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Computer graphics processing, operator interface processing, and selective visual display systems July category listing 07/06

20060164324 - Sending notifications to auxiliary displays: Described is a system and method by which application programs running on a main computer system communicate with an auxiliary display device (such as a cell phone, pocket-sized computer, alarm clock, television, digital picture frame and so forth) to provide viewable information on the device, remote control capabilities, and notifications....

20060164325 - System and method for modular display: A modular display system and method assembles an external interface module with a display module to support built-to-order display configurations. The display module has display panel, timing controller and speaker components assembled in a display module housing that accepts a single LVDS and a single audio interface. The external interface...

20060164326 - Multi-display configuration method: A multi-display configuration method and a multi-display adaptor are disclosed, in which the digital content stream distributed through a network is displayed on a large screen configured of a plurality of displays, and the network, to which a plurality of the displays may be connected, is automatically set while automatically...

20060164327 - System for lighting an electronic label display: An electronic label, which is wirelessly connected to a product information updating system, said label comprising at least one display adapted to display product information. The display has a transparent or semitransparent backside and is adapted to be lit up from behind by either an external light source, surrounding main...

20060164328 - Method and apparatus for wireless display monitor: Systems and methods that facilitate wireless display via employing a frame buffer encoder and a wireless transmission as part of a graphics card of a computing device. The encoder can encode a scheme programmable in software to detect type of format the receiving monitor is capable of displaying. The wireless...

20060164329 - Information processing apparatus, method of controlling display of liquid crystal display, program product for executing method of controlling display, and information processing apparatus with improved adjustment effects on viewing angle range: A system, method, and computer-usable medium are presented for controlling viewing angle characteristics by performing a color palette gradation control of a liquid crystal display, such that adjustment effects on a viewing angle range are improved....

20060164330 - Scanned light beam display with brightness compensation: A scanned beam display is operable to compensate for variations in apparent pixel brightness arising from variations in beam scanning velocity and/or pixel dwell times. A compensation circuit modifies pixel values according to their scanning velocity and/or dwell time....

20060164331 - Light emission control for forming two-dimensional and three-dimensional images: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a more robust flat panel display by using the Faraday effect to control light emission from a solid state material so as to form two-dimensional or three-dimensional images. Flux tubes can be configured to define a two dimensional array. Each flux tube is...

20060164332 - Method for fabricating a plastic molded indicator symbol and a plastic molded indicator symbol: A method for fabricating a homogeneous plastic molded object and a plastic molded object comprising a first surface and second surface, which second surface. further comprises a symbol-shaped hollow such that the object transmits light within the area of the hollow. The fabrication method for a plastic molded object comprises...

20060164333 - Transparent programmable led display panel and method: A programmable transparent display message center is formed from an array of rows and columns of light emitting diodes (LED's). A wire connects each row of LED's. Each column of LED's is connected to a conductive transparent layer. The transparent layer is electrically isolated from the rows of wires. A...

20060164337 - Device for driving capacitive light-emitting elements: A device for driving capacitive light-emitting elements, includes the power source circuit having a series connection circuit of a capacitor and a coil, a first switching element connected between one end of the series connection circuit and a ground, a DC power source that generates a first potential, and a...

20060164334 - Plasma display and driving method thereof: In a plasma display, a driving waveform for a reset discharge, an address discharge, and a sustain discharge is applied to a Y electrode, and an X electrode is biased at a constant voltage. All cells are set to turn-on cells in the reset period, and turn-off cells are selected...

20060164335 - Plasma display panel having improved efficiency: Embodiments of the present invention offer an improved PDP that offers a lowered discharge initiation voltage as well as improved efficiency of discharge. The PDP may satisfy the equation 180≦(A+B)+P×0.1≦240 in which A is a distance between opposite recessed portion of a pair of a first electrode and a second...

20060164336 - Plasma display, driving device and method of operating the same: In a driving circuit of a plasma display, a drain of a first transistor is coupled to a scan electrode and a switch driver is coupled between a gate and a source of the first transistor. The switch driver turns on the first transistor to reduce voltage of the scan...

20060164338 - Plasma display panel drive method: Barrier ribs are disposed on a back substrate so as to separate main discharge cells and priming discharge cells, and the top parts of the barrier ribs are formed so as to abut on a front substrate. In a driving method, in an odd-numbered line writing time period, scan pulse...

20060164343 - Driving method of plasma display panel and plasma display device: In a plasma display device comprising: plural first, second, and third electrodes disposed adjacently and extending in a first direction, the third electrodes being provided between the first and second electrodes for repeating discharges; a dielectric layer covering the electrodes, a first electrode driving circuit for driving the first electrodes;...

20060164342 - Method of driving plasma display panel: The present invention relates to a method of driving plasma display panel. A method of driving a plasma display device driven by dividing a plurality of scan electrode lines into the m (m is a integer more than 2) number of groups, according to the present invention includes: applying p...

20060164339 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: A plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel and a timing controller. The plasma display panel is driven by dividing each of a plurality of subfields into a reset period, an address period and a sustain period. A...

20060164340 - Plasma display panel and method for driving the same: Disclosed is a reset waveform of a plasma display panel. A rising or falling voltage is applied rapidly enough to cause an intense discharge in a reset interval. The electrodes are then floated to reduce the voltage applied into a discharge space during the discharge to cause a self-quenching of...

20060164341 - Plasma display panel and method for driving the same: Disclosed is a reset waveform of a plasma display panel. A rising or falling voltage is applied rapidly enough to cause an intense discharge in a reset period. The electrodes are then floated to reduce the voltage applied into a discharge space during the discharge to cause a self-quenching of...

20060164345 - Active matrix organic light emitting diode display: An improved AM OLED pixel circuit and method of wide dynamic range dimming for AM OLED displays are disclosed that maintain color balance throughout the dimming range, and also maintain the uniformity of the luminance and chromaticity of the display at low gray-levels as the display is dimmed to lower...

20060164347 - Display device and driving method thereof, display module, and portable information terminal: [Summary ][Problem] It is an object to provide a display device having a simple structure of a driver circuit for inputting a video signal to a pixel, high display quality of the intermediate gradation and low power consumption, and a driving method thereof. [Solving Means] Each of a plurality of...

20060164344 - Electroluminescent display devices: In an active matrix electroluminescent display device a storage capacitor (24) is provided in each pixel (10) for storing a voltage to be used for addressing a drive transistor (22) which controls the illumination of the electroluminescent display element (20) and gated discharge photosensitive means (36), for example a phototransistor,...

20060164346 - Emissive-reflective display and a method for adjusting the display mode thereof: An emissive-reflective display and a method for determining the display mode thereof are provided. The emissive-reflective display is composed of emissive components and reflective components. The emissive component and the reflective components exist in a pixel. The emissive-reflective display has good image quality whether it is operated either indoors or...

20060164348 - Sticking phenomenon correction method, self-luminous apparatus, sticking phenomenon correction apparatus and program: A self-luminous apparatus is disclosed wherein a deterioration amount difference between different pixels can be eliminated accurately to correct a sticking phenomenon while the self-luminous apparatus is used. In the self-luminous apparatus, a deterioration amount difference appearing between a correction object pixel and a reference pixel within a first light...

20060164349 - Liquid crystal display module having rigid-flexible printed circuit board: An LCD module (2) includes a frame (230) having a first containing space (231) and a second containing space (232), a light guide plate (240) received in the first containing space, an LCD panel (220) disposed on the light guide plate, a rigid-flexible printed circuit board (210) electrically connecting to...

20060164351 - Bistable liquid crystal displays and the method for driving the same: The present invention provides a bistable chiral tilted-homeotropic nematic liquid crystal (BCTHN) display, which can be switched between the tilted-homeotropic state (TH state) and the twisted state (T state) by using dual frequency liquid crystal material. These two states can be maintained without the application of any electric field. In...

20060164352 - Liquid crystal display: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels having first and second subpixels, a plurality of gate lines connected to the first and second subpixels to transmit gate signals, a plurality of first data lines intersecting the gate lines and connected to the first subpixels to transmit first...

20060164350 - Thin film transistor array panel and display device: Disclosed is a thin film transistor array panel. The panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in the form of a matrix each with a pixel electrode and a switching element connected to the pixel electrode, and a plurality of gate lines connected to the switching elements and extending in...

20060164356 - Display device and apparatus and method of driving same: A driving apparatus driving method of a flat panel (e.g., LCD) display device. The driving apparatus of the display device includes: a data processor that selects a (at least) two of output gray levels (output image data ) based on an input gray level (of received image data) and outputs...

20060164354 - Display device and apparatus for driving the same: A display device includes a display panel and a voltage generating part. The display panel includes a switching element, a main pixel section, a coupling capacitor and a sub pixel section. The main pixel section is electrically connected to the switching element. The coupling capacitor has a first end electrically...

20060164353 - Flat display apparatus and portable terminal apparatus: The present invention applies illustratively to a liquid crystal display apparatus as well as to a PDA and a mobile phone each using that liquid crystal display apparatus. Typically, a gradation setting circuit 20B for the green color is disposed along one of two opposing sides of a display unit...

20060164355 - Gamma correction device, display apparatus including the same, and method of gamma correction therein: A gamma correction device and method thereof is described herein, in which gray-scale voltages may be generated that correspond with a plurality of gamma values. The gray-scale voltages may be generated by adjusting output ranges of the gray-scale voltages while fixing a gamma correction voltage on a constant level. The...

20060164357 - Liquid crystal display device having stabilized drive circuit: A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal display panel and a drive circuit for supplying gray scale voltages to pixels in the liquid crystal display panel. The drive circuit selects intended gray scale voltage levels from a gray scale voltage varying with time periodically by determining a timing...

20060164358 - Plasma display and driving method thereof: A plasma display panel for adaptively reducing load effect and improving luminescence efficiency and discharge efficiency, and a driving method thereof. A plasma display panel includes a capacitive load; a source capacitor; a sustain voltage source to generate a sustain voltage; a first inductor formed on a first current path...

20060164359 - Semiconductor device, display device and electronic apparatus: When a resistance load inverter is used to control lighting/non-lighting of a pixel, in accordance with characteristic variations of a transistor forming the resistance load inverter, variations occur in light emission of each pixel. As an inverter in a pixel, an N channel transistor and a P channel transistor are...

20060164360 - Pixel circuit, light-emitting device and electronic device: A pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element that has a luminance corresponding to a level of a driving signal; and a signal generating circuit that generates a driving signal indicating the luminance of the light-emitting element on the basis of a data signal. The signal generating circuit includes a driving...

20060164361 - Inversion method for liquid crystal display: An inversion method for use in a liquid crystal display having pluralities of pixels. First, at least one inversion signal is provided to determine a polarity. A data voltage is then generated according to the polarity and a data signal. Thereafter, a scan signal is provided to activate a pixel,...

20060164362 - Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof: A TFT panel includes (i) a plurality of signal electrodes, (ii) a plurality of scanning electrodes which cross the plurality of signal electrodes, (iii) an active element provided in a vicinity of each intersection at which one of the plurality of signal electrodes and one of the plurality of scanning...

20060164363 - Active matrix display: An active matrix display has a column driver for providing signals to the pixels for driving the display elements, the column driver comprising digital to analogue converter circuitry providing a first number of display element drive levels. Within each pixel, the first number of display element drive levels is converted...

20060164366 - Circuits and methods for synchronizing multi-phase converter with display signal of lcd device: A controller for controlling at least two power circuits comprises a synchronous oscillator and a multi-phase PWM controller. The synchronous oscillator receives a timing signal for generating a synchronous control signal in which the timing signal is synchronous to a display signal. The multi-phase PWM controller receives the synchronous control...

20060164364 - Delay time correction circuit, video data processing circuit, and flat display device: The present invention is applied to, for example, a liquid crystal display device having a driving circuit integrally formed on an insulating substrate, and makes it possible to effectively avoid a variation in delay time in a logical circuit using TFTs or the like by inserting dummy data (DD) into...

20060164368 - Display apparatus with reduced power consumption in charging/discharging of data line: A comparator compares an input voltage input in the current write cycle with a voltage (output voltage) of a data line set in the immediately preceding write cycle. Based on the result of comparison made by the comparator, one of two switches is turned on to cause either a charging...

20060164367 - Dual display device: A display device includes a first panel unit, a first driving chip driving the first panel unit, a second panel unit, and a second driving chip driving the second panel unit, wherein the first and second driving chips share at least a portion of a plurality of power supply voltages...

20060164369 - Liquid crystal display device: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device with a source driver in which a significant signal delay is not generated, and which has a fast response speed. The present invention also provides a liquid crystal display device comprising a scan driver including a D/A converter for outputting...

20060164370 - Liquid crystal display device: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device with a source driver in which a signal without a significant delay is generated, which has a fast response speed and provides a liquid crystal display device having a scan driver comprising a memory in which gradation data values are...

20060164371 - Liquid crystal display device: An LCD device operated by a remote controller comprises: an LCD unit having a display electrode supplied with voltage based on a video signal and a counter-electrode supplied with counter-electrode voltage; a remote control receiver for receiving a flicker adjustment control signal from the remote controller; a microcomputer for outputting...

20060164365 - Overdrive device and method thereof: An overdrive device for driving a display panel includes a comparison circuit, a multiplexer, and an overdrive module. The comparison circuit receives pixel values of display cells of the display panel in a previous frame carried on a first decompressed data signal and in a current frame carried on a...

20060164372 - Apparatus for driving a plasma display panel: Provided is a PDP driving apparatus for reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated during operation of a PDP. The PDP driving apparatus drives a PDP with X electrodes and Y electrodes arranged parallel to each other, and Address electrodes arranged to cross with the X electrodes and the Y electrodes to...

20060164373 - Plasma display panel comprising energy recovery circuit and driving method thereof: A plasma display panel comprising an energy recovery circuit and a driving method thereof are provided. The plasma display panel comprises an energy charging part for supplying a predetermined voltage, an energy supply and recovery part for receiving an energy of the predetermined voltage from the energy charging part, and...

20060164375 - Flexible control of charge share in display panel: A source driver of a display panel includes a channel state signal generator, first switches, and second switches. The channel state signal generator generates first and second channel state signals that are each activated for a respective time period depending on adjustable state length data. The first switches are opened...

20060164376 - Shift resister and liquid crystal display having the same: In a shift resister and an LCD having the same, the shift resister includes plural stages having odd stages for receiving a first clock signal and a first control signal and even stages for receiving a second clock signal and a second control signal. Each of the plural stages includes...

20060164374 - Source driver and source driving method: A source driver for LCD devices, used for driving at least one data line, comprises an input for receiving a predetermined voltage; an output electrically being connected to the data line and having an output voltage; a voltage clamping circuit for clamping the output voltage within a predetermined voltage range;...

20060164378 - Keyboard illumination system and method: A keyboard illumination system comprises a computer device having a plurality of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The system also comprises a display controller adapted to change an electrical state of at least one of the LCDs for providing a predetermined level of illumination by the at least one LCD for...

