability of the display output of portable devices: An intelligent surrogate apparatus and method for enhancing the display output and interaction capability of a portable device. The apparatus comprises a communication interface for connecting the portable device and an display controller. In addition, the apparatus comprises a connection manager for establishing connection and managing data flows; a graphics...

20060109241 - Dense multi-axis array for motion sensing: The present disclosure describes an optical displacement sensor having a dense multi-axis array of photosensitive elements. Generally, the sensor includes a two dimensional array of multiple photosensitive elements. In one embodiment, the array includes multiple linear arrays of photosensitive elements arranged along three or more axes in a space-filling, close-packed...

20060109243 - Foldable electronic book: An electronic book includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion. Microprocessor circuitry is positioned in the housing portions to control operation of the electronic book. A cylindrical spine is interposed between the first and second housing portions, which are pivotally connected to the spine to be pivoted...

20060109239 - Integrated module combining cursor control and numeric keypad: A peripheral device for computers or similar electronic devices includes a combination of a cursor controller, such as computer mouse, including a displaceable casing and a numeric keypad having at least one functional key and a plurality of numeric keys formed on a surface of the casing. A displacement detection...

20060109237 - System and method for presentation of enterprise, clinical, and decision support information utilizing eye tracking navigation: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for using gaze detection to improve information display in a healthcare environment. Certain embodiments of a gaze detection and control system include an information system including information related to at least one image, a display device capable of displaying...

20060109238 - System and method for significant image selection using visual tracking: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for improved identification of significant images using visual tracking. Certain embodiments of the system include a visual tracking system capable of tracking a user gaze with respect to a display device and a significant image selector for identifying at...

20060109242 - User interface for impaired users: A user interface for visual browsing of content that is optimal for disabled or impaired people is built around a limited set of actions, e.g., SELECT and BACK, or just SELECT. The rest of the useful information is gathered by the act of pointing. The result is a visual browsing...

20060109244 - Manually operated control: A control includes a drum (36) that is rotatably mounted in a housing (22), and includes devices for generating signals to indicate the direction in which the drum is turning and for generating signals to indicate which end of the drum is depressed. A gear (100) is fixed to the...

20060109245 - Pointing device and cursor for use in intelligent computing environments: A system and process for directing a laser beam within a space is presented. The system includes a pointing device which periodically outputs orientation data indicative of the direction it is pointing and a cursor device which projects a laser beam. The orientation data is used to compute the direction...

20060109247 - Battery-receiving structure of wireless mouse: A battery-receiving structure of a wireless mouse has a front section structure belonging to a front part and a receiving structure belonging to a rear part. The receiving structure has a first latching part, a second latching part, a seat body with multiple battery holes and an upper cover covering...

20060109246 - Oscillation & rotation metric controller: An oscillation and rotation metric controller comprised of a scrolling wheel mechanism to oscillate for driving magnetic poles of a permanent magnet to displace thus to generate signals of changed magnetic field, signals being retrieved to achieve lateral oscillation metric control; and a knob switch encoder being fixed to the...

20060109249 - Electronic device having a multi-functional pointing device of a track ball: An electronic device having a multi-functional pointing device of a track ball in which a connecting part is arranged through which a shaft is connected so that the shaft is connected to the pointing device of track ball. When the shaft moves and pushes, the pointing device of the track...

20060109248 - Pseudo trackball optical pointing apparatus: The present invention is related to a pseudo trackball optical pointing apparatus comprising of a palm-manipulated part of which includes at least a rotating ball by finger's manipulation and the ball is used to reflects the incident light, and an optical module of which produces a correspondingly indicative signal due...

20060109251 - Combined keyboard and movement detection system: This invention integrates a keyboard and movement detecting means into one device. Accordingly, the present invention provides for a combined keyboard and movement detection system for inputting electronic data. The system comprises a unitary keyboard provided with a plurality of data keys for entering data. The keyboard is sized to...

20060109250 - Non-binding sliding display for a handheld electronic device: A handheld electronic device having a slidable display is provided. A display unit is slidably connected to a body unit at two (or more) sliding joints. A mechanical linkage constrains motion at all of the sliding joints to be substantially equal. In this manner, binding of the slidable display is...

20060109253 - Electronic device with functions comparable to joystick and tablet: A multifunction electronic device with function comparable to joystick and tablet, comprising: an electromagnetic signal emitting unit, having an electromagnetic signal emitter arranged at the bottom thereof; a supporting frame, for fixing and supporting the electromagnetic signal emitting unit at a position over an electromagnetic signal receiving unit while allowing...

20060109256 - Haptic feedback for button and scrolling action simulation in touch input devices: A planar touch control is used to provide input to a computer and haptic feedback is provided thereto. A touch control includes a touch input device with a planar touch surface that inputs a position signal to a processor associated with the computer based on a location of user implemented...

20060109254 - Haptic panel apparatus: A haptic panel apparatus is disclosed that enables an operator to sense movement of a touch panel through touch when an input is made. The touch panel is accommodated within a base member, and an electromagnetic drive mechanism is provided between the touch panel and the base member. When the...

20060109255 - Notebook with touch pad module: A notebook and a touch pad module are disclosed. The notebook includes a main body and a touch pad module. The touch pad module is disposed on the main body, having a major surface with a first region and a minor surface with a second region. Area of the first...

20060109258 - Operation input device and electronic device: An operation input device or an electronic device equipped with the operation input device comprises an operation panel which includes a half mirror-deposited film being formed in one surface, and a plurality of touch input sensors of an electrostatic capacity detecting type arranged to face the surface in which the...

20060109252 - Reducing accidental touch-sensitive device activation: Aspects of the present invention reduce the number of false positive touch inputs made by a non-stylus object such as the user's finger or hand. When the stylus is located proximate to the touch-sensitive surface, the sensitivity of the surface to non-stylus input is disabled, reduced, or otherwise modified. For...

20060109259 - Storage medium storing image display program, image display processing apparatus and image display method: A game apparatus includes an LCD, a touch panel is provided in association with the LCD. On the LCD, a game screen of a game such as a puzzle game is displayed. It is noted that a part of the puzzle (virtual space) is displayed on the LCD. During the...

20060109257 - Writing tablet: A movable writing tablet for a chair comprising of a tablet mounted to a tablet support. A double rotating hinge connects to the tablet and support on one end, and is connected to a support block on the other end. The other end of the support block is connectable to...

20060109260 - Handwriting input apparatus: A handwriting input apparatus comprises a position-encoding layer and a pen. The position-encoding layer comprises a plurality of position-encoding pattern. The position-encoding layer is transparent to visible light and is reflective to light of predetermined wavelengths. Each position-encoding pattern represents a specific code. The pen has a projector and a...

20060109261 - Surface acoustic wave touch panel and system of the same: A surface acoustic wave touch panel and a system of the same are provided. The system includes the touch panel, an input/output (I/O) controlling unit, a detecting unit, and a signal processing unit. The touch panel includes a substrate on which at least one first emitter and at least one...

20060109262 - Structure of mouse pen: An improved structure of a mouse pen is disclosed. The mouse pen mainly comprises a hollow pen shaft inside which a refill having a spring is mounted. A pen cover for press is mounted on a distal end of the pen shaft. A cursor control device is mounted on the...

20060109263 - Universal computing device: A universal input device is described. The universal input device provides a common user interface for a variety of different computing platforms including printed documents. Using the present system, one may use the universal input device to control various computing devices as well as capture handwritten electronic ink and have...

20060109264 - Driving method of integrated circuit: A field-effect transistor (T2SW) in a semiconductor integrated circuit is driven by periodically applying positive and negative voltage pulses, with reference to the voltage applied to the source and drain electrodes, to the gate electrode. Stable operation of integrated circuit is realized by a simple method, even if the integrated...

20060109265 - Movement compensation: Aspects of the invention can provide data processor for generating driving image data for operating an image display device, including an image memory, a write-in control section for sequentially writing-in plural frame image data having a predetermined frame rate to the image memory, a read-out control section for reading-out the...

20060109266 - Apparatus and methods for haptic rendering using data in a graphics pipeline: The invention provides methods for leveraging data in the graphics pipeline of a 3D graphics application for use in a haptic rendering of a virtual environment. The invention provides methods for repurposing graphical information for haptic rendering. Thus, at least part of the work that would have been performed by...

20060109267 - Three-dimensional visualization architecture: A virtual terrain architecture and computer program product for employing a geocentric coordinate system, using a tessellated three-dimensional shape for representing a celestial body, and mapping terrain data to the tessellated three-dimensional shape is disclosed. In one embodiment, the methodology begins with a seed polyhedron such as an ellipsoid model....

20060109268 - System and method for generating rendering data associated with a 3-d image: A system and a method for generating rendering data associated with a 3-D image are provided. The system includes a 3-D API configured to generate a first 3-D data message indicative of one or more voxels in a first 3-D image from first 3-D image data. The system further includes...

20060109269 - Systems and methods for three-dimensional modeling: Systems and methods for modifying a virtual object stored within a computer. The systems and methods allow virtual object modifications that are otherwise computationally inconvenient. The virtual object is represented as a volumetric representation. A portion of the volumetric model is converted into an alternative representation. The alternative representation can...

20060109270 - Method and apparatus for providing calligraphic light point display: A visual display system uses commercial graphics processing units (GPUs) to determine an occlusion of calligraphic light points (CLPs) in a visual display. A color buffer pointer address of the GPUs is changed to point to a CLP subpixel counter and color datum associated with each CLP is changed to...

20060109271 - Collapsible (folding) graph: Generally, the present invention is directed towards a system and method for displaying a scientific research data set viewable on an electronic display. The system is made up of a computerized device having an electronic display for displaying a selectable range of data points, an input device for receiving user...

20060109272 - Electronic presentation system: An electronic presentation system of the present invention comprises: communication means; a first image and voice display means connected to the communication means in which display control and communication control through the communication means are controlled by remote control means; and a personal computer provided with a second image and...

20060109274 - Client/server-based animation software, systems and methods: Various embodiments of the invention provide novel software, systems and methods for animation and/or filmmaking. In a set of embodiments, for example, a client-server system provides the ability to control various aspects of a live-action and/or an animated scene, including cameras and/or light sources (either real and/or virtual), animated characters,...

20060109273 - Real-time multi-media information and communications system: An interactive multi-media information and communication system translates an intelligible data stream with discrete elements into one or more logically derived output data streams. The discrete data elements are analyzed by real-time dictionary look-up processing procedures to determine context, application and rule settings. The outcome of the analysis is used...

20060109275 - Method and apparatus for accumulative vector drawing using buffering: A method and apparatus for accumulative vector drawing are provided. The method includes receiving a graphics command, accumulating the graphics command, and rendering the graphics command in an order reverse to an order in which the graphics command was stored, and when the graphics command is a valid definite drawing...

