Computer graphics processing, operator interface processing, and selective visual display systems inventions 02/07

20070040762 - Planar display device: A planar display device includes: a first display panel having a plurality of first scan lines and a plurality of first signal lines; a second display panel having a plurality of second scan lines and a plurality of second signal lines; and a second selective connection circuit in which the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070040763 - Image display system: An image display system for simultaneously displaying an original image and a processed image of the original image is provided. The image display system includes a display screen, a first memory unit, a second memory unit and a control unit. In response to some specified commands, the original image and... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070040764 - Data driver and organic light emitting display having the same: An organic light emitting display having color-specific demultiplexers is disclosed. Each demultiplexer receives a data signal for a specific color and sequentially supplies the data signals to sub-pixels for the specific color. Therefore, a data driving circuit supplying the data signal to the demultiplexer receives and successively processes only data... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070040765 - Method for driving display panel: A driving method for a display panel which has, for each subfield, an address process in which a display data write scan is performed to set pixel cells respectively in a light emitting mode or a non-light emitting mode by scanning the pixel cells for each at least one display... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070040766 - Plasma display panel power recovery method and apparatus: In the plasma display device, a voltage of a power recovery capacitor is set to be greater than half of a sustain discharge voltage when a voltage of a power recovery circuit is increased, and is set to be lower than half of the sustain discharge voltage when the voltage... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070040767 - Plasma display apparatus: An apparatus for driving a PDP is capable of controlling a scan reference voltage when set up pulses are supplied to scan electrodes Y1 to Ym in a set up period of a reset period and when the scan reference voltage is supplied to the scan electrodes in an address... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070040768 - Display apparatus: The present invention provides a technique for reducing power losses in a display apparatus such as an FED, especially power losses due to leak currents occurring when a non-selective voltage is applied. A display apparatus according to the invention is provided with scan drivers for selecting one line at a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070040769 - Active matrix organic light emitting diodes pixel circuit: A pixel circuit of an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode does not provide currents for an organic light-emitting diode during a compensation period, and provides currents, free from variation of a threshold voltage of a thin-film transistor, for the organic light-emitting diode during a data input period, so as to improve... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070040770 - Organic light emitting display (oled): An Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED) that is capable of decreasing the number of output lines for a data driver using a demultiplexer, displaying an image with uniform brightness, and adjusting white balance includes: a plurality of red, green and blue sub-pixels, and each sub-pixel is provided with an auxiliary... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070040772 - Pixel circuit of organic electroluminescent display device and method of driving the same: A pixel circuit of an organic electroluminescent display device and a method of driving the same. In the pixel circuit, a capacitor has a first electrode connected to a gate of a driving transistor, and a second electrode connected to a drain of a switching transistor. Further, a compensation voltage... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070040771 - Shift register circuit: A shift register circuit that improves yield, reduces cost, and embodies a pull-swing drive and low power consumption is disclosed. The shift register is a 4-phase shift register circuit comprising a plurality of PMOS transistors, and capacitors. The shift register circuit includes n (n is integer) register stages, and each... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070040773 - Data driver circuits for a display in which a data current is generated responsive to the selection of a subset of a plurality of reference currents based on a gamma signal and methods of operating the same: A data driver for a display includes a reference current generator that is configured to generate L gray scale reference currents, the L gray scale reference currents being associated with non-zero gray scale levels, a gamma selection module that is configured to select M gamma reference currents from the L... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070040774 - Organic light emitting display device having automatic brightness control apparatus: An organic light emitting display (OLED) device having an automatic brightness control apparatus that can control the luminance of the OLED device according to the brightness of ambient light. The OLED device includes a light sensor adapted to sense ambient light and produce an output voltage corresponding to the ambient... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070040775 - Light quantity control device and light quantity control method and electro photographic device using the same: The present invention provides a light quantity control device comprising organic EL elements 3a to 3n and a measuring unit 51 measuring cumulative number of light emitting (time) of the organic EL elements 3a to 3n, a nonvolatile memory 52 storing a driving preset value of the organic EL elements... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070040776 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus including a displaying part, a light source generating light and a display driving part displaying an image on the displaying part by controlling the intensity of the light generated by the light source on the basis of one of a plurality of image signals. A light... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070040777 - Methods and devices for inhibiting tilting of a mirror in an interferometric modulator: Interferometric modulators having a separable modulator architecture are disclosed having a reflective layer suspended from a flexible layer over a cavity. The interferometric modulators have one or more anti-tilt members that inhibit undesirable movement of the reflective layer, such as curling and/or tilting. The stabilization of the reflective layer by... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070040781 - Amplifier circuit and display device: A first switch which controls input of an input signal to an input terminal of a buffer amplifier is provided. A first capacitor having a first terminal connected to an input terminal of the buffer amplifier and a second terminal connected to an output terminal of the buffer amplifier via... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20070040780 - Display device and liquid crystal display panel: A display device is provided that comprises a liquid crystal display panel for displaying an image by spatial light modulation, and circuitry for switching liquid crystal in the panel between having a first configuration in a first mode to cause an image displayed using the panel to be discernible from... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070040779 - Image processing apparatus for processing moving image to be displayed on liquid crystal display device, image processing method and computer program product: An image processing method for a liquid crystal display device includes: calculating first difference gradation, which is a difference between predicted attainment gradation and input gradation, the predicted attainment gradation being a predicted value of gradation which respective pixels of the liquid crystal display attain after one frame period after... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070040778 - Optimising brightness control in a 3d image display device: A display device for displaying a three dimensional image such that different views are displayed according to the viewing angle has a display panel with a plurality of separately addressable pixels for displaying said image. The pixels are grouped such that different pixels in a group correspond to different views... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070040783 - Liquid crystal display apparatus and method for driving liquid crystal display apparatus: An object of the invention is to provide a liquid crystal display apparatus, that achieves excellent color reproducibility with simple circuitry, and a method for driving such a liquid crystal display apparatus. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a color light source, a liquid crystal display section for controlling transmission... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070040782 - Method for driving liquid crystal display having multi-channel single-amplifier structure: A method is provided for driving a liquid crystal display having a multi-channel single-amplifier structure, where the number of times of coupling according to video signals transmitted to adjacent source lines while the source lines are floated is 3 and it is equal for the respective source lines for 6... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070040784 - Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display deriving modulated data using approximation: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus of driving a liquid crystal display device improving a picture quality. In the method and apparatus, modulated data bands including at least two modulated data centering a gray scale being approximate to a gray scale value of source data are derived. An... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070040785 - Active matrix array device, electronic device and operating method for an active matrix array device: An active matrix array device has a plurality of matrix array elements (100), each of which have a first capacitive device (120) coupled to a charging conductor (32m) via a first switch (100) being responsive to an addressing conductor (22n). In addition, the matrix array elements (100) comprise a second... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070040786 - Emission control driver and organic light emitting display device having the same and a logical or circuit for an emission control driver for outputting an emission control signal: An organic light emitting display (OLED) device using a tiling technique including a system-on-panel (SOP)-type emission control driver. The emission control driver includes a shift register and a logical operation portion having a plurality of logic gates, each of which receives output signals from the shift register and performs a... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20070040787 - A modular graphics stack: A system is provided that includes a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panel and an LCD controller coupled to the LCD panel. The system also includes a processor coupled to the LCD controller and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores a modular graphics stack that provides images and... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070040788 - Modular graphics stack with video support: A system is provided that includes a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panel and an LCD controller coupled to the LCD panel. The system also includes a processor coupled to the LCD controller and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores a modular graphics stack that provides images and... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070040789 - Protection device for gate integrated circuit, gate driver, liquid crystal display including the same and method of protecting a gate ic in a display: A gate IC protection device that protects a gate IC from damage and allows image to be generated normally even when an abnormal vertical synchronization start signal is received is presented, along with a gate driver and a liquid crystal display employing the gate IC protection device. A method of... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070040790 - Residual image improving system for liquid crystal display: An exemplary residual image improving system (100) for an LCD includes an LCD panel, a gate driver, data driver, a video and timing control unit (12), a DC power supply (13), an power input terminal (VCC), and a current limiting resistor (R). The power input terminal receives operating power from... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070040795 - Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same: A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) device includes an LCD panel, a data driver and a gate driver. The LCD panel includes a first pixel section and a second pixel section formed in regions defined by a adjacent gate lines and adjacent data lines. The first pixel section is electrically charged... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070040794 - Liquid crystal display device repair system and method thereof: Disclosed are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device which can minimize power consumption and detect whether a repairing process is successful or not during a testing process, and testing and repairing methods thereof. The LCD device includes gate lines formed on a substrate, data lines formed on the substrate by... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070040791 - Overdrive source driver for liquid crystal display: An overdrive device for a liquid crystal display, providing a 2-level overdrive signal, reducing a response time of the liquid crystal display, comprises a first multiplexer, a source driver, and a second multiplexer. The first multiplexer receives first and second reference voltages and provides the first or second reference voltage... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070040793 - Shift register and display device having the same: A shift register includes a plurality of stages to output a plurality of output signals, in sequence. Each of the stages includes a driving part and a discharging part. The driving part outputs an output signal of a present stage based on one of a start signal and an output... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070040792 - Shift register for display device and display device including a shift register: A shift register that is capable of performing partial driving and a display device having the shift register, in which the shift register has at least two display regions, each of which includes pixels and signal lines connected thereto. The shift register includes at least two stage groups, each of... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070040797 - Driving technique for a liquid crystal display device: A driving method or apparatus for use in a liquid crystal display (LCD) device stores picture data displayed by the LCD device in plural frame times by comparing first picture data for a first frame time with second picture data for a second, previous frame time, and adjusts a gray... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070040796 - Liquid crystal display including a transflective polarizing filter and a method of providing power saving and security functions in the same: An LCD including a transflective polarizing filter and a method of providing a power-saving function and a security-function in the LCD. The LCD includes an application module to receive a reflection ratio of a transflective polarizing filter which performs reflecting and polarizing operations, a reflection/polarization control module to control the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070040798 - Electrophoresis device and electronic apparatus: An electrophoresis device includes a translucent first substrate having a first electrode on one surface thereof; a second substrate having a second electrode on one surface thereof, and disposed to face the first substrate such that a protruding portion which does not overlap the first substrate in a substrate thickness... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070040799 - Systems and methods for procesing data entered using an eye-tracking system: A method for processing data entered using an electronic device and an electronic device capable of implementing the method is described. In one embodiment, the electronic device includes at least one multi-value key associated with at least two input data values. Each multi-value key includes a plurality of units and... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070040801 - Method and apparatus for displaying movement of input device in on-screen display (osd) area: A wireless display apparatus and a method of displaying an input device movement in an OSD area in a wireless display apparatus. The method includes receiving information on the movement of an input device, such as a mouse, displaying a pointer position of the input device in an on-screen display... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070040800 - Method for stabilizing and precisely locating pointers generated by handheld direct pointing devices: The invention provides a method to stabilize a pointer displayed within an output image. The method enables the user to magnify selected areas within the output image. This allows the user to ‘zoom’ in on areas of interest in the output image, and to make accurate selections with the stabilized... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. Patent Department

20070040802 - Magnetic control device: A control device having an elongated shaft, a C-shaped magnet, and an anti-rotation pin. The magnet and the anti-rotation pin are encapsulated in a spherical member. The C- shaped magnet has opposing ends defining an open slot along the C-shaped main body. The anti-rotation pin extends through the slot and... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070040803 - Method of joining a sintered magnet to a pivot arm: A method of forming a control device includes the steps of positioning a magnet and a shaft in a die and die-casting zinc around the magnet and the shaft. The magnet is a sintered C-shaped magnet having opposing ends defining an open slot along the C-shaped main body. An anti-rotate... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20070040805 - Method of detecting the movement of an entity equipped with an image sensor and device for implementing same: In relation to a current image from a sequence of images captured by an image sensor, in a first step, a temporary motion vector is determined as a function of reference data comprising a preceding image and a motion vector associated to the preceding image. Then, in a second step,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070040804 - Protective mechanism for an optical input device: A protective mechanism terminates the emission of a laser beam from an inadvertently inverted laser input device. A transmitting/detecting circuit is positioned under a laser input device that emits laser beams from a laser light. The transmitting/detecting circuit projects an infrared ray to a working surface to be reflected therefrom,... Agent: Raymond Sun

20070040807 - Keyboard: The invention comprise a one hand keyboard having thumb and finger receptacles for the thumb and fingers to signal the entire alphabet of a language, all numbers, and all essential punctuation with the fingers tips and thumb that need only move the them a fraction of or less than an... Agent: Robert E. Kleve

20070040806 - Keypad: A keypad is disclosed which has a plurality of keys (12) for the input of information. Each key has a first switch (80) and a second switch (90). The first switches (80) are all connected to a common electrical interconnection (120) and the second switches (90) are connected into a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070040808 - User configurable button: A user configurable button (20) for a portable media player device (10), wherein the button (20) is configurable by associating at least one action with the button (20) in response to pressing and holding down the button (20) at least once, and subsequent pressing of the button (20) at least... Agent: Creative Labs, Inc. Legal Department

20070040809 - Creating responses for an electronic pen-computer multimedia interactive system: A system for associating a selected object on any printed material to a valid response provided by a computer system includes a maker component to define an object on a page of printed material, and to link a position of the object on the page, the contents of the page,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070040815 - Haptic feedback for touchpads and other touch controls: A haptic feedback planar touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that inputs a position signal to a processor of the computer based on a location of user contact on the touch surface. The computer can position a cursor... Agent: Immersion - Thelen Reid & Priest L.l.p Thelen Reid & Priest L.l.p