20060164377 - Light emitting diode driving apparatus with high power and wide dimming range: Apparatus are provided for driving an LED light source and controlling a light output of the light source over a wide luminance range in response to a luminance input. The apparatus includes: a voltage source having an output configured to couple with the light source, a first input configured to...

20060164379 - Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same: A liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of display regions that correspond to the division images. The number of the division images can be set with consideration of the number of lamps covering the display regions. The average brightness of an entire image is compared with the average brightness of...

20060164380 - Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof: A liquid crystal display includes an active display area and gate drivers. The active display area includes display blocks, each display block including pixel rows. The gate driver sequentially outputs gate signals to the display block and drives corresponding pixel rows to display pixel images, or outputs a dummy gate...

20060164382 - Image manipulation in response to a movement of a display: A handheld device includes a position sensor for sensing movement of the device's display screen relative to another object. A user of the device is able to vertically or horizontally move an image within the display screen by moving or positioning the device in space. An image can also be...

20060164387 - Input apparatus and touch-reading character/symbol input method: An input apparatus including: a display screen which visually displays information; an input member which is made of a transparent member to allow at least part of beams to pass and placed in a region of space in front of the display screen and elastically displaces a specific region of...

20060164388 - Input device: An input device, which detects a position of a movable object moving on a given plane and inputs an instruction, includes a first detection portion and a second detection portion. The first detection portion detects the position of the movable object in a first direction. The second detection portion detects...

20060164384 - Multimedia user interface: A user interface for multimedia centers advantageously utilizes hand-held inertial-sensing user input devices to select channels and quickly navigate the dense menus of options. Extensive use of the high resolution and bandwidth of such user input devices is combined with strategies to avoid unintentional inputs and with dense and intuitive...

20060164385 - Multimedia user interface: A user interface for multimedia centers advantageously utilizes hand-held inertial-sensing user input devices to select channels and quickly navigate the dense menus of options. Extensive use of the high resolution and bandwidth of such user input devices is combined with strategies to avoid unintentional inputs and with dense and intuitive...

20060164386 - Multimedia user interface: A user interface for multimedia centers advantageously utilizes hand-held inertial-sensing user input devices to select channels and quickly navigate the dense menus of options. Extensive use of the high resolution and bandwidth of such user input devices is combined with strategies to avoid unintentional inputs and with dense and intuitive...

20060164383 - Remote controller ring for user interaction: A hand-worn controller consisting of a housing having a central opening sized to permit the controller to be worn as ring on the index finger of a human hand. A joystick lever projects outwardly from said housing and is positioned to be manipulated by the user's thumb. The joystick operates...

20060164381 - Reversible laptop computers: A computer switching system is disclosed to include a switch for causing changing use of a portable computer keyboard and a portable computer mouse of a portable computer to use of the same by a non-portable computer, wherein the keyboard and mouse of the portable computer are utilized even when...

20060164389 - Method of controlling a multimedia device for a motor vehicle and a device implementing said method: The invention relates to a method of controlling a multimedia device, which employs a graphic display screen (130) and a biaxial button (150) (up/down right/left). According to the invention, if the biaxial button is pressed in a first axis, a function can be selected from a looped scrolling menu (131)...

20060164390 - Pointing device for a computer system with automatic detection of the state of motion, and a relative control method: A pointing device for a computer system includes a displacement transducer of the pointing device, provided with: an inertial sensor, supplying acceleration signals indicative of an acceleration according to two axes of detection; and a processing unit, which, on the basis of the acceleration signals, generates velocity signals regarding the...

20060164391 - Joystick structure for a computer usb keyboard and mouse: A joystick structure for a computer USB keyboard and mouse is a multi function product combining a mouse, a keyboard, a joystick, and a network phone controller. Upon plugging into a computer, the computer can detect and control the USB keyboard and press buttons of the USB mouse, and can...

20060164393 - Highly sensitive inertial mouse: A highly sensitive inertial mouse is in particular to one using an MEMS(Micro-Electrical-Mechanical System)inertial sensitive principle; the mouse uses MEMS inertial sensitive principle including a two-dimensional or three-dimensional inertial sensors or accelerometers and with the use of signal processing methods such as collecting of data, noise cancellation, setting of threshold...

20060164392 - Integrated mouse and the keyboard device: An integrated mouse and the keyboard device comprises a hand-held part having 5 buttons for hand holding; a moving part which can detect the rotation angle and moving range of user's palm; a stationary part placed under the user's forearm; a circuitry to convert the status of the said buttons,...

20060164394 - Compound optical input device and an upholding pedestal thereof: A compound optical input device provides a pen-type optical mouse an additional function of joystick, which has a pen-type optical mouse and a upholding pedestal. The pen-type optical mouse has a barrel and a head. The head has an image-sensing device mounted therein. The upholding pedestal has a covering body...

20060164395 - Arrangement for integration of key illumination into keymat of portable electronic devices: A keypad including a set of switches; a set of key elements each capable of being moved by a user so as to operate a respective switch; and a display device, the display pattern of from which can be varied under the control of a display controller, and arranged so...

20060164397 - Appliance with membrane overlay: An appliance includes a console, a control member attached to the console manually shiftable to selectively establish a desired setting for the appliance, and a membrane overlay upon the console having at least one embedded indicator light for indicating the desired setting, at least one embedded switch to activate a...

20060164398 - Mobile terminal apparatus, character input method and character input program: A mobile terminal apparatus requests a character be displayed which is assigned to a first key upon being pushed, and if operated continuously for a time span that exceeds a predetermined time, requests a next character be displayed which is assigned to the first key instead of the character assigned...

20060164396 - Synthesizing mouse events from input device events: Mouse events are synthesized from input received from input devices other than a mouse. Input received is used to select focusable regions in an interface. The input can include navigation input triggering movement between focusable regions or region select input select a currently focused region. pointer events are generated in...

20060164401 - Display device: A display device includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels in a display region, a contact sensing unit which senses contact of an object with a display screen of the display region, photosensors which detect a position of the object and which are placed in the pixels, and...

20060164402 - Liquid crystal display apparatus: A liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a liquid crystal display panel including a display region, a planar light source device having a light exit surface which faces the liquid crystal display panel and from which planar light exits toward the liquid crystal display panel, and a back surface located opposite...

20060164400 - Touch pad module: A touch pad module of a computer has a metal click plate to control its operation system. A plastic member is attached under the metal click plate to provide a suitable and comfortable click action. The plastic has a frame portion and two button portions. Two button portions are respectively...

20060164399 - Touchpad diagonal scrolling: A method and system for providing diagonal scrolling on a touchpad of a device is disclosed. The method and system comprises determining if at least one finger is in contact with the touchpad, and entering a diagonal scroll mode if more than one finger is in contact with the touchpad....

20060164403 - Operator control element for electronic equipment used for actuating sensors and a method for selecting functions contained in an electronic memory and for displaying the selected function using a cursor: Operator control element for electronic equipment used for actuating sensors and a method for selecting functions contained in an electronic memory and for displaying the selected function using a cursor The task to develop a control element for actuating sensors as well as a method for the selection of functions...

20060164404 - Adaptive hysteresis for reduced swing signalling circuits: Apparatus (50) for processing a differential input signal. The apparatus (50) comprises a minimum peak detector (51) with a differential input (28). The peak detector (51) provides a first voltage being proportional to an average voltage peak at the peak detector's differential input (28). A compressor (53) is provided for...

20060164405 - Driving scheme for a bi-stable display with improved greyscale accuracy: An image is updated on a bi-stable display (310) such as an electrophoretic display by driving the display from a current optical state to a reference optical state, and then to a final optical state. The optical stated may be greyscale or color states. The reference state is selected based...

20060164407 - Method and apparatus for defect correction in a display: A display device, comprising: a) a display having a plurality of pixels including one or more defective pixel(s) and one or more additional pixel(s); and b) a controller for driving the display pixels and for transforming an input signal into a compensated signal for selectively modifying the output of one...

20060164406 - Operating system independent method and apparatus for graphical remote access: A method and apparatus for updating video graphics changes of a managed server to a remote console independent of an operating system. The screen (e.g. frame buffer) of the managed server is divided into a number of blocks. Each block is periodically monitored for changes by calculating a hash code...

20060164408 - Display device: A photo sensor is disposed on the same substrate as that of a display area. External light sensed by the photo sensor is inputted into a luminance adjustment controller, and luminance necessary to maintain constant contrast is obtained. A correction value corresponding to the luminance to be adjusted is outputted...

20060164412 - 3d navigation system for motor vehicles: A 3D navigation system for motor vehicles includes a set-up combining a first motor vehicle and an environment scanner to generate a three-dimensional image of an environment around the first motor vehicle or at least a part of the environment around the first motor vehicle as well as at least...

20060164410 - Invisible space skipping with adaptive granularity for texture-based volume rendering: A method of accelerating texture-based volume rendering is provided. The method includes the following steps. A plurality of levels of granularity comprising a plurality of sub-volumes organized in a hierarchical structure are built. The hierarchical structure is ordered top-down from a coarsest level of granularity to a finest level of...

20060164409 - System and method for providing a dynamic user interface for a dense three-dimensional scene: A system and method for providing a dynamic user interface for a dense three-dimensional scene is presented. Clusters are placed in a three-dimensional scene arranged proximal to each other such cluster to form a cluster spine. Each cluster includes one or more concepts. Each cluster spine is projected into a...

20060164411 - Systems and methods for displaying multiple views of a single 3d rendering (\"multiple views\"): Systems and methods are presented for substantially simultaneously displaying two or more views of a 3D rendering. Such methods include generating a stereo pair of projections from a 3D model, receiving display mode information, processing the stereo pair of projections in accordance with the display mode information to create output...

20060164413 - Computer-implemented geometric shape interaction process: A computer-based method of creating displays of a number of different geometric shapes that are displayed on the computer display. Display limitations that retain predetermined orientations of at least two of the geometric shapes are defined, and the user is allowed to manipulate the display of the geometric shapes, but...

20060164414 - System and method for graphics culling: A method is disclosed for culling an object database in a graphics processing system. In one embodiment, the method comprises encoding per-object parameters and culling parameters. The per-object parameters are encoded in texture format thereby creating at least one per-object texture containing the encoded per-object parameters. Next, a fragment program...

20060164415 - Method, apparatus and computer program product enabling a dynamic global parameterization of triangle meshes over polygonal domain meshes: A method, a data storage medium storing a computer program, and a data processing system are disclosed to process data comprised of a triangulated mesh representation of an object. The method includes establishing a continuous bijective mapping between a first triangle mesh representation of the object and a second polygonal...

20060164416 - Method, apparatus, and medium for three-dimensionally transforming two-dimensional flyover data in three-dimensional graphics environment and for three-dimensionally visualizing two-dimensional flyover data in three-dimensional graphics environment: A method, apparatus, and medium for three-dimensionally transforming two-dimensional flyover data in a three-dimensional graphics environment and a method, apparatus, and medium for three-dimensionally visualizing two-dimensional flyover data in a three-dimensional graphics environment are provided. The apparatus for three-dimensionally visualizing two-dimensional flyover data in a three-dimensional graphics environment includes an...

20060164417 - Imagery-based synthetic environment for computer generated forces: Systems and methods usable to provide synthetic environments for computer generated forces include supplemental identifying information applicable to the respective surface. Polygons used to represent the surface can be overlayed with supplemental information to provide a higher fidelity environment in which to mobilize the computer generated forces....

20060164418 - Method and system for automated visualization using common scale: Embodiments include methods and systems for automated visualization using a common scale. One embodiment is a computer method for presenting data. The method computes a multi-level hierarchical structure for data and a common color scale for the multi-level hierarchical structure. Pixels are used to represent data records in the multi-level...

20060164419 - Image drawing device and image drawing method: A figure dividing unit sequentially generates, on the basis of sequentially input figure data, plural processing unit data respectively representing portions corresponding to plural partial areas constituting an image drawing area of a figure represented by the figure data. Drawing processing units each correspond to at least one of the...

20060164420 - Self-sustained asian font server and service: A system for providing non-standard characters over a network is provided. The system includes: (a) a non-standard character server coupled to the network, (b) a character database coupled to the server, and (c) one or more client terminals coupled to the network. A user of each client terminal may create...

20060164421 - Centralized software maintenance of blade computer system: A method and system are disclosed in which a management module (MM) designates an idle blade in a client blade farm to be an “administrative blade” that has administrator access to the virtual images of all users. The MM identifies when a particular user image is, or is not, in...

20060164422 - Portable screening room: A method and system are provided for screening media segments received from at least one originator. The method includes receiving at least one media segment from an originator, providing the media segment to at least one screener, associating feedback from the at least one screener with the at least one...

20060164423 - Interactive device capable of transmitting parameters of image objects: An interactive device includes an image sensor for generating a plurality of pixel signals, and a processor for determining a static parameter of at least one image object of the image based on the plurality of pixel signals. A transmission interface is used for outputting a control signal based on...

20060164424 - Methods and systems for updating a buffer: The present invention relates to methods and systems for updating a buffer. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for updating a buffer, which includes strategically writing to the buffer to enable concurrent read and write to the buffer. The method eliminates the need for double buffering, thereby...

20060164425 - Methods and apparatus for updating a memory address remapping table: Methods and apparatus for updating a memory address remapping table using a graphics processing circuitry are disclosed. The methods include assembling a command sequence of commands executable by the graphics processing circuit, the sequence configured to include one or more memory address remapping table updates for one or more page...

20060164427 - Bandlimited noise for computer graphics: Function spaces defined by scaling functions are used to generate bandlimited noise octaves and other attribute data sets. Scaling functions are basis functions that admit multiresolution analysis and include piecewise constant scaling functions, piecewise polynomial scaling functions, bandlimited scaling functions, Daubeschies scaling functions, as well as other multiresolution analysis scaling...

20060164426 - Method of bandlimiting data for computer graphics: Function spaces defined by scaling functions are used to generate bandlimited noise octaves and other attribute data sets. Scaling functions are basis functions that admit multiresolution analysis and include piecewise constant scaling functions, piecewise polynomial scaling functions, bandlimited scaling functions, Daubeschies scaling functions, as well as other multiresolution analysis scaling...

20060164428 - Method of creating and evaluating bandlimited noise for computer graphics: Function spaces defined by scaling functions are used to generate bandlimited noise octaves and other attribute data sets. Scaling functions are basis functions that admit multiresolution analysis and include piecewise constant scaling functions, piecewise polynomial scaling functions, bandlimited scaling functions, Daubeschies scaling functions, as well as other multiresolution analysis scaling...

20060164429 - 3-d rendering texture caching scheme: A 3D rendering texture caching scheme that minimizes external bandwidth requirements for texture and increases the rate at which textured pixels are available. The texture caching scheme efficiently pre-fetches data at the main memory access granularity and stores it in cache memory. The data in the main memory and texture...