20060109276 - Data outputting method, data outputting device, liquid crystal panel driving device, and liquid crystal display device: A data outputting method is provided which is capable of reducing a memory capacity of a LUT (Look-Up Table). Compressed data obtained by dropping low-order bits making up gray-level data is stored in a manner in which the compressed data can be accessed by high-order bits to be input to...

20060109277 - Efficient bump mapping using height maps: A method for generating bump map data substantially in real time for use in a 3-dimensional computer graphics system. Data is received which defines an area to which a texture is to be applied. Texture data to apply to the area is also received. This data includes surface height data....

20060109278 - Color melding apparatus and method: Techniques for locating an array of melded colors onto a software application's component window in order to create three-dimensional and multicolor graphics within the component window. The techniques include decoding a first and second color into their respective individual color components, performing a transition operation on the foregoing color components...

20060109279 - Display unit and methods of displaying an image: The present invention provides a method of displaying an image on a display device having first and second sides, said image including an light restricting silhouette pattern having a plurality of first transparent or translucent areas, and at least one design layer having at least one color, said at least...

20060109280 - Systems and methods for rendering a polygon in an image to be displayed: Polygon rendering systems for rendering a polygon in an image to be displayed include a rasterizer unit, a first memory buffer, and one or more additional memory buffers. The rasterizer unit is configured to generate one or more low resolution fragments representing a portion of the polygon at a low...

20060109281 - Video display apparatus: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a video display apparatus that can use a controller to calculate a correction value and determine the sampling clock to improve the accuracy of a correction clock, where the correction clock can be used for error reduction, so that degradation of the...

20060109282 - Non-rectangular image cropping methods and systems: Systems and methods according to the present invention provide techniques to automatically crop an image to a desired size and non-rectangular crop shape. A non-rectangular crop shape can, for example, be input to an image processing system. The non-rectangular crop shape is then used to process the original image to...

20060109283 - Temporal-context-based video browsing interface for pvr-enabled television systems: A method and system for presenting a set of graphic images on a television system is presented. A sequence of frames of a video is received. The frames are decoded and scaled to reduced size frames, which are sampled temporally and periodically to provide selected frames. The selected frames are...

20060109284 - Method for image blending: A method for blending multiple layers of images into a blended image is disclosed. Each layer of image contains a plurality of pixels and has a corresponding transparent coefficient. At least one image-overlapping area is formed by overlapping at least two of the layers of images. The method employs a...

20060109285 - Method and apparatus for writing a non-rectangular frame to a display device: The invention is directed to an apparatus and method for writing a non-rectangular frame to a display device and for animating window transitions. The apparatus comprises a memory for storing at least one parameter for defining a first aperture boundary and a data selecting part. The data selecting part is...

20060109286 - System and method for correcting defective pixels of a display device: A method of displaying an image with a display device having at least one defective display pixel is provided. The method comprises generating first, second, and third sub-frames using image data for the image, information that identifies the at least one defective display pixel, a first pixel offset associated with...

20060103587 - Receiver and method for decoding of truncated data: Coded digital data symbols sent from a transmitter through a transmission channel of a communications network are received in a receiver. An estimate, represented by a first number of bits, of a sent data symbol is calculated, and a second number of bits, lower than the first number, is selected...

20060103588 - Methods and systems for imaging device dynamic document creation and organization: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for imaging device dynamic document creation and organization....

20060103589 - Device and method for providing illuminating light using quantum dots: A device and method for providing illuminating light utilizes quantum dots to convert at least some of the original light emitted from a light source of the device to longer wavelength light to change the color characteristics of the illuminating light. The quantum dots may be included in the light...

20060103590 - Augmented display system and methods: A mobile augments information system with capabilities of displaying information within field of view of the eyes a vehicle operator. The mobile augments information system includes a Head Up Display (HUD) apparatus consisting of a projector, a selectively reflecting visor and a HUD processing units. The Mobile HUD displays digital...

20060103591 - Information processing apparatus and method for providing observer with information: There is provided a technology for controlling information to be supplied to an observer depending on a state of an apparatus, namely, whether the observer is receiving information. A use state of a head-mounted display device, for example, the position and/or orientation of the head-mounted display device is detected to...

20060103592 - Projection display: The present invention provides an inexpensive projection display that allows a pixel grid as ineffective portions of respective pixels of a light valve to be made inconspicuous. The projection display includes a birefringent element (43) for spatially separating light from a transmission liquid crystal light valve (39). The birefringent element...

20060103596 - Method and apparatus for driving plasma display panel: A method and apparatus for driving a plasma display panel for preventing and a spot misfire and a miswriting is disclosed. In the method, wall charges are formed at a discharge cell in an initial period. The discharge cell selects discharge cells in an address period. A wall charge control...

20060103595 - Plasma display apparatus: A plasma display apparatus including a plasma display panel, on which terminal units of electrodes are drawn and disposed at an edge of the panel, a chassis base supporting the plasma display panel, and a circuit board arranged at a rear portion of the chassis base to drive the plasma...

20060103593 - Plasma display apparatus and method of driving the same: In the method of driving a plasma display panel according to the present invention, the address electrodes are divided into a plurality of electrode groups, and the an application time point of data pulses applied to one or more of the address electrode groups in the address period is different...

20060103594 - Plasma display apparatus and method of driving the same: The present invention relates to a plasma display panel that includes a scan electrode, a sustain electrode, and a plurality of address electrodes crossing the scan electrode and the sustain electrode. An electrode driver is provided for driving the scan electrode, the sustain electrode, and the address electrode. A controller...

20060103597 - Plasma display device and driving method thereof: A driving waveform is applied to a scan electrode while a sustain electrode is biased at a ground voltage such that a driving board for driving the sustain electrode may not be needed. In addition, when grouping a plurality of scan electrodes into a plurality of groups and representing grayscale...

20060103598 - Plasma display panel and method of driving the plasma display panel: A plasma display panel including a first substrate facing a second substrate, partition walls arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and defining a plurality of discharge cells, pairs of R, G, B discharge electrodes for generating a discharge in the discharge cells, a fluorescent layer emitting red,...

20060103600 - Driving method of plasma display panel: A driving method of a plasma display panel in which scan electrode lines and sustain electrode lines are parallel to each other and address electrode lines are spaced from and intersect the scan electrode lines and the sustain electrode lines, includes temporally dividing a unit frame into a plurality of...

20060103601 - Plasma display device and driving method thereof: When driving a plasma display panel, in a first subfield of a first frame, turn-on cells are selected among cells of a first group of electrodes by performing an address operation for the first group, and a sustain discharge is performed for selected cells, and turn-on cells are selected among...

20060103602 - Plasma display device and driving method thereof: In a plasma display device, an M electrode is provided between the X and Y electrodes. When an X or Y electrode driver applies a sustain pulse voltage of Vs/2 during a sustain period, a third power source also applies voltage Vs/2 to a node of the M electrode driver....

20060103603 - Plasma display panel: A plasma display panel including an upper substrate and a lower substrate facing each other; barrier ribs arranged between the upper and lower substrates to define a plurality of discharge cells together with the upper and lower substrates; a discharge sustain electrode pair extending along discharge cells arranged in a...

20060103599 - Plasma display panel apparatus and driving method thereof: A plasma display panel apparatus and its driving method are disclosed. When temperature of a panel or an ambient temperature of the panel is higher than a reference temperature, the number of reset rising waveforms applied during one frame is increased. Accordingly, degradation of the panel contrast according to a...

20060103604 - Surface discharge type plasma display panel divided into a plurality of sub-screens: A surface-discharge type PDP includes plural electrode pairs formed of first and second sustain electrodes arranged on a first substrate. Each pair extends along a line direction, and the first and second sustain electrodes are in parallel and adjacent to each other. Plural address electrodes arranged on a second substrate...

20060103605 - Plasma display panel driving apparatus: A plasma display panel driving apparatus for applying a voltage to an electrode of the plasma display panel. The apparatus includes a first voltage applying unit to apply a first voltage and a third voltage to the electrode, and a second voltage applying unit to apply a second voltage to...

20060103607 - Apparatus for driving electroluminescence display panel capable of energy recovery: An apparatus for driving an electroluminescence display panel having an icon area where predetermined icons are displayed according to input icon data and a dot-matrix area where variable images are displayed according to input dot-matrix data. A current that is discharged after the dot-matrix area is driven in each horizontal...

20060103608 - Light emitting panel and light emitting display: A light emitting display increases the lifetime of a light emitting element by reverse biasing the light emitting element without using an additional power source and a power source line. The light emitting element is reverse biased without using the power source and the power source line for the reverse...

20060103609 - Method for driving bistable organic light emitting device display: Methods for driving a display consisting of organic bistable light-emitting devices (OBLEDs), each corresponding to one pixel in the display. An exemplary method comprises respectively writing a signal during a sub-frame, into each selected OBLED, applying a certain voltage to all the OBLEDs such that the brightness of each OBLED...

20060103606 - Organic electroluminescence display device: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescence display device which can prevent the degradation of image quality and the property deterioration of a transistor provided in each pixel. The organic electroluminescence display device comprises data lines, gate lines, pixels and a power line, wherein, each of the pixels comprising: a first switching...

20060103610 - Signal line driving circuit and light emitting device: Dispersion occurs in the characteristics of the transistors. The invention is a signal line driving circuit having a first and a second current source circuits corresponding to each of a plurality of signal lines, a shift register, and a constant current source for video signal, in which the first current...

20060103611 - Organic light emitting display and method of driving the same: An organic light emitting display including a scan driver for supplying scan signals to odd scan lines in an ith frame and for supplying scan signals to even scan lines in an (i+1)th frame, a data driver for supplying data signals corresponding to the scan signals, and an image display...

20060103612 - Led driving device and led driving method: Driving voltages of an LED of each color are stored in applied voltage storage register 11, 12 or 13, and the LED of each color is driven with independent driving voltage, whereby current consumption is reduced. Further, data in applied voltage storage registers 11, 12 and 13 is made rewritable...

20060103613 - Interferometric modulator array with integrated mems electrical switches: An interferometric modulator array is integrated with collapsible cavity MEMS electrical switches. The electrical switches may have similar physical geometry as the display elements. The switches may form row or column select functions for the display....

20060103614 - Light adjuster and laminated glass: A light adjuster according to which the wavelength dependence of the transmissivity when a voltage is not being applied can be reduced, and a laminated glass containing the light adjuster. The light adjuster 100 is comprised of a single liquid crystal layer 104, a pair of transparent electrically conductive films...

20060103615 - Color display: A color display comprises a plurality of first pixel groups and a plurality of second pixel groups. Each first pixel group includes three color pixels and each color pixel has at least two subpixels. Each first pixel group has a first arrangement of subpixels. The first pixel groups and the...

20060103617 - Apparatus and method for realizing gray levels of lcd: Disclosed is an apparatus and a method, in which gray levels are realized in such a manner that a pixel is supplied with a constant current instead of a voltage and charging duration (required for inputting data until a gate is turned on/off) is time-divided by the number of gray...