20070040812 - Internet phone integrated with touchpad functions: An Internet phone comprises a touchpad on which a panel is provided and several regions are defined on the panel for inputting by object touch, a mode-switching region on the panel for being touched to switch the touchpad among various modes, several icons in the defined regions for supporting the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070040814 - Liquid crystal display device having improved touch screen: A liquid crystal display having a touch screen includes a plurality of sensing data lines formed on a display panel, a plurality of variable capacitors connected to the sensing data lines and having capacitance that varies with a pressure, a plurality of reference capacitors connected to the sensing data lines,... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070040811 - Navigational interface providing auxiliary character support for mobile and wearable computers: A text input mechanism is provided especially for non-keyboard input devices for inputting text for languages that include large numbers of characters and that are not based on the Roman alphabets. Reading symbols of a language are presented to the user for selection. Reading symbols can be phonetic symbols for... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070040813 - System and method for continuous stroke word-based text input: The disclosed System enables word-level text entry on a small displayed keyboard by tracing an input path that begins on or near the key of the first letter, passes through or near the key of each letter in sequence, and terminates in the vicinity of the key of the last... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070040810 - Touch controlled display device: In one aspect of the invention, a display device is provided. The display device comprises a body having an opening to a display receiving area. A display is joined to the display receiving area and a generally transparent contact element positioned between the opening and the display. At least two... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070040816 - Display apparatus, electronics device equipped with display apparatus, and manufacturing method thereof: A display apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image thereon, a cover panel arranged facing the display panel across an air layer, and an electro-conductive material opening electrically and arranged on a surface of one of the display panel and the cover panel faced with the air layer.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070040817 - Force sensor with angled coupling: A force sensor particularly suited for use in an electronic stylus that senses an applied force on its nib for recording pen strokes and handwriting recognition. The sensor has a load bearing member for receiving an input force to be sensed and associated circuitry for converting the input force into... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070040821 - Amplifier circuit and display device: In a buffer amplifier which receives an input signal on a positive input terminal, has an output terminal connected to a negative input terminal, and outputs a stabilized output signal, a switch for connecting the positive input terminal and the output terminal is provided. By switching the switch ON, the... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20070040820 - Apparatus and method for displaying a mobile terminal standby screen: An apparatus and method for displaying a standby screen of a mobile terminal, the apparatus having a display for displaying an image, and a controller for measuring a color-distributed degree of the image when a terminal is converted into a standby mode, and for inverting a certain color of the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070040822 - Display device and driving method thereof: It is an object to provide a semiconductor device in which a correct video signal is inputted into a display regardless of whether a luminance signal and a color-difference signal, or a three-primary color signal of R, G, and B is inputted as a video signal and which is also... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron,manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Itd

20070040819 - Image display system, image display method, image display device, image data processor, program, storage medium, and image processing program distribution server: An image display system includes an image data processor that processes image data, an image display device that displays an image based on the image data processed by the image data processor, and a transmission path that allows bi-directional data communication between the image data processor and the image display... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070040818 - Moving image distribution system and moving image distribution server: A moving image distribution system is capable of making phase adjustment of video data and audio data while preventing the cost of a display apparatus from increasing, by adjusting time information with a moving image distribution server. The moving image distribution server stores moving image data, reads the moving image... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070040823 - Semiconductor display device and method of driving a semiconductor display device: A semiconductor display device capable of performing clear display of a high definition image, in which flicker, vertical stripes, horizontal stripes, and diagonal stripes are unlikely to be seen by an observer, is provided. An image signal input from the outside to a RAM of a frame conversion portion in... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070040825 - Display device: A display device includes first and second voltage generation circuits each including a voltage circuit for outputting an internal voltage on the basis of a plurality of clocks, a sampling circuit for sampling an output signal from the voltage circuit, a monitoring circuit for comparing an output signal from the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070040826 - Electronic apparatus and control method thereof: An electronic apparatus and method of controlling the electronic apparatus are provided, in which a power supply supplies a driving voltage to a system; and a controller sequentially outputs a control signal controlling a level of the driving voltage to the power supply until a level of a usage voltage... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070040824 - Optical energy driven information display device: An optical energy driven information display device comprises an information-display unit, an optical-to-electrical energy converter, and an electricity-control unit. Wherein the information-display unit includes a memory unit, a display unit, a display-control unit, and an information transmission control unit. The information transmission control unit transmits information to the memory unit,... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070040827 - Power supply generating circuit, display apparatus, and portable terminal device: A power supply generating circuit, a display apparatus incorporating the same, and a portable terminal device using the display apparatus as an output display unit are provided. In a DC-DC converter having a charge pump circuit (31), a voltage dividing circuit (32), and a regulation circuit (33), p-channel MOS transistors... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070040828 - Optical method and system for enhancing image resolution: A method and system are presented for imaging an object with image resolution for at least a part of the object exceeding by a predetermined factor a geometrical resolution defined by a detector pixel array. A predetermined aperture coding is applied to the wavefront of a light signal indicative of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070040829 - Three dimensional display: The invention provides an improved means for displaying computer generated hologram (CGH). Images appearing in the image volume are realised as a set of planar facets that approximate to the shape of the original object to be displayed. These facets are populated with points, that act as the visible parts... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070040831 - Method for filtering of tomographic 3d displays on the basis of the reconstruction of volume data: A filter method for tomographic 3D displays is disclosed, in which a volume model is used for display, which reproduces the volume of the examination object in the form of a large number of three-dimensional image voxels, and the image value of each voxel reproduces one object-specific characteristic of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070040830 - Volume rendering apparatus and process: A computer automated process is presented for accelerating the rendering of sparse volume data on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). GPUs are typically SIMD processors, and thus well suited to processing continuous data and not sparse data. The invention allows GPUs to process sparse data efficiently through the use of scatter-gather... Agent: Don W. Bulson, Esq. Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070040833 - Method and system for adaptive maximum intensity projection ray casting: The adaptive MIP ray casting system first fragments a 3-D dataset into multiple sub-volumes and constructs an octree data structure with each sub-volume being associated with one node of the octree data structure. The system then establishes a 2-D image plane and selectively launches a plurality of rays towards the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070040832 - Trapezoidal shadow maps: A method of real-time shadow generation in computer graphical representation of a scene, the method comprising defining an eye's frustum based on a desired view of the scene; defining a location of a light source illuminating at least a portion of the scene; generating a trapezoid to approximate an area,... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070040834 - Method and apparatus for supporting universal serial bus devices in a virtualized environment: A method for performing virtualization, includes managing data between a virtual machine and a bus controller by transmitting an input output (IO) request from the virtual machine to a service virtual machine that owns the bus controller. According to an alternate embodiment, the method for performing virtualization includes managing isochronous... Agent: Lawrence Cho C/o Portfolioip

20070040835 - Point-sequence approximation method and apparatus: A point-sequence approximation apparatus determines whether a proportion of a straight-line approximation region is high as compared to that of a curve approximation region. In addition, if it is determined that the proportion of the straight-line approximation region is high as compared to that of the curve approximation region, the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070040836 - Choreography recording and access system: This invention provides a system for recording, storing and accessing choreographic elements. It includes a data storage medium such as a video disk/DVD allowing storage of and access to sound recordings via speakers or headphones, and video images via a screen display such as a television or computer monitor. The... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20070040837 - Motion vector estimation method and continuous picture generation method based on convexity property of sub pixel: A motion vector estimation method and continuous discrete image generation method based on a convexity property of a sub-pixel are provided. The method of estimating a motion vector includes: generating an objective function for a differential definition of a sub-pixel system composed of a chain of arbitrary n-tap filters with... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070040838 - Efficient scaling of image data in graphics display systems: In a preferred embodiment, a system includes a host, an image data source, and a graphics controller. The image data source provides a frame corresponding to a particular image size. The graphics controller is receives the frame. Preferably, the graphics controller is remote from the image data source and the... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070040839 - Motherboard and computer system with multiple integrated graphics processors and related method: Motherboards with multiple integrated graphics processors (IGPs) for performing graphics processing operations are disclosed. A proposed motherboard includes a first integrated graphics processor (IGP) having a first north bridge circuit and a first graphics processing circuit; at least one second IGP, each having a second north bridge circuit and a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070040840 - Method and/or apparatus for video data storage: An apparatus and method for storing image data comprising a first storage device and a second storage device. The first storage device may be configured to store at least one first pixel from a first field of a frame of the image at a first physical address in the first... Agent: Lsi Logic Corporation

20070040841 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus includes a display unit to display an image, an image processing unit to apply an image signal to the display unit, a nonvolatile memory having a data area to adjust a display state of the image displayed on the display unit, a correction data area to store... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070040842 - Buffer memory system and method: A method is provided for use in a buffer memory system having at least one buffer memory to process image data of an image frame. The method may include writing a first plurality of lines of the image data to the buffer memory in a first writing sequence; reading the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070040843 - System for providing image contents and drawing image, electronic apparatus and method: A plurality of image files (Pa,Pb) are linked to obtain one linked image file 306 on the image contents server 300 side. Then, the linked image file is expanded only once, then only data of the necessary image file is cut out by looking up original image file group information... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070040844 - Reducing memory bandwidth to texture samplers via re-interpolation of texture coordinates: Apparatus, systems and methods for reducing memory bandwidth to texture samplers via re-interpolation of texture coordinates includes at least one texture sampler coupled to at least one shader core where the texture sampler is at least capable of generating texture map addresses by re-interpolating pixel fragment block texture coordinates from... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070040846 - Method and apparatus of correcting color coordinate and display device including apparatus of correcting color coordinate: A method and an apparatus of correcting a color coordinate and a display device including the apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes: a first memory for storing optical characteristic information of a display module; a controller for reading the optical characteristic information from the first memory and generating and outputting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070040845 - Pixel adaptive image color adjusting device and method thereof: A pixel adaptive image color adjusting device, including: a channel separation unit for separating an input image into a plurality of color channels by pixels; a conversion unit for converting the value of an adjustment target color channel based on an adjustment value for at least one of the plural... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070040847 - Method and device for processing video data to be displayed on a display device: The invention relates to a method for processing video data to be displayed on a display device having a plurality of luminous elements corresponding to the pixels of a video picture, wherein an error diffusion step is applied to at least a part of said video data to refine the... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070040848 - Fractal image data and image generator: A fractal generation process, including: (i) randomly selecting images from a set of V>1 input images; (ii) selecting transformation functions from a set of transformation functions; (iii) generating transformed images by applying the selected transformation functions to the selected images; and (iv) generating an output image by combining the transformed... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070040849 - Making an overlay image edge artifact less conspicuous: The invention is directed, in preferred embodiments, to method and apparatus for storing overlay pixels of a scaled overlay image over background pixels of a background image. The overlay and background pixels being defined by at least a luminance component and a color component. A preferred method comprises: (a) defining... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070040850 - Media delivery system and method: An interactive system that provides real time animated broadcast graphics which are input directly from a mobile device. The input from the mobile devices may include text messages and the like. The broadcast graphics are then output by the system to any kind of display screen, such as a television,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070040851 - Rendering translucent layers in a display system: A system and method of rendering overlapping layers in a computer display, such as a windowing system, employs front-to-back assembly of the displayed image. An arbitrary number of overlapping elements, such as windows, can be presented, without requiring temporary storage space or additional off-screen buffers. The front-to-back assembly technique minimizes... Agent: Apple/fenwick