20060164430 - Color conversion with many input channels: A method and apparatus for color conversion useful for color devices having a large number of input channels, for example CMYK color printers having additional inks used to enhance the color printer's gamut. The color conversion is performed using a strata collection of look-up tables that stratify an n-dimensional color...

20060164431 - Apparatus and method for displaying graphic objects concurrently: An apparatus is provided for displaying all graphic objects after having captured a point in time when an event is transmitted to the last graphic object, when a double buffering method is used, to prevent a transition of a windows system generated by visually observable intervals occurring between events where...

20060164432 - Communication terminal: The control circuit 11 causes display of messages received through the communication unit 1 in the display unit 14 in list form. A cursor for making selections from the messages displayed in list form has different patterns. The control circuit 11 associates the cursor patterns with message types. In another...

20060164433 - Communication terminal: The control circuit 11 causes display of messages received through the communication unit 1 in the display unit 14 in list form. A cursor for making selections from the messages displayed in list form has different patterns. The control circuit 11 associates the cursor patterns with message types. In another...

20060164434 - Communication terminal: The control circuit 11 causes display of messages received through the communication unit 1 in the display unit 14 in list form. A cursor for making selections from the messages displayed in list form has different patterns. The control circuit 11 associates the cursor patterns with message types. In another...

20060164435 - Display device, display control method thereof, and storage medium: Four windows A, B, C, and D are displayed on the display screen. Of the four windows displayed on the display screen, an active window which is currently being accessed is A, and other windows, i.e., windows B, C, and D are inactive windows. The inactive windows are displayed at...

20060164436 - Device and method for controlling the display of electronic information: The present invention provides a novel device and method for controlling the display of electronic information. The device can be based on the computing environment of an enhanced personal digital assistant with cellular telephone and electronic message capabilities. The device is operable to present, on its display, user customizable information,...

20060164437 - Reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing picture data: A reproducing apparatus includes a graphics data output unit that outputs, on a pixel-by-pixel basis, alpha-data-added graphics data containing graphics data that forms a first screen picture and alpha data that indicates a degree of transparency of each of pixels of the graphics data, a video data output unit that...

20060164438 - Reproducing apparatus capable of reproducing picture data: A reproducing apparatus includes a graphics processing unit that outputs graphics data, which forms a first screen image, in sync with a vertical sync signal and a pixel clock signal, a video decoder that outputs video data, which forms a second screen image, in sync with the vertical sync signal...

20060164439 - System and method for inserting content into an image sequence: Systems and methods for augmenting an image sequence with content are disclosed. A system may include a character generator, a graphics frame buffer and a graphics insertion system. The character generator may generate pixel block content. The graphics frame buffer may be in communication with the character generator and store...

20060164440 - Method of directly manipulating geometric shapes: An artist directly manipulates the surface of a geometric shape, which is a blended result of a number of weighted shapes, to indicate how the surface of a geometric shape should look. In response to the direct manipulation, the weightings that must be applied to the number of different shapes...

20060164441 - Image display apparatus, image display program, image display method, and recording medium for recording the image display program: An operation input unit designates an image to be compared via a thumbnail image or the like. A photographing-information extracting unit extracts, from an image file of the image stored in an image memory, photographing information including the size and the number of pixels of CCD in an image pickup...

20060164442 - Display device: A display device such as a projector and its adjusting system are provided which are arranged to easily adjust a brightness tracking (gamma) characteristic and a white balance of a displayed image. On the screen of the display device of the invention are displayed an image composed from a video...

20060164443 - Modulating spatial light modulator with logically or'ed values of bit planes: For each bit plane of a plurality of bit planes of a pixel, a first spatial light modulator is modulated in accordance with a value of the bit plane. For each bit plane of at least one of the plurality of bit planes of the pixel, a second spatial light...

20060158385 - User interface for different displays: This invention relates to a method for adjusting a graphical user interface for at least two displays, wherein due to an activation of at least one of at least two displays the graphical user interface is informed about the characteristics of said at least one activated display whereby the graphical...

20060158386 - Plasma display device and driving method thereof: A plasma display device. A plasma display panel includes a plurality of address electrodes, a plurality of scan electrodes, and a plurality of sustain electrodes. A temperature detector detects a temperature of the plasma display panel. A controller outputs a scan electrode driving signal to control a reset waveform to...

20060158387 - Plasma display device and driving method thereof: A plasma display device determining whether to perform power recovery in address and sustain periods of each subfield according to the temperature of a plasma display panel. When the temperature is outside of a predetermined temperature range, the address voltage is applied by hard switching to the third electrode in...

20060158388 - Plasma display device and driving method: A plasma display device driving method that sets the voltage applied to the sustain electrode in the falling period of the reset period to be higher than the voltage applied to the sustain electrode in the address period. As a result, the address voltage applied to the address electrode in...

20060158389 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a display apparatus, and more particularly, to a plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof. The plasma display apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a plasma display-panel in which images are represented with each of a plurality of sub-fields being divided...

20060158390 - Plasma display panel driving method and plasma display apparatus: In a conventional method of driving a plasma display panel, for example, an auxiliary discharge is executed between an A electrode and a Y electrode to improve light-emission efficiency of a display discharge. However, since a phosphor layer is present between the A electrode and the Y electrode, the phosphor...

20060158391 - Driving method and driving circuit of plasma display panel and plasma display device: In a driving method of a plasma display panel having a plurality of first electrodes provided so as to correspond to phosphors of a plurality of emitted light colors and having a plurality of second electrodes disposed so as to intersect with the first electrodes, the first electrodes for each...

20060158397 - Display device and driving method therefor: A display device and a driving method of the same are provided. The display device includes: a light emitting element; a driving transistor having a control port connected to a first node, an output port connected to a second node, and an input port and applying a driving current to...

20060158393 - Display device and driving method thereof: [Solving Means] A first substrate having a pixel portion in which pixels constituted by a plurality of transistors are arranged in matrix has a source driver for supplying a video signal, a gate driver for selecting a pixel, a power source circuit, and a compensation circuit for compensating variations in...

20060158396 - Electro-optical device, drive circuit, driving method, and electronic apparatus: A drive circuit of an electro-optical device comprising electro-optical elements of which each gray scale is controlled in accordance with a data signal output to a data line includes a reference current that generates unit generating reference current and a signal output unit that generates the data signal corresponding to...

20060158395 - Electro-optical device, driving circuit of electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: A driving circuit drives an electro-optical device in which a gray-scale level of each of a plurality of electro-optical elements provided so as to correspond to a plurality of data lines is controlled on the basis of a voltage of a corresponding data line. The driving circuit includes a pulse...

20060158394 - Scan driver, organic light emitting display using the same, and method of driving the organic light emitting display: Embodiments of a scan driver capable of freely adjusting the width of emission control signals are disclosed. One embodiment of the scan driver comprises a shift register configured to sequentially shift a start pulse in response to a clock signal to generate sampling pulses, a NOR gate coupled to each...

20060158392 - Two-part driver circuit for organic light emitting diode: The present invention provides an improvement of a two-part driver circuit designed for achieving the stability of the intensity of an OLED panel. A pre-charge circuit and a constant current circuit are added before a MOS driver of an OLED panel, and a switch is used to select the pre-charge...

20060158399 - Driving method of display device: In a display device in which one frame is divided into a plurality of subframes and a gray scale is expressed by a time gray scale method, there is a problem of pseudo contour. A gray scale is expressed by sequentially adding a weight of each subframe (light emission period,...

20060158398 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus capable of effecting displays high in both reliability and luminance. With the image display apparatus, a transistor switch is provided between a light emitting device and a drive transistor, and a voltage value expressed by formula (a gate voltage at an on-time of the transistor switch)—(the...

20060158400 - Light emitting device: A light emitting device capable of feeding a reverse current to the defective structural part of a light emitting element, e.g. an organic EL element, without using the power supply voltage as reverse bias. The light emitting device comprises a capacitive light emitting element, e.g. an organic EL element, emitting...

20060158401 - Integrated display unit: An integrated display unit described with a display having a plurality of display elements (Dx) which are joined together into a plurality of groups, and with various circuit arrangements for controlling the display. The display is in particular a pixel-based display such as, for example, a (P or O) LED...

20060158402 - Method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display: A method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display is provided. The system may include extracting a time dependent parameter of a pixel for calibration....

20060158403 - Color emitting device: A color emitting device (1) comprising an emitting device (10) and a color conversion member (21) which absorbs light emitted from the emitting device (10) and emits light; the emitting device (10) including at least a first reflecting section (12) and a second reflecting section (15) provided in that order...

20060158404 - Organic light-emitting diode display device: An organic light-emitting diode display (OELD) device is presented that reduces the number of outputs of a data driver. The OELD device includes data and scan lines which cross each other. Pixel cells that contain organic electro-luminescence diodes are arranged in a matrix in pixel areas between the data lines...

20060158405 - Progressive data delivery to spatial light modulators: In a spatial light modulator, a frame may be broken up into a plurality of colors. A given frame may include at least a first portion and a second portion. During the first portion of the frame, more significant bits of the data for a given pixel may be displayed...

20060158406 - Semi-permanent electronic paper: An apparatus and method to control the writing on electronic paper....

20060158409 - Driving circuit and method of flat panel display: A driving circuit. The driving circuit includes a plurality of scan shift register cells, a pair of complementary clock signal lines, and a horizontal start signal generator. Each scan shift register cell comprises a bidirectional circuit, a shift register coupled to the bidirectional circuit, a transmission gate coupled to the...

20060158408 - Liquid crystal display device: A left TFT 26 and a right TFT 28 are provided at both sides of one signal line 24, a first scanning line 30 to supply a gate signal to the left TFT 26 is provided, a second scanning line 32 to supply a gate signal to the right TFT...

20060158407 - Liquid crystal display device, driving circuit and driving method thereof: A driving circuit for use in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes: a drive signal generator for supplying a gate low voltage (VGL) signal, wherein the voltage swing of the VGL signal is substantially zero; a drive signal modifier coupled to the drive signal generator for generating a modified...

20060158411 - Display apparatus and its control method: The invention discloses an image display apparatus having a display device and a signal processing circuit for performing a signal processing according to a size of region of a predetermined color in an image to be displayed. The invention also discloses an image display apparatus having: a display device; and...

20060158410 - Liquid crystal display: A liquid crystal display has an LCD controller, a microcomputer, and a storage section. The LCD controller is capable of setting up an image display period for performing display based on input image data and a black display period for performing display based on black display data, within one field...

20060158412 - Power supply circuit, display driver, electro-optical device, electronic instrument, and method of controlling power supply circuit: A power supply circuit including a high-potential-side voltage generation circuit and a low-potential-side voltage generation circuit which respectively generate a high-potential-side voltage and a low-potential-side voltage to be supplied to a common electrode, and alternately supplying the high-potential-side voltage and the low-potential-side voltage to the common electrode as a common...

20060158413 - Power supply circuit, display driver, electro-optical device, electronic instrument, and method of controlling power supply circuit: A power supply circuit includes a high-potential-side voltage generation circuit and a low-potential-side voltage generation circuit which respectively generate a high-potential-side voltage and a low-potential-side voltage supplied to the common electrode; and alternately supplies the high-potential-side voltage and the low-potential-side voltage to the common electrode as a common electrode voltage...

20060158416 - Apparatus and method for driving small-sized lcd device: An apparatus and method for driving a small-sized or low-powered liquid crystal display (LCD) device are provided to reduce the amount of energy consumed in driving the LCD device while displaying a high-quality moving image on a small-sized LCD panel without distortion such as tailing or blurriness, where the apparatus...

20060158415 - Overdrive circuit having a temperature coefficient look-up table and liquid crystal display panel driving apparatus including the same: A overdrive circuit and a liquid crystal display panel driving apparatus that can overdrive the display panel with a high accuracy without requiring a large memory capacity or a complicated arithmetic circuit is disclosed. The overdrive circuit includes a basic look-up table (LUT) that outputs a basic overdrive amount, and...

20060158414 - Storage device equipped with bistable display: A storage device is disclosed that includes a housing; a storage medium for storing data; a bistable display; and a control unit electrically connected to the storage medium and the bistable display for receiving power from an external host device or an access point so as to control the bistable...

20060158417 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to plasma display apparatus and method of driving the same. In a plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention a driving pulse corresponding to an image data inputted through one input terminal is outputted to m output...

20060158418 - Display device with pixel inversion: The invention relates to a display device (2) with pixels (8) arranged in columns m and rows n, wherein the pixels of a row n can be selected by a row voltage (VROW) supplied through control lines (6), and column voltages (VCOL) that correspond to the picture data of the...

20060158421 - Driver circuit of display device and method of driving the same: A display device is provided with pixels, data lines to supply the pixels with video signals, a shift register circuit to select the pixels, a power source to generate a voltage, a detection circuit to detect a starting-up portion of the voltage, and a driver circuit. The driver circuit includes...

20060158420 - Driving multiple sub-pixels from single gray scale data: For generating source line voltages in a display device, gray scale data is received at a source driver for a first sub-pixel of a pixel. The source driver generates a first source line voltage for the first sub-pixel and a second source line voltage for a second sub-pixel from the...

20060158419 - Shift register unit: A shift register unit capable of generating two output pulses in turn. In the shift register unit, a first unit receives a start pulse and a clock signal to output a first output pulse during a first period. A second unit receives the first output pulse and an inverse signal...

20060158422 - Rotating type electric sign board and method for driving thereof: A rotary electronic display board and a method for driving the same. The rotary electronic display board switches individual LEDs on or off at their correct positions irrespective of a variation in rotation speed of a drive motor, and correctly and sharply indicates text and image data without using a...

20060158427 - Desktop electronic magnifier: A desktop electronic magnifier in a first embodiment includes a monitor and a control panel mounted to the monitor so that access to the control panel cannot be blocked by any position of the monitor. In a second embodiment, a monitor is positioned atop a flat platform that surmounts the...

20060158426 - Display apparatus with input devices: A display apparatus with input devices includes a display unit including a liquid crystal display and a frame surrounding the periphery of the display unit. The input devices that are disposed on the frame are being used to switch a switching circuit when touched by an operator. A plurality of...

20060158423 - Electronic display and control device for a measuring device: The invention relates to an electronic display and control device for a geodesic measuring device containing capturing means and representation means for detecting and reproducing a measuring range together with input means for controlling the measuring processes. The radiation beam necessary for said measuring processes is emitted by a radiation...

20060158424 - Optical slide pad: An input device includes a movable pad within a frame, a first linear array of optical sensors located opposite the movable pad, and a second linear array of optical sensors located opposite the movable pad. The first and the second linear arrays are arranged along different axes and generate signals...

20060158425 - Screen calibration for display devices: Methods and apparatus enable calibration of a display for a particular user thereof. An image displayed such as by an interactive system is adjusted based on physical attributes associated with the user or other characteristics of the user in order to customize the image being displayed. For some embodiments, change...

20060158428 - Handheld electronic device with roller ball input: An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a reduced keyboard and a roller ball input. The roller ball input includes a movable portion that is substantially continuously rotatable with respect to a housing of the device and...