20060103616 - Method for realizing gray levels of lcd device: Disclosed is a method for realizing gray levels of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, which realize various gray levels by interworking a gamma voltage and a sub-frame. The method includes the steps of dividing a liquid crystal response time interval for a pixel during one frame into n sequential...

20060103618 - Driver circuit and display device: To provide a driver circuit that enables reduction in the number of elements formed through a high-voltage process and in chip size. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a driver circuit for inversion-driving a liquid crystal display panel, including: a positive-polarity line transmitting a positive display signal relative...

20060103620 - Driver chip for a display device and display device having the same: A display device includes a PCB, a driver chip and a display panel. The driver chip is mounted on an FPCB that is electrically coupled to the PCB and to the display panel. The driver chip includes a first circuit operating at a relatively low voltage and a relatively high...

20060103619 - Driving unit and display apparatus having the same: In a driving unit and a display apparatus having the driving unit, a control part outputs a first control signal, a second control signal, and a gamma reference voltage in response to an external signal and a data driver outputs a data voltage in response to the first control signal....

20060103621 - Technique that preserves specular highlights: A method for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display that includes a plurality of light emitting elements and a light valve. A image signal is received and a first light emitting element is illuminated based upon a substantial maximum of a non-uniform image signal in a first region....

20060103625 - Electric appliance system having selectable user interfaces and method for controlling the same: In an electric appliance system, an electric appliance for performing designated functions and first and second remote controllers are included. The first remote controller is optionally triggered for controlling a first group of the designated functions, and the second remote controller is optionally triggered for controlling a second group of...

20060103626 - Image display apparatus, display control method for the same, program, and storage medium: An image display apparatus includes a first casing having an operation unit, a second casing having a display unit capable of displaying a plurality of images received from different input sources, and a connection unit configured to interconnect the first and second casings and to allow the second casing to...

20060103624 - Image display apparatus, electronic apparatus, and image display method: When an electronic book 1 momentarily moves by Δy in the direction of the arrow A because of a vibration, an image display 7 (an LCD module 15) is changed downward by Δy so that when the user is viewing an image, the user's line of sight is substantially fixed...

20060103627 - Information displaying device: The conventional mirror shows only a reflected image. For example, a user who looks at the same mirror at a face-washing place at home every day can see only the similar reflected image. The present invention provides an information displaying device capable of displaying information which can be displayed by...

20060103628 - Input device: An input device includes a substrate and a movable object that moves on the substrate. One of the substrate and the movable object includes a magnetic field generator and the other of the substrate and the movable object includes electromagnetic conversion elements provided to detect magnetic fields generated outside of...

20060103623 - Method and apparatus to enter text in a phone dialer entry field: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus to dial a telephone number that includes at least one numeric symbol and at least one non-numeric symbol. The method includes, in response to a user entering a numeric symbol, entering the numeric symbol into a telephone number buffer; in response to the user...

20060103622 - Portable computer device: A portable computer device has data acceptance logic (24,40) that determines whether input data items have time and location information. If not, data items are stored together with time and location information taken from clock (30) and location determining circuitry (28), here a Global Positioning Service (GPS) system. A screen...

20060103629 - Programmable virtual book system: An electronic information browsing system that provides a book-like interface—a virtual book—for presenting electronic contents. Specifically, an electronic information browsing system that allows users to configure its behavior via data and program specification encapsulated in a dynamic file format. Configurable behavior includes but not limited to the kind of contents...

20060103630 - Electronic device and pointing representation displaying method: An electronic device has a display capable of displaying a pointing representation, a detector for detecting a movement of the electronic device, and a display controller for controlling the display so as to move the pointing representation displayed on the display in response to the movement of the electronic device...

20060103631 - Electronic device and pointing representation displaying method: An electronic device has a display capable of displaying a pointing representation, a detector for detecting a movement of the electronic device, and a display controller for controlling the display so as to move the pointing representation displayed on the display in response to the movement of the electronic device...

20060103634 - Apparatus and method of providing fingertip haptics of visual information using electro-active polymer for image display device: An apparatus provides fingertip haptics of visual information using an electro-active polymer for an image display device. The apparatus includes a sensing unit which outputs a detecting signal by detecting a user's finger touching a surface of a touch panel; a pattern generating unit which generates a pattern signal of...

20060103633 - Customizable touch input module for an electronic device: A system having a customized interface for providing user inputs to an electronic device and a method for configuring the system is disclosed. The system comprises a user interface that includes a finger sensor and a mechanical component, both for receiving user inputs. A customizable device interface couples the user...

20060103635 - Device and method of avoiding noise in touch screen panel: A method of avoiding noise in a touch screen panel, and a device to perform the method, the method including providing a clock signal to a control unit to control the touch screen panel; wherein the clock signal is supplied to the control unit according to a received touch screen...

20060103632 - Integral spacer dots for touch screen: A touch screen comprising a flexible sheet comprising a substantially planar surface and integral compressible spacer dots formed thereon, where each spacer dot comprises a base cross section in the substantially planar surface of the flexible sheet defined by a first point or set of connected points intersecting an axis...

20060103636 - Interactive display suspended for patient viewing: An electronic display assembly for viewing by a person in a resting position includes: a carriage movable along a translation axis; a pivot arm coupled to the carriage, the pivot arm pivotable about a pivot axis; and a subassembly coupled to the pivot arm. The subassembly includes an electronic display...

20060103637 - Inputting/outputting apparatus and method, recording medium, and program: An inputting/outputting apparatus and method is disclosed wherein the position of an object which is in contact with or in the proximity of the apparatus can be detected with a high degree of accuracy with a simple structure without deteriorating the picture quality while the convenience in use is assured....

20060103639 - Display device: A display device is provided which is capable of, at time of driving a display panel section, preventing noise caused by components exhibiting a piezoelectric effect and of achieving silent operations and removal of unpleasant audible noise. When load variation for each line has an audio frequency component, noise occurs...

20060103641 - Display device with electrical zipper interconnect: A display device includes an electronic display adapted to produce images, an electronic device that electrically communicates with the display and a zipper interconnect adapted to enable electrical connection between the display and the electronic device. The electronic display can be a reflective display such as a liquid crystal display...

20060103638 - Light film device: A light film apparatus that can be used to display static any/or dynamic graphics on an illuminated graphics panel. The illuminated graphics panel can be mounted in or near a window of a vehicle, a building or the like. Any one or more sensors can detect a condition and communicate...

20060103640 - Organic electroluminescence display: Embodiments of an organic electroluminescence display capable of preventing line mura generated due to manufacturing differences in driving transistors are disclosed. The manufacturing differences may be due to deviations of irradiated energy beam density generated from an excimer laser annealing process for crystallizing amorphous silicon into polycrystalline silicon. One embodiment...

20060103642 - Charging and communication cable system for a mobile computer apparatus: A charging and communication cable system for a handheld computer system is disclosed. The charging and communication cable system includes a first interface for connecting to the handheld computer system, a second interface for connecting to another computer system, and a third interface for coupling to a charger system. In...

20060103643 - Measuring and modeling power consumption in displays: Methods and systems for determining power consumption in displays are described. In some cases, the power may be determined by determining the capacitance of each pixel in the display, where the capacitance may be different for pixels in bright and dark states and for pixels of different color. Methods and...

20060103644 - Display apparatus and method for eliminating incidental image thereof: A display apparatus having a display panel on which an image is displayed, including: an image sensing unit sensing whether the displayed image is still; a video processing unit capable of changing a video gain of a video signal applied to the display panel; and a controller controlling the video...

20060103645 - Method for accelerated determination of occlusion between polygons: The invention describes a method and system for use in occlusion culling of polygons in an interactive environment, such as a game. The invention employs a boundary box to simplify the testing of occludee polygons. Occluders and occludees are also transformed into non-interpenetrating, non-overlapping polygons. Winged-edges are employed to minimize...

20060103646 - Entertainment apparatus, object display device, object display method, recording medium and character display method: An entertainment system 10 has: a depth computing module 210 which computes a viewpoint distance from viewpoint coordinate to an object; a scaling computing module 208 which computes scaling for a unique size of the object based on the viewpoint distance; a model transforming module 206 which multiples the unique...

20060103647 - Transparent depth sorting: Methods and systems for transparent depth sorting are described. In accordance with one embodiment, multiple depth buffers are utilized to sort depth data associated with multiple transparent pixels that overlie one another. The sorting of the depth data enables identification of an individual transparent pixel that lies closest to an...

20060103648 - Method and system for mesh-free analysis of general three-dimensional shell structures: A method, system and computer program product pertained to engineering analysis of a general three-dimensional (3-D) shell structure using the mesh-free technique is disclosed. The structural responses are solved with mesh-free technique after the 3-D shell structure is mapped to a two-dimensional plane. According to one aspect, the present invention...

20060103650 - Display controlling apparatus, information terminal unit provided with display controlling apparatus, and viewpoint location controlling apparatus: The object of the present invention can be achieved by a display controlling apparatus for displaying a plurality of information objects including an information object shown by a three-dimensional shape in a three-dimensional virtual space. In the display controlling apparatus, a view to display is determined based on a shape...

20060103649 - Method and computing device for rendering graphical objects: A method and computing device for rendering graphical objects is provided. A transformation to be applied to a graphical object is determined. Verification data corresponding to the transformation is determined. The transformation is adjusted using the verification data. The graphical object transformed with the transformation is rendered via an output...

20060103651 - Method and computer program for implementing interactive bargraphs of any shape or design on a graphical user in interface: A method and computer program are provided for implementing an interactive bargraph that includes associating an interactive bargraph with an independent touch map image having a plurality of pixel values, displaying the interactive bargraph, determining a current level of the interactive bargraph based on the content of the touch map...

20060103652 - Graphics systems and methods: Embodiments of graphics systems and methods are disclosed. In one method embodiment, a graphics method comprises receiving information about a line primitive and segmenting the line primitive with a plurality of bounding areas....

20060103653 - System and method of caching glyphs for display by a remote terminal: A method and system of operating a remote terminal by a terminal server caches representation data of glyphs to be displayed on the remote terminal to reduce the amount of glyph data that have to be transmitted to the remote terminal through a network connection. The glyph caching is performed...

20060103654 - System and method of caching glyphs for display by a remote terminal: A method and system of operating a remote terminal by a terminal server caches representation data of glyphs to be displayed on the remote terminal to reduce the amount of glyph data that have to be transmitted to the remote terminal through a network connection. The glyph caching is performed...

20060103656 - Communication protocol for synchronizing animation: A communications protocol is described that governs asynchronous exchange of data between a high level animation system and a low level animation system. The high level animation system has a variable, medium-frequency frame rate and is optimized for interactivity. The low level animation system has a constant, high frequency frame...

20060103655 - Coordinating animations and media in computer display output: Described is a method and system in which storyboard objects coordinate the animation of multiple elements and/or media displayed on a computer graphics display. Storyboards relate properties of elements in an element tree to a timeline, such that the properties associated with a storyboard are animated/play together as a group...