20070040852 - Global shape definition method for scatterometry: A method for modeling samples includes the use of control points to define lines profiles and other geometric shapes. Each control point used within a model influences a shape within the model. Typically, the control points are used in a connect-the-dots fashion where a set of dots defines the outline... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20070040853 - Method for photographing on board of a flying rotating body and system for carrying out said method: The invention relates to a method for photographing on board of a flying rotating body and system for carrying out said method. According to said invention, pictures (V0, V90, V180, V270) are taken at predetermined angular positions of said flying body by a device which is rigidly fixed to the... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070040854 - Method for the representation of 3d image data: A method for presenting image data 1 that represents a three-dimensional object 7 in a space, wherein projection data which represents a two-dimensional projection 6 of the object 7 are generated by computational superimposing of multiple image planes, wherein the projection 6 is displayed on a monitor for viewing by... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070040855 - Display control apparatus capable of decreasing the size thereof: In a display control apparatus for applying to a display panel first gamma voltages within a first voltage region with reference to two first reference voltages, a gamma voltage generating circuit is adapted to generate second gamma voltages within a second voltage range. A maximum voltage of the second voltage... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070035469 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a screen generating module which generates a screen for displaying a service and a service selecting module which connects the service to the screen generated by the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070035470 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a service processing module producing at least one of logical screens and display screens for displaying a service, and an output module mapping the logical screens to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070035471 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus and method for providing multiple screens is provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a service processing module providing a plurality of services, an interface module through which an audio content is independently selected from the plurality of services, and an output module outputting the selected audio... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070035472 - Multi-display system with independent operating areas: A multi-display system includes a display module, a memory module, and a control module. The display module displays a first image and a second image, the memory module has at least a first operating area and a second operating area, and the control module utilizes the first operating area to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070035473 - Display module, and cellular phone and electronic device provided with display module: It is an object to achieve downsizing and a thin shape of a display module and an electronic device provided with the display module. The display module includes a first display panel in which a first display screen is formed on one main side; and a second display panel that... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070035474 - Plasma display device having improved luminous efficacy: There is provided a plasma display device capable of high luminous efficacy and stable driving for displaying images at various image display load factors. The plasma display device performs the sustain discharge for a light-emission display, and is configured to apply a sustain pulse voltage between a sustain electrode pair... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070035475 - Method of driving plasma display panel and plasma display apparatus driven using the method: In a method and apparatus for improving the address discharge efficiency of a plasma display panel (PDP), the PDP has a new structure which improves light-emitting efficiency and reduces a permanent afterimage. The PDP includes first and second substrates spaced apart from each other, a barrier rib which, together with... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070035476 - Method of driving plasma display panel and plasma display device driven using the method: A method of driving a plasma display panel (PDP) and a plasma display device driven by the method are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display image is represented by a plurality of unit frames, and each unit frame is divided into a plurality of sub-fields. Each of the sub-fields includes... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070035477 - Method of driving plasma display panel and plasma display device driven using the method: A method of selectively performing a reset discharge in a plasma display panel (PDP) and a plasma display device driven by the method are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display image is represented by a plurality of unit frames, and each unit frame is divided into a plurality of sub-fields,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070035478 - Plasma display apparatus and method or driving the same: A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel including a scan electrode, a sustain electrode and an address electrode, a scan driver, a sustain driver and a data driver. The scan driver supplies a first pulse... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070035480 - Circuit for driving plasma display panel: A circuit for driving a plasma display panel includes a scanning-electrode driving circuit for applying a drive voltage to a scanning electrode, which includes a first sustaining-clamp circuit for applying a sustaining-discharge pulse to the scanning electrode, and a reset circuit for applying a reset pulse to the scanning electrode.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070035481 - Gate driving device and flat display device employing such a gate driving device: A flat display device may include a plurality of electrodes arranged in one direction, a first transistor coupled between the plurality of electrodes and a first power source for supplying a first voltage, and a gate driving circuit for supplying a driving voltage to a gate of the first transistor... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070035479 - Method for reducing power consumption of plasma display panel: A method for recovering electric energy of a plasma display panel (PDP) by controlling two recovery units respectively connected to two sides of the PDP is introduced. The method includes forming series resonance loops within corresponding periods of a working period so that a capacitor of one of the two... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070035487 - Data driver, organic light emitting display device using the same, and method of driving the organic light emitting display device: A data driver capable of displaying images with a substantially uniform brightness, an organic light emitting display device using the same, and a method of driving the organic light emitting display device. The data driver includes a plurality of current sink units for controlling predetermined currents to flow through data... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070035482 - Driving circuits and methods for driving display cells: A driving circuit for driving a plurality of display cells, includes: a plurality of first switches, a plurality of driving units coupled to the first switches, and a plurality of second switches respectively corresponding to the first switches. The first switches receive and output a plurality of data signals, respectively.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070035483 - Method and apparatus for stereoscopic display employing an array of pixels each employing an organic light emitting diode: An improved stereoscopic display apparatus and methodology includes an array of OLED-based pixels that are cleared (i.e., placed in a “dark” state) before being loaded with the desired analog voltage potential signal for display during both left perspective image display periods and right perspective image display periods. In this manner,... Agent: David P. Gordon Gordon & Jacobson

20070035484 - Method and apparatus for stereoscopic display employing an array of pixels each employing an organic light emitting diode: An improved stereoscopic display apparatus and methodology includes an array of OLED-based pixels that are cleared (i.e., placed in a “dark” state) before being loaded with the desired analog voltage potential signal for display during both left perspective image display periods and right perspective image display periods. In this manner,... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070035485 - Organic light emitting display device: An organic light emitting display (OLED) device including a plurality of electroluminescent (EL) panels that are coupled with one another. In order to facilitate the coupling of the EL panels, respective data drivers are disposed at one side of pixels, and a scan driver and an emission control driver are... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20070035486 - Signal transmission circuit, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: A signal transmission circuit includes: an electro-optical substrate having electro-optical elements; a plurality of driving circuits that drives the electro-optical elements; a first connection path that electrically connects the plurality of driving circuits; and a first substrate including at least a part of the first connection path. The electro-optical substrate... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070035488 - Driving method of display device: Pseudo contours occur in a display device that expresses a gray scale by dividing one frame into a plurality of subframes and using a time gray scale method. In the case of expressing a high-order bit, a gray scale is expressed by sequentially adding the weight (light emitting period, frequency... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Ltd.

20070035489 - Flat panel display device and control method of the same: A control method of a flat panel display device includes the steps of: receiving external power supply signals and initial signals and supplying driving power supply to each component including a scan driver and a data driver; storing a plurality of register set values for controlling a level of brightness... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070035490 - Color display screen comprising a plurality of cells: A color display screen has a plurality of cells (2). Each cell (2) has a pixel (P) capable of providing a first output light of a first color and a second output light of a second color and a photosensitive device (D) for converting an optical display control signal (Li)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070035491 - Display device: A display device includes a display panel, a driving circuit and a repair line. The display panel has a display region and a peripheral circuit region adjacent to the display region. The peripheral circuit region has a driving circuit bonding region and a plurality of conductive wires extending from the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070035496 - Driving circuits: Driving circuits capable of outputting video data or OSD data selectively are used to serve as images on a display. The driving circuit which is integrated in a display panel comprises a selection unit that receives video data and on-screen-display (OSD) data and outputs the video data and the ODS... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070035497 - Electrophoretic displays with improved high temperature performance: The invention is directed to a novel sealing composition and a method for improving performance of an electrophoretic display, especially at high temperatures. The invention is also directed to an electrophoretic display comprising display cells wherein said display cells are filled with an electrophoretic fluid and sealed with a sealing... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070035492 - Method and apparatus for stereoscopic display employing a reflective active-matrix liquid crystal pixel array: An improved stereoscopic display apparatus and methodology includes an array of reflective liquid-crystal-based pixels that are cleared (i.e., placed in a “dark” state) before being loaded with the desired analog voltage potential signals for display during both left perspective image display periods and right perspective image display periods. In this... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070035493 - Method and apparatus for stereoscopic display employing a reflective active-matrix liquid crystal pixel array: An improved stereoscopic display apparatus and methodology includes an array of reflective liquid-crystal-based pixels that are cleared (i.e., placed in a “dark” state) before being loaded with the desired analog voltage potential signals for display during both left perspective image display periods and right perspective image display periods. In this... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070035494 - Method and apparatus for stereoscopic display employing a transmissive active-matrix liquid crystal pixel array: An improved stereoscopic display apparatus and methodology includes an array of liquid-crystal-based transmissive pixels are cleared (i.e., placed in a “dark” state) before being loaded with the desired analog voltage potential signal for display during both left perspective image display periods and right perspective image display periods. In this manner,... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070035495 - Method and apparatus for stereoscopic display employing a transmissive active-matrix liquid crystal pixel array: An improved stereoscopic display apparatus and methodology includes an array of liquid-crystal-based transmissive pixels are cleared (i.e., placed in a “dark” state) before being loaded with the desired analog voltage potential signal for display during both left perspective image display periods and right perspective image display periods. In this manner,... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070035498 - Light emitting display: The light emitting display further comprises a scan driver that supplies a first scan signal, which is a write signal that selects the data signal and a second scan signal, which is an erasing signal to the pixels, and a timing controller that supplies data, which divide one frame into... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070035499 - Driving circuit for driving liquid crystal display panel: A driving circuit for driving a display panel including a plurality of cells arranged in rows. The driving circuit comprises a gate electrode driving circuit to provide a gate voltage to a row of cells, a common electrode driving circuit to provide a common voltage to the row of cells,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070035500 - Data bus structure and driving method thereof: A data bus structure, a driver therewith, and a display with a driver capable of low power consumption are provided herewith. In the proposed structure, data lines of the data bus corresponding to a plurality of output channels are divided by alternatively inserting isolating elements. By controlling these isolating elements,... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070035503 - Display driver control circuit and electronic equipment with display device: There is provided a display driver control circuit which is just suitable for display drive including display with a small amount of change and display with a large amount of change and can realize saving of chip area and reduction of power consumption and cost. In this display driver control... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070035502 - Liquid crystal display device, method for controlling display data for liquid crystal display device, and recording media: A liquid crystal display device which enables a reduction in power consumption at low cost, includes: a liquid crystal display panel having signal lines and scan lines arranged in a matrix; a gate driver configured to supply a gate signal to any of the scan lines; a source driver having... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070035501 - Voltage converting unit and display device having the same: A voltage converting unit includes a converting module part, a temperature compensating part, a first gate driving signal generating part and a second gate driving signal generating part, whereby an image display quality is improved. The converting module part generates a gate driving pulse based on an externally provided voltage.... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070035504 - Optical-emission-signal output apparatus: There is provided an optical-emission-signal output apparatus for outputting an optical-emission signal specifying an optical-emission timing to an optical-emission unit for outputting light to an optical-scan unit for scanning incident light by resonance. The optical-emission-signal output apparatus comprises a frequency divider for dividing a master clock output at predetermined intervals,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070035506 - Data driving apparatus and method for liquid crystal display: A method of driving a data driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display panel, the method including converting at least two pixel data into analog pixel signals, outputting the converted pixel signals to one of at least two output buffer integrated circuits based on a time division of the pixel... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070035505 - Shift register circuit: A shift registers circuit having a series of cascading shift registers comprises a first transistor coupling to an output signal of a pre-stage shift register, a second transistor coupling to the first transistor, an output and a first clock signal, and a pull-down module coupling to the output, output signals... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070035507 - Light guide panel using stamper, and method and device for producing the same: Disclosed is a light guide panel using a laser stamper, and a method and a device for producing the same. The light guide panel using a laser stamper, which is used as a rear surface light source of a liquid crystal display, is characterized in that a substrate for the... Agent: Levine & Mandelbaum

20070035508 - Light scan device and image display device: A light scan device which forces a beam light depending on an image signal to scan, including: a light source part for supplying the beam light; and a scanning part for forcing the beam light from the light source part to scan an illumination-target region in a first direction and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070035509 - Video display apparatus and method for driving lamp in advance of watching: A video display method and apparatus including a display panel; a lamp which generates light to display a video image on the display panel; a lamp driving unit which drives the lamp; an information storage unit which stores information about a predetermined start-up time of the lamp; and a controller... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070035510 - Reset pulse driving for reducing flicker in an electrophoretic display having intermediate optical states: The present invention relates to a novel driving scheme for an electrophoretic display providing accurate intermediate optical states. According to the invention, the level of remnant voltage across pixels are taken into account when driving the display. Remnant voltage is built up when resetting the pixel between consecutive image states,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070035512 - 3d image display device using integral imaging technology: A three dimensional (3D) image display using integral imaging technology is provided. The 3D image display A three dimensional (3D) image display comprises: a point light source array; a display element modulating incident light from the point light source array pixel by pixel by electric control to form an image;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070035511 - Compact haptic and augmented virtual reality system: The invention provides compact haptic and augmented virtual reality system that produces an augmented reality environment. The system is equipped with software and devices that provide users with stereoscopic visualization and force feedback simultaneously in real time. High resolution, high pixel density, head and hand tracking ability are provided. Well-matched... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070035514 - Method to create multiple items with a mouse: A system, method, and computer program product that have a graphical user interface capable of easily generating different kinds of items on a canvas by a user by operation of a mouse pointer on the canvas without requiring movement of the mouse pointer between a palette and the canvas are... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070035513 - Preferred contact group centric interface: A preferred contact group centric interface for a communication device can be used to facilitate communications by a user. The user interface can be arranged to activate from a user's “home page” on the display, from an idle screen that is accessed after a timeout period expires, or any other... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070035515 - Slidable input device and portable apparatus including the same: A slidable input device and a portable apparatus including the same, in which objects arranged in three-dimension or the size of a specific object can be easily manipulated and controlled. The portable apparatus includes an input unit for generating a key-selection signal corresponding to up, down, right or left directions... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070035516 - Joystick sensor with light detection: The present invention creates a virtual sensor plane by arraying two one-dimensional light sensors at right angles to one another wherein the shaft of a joystick extends perpendicularly through the virtual sensor plane. With this configuration, the sensor plane can detect traditional joystick rotation around a point along its axis... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070035518 - 3d pointing devices: A remote control device, e.g., a 3D pointing device, has a ring-shaped or arcuate-shaped housing and at least one sensor mounted within the housing for sensing movement of said remote control device. The housing is adapted to promote a user's arm, hand and wrist to be substantially in a neutral... Agent: Potomac Patent Group, PLLC

20070035520 - Adjustable mouse: An adjustable mouse comprises a first shell, a second shell and a connecting assembly. The first shell movably connects to the second shell via the connecting assembly. The first shell moves relative to the second shell. When the length of the adjustable mouse is adjusted, the height of the adjustable... Agent: Quintero Law Office

20070035517 - Computer mouse with microphone and loudspeaker: A computer mouse includes a body, a microphone module, and a loudspeaker, wherein the microphone module and the loudspeaker are fixed to the body. The microphone module is disposed at the front, a side, or the top of the body. The body includes a speaker chamber with the loudspeaker disposed... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070035519 - Thumb and finger guide attachable to a computer mouse and a computer mouse incorporating same: Thumb and finger guide structure for a computer mouse includes two guides, one located on either side of the mouse. One guide is designed to receive the user's thumb and the other is designed to receive the user's little finger. The structure of the present invention positions the user's thumb... Agent: Thomas M. Galgano, Esq. Galgano & Burke, LLP