20060158429 - Pointing device including a moveable puck with mechanical detents: A pointing device includes a moveable puck that is capable of moving over a surface in a puck field of motion. The surface includes a detent feature defined within the puck field of motion for engaging with a detent feature of the moveable puck....

20060158431 - Pointing device with multidirectional window viewing function: The present invention relates to a pointing device with multidirectional window viewing function. The pointing device with multidirectional window viewing function comprises a multidirectional roller, which moves in at least three directions and triggers actuating signals corresponding to each direction, including an oblique direction; and a controller, which receives the...

20060158430 - Resizable wireless pointing device with a storable receiver: The present invention relates to a resizable wireless pointing device with a storable receiver. The body housing comprises at least one inner compartment which is located next to the back of a wheel and used for storage of said wireless receiver. A sliding cover, located on the top of said...

20060158432 - Three-dimensional optical mouse system: A three-dimensional optical mouse device with a Micromirror Array Lens(MMAL) is provided. To have the three-dimensional optical mouse system, a three-dimensional imaging device is used for detecting the motion of optical pointer or fingers of the user and gives a location of the pointer to computer working as a pointing...

20060158433 - Data input device: A data input device including plural keys that are arranged over at least two lines. A unidirectional position detector is associated with each line of keys and each unidirectional position detector includes a first input connection, a second input connection, and an output connection. The output connections of the unidirectional...

20060158435 - Data input device: A data input device comprises a microprocessor electrically connected to a camera device, a mirror installed in front of a lens of the camera device to allow the camera device to take a reference image reflected by the mirror. When the microprocessor detects that the camera device takes that a...

20060158434 - Electronic payment terminal with active cover: An apparatus useful in facilitating commercial transaction payments as a secured electronic payment terminal and a thin keyboard cover. The keyboard cover is adjustably attached to the electronic payment terminal so that the keyboard cover can alternatively serve to cover the keyboard or to swing away from the keyboard to...

20060158436 - User interface with augmented searching characteristics: Appliances, methods and devices are disclosed in which a first selection corresponding to symbols is used to identify a non-information function. An object corresponding to the non-information function may be provided and selected to indicate a user's desire to execute tasks of the function. Upon receiving the user's selection, the...

20060158437 - Display device: Devices, systems, and methods for directing a beam of light into a display such that the beam of light undergoes internal reflection within the display and capturing a reflected light beam are disclosed....

20060158438 - Dynamic software control interface and method: A software interface that is installable on a processor for interfacing with an electrically or electronically controllable device. The software comprises means for receiving input from a user remotely via a network and a means for translating the network communicated user input into at least one of a control signal...

20060158439 - Methods and systems for audio and video communication: Systems for audio and video communication used in a mobile electronic device are provided. An embodiment of a system comprises a display object generation unit, an acoustic object generation unit and a transport unit. The display object generation unit repeatedly generates display objects corresponding to intensity of light sensed by...

20060158440 - Active dynamic tactile feedback stylus: An improved system and method for user input in to a computer particularly tablet computers. The improvements involve generating tactile feedback through a stylus to a user. The feedback being dependant on what virtual function the pen is providing or where the stylus is positioned relative to the information displayed...

20060158443 - Light modulator with bi-directional drive: A spatial light modulator may be adapted to receive bi-directional drive signals. The spatial light modulator may include a plurality of pixel elements having individual first electrodes and a common electrode providing a second electrode for each of the pixel elements. The pixel elements may be adapted to change between...

20060158442 - Method and apparatus for representation of video and audio signals on a low-resolution display: The method for the representation of video and audio signals on a low-resolution display panel, which includes the steps of: scaling the video or audio frame to fit the display panel, quantization of the video or audio signals to predetermined level values, temporal representation of video data by using the...

20060158441 - Timing control circuit with personal identification function and application thereof: A timing control circuit with personal identification function suitable for a display device is provided. The timing control circuit has a driving control unit, a video processor and a personal identification circuit. The driving control unit controls the display device according to a horizontal synchronous signal and a vertical synchronous...

20060158445 - Method of manufacturing image display apparatus: t

20060158446 - Methods and apparatuses using control indicators for data processing systems: A control indication assembly. A first control mounted on a surface of a computer is coupled to a first sensor, to a first sensing circuit to send an electrical signal to the first control when a user-touch occurs to the first sensor, and to a first indicator to indicate an...

20060158444 - Voltage variation processing mechanism built-in a microcontroller: A voltage variation processing mechanism built-in a microcontroller aims to transmit signals of a low voltage detector or a voltage detector monitor to an address generator, a memory and an instruction register. When the low voltage detector or the voltage detector monitor is activated, the microcontroller is frozen until system...

20060158448 - Method and program for improving three-dimensional air excursion using a server and a client: In a server, a client for improving a three-dimensional air excursion and a method and programs thereof, a three-dimensional data can be automatically produced from aerial pictures or satellite images, and the three-dimensional air excursion on a three-dimensional solid map can be provided to a lot of users via the...

20060158447 - System and method for fast tensor field segmentation: Segmenting a digitized image includes providing a diffusion tensor field image, partitioning the image into 2 regions, each point being assigned to one of the regions, associating a level-set function with each region, the level-set function having a negative value in one region and a positive value in the other...

20060158449 - Computerized deformation analyzer: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for determining deformation of a surface of a material is provided. The method includes receiving, at a computer, an elastic deformation range and a plastic deformation range of the material. The method also includes modeling a region of the material with...

20060158450 - Function portions of animation program: The present invention consists of an evaluation engine, which is a system for evaluating the state of an animation at a specific time where secondary animation may be derived from the state of the animation at another time. Unlike DAG-based systems where time is another variable, time is external to...

20060158453 - Method and apparatus for the digital creation of fur effects: A system and method to generate digital representations of hair or animal fur on surfaces. In one embodiment the system and method includes methods to automatically place hairs on surfaces, comb the placed hairs, adjust the hairs on surface boundaries to ensure continuity across surface patches, selectively break hairs along...

20060158452 - Remote set-up and calibration of an interactive system: Techniques for remotely calibrating an interactive system are provided. In one aspect, a three-dimensional model of the target environment is obtained, image and parameter data of the target environment are obtained, the image and parameter data are mapped onto the three-dimensional model, and calibration data of the target environment is...

20060158451 - Selection of a mipmap level: A computer graphics includes a texture memory (134) storing texture maps in a mipmap structure, texels in a texture map being specified by a pair of u and v coordinates. A rasterizer (120) determines for a texel (u, v) corresponding initial 4D mipmap levels (mmlu, mmlv) and a magnification factor...

20060158456 - High-resolution rapid manufacturing: The present invention is a method for forming an object, the method comprising jetting a first material to form a plurality of layers that define a support structure increment, and extruding a second material to form a layer of the object. The layer of the object substantially conforms to an...

20060158457 - Individual channel filtering of palettized image formats: A method, system, and a computer program product for filtering palettized image formats are presented. In an embodiment, data is retrieved from a palette of an image. Data associated with a channel of the palette is filtered, and stored, for example, together with a pixel buffer of the image to...

20060158454 - Method of displaying an image on a color display: A method of displaying an image on a color display comprises receiving image data to be displayed, forming a first sub image and a second sub image from said image data, said first sub image comprising a first set of colors and said second sub image comprising a second set...

20060158455 - Real clear 3d multi-user communicator: Color 3D image display devices that show realistic 3D images using right images for right eye and left images for left eyes. Multi-users can view the 3D images from different angles. The size of data is small enough to be practical. Location changeable slots means such as liquid crystal slots...

20060158458 - Display device, and method of operation thereof: It is an object of the invention to provide a display device which performs high grayscale display in accordance with display contents and a game machine with an improved realistic sensation. The invention is a display device characterized by including a pixel portion which performs display based on a video...

20060158460 - Message display unit and message display method for mobile communication terminal: A message display method for a mobile communication terminal comprising changing either a color of letters of a message displayed on a screen or a color of a background of the message or both to be similar to or the same as each other....

20060158459 - Systems and methods for creating user interfaces: The present invention allows users to customize user interfaces within software programs on the fly. By customizing user interfaces users can streamline their own work process, particularly when the user is dealing with large amounts of data. In addition to customizing user interfaces, the present invention also allows users to...

20060158461 - Controls for digital lighting: A digitally controlled lighting system where aspects have a central media server connected to remote media servers. The connection may have separate networks for control versus media. Automatic synchronization of the contents of the media servers may be carried out....

20060158462 - High dynamic range image viewing on low dynamic range displays: Techniques and tools for displaying/viewing HDR images are described. In one aspect, a background image constructed from HDR image information is displayed along with portions of the HDR image corresponding to one or more regions of interest. The portions have at least one display parameter (e.g., a tone mapping parameter)...

20060158463 - Online digital and analog photographic album design and album ordering system: A turnkey solution is provided to users who wish to create a customized photo album with personalized features. The turnkey solution is an online system for designing and printing or designing and printing and binding photo albums. According to certain embodiments, such an online system includes providing a web-based workstation...

20060158464 - System for secure text display: Techniques for securely displaying text on a display panel involve destroying spatial and temporal correlations in an otherwise uniform visual field. The techniques render the displayed text secure with respect to attempts to copy the text using a video capture device or still-picture camera. The techniques also render the displayed...

20060158465 - Illumination modulation technique for microdisplays: A projection display may use pulse width modulation wherein the duty cycle may be varied. This duty cycle variation may improve bit depth in some embodiments. For example, on alternate frames, the duty cycle may be reduced by a given percentage....

20060158467 - Distributed aperture display: Methods and apparatus are provided for reducing the visual artifacts exhibited by a display employing individually addressable pixels. The apparatus comprises an array of pixels, each pixel having a switchable region of alterable transparency or luminance and a non-switchable region. The switchable region of each pixel is distributed, that is,...

20060158466 - Shared pixels rendering display: A shared pixels rendering display includes the procedures of taking samples of sub-pixels (r, g, b) of original pixels that mate the pixel layout (R, G, B) of a color filter; determining content variations of neighboring pixels after sampling, and redistributing after a weighted ratio has been applied to the...

20060152433 - 3d display device and an electronic device with the same: A 3D display device includes two display portions (200, 201) each having a display for generating a particular image thereon. The two display portions are substantially symmetrically arranged. Images associated with the two display portions are slightly different from each other. An electronic device includes a main body (10) and...

20060152432 - Information display system: The system for displaying information displays, to a user of a vehicle, information data on a first screen (16) which is connected to a computer (14) connected to a portable electronic device (19) which contains a second screen (17), via a data input/output means (15), such that the first screen...

20060152431 - Screen adjusting apparatus and method for use in multi-display unit: There is provided a screen adjusting apparatus and method of a multi-display unit, in which a plurality of image display panels are selected and a screen display state of the selected image display panel is adjusted in a single operation....

20060152434 - Calibrating real and virtual views: A method for calibrating real and virtual views includes tracking a calibration screen, wherein a real reference point, generated by a real reference point generator, is projected on the calibration screen, aligning a view of a virtual reference point to a view of the real reference point in a display,...

20060152435 - Display device and display method: The present invention relates to a display apparatus and a display method that enable multiple users to view high resolution moving images from various viewing points of the users. A light-control screen 25 is rotated, and projectors 211 to 21N irradiate the screen 25 from various directions with light rays...

20060152436 - Display system incorporating trilinear electromechanical grating device: A display system comprises a light modulator having at least three linear arrays of light modulating devices on a common substrate, at least one light source producing at least three colors of light for illuminating the at least three linear arrays, a lens for creating line images of the at...

20060152437 - Residual image display: In one of the present invention, a scanning control means and a generating means scan an image by part of light-emitting diodes among a plurality of light-emitting diodes, and generate two-dimensional residual image data enlarged from the image. A light-emission control means controls light emission of the plurality of light-emitting...

20060152438 - Electrochemical display and drive method: In impressing a voltage on pixel electrodes in pixels so as to display an image through deposition and dissolution of a metal, the time of impressing a write voltage on the pixel electrodes is controlled so as to perform gradation display. In this instance, the current density of the current...

20060152441 - Image processing apparatus and method of plasma display panel: This document relates to a display apparatus, and more particularly, to an image processing apparatus and method of a plasma display panel. An image processing apparatus of a plasma display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises an inverse gamma correction unit that gamma-corrects an image signal...

20060152439 - Plasma display apparatus: According to the present invention, a plasma display apparatus, which represents the luminance of one frame in accordance with a combination of plural sub-frames having luminance levels corresponding to a plurality of weighted values, additionally includes a sub-frame having a luminance level lower than the minimum gray scale level of...

20060152440 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof. According to embodiments of the present invention, the plasma display apparatus and the driving method thereof apply a driving pulse and a driving erasing voltage to an electrode when power supply is blocked. The driving pulse...

20060152442 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof. The plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention changes the number of sustain pulses according to a total operating time of a plasma display panel. The plasma display apparatus...

20060152445 - Driving method of plasma display panel and plasma display device: In a plasma display device comprising: plural first, second, and third electrodes disposed adjacently and extending in a first direction, the third electrodes being provided between the first and second electrodes for repeating discharges; a dielectric layer covering the electrodes; a first electrode driving circuit for driving the first electrodes;...

20060152443 - Plasma display apparatus and method for processing image thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and a method for processing image thereof. The plasma display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a gray-level signal division part for dividing a gray-level signal during one frame into a first gray-level signal and a second gray-level signal, a...

20060152444 - Plasma display panel and method for processing pictures thereof: A plasma display device and an image processing method thereof for reducing false contour and avoiding a low discharge at grayscales include detecting a moving image block and a still image block from input video signals. The output of grayscales of the detected still image block is determined such that...

20060152446 - Method of driving plasma display panel: In a method of driving a panel, in initializing periods of a plurality of sub-fields constituting one field, one of all-cell initializing operation or selective initializing operation is performed. In the all-cell initializing operation, initializing discharge is performed in all the discharge cells for displaying an image. In the selective...

20060152447 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: This document relates to a plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof, and more particularly, to a plasma display apparatus for driving electrodes and driving method thereof. A plasma display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a plasma display panel comprising a scan electrode and a...

20060152448 - Apparatus for deriving a plasma display panel: A driving apparatus for a plasma display panel with a pulse generator to supply an alternating pulse to an electrode, and an energy recovering unit to store charges from a discharge cell when the pulse voltage decreases or to output the stored charges to the discharge cell when the pulse...

20060152449 - Active matrix display and its testing method: An active-matrix display apparatus is disclosed that includes: a substrate; an electrode for provision of a display element included in each of a plurality of pixels provided on the substrate; a first transistor Q2 that is connected to the electrode and a current-source line Is (m); a second transistor Q1...

20060152450 - Display device having a sparkling effect and method for driving the same: The invention relates to a display device (6;6′) comprising a display (2) having a plurality of display pixels (3;3′) with light emitting elements (LED) and at least a first drive element (T1) and a second drive element (T2) for driving said light emitting elements (LED) in accordance with an analogue...