20060103657 - Systems and methods of providing image copy and modify commands to a receiver with an associated display: A method comprises providing image copy and modify commands to a receiver. Each copy command causes pixel values in an area of a display associated with the receiver to be copied to another area of the display and each modify command causes at least one pixel value in an area...

20060103658 - Color compression using multiple planes in a multi-sample anti-aliasing scheme: Systems and methods are provided for compressing computer graphics color data in a system utilizing a multi-sample anti-aliasing scheme using multiple planes for storing color data samples. Each of the planes is configured as a block of contiguous memory....

20060103659 - Latency tolerant system for executing video processing operations: A latency tolerant system for executing video processing operations. The system includes a host interface for implementing communication between the video processor and a host CPU, a scalar execution unit coupled to the host interface and configured to execute scalar video processing operations, and a vector execution unit coupled to...

20060103660 - Methods and apparatus for encoding and decoding images: Methods and apparatus for generating images, compressing image data, decompressing image data, and processing the decompressed image data so that it can be used by a rendering circuit of a device, e.g., a set top box, are described. Images are generated in the native format used by the rendering circuit...

20060103661 - Rendering volumetric fog and other gaseous phenomena: Systems and methods for rendering a gaseous display. The distance from a user's reference point to each pixel through the gas is determined. The distance is then converted into an attenuation factor that is used to blend the scene color with the gas color. The result can then be used...

20060103662 - Method and system for displaying a menu which has an icon: A menu displaying system and method having an icon for editing image data in an AV (Audio and Video) device, the AV device having a recording medium capable of storing image data and audio data, and which is capable of reproducing image data and audio data. The method comprises steps...

20060103663 - Method and system for real-time anti-aliasing using fixed orientation multipixels: An improved method and system for generating real-time anti-aliased polygon images is disclosed. Fixed orientation multipixel structures contain multiple regions, each with independent color and depth value, and an edge position. Regions are constructed for polygon edge pixels which are then merged with current region values, producing new multipixel structures....

20060103664 - Contents reproduction device capable of reproducing a contents in optimal reproduction mode: When contents which are an animation are downloaded, a contents reproduction terminal identifies whether or not each object, such as a figure, an image or text, which is included in the contents is a 3-D (stereoscopic) object that includes deepness information on the depth of the object. Thus, it is...

20060103668 - Dynamic representation process and system for a space of characterized objects enabling recommendation of the objects or their characteristics: A process for generating a dynamic and contextualized cartography of information including a step of collaborative filtration which includes determining at least one affinity group formed from a set of profiles, wherein the distance from the profile to a reference object is less than a threshold value, a step of...

20060103665 - Method and system for streaming documents, e-mail attachments and maps to wireless devices: A method for streaming vector images to wireless devices, including receiving a request from a wireless device for a portion of a vector image and a target display width and height, the vector image including a plurality of vector primitives, determining which of the vector primitives are positioned so as...

20060103667 - Method, system and computer readable code for automatic reize of product oriented advertisements: A system, method and computer readable code for re-sizing (e.g. shifting and re-scaling) graphical objects is disclosed. According to some embodiments, a layout engine differentially re-sizes different groups of graphical object in accordance with different re-size parameters. According to some embodiments, the layout engine re-sizes graphical objects in accordance with...

20060103666 - Operating apparatus and remote control system: The operating apparatus having: a display section to display an operation screen showing an item of a function of an equipment; an operating section to accept input of message information for the operation screen displayed on the display section and setting of a display position of the message information on...

20060103669 - Method and device for constructing and viewing a computer model image: The invention relates to a method and a device for constructing and viewing a computer model image. The invention comprises the following steps: at least one zone of the image is selected; the part of the image that is located outside the selected zone (2) is displayed with standard display...

20060103670 - Image processing method and computer readable medium for image processing: A multi-value mask as shown in FIG. 2B2 is applied on a target image shown in FIG. 2B1. The multi-value mask can have a real value corresponding to each voxel; for example, the multi-value mask has real values in the boundary area of the target image like “1, 1, 1,...

20060103675 - Display apparatus and displaying method for the same: It is determined whether or not blocks of a main scanning direction-wise pixel line of an LCD and a sub-image data of an image information table are superposed. When they are determined to be superposed, a reading out address of the sub-image data is calculated, a sub-image block data is...

20060103671 - Method of background colour removal for porter and duff compositing: A method (700) of compositing a group of graphical objects onto a background image, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, is disclosed. The method (700) allows a grouped plurality of objects to be composited onto a background image to produce the same result as if each of...

20060103674 - Methods for automated and semiautomated composition of visual sequences, flows, and flyovers based on content and context: A system with the ability to dynamically compose a sequence of visual views or flows allowing a single object or region, or multiple objects or regions, to be viewed from different perspectives and visual distances is described. The sequence of views can provide smooth flyovers over positions and details on...

20060103676 - System and method for providing a dynamically updating legend: Generating a dynamic legend for a drawing developed by a diagramming software program. A drawing sheet module and legend module, logically-coupled to the drawing sheet module, are useful for generating and updating a dynamic legend. The legend module can support the addition of a legend to a drawing sheet. The...

20060103672 - System, method, and computer program product for managing parametric and other objects: An XML system and format for managing multiple parametric objects. The preferred embodiments allow users to model complex systems of discrete parametric objects. Complex equipment systems such as overhead conveyors or automated guided vehicles can be modeled using a simple center-line path and a library of parametric XML objects. Properties...

20060103673 - Vector path merging into gradient elements: In one embodiment, methods and architectures are provided that heuristically analyze an incoming vector path data stream over multiple DDI calls, and merge the path data strips into a single gradient element. This single gradient element can then be processed, as by being serialized into XAML, so that it can...

20060103678 - Method and system for interactive visualization of locally oriented structures: A method of visualizing an object in an image includes presenting an image, selecting a point in an object of interest in said image, determining a main orientation of said object of interest, presenting a first visualization of said object of interest, wherein said first visualization has a first display...

20060103677 - System and method for effectively performing arbitrary angle sprite rotation procedures: A system and method for effectively performing arbitrary angle sprite rotation procedures includes a display controller with an input module that is configured to store an unrotated sprite into a sprite memory. The display controller also includes a sprite pipe that performs sprite rotation procedures upon the unrotated sprite to...

20060103679 - Apparatus and method for transposing data: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for transposing data. The apparatus includes a pair of line memories, a pair of memories and output units. The line memories horizontally read image data a frame of which is composed of K×L byte data (row length: K bytes, column length: L bytes),...

20060103680 - Apparatus and method for calculating source image coordinates: A method and an apparatus for calculating source image coordinates. In an embodiment, a variation rate of the source image coordinate with respect to a converted image coordinate is calculated by a recursive computation, and variation rates are accumulated to obtain the source image coordinate. Because the converted image coordinate...

20060103681 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus with a display part to display a picture thereon, including a user interface (UI) generator to provide an interface screen for setting an overscan region of a picture displayed on the display part; a user input part used for selection/input of a user; and a controller to...

20060103684 - Light emitting device and electronic apparatus using the same: Providing a light emitting device capable of suppressing the variations of luminance of OLEDs associated with the deterioration of an organic light emitting material, and achieving a consistent luminance. An input video signal is constantly or periodically sampled to sense a light emission period or displayed gradation level of each...

20060103682 - Liquid crystal panel drive device: A liquid crystal panel drive device performs overdrive by using a frame memory (1) and a lookup table (2). The device is characterized by that there are provided a plurality of types of lookup table (2) to be used according to temperature and the lookup tables (2) are selectively switched...

20060103683 - Method and system for gamma adjustment of display apparatus: A method for gamma adjustment of a display apparatus having a gamma transform table for an input signal, the method including selecting a plurality of sample gray levels among gray levels of the input signal; measuring a brightness level of an output video signal with regard to the plurality of...

20060103685 - Method for generating video clock and associated target image frame: A method for generating a video clock and an associated target image frame is disclosed. The method generates an output clock signal for outputting a target image frame to a panel according to a frame pixel number and a vertical synchronization signal (Vsync). The target image frame corresponds to a...

20060097954 - Method of displaying text on multiple display devices: A method of displaying text on multiple display devices. The multiple display devices include a master device with a master display and at least one slave device with a slave display. The method includes establishing communication between the master device and the slave device, dividing the text into a first...

20060097955 - Portable electronic device: A display operation mediating means is placed between an application executing means for selectively executing a plurality of applications and generating display control information for each application, and first and second display devices. In this display operation mediating means, priorities are preset for a plurality of pieces of display control...

20060097956 - Programmable display device: A programmable display device selects and displays one screen data item from one of screen data groups each constituted of a plurality of screen data items indicative of control conditions. Further, the programmable display device includes a selection information forming section and a screen data group setting section. The selection...

20060097957 - Display panel and large display using such display panel: A tiling of multiple display panels having reduced seam widths (gap) therebetween using a plurality of single edge connect display panels, wherein for each display panel: interconnect lines in the lateral direction are formed on a front plate; input portions of the interconnect lines are routed on an area where...

20060097958 - Projection system: A projection system having a projection display (20), at least one light source (10), and a sensor means for sensing and compensating for changes in the luminous flux emitted by the at least one light source (10) is described. The sensor means comprises in this case at least one sensor...

20060097960 - Driving method: The present invention provides a driving method suitable for a plasma display. The plasma display includes multiple scan electrodes, multiple sustain electrodes and multiple address electrodes, for example. Successive frames are adapted to be displayed in repeating reset periods, address periods and sustain periods by applying driving signals to the...

20060097959 - Electrode driving apparatus for plasma display panel: e

20060097961 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof. In accordance with a plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof, widths of scan pulses are different depending on locations of the scan lines. Since scan pulse widths are set depending on locations of the scan lines,...

20060097963 - Driving method of plasma display panel, and plasma display device: According to a plasma display device of the present invention, a waveform for erasing a wall charge of an address electrode formed near a sustain electrode is applied during a first period of a sustain period, when a temperature of a PDP is lower that room temperature. Thereby, with an...

20060097962 - Plasma display device and driving method thereof: A method for driving a plasma display device having a plurality of discharge cells formed thereon. At least one first discharge cell is selected from among the plurality of discharge cells to be in a light emitting cell state by discharging the at least one first discharge cell in an...

20060097964 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof. In an embodiment of the present invention, a scan bias voltage that is controlled according to a mapped sub-field, a data load or an APL of each sub-field is supplied. In an embodiment of the present invention,...

20060097965 - Active matrix electroluminescent display devices: Each pixel of an active matrix electroluminescent display device has a first amorphous silicon drive transistor for intermittently driving a current through the display element and a second amorphous silicon drive transistor for intermittently driving a current through the display element. The aging effect of amorphous silicon TFTs can be...