20070035522 - Lighting and usability features for key structures and keypads on computing devices: A keypad is provided for a computing device. The keypad includes one or more lighting devices or mechanisms for illuminating a plurality of keys structures. In an embodiment, the plurality of key structures are formed from a milky material.... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20070035521 - Open virtual input and display device and method thereof: An open virtual input and display device and method thereof, in which a micro project module projects various input interface images; at the same time a detecting light source emit module emits a detecting beam above an image frame; based upon the reflective beam, a detecting light source receive module... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070035523 - Method and apparatus for navigating a plurality of menus using haptically distinguishable user inputs: Menus are created that facilitate access to data in a menu database. The menus include a plurality of menus items laid out so as to duplicate a spatial organization of keys on a numeric keypad, such that a one-to-one relationship between the keys on the keypad and the menu items... Agent: Law Offices Of Ronald M Anderson

20070035525 - Integrated touch screen control system for automobiles: The present invention discloses an integrated touch screen control system implemented in an automobile. The touch screen control system includes a touch screen device having a pressure sensitive screen for converting at least one pressured point thereon into at least one control signal representing a location thereof. A controlled device... Agent: Howard Chen Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

20070035524 - Methods, electronic devices and computer program products for controlling a touch screen: Methods for controlling a touch screen of an electronic device include: providing a soft key on the touch screen; determining an update triggering event; and, responsive to the update triggering event, relocating the soft key and/or a label of the soft key from a first location on the touch screen... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070035526 - Touch panel display apparatus, electronic device having touch panel display apparatus, and camera having touch panel display apparatus: Disclosed herein is a touch panel display apparatus including: a display panel; a movable panel unit including a touch panel and being flat plate-like in shape; a movable support section for supporting the movable panel unit on a support structure so as to permit the movable panel unit to be... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070035527 - Touch screen assembly, mobile terminal having the touch screen assembly, and key input method on the mobile terminal: A terminal is disclosed. The terminal includes a touch screen type display part for displaying key buttons used for a user to input information to the terminal, a speaker part for outputting an audio signal, when the user has correctly touched the key buttons, to inform the user that the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070035528 - Method and apparatus for determining and retrieving positional information: An apparatus for determining and retrieving positional information including a surface having a plurality of first elements and a plurality of second elements, a first detection element connected to at least one of the plurality of first elements, and a second detection element connected to at least one of the... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20070035529 - Portable communication apparatus, and a method of controlling a user interface thereof: A method of controlling a user interface of a portable communication apparatus (100) is disclosed. The user interface includes a display (240, 336) with a limited presentation area (352) and a manual input device (250, 338) with a rotary element (252). Graphical data to be presented is received and represents... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070035535 - Apparatus and method for compensating for image distortion of display apparatus: A method and apparatus for compensating for image distortion, which compensate for a difference between an input image signal and an output image signal of a display apparatus, are provided. An apparatus for compensating for distortion of an image which is output from a display unit for an image display... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070035532 - Backplanes for display applications, and components for use therein: A thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode having a first gate electrode edge and a second gate electrode edge opposite the first gate electrode edge. The TFT also includes a drain electrode having a first drain electrode edge that overlaps the first gate electrode edge, and a second drain electrode... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20070035534 - Display driving circuit: A display driving circuit includes a differential amplifying circuit having a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a first transistor of first conductivity type coupled between a first source potential and an output node, a second transistor of second conductivity type coupled between the output node and a second... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070035530 - Motion control for image rendering: A display apparatus (100) for displaying an output image on basis of 3D visual information is disclosed. The display apparatus (100) comprises: first receiving means (101) for receiving a first signal (3DV) representing the 3D visual information; second receiving means (116) for receiving a second signal (P) representing positional information... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070035533 - Protection circuit, flat display device using the same, and method for driving flat display device using the same: A protection circuit which is capable of preventing a faulty operation resulting from an abnormal control signal a method for operating the same, a flat display device using the same, and a method for driving the flat display device using the same are disclosed. The protection circuit includes a reference... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070035531 - System for improving the subjective impression of a digitized image: A system improves the subjective impression of a digitized image displayed with a low amplitude resolution. The system digitizes an analog video signal with a first amplitude resolution. Before the amplitude resolution of the video signal is reduced to a second, lower amplitude resolution, the system adds a digital noise... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070035536 - Display calibration method for optimum angular performance: A method of calibrating a flat panel display, comprising the steps of: providing a flat panel display, calibrating the display to establish desired chromaticity and/or luminance for one or more colors of interest at a first reference angle, measuring the chromaticity and/or luminance data for at least one color of... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070035537 - Driving power-supply circuit: In the case where the driving voltage Vi is lower than the reference voltage ViL, the PMOS 61 becomes on-state and increases the driving voltage Vi, and concurrently the operation of the constant current circuit 20P halts. At the same time, in the case where the reference voltage ViL is... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070035538 - System and method for driving light-emitting diodes (leds): System and method for improving efficiency in driving LEDs. A preferred embodiment comprises a switch current regulator coupled to a current control signal input, the switch current regulator to control an amount of current provided to the LED based upon a magnitude of a voltage on the current control signal... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070035540 - Durable top surface for interactive display: An interactive display that is resistant to liquid spills and vandalism. An interactive display includes a display chassis that has a chassis top support. A tamper proof and liquid resistant display surface can be attached to the chassis top support with a plurality of fasteners, so that the top is... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070035539 - Image acquisition system for generation of three-dimensional models: A photographic apparatus and a method for taking images of an object for use in generating a three dimensional model of the object are described. The apparatus includes an object placement unit, an image capturing unit and an object illumination unit. The image capturing unit and the object illumination unit... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070035543 - System and method for managing visual structure, timing, and animation in a graphics processing system: A visual tree structure as specified by a program is constructed and maintained by a visual system's user interface thread. As needed, the tree structure is traversed on the UI thread, with changes compiled into change queues. A secondary rendering thread that handles animation and graphical composition takes the content... Agent: Law Offices Of Albert S. Michalik C/o Microsoft Corporation

20070035542 - System, apparatus, and method for capturing and screening visual images for multi-dimensional display: A system, apparatus and method are provided for capturing visual images and spatial data for providing image manipulation options such as for multi-dimensional display.... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070035541 - Three-dimensional animation of soft tissue of characters using controls associated with a surface mesh: A face, as well as any other soft tissue of a character, can be animated much in the same way that a skeleton is animated by creating a soft tissue solver attached to the surface mesh. In particular, deformation objects are associated with regions of the surface mesh. The deformation... Agent: Peter J. Gordon, Patent Counsel

20070035545 - Method for hybrid rasterization and raytracing with consistent programmable shading: A method of generating a computer image wherein secondary raytrace vectors are calculated for the image after the image is rendered using rasterization. The secondary raytrace vectors are based on virtual camera angles that are stored during the rasterization process. The raytrace vectors can be calculated using the same processor... Agent: Greenberg-traurig

20070035544 - System and method for ray tracing with depth buffered display: A system and method for generating an image that includes ray traced pixel data and rasterized pixel data is presented. A synergistic processing unit (SPU) uses a rendering algorithm to generate ray traced data for objects that require high-quality image rendering. The ray traced data is fragmented, whereby each fragment... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20070035546 - Animation composing vending machine: An animation composing vending machine automatically composes a specific body part photographed from a user with animation contents. This machine includes a casing, a monitor, a camera for capturing a face image of a user, a CD recorder for recording an animation of the face image captured by the camera... Agent: Jones Day

20070035547 - Statistical dynamic modeling method and apparatus: A method for animating soft body characters has a preparation phase followed by an animation phase. In the preparation phase, the skin deformation of the character model is determined for a set of basis poses. The skin deformation from posing is compactly represented in terms of the set of basis... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070035548 - Rating technique for virtual world environment: A method and system provides arrangements creating a relationship between a real-world entity and a virtual world environment. A participant or player can participate in various virtual world experiences including activities, settings, events, purchases, sales and diverse transactions to acquire virtual products, virtual services, and/or virtual items of value. Feedback... Agent: Searete LLC

20070035549 - Variant rating plans for a virtual world environment: A method and system provides arrangements creating a relationship between a real-world entity and a virtual world environment. A participant or player can participate in various virtual world experiences including activities, settings, events, purchases, sales and diverse transactions to acquire virtual products, virtual services, and/or virtual items of value. Feedback... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070035550 - Advanced load value check enhancement: Systems and methods for performing re-ordered computer instructions are disclosed. A computer processor loads a first value from a first memory address, and records both the first value and the second value in a table or queue. The processor stores a second value to the same memory address, and either... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070035551 - Auto stacking of time related images: Digital images may be grouped based on attributes of the images. To represent this grouping, the representations of the digital images are arranged into stacks.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Troung & Becker LLP And Apple Computer, Inc

20070035552 - Graphics processing apparatus and graphics processing method: A graphics processing unit is provided. A basic model display processing unit generates and displays rendering data based on three-dimensional model information on an object to be rendered. An effect model processing unit performs processing for applying a predetermined effect to a three-dimensional model of the object. A basic model... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070035553 - General framework for aligning textures: A method in image processing for aligning a texture from at least one input region to an output region is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving information pertaining to at least one input, the information including a texture and corresponding texture coordinates, receiving information corresponding to the output... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070035555 - Display device, method of controlling the same, and game machine: A display device includes: a display unit having an illuminating device that emits illumination light, a display panel that has an image display region where a two-dimensional image is formed by a light modulating device for modulating the illumination light, and a barrier that is arranged opposite to the image... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070035554 - Method of visualizing a color deviation: A method of visualizing a color deviation of an actual color on a vehicle panel being painted utilizing a computer. A reference color image is displayed on a monitor to confirm that the reference color image is the appropriate color image relating to the actual color. Differences between that displayed... Agent: Basf Corporation

20070035556 - Color evaluating method of image display device: There is provided a color evaluating method of an image display device, which evaluates colors displayed by the image display device, including: displaying an image evaluation image, in which a plurality of color regions corresponding to a pixel or a plurality of pixels of the image display device and each... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070035557 - Method and apparatus for displaying image signal: A method and apparatus for reducing color error bands occurring due to the abrupt difference in brightness between sub-pixels. In the method of displaying an image signal of an apparatus for displaying the image signal, the apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each having at least two sub-pixels, and the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070035558 - Visual model importation: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art with respect to modeling a process having a visual representation and provide a method, system and computer program product for importing a visual representation of a process for use in an application. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented visual process model... Agent: Steven M. Greenberg, Esquire Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070035560 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a digital signal processing module which receives predetermined information and restores a service based on the predetermined information, a service processing module which displays one or more... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070035559 - Compositing external images into a multimedia rendering pipeline: Compositing functionality is provided in the form of an application program interface (API) that applications can utilize to composite images on video data that is to be rendered. In at least some embodiments, this functionality is exposed in a multimedia pipeline towards the end of the multimedia pipeline, such as... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070035563 - Augmented reality spatial interaction and navigational system: A method of operation for use with an augmented reality spatial interaction and navigational system includes receiving initialization information, including a target location corresponding to a point of interest in space, and a source location corresponding to a spatially enabled display. It further includes computing a curve in a screen... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070035562 - Method and apparatus for image enhancement: The present invention is generally related to image enhancement and augmented reality (“AR”). More specifically, this invention presents a method and an apparatus for static image enhancement and the use of an optical display and sensing technologies to superimpose, in real time, graphical information upon a user's magnified view of... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20070035561 - System for combining virtual and real-time environments: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for combining virtual reality and real-time environment. The present invention provides a system that combines captured real-time video data and real-time 3D environment rendering to create a fused (combined) environment. The system captures video imagery and processes it to determine... Agent: Coudert Brothers LLP

20070035564 - Display processing apparatus, display processing method, and display processing program: A condition-display processing unit displays, in a predetermined display area, a condition specifying area in which condition information indicating a setting condition is displayed. A rotating unit rotates, when a rotation instruction is received from a user, the condition specifying area displayed by the condition-display processing unit, and rotates a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070035565 - Methods and systems for independent view adjustment in multiple-view displays: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for independently increasing the perceived brightness of a view in a multiple-view display. In some embodiments this increase compensates for a decrease in display light-source illumination.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20070030211 - Wearable marine heads-up display system: A data communication system for use on a surface or subsurface vessel. The system includes a base system and a plurality of user components. The base system includes a marine enhanced ground proximity warning system (MEGPWS), a communication component, and a wireless transceiver coupled to the MEGPWS. The user component... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20070030212 - Device for displaying image outside vehicle: A problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a vehicle outside-image display apparatus that is capable of visualizing a visual field blocked by an obstacle. A vehicle outside-image display apparatus includes a vehicle outside-image capturing unit (114) adapted to capture an image outside the vehicle by a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070030213 - Plasma display device: The plasma display device comprises a plasma display panel forming discharge cells at intersections between data electrodes (D1-Dm) and both of scanning electrodes (SCN1-SCNn) and sustain electrodes (SUS1-SUSn), and a scanning electrode drive circuit for applying a specified voltage to the scanning electrodes (SCN1-SCNn), in which the scanning electrode drive... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070030214 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus. The plasma display apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention comprises a plasma display panel having a scan electrode and a sustain electrode, a sustain pulse controller for applying a sustain pulse to either the scan electrode or... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070030216 - Edge emission electron source and tft pixel selection: The present invention relates to a display device that employs edge emitters as a source for pixel electrons. The edge emitters allow the viewing glass plate to be made very small or eliminated, thereby substantially reducing the size of or eliminating the spacers typically utilized in conventional display devices and... Agent: Plevy & Howard & Darcy P.C.