20060152451 - Image display apparatus and drive method: Disclosed is an image display apparatus having, in every pixel, a light-emitting element such as an organic electro-luminescence (EL) element of which the brightness is controlled by a current. The image display apparatus includes transistors that form a current mirror in the pixel and using a pixel structure having two...

20060152453 - Driver circuit of display device: It has a gradation voltage generation circuit 1 for generating a plurality of voltage values suited to gamma characteristics of a liquid crystal and so on, a digital image data storage circuit 3 for storing digital image data displayed on a display device, a gradation voltage selection circuit 2 for...

20060152452 - Electroluminescent display device with duty cycle control: The display device comprises a display panel (2) having a plurality of display pixels (4) with emissive display elements (11). The display device further comprises duty cycle control means (15, T3) for varying a fraction of the frame period during which the display pixels (4) emit light in dependence on...

20060152455 - Driving method and driving apparatus: A driving apparatus for driving a plurality of display devices of a panel is provided. The driving apparatus comprises a controllable current source and a plurality of current storage and duplicating apparatuses. Wherein, each of the current storage and duplicating apparatuses is coupled to the controllable current source and one...

20060152454 - Temperature measurement using an oled device: An OLED device comprising: a) a substrate; b) one or more OLED element(s) formed on the substrate and having a common electrical connection for passing current through the OLED element(s); c) one or more transistor circuit(s) for controlling current passing through the OLED element(s); and d) a controller for measuring...

20060152456 - Method and apparatus for miniaturizing digital light processing displays using high refractive index crystals: A digital light processing display system is provided with fewer major moving parts and a smaller form factor. A high-intensity, high-frequency strobe light is used to direct a pulse of light through colored filters. The colored pulses of light are passed through separate prisms, each with a high index of...

20060152457 - Cholesteric liquid crystal display device and method for driving cholesteric liquid crystal display device: A method for driving a liquid crystal display device in which a liquid crystal is driven in a matrix using a plurality of common electrodes and segment electrodes, which are crossed oppositely. While common drive voltage waveforms from each common electrode are sequentially applied to a cholesteric liquid crystal display...

20060152458 - Bistable nematic liquid crystal display method and device: The present invention provides a display device comprising a bistable nematic liquid crystal matrix screen with breaking of anchoring, the device being characterized in that it includes addressing means suitable for generating and applying control signals to each pixel of the matrix screen, the control signals having sloping rising edges...

20060152459 - Scan driver for selectively performing progressive scanning and interlaced scanning and a display using the same: A scan driver that selectively performs progressive scanning and interlaced scanning and a display using the same. The scan driver includes a shift register having a plurality of flip-flops arranged in series, an odd line selection unit having a plurality of NAND gates, and an even line selection unit having...

20060152461 - Constant current circuit and flat display device: The present invention is applied to, for example, a liquid crystal display in which a driving circuit is integrally formed on an insulating substrate, and after a sampling capacitor C3 is charged with a reference current I1 and a gate-source voltage Vgs of a transistor Q14 due to the reference...

20060152463 - Controller driver and liquid crystal display apparatus using the same: A controller driver includes an overdrive processing unit generating corrected image data based on image data and image data of one frame previous to the image data, a data line driver generating a liquid crystal driving voltage, a roundabout route bypassing the overdrive processing unit and allowing the one frame...

20060152460 - Display device: A display apparatus that can improve power savings in a waiting mode is disclosed. The display apparatus (0) is used as a display component of an electronic device capable of switching between a normal power consumption state and a low power consumption state and includes a panel in which a...

20060152464 - Drive circuit of electro-optical device, driving method of electro-optical device, and electro-optical device having the same: A drive circuit for driving an electro-optical device that includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scanning lines extending to intersect each other and a plurality of pixel portions which are connected to the data lines and the scanning lines and which constitute a display surface. The...

20060152462 - Liquid crystal driving device, liquid crystal display device, and liquid crystal driving method: A liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an active matrix type liquid crystal display panel, in which a set value of a common voltage applied to a common electrode of the liquid crystal display panel is determined based on input image data, and...

20060152467 - Data output driver and semiconductor memory device having the same: A data output driver and a semiconductor memory device having the same are disclosed. This data output driver includes: a rising transition slope adjuster including a plurality of first delay units cascade-connected to each other and receiving data and generating delayed data, each of the first delay units having a...

20060152466 - Method of driving source driver of lcd: Disclosed is a method of driving a source driver of an LCD which can reduce power consumption of the LCD by reducing the operating range of an amplifier provided on the last terminal of a source driver. According to the method, the output terminal of the source driver is kept...

20060152465 - Reference voltage selection device and source driver device and display device using the same: A reference voltage selection device suitable for a display device comprising a digital to analog converter is provided. The digital to analog converter may include a plurality of input terminals and may be adopted for providing a displaying voltage to the display device. The selection device may include a reference...

20060152468 - Display device adjusting method and display device: An LED of each of colors, red, green and blue, undergoes PWM control independently in a unit emission period to emit light, luminance/chromaticity meter 31 measures the chromaticity of the light, a difference is calculated between the measured value and target white balance value, a duty ratio is corrected on...

20060152469 - Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof: In a display device having a light source and a storage for storing at least one reference frame of image data, a driving method includes receiving a current frame of image data; comparing grey levels between pixels of the current frame of image data and the corresponding pixels of the...

20060152470 - Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same: A liquid crystal display device and a method of driving the same. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode and a storage electrode, a second substrate having a common electrode, an optically compensated bend (OCB) mode liquid crystal layer filled...

20060152471 - Liquid crystal display device: A film member is provided between a liquid crystal panel and the front panel of a front frame. The film member is thinner than the gap between the liquid crystal panel and the front panel. The film member is strip-shaped, one end part thereof in the width direction is attached...

20060152472 - Display and method for driving same: A display device (1) according to this invention includes a pair of opposite substrates (3A) and (3B), a group of electrostatically chargeable colored particles (6) present between the pair of substrates, a transparent first electrode (4), and a second electrode (5), wherein the group of colored particles is capable of...

20060152474 - Electrodeposition display panel manufacturing method, electrodeposition display panel and electrodeposition display device: An electrodeposition display panel manufacturing method capable of manufacturing a highly reliable display panel in a short time and effectively, an electrodeposition display panel, and an electrodeposition display device are provided. Openings (5A), (5B) are provided in a rear substrate (2) of the cell. A nozzle (7A) to which an...

20060152475 - Electrophoretic display panel: An electrophoretic display panel (1), comprises drive means (100), for controlling the potential difference of each picture element (2) to be a reset potential difference having a reset value and a reset duration for enabling particles (6) to substantially occupy one of the extreme positions. The reset pulses are applied...

20060152473 - Electrophoretic multi-color display device: The electrophoretic multi-color display device has a plurality of cells (10, 10′, 10″, . . . ) with an electrophoretic medium (14) and pixel electrodes (11, 11, 11″, . . . ) for selecting a subgroup of cells. A color filter array (13) is associated with the pixel electrodes. The...

20060152476 - Method of driving a foil display screen and device having such a display screen: The invention relates to a method of controlling a display screen, particularly a foil display built up of a number of lines, the display screen comprising at least one light source, a movable element, and selection means for locally bringing the movable element into contact with the light source, in...

20060152477 - Communications device and method, recording medium, and program: The present invention relates to a communications apparatus and method, a storage medium and a program that make it possible for the user to select a device to be made a communications partner more quickly and reliably. The searcher device 21 performs a search so as to detect only one...

20060152483 - Floor covering with voice-responsive display: An advanced floor mat is disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, the floor mat includes a cleanable portion. The floor mat may also include a water dissipation component, a water absorbing component, a cushioning component, customized graphics, a transparent cleanable portion, a tacky surface on the cleanable portion,...

20060152480 - Handheld electronic device, user interface and method employing an input wheel disposed at about a 45 degree angle: A handheld electronic device, such as a fob, includes an input apparatus having a single rotational axis and a thumbwheel adapted to rotate about the rotational axis in a first rotational direction and an opposite second rotational direction. A display alternatively displays a first horizontal list and a second vertical...

20060152479 - Intelligent text magnifying glass in camera in telephone and pda: A hand-held communication device, such as a mobile telephone or personal digital assistant, containing a camera is provided with the capability to distinguish printing from graphics in an image and to magnify and enhance the printing for display on the device. The device can thus aid a user in a...

20060152478 - Projection of synthetic information: A real environment during which a feedback between the position of the information and the projection thereof ensues with means for image processing and/or pattern recognition. The feedback ensues in such a manner that the information is positioned at a predetermined position in the real environment....

20060152481 - Touching rib of input unit and mold thereof: A touching rib of an input unit is provided. The input unit comprises the touching rib and a pressing portion including a top face and a bottom face. The present touching rib comprises a main body and at least one auxiliary structure. The main body is disposed on the bottom...

20060152482 - Virtual interface and control device: An input device for a computer or other programmable device translates the proximity of an object to one or more antennae into an electronic signal. The antennae generate a first frequency and a second frequency. When an object, such as a hand, is placed in proximity to the antenna, the...

20060152485 - Electronic equipment and input control method: In electronic equipment comprising input devices of a stick-like pointing device and a pad-like pointing device, and a controller that controls a manipulation performed on the pad-like pointing device as a manipulation performed on a button during a predetermined time after the stick-like pointing device is completed. Owing to this...

20060152484 - Input device for portable digital computers and portable digital computer with a multi-functional mouse: The invention relates to a portable digital Computer with an in-built coupling device which is arranged in order to receive mouse Signals from a radio mouse provided with a battery and fed by said battery. Said digital Computer comprises an in-built current source and an electric interface which is installed...

20060152488 - Electronic equipment for handheld vision based absolute pointing system: An item of electronic equipment is described that includes a machine and executable program code. The executable program code is stored on a non volatile memory. The executable program code is to be executed by the machine. The executable program code is to perform a method. The method is in...

20060152487 - Handheld device for handheld vision based absolute pointing system: A method is described that involves detecting one or more images appearing on a pixilated sensor of respective one or more fixed markers. The pixilated sensor is within a handheld device. For each of the images, determining its location on the sensor with the handheld device's electronic circuitry. Translating the...

20060152489 - Handheld vision based absolute pointing system: A method is described that involves identifying one or more images of respective one or more fixed markers. Each marker is positioned on or proximate to a display. The images appear on a pixilated sensor within a handheld device. The method also involves determining a location on, or proximate to,...

20060152486 - Motion-controlled portable electronic device: A motion-controlled portable electronic device includes a motion sensor for detecting a position shift and a direction of motion of the portable electronic device; a display device for displaying a cursor; and a microprocessor electrically connected to the motion sensor, and the display device for driving the display device according...

20060152490 - Casing structure of mouse: A casing structure of a mouse includes a base, an upper cover, and a soft pad. The upper cover is disposed on the base to form an accommodating space. The soft pad covers the upper cover....

20060152491 - Mouse and remote control integration control method and device: A mouse and remote control integration control method and device in which the surface of an optical ball is the sensing point for optical sensors, with a ballast block uniquely disposed in the optical ball as the center of gravity that causes it to face downward such that as the...

20060152492 - Optical mouse light emitter: An optical mouse light emitter has a transparent body, a divergent light-emitting component and a disc reflective structure. The transparent body has a front end surface and a lateral circular surface. The light-emitting component is built in the transparent body. The disc reflective structure is built on the lateral circular...

20060152493 - Driving method of an internet radio hot key: A driving method for Internet radio hot key is described. The Internet radio function is incorporated as a hot key built into a conventional keyboard of a computer. A keyboard-driving program is installed in the operating system in a computer and used to monitor a key code generated when the...

20060152494 - Apparatus equipped with an optical keyboard and optical input device: In an apparatus comprising an optical keyboard (140) and an optical input device (182,186) controlled by a moving object and wherein the input device comprises at least one diode laser and photo diode (182) for supplying at least one measuring beam (184) to a device window (186) and for receiving...

20060152495 - 3d input device function mapping: A method for mapping functions of a multi-dimensional input device is proposed, wherein a graphical representation of a button or an other degree of freedom of the input device (130, 140, 150) is displayed on a screen or monitor. Furthermore at least one available driver function for the input device...

20060152496 - Method, system, apparatus and computer-readable media for directing input associated with keyboard-type device: In one aspect of the present invention a computer-implemented method is provided of processing input key events associated with user input received from a keyboard-type device, wherein the keyboard-type device selected from at least one of a keyboard and a keypad. In this aspect, input key events associated with a...

20060152497 - Inputting method and inputting apparatus: There are provided with a detection sensor 110 for detecting an approach and a contact of a living body or a material body in a predetermined detection region, a control means which outputs a drive signal in a case when an approach is detected by a detection sensor and which...

20060152499 - Iterative method for determining touch location: A touch sensitive device uses an iterative method for determining the location of a touch on a touch sensitive surface. The touch sensitive device includes a touch plate and a plurality of sensors configured to sense vibrations propagating in the touch plate. Signals responsive to the vibrations caused by the...

20060152498 - Method and apparatus for improved computer monitoring pad pointing device: A monitoring pad assembly is provided for use with a graphical user interface including a monitoring pad, and a signal assembly, at least one of which may be adapted to be worn on at least one of a user's digits, wherein movement of the signal assembly relative to the touch...

20060152500 - Touch panel and method for manufacturing the same: A touch panel for an electronic apparatus is provided. The touch panel comprises a thin film transistor substrate, a plurality of conductive islets, a supporting pattern layer and an elastic conductive film. The plurality of conductive islets is formed on the thin film transistor substrate. The supporting pattern layer is...

20060152501 - Controller driver, liquid crystal display apparatus using the same, and liquid crystal driving method: A controller driver includes a first compressor for compressing received image data to generate first compressed image data, a second compressor to generate second compressed image data, and an image memory capable of storing the second compressed image data of at least one frame. It also includes an overdrive processing...

20060152503 - Method and apparatus for transforming two-dimensional building data to three-dimensional building data in real time and method and apparatus for three-dimensionally visualizing two-dimensional building data in real time: A method of and apparatus for transforming two-dimensional building data to three-dimensional building data in real time and a method and apparatus for three-dimensionally visualizing two-dimensional building data in real time. The method of transforming two-dimensional building data to three-dimensional building data in real time includes: determining a relative distance...

20060152502 - Method for depicting an object displayed in a volume data set: A method is provided for depicting an object displayed in a first volume data set. A second volume data set is firstly produced by modulating, according to depth, the volume elements of the first volume data set along a main viewing direction that passes into the first volume data set....

20060152504 - Sequential retrieval, sampling, and modulated rendering of database or data net information using data stream from audio-visual media: A method of modifying through an interface operated by at least one user, as a function of an input data stream not interactively generated by said user, information originating from a search engine operating on a data source defined as a database or a data net. This method comprises the...