20060097966 - Organic light emitting display and driving method thereof: An organic light emitting display and a driving method thereof, in which an image is displayed with uniform brightness. The organic light emitting display includes: a scan driver for supplying a plurality of first scan signals at substantially a same time to a plurality of scan lines in a first...

20060097968 - Display apparatus: A display apparatus includes an illuminator for irradiating light onto the light bulb, and a control unit that includes a data analyzer for analyzing image data, an image memory for storing the image data, a display-data generating converter for converting the stored image data to display-data for the light bulb,...

20060097967 - Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof: An LCD groups pixels in each row into a plurality of blocks, and calculates difference in gray between every two image data applied to a pair of adjacent odd and even pixels in each block including pixels in a row for each of first to third colors. It is determined...

20060097969 - Data driving system and display having adjustable common voltage: The invention relates to a data driving system and a display, wherein the data driving system for driving a display panel, comprises a Gamma reference voltage generator, a common voltage generator, and a plurality of data drivers. The Gamma reference voltage generator is used for generating a plurality of Gamma...

20060097971 - Liquid crystal display and driving device of the same: e

20060097970 - Liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same: Fine electrode patterns pattern-formed in the shape of fine teeth of a comb bilaterally symmetrical with respect to band-shaped portions are formed at even intervals in a pixel electrode, and band-shaped dielectric layers are pattern-formed at even intervals to cover the fine electrode patterns in a display pixel. By the...

20060097972 - Liquid crystal display device: In an active-matrix liquid crystal display device, each of multiple pixels includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, through which different voltages are applicable to a portion of the liquid crystal layer. Each of the first and second sub-pixels includes a liquid crystal capacitor defined by a counter electrode...

20060097973 - Current-driven oled panel and related pixel structure: A display apparatus includes a light-emitting device, a first scan line for transferring a first signal to select the light-emitting device, a data line for transferring a data current signal to drive the light-emitting device, a first transistor having a gate coupled to the first scan line for selecting the...

20060097976 - Display device and driving device thereof: A device of driving a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided. The display device includes a plurality of display circuits, a plurality of sensing circuits, and a plurality of data lines connected to the display circuits and the sensing circuits. The driving device includes:...

20060097975 - Display device including sensing elements: A display device is provided, which includes: a display panel unit; a first sensor formed on the display panel unit and generating a first sensing signal based on an external light; and a second sensor formed on the display panel unit and generating a second sensing signal in response to...

20060097974 - Driver for driving color-type display apparatus including small-sized partial image memory: In a driver for driving a color-type display apparatus capable of displaying a partial display area of a display panel, where each pixel is formed by at least three color dots, a partial image memory is adapted to store video data for each pixel of the partial display area, and...

20060097977 - Liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display panel to which a display datum is inputted and which has a backlight arranged at a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first arrangement for identifying gray scales in respective pixel...

20060097979 - Back light driving device: A back light driving device having an inverter circuit connected with a lamp, the inverter circuit including a driving voltage generating unit provided with a plurality of lead parts, which is joined with a power input unit and a switch unit for supplying a driving voltage to the lamp, wherein...

20060097978 - Field-sequential color display with feedback control: A field-sequential color light system has a light source that includes multiple color light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a spectral feedback control system that is configured to drive the color LEDs, to detect light from the color LEDs, and to adjust color-sequential drive signals in response to the light detection...

20060097980 - Image display device and method of driving liquid crystal panel: Aspects of the invention can provide an image display device, including a liquid crystal panel used to display an image, a light source, a light transmission unit that can make a light from the light source pass through pixels only for a predetermined length of time within a frame cycle...

20060097981 - Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof: An LCD and a driving method thereof. A plurality of scan lines are divided into first-group scan lines and second-group scan lines. A scan signal is sequentially applied to the first-group scan lines in a first direction, and a scan signal is then sequentially applied to the second-group scan lines...

20060097982 - Display device drive method: A display apparatus is capable of performing a gradation display and a high-speed low-power-consumption display by controlling the colored state of each pixel to an appropriate state. A driving method for the display apparatus displays images through deposition and dissolution of a metal by impressing a predetermined voltage on each...

20060097986 - Image display system: In an image display system, a manipulation signal obtaining unit obtains a manipulation signal in accordance with manipulation of manipulation switches. A display control unit controls to display a plurality of switch indicators, which are selectable based on the manipulation signal, on a display screen. A storing unit stores correspondences...

20060097984 - Key sensor in mobile station: A key sensing apparatus in a mobile station comprises a keypad comprising a plurality of keys, and a key interrupt block operatively coupled to the keypad, adapted to receive a key interrupt value from the keypad. The key sensing apparatus also comprises a key bit detection unit operatively coupled to...

20060097987 - Method and/or apparatus for user selection of signals to be sent to a computer: The present invention is a method and/or apparatus for user selection of signals to be sent to a computer for the purpose of initiating functioning macros, inputting specified user data, or launching user pre-selected commands, and are associated with electronic switches that allow for at least three input stages; depressing...

20060097985 - Portable terminal and data input method therefor: A method and apparatus for receiving data from a virtual input device by detecting and analyzing the motion of a user input means simply using a two-dimensional image sensor without projecting the virtual input device. In a portable terminal for receiving data from a user input means through a virtual...

20060097983 - Tapping input on an electronic device: An apparatus and method for tapping input on electronic devices are provided. An electronic device, such as a phone, a media playing device, or a personal digital assistant, detects a tap by a user on a surface of the device using one or more motion sensors. Based on the data...

20060097988 - Method of searching images stored in digital storage device: Provided is a method of searching images stored in a digital storage device. The method includes: categorizing photographed images into a plurality of categories according to their characteristics; displaying a predetermined number of thumbnail images on a monitor of the digital storage device; and displaying thumbnail images on a different...

20060097992 - Apparatus and method of determining a user selection in a user interface: A user interface (210) includes an RC circuit (213). The RC circuit (213) includes a variable capacitance. The variable capacitance is produced by a sensing member (310) in cooperation with a user's finger (311). When a user makes a selection with the user interface (210), the user places a finger...

20060097995 - Apparatus, method and recording medium for evaluating time efficiency and real-time nature of pointing device: An apparatus for evaluating a pointing device is provided in which time efficiency of a pointing device such as a mouse can be evaluated intuitively from a viewpoint of a user who uses a system. The apparatus displays a trajectory of a pointer on a screen based on a movement...

20060097990 - Guard-equipped image display device: The present invention is to provide an image display device ensuring that erroneous operation of an input means arranged at one or both of a front center and a periphery of a display unit is prevented. The display unit (1) is supported by a stand (2). The input means for...

20060097996 - Input device: An input device is presented. The input devices contains a chassis having an opening. A detecting unit has a surface panel exposed through the opening and detects a pressing operation when the surface panel is pressed. An exciting unit vibrates the surface pane. A driving unit generates driving signals driving...

20060097989 - Interactive ir electronic white board: The present invention discloses an interactive IR electronic white board, around which is an infrared emitting and receiving array. An output port of a column driver of emitting array is connected to high frequency modulating signal generator, and an output port of a column driver of the receiving array is...

20060097993 - Key functionality for communication terminal: A multimedia terminal has a touch sensitive display that displays information and receives user inputs. A control unit controls the operation of the terminal in accordance with user inputs received by the touch sensitive display and selectively executes at least one audio application and at least one video application. There...

20060097991 - Multipoint touchscreen: A touch panel having a transparent capacitive sensing medium configured to detect multiple touches or near touches that occur at the same time and at distinct locations in the plane of the touch panel and to produce distinct signals representative of the location of the touches on the plane of...

20060097994 - Remote-control switch: There is provided an excellent easy-to-use remote-control switch in which finger dirt can be infallibly prevented from adhering to a display unit. A remote touch pat 4 capable of performing selection operation is provided separately from a navigation body 2 and the navigation body 2 can be remote-controlled by practicing...

20060097998 - Desktop computer conferencing system: A man-computer-man communications system, including a computer workstation (10), which is comprised of a display device (22), graphic tablet (18), stylus (14), computer unit (24), and display device screen (16) located at convenient locations. The active area of the graphic tablet is a transparent surface area (18), which is coincident...

20060097999 - Desktop computer conferencing system: A man-computer-man communications system, including a computer workstation (10), which is comprised of a display device (22), graphic tablet (18), stylus (14), computer unit (24), and display device screen (16) located at convenient locations. The active area of the graphic tablet is a transparent surface area (18), which is coincident...

20060097997 - Method and system for capturing data using a digital pen: A data capturing system is provided. The data capturing system includes a digital pen and a color-coded medium. The color-coded medium contains color information. The digital pen is able to detect the color information and to determine at least one field information of the color-coded medium based on the detected...

20060098000 - Computing device bezel and facia button therefor: Disclosed are a computing device bezel and a facia button that is used with the bezel. In one embodiment, the facia button includes a base member, a finger interface that is supported by and that extends from the base member, an axis about which the facia button can pivot, and...

20060098002 - Broadcast-data display control device and method, and broadcast-data receiving device: A display control device includes the following elements. A related data acquisition unit acquires related data of a predetermined channel from a broadcast signal. A supplementary screen generator generates a supplementary screen indicating an overview of a related data display screen on the basis of the related data. A related...

20060098003 - Electronic device and method of driving the same: In an electro-optical device for performing image display using an n-bit (where n is a natural number, n≧2) digital image signal, n×m (where m is a natural number) volatile memory circuits, and n×k (where k is a natural number) non-volatile memory circuits are contained in every one pixel. The electro-optical...

20060098001 - System and method for effectively preventing image tearing artifacts in displayed image data: A system and method for effectively preventing image tearing artifacts in displayed image data includes an input module that writes the image data into a display buffer at an input frame rate, and an output module that reads the image data from the display buffer at an output frame rate...

20060098004 - Sensing display: A display and method for making the same are provided that can sense a force applied thereto. The display comprises a substrate, an array of individually controllable image-forming elements arranged on the substrate; and a support located proximate to the substrate. The support has an arrangement of light paths formed...

20060098006 - Method of displaying images: The present invention relates to a method for image reproduction, in particular for single or serial medical exposures, whereby one or more main images are reproduced on a display device. The method is characterized in that additional or interim images are generated using image interpolation prior to image reproduction from...

20060098005 - Printing of holographic stereogram using desktop computer printer: Methods and devices for making holographic stereogram using electronic desktop printers are disclosed. A new printing medium comprising microscopic arrays of embossed holographic optical elements is provided. Methods of mass printing such stereographic images directly or indirectly are also disclosed....

20060098007 - Image processing method for automatic adaptation of 3-d deformable model onto a substantially tubular surface of a 3-d object: An image processing method, comprising acquiring an image of a 3-D tubular object of interest to segment; computing a 3-D path that corresponds to the centerline of the tubular object and defining segments on said 3-D path; creating an initial straight deformable cylindrical mesh model, of any kind of mesh,...