20070030215 - Electron emission display device and control method of the same: An electron emission display device and a control method of the same. The electron emission display device includes a display region having a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels arranged in regions defined by the scanning lines and the data lines; a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070030219 - Display device and driving method thereof: A display device and a method of driving the display device include first and second pixel row groups having at least one pixel row including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a data driver generating the data voltage including a normal... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070030218 - Organic electroluminescence device and method of driving the same: Embodiments of the present invention relate to an organic electroluminescent device using different driving voltages according to sub-pixels. The organic electroluminescent device may include a panel, a driving voltage circuit and a driver. The panel may have a plurality of sub-pixels. The driving voltage circuit may generate a plurality of... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070030217 - Systems and methods for providing threshold voltage compensation of pixels: Systems and methods for providing threshold voltage compensation of pixels are provided. A representative system incorporates first switching element and a voltage compensation driver. The first switching element is operative to transfer a data signal. The voltage compensation driver is operative to generate a compensation voltage according to a reference... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070030220 - Self assembling display with substrate: Various embodiments of methods and systems for designing and constructing displays from multiple light-modulating elements are disclosed. Display elements having different light-modulating and self-assembling characteristics may be used during display assembly and operation.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070030222 - Display device and driving method thereof: The present invention relates to a display device including a display panel divided into an edge region and first and second display areas, first and second pixels respectively formed at the first and second display areas, a light source irradiating light on the display panel, optical sensors formed at the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070030223 - Liquid crystal display adaptive to viewing angle: Disclosed is an LCD capable of adaptively selecting a gamma curve based on a viewing angle. The LCD includes: a viewing angle detector for detecting the viewing angle of an LCD panel to generate information about the viewing angle, and a gamma curve determiner for selecting a gamma curve corresponding... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070030221 - Liquid crystal display including sensing unit: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a first panel, a second panel facing and separated from the first panel, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second panels, a plurality of variable capacitors that vary capacitance thereof by pressure, and a plurality of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070030224 - Display device, method of driving the same and driving apparatus: A display device includes a display panel, a reference gamma processing part, a source driving part, and a timing controlling part. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel parts displaying an image. The reference gamma processing part outputs a reference gamma voltage in every period. The source driving part... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070030225 - Display device: A display device with reduced power consumption has pixels coupled with data lines and arranged in a matrix, a signal controller processing input image signals and outputting output image signals, and a data driver applying data voltages, corresponding to output image signals, to the data lines. When all the input... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20070030226 - Liquid crystal display: The present invention relates to an OCB liquid crystal display, wherein a normal image data voltage and a black gray data voltage are repeatedly applied to a data line and a gate on signal of the gate line is controlled to form a pixel row (normal data pixel row) having... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070030228 - Method and apparatus for reducing the visual effects of nonuniformities in display systems: A method is provided for compensating for output nonuniformity on a display. The method comprises characterizing the display. The method further includes creating a set of data tables wherein one table provides data for compensation along vertical axes of the display and a second table provided data for compensation along... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070030227 - Optically compensated bend (ocb) liquid crystal display and method of operating same: When the normal data voltage of 0V is applied, the impulsive voltage at which the bending alignment of OCB liquid crystal is broken is set to the impulsive voltage at (for, corresponding to) the highest gray. There occurs a broken region (0-VB) where the bending alignment of the OCB liquid... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070030229 - Defective pixel management for flat panel displays: Systems and methods for identifying defective pixels and adjusting an input to control display of the defective pixels may improve the quality of the image viewed on a flat panel display including one or more defective pixels. The screen position of each defective pixel is identified and stored. Adjustment information... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070030231 - Common voltage regulating circuit of liquid crystal display device: Disclosed is a common voltage regulating circuit of a liquid crystal display device which can be adjusted by software, comprising: a pulse signal generating means for outputting a pulse width modulation signal in response to up/down signal for adjusting a common voltage; a smoothing means for smoothing a pulse width... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070030230 - Method of providing data, liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof: A method of providing data, an LCD and a driving method are disclosed. An image data voltage is inverted. A charge share voltage between the inverted image data voltages is used as a black data. The image data voltage and the black data voltage are applied in sequence, wherein the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070030235 - Driving circuit of liquid crystal display: An exemplary driving circuit of a liquid crystal display includes a delay circuit (130), a first transistor (140), a second transistor (160), a first bias resistor (R1), and a second bias resistor (R2). The first transistor includes a source electrode for receiving a first voltage signal, and a drain electrode... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070030234 - Image display device: A low price image display device which has a smaller number of mounted components and allows high-accuracy display, is provided by making proper use of both a high-accuracy, low-voltage DA converter IC and a DA converter circuit having high-voltage TFTs formed on an insulated substrate in accordance with a display... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070030232 - Image display device and timing controller: It is an object to provide a timing controller and an image display device which are capable of recognizing the resolution of a display panel with a simple structure. Image signal line driving devices include integrated plural driving circuits which are connected to one another in a cascade manner. Further,... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070030233 - Liquid crystal display: A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix array; a plurality of gate lines applying a same gate signal to at least two rows of the pixels; a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines; a TFT disposed at an intersection of each gate line... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070030236 - Method and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display device: A driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a plurality of data lines and gate lines arranged in a matrix configuration, a data driver for supplying video data to the data lines, a gate driver for supplying gate pulses to the gate... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070030239 - Flat panel display, display driving apparatus thereof and shift register thereof: A flat panel display, a display driving apparatus thereof and a shift thereof are disclosed. The shift register is adapted for driving a flat panel display. The shift register receives an input signal and a clock signal. The shift register includes a delay unit and a buffer unit. The delay... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc. Suite 250

20070030238 - Liquid crystal display device and electronic device: A liquid crystal display device and an electronic device, which provide compensation for the difference of brightness caused by the LC effect to improve the image color fidelity is provided. The present invention provides a source driving method for a LCD device including providing data signals representing images to be... Agent: Liu & Liu

20070030237 - Source driving method and source driver for liquid crystal display device: A source driving method and a source driver for a liquid crystal display device having a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel comprises a first color sub-pixel with a first displaying wavelength, a second color sub-pixel with a second displaying wavelength less than the first displaying wavelength, and a third... Agent: Liu & Liu

20070030240 - Display device, method, and terminal device having switchable viewing angle: After light from a planar light source is switched to scattered light or collimated light by a switching element, the light is incident on a display panel, and an image is displayed. At this time, the luminance of the planar light source is adjusted, the contrast voltage of the display... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070030242 - Liquid crystal display apparatus: A plurality of LEDS used for a light source are mounted on the surface of an electromagnetic-induction touch panel in which coiled wiring is formed on a glass epoxy substrate. A dual-use touch-panel/backlight I/F FPC substrate is connected to the touch panel in order to feed power to the LEDs... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070030241 - Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof, and drive control method of lighting unit: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, plural pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix on a second substrate, a counter electrode provided on one of first substrate... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070030243 - Display device and control method for the same: A display device has an electrophoretic display panel for displaying information, and an operating mode switching unit for changing between a normal mode in which information displayed on the electrophoretic display panel is redrawn at a predetermined redraw interval, and a reduced operation mode in which redrawing the electrophoretic display... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070030244 - Display device and control method for the same: A display device has a power supply for supplying operating power, a display unit that is driven by power from the power supply for displaying image information and has an image retention characteristic for retaining displayed content, a remaining capacity estimating unit for estimating the remaining capacity of the power... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070030246 - Tactile feedback man-machine interface device: A man-machine interface which provides tactile feedback to various sensing body parts is disclosed. The device employs one or more vibrotactile units, where each unit comprises a mass and a mass-moving actuator. As the mass is accelerated by the mass-moving actuator, the entire vibrotactile unit vibrates. Thus, the vibrotactile unit... Agent: Immersion - Thelen Reid & Priest L.l.p Thelen Reid & Priest L.l.p

20070030245 - Virtual magnifying glass with intuitive use enhancements: A display screen magnifier is controllable by a user to magnify selected portions of a desktop including windows open on the screen. A moveable magnifier frame is provided, within which a magnified image is presented. The magnified image corresponds to screen content located within a magnification region underlying the magnifier... Agent: Banner & Witcoff Ltd., Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070030247 - Projection display system and cursor control method thereof: A projection display system and cursor control method thereof is disclosed. The projection display system includes a projection display device and an operation unit. The projection display device is for displaying an image and a cursor. The projection display device includes an on screen display (OSD) unit for generating the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070030248 - Wired mouse with mobile cell unit: A wired mouse containing a circuit board, a connection line to connect the mouse to a PC, and a built-in mobile power module; the mobile power module being charged by the PC external source, or a second connection interface being provided to the mouse, the power source module charging any... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070030250 - Information input display apparatus, information processing method and computer program: An information input display apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes: an information display unit formed with a flexible material; an information input unit provided at a back of the information display unit and including keys onto which input of data is performed with a pressing-down process involving a deformation of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070030249 - Mobile device keyboard having three-direction keys: A keyboard for a mobile device is provided that includes a plurality of three-direction keys. The three-direction keys may include three protruding portions that each correspond to at least one character of the keyboard. At least one of the three-direction keys may be inverted with respect to other ones of... Agent: Joseph M. Sauer, Esq. Jones Day

20070030251 - Remote control method using remote control device with keyboard: A remote control method and system employ remote controller (10) which is adapted for use with an entertainment system of a type including a display (222) as well as providing functions such as Internet access or other functions requiring a keyboard and/or a mouse. The remote controller includes a folding... Agent: David Henty

20070030256 - Display apparatus and display method: A display apparatus includes a display section, a touch panel on the display surface of the section to allow the user to specify a desired position on the displayed image being displayed on the section by pressing a pointer against it, a display control section causes a plurality of indicators... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070030252 - Electric writable media: An electric writable medium having islanded surface structures operationally configured to avoid tribocharging of the electric writable medium.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070030254 - Integration of touch sensors with directly mounted electronic components: Disclosed is a touch sensor assembly that includes a touch sensor overlay and one or more circuit boards held in place by a frame. The touch sensor overlay includes a plurality of touch sensitive elements and a plurality of conductors connected to the touch sensitive elements arranged on the touch... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070030255 - Sensing circuit and display device having the same: A sensing circuit is provided that senses an externally provided pressure on a panel, and includes a sensing capacitor, a first switching element, a second switching element and a third switching element; where the sensing capacitor includes a sensing electrode on the first substrate, the insulating layer and the opposite... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070030253 - Touch scroller: A touch scroller for a display is described. The touch scroller has a touch pad disposed beside the display to scroll the displaying image of the display. The touch pad may be constituted by an L-shaped touch pad and disposed at the corner of the display. The touch scroller can... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070030258 - Capturing handwriting: Motion of a writing instrument is tracked from sensors located in the vicinity. The signals generated from the sensors are processed and used in a wide variety of ways.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070030257 - Locking digital pen: A locking digital pen system includes memory means which is available for storing user passwords for a plurality of users. When a user wishes to activate the digital pen, the user is enabled to use the digital pen to enter a password. After verification of the password, the pen is... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rvw)

20070030263 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens includes a digital signal processing module which receives predetermined information and restores a service based on the predetermined information, a service processing module which displays one or more... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070030260 - Circuit for controlling display of modulated image in an image display device, and image display method and device: A display control circuit is provided for displaying a modulated image such as a persistence image. An image display may includes the display control circuit. The control circuit adds persistence pixel data for persistence display to input pixel data within an input image frame to generate display pixel data within... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070030261 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus which processes an input image signal to display it thereon having a connector which is connected with an external source, a differential signal receiver which processes a differential signal from the external source, and a differential signal controller which generates a predetermined temporary differential signal using a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070030259 - Method and arrangement for improving the functions of the display unit of a portable device: The invention relates to an arrangement and method for improving a display unit (101, 201, 301) of a portable device. In the method, in the surroundings of the display unit (101, 201, 301), there are arranged light units (102a, 102b, 102c, 102d, 102e, 102f, 102g, 102h, 202a, 202b, 202c, 202d,... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20070030262 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device: There is a need for providing a variable amplifier circuit suited for a semiconductor integrated circuit and a high-performance camera preprocessing LSI using the variable amplifier circuit. At first timing, a first input capacitor acquires a first signal. An amplifier circuit amplifies a second signal acquired to the second input... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070030264 - 3d graphics processor and autostereoscopic display device using the same: A stereoscopic image display device displays a stereoscopic image by generating stereoscopic image data based on 3D graphics data. The stereoscopic image display device includes a display unit for displaying an image, a driver, and a controller. The controller receives a synchronization signal, the 3D graphics data, and a user... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070030265 - Constraint schemes for computer simulation of cloth and other materials: Constraint schemes for use in the computer simulation and animation of cloth, clothing and other materials improves cloth simulation by helping to prevent clothing from excessive stretching, bunching up in unwanted areas, or “passing through” rigid objects during collisions. Several types of constraint systems are employed, including the use of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070030268 - Process for creating a parametric surface having a required geometrical continuity: Creating a parametric surface having a required geometrical continuity Gi from a set of parametric elementary surfaces includes providing a set of parametric elementary surfaces, each elementary surface having edges, with vertices joining adjacent edges, each elementary surface having an internal continuity Cj at least equal to the required continuity... Agent: Clifford Chance US LLP

20070030267 - Process for creating from a mesh an isotopologic set of parameterized surfaces: A process for creating from a mesh an isotopologic set of parameterized surfaces includes providing a mesh having a plurality of vertices connected by edges, defining faces, the vertices comprising regular vertices of valence 4 and irregular vertices of valence different from 4. The mesh may have a sharpness value... Agent: Clifford Chance US LLP