20060152505 - Apparatus for generating mesh data, computer-readable recording medium in which mesh data generating program is stored, method for generating mesh data, structural analysis apparatus, computer-readable recording medium in which structural analysis program: In order to efficiently generate mesh data to be used for application of structural analysis to an object formed by uniting a plurality of elements in which data elements are automatically connected without manual operation, an apparatus for generating mesh data includes an edge extracting section for extracting, on the...

20060152507 - Depth image-based modeling method and apparatus: A depth image-based modeling method and apparatus. A depth information-based modeling method using a three-dimensional (3D) polygonal mesh includes: extracting a bounding volume (BV) for the 3D polygonal mesh; obtaining a 3D grid by dividing the BV using a plurality of sampling lines; selecting some of a plurality of vertices...

20060152506 - Method for generating 3d mesh based on unorganized sparse 3d points: Provided is a method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) mesh based on unorganized sparse 3D points to generate a mesh model that displays a 3D surface by using unorganized sparse 3D points extracted from a plurality of two-dimensional image. The 3D mesh generating method based on unorganized sparse 3D points...

20060152509 - Interactive debugging and monitoring of shader programs executing on a graphics processor: A development application leverages the programmability of shader execution units in the graphics processing subsystem to make graphics processing subsystem state data accessible to applications executed outside the graphics processing subsystem. The development application modifies shaders to include state output instructions adapted to direct a shader execution unit to copy...

20060152508 - System and method for optimized specular highlight generation: A system and method for optimized specular highlight generation is presented. A single microprocessor instruction is used to generate an intensity value based upon a viewing angle value. An application stores a viewing angle value in an input register. When called, the “intensity instruction” retrieves the viewing angle value from...

20060152510 - Cross-platform and data-specific visualisation of 3d data records: In a device for cross-platform and data-specific visualization of 3D data records using visualization software for display on a 2D monitor, the 3D volume data are stored together with visualization software on a data carrier, the data carrier being transmittable to a user for playback on any personal computer....

20060152511 - System and method of converting frame-based animations into interpolator-based animations and rendering animations: Rendering an animation on a mobile device having a display screen, including: (a) storing in a memory of the mobile device a binary animation instruction set that includes a visual graph and a sequence graph, the visual graph including instructions defining visual objects that are to be displayed on the...

20060152512 - Mobile motion capture cameras: A system for capturing motion comprises: a motion capture volume configured to include at least one moving object having markers defining a plurality of points on the at least one moving object; at least one mobile motion capture camera, the at least one mobile motion capture camera configured to be...

20060152513 - Information processing device, data transmission method, and electronic apparatus: An information processing device in which a data bus for establishing interconnection between a plurality of control operating units formed in a main processor is connected at one end to a graphic processor and at the other end to a main memory. Image frame data generated by the graphic processor...

20060152514 - Host device, display device and display system: The present invention relates to a host device supporting digital packet video link (DPVL) standards, comprising a plurality of host interfaces, a host frame buffer for storing video data, and a host controller for dividing a detected update area into a plurality of divided update areas on the basis of...

20060152515 - Host device, display system and method of generating dpvl packet: The present invention relates to a host device supporting DPVL standards having a frame buffer, a graphic engine to store video data as a unit of frame in the frame buffer, and a host controller to detect a plurality of update areas corresponding to the video data of a current...

20060152516 - System for controlling the communication of medical imaging data: A system for controlling the communication of medical imaging data is disclosed generally comprising a computer, a plurality of sources of medical imaging data and a plurality of destinations of medical imaging data in communication with the computer, and a touchscreen for simultaneously displaying a plurality of source icons and...

20060152517 - Method and apparatus for frame buffer management: Methods and apparatuses for dynamic virtual frame buffer management. At least one embodiment of the present invention dynamically enables or disables the use of a virtual frame buffer, which is not under control of graphics hardware of a data processing system, without restarting the graphical user interface system (e.g., the...

20060152518 - Virtualization of graphics resources: Graphics resources are virtualized through an interface between graphics hardware and graphics clients. The interface allocates the graphics resources across multiple graphics clients, processes commands for access to the graphics resources from the graphics clients, and resolves conflicts for the graphics resources among the clients....

20060152519 - Method for operating low power programmable processor: A graphics processor is disclosed having a programmable Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) stage for processing pixel packets. Scalar arithmetic operations are performed in the ALUs to implement a graphics function....

20060152520 - Stream processing in a video processor: A stream based memory access system for a video processor for executing video processing operations. The video processor includes a scalar execution unit configured to execute scalar video processing operations and a vector execution unit configured to execute vector video processing operations. A frame buffer memory is included for storing...

20060152521 - Method, device and computer program for processing a computer aided polygon model: The invention relates to a procedure for processing a computer aided polygon model, based on the use of a linear vertex array and a linear index array. The polygon model part to be presented graphically is modified by changing the linear index array, while the linear vertex array remains unchanged....

20060152522 - System for texturizing electronic representations of objects: A texturizing system for texturizing electronic representations of objects includes a texture library, a texture engine and a graphical user interface module. A source texture may be stored in the library with an associated unique identifier. The source texture may be manipulated with the graphical user interface module to form...

20060152524 - Four color digital cinema system with extended color gamut and copy protection: A color display system including a display device for four or more visible color primaries and a processor for controlling the four or more color primaries to selectively render portions of an image or image sequence such that visually equivalent colors displayed in two or more image portions differ in...

20060152523 - Light source device for image display device: A highly precise and durable light source device 50 for a three-dimensional display does not use a mechanical construction and thus can rapidly move an illuminating point on a light source to a position that best matches the positional movement of an observer. The light source device has an image...

20060152526 - Method for adaptively improving image quality according to display device in mobile terminal: There is provided a method for adaptively improving an image quality according to the characteristic of a display device in a mobile terminal. In the method, a color matching table is set for an adaptive image compensation according to the characteristic of the display device in the mobile terminal. A...

20060152525 - Viewing screen color limiting device and method: A timed programmable control alters signals between an electronic device and a viewing screen to lower or eliminate a signal for a specific color on the screen at specific times. Eliminating or lowering blue color on the screen allows normal production of melatonin prior to normal sleep times to permit...

20060152527 - System for representing true colors with device-dependent colors on surfaces and for producing paints and coatings matching the true colors: An apparatus for displaying paint colors using device-dependent colors is disclosed. The apparatus has a wall portion sized and dimensioned to be substantially similar to a full size wall, and the device-dependent colors have color coordinates that are substantially similar to the color coordinates of paint colors. Lights displaying the...

20060152528 - Content reproduction apparatus and method for displaying a gui screen thereof: Provided is a content reproduction apparatus and a method for displaying a GUI screen thereof The content reproduction apparatus of the present invention comprises a nonvolatile memory unit for storing lookup tables which are used for generating a GUI screen to be displayed on the external output apparatus; a lookup...

20060152529 - Image processing system, projector, program, information storage medium, and image processing method: In order to provide an image processing system and the like that can reproduce colors more appropriately, a projector is provided with a calibration signal generation section that generates a calibration signal for a white image and calibration signals for three subtracted-primary-color images, each of which is obtained by subtracting...

20060152530 - Apparatus to improve digital signal filtering and associated methods: A digital filter is provided that may replace a center pixel with the nearest-valued opposing average. The filter may reduce the amplitude of a defective pixel couplet by at least 50%, and may structure noise into linear artifacts....

20060152531 - Method and system for driving pixel in active matrix display: A pixel driving system in an active matrix display is provided. The system includes a first sub-pixel including a first transparent area and a first drive circuit area, and a second sub-pixel including a second transparent area and a second drive circuit area, in which the first drive circuit area...

20060152532 - The largest toy gallery park with 3d simulation displays for animations and other collectibles juxtaposed with physical-virtual collaborative games and activities in a three-dimension photo-realistic virtual-reality environment: What is the value of physical context for virtual interaction?—Swiss-house: A prototype physical/virtual collaborative environment: Jeffrey Huang and Muriel Waldvogel, Harvard University, Paper submitted for WACE 2002; 2) Method and system of rendering a virtual three-dimensional graphical display (U.S. Pat. 6, 452,593); 3) Method of creating virtual reality (U.S. Pat....

20060152533 - Program robots with off-line design: A method of programming a robot for operation in a robot manufacturing facility, for example for automobile manufacture, comprises firstly, establishing sets of design data including data relating to dimensions and relative positions of parts of a robot, positions of a robot base and of product handling and transporting equipment...

20060152534 - Method for displaying an image: A method of displaying an image including receiving a plurality of corresponding to an image data, wherein each of the plurality of frames includes a plurality of color sub-frames; sequentially displaying the color sub-frames corresponding to a first frame in a first color sequence over time; and displaying the sub-frames...

20060152535 - Overdrive gray level data modifier and method of looking up thereof: An overdrive gray level data modifier and method of looking up thereof are provided. The overdrive data modifier obtains and outputs overdrive gray level data according to several overdrive gray values corresponding to several previous gray level index values and several current gray level index values. The overdrive data modifier...

20060152536 - Information display sheet: An information display sheet includes: a transparent first substrate; a second substrate spaced away from and parallel to the transparent first substrate; a sound reproducer provided in a space formed by side edges stipulated by the transparent first substrate and the second substrate; and an information display unit provided in...

20060145941 - Display system and host device for outputing image signal and method therefor: A display system and method are provided in which a plurality of display devices have information about time for processing an image signal related thereto. A host device receives the information about the time for processing the image signal from the respective display devices, and delays the image signal output...

20060145942 - Extended display device: A large undivided image may be displayed by combining primary images displayed by two or more display units. Due to inactive edge regions of the display units, there is a gap between the primary images. To eliminate the gap, the paths of light rays transmitted from the display units are...

20060145943 - Avatar control using a communication device: Methods in a wireless portable communication device for transmitting annotating audio communication with an image (100), for receiving annotating audio communication with an image (300, 400) are provided. The image may be attached manually or automatically based upon a pre-selected condition to the audio communication....

20060145944 - Avatar control using a communication device: Methods in a wireless portable communication device for transmitting annotating audio communication with an image (100), for receiving annotating audio communication with an image (300, 400) are provided. The image may be attached manually or automatically based upon a pre-selected condition to the audio communication....

20060145945 - Scanned beam system with distortion compensation: According to embodiments, an image bitmap is modified to compensate for non-idealities in actual beam locations delivered by a scanned beam or laser scanner system compared to desired pixel locations. For a non-ideal actual beam location, pixel values for neighboring desired pixel locations may be used to generate a compensated...

20060145946 - Transflective display device having a black/white or half-tone display in the reflecting operating mode: A transflective display device comprising a first transparent substrate for letting in light of a background lighting, whereby the first transparent substrate is provided with first electrodes. The display device also comprises a second transparent substrate for displaying graphic patterns, whereby the second transparent substrate is provided with second electrodes....

20060145947 - Foldable electronic device with virtual image display: An electronic device (400) has a second body (405) with an image generation apparatus (450) and an optical system (460) and, a first body (445) for providing a virtual image. The first body (445) is foldably attached to the second body (405). Further, the electronic device (400) can include a...

20060145948 - Method and apparatus for driving multi-segment display device: A method and an apparatus for driving multi-segment display device are described. According to the present invention, problems of driving the electrode wire activation mode of the conventional liquid crystal display are solved by the driving waveforms. The driving waveforms of non-display area are in the OFF mode, where the...

20060145949 - Cooling apparatus and projection type display device: A cooling apparatus able to rotate cooling fans with required lowest limit speeds, and able to suppress power consumption and generated noise includes a cooling unit for cooling an object to be cooled by a cooling amount in accordance with a level of a supplied drive signal; a temperature detector...

20060145950 - Automatic analyzer: In an automatic analyzer for performing qualitative and quantitative analyses of living samples, such as blood and urine, a capability of recognizing the analyzer state, e.g., the state under run of analysis or the stopped state, from a distance is provided without increasing the cost. To realize that capability, the...

20060145951 - Display device with electrostatic discharge protection circuitry: An object of the invention is to provide electrostatic discharge damage protection during manufacturing and to suppress power consumption as low as possible during ordinary use of the electronic device having been manufactured, with avoidance of the problem of electric corrosion. An electronic device 10 comprising an array of pixels...

20060145952 - Display device: A gradation circuit is provided with an error diffusion circuit, a dither pattern circuit and a switch. The error diffusion circuit converts a digital signal into a signal indicative of a level of gradation by an error diffusion method. The dither pattern circuit converts a digital signal into a signal...

20060145953 - Plasma display device and control method thereof: A plasma display device is provided which expresses a video with gradations by selecting each of a plurality of subfields forming one field, each of the subfields having a weighted number of sustain pulses. A sustain pulse number calculation unit calculates a display load factor of an input video signal...

20060145954 - Power recovery circuit, plasma display, module for plasma display: A power recovery circuit includes a capacitor (C2) for accumulating power recovered from a panel (C1), a third switching element (Q3) for discharging the capacitor (C2), a fourth switching element (Q4) for charging the capacitor (C2), and a level shift unit for shifting a control signal for controlling Q4 to...

20060145955 - 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 comprising a scan electrode and a sustain electrode, a scan driver that applies a first falling pulse, which falls up to a first...

20060145958 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: A plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: an electrode pair having a first electrode and a second electrode, and a third electrode intersecting with the electrode pair; and a first electrode driver, a second electrode driver, and a third electrode driver for applying...

20060145957 - Plasma display device and method of driving the same: The present invention relates to a plasma display device and a method of driving the same, where the device and the method minimize the problem of image sticking. The device and method involve applying a first sustain pulse to a first electrode and a applying a second sustain pulse to...

20060145956 - Plasma display panel and driving method thereof: A plasma display panel that permits a high-speed addressing. In the panel, scanning/sustaining electrodes are provided at each discharge cell. Common sustaining electrodes are arranged in parallel to the scanning/sustaining electrodes at each discharge cell. At least two dummy electrodes are provided at the non-display area to supply the non-display...

20060145959 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof. The plasma display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a plasma display panel for displaying an image, and a plurality of energy recovery circuit for supplying sustain pulses to the plasma display panel, wherein each...

20060145961 - Active matrix electroluminescence light emitting display and power supply circuit thereof: An active matrix electroluminescence light emitting display, such as active matrix organic light emitting display, including an active matrix electroluminescence display panel and a power supply circuit is provided. The active matrix electroluminescence display panel includes a pixel array and an electrode for driving the pixel array. The electrode includes...

20060145965 - Data driver and organic light emitting display device using the same: A data driver to display an image with desired brightness, and an organic light emitting display device using the same. The data driver includes a register to temporarily store external data; a voltage digital-analog converter to generate a data voltage corresponding to the data stored in the register part; a...

20060145964 - Display device and driving method thereof: In an organic light emitting diode display, a plurality of sub-pixels sharing a select scan line that extends in a row direction forms a unit pixel, and the plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a column direction in the unit pixel. A field is divided into a plurality of subfields,...

20060145968 - Display device and driving method thereof: A display device includes a light emitting diode, and first and second driving transistors connected between a driving voltage and the light emitting diode to supply driving electric current to the light emitting diode. A control voltage or control voltages differentiated in polarity from each other is/are applied to control...