20060098008 - Method, device and computer program product for generating a three-dimensional model: To create a three-dimensional model for a tangible existing object, the object in question is first digitized to generate a network model of the object. The network model is then divided into bilinear surface elements, which are finally reunited to form a surface or volume model. A finite element model...

20060098009 - Method and apparatus for ray and range queries using wide object isolation techniques: A method and apparatus for automatic creation of computer data structures for performing ray and range queries; and which said method and apparatus can improve various performance metrics of the data structures, such as query speed, data structure build time, and memory footprint of data structures. The method and apparatus...

20060098010 - Anatomical visualization and measurement system: A computer-based visualization system for visualizing an anatomical structure comprising a 3-D computer model with at least one first software object corresponding to the anatomical structure; a database of second software objects, wherein at least one corresponds to a graft implant which is to be deployed adjacent or into the...

20060098011 - Method and apparatus for displaying information: A method for displaying large amounts of information. The method includes the steps of forming a spatial layout of tiles each corresponding to a representative reference element; mapping observed elements onto the spatial layout of tiles of representative reference elements; assigning a respective value to each respective tile of the...

20060098012 - Apparatus and method for processing image with reduced memory capacity and power consumption: For converting image data into a block scan order with an h*v sized block, a memory stores a respective n-pixel data segment at each address with n=h. An address generator determines a current address of the memory for a current n-pixel data segment of a previous phase to be read...

20060098013 - Spectator experience for networked gaming: A spectator experience corresponding to an occurrence of one or more games or events is generated based on each associated occurrence. The occurrence of a game or event varies in response to contributions and/or interactions of one or more participants of the game or event. The spectator experience enables users...

20060098014 - Apparatus and method for generating digital character: Provided are an apparatus for generating multiple digital characters that do not collide with each other and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a posture storing block for extracting and storing key postures from motion capture data provided from the outside and for calculating and storing connection relationship between the...

20060098015 - System and method for providing user input to character animation: The present invention provides a system that increases a user's control over character animation. Time-dependent signals are accepted from a user input device. The input is processed in real-time such that the user's input can be used to directly control the animation of an animated character. For example, the animation...

20060098016 - Motherboard: A motherboard having a first transmission mode and a second transmission mode includes a chipset, a first graphic interface, a second graphic interface, a Small-Outline Dual-inside Memory Modules (SO-DIMM) connector, and an adapter. The SO-DIMM connector is connected with the chipset, the first graphic interface and the second graphic interface...

20060098019 - Automated construction of shader programs: Although GPUs have been harnessed to solve non-graphics problems, these solutions are not widespread because GPUs remain difficult to program. Instead, an interpreter simplifies the task of programming a GPU by providing language constructs such as a set of data types and operations that are more familiar to non-graphics programmers....

20060098017 - Interpreter for simplified programming of graphics processor units in general purpose programming languages: Although GPUs have been harnessed to solve non-graphics problems, these solutions are not widespread because GPUs remain difficult to program. Instead, an interpreter simplifies the task of programming a GPU by providing language constructs such as a set of data types and operations that are more familiar to non-graphics programmers....

20060098018 - Optimizing automated shader program construction: Although GPUs have been harnessed to solve non-graphics problems, these solutions are not widespread because GPUs remain difficult to program. Instead, an interpreter simplifies the task of programming a GPU by providing language constructs such as a set of data types and operations that are more familiar to non-graphics programmers....

20060098020 - Mother-board: A mother-board includes a chipset, a switch, and first and second PCI Express X16 graphics interfaces. The switch has first and second switch circuits. The switch selectively turns on one of the first and second switch circuits according to a control signal. The first PCI Express X16 graphics interface has...

20060098021 - Graphics system and memory device for three-dimensional graphics acceleration and method for three dimensional graphics processing: A graphics system and a memory device for three-dimensional (3D) graphics acceleration, and a method for 3D graphics processing, are provided. In a memory device in a graphics system for 3D graphics processing, a memory structure includes a first memory area allocated to a texture buffer for storing texture data,...

20060098022 - System and method for transfer of data between processors using a locked set, head and tail pointers: A CPU module includes a host element configured to perform a high-level host-related task, and one or more data-generating processing elements configured to perform a data-generating task associated with the high-level host-related task. Each data-generating processing element includes logic configured to receive input data, and logic configured to process the...

20060098023 - Method of and apparatus for generating a representation of an object: A computer implemented method for examining the appearance of a printed object within a virtual environment is provided. A graphic designer or other user defines the shape and substrate of the object and the sequence and spatial extent of surface processing operations that are to be applied to the object....

20060098024 - Digital video signal data processor: A digital video signal data processor including a data conversion section for converting an input digital video signal data such that a gradation of the signal data within a signal level range can be finer than gradations within other signal level ranges; and a gamma correction table for performing a...

20060098025 - Color management method and apparatus thereof: Disclosed are a color management method, an apparatus thereof and a color management computer program for executing the method that enable a user to conveniently and easily select and/or change colors desired by the user in diverse ways. The color management method includes displaying a color scheme list that is...

20060098028 - Compound lenses for multi-source data presentation: A method in a computer system for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, the original image having one or more images relating to the region-of-interest, the method comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a focal region...

20060098027 - Method and apparatus for providing call-related personal images responsive to supplied mood data: The present invention describes a method and apparatus for providing an image in association with a call between two or more communication devices. In one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a personal image of a user is either selected or modified responsive to supplied mood data. The resulting personal...

20060098026 - System and method to insert new pages with a schematic capture tool: A computer implemented method to perform an insertion request of new schematic pages within a plurality of numbered schematic pages created with a design schematic capture tool is described. The method allows a user to insert as much as new pages in a user friendly manner by being implemented in...

20060098029 - System, method and program to generate a blinking image: System, method and computer program for displaying an image with a blinking portion. A first virtual image layer is defined in a first file to comprise a first background region. A second virtual image layer is defined in a second file to comprise a background region in one state and...

20060098030 - Video display apparatuses and display methods thereof: Video display apparatuses and display methods thereof. The apparatus includes a first buffer, a second buffer, a third buffer, a blending engine and a display engine. The first buffer stores a video source. The second buffer stores on screen display (OSD) source data. The third buffer stores a parameter for...

20060098031 - System and method for effectively performing image rotation procedures in a compressed domain: A system and method for effectively performing image rotation procedures in a compressed domain includes a compression module that performs data compression upon input data blocks to create compressed data blocks that have irregular storage sizes when packed into a display buffer. A rotation module stores compression storage information corresponding...

20060098032 - Amplifier circuit, driving circuit of display apparatus, portable telephone and portable electronic apparatus: To obtain an amplifier circuit capable of realizing low power consumption and high-precision output. A controlling unit controls each switch of an offset correction circuit to select one capacitor associated with a voltage level of an input signal selected by an input signal selection unit, have an offset voltage of...

20060098033 - Optimal subpixel arrangement for displays with more than three primary colors: A display comprises a plurality of first, second, third and fourth display elements, which are controllable to display first, second, third and fourth primary colors, respectively. A particular pair of said display elements, which represents a maximum color distance compared to other pairs of said display elements, is arranged such...

20060092094 - Media display device: A housing defines an interior volume adapted to removably receive a tablet personal computer. A view opening disposed in the housing permits a user to view a graphics screen of the tablet personal computer when the tablet personal computer is received by the interior volume. A print media holder assembly...

20060092096 - Display apparatus and display method: A three-panel projection apparatus in which display quality due to displacements of fixing positions of panels is improved is provided. By displaying position-adjusting-images of a plurality of colors formed in a plurality of different patterns and by selecting any of the patterns, the overall display frame is compensated for with...

20060092095 - Multi-display system: The present invention discloses a multi-display system, comprising: a system circuit device, having a circuit layout disposed thereon; a main flexible circuit device, electrically connected to the system circuit device; and at least a display device, electrically connected to the main flexible circuit device. Moreover, the display device further comprises:...

20060092097 - Methods and systems for imaging device metadata management: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for imaging device file metadata management....

20060092098 - Display unit for vehicle: The present invention is to provide a display unit for a vehicle. The display unit has an attractive and three dimensional appearance and is manufactured with low cost. A display unit for a vehicle includes a display screen having display areas displaying a plurality of informations about conditions of the...

20060092099 - Light emitting diode driving device and optical transmission device including the same: A light emitting diode driving device for driving an LED includes (i) a driving pulse current generating circuit for generating a driving current for the LED in accordance with a driving pulse signal supplied from outside and (ii) a differentiating circuit for generating a peaking current obtained by differentiating the...

20060092100 - Display controlling device and controlling method: A method is applied to a display controller and can make the display controller compatible with various display panels by adjusting the pulse cycles of the vertical synchronous display signal or the horizontal synchronous display signal of the display controller....

20060092103 - Apparatus and method for driving plasma display panel to enhance display of gray scale and color: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for driving a PDP (plasma display panel). An image signal processor of the apparatus performs gamma correction and error diffusion processes of input image signals. A quantization error compensator compensates quantization errors with respect to an automatic power control (APC) level...

20060092102 - Method of driving plasma display panel: A method of driving a plasma display panel that is adaptive for improving brightness and efficiency. In the method, a sustaining pulse for sustaining a discharge of a cell selected in a sustaining interval is alternately applied to each of a sustaining electrode pair. A pulse signal synchronized with the...

20060092101 - Small-gap plasma display panel with elongate coplanar discharges: A display panel provided with at least two arrays of coplanar electrodes Y, Y′ and a network of address electrodes X is described. The network of address electrodes X is formed between the plates bearing these electrodes and has a two-dimensional set of elementary discharge regions. Each elementary discharge region...

20060092104 - Brightness controlling device for flat panel display and method of controlling the same: A brightness controlling device for a flat panel display and a method of controlling brightness. The brightness controlling device for a flat panel display includes an operator adapted to calculate a brightness level of a video signal per unit image of the video signal, a comparator adapted to compare the...

20060092105 - Plasma display device and driving method thereof: A plasma display device and a driving method thereof in which, according to an exemplary embodiment, a grayscale value of a unit light is produced by controlling a time for turning on a switch for applying a sustain discharge voltage. According to the driving method, in a sustain period of...

20060092106 - Pixel of display: A pixel of display is used in an Organic light emitted diode (OLED) display. Driving Circuit of the OLED display outputs a data current and a scanning signal. The pixel of display includes a switch circuit, a first transistor, a second transistor, a capacitor, a switch and a lighting emitting...

20060092107 - Pixel, organic light emitting display comprising the same, and driving method thereof: A pixel, an organic light emitting display including the same, and a driving method thereof, in which a gradation is represented using the frequency characteristic of an organic light emitting diode. The organic light emitting display includes a plurality of pixels which are connected by a plurality of scan lines...

20060092108 - Video data correction circuit, display device and electronic appliance: A video correction circuit of the invention includes an detection unit for detecting the cumulative light-emission frequency data on each pixel by sampling video data supplied to a display device having a plurality of pixels; a cumulative data storage unit for storing the cumulative light-emission frequency data on each pixel;...