20070030266 - Scheme for providing wrinkled look in computer simulation of materials: Scheme for improving the quality of cloth simulation by providing a good dynamic “wrinkled” look to the cloth as it moves. The simulated area of each of the triangles in the triangle mesh is compared with the original area of the triangle to determine how much it got compressed or... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070030270 - System and method of instruction for cooking a meal: A system and method for instructing an individual to prepare a meal includes the steps of separating the preparation of the meal into at least one procedures wherein each of the at least one procedures are associated with a particular portion of the meal. Each of the procedures are then... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070030269 - Universal performance alignment: At least one embodiment of a system and method for performance alignment includes a determining component configured to determine at least one success factor related to a project and a first receiving component configured to receive data related to the success factor. A providing component may be configured to provide... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070030271 - Robot controller and robot control method using spline interpolation: A determining unit determines tangent vectors at one and the other end of one spline curve segment of each section such that a length of each tangent vector is proportional to that of a first straight line connecting one end and the other end of the one spline curve segment,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070030272 - Glyph outline adjustment while rendering: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, that implement a method for adjusting a glyph outline while rendering. In one aspect a method includes receiving a glyph to be rendered at a size; generating from the glyph an outline of line segments, each line segment having two endpoints; translating the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070030273 - Method of serially connecting animation groups for producing computer game: Provided is a method for producing a computer game comprising setting connecting frames between a starting frame and an intermediate key frame and connecting frames between the intermediate key frame and an ending frame of an animation file, producing intermediate animation groups of a series of stages of movement between... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070030274 - Method, medium, and apparatus controlling graphics accelerator voltage: A method, medium, and apparatus controlling a 3D graphics accelerator. The apparatus may include a voltage controller to determine a voltage and frequency supplied to the 3D graphics accelerator by using the 3D graphics data, so that a frames per second (FPS) of the image does not exceed a predetermined... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070030275 - Display apparatus and mobile communication terminal having the same: A display apparatus and a mobile communication terminal having the same. The display apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a case; a display module mounted in the case for outputting visual information; a window mounted at a window groove of the case, and providing a visual... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070030276 - Video and graphics system with parallel processing of graphics windows: A display engine of a video and graphics system includes one or more processing elements and receives graphics from a memory. The graphics data define multiple graphics layers, and the processing elements process two or more graphics layers in parallel to generate blended graphics. Alpha values may be used while... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070030280 - Global spreader and method for a parallel graphics processor: A parallel graphics processor having a spreader coupled to a plurality of execution components is disclosed. The spreader maintains status information for each of the plurality of execution components and establishes a priority for each of the plurality of execution blocks to receive a graphics entity to be processed. The... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070030277 - Method for processing vertex, triangle, and pixel graphics data packets: A method for processing graphics data packets comprises allocating an entity for the graphics data packet of vertices, triangles, and/or pixels in one or more execution blocks that receives an assignment from a global spreader to process the graphics data packets. A pointer, which points to the allocated entity, communicates... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070030278 - Multi-execution resource graphics processor: A dynamically scheduled parallel graphics processor comprises a spreader that creates graphic objects for processing and assigns and distributes the created objects for processing to one or more execution blocks. Each execution block is coupled to the spreader and receives an assignment for processing a graphics. object. The execution block... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070030279 - System and method to manage data processing stages of a logical graphics pipeline: A system and method to manage data processing stages of a logical graphics pipeline comprises a number of execution blocks coupled together and to a global spreader that assigns graphics data entities for execution to the execution blocks. Each execution block has an entity descriptor table containing information about an... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070030281 - Serial memory script controller: The present invention provides an IC chip of a serial memory script controller, comprising: an interface transforming unit, an I/O buffer and data path control unit, a script decoder, an ALU and an event control unit. The interface transforming unit codes and decodes a communication protocol of a serial interface;... Agent: John Chen

20070030283 - Image display method and device, image display system, server, program, and recording medium: An image display method for displaying, after imaging, a plurality of image data each relating to attribute data, includes: disposing a reference image object for indication of each of the plurality of image data at a position based on any one of the corresponding attribute data in a virtual horizontal... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070030282 - System and method for defining attributes, decision rules, or both, for remote execution, claim set iv: A system of the invention comprises a design module, execution engine, and performance management module. A first computer hosts the design module which enables a user to define attributes, queries, and decision rules transmitted to the execution engine hosted on a second computer remote to the first computer. The second... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070030284 - Display apparatus, display method, program and recording medium: A display apparatus, which makes one pixel displayable in four colors, that is, three primary colors and a white color, and inputs and displays chrominance signals corresponding to a mixing ratio of the four colors, includes a color correction instrument which performs first color correction of increasing the saturation of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070030285 - Method and device for processing video data for display on a display device: A method for processing video data for display on a display device having a plurality of luminous elements comprising: applying a dithering function based on single ones of said luminous elements to at least part of said video data to refine the grey scale portrayal of video pictures of said... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070030286 - Method, system, and program product for controlling a display on a data editing screen: The invention provides a method, system, and program product for controlling a display on a computer-aided design (CAD) data editing screen, whereby commands more likely to be utilized are preferentially displayed.... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070030288 - Apparatus and method for overlaying pattern data on a reproduced image: An apparatus and method for overlaying a pattern on an image includes loading pattern data stored in a program memory into an image memory and receiving image data and storing the received image data in the image memory. A processor overlays pattern data on to the received image data based... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070030289 - Apparatus for providing multiple screens and method of dynamically configuring multiple screens: An apparatus for providing multiple screens and a method of dynamically configuring the multiple screens are provided. The apparatus for providing multiple screens retrieves the type of the screens in the device and connection relationship therebetween in order to dynamically configure multiple screens that provide a plurality of services on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070030287 - Visual comparison of data set with data subset: A subset of a data set may be investigated by graphically comparing the subset of the data set with the whole of the data set. In some instances, a graphical representation of the data set is displayed, and a data subset of the data set is selected. A graphical representation... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070030290 - Video display screen segmentation: An apparatus for controlling the format of a video display. The apparatus includes a profile module for defining at least one profile. The profile has at least one display characteristic of video information associated with a type of application. The apparatus also includes a runtime engine in communication with the... Agent: Potomac Patent Group, PLLC

20070030291 - Gaming machine transitions: A graphics system for changing images on a gaming machine display, having a transition library of transition types, a graphics engine and a control means. The graphics engine applies a selected transition type from the transition library to at least one of at least two images for determining the way... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070030292 - Apparatus and method for image rotation: An apparatus for image rotation. The apparatus includes a first memory, a frame buffer, a rendering module, a rotation object determination module, a rotation module, and a replacing module. The rendering module renders a second image according to second image data. The rotation object determination module detects a variation between... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070030293 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method, and program: There is disclosed a highly convenient user interface which can suitably perform enlarged display of a designated object and suitably allow the user to operate original objects occluded under the object which undergoes the enlarged display or the like. An arbitrary position on a reduced image displayed on a screen... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070030294 - System and method for implementation of transition zone associated with an actuator for an optical device in a display system: System and method for the implementation of a transition zone associated with an actuator of an optical device in a display system. A preferred embodiment comprises determining a sub-frame transition time, initiating a sub-frame transition to coincide with a start of a spoke state of a color filter if the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070030295 - Methods and systems for signal display: Methods and systems for signal display are provided. Resolution data of signals received by an electronic display device is sent to a computer and determined if it is stored in a first table, recording resolution data and corresponding display data, in the computer. If so, the corresponding display data is... Agent: Quintero Law Office