20060145966 - Driving device for light-emitting display panel: There is provided a drive device for a light-emitting display panel which can reduce shadowing caused by an ON rate of light-emitting elements and a condition of dimmer setting to a level at which a problem is not posed. An analog video signal is supplied to a drive control circuit...

20060145962 - Driving system for an electro-luminescence display device: A driving system for an electro-luminescence display device includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel having a plurality of pixels. The pixels include a red pixel, a green pixel and a blue pixel. The driving system includes a controller and a level shift unit. The controller receives a first...

20060145967 - Organic electro-luminescence device and method of driving the same: An organic electro-luminescence device includes a drive unit having first to fourth transistors and a capacitor, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) controlled by the drive unit, wherein the first transistor has its gate, drain and source connected to a first node, a second node and a power voltage...

20060145963 - Organic electroluminescent display device and driving method thereof: A method of driving a display device includes outputting an upper data signal array of a (n+1)th frame to an upper display area of a display panel during a first frame period; and, outputting a lower data signal array of a nth frame to a lower display area of the...

20060145960 - Pixel circuit and display apparatus: When a selection TFT (20) and a correction TFT (22) are turned on, a data voltage of a data line is stored in a storage capacitor 28 as a gate voltage of a driving TFT (24). After turning off the selection TFT (20), a voltage of a capacitor line SC...

20060145969 - Light emitting display devices: A method is provided of determining the pixel drive signals to be applied to the pixels of an array of light emitting display elements arranged in rows and columns, with a plurality of the pixels in a row being supplied with current simultaneously along a respective row conductor. Target pixel...

20060145970 - Matrix display device: A matrix display device comprises a matrix of optically addressable pixels (Pij) which comprise a light sensitive element (LSij) and a pixel light generating element (LGij). The light generating element (LGij) will produce a pixel light (LMij) with a brightness which depends on the state of the light sensitive element...

20060145971 - Turn-over structure of multimedia device: A turn-over structure of a multimedia device for connecting a host and a screen which prevents the screen from tilting downward comprising; a holder, a first spindle and a second spindle. The holder is penetrated vertically forming a first opening and is penetrated laterally forming a second opening, the second...

20060145972 - Electronic device comprising a gamma correction unit, a process for using the electronic device, and a data processing system readable medium: An electronic device includes at least one gamma correction unit including a first gamma correction unit. In one embodiment, the first gamma correction unit includes at least one tap that is configured to allow the gamma function for the first gamma correction unit to be changed after the electronic device...

20060145973 - Lcos micro-display device: Embodiments of the invention provide a digital micro-display device including two symmetric banks of pixel array blocks, which form the active display area, memory control and pixel look up tables (LUTs), and supporting data-paths and memory structures. Power straps are automatically generated. Initial power and ground pin locations are determined...

20060145975 - Method and system for displaying an image: A method for displaying an image using a digital micromirror device having a plurality of mirrors operable to assume a plurality of positions is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of numbers representing a respective plurality of pixels that form a plurality of dither patterns. Each dither pattern is...

20060145974 - Power management for display device: In some embodiments, a line of pixel elements may be divided into two or more segments. A buffer circuit may be configured to isolate one of the segments from one or more of the other segments. The buffer circuit may be configured to selectively provide a drive signal to the...

20060145978 - Liquid crystal display apparatus, driving method for same, and driving circuit for same: The liquid crystal display apparatus is provided with a display unit, a video signal driving circuit, a scanning signal driving circuit, a common electrode potential controlling circuit, and a synchronizing circuit. The display unit has a scanning electrode, a video signal electrode, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in matrix...

20060145977 - Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display device having the same: An LC panel and an LCD device having an LC panel are provided. The LC panel has a display part and a non-display part. Gate lines and data lines are arranged in a matrix on the display part. The gate lines include a first gate line group and a second...

20060145976 - Viewing-angle adjustable liquid crystal display and viewing-angle adjusting method thereof: A viewing-angle adjustable liquid crystal display includes a backlight module, a first display panel, a second display panel, and a data driver. The first display panel, disposed above the backlight module, includes a first liquid crystal layer and a first pixel electrode corresponding to each pixel. The second display panel,...

20060145980 - Color liquid crystal display: In an ECB LCD, in which a liquid crystal layer enclosed between a pair of substrates is driven based on R, G, B signals so that transmittance of R, G, B light components at the liquid crystal layer is controlled for color display, the voltage levels of the liquid crystal...

20060145979 - Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof: A liquid crystal display includes: a signal controller including a gamma converter outputting output image data have gamma characteristic adapted to a gamma 2.2 curve based on input image data with a bit number smaller than the output image data, a color correction unit including color coefficients for performing color...

20060145981 - Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof: A device of driving a liquid crystal display including a plurality of pixels connected to gate lines and data lines and arranged in a matrix is provided. The driving device includes: a gray voltage generator (800) generating a plurality of gray voltages; an image signal modifier (600) receiving first image...

20060145982 - Method and apparatus for compensating gray-level luminance: A liquid crystal display having an apparatus for compensating gray-level luminance is provided. When an N-line inversion driving method is used for a liquid crystal display, the gray-level voltage of the first horizontal line with the same polarity is compensated. N gamma voltages are generated for the mth gray level...

20060145988 - Active matrix liquid crystal display: An LCD (10) includes a plurality of first and second scanning lines (11, 12) that each extend along a first direction; a plurality of first and second signal lines (21, 22) that each extend along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a plurality of scanning connection lines (13)...

20060145984 - Electro-luminescent display panel and digital-analogy converter of the same: A electro-luminescent (EL) display panel includes a substrate, a pixel and a Digital-Analogy Converter (DAC). The substrate includes a first area and a second area. A Thin Film Transistor (TFT) formed in the first area has a first channel doping concentration, and a TFT formed in the second area has...

20060145983 - Liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device capable of reducing the driving power and preventing cross talk is provided. The LCD device comprises: a plurality of data lines arranged on a substrate in a vertical direction for transmitting image data; a plurality of gate lines arranged on the substrate in a...

20060145985 - Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a thin film transistor connected to a gate line and a data line on a substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, a common electrode for forming a horizontal electric field with the pixel electrode,...

20060145987 - Liquid crystal display panel and method of driving the same: This invention relates to a three electrode liquid crystal display panel that is adaptive for AC-driving liquid crystal cells inclusive of three electrodes, and a driving method thereof. A three electrode liquid crystal display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes first and second pixel electrodes disposed...

20060145986 - Liquid crystal display, and method and system for automatically adjusting flicker of the same: A method of automatically adjusting a flicker of a liquid crystal display including a digital variable resistor (DVR) generating a common voltage on the basis of an input signal, and the method includes: locating a photographing device in front of the liquid crystal display; verifying a default value stored in...

20060145989 - Picture element structure of current programming method type active matrix organic emitting diode display and driving method of data line: The present invention provides a novel structure of picture elements in current programming-type semiconductor devices, and in particular, the structure of picture elements of an active matrix organic light emitting diode (OLED) display. The device makes a self-compensation for OLED current deviations due to the deterioration in threshold voltage and...

20060145993 - Cholesteric liquid crystal display apparatus and method for driving cholesteric liquid crystal display device: A method for driving a cholesteric liquid crystal display device in a fast rewriting speed and with a low electric power consumption resets the entire display area to a homeotropic oriented state by selecting all the common electrodes. It applies the common reset signals to all the common electrodes and...

20060145990 - In-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device: An in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a gate line on the first substrate, a data line crossing the gate line defining a unit pixel region, a thin film transistor at the crossing of the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode...

20060145991 - Liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises a liquid crystal panel having a plurality of pixel regions defined by a plurality of gate lines and data lines, each pixel region associated with a thin film transistor, a gate driving unit having an amorphous semiconductor and integrally formed with the liquid...

20060145992 - Liquid crystal display with improved motion image quality and driving method therefor: A LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) with improved motion image quality and a driving method therefor. The LCD includes a pixel, a data driving circuit and a scan driving circuit. The data driving circuit generates over driving pixel data and gray pixel data according to pixel data of a Nth frame...

20060145996 - Array substrate and display apparatus having the same: In an array substrate and a display apparatus having the array substrate, a pixel part includes gate lines, data lines and pixels electrically connected to the gate and data lines. A gate driving circuit is electrically connected to a first end of the gate lines and applies a gate signal...

20060145995 - Common voltage compensating circuit and method of compensating common voltage for liquid crystal display device: A common voltage compensating circuit for a liquid crystal display device includes: a voltage distributing unit outputting a reference voltage; a deviation sensing unit detecting a deviation of a common voltage in a liquid crystal panel and outputting a deviation signal corresponding to the deviation of the common voltage; and...

20060145994 - Display system with impending failure indicator: A display system is provided with means to determine (14,15) and to display a remaining lifetime or other physical properties of a display device of said display system to signal the need for replacement....

20060145997 - Plasma display panel drive method: Barrier ribs are disposed on a back substrate so as to separate main discharge cells formed of a display electrode pair and a data electrode which face each other and priming discharge cells formed of a clearance between two adjacent scan electrodes. The top parts of the barrier ribs are...

20060146001 - Data line driver including a plurality of cascaded data line driver sections having long sampling period of video signals: In a data line driver for driving N (N=2, 3, . . . ) data lines of a display apparatus including cascaded M (M=2, 3, . . . ) data line driver sections, each of the data line driver sections is constructed by a digital signal receiving and holding section...

20060145998 - Driving unit for liquid crystal display device: A driving unit for a liquid crystal display device is provided. The driving unit includes a first group of driving stages and a second group of driving stages. A first driving stage of the first group receives a first gate start voltage. The first group of driving stages sequentially outputs...

20060145999 - Shift register: A shift register for use with a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of stages. A stage of the shift register includes a first controller, a second controller and an output buffer. The first controller charges and discharges a first node. The second controller charges and discharges a second...

20060146000 - Source driving circuit of display device and source driving method thereof: A source driving circuit includes a shift register, a data latch circuit, a D/A converter, and a sample-and-hold circuit. The shift register generates an n-bit first signal in response to a clock signal and an input/output control signal, wherein n is a positive integer. The data latch circuit samples video...

20060146002 - Liquid crystal display device: A moving image portion that indicates a moving object moving not less than a given movement amount and a still image portion other than the moving image portion are distinguished with respect to a video signal. Video display data for displaying the moving image portion is generated by repeatedly using...

20060146004 - Display using light guide and refractive index control: Some embodiments provide a device including a first material associated with a controllable refractive index, a second material associated with a first refractive index, and a third material disposed between the first material and the second material, the third material being substantially transparent to a plurality of visible light wavelengths...

20060146003 - Image adaptation phase-in: Embodiments of the present invention can phase in image adaptations for display devices by determining a next incremental step among a plurality of incremental steps from an initial image state of a display device to a target image state, and then implementing the next incremental step....

20060146005 - Image display device and method of displaying image: It is an object of the invention to provide an image display device for improving the image quality of moving images and still images displayed on a liquid crystal display device while controlling increase in power consumption. A liquid crystal panel for performing input image display and black image display...

20060146006 - Liquid crystal display: A liquid crystal display includes a first panel unit; a second panel unit; a first flexible printed circuit film (FPC) having an opening exposing the second panel unit; a light source unit providing the first and the second panel units and including a plurality of lamps; and a current controller...

20060146007 - Method of color image display for a field sequential liquid crystal display device: A method of displaying a color image for a field sequential liquid crystal display device is provided. The method includes dividing a liquid crystal panel into n numbers of driving areas and turning on each of light sources Red, Green and Blue sequentially for every divided driving area. Furthermore, the...

20060146008 - Method for calibrating an electrophoretic dispaly panel: The invention relates to a method for calibrating an electrophoretic display panel (1) comprising a plurality of pixels (2) capable of representing at least two optical states by receiving driving signals (30), comprising the steps of displaying a first calibration image (22) containing said optical states in a first arrangement...

20060146014 - Cell phone with shiftable keypad: The invention is related to electronic devices (1), preferably cell phones or handhelds, containing a layer (2) and a moving mechanism for this layer (2), so that the layer (2) is extractable out of a rest position from the main casing (10). The described layer (2) usually contains a keypad...

20060146010 - Computer assisted manipulation of catheters and guide wires: Computer-assisted methods and systems for manipulating elongate members during medical procedures are provided. Electromechanical devices are computer driven to manipulate the elongate members, which a user can direct through computer interfaces like graphical user interfaces and pointing devices....

20060146013 - Electronic device with virtual image display: An electronic device (100) has a first body (110) with an image generation apparatus (140) and an optical system (150); and, a display element (105) for providing a virtual image moveably attached to the first body (110) such that the display element (105) is capable of moving in at least...

20060146009 - Image control: The present invention relates to the field of hand-held devices that are equipped wit a processor and a digital camera for capturing motion video or still images. Images captured by the camera are used to determine motion of the hand-held device. A resulting motion signal is used as input to...

20060146016 - Method of zooming in a display image for a portable electrical device: The present invention relates to one method of zooming in a displayed image to be used in a portable electronic device. The method comprises: displaying an original image; determining whether or not to switch to a zooming in mode; selecting a zooming in ratio; in accordance with the zooming in...

20060146015 - Stabilized image projecting device: A handheld projecting device is adapted to project an image and a pointer pattern on an external surface. The projecting device comprises a sensor to detect the movements of the projecting device and means to dampen the movements of the projected image, based on the detected movements of the projecting...

20060146011 - Sub-display of a mobile device: The invention relates to a mobile device, which comprises a first housing and a second housing, which housings are arranged movable in relation to each other to at least a first and a second position; the first housing comprising a primary display for displaying information and arranged to be visible...

20060146012 - System and method for automatic display switching: Disclosed herein is a system, method and apparatus including a first display screen component (302) configured to provide content in a real image display mode and a second display screen component (202) configured to provide content in a virtual image mode, a proximity sensor (318) and an automatic switching module...

20060146017 - User interface for electronic devices: A system is disclosed including an electronic device having a case housing an operative portion, such as a sound system, CD Player, or the like. A bay is formed in the case and includes a communication channel interface electrically coupled to the operative portion. The system further includes a portable...

20060146019 - Control device for browsing and selecting an item in a list: The invention relates to a control device for browsing and selecting an item in a list. Especially the invention relates to a joystick type control device to be used in portable electronic devices, such as mobile phones and laptops. The control device comprises a stick means, which is coupled with...

20060146021 - Joystick sensor with two-dimensional image sensing: A manually-operated control for generating a vector signal comprises a handle with an elongate axis pivotally mounted to the housing for universal rotation about a pivot point on the axis of the handle. An imaged surface moves in two directions with the rotation of the handle about two perpendicular axes...

20060146018 - Joystick with tactile feedback: An electronic device has a tactile joystick with a force sensing resistive layer (120) in an XY plane; a flexible mould (115) surrounding at least one portion of the force sensing resistive layer (120); a plunger (190) coupled to the flexible mould (115), mounted orthogonal to the XY plane; and,...