20060092113 - Display device and driving method thereof: A hold-type display device for eliminating blurring without damaging the display brightness of moving images. The display device includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines, a first driving circuit outputting scanning signals to the plurality of...

20060092109 - Gate driving method and circuit for liquid crystal display: A gate driving method for a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a gate driver thereof are provided. The LCD has a plurality of scan lines. The method starts by generating a gate driving signal. A correction signal is superposed to the gate driving signal to generate a corrected gate driving...

20060092112 - Liquid crystal display apparatus and method for driving the same: A liquid crystal display is provided. The display includes: a data driver for outputting image signals; a gate driver for sequentially outputting scanning signals; a liquid crystal panel including a switching element for controlling the image signal in response to the scanning signal, a liquid crystal capacitor driven by a...

20060092111 - Liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display device comprises a display panel including a pair of electrode substrates and a liquid crystal layer that is held between the electrode substrates and contains a liquid crystal material whose molecules are transferred in advance from a splay alignment to a bend alignment, and a display...

20060092110 - Liquid crystal display device and method of modifying image signals for the same: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises a liquid crystal panel assembly having pixels and thin film transistors, a sensor sensing temperature, a image signal modifying portion receiving image signals and the temperature, calculating a plurality of reference data for modification with respect to the temperature using coefficient of quadratic...

20060092114 - Apparatus and method for driving display panels for reducing power consumption of grayscale voltage generator: A display panel driver is composed of a grayscale voltage generator configured to develop a set of different grayscale voltages corresponding to grayscale levels of pixels within a display panel; and a plurality of grayscale selector driver circuits each of which is responsive to pixel data to select one of...

20060092115 - Display apparatus: The invention intends to realize long lifetime of electron-emitter elements and a display apparatus by preferably eliminating charges accumulated in the electron-emitter elements. The display apparatus of the invention has: a non-display period extending circuit for extending a non-display period of an input video signal to a period longer than...

20060092116 - Liquid crystal display: A liquid crystal display is provided, which includes: a first signal line; a second signal line intersecting the first signal line; a thin film transistor connected to the first and the second signal lines; a first field generating electrode and a second field generating electrode facing each other; and a...

20060092117 - Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same: In the case of conducting an overdriving with a liquid crystal display device, the circuit for comparing the previous and present gray-scale data, the circuit for converting the gray-scale data upon the comparison result, and the like complicate the structure of the liquid crystal display device. Further, since hold driving...

20060092118 - Driving circuit having multiple output voltages, display driving circuit and driving method thereof: A driver having independently controlled output voltages and a driving method thereof are provided. Instead of specially treating the image signals, the presently invented driver can individually adjust the chromatic transparency features of a color display. The object of individually adjusting the chromatic transparency features of a color display can...

20060092121 - Liquid crystal display device: The present invention realizes proper driving circuits in a driving-circuit integral type liquid crystal display device which has an increased screen size. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a driving circuit which supplies video signals to video signal lines formed on the liquid crystal...

20060092120 - Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same: A liquid crystal display device includes a controlling unit. The controlling unit is configured to control a liquid crystal panel. The controlling unit includes an image judging unit and a method determining unit. The image judging unit is configured to compare a gradation of each pixel of image data with...

20060092119 - Source driver that generates from image data an interpolated output signal for use by a flat panel display and methods thereof: A source driver that responds to image data by generating an output signal which can be used to drive a flat panel display. The source driver includes a gamma decoder and an amplifier. The gamma decoder selects a first voltage among first analog gray voltages based on some upper bits...

20060092122 - Liquid crystal display device: A voltage corresponding to desired image data is applied to a ferroelectric liquid crystal having a spontaneous polarization at a predetermined cycle to rewrite the displayed image (period A), and then, all voltages applied to the ferroelectric liquid crystal are removed (timing C) to retain the displayed image before the...

20060092123 - Display device, electronic paper and electronic paper file: The invention comprises a display sheet, a light guide sheet and a light source provided to at least one side of the light guide sheet. And an electronic paper of the invention has a configuration for color display that the display sheet is made up by laminating respective display sheets...

20060092124 - Electrophoretic display panel: The electrophoretic display panel (1) for displaying a picture and a subsequent picture has drive means (100) which are able to control for each pixel (2) the potential difference to have a picture value to provide the pixels (2) with a respective picture appearance being either extreme or intermediate, subsequently...

20060092125 - Apparatus and method to authenticate local interface for network attached projector: A method is disclosed to authenticate a local interface for a network attached projector. The method provides a projector, an information storage medium comprising first information, and a communication link capable of communicating with the projector and with the information storage medium. The method defines access rights for the first...

20060092130 - Human machine interface for a vehicle including touch sensor: A human machine interface includes user control with a touch sensor, a controller, and a display. The controller is configured to control the display based on the touch sensor. When the touch sensor senses contact with the user control, the controller activates the display. In addition, the controller may display...

20060092129 - Human machine interface for vehicle: A human machine interface includes a knob with an integrated electronic display located in the center of the knob. The knob may be used for operation with multiple functions corresponding to a menu on the electronic display. A plurality of buttons are located about the knob in the form of...

20060092131 - Image processing method and apparatus: A technology for enabling an observer to appropriately control an operation panel in accordance with a condition is provided. When an instruction for changing the position of the operation panel is input, the operation panel is disposed at the position of a pen input device. When an instruction for terminating...

20060092127 - Lcd car monitor frame structure: A liquid crystal display (LCD) car monitor frame structure without blocking a driver's rear vision includes a roof mount fixed to a car ceiling, a LCD monitor, and at least one connecting member connecting the LCD monitor to the roof mount. An unobstructed space is formed between the roof mount...

20060092128 - Mobile phone and method: A method for inputting characters to a mobile communication apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: enabling input of strokes representing a first character in a first area of a touch sensitive display; determining said first character from said strokes; determining one or more candidates of characters for...

20060092126 - Tilt roller for control device: A control device includes a roller configured to rotate and tilt; a roller support coupled to the roller, wherein the roller is configured to rotate relative to the roller support; the first hinge disposed adjacent to a first end of the roller support; and a second hinge disposed adjacent to...

20060092132 - Orthopedically engineered cursor control device for notebook computer: A cursor control device used in a notebook computer is disclosed to include a touch panel (or trackball) mounted in the right bottom (or left bottom) corner on the top side of the main member of the notebook computer for moving the cursor on the display screen with the thumb...

20060092133 - 3d mouse and game controller based on spherical coordinates system and system for use: A computer input device constructed from at least one tilt accelerometer and at least one linear input element is disclosed. This input device can be used in a computer system to specify a position on a display using radial coordinates, cylindrical coordinates, or spherical coordinates....

20060092134 - Device, method, system and program for setting management: When an operation for selecting a display format is performed by the user on a setting screen (second screen), the display mode of the setting screen displayed is switched to the selected display format. On the setting screen in each switched display format other than “Normal mode”, both parameters regarding...

20060092135 - Wheel type mechanical instruction switch: A wheel type mechanical instruction switch adopts a low cost and simple terminal design to generate instructions to replace conventional electronic switches that are costly and complicated. The instruction switch is located between a wheel and a bracing seat. The instruction switch includes a connection terminal which has a first...

20060092136 - Track ball device: A track ball device includes a ball, a roller rotating according to rotation of the ball, a detector for detecting rotation of the roller, and a switch being activated when being depressed with the ball. The ball is made of polyether urethane resin material having a hardness ranging from JIS...

20060092140 - Apparatus and method for user interfacing: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for user interfacing. The user interfacing method of a portable terminal with a pointing device includes checking whether or not pointing through the pointing device has occurred, and removing a current image while distorting the current image around a pointing position if pointing...

20060092141 - Modular tablet for holding electronic devices: A tablet assembly that can support various electronic devices in different orientations. Generally, the tablet assembly includes a tablet frame for supporting one or more repositionable, modular electronic device housings. Repositioning allows the housings to be arranged in different configurations to suit the handedness or desires of an operator of...

20060092142 - Object position detector with edge motion feature and gesture recognition: A method of generating a signal comprising providing a capacitive touch sensor pad including a matrix of X and Y conductors, developing capacitance profiles in one of an X direction and a Y direction from the matrix of X and Y conductors, determining an occurrence of a single gesture through...

20060092137 - Portable electronic product: A portable electronic product comprising a main body, a display panel and a touch pad is provided. The main body comprises a top surface and a bottom surface, and the display panel is disposed on the top surface of the main body and electrically coupled thereto. Moreover, the touch pad...

20060092139 - Pressure-sensitive input device for data processing systems: Provided is a pressure sensitive input device for data processing systems. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a transferable overlay for placement over a display screen of the system. Rows and columns of parallel conductors, which may be manufactured as ridges, are positioned to cross within the overlay, and...

20060092138 - Systems and methods for interacting with a computer through handwriting to a screen: Systems and methods are described that enable a user to: select a control with a handwritten stroke at least part of which resides outside of a selectable area of the control; use a moving-input control without having to make a selection other than handwriting on, over, or near the control;...

20060092143 - Touch panel device and method for sensing a touched position: Sensors are arranged in matrix form on a touch panel device. The touch panel device is provided with a P/S conversion circuit having the X-coordinate scan range change function and a P/S conversion circuit having the Y-coordinate scan range change function according to the similar configuration. When a touch is...

20060092145 - Pen type optical pointing device: Disclosed herein is a pen-type optical pointing device. The pen-type optical pointing device detects the moving direction and distance thereof in such a way as to radiate light onto a plane, detect an image of the plane and analyze the difference between a previous image and a current image. The...

20060092144 - Touchpad stylus having isolated low-mass contact element: A touchpad stylus includes a housing, a stylus member axially moveable in the housing, and an energy-absorbing cushion member interposed between a rear extremity of the stylus member and an internal cavity of the housing, the cushion member lightly forwardly biasing the stylus member relative to the housing. The stylus...

20060092149 - Data driver, electro-optic device, electronic instrument and driving method: A data driver drives each data line of a plurality of data lines of an electro-optic device based on display data of (i+j) bits (i and j are natural numbers), and the data driver includes: a memory which previously holds data of j-bit among the display data as retained data;...

20060092148 - Electro-optical device, method of driving electro-optical device, pixel circuit, and electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device includes a plurality of pixel circuits that are disposed to correspond to intersections of a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines, a scanning line driving circuit that sequentially selects the plurality of scanning lines to apply a selection voltage to the selected scanning...

20060092150 - Electronic display device with adjustable incline for floor advertising/messaging: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic display device configured to be arranged at the base of shelving in commercial establishments. The electronic display device is configurable to display arbitrary content, but may specifically be configured to display advertising and promotional content relating to goods and products on...

20060092151 - Image display system and method: A method of displaying an image with a display device including a plurality of display pixels includes receiving image data for the image, the image data including individual pixels of the image; buffering the image data and creating a frame of the image, the frame of the image including a...