20070024524 - Preventing image tearing where a single video input is streamed to two independent display devices: The invention is generally directed to methods and apparatus for preventing image tearing where a single video input is streamed to two or more independent display devices for simultaneous display. A preferred method includes: (a) receiving a sequence of frames from an image data source for refreshing a first display... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070024525 - Three-dimensional display: A system and method provides an electrical contact assembly for an optical device useable in a three-dimensional optical display. The assembly includes a first conductor comprising a first intermediate section that includes a first contact for connecting to a contact of the optical device, where a first and second pair... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070024526 - Three-dimensional display: A system and method provides an electrical contact assembly for an optical device useable in a three-dimensional optical display. The assembly includes a first conductor comprising a first intermediate section that includes a first contact for connecting to a contact of the optical device, where a first and second pair... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070024527 - Method and device for augmented reality message hiding and revealing: The present invention relates to an operation method for executing games on mobile camera enabled terminal devices and to devices capable of executing the method. The method is based on hiding augmented reality messages in pictures by taking an image of an object, providing symbols; linking the symbols to the... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070024529 - Device, system and method for electronic true color display: A device, system and a method for displaying an expanded gamut of colors. The present invention is suitable for various types of electronic display devices, such as televisions and monitor devices (“monitors”) for computational devices, for example. The present invention operates by electronic production of more than three primary colors.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070024528 - Image forming method and charged particle beam apparatus: An image forming method and a charged particle beam apparatus suitable for suppressing the inclination of charging when scanning a two-dimensional area with a charged particle beam. A third scanning line located between a first scanning line and a second scanning line is scanned. After the first, second and third... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070024530 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method of the same: The present invention relates to a plasma display panel, in particular to a plasma display apparatus and driving method of same, wherein the bightness of sustain light generated by a sustain pulse by performing floating either a scan electrode or a sustain electrode during a sustain period, thereby increasing the... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070024531 - Plasma television and image display device: When a target image with an aspect ratio of 4:3 is displayed on the screen A of the PDP26 with an aspect ratio of 16:9, the rectangular black images on the left and right of the target image are not solid black. Instead, the luminance of the rectangular black images... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20070024532 - Plasma display and driving method thereof: In a plasma display device, sustain electrodes and subfields forming one frame are divided into a plurality of groups including first and second groups. In a first subfield of the first group, discharge cells of a second group are initialized during a second reset period and address discharged during a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070024533 - Plasma display and driving method thereof: In a plasma display device, sustain electrodes are divided into first and second groups. A frame period is divided into subfields. In one subfield, discharge cells of the first group are initialized during a first reset period and addressed during a first address period and cells of the second group... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070024534 - Plasma display and driving method thereof: A plasma display device and a driving method thereof are provided. An input grayscale value is converted according to a peak grayscale value of an input video signal of one frame. The number of on-subfields may be increased as a result of the grayscale conversion. Therefore, a total number of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070024535 - Driving method of plasma display apparatus: A plasma display apparatus, which is advantageous of reducing abnormal discharge, improving a darkroom contrast characteristic and increasing an operation margin, and a driving method thereof are provided. In an embodiment, a driving method of a plasma display apparatus comprising a first electrode and a second electrode includes a first... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070024536 - Method for driving plasma display panel: A method for driving a plasma display panel are disclosed to prevent an erroneous discharge according to an incomplete reset or according to a high speed driving and to improve the contrast. By further providing a certain bias voltage before an addressing voltage is provided, wall charges can be effectively... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070024540 - Data driving circuit and driving method of light emitting display using the same: A data driving circuit capable of displaying images having uniform brightness. The present invention provides a data driving circuit of a display device having: at least one current sinking unit for controlling a predetermined current to flow in a data line; at least one voltage generating unit for resetting voltage... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070024543 - Data driving circuit, light emitting display using the same, and method of driving the light emitting display: A data driving circuit for driving pixels of a light emitting display to display images with uniform brightness may include a current sink that is capable of receiving, via a data line, a predetermined current from a pixel to enable the data driving circuit to generate a compensation voltage for... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070024542 - Data driving circuits and driving methods of organic light emitting displays using the same: A data driving circuit for driving pixels of a light emitting display to display images with uniform brightness may include a gamma voltage unit that generates a plurality of gray scale voltages, a digital-analog converter that selects, as a data signal, one of the plurality of gray scale voltages using... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070024544 - Data driving circuits and driving methods of organic light emitting displays using the same: A data driving circuit for a light emitting display may include a gamma voltage generator that generates gradation voltages, a current sink that receives a predetermined current from a pixel via a data line during a first partial period of one complete period for driving the pixel, a voltage generator... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070024538 - Display apparatus and display control method: A display apparatus having a display unit that displays images formed by pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and columns is provided. The display apparatus includes: light emitting elements that are respectively arranged into the pixels; a drive unit that controls a light-emitting state of the light emitting elements... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070024537 - Drive scheme for improved device lifetime: Driving passive matrix optoelectronic devices is described. Driving a passive matrix OLED display includes addressing a row of a plurality of rows during a row time of a frame. During the frame, a reverse bias is applied to all the pixels.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070024545 - Electron emission type backlight unit and flat panel display device having the same: An electron emission type backlight unit which may include a front substrate and a rear substrate, a gate electrode, an insulating unit disposed on the gate electrode, a cathode disposed on the insulating unit that intersects the gate electrode, a first opening formed in the cathode to expose the gate... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070024541 - Organic light emitting display: An organic light emitting display device capable of displaying an image of uniform brightness. A scan driver drives scan lines and light emitting control lines that are formed parallel to each other. A data driver drives data lines formed at a direction intersecting the scan lines and the light emitting... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070024539 - Scan driver and organic light emitting display device having the same: Provided is a scan driver that supplies a scan signal to an organic light emitting display device (OLED). The scan driver includes transistors of the same conductivity type. To generate individual scan signals, the scan driver includes samplers, each of which samples an input signal in synchronization with a clock... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070024546 - Unevenness detecting apparatus for compensating for threshold voltage and method thereof: Unevenness detecting apparatus for compensating for threshold voltage and method thereof is provided with a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines and a pixel circuit arranged in each point which the scan lines and the data lines are intersected. The unevenness detecting apparatus for compensating for... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070024547 - Organic light emitting diode display device and a driving method thereof: Disclosed are an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display device having a pixel circuit which use a thin film transistor (TFT) as an active device and a driving method thereof. The OLED display device can constantly obtain luminance of the light emitting elements by elapsed time, because the brightness of... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070024550 - Drive method for mems devices: Embodiments of exemplary MEMS interferometric modulators are arranged at intersections of rows and columns of electrodes. In certain embodiments, the column electrode has a lower electrical resistance than the row electrode. A driving circuit applies a potential difference of a first polarity across electrodes during a first phase and then... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070024549 - Micro-mirror device package and method for fabricating the same: A micro-mirror device package including a micro-mirror device; a substrate, on which the micro-mirror device is mounted; and a window lid mounted on the substrate to cover the micro-mirror device. The window lid has a light transmitting part, which is sloped in relation to the micro-mirror device, and through which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070024548 - Reducing acoustical noise in differently aiming sub-frames of image data frame: A modulator is controlled in accordance with each sub-frame of a frame of image data. An aiming mechanism is physically adjusted to differently aim each sub-frame. Acoustical noise in physically adjusting the aiming mechanism is reduced.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070024551 - Smart electronic label employing electronic ink: The present invention provides for smart and dumb implementations of a standalone, remotely updateable, remotely alterable, flexible electronic label. The electronic label provides for displaying information, such as prices, bar codes, advertising messages and restocking information, in connection with a mammal, non-mammal, an item or location. The flexibility and form... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070024554 - Driving apparatus for display device and display device including the same and method of driving the same: The present invention relates to a driving apparatus for a display device and a display device including the same, as well as a method of driving a display device. The driving apparatus for a display device including a plurality of pixels each with a switching element has a driving voltage... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070024552 - Electro-optical device, method of driving electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: There is an electro-optical device. An electro-optical device includes: a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels that are provided so as to correspond to intersections between the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, each of the pixels has a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070024555 - Highly efficient lcd driving voltage generating circuit and method thereof: A highly efficient LCD driving voltage generating circuit and method consumes a relatively small amount of power, as compared to conventional means. The LCD driving voltage generating circuit comprises a DC-DC converter for boosting an input voltage in response to a clock signal and for outputting the boosted voltage as... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070024553 - Liquid crystal display device, display control method and display control apparatus: A liquid crystal display device comprises an OCB-mode liquid crystal display panel including a liquid crystal layer in which the alignment state of liquid crystal molecules is transitioned in advance from a splay alignment to a bend alignment, and a display control section which applies a liquid crystal drive voltage... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070024556 - Liquid crystal display device: One picture element is divided into first and second sub-picture element regions. A sub-picture element electrode connected directly (not via capacitive coupling) to a source electrode of a TFT is placed in the first sub-picture element region and a sub-picture element electrode capacitively coupled to a control electrode connected to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070024557 - Video signal processor, display device, and method of driving the same: A video signal processor, a display device, and a method of driving the same, that consumes relatively low power and requires relatively small storage capacity, are provided. In one embodiment, a video signal processor comprises an interface to receive an external video signal; a signal converter including an RGBW logic... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070024558 - Image processing circuit and image processing method: The present invention provides an image processing circuit capable of performing overdrive processing on all gray-scale while suppressing the degradation of the contrast of a liquid crystal display. According to the present invention, an image processing circuit for a liquid crystal display performing overdrive processing includes a data compression circuit... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070024559 - Method and apparatus for transmitting acknowledgement signals: The present invention relates to a power controlling method in a mobile radio communication system using Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) scheme, and more particularly to a power controlling method of response (ACK/NACK) signals for transmitting the ACK/NACK signals in different power based on the permissible probabilities of reception error that... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070024560 - Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device which is capable of minimizing deterioration in picture quality caused by a kickback voltage, and a driving method thereof. The LCD device includes an LCD panel having a plurality of liquid crystal cells to which a pixel voltage signal is supplied, and... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20070024561 - Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same: In accordance with a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device including, in a picture element, a first sub-picture-element region where a threshold voltage of the transmittance-applied voltage characteristic is Vth1 and a second sub-picture-element region where a threshold voltage of the transmittance-applied voltage characteristic is Vth2, liquid crystal,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070024562 - Liquid crystal display drivers and methods for driving the same: Liquid crystal display drivers include a conversion control signal generator and an output driver. The conversion control signal generator is configured to generate a first conversion control signal and a second conversion control signal, offset from the first conversion control signal, based on an input clock signal and a polarity... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070024565 - Display device, method of driving the same and driving device for driving the same: A display device includes a display panel, a driving unit, a common voltage generating unit and a first compensating unit. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units has a switching element and a storage capacitor electrically connected to the switching element. The driving... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070024564 - Electro-optical device, method of driving electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device includes a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels that are provided so as to correspond to intersections between the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines, each of the pixels has a pixel electrode, and a switching... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070024563 - Image processing circuit: The present invention provides an image processing circuit capable of sufficiently correcting a temperature characteristic of a response speed, varying depending on gray-scale, of a liquid crystal display, while suppressing an increase in circuit scale. The present invention provides an image processing circuit for a liquid crystal display performing overdrive... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070024566 - Display device: A display device which is used in a miniaturized portable information device can exhibit the low power consumption even when a display is not changed over for a long period in a state that a battery or the like is used as a power source. The display device can maintain... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070024569 - Peripheral driver circuit of liquid crystal electro-optical device: In a peripheral driver circuit of a liquid crystal electro-optical device is comprised of a shift register circuit arranged by a plurality of registers, and a circuit for supplying power to each register. When an input signal is entered into an nth register, a supply of power to at least... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070024567 - Shift register and display device using same: A shift register includes plural stages of flip-flops. The last-stage flip-flop Fn and the flip-flop Fn−1 that is the preceding flip-flop thereof are reset by inputting thereto an output signal from the last-stage flip-flop. A delaying means is provided, between an output terminal Q of the last-stage flip-flop for outputting... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070024568 - Shift register and display device using same: A shift register includes plural stages of flip-flops. The last-stage flip-flop Fn and the flip-flop Fn−1 that is the preceding flip-flop thereof are reset by inputting thereto an output signal from the last-stage flip-flop. A delaying means is provided, between an output terminal Q of the last-stage flip-flop for outputting... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070024570 - Backlight device and display unit provided with it: A backlight device is configured from a drive unit and a backlight. The backlight includes a first light source group and a second light source group. The drive unit drives one or more fluorescent lamps of the first light source group in response to a first synchronous signal, and drives... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070024572 - Display apparatus and method of controlling the backlight provided in the display apparatus: A display apparatus comprising a receiving unit, a signal-processing unit, and a display device. Histogram distribution data is generated for a luminance level of a video signal output from the signal-processing unit. The apparatus further has a first multiplier, a second multiplier, and a differentiator. The first multiplier multiplies the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070024573 - Display apparatus and method of controlling the backlight provided in the display apparatus: According to one embodiment, a display apparatus including a receiving unit, two signal processing units and, a luminance-curve converter, a display device, a histogram-extracting unit, and a characteristic-control-data output unit. The unit sets a characteristic to the luminance-curve converter in accordance with histogram distribution data. The display apparatus further comprises... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070024574 - Liquid crystal display including phase locked loop circuit for controlling frequency of backlight driving signal: An liquid crystal display (LCD) (200) includes an LCD panel (210), a timing control circuit (230), and a backlight module 250. The LCD panel includes a gate drive integrated circuit (IC) (211) and a data drive IC (212) formed thereon for driving the LCD panel. The backlight module includes a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070024571 - Method and apparatus for communication using pulse-width-modulated visible light: A visible light communications transmitter combines a modulated carrier signal with a pulse from a pulse generator. The carrier signal is modulated according to data read from a buffer during the pulse.... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070024581 - Apparatus and method for detecting motion with low power consumption in inertia sensor: A motion detector and method with low power consumption in an inertia sensor. The motion detector is selectively supplied with power for operation of the inertia sensor according to a power control signal. While the inertia sensor is supplied with power, three-dimensional analog signals are sampled, A/D converted, and outputted... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070024576 - Correction arrangements for portable devices with oled displays: Re-calibration of an OLED display of a personal device, such as a mobile phone or a laptop computer, is achieved by an optical sensing arrangement that is temporarily or permanently joined to the personal device. The sensing arrangement can comprise a connector for charging a battery of the portable device... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070024582 - Display apparatus and method of controlling the backlight provided in the display apparatus: According to one embodiment, a display apparatus having a display, a signal-processing unit, a luminance-curve converter, a histogram-extracting unit, a characteristic-control-data output unit, an integrator, and a multiplier. The signal-processing unit processes a video signal. The converter converts the input/output characteristic of the luminance level of the video signal. The... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070024583 - Extension device of handheld computing device: A display system for a handheld computing device is disclosed. The display system includes a processing unit having a first communication port, and a visual display unit separable from the processing unit. The visual display unit further includes a visual display, and a second communication port. The display unit can... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070024579 - Gaze discriminating electronic control apparatus, system, method and computer program product: An electronic control apparatus, system, method and computer program product for selecting and controlling an electronic device from among a plurality of available electronic devices based upon the substantially contemporaneous issuance of a verbal command and device-targeting gaze by a user. The system includes a processor driven controller unit programmed... Agent: Law Office Of Philip A Steiner

20070024575 - Inductive rotating transmitter: The invention relates to an inductive rotating transmitter, comprising a fixed piece and a rotating piece, whereby the fixed piece and the rotating pierce have a common virtual rotational axis and the rotating piece rotates about the fixed piece. The data transmission is carried out over at least one data... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070024580 - Interactive display device, such as in context-aware environments: An interactive display facility includes a display component configured to present content so that it is observable by viewers within a vicinity of the display component and a streaming component configured to stream interactive content associated with the presented content to a user device, wherein the interactive content is for... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070024577 - Method of controlling software functions, electronic device, and computer program product: The invention relates to a method of controlling software functions, to an electronic device, and to a computer program product. The electronic device comprises a processing unit for controlling functions of the electronic device, a display coupled to the processing unit, and a control wheel for giving control commands for... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20070024578 - Portable computing device with integrated mouse function: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates enhancing navigation associated with a portable computing device. An interface can receive surface data based on a change of positioning related to the portable device. A navigation component can implement navigation within the portable computing device based at... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070024584 - System and method for fault detection and recovery for an optical input area: A system is disclosed for providing input to a computer, the system comprising an optical input area; a controller device; a diagnostic mode for assigning a status of faulty pathway to interrupted pathways; and a normal function mode for excluding interrupted pathways and determining a pair of minimum and maximum... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070024585 - Input device capable of transmitting data utilizing wired or wireless transission manners: The invention relates to an input device capable of transmitting data according to a wired transmission manner or a wireless transmission manner. The input device includes a receiver and an input module. The receiver is connected to a computer for transmitting a first data to the computer, and includes a... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070024586 - Pen like optical mouse: A pen like optical mouse includes a pen like mouse main body, a printed circuit board disposed in the main body in a direction parallel to a central axis of the main body, a light emitting element mounted on the first printed circuit board, a sensor die mounted on the... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070024587 - Power saving method and apparatus for wireless optical mouse: A power saving method and apparatus for wireless optical mouse is disclosed, the apparatus comprising: a micro control unit (MCU), for controlling the operation of a sensor integrated circuit (IC) of an optical sensor of the wireless optical mouse; a wireless transceiver module, connected to the MCU, for transmitting/receiving electronic... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070024588 - Keyboard lighting device: A keyboard lighting device is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a moving member may be placed in an operating position protruding from the keyboard, or in a retracted position. In the operating position, light is redirected from a light source to the keyboard so that use of the keyboard in... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070024589 - Handheld electronic device with disambiguation of compound word text input: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound word text input. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the... Agent: Brij K. Agarwal Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20070024590 - Camera assisted pen tablet: An x-y user input device, such as a pen tablet or digitizing tablet, used to control a cursor on a display of a data processing system, comprises an imaging device or camera and an image processor for displaying a captured image of a user's hand operating the input device within... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070024596 - Capacitive coordinate detection device: A coordinate detection device mounted on an information terminal apparatus is provided. The coordinate detection device includes a substrate that has a wiring region where leading lines to be connected to detection electrodes are located. The leading lines extend in a direction crossing an extension direction of the detection electrodes... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070024594 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program: There is provided a content selection view in which the user can select a content intuitively and easily. When the user places a touch pen in touch with a touch panel in a position corresponding to a position P1 in a map and drags the touch pen along a locus... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070024591 - Retrofit touch sensor controls: A touch controller for a touch sensitive control system having a control interface panel and a plurality of touch detecting elements is configured to accept a first number of input signals via corresponding input connections; monitor each of said touch detecting elements individually to detect user touch activation thereof; and... Agent: Helen Odar Wolstoncroft Tyco Electronic

20070024597 - Storage medium storing object control program and information processing apparatus: An information processing apparatus includes, for example, a touch panel placed over a display screen. For example, when a start of a touch input is detected, the first-touch-input coordinates are determined as object generation coordinates and an object is displayed in the coordinates. When an input direction based on coordinates... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070024595 - System and method for implementing a control function via a sensor having a touch sensitive control input surface: A method for implementing a control function via a sensor having a touch sensitive control input surface. The method includes detecting a contact with the touch sensitive control input surface, determining a pressure value corresponding to the contact, and initiating a control function from a set of possible control functions... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070024593 - Touch device and method for providing tactile feedback: A touch device includes a touch panel and a vibration device to provide tactile feedback to a user to locate a key on a display of the touch panel. A processor generates a drive signal to the vibration device when the position on the display touched by a finger or... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070024592 - Touch sensor circuitry and system: A touch sensor includes a touch pad; and a circuit configured to detect radiated energy from the touch pad. An impedance connected in series with the touch pad in the circuit, and the impedance selected to approximately match the impedance of a human finger in proximity to the touch pad.... Agent: Helen Odar Wolstoncroft