20060146020 - Non-contact type coordinate measurement device: A non-contact type coordinate measurement device includes a housing, a stick, an optical transmitting member and an image-sensing member. The housing has a supporting portion formed at a top thereof, and is closed and made of opaque materials. The stick is orientated to the housing via the supporting portion, and...

20060146024 - Digital information search method and its system: An invention relates to a mouse word-marking method, which is executed in the text fields of all the applications on the desktop, and a system to realize said method. Said method comprises the following steps: 1. The mouse marks and selects the key word(s) from the text fields of any...

20060146022 - Method and related apparatus for decreasing delay time and power consumption of a wireless mouse: The present invention provides a method for increasing a report rate of a wireless mouse for decreasing delay time of the wireless mouse, which includes: selecting a packet mode from a plurality of packet modes and inputting data corresponding to the selected packet mode for forming a packet according to...

20060146023 - Mobile computer mouse: A computer mouse having a unique identification that uniquely identifies the computer mouse and is readable by a computer to which the mouse is coupled. The computer mouse is provided with a processor, a memory and a mouse interface and may be used for controlling data transfer between the mouse...

20060146025 - Mouse with integrated keyplate and housing: An input device, such as a mouse or trackball, with a top housing having an integrally formed, free extending top button. The top housing is mounted so that the extending button is supported in cantilevered fashion. The button is sufficiently flexible to allow it to be depressed for button activation....

20060146027 - Keypad and button mechanism having enhanced tactility: A keypad assembly for an electronic device where characters are displayed on the buttons has a flexible display laminate (105). The flexible display laminate has a driver layer (106) on which button regions of conductor (300) are formed. Surrounding the button regions are conductorless regions (312). The lack of conductor...

20060146026 - Multifunctional keys and methods: The present invention generally relates to exemplary aspects and their embodiments of various keys, various key units incorporating such keys, and various key assemblies incorporating such keys and/or key units. More particularly, such a key of the present invention may preferably include multiple sections (or parts) each of which may...

20060146030 - Body rotation type portable terminal: A portable terminal comprises: a terminal body having a keypad; a display unit having a display screen for displaying information; and a hinge unit mounted between the terminal body and the display unit, rotatably supporting the display unit so as to dispose the display unit crosswise, and rotatably supporting the...

20060146028 - Candidate list enhancement for predictive text input in electronic devices: A method in a portable electronic device (100) including inputting a first word component, for example, a letter or stroke, displaying a first candidate list having at least a first completion candidate including the first word component, inputting a second word component, displaying a second candidate list having a second...

20060146029 - Interactive television viewing of dvd by child: A system for interactive viewing by a child of DVD media content on a television includes: a DVD having media content organized into child-oriented programs; user interface (UI) components each specific to a respective program; and a remote control component configured to send, in response to actuation of a switch,...

20060146032 - Control input device with vibrating function: A vibration-function-equipped control input system includes: a display panel capable of displaying a control screen; a touch panel; a pressure-position detector; a vibration section that generates vibration to apply to the touch panel; and a controller operatively connected to the display panel, the touch panel, the pressure-position detector, and the...

20060146033 - Display devices and methods forming the same: Display devices and methods forming the same. A digitizer sensor board is integrated on an upper substrate or a lower substrate of a display panel to provide a display device. In the display device, the display panel displays images, and the digitizer sensor board is integrated into the display panel...

20060146034 - Display systems with multifunctional digitizer module board: Display systems with multifunctional digitizer module board. A shield film is integrated on a digitizer sensor board to form a multifunctional digitizer module board with lower thickness and weight. In the multifunctional digitizer module, a digitizer sensor board senses position of a position pointer or finger contact on a surface...

20060146036 - Input device: An input device, especially for a vehicle, comprises a display to display an operating element, a touchscreen arranged above the display for recognition of the position of touching of an operating surface of the touchscreen, a force sensor connected to the touchscreen for measurement of the force exerted on the...

20060146037 - Input device: An input device, especially for a vehicle, comprises a touchscreen to enter commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen or by pressing on the operating surface, an actuator to move the touchscreen in at least one direction, and a control module to control the actuator as a function...

20060146039 - Input device: An input device, especially an input device for a vehicle, includes a display for optical display of information, a touchscreen arranged above the display for input of commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen and a control for optical display of additional or other information on the display...

20060146035 - Touch detectable display device: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel having a first display area and a second display area. The display panel includes: a plurality of first display circuits disposed in the first display area; a plurality of second display circuits disposed in the...

20060146038 - Touch position detecting device, method of detecting touch position and touch screen display device having the same: A touch position detecting method, a device using the method, and a touch screen display device having the device are disclosed. A touch sensing unit senses a touch event and outputs a sensing data. A reference update unit updates a reference data with an n-th frame sensing data provided from...

20060146031 - Wireless touch-control panel and information process system using the same: A wireless touch-control panel and an information process system applied to the touch-control panel. The information process system has a portable information process device, such as a notebook computer, a personal data assistance or other similar products, a touch-control panel providing a sensor plane allowing the user to touch, a...

20060146041 - Sub-pixel image shifting in display device: A method includes providing a display device. The display device may include a plurality of picture elements and a plurality of pixel drivers each for driving a respective one of the picture elements. The method may further include receiving input image data to drive the picture elements to display an...

20060146040 - Trick play using crt scan modes: Video frames of a performance are provided at times at a slower input rate and at other times at a faster input rate. A video display is automatically switched to a first display scan mode when receiving frames at the slower input rate, and switched to a second display scan...

20060146045 - Apparatus and method for controlling power of a liquid crystal display in a mobile communication terminal: An apparatus and method for controlling powers of a main LCD and a sub LCD in a dual LCD mobile communication terminal. When the main LCD and the sub LCD share buses with each other, power is periodically supplied to the main LCD, which is powered off, in order to...

20060146043 - Control circuit and method thereof for reducing power consumption of a display device: The invention discloses a control circuit and method thereof, which enable a display device to have low power consumption. The display device is able to switch between a normal mode and a standby mode, and reduce the power consumption of the display device under the standby mode. A synchro signal...

20060146044 - Flat discharge lamp and plasma display panel (pdp): A low-discharge-voltage high-brightness high-efficiency flat discharge lamp includes: a container; first and second electrodes arranged in the container, the second electrode including a plurality of discharge elements having different respective discharge distances with respect to the first electrode; and at least one discharge delay element respectively electrically connected to at...

20060146042 - Selective addressing capable display: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is used in a system having a display controller that includes logic allowing a display area to be reduced from one size to a smaller size, according to one embodiment. The display area is reduced in response to a charge level of a battery...

20060146046 - Eye tracking system and method: A method of tracking an expected location of a head in a computerized headtracking environment having a delayed processing requirement for locating a current head position, the method comprising the step of: utilizing previously tracked positions to estimate a likely future tracked position; outputting the likely future tracked position as...

20060146048 - System and method for interactive 3d air regions: A system and method for generating a region in an air-space environment for presentation in a visual representation. The region is configured for positioning in an aerial domain of the environment coupled to an adjacent reference domain of the environment. The system comprises a control element generator configured for providing...

20060146047 - Three dimensional display method, system and apparatus: A system, method and apparatus for providing a two dimensional image that will be perceived by the human visual perception system as a three dimensional image is disclosed. The system and apparatus preferably employ a transparent rear projection screen onto which an image of the at least one object to...

20060146049 - Three dimensional image processing: A method of preparing on a first device object files used for rendering two-dimensional images of threes-dimensional objects on a second device by processing object files containing data defining triangle primitives representing at least one three-dimensional object to determine a rendering order in which the triangle primitives may be rendered...

20060146050 - Vertex reduction graphic drawing method and device: In a bird's eye view or the like, performance degrades due to a too high vertex density, and as a result, beauty is ruined. In order to solve such problems, an amount of features is calculated based on the relative position of the previously drawn vertex and a closely located...

20060146053 - Global visualization process for personal computer platforms (gvp+): A system and process that incorporates hardware and software as elements to be combined with procedures and processes to obtain, format, store, combine, control, display, record, and visualize dynamic scenarios by interacting with accurate, realistic models and actual events within, on, and above a three-dimensional surface to be observed or...

20060146051 - Method and system for modeling business operations using a vision transition framework: Provided is a method and system for logically articulating planned operations within a software based model. The method includes importing data relating to the planned operations and automatically (i) interrelating the imported data and (ii) producing threads and/or activity models. The threads and activity models are representative of the interrelations....

20060146052 - System for real-time identifying and recording laser manuscript: A system for real-time identifying and recording laser manuscript, having a hand-held control unit having at least an indication control key and a marking control key, a central processing device having a receiving control device, an image extraction device connected to the central processing device, a projection device connected to...

20060146054 - Use of an input overscaled bitmap to generate emboldened overscaled bitmap: A computer-implemented simulated emboldening mechanism for emboldening an input overscaled bitmap to generate an emboldened overscaled bitmap. The simulated emboldening adjusts the number of subpixels to turn on in the direction of emboldening taking into account contextual information regarding surrounding subpixels. Since the emboldening works directly from an overscaled bitmap,...

20060146055 - Graphics controller providing for animated windows: A graphics controller providing for animated windows. A circuit in the graphics controller is adapted for receiving an instruction from a host specifying an evolution of an animated window. The circuit automatically animates the window in response to the instruction....

20060146056 - Method and apparatus for controlling display refresh: An approach for dynamic refresh rate control. For one aspect, a policy, such as a power, performance, quality or other policy, for example, is accessed. A refresh rate may then be dynamically selected in response to detected display content activity and policy preferences for displays that are regularly refreshed. Alternatively,...

20060146057 - Systems and methods for virtualizing graphics subsystems: Systems and methods for applying virtual machines to graphics hardware are provided. In various embodiments of the invention, while supervisory code runs on the CPU, the actual graphics work items are run directly on the graphics hardware and the supervisory code is structured as a graphics virtual machine monitor. Application...

20060146058 - Distributed graphics processing apparatus and method: A method and apparatus forward a hardware call from a driver to graphics hardware via a virtual connection. Specifically, the method and apparatus process graphical data in a system having the driver, which produces a hardware call for the controlling the operation of the graphics hardware. As noted above, the...

20060146059 - Apparatus, method and program product for rearraging frames: An apparatus including a display unit for rearranging frames in a window that includes an event handler module for processing position coordinate data on a window object displayed on the display unit; a frame boundary rotatable determination module that obtains position coordinate data of an end point of the frame...

20060146060 - Data access in a processor: A data processor comprising: a register memory comprising an array of memory cells, each cell being addressable by means of an instruction specifying a pair of coordinates that identify the cell in the array....

20060146061 - Computer graphics system and computer-implemented method for generating images using multiple photon maps: A computer graphics system generates a pixel value for a pixel in an image, the pixel value being representative of a point in a scene as recorded on an image plane of a simulated camera, the computer graphics system comprising a photon map generator, a sample point generator and a...

20060146062 - Method and apparatus for constructing classifiers based on face texture information and method and apparatus for recognizing face using statistical features of face texture information: A method and an apparatus for constructing classifiers based on face texture information and a method and an apparatus for recognizing a face using statistical features of texture information. The method of constructing classifiers based on face texture information includes: cropping a first face image and a second face image...

20060146063 - Method for creating normal map data: A bump mapping technique for performing graphic processing at high speeds is provided. The initial normal bump map data described by normal vectors is acquired, and then integrated to be temporarily converted into the initial height bump map data that is described in the form of height data. The transformed...

20060146064 - Hexagonal color pixel structure with white pixels: A digital color imager providing an extended luminance range, an improved color implementation and enabling a method for an easy transformation into another color space having luminance as a component has been achieved. Key of the invention is the addition of white pixels to red, green and blue pixels. These...

20060146066 - Correction characteristic determining device, correction characteristic determining method, and display device: A correction characteristic determining device provided with (a) data converting means for converting measured data, indicative of an emission condition of a liquid crystal panel, into brightness data of three primary colors by using a conversion matrix, and (b) correction characteristic determining means for determining the correction characteristic in accordance...

20060146065 - Image display apparatus, image display program, image display method, and recording medium for recording the image display program: An image display apparatus includes a display unit that arranges and displays display images of a plurality of original images in a plurality of display areas on a display so as to be comparable with each other, an operation input unit that sets a color temperature of the display image...

20060146067 - Hexagonal color pixel structure with white pixels: A digital color imager provides an extended luminance range, enabling a method for an easy transformation into all other color spaces having luminance as a component. White pixels are added to hexagonal red, green and blue pixels. These white pixels can alternatively have an extended dynamic range as described by...

20060146068 - Mobile communication terminal and method therefore: A method for event countdown in a mobile communication apparatus is disclosed, including the steps of: selecting an event, an interval for the countdown, wherein the interval is a time before the event where the countdown starts, and a presentation of the countdown; and performing the presentation during the interval....

20060146071 - Content based hanging protocols facilitated by rules based system: The present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium including a set of instructions for a computer. The instructions include an access routine, a tracking routine, and a modifying routine. The access routine is configured to communicate a default hanging protocol between a network server and a display workstation. The default...

20060146070 - Method for generating and inputting mnemonic devices and article for registering the input arrangement: Method for generating and inputting mnemonic devices and article for registering the input arrangement A method for inputting a mnemonic device on a numeric keypad wherein the spatial arrangement of the input is recorded. The invention provides for a method for generating a mnemonic device from a list of keywords...

20060146069 - Rotationally symmetric tags: Machine-readable coded data disposed on or in a substrate in accordance with a layout, and method of generating such coded data, The layout has six-fold rotational symmetry and includes 6 identical sub-layouts rotated ⅙ revolutions apart about a center of rotational symmetry of the layout. The coded data is disposed...

20060146072 - Method and system for compositing three-dimensional graphics images using associative decision mechanism: A method and system for compositing a plurality of three-dimensional Sub-Images by examining the Depth values of the Pixels corresponding to same spatial location in each Sub-Image and compositing the content of the Pixel having the greatest Depth value. The Depth values are divided into two or more binary Segments,...

20060146073 - Display apparatus and system comprising pivot sensing apparatus, and method for sensing a pivot angle: A display apparatus having a display to display a picture thereon comprises a pivot sensor comprising a weight body, a housing in which the weight body is accommodated and movable as the display is pivoted, and a contact sensor placed in the housing and generating a sensing signal according to...

20060146074 - Display for rotatable steering device: A display device can couple to a rotatable steering device and provide an image in a fixed orientation regardless of a rotational position of the rotatable steering device....

20060146075 - Method and apparatus for magnifying computer screen display: A screen magnification tool to scale the content of a computer display screen by distinguishing text and non-text elements of the content and applying different scaling methods to the text and non-text elements. Information about the text elements is stored in a database. Other embodiments are also described....

20060146076 - Image processing module with less line buffers: An image processing module with less line buffers is provided. The image processing module receives an original image signal to drive a display panel. The image processing module includes a timing controller and a scaler. The timing controller includes a line buffer and a control unit. The line buffer registers...