20060092146 - Organic led display device and method for driving usch a device: A method for driving an organic LED display device having a first and a second electrode sandwiching an organic layer defining a plurality of light emitting elements. The method comprises applying to a light emitting element a voltage within a specified voltage range, within which the risk of short circuits...

20060092147 - Pulse width modulation technique and apparatus for a display array: A technique includes applying a first pulse encoding scheme to a first group of bits of a digital value and applying a second pulse encoding scheme different from the first pulse encoding scheme to a second group of bits of the digital value. The technique includes combining sequences generated by...

20060092152 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus that can detect the type of video signal source connected to the display apparatus and provide display identification data according to the type of the video signal source, and a control method. The display apparatus includes: first and second data storages to store first and second display...

20060092153 - Method for power management in a display: A method for power management used in a display device is disclosed. When the display device enters a power-saving mode, the method performs the steps of periodically enabling a video channel of the display device, detecting a video signal of the video channel and determining either to switch the display...

20060092154 - Apparatus and method for providing a 3d animation file reflecting a user's personality in a mobile communication terminal: An apparatus and method for providing a three-dimensional (3D) animation file in which a user's personality is reflected in a mobile communication terminal. A 3D application interface (API) can input, into a 3D animation file, information on image data selected by the user, and a 3D engine can map the...

20060092155 - Position related information presentation system, position related information presentation method and recording medium recording control program thereof: To provide a position related information presentation system that allows a user to experience as if the user had actually walked round and collected information about an area. A 3D map/information superimposed displaying portion reads 3D map data from a 3D map storing portion and displays area information such as...

20060092156 - Method and system for converting engineering data into 3d modeling data: A system and method for converting data generated in an computer engineering design software component to an alternate format usable by a variety of alternate software components is provided. Engineering data from a project having a plurality of objects is provided. Objects are selected from the project for conversion and...

20060092158 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus to produce an erect real image of an object in space. The image display apparatus includes a housing to accommodate the object including an opening to secure a field of view of the object, and a microlens array installed within the housing between the object and...

20060092157 - Method of defining a surface or a volume: The invention relates to a method of defining a surface or a volume in a three-dimensional, and in particular medical, data set. At least two starting lines (11, 13), which preferably lie in mutually perpendicular planes and intersect one another, having been preset, contour lines (31) that lie between the...

20060092159 - System and method for producing a video signal: A method and apparatus for producing video signals comprises a receiver for receiving a video signal, a video pipeline for post-processing the received video signal, the video pipeline producing a post-processed video signal, and a video output module for converting the post-processed video signal, the video output module producing a...

20060092160 - Method for the rapid image processing of medical images: The present invention relates to a method for the rapid image processing of medical images, in particular fluoroscopic image recordings using image-modifying image processing algorithms on an image computer. With this method, a first part of the image processing algorithms is executed on a graphics processor of a graphics card...

20060092161 - Method and apparatus for management of bit plane resources: System and method for the management of bit plane resources are presented. Because of the scarcity of processing element (PE) memory in a SIMD architecture, it is important to ensure that it is used with optimal efficiency. The Invention discloses methods for managing PE memory at runtime such that nearly...

20060092162 - Scalable high performance 3d graphics: A high-speed ring topology. In one embodiment, two base chip types are required: a “drawing” chip, LoopDraw, and an “interface” chip, LoopInterface. Each of these chips have a set of pins that supports an identical high speed point to point unidirectional input and output ring interconnect interface: the LoopLink. The...

20060092163 - Rendering images on a video graphics adapter: Rendering images on a video graphics adapter, the method including receiving in the video graphics adapter a video graphics command including a window identification (‘WID’) value and simultaneously, in accordance with the video graphics command and in dependence upon the WID value, rendering video frame data to a frame buffer...

20060092164 - Signal processing for reducing blur of moving image: In an image data processing device of the invention, an image memory sequentially stores input image data of multiple frames. A write control module controls a writing operation into the image memory, and a read control module controls a reading operation from the image memory. A driving image data generation...

20060092165 - Memory management system having a forward progress bit: A virtual memory system that maintains a list of pages that are required to be resident in a frame buffer to guarantee the eventual forward progress of a graphics application context running on a graphics system composed of multiple clients. Pages that are required to be in the frame buffer...

20060092166 - Image drawing apparatus: In an image drawing apparatus for conducting a data transfer at a bit unit for image data stored in a memory device, a region storing part stores a region where at least one attribute value concerning a pixel is not constant in the image data, an attribute value storing value...

20060092167 - Texture-based packing, such as for packing 16-bit pixels into four bits: A method and system for rendering three-dimensional graphics, including text, provides a compressed texture bitmap. The compressed texture bitmap may represent multiple symbols, each comprised of multiple pixels. Each pixel in the texture bitmap may store information for more than one value, including values for compressed pixels corresponding to multiple...

20060092169 - Texture-based packing, such as for packing 8-bit pixels into one bit: A method and system for rendering three-dimensional graphics, including text, provide a compressed texture bitmap. The texture bitmap may represent multiple symbols, each comprised of multiple pixels. Each pixel in the texture bitmap may store information for more than one (e.g., n) compressed values, including pixels corresponding to multiple distinct...

20060092168 - Texture-based packing, such as for packing 8-bit pixels into two bits: A method and system for rendering three-dimensional graphics, including text, provide a compressed texture bitmap. The texture bitmap may represent multiple symbols, each comprised of multiple pixels. Each pixel in the texture bitmap may store information for more than one symbol, including compressed pixels corresponding to multiple distinct symbols. For...

20060092171 - Method and system for image white point estimation: Difference values between selected pixels pairs in the same color plane are determined for each color plane of an image. The pixel pairs may include contiguous or non-contiguous pixels. A statistic based on the pixel difference values of each color plane is then used to estimate the white point....

20060092170 - Using clear-coded, see-through objects to manipulate virtual objects: An object placed on an interactive display surface is detected and its position and orientation are determined in response to IR light that is reflected from an encoded marking on the object. Upon detecting the object on an interactive display surface, a software program produces a virtual entity or image...

20060092172 - Method and apparatus for non-linear dithering of images: A method for dithering an image is disclosed, which includes: storing a plurality of dithering parameters corresponding to a predetermined function for a predetermined input intensity range; and dithering pixels of the predetermined input intensity range according to the plurality of dithering parameters....

20060092173 - System and method for generating dithering patterns associated with a digital image: A system and a method for generating dithering patterns associated with a digital image are provided. The method includes generating a first table index value indicative of a location in a first table where first, second, and third color intensity values associated with a plurality of pixels on the display...

20060092174 - Color noise suppressing system: A color noise suppressing system, which has a converter, a saturation compute device, a maximum compute device, and a chroma suppressor. The converter converts a YUV image signal into an RGB image signal. The saturation compute device is connected to the converter for computing a saturation from the RGB image...

20060092175 - Rendering volumetric fog and other gaseous phenomena: Systems for rendering a gaseous display. The distance from a user's reference point to each pixel through the gas is determined. The distance is then converted into an attenuation factor that is used to blend the scene color with the gas color. The result can then be used to simulate...

20060092176 - Anti-aliasing characters for improved display on an interlaced television monitor: Anti-aliasing characters for improved display on an interlaced television monitor is described. In one implementation, an expanded character is generated by increasing a character's original dimensions. The expanded character includes multiple sub-blocks and each sub-block includes multiple pixels. The pixels of each sub-block are mapped to a single destination color...

20060092177 - Input method and apparatus using tactile guidance and bi-directional segmented stroke: An input method that is based on bidirectional strokes that are segmented by tactile landmarks. By giving the user tactile feedback about the length of a stroke during input, dependence on visual display is greatly reduced. By concatenating separate strokes into multi-strokes, complex commands may be entered, which may encode...

20060092180 - Data input device and display layout method for the same: A data input device and a display layout method for the same, which permit quickly laying out plural display keys for inputting data by touching these keys. The location of a base key, the spaces between adjacent keys other than the base key and a key alignment parameter for the...

20060092178 - Method and system for communicating through shared media: A method and system for communicating through shared media. Specifically, a method provides for accessing a plurality of images from respective input interfaces of a plurality of input interfaces. At least one of the plurality of images is captured using a camera, and wherein at least one of the plurality...

20060092179 - Navigation apparatus, map data distribution apparatus, map data distribution system and map display method: A navigation apparatus includes a route searching unit that searches for a plurality of routes from a departure point to a destination and a map display control unit that displays a map of the plurality of routes searched out by the route searching unit upon a display monitor, and, if...

20060092181 - Apparatus and method for controlling position of image when the image enlarged or reduced: Provided are an apparatus and method of displaying an image. In particular, provided are an apparatus and method of controlling an image enlarging/reducing region of a displayed image by resetting a reference point, which is a center point of the displayed image, enlarging/reducing a region of the displayed image with...

20060092182 - Display brightness adjustment: Embodiments of the present invention can receive a data point defining an ambient light level associated with a display and a corresponding brightness adjustment of the display with respect to a reference brightness. The embodiments can then define a brightness response model for the display based on the data point...

20060092185 - Electro-optical device, method of driving the same, and electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device includes a plurality of pixel circuits each including a light-emitting element and a driving transistor for driving the light-emitting element; data lines that are connected to the plurality of pixel circuits and that supply data signals representing light-emitting gray-scale levels to the pixel circuits; and a data...

20060092186 - Liquid crystal display device: A color display is performed by carrying out a switching between a first driving system in which the OFF timing of a light source and the end timing of a data scanning agree with each other and a second driving system in which the OFF timing of a light source...

20060092184 - System and method for enhancing image quality of mobile communication terminal: An illumination apparatus comprises a display screen for displaying a first image of a first object to be photographed, wherein the first image has a first image size; a light sensor for measuring intensity of illumination around the first object; and a circuit for determining whether the intensity of illumination...

20060092183 - System and method for setting brightness uniformity in an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (oled) flat-panel display: A brightness calibration system for and method of setting brightness uniformity in a video display, such as an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (OLED) flat-panel display. The brightness calibration system of the present invention includes an OLED display assembly that further includes a display control circuit, an active-matrix display, a DC...

20060092188 - Display device and display method: A display device having an on-screen display (OSD) function receives an YUV video signal such as the camera video signal or broadcast video signal of YUV format from a camera or recording medium, receives an RGB-OSD signal from a circuit device (serial interface) of another system different from this YUV...

20060092189 - Image display system and method: A method of displaying an image includes receiving image data for the image, buffering the image data for the image, including creating a frame of the image, defining a first sub-frame and at least a second sub-frame for the frame of the image from the image data, the second sub-frame...

20060092187 - Method for adjusting resolution and refresh rate of display monitor of computer system: A method for adjusting a resolution and refresh rate of a display monitor (2) of a computer system includes the steps of: providing a portable recording device (3) recording an auto-run application; connecting the portable recording device to a computer (1); generating a matching resolution and refresh rate of the...