20070024598 - Methods and systems for detecting selections on a touch screen display: Light beam focusing components direct light from the top surface of a touch screen display to one or more imagers. The imager or imagers capture one or more images of the top surface of the touch screen display. A processing unit analyzes the image or images to determine the position... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070024599 - Acoustic touch sensor with low-profile diffractive grating transducer assembly: A touch sensor having an acoustic substrate, an acoustic transducer, and an acoustically diffractive grating is provided. The grating is disposed between the transducer and the substrate, so that acoustic energy from the transducer is coupled to an acoustic wave propagating along the surface of the substrate. If used in... Agent: Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070024600 - Pen-type optical mouse: A pen-type optical mouse includes a pen-type mouse main body, a first and second printed circuit boards disposed on two sides of the interior of the main body and in a direction parallel to the central axis of the main body respectively, a light emitting element mounted on the printed... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070024601 - Touch pen module and receiving mechanism thereof: A touch pen module is provided. The touch pen module in includes a bushing, an extending component and an elastic member. The bushing has a track disposed thereon. The track has a first fixing point and a second fixing point. The extending component has a protrusion capable of sliding with... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070024602 - Handheld electronic device with disambiguation of compound word text input employing separating input: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound word text input. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the... Agent: Brij K. Agarwal Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20070024608 - Apparatus for controlling displaying images and method of doing the same: An apparatus for controlling displaying images to prevent a screen from being burned includes a controller which changes a display level of each of pixels constituting an image into a display level of pixels located around the each of pixels through a plurality of steps, to move a location where... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070024606 - Display memory, driver circuit, display, and portable information device: A display memory able to reduce power consumption, able to generate graphics at a high speed, and not needing memory mapping, a driver circuit, a display using the driver circuit, and a portable information apparatus, wherein a CPU read circuit is connected to one bit line of a display memory... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070024605 - Information processing apparatus: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus that includes a display panel; a filter facing the display panel; and a drive section turns on the filter in response to driving start of the display panel.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070024603 - Integrated digital picture viewing device: A device for digitally generating a plurality of still pictures consist of a bistable reflective full color flat panel display such as an interference modulation flat panel display (IMD), a coated non-glare coating on the viewing side of the display panel, a cartridge shaped CPU, and a cartridge shaped audio/video... Agent: Xiao-chang Charles Li

20070024607 - Monitor and extended display identification data (edid) access method thereof: A monitor includes a memory and a radio frequency identification (RFID) control unit. The memory is for storing extended display identification data (EDID). The RFID control unit, coupled to the memory, is for sending the EDID stored in the memory to the RFID reader and storing the EDID sent from... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070024604 - Video processing apparatus and video processing method: A video processing apparatus and method are provided where a video processor processes an image formed by a plurality of pixels having position data on a display panel to be displayed in the display panel, and a compensation factor corresponding to a distance from a center of the display panel... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070024609 - Apparatus and method of driving plasma display panel: An apparatus and method of driving a plasma display panel for reducing power consumption is disclosed. In the apparatus, a sub-field mapping unit maps a data inputted from the exterior thereof onto a sub-field pattern stored in advance. An APL calculator calculates an APL corresponding to said data inputted from... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070024610 - Image processing device and method for design: There is provided an integrated information management system which mutually associates the information processing applications for processing the data derived from CAD data with others. In the integrated information management system, the virtual design data generated in a CAD system, the data used in a CAE system, the data used... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070024614 - Generating a depth map from a two-dimensional source image for stereoscopic and multiview imaging: Depth maps are generated from a monoscopic source images and asymmetrically smoothed to a near-saturation level. Each depth map contains depth values focused on edges of local regions in the source image. Each edge is defined by a predetermined image parameter having an estimated value exceeding a predefined threshold. The... Agent: Teitelbaum & Maclean

20070024613 - Selecting auxiliary control features for virtual world environment: A method and system provides arrangements creating a relationship between a real-world entity and a virtual world environment. A participant or player can participate in various virtual world experiences including activities, settings, events, purchases, sales and diverse transactions to acquire virtual products, virtual services, and/or virtual items of value. Feedback... Agent: Searete LLC

20070024611 - System and method for aligning three-dimensional models: A method of aligning three-dimensional models including: receiving one or more point clouds each indicative of a three-dimensional model; sampling a representative data set from the point clouds; solving for a set of possible local alignment error minima of the representative data sets; selecting a representative minimum from the set... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070024612 - System for viewing a collection of oblique imagery in a three or four dimensional virtual scene: A system for selecting oblique images from a collection of geo-referenced oblique images and viewing them within the context of a virtual, three- or four-dimensional (3D space and time) geographic scene, providing the ability to analyze and interact with the oblique image being viewed. The system automatically selects and displays... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070024615 - Real-time precision ray tracing: Systems and techniques are described for ray tracing and for the efficient construction of acceleration data structures required for fast ray tracing. A computer graphics system generates, for each pixel in an image, a pixel value that is representative of a point in a scene as recorded on an image... Agent: Jacobs & Kim LLP

20070024616 - Real-time conformal terrain rendering: A method for rendering a real-time conformal view of terrestrial body's terrain being traversed by a mobile platform includes storing digital terrain elevation data (DTED) tiles for at least a portion of the terrain of a terrestrial body into an external removable mass data storage device (ERMDSD). The ERMDSD is... Agent: Ernest Caravalho

20070024617 - Method for determining a path along a biological object with a lumen: A path between specified start and end voxels along a biological object with a lumen, such as a vessel, within a patient image three-dimensional volume data set comprising an array of voxels of varying value is identified using an algorithm that works outwards from the start voxel to identify paths... Agent: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP Nineteenth Floor

20070024618 - Illumination environment reproducing system: An illumination environment reproducing system for illuminating an object (14) to be observed by an observer (15) or captured by a capturing device (16), under a desired illumination environment. The system includes an illumination environment projection device (12) for projecting a light distribution of the illumination environment as an image.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070024619 - Method of shading using sample vectors: A method of shading, by: storing shading information in a sample vector comprising a plurality of packets, wherein each packet represents a shading property; performing a series of sequential actions on the sample vector, wherein each of the sequential actions operates on at least one, but less than all of... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070024620 - Method of generating surface defined by boundary of three-dimensional point cloud: Disclosed is a method of generating a three-dimensional (3D) surface defined by a boundary of a 3D point cloud. The method comprises generating density and depth maps from the 3D point cloud, constructing a 2D mesh from the depth and density maps, transforming the 2D mesh into a 3D mesh,... Agent: Volentine Francos, & Whitt PLLC

20070024621 - Article of manufacture for displaying traffic flow data representing traffic conditions: An article of manufacture for displaying traffic flow data representing traffic conditions on a road system includes creating a graphical map of the road system which includes one or more segments. The status of each segment on the graphical map is determined such that the status of each segment corresponds... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070024622 - System for displaying material characteristic information: A system for displaying graphical information indicative of a plurality of material characteristics for a portion of a part under test. Energy is directed at the selected portion of the part under test. Resultant energy is detected from the selected portion of the part under test and data representative of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070024624 - Generalization of features in a digital map: Generalization of features in a digital map is enabled by performing a simplification of polylines. A set of chords between points on a polyline is selected such that each chord does not violate specified rules such as maximum distance from the original polyline. If a chord is acceptable, a node... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070024623 - Method for generation of a three-dimensional terrain model: A method for generating a three-dimensional terrain model while using object-oriented vector data that contain supporting points, which describe the terrain, of position values indicating at least the cartographic position, and of elevation values that indicate their height or depth with regard to a reference level. The aim of the... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070024625 - Method, system and program storage device for 2d and 3d polyline reduction in o(n) time: A Polyline Reduction software adapted to be stored in a workstation or other computer system solves the problem of reducing the number of points in a 2D or 3D polyline, so that it can be rendered more optimally on a computer screen or sent to a printer requiring less memory,... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20070024626 - Large character set handling in limited devices: Limited devices have memories that are typically too small to store a complete font having an extended character set. The ability to handle necessary characters can be provided by leveraging connectivity of a limited device to a PC or server without requiring significant bandwidth or substantially reducing performance of the... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070024627 - Method and system for evaluating moving image quality of displays: A test pattern is moved on a screen 5 subject to measurement with the field of view of an image sensor pursuing the motion of the test pattern so as to observe BEW. Subsequently, the field of view 33 of the image sensor is moved at the same velocity vc... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070024628 - Data network connection device for a display and method for processing data downloaded from a data network: A data-network connection device connects to a display device that displays downloaded data from a data network. The data is downloaded into a memory, and a display unit converts the downloaded data into an output signal for driving the display device. The display unit has an image generation device for... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070024629 - Audio over a standard video cable: A source unit has a video source, a digital audio source, a DDC/CI communications capability and a switch for coupling a pin of a standard video cable either to the digital audio source or to a non-audio conventional connection. A display device has a video consumer, a digital audio consumer,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070024630 - System and method for testing and debugging analog circuits in a memory controller: A method and apparatus is presented for debugging and testing a memory controller. In one embodiment, a testing interface is presented for performing stuck-at testing. In a second embodiment, a testing interface is presented for observing clock timing in a memory controller.... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20070024631 - Method and apparatus for the creation of randomized custom image effects: An image capture device includes a processor configured to generate pseudo-random numbers. Optionally, these pseudo-random numbers may use a portion of an image as a seed for the random number generator. These random numbers are used in the post-processing of digital images to create a variety pseudo-random image effects such... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070024632 - Transfer of attributes between geometric surfaces of arbitrary topologies with distortion reduction and discontinuity preservation: Attributes associated with components of a three-dimensional source geometry may be transferred to a target geometries having an arbitrarily different topology. The two geometries are placed in a general alignment in three dimensions. Correspondences are found between anchors for attributes in the target geometry and anchors for attributes in the... Agent: Peter J. Gordon, Patent Counsel

20070024633 - Method and apparatus for the creation of cartoon effect videos: A user provides a plurality of video frames for processing, and selects a cartoon color palette. The color of all selected pixels within all selected video frames is changed to that of the closest match in color within the cartoon color palette and is stored in a memory. Optionally, the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070024634 - Methods and systems for improving robustness of color balance correction: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for digital image color balance correction.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20070024635 - Modeling variable illumination in an image sequence: A simplified general model and an associated estimation algorithm is provided for modeling visual data such as a video sequence. Specifically, images or frames in a video sequence are represented as collections of flat moving objects that change their appearance and shape over time, and can occlude each other over... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20070024636 - Apparatus and method for color dithering: An apparatus and the method which implement color dithering having an extended period for preventing perceivable dithering noise caused by the asymmetry and un-ideal characteristics existing in a display system are provided. The apparatus includes a separator, a carry generator, an adder and a limiter. The separator receives a color... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070024637 - Color smooth adjustment device and color smooth adjustment method: A color smooth adjustment device including an input color space converter, a predetermined adjustment circuit, a smoother and a color adjustment circuit is provide. In which, the input color space converter receives an image set signal, converts the image set signal into an HSI signal and outputs the HSI signal.... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070024638 - Image processing using saltating samples: A saltating sample image enhancement system and method that provides an image processing operation in which a filter considers one or one or more exact source image pixels; one or more bilinearly interpolated source image samples, where the bilinear weights are coupled to the position of the target pixel relative... Agent: Microsoft Corporation C/o Lyon & Harr, LLP

20070024639 - Method of rendering pixel images from abstract datasets: A method of rendering pixels from an abstract dataset, by: selecting a collection of sub-pixel locations for a plurality of pixels; sampling dataset properties at the selected sub-pixel locations; merging the properties of more than one of the selected sub-pixel locations; and calculating pixel values based upon the merged properties... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070024640 - Variable signing system and method thereof: A variable signing system and method thereof are provided. The variable signing system includes a variable sign including a first display for displaying commercial information and a second display for displaying non-commercial information; and at least one server for providing at least the non-commercial information to the variable sign.... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070024641 - Picture signal processor and picture signal processing method: According to one embodiment, there are provided a clipping unit configured to clip out predetermined numbers of pixels respectively in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction from first and second solid-state image sensors which are installed so as be shifted by half a pixel pitch respectively in the horizontal... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070024642 - Multi-plane display for displaying overlapping images: The invention relates to a multi-layer display (1) for displaying coloured images comprising a light source (2), a first image screen (3), arranged for displaying a first image (8), whereby the first image screen (3) overlaps with and is placed substantially parallel with the light source (2), and a second... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20070024643 - Semiconductor inspection apparatus: An inspected image can be communicated without putting large load on a network. A remote console enables an operation screen and a moving image to be displayed and processed without color shifts. Information on the operation screen is not communicated as bitmap information, but event information such as a formation... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070024644 - Interactive augmented reality system: A system for generating augmented-reality environment with support for one or multiple users, the system including: one or more programmable interactive devices, such devices each being programmable to have one or more characteristics within a pre-defined hierarchy of interactive characteristics; and a virtual content generator; whereby the one or more... Agent: Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason, P.c

20070024645 - Multiple application and multiple monitor user interface image format selection system for medical and other applications: A screen sharing function enables a main executable application, which typically uses more than one monitor, to switch to single-monitor usage as necessary to allow a user to directly interact with other applications that the main executable application invokes. A system including multiple display monitors for displaying multiple user interface... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070024646 - Portable electronic apparatus and associated method: Portable electronic apparatus including an apparatus housing; a touch-sensitive display for use with an input writing tool; a zoom-in key on a second side surface; a zoom-out key on the second side surface; and a controller. The portable electronic apparatus can display content on the touch-sensitive display, wherein displayed content... Agent: Perman & Green