Computer graphics processing, operator interface processing, and selective visual display systems inventions 11/07

20070273609 - Display system, display method, and display program: Enlarged display of part of display data on display by a first display section is performed to a second display section, based on a relative position of the second display section with respect to the first display section. A display system has a first display section that displays display data;... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070273610 - System and method to display maintenance and operational instructions of an apparatus using augmented reality: A head-mounted display provides a user with an augmented view of an object being viewed; a tracking mechanism such as a camera repeatedly determine the position and orientation of the head-mounted display relative the object being viewed; and a computer system provides information for the augmented view and repeatedly updates... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070273612 - Plasma display, and driving device and method thereof: In a plasma display, an output terminal of a scan integrated circuit is coupled to a plurality of scan electrodes, a first input terminal of the scan integrated circuit is coupled to a voltage source supplying a VscH voltage, and a second input terminal thereof is coupled to a source... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070273613 - Light circuit and electronic book employing same: An exemplary light circuit includes a light unit (7) that includes a plurality of light branches (L1, L2 . . . and Ln) connected in parallel; an ambient light detector (9) for detecting an ambient luminance; an ambient light switch (101) for enabling/disenabling the ambient light detector; a control unit... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070273616 - Driving method for plasma display apparatus: A driving method for a plasma display apparatus is provided. In the method, a first pulse is applied to a first electrode in a positive direction and a second pulse is applied to the first electrode in a negative direction alternately during the sustain period. a predetermined bias voltage is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070273622 - Amoled pixel unit: An AMOLED pixel unit includes an OLED, first to fourth switches, and an energy-storage element. The OLED has a cathode receiving a ground voltage. The first switch has a first terminal receiving a data signal. The second switch has a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070273620 - Image display: Herein disclosed an image display including: row scan lines configured to supply a control signal; column signal lines configured to supply a video signal; and pixel circuits configured to be disposed at intersections between the scan lines and the signal lines, wherein each of the pixel circuits has at least... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070273621 - Image display device: Herein disclosed an image display device including a pixel circuit array portion, a scanner portion, and a signal portion.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070273618 - Pixels and display panels: A pixel providing voltage compensation and comprising a compensation device, a first switch element, a driving transistor, and a display element. The compensation device generates a compensation voltage during a first period. The first switch element transfers a data signal during a second period following the first period. The driving... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070273619 - Unit circuit, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: A unit circuit includes an electro-optical element, a first capacitive element, a second capacitive element, a third capacitive element, a drive transistor, a first switching element, an initialization unit, and a compensation unit. The electro-optical element emits an amount of light in accordance with a magnitude of a drive current.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070273623 - Method and apparatus using a dual axis optical dithering system to increase a perceived resolution of a display: According to one embodiment, a method of increasing a perceived resolution of a display includes directing light at an optical dithering system. The position of one or more optical elements associated with the optical dithering system is selectively alternated between a first set of positions relative to a first axis... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070273628 - Electro-optical device, image processing device, and electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device includes a display unit that has a plurality of pixel portions constituting a display area on a substrate and an image signal processing. The image signal processing circuit generates an image signal that sets a first subframe frame luminance of the pixel portion in a first subframe... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070273627 - Liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal module, a disk drive and a wiring board. The liquid crystal module has protrusions formed on a back plate of the liquid crystal module. The disk drive has attachment components aligned with the protrusions and fixed to the protrusions. The wiring... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070273630 - Display device: A display device includes a plurality of gate lines transmitting gate signals wherein each gate signal has a gate-on voltage and a gate-off voltage, a plurality of data lines intersecting the gate lines and transmitting data voltages, a plurality of storage electrode lines extending in parallel to the gate lines... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070273629 - Display drive circuit and drive method for the same: A display drive circuit and a drive method for the same are proposed. The drive circuit is alternately controlled by a first control signal and a second control signal in each frame time, and alternately performs storage or release of image data to a first maintaining capacitor and a second... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070273633 - Display driving circuit and driving method: A driving circuit for a display apparatus includes a common line driver that supplies at least two different common voltages to a common line included in the display apparatus, a plurality of data line drivers that supply a data voltage to each of a plurality of data lines included in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070273632 - Driver controller: Data driver modules are connected to a driver controller. In driver-data output clock selection sections and driver data control sections, each equal in number to the data driver modules that are connected to the driver controller, the phase of driver data is adjusted for each data driver module, while the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070273631 - Interface circuit for data transmission and method thereof: An interface circuit for data transmission and the method thereof is described. The interface circuit includes a transmitter providing data through first data signals during the data periods corresponding to rising and falling edges of a clock signal, a transition detection unit selectively asserting a detection signal in response to... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070273634 - Liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display device of an OCB mode includes a liquid crystal layer held between an array substrate and a counter-substrate, and a display section composed of display pixels arrayed in a matrix. The array substrate includes pixel electrodes which are disposed in association with the display pixels. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070273611 - Biosensors, communicators, and controllers monitoring eye movement and methods for using them: Biosensor, communicator, and/or controller apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for monitoring movement of a person's eye. The apparatus includes a device configured to be worn on a user's head, a light source for directing light towards one or both eyes of the user, one or more image guides on... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070273614 - Method and device for reducing line load effect: The present invention relates to a method for processing data of a picture to be displayed on a display panel with persistent luminous elements in order to reduce load effect in said display means. The method comprises the following steps: computing, for each subfield, the amount of activated luminous elements... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070273615 - Method of driving plasma display panel: A driving method of a plasma display panel with discharge cells formed at intersections of scanning electrodes SC1 through SCn and sustaining electrodes SU1 through SUn with data electrodes D1 through Dm includes setting a voltage applied to sustaining electrodes SU1 through SUn in a writing period of a sub-field... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070273617 - Field emission display and method for controlling the same: A field emission device and a method for controlling the same which can control a drive voltage so as to place a density of electrons reaching an anode electrode or an anode current into a desired value. A field emission display is provided with a gate electrode 3, an emitter... Agent: Floyd B. Carothers Carothers And Carothers

20070273624 - Portable navigation device: A navigation device is configured to allocate display setting such as color schemes and screen contents to at least one ambient lighting condition, monitors and evaluates a signal indicative of ambient lighting conditions and determines whether display settings for the current ambient lighting conditions are already in use and to... Agent: Jacob Eisenberg C/o Tom Tom International Bv

20070273625 - Method and apparatus for transiting display panel: A method and apparatus for the transition of display panel are provided. The method and apparatus are applied to a display panel which is transforming from an abnormal display state into a normal display state. The display panel includes a data electrode and a reference electrode. According to this invention,... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070273626 - System for pixel defect masking and control thereof: A technique for the modification of sub-pixels to hide defects for defective sub-pixels.... Agent: Kevin L. Russell Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel LLP

20070273636 - System for displaying image: Systems for displaying images are provided. A representative system incorporates a digital data sampling circuit with N stage data inputs. The first stage flip-flop outputs a first output signal. The second stage flip-flop outputs a second output signal. The first stage sample latch circuit receives digital data according to a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070273635 - Circuit arrangement for driving arrangement: The invention concerns a circuit arrangement (2) for driving a display arrangement (1). Further it concerns a display arrangement (1) and a method for driving a display arrangement (1). To provide an arrangement (2) having a good offset cancellation combined with high quality illustrating of an image the circuit arrangement... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20070273637 - Rail-stabilized driving scheme with image memory for an electrophoretic display: An image is updated on a bi-stable display (310) such as an electrophoretic display in a transition from a current image state to a subsequent image state. A voltage waveform (600, 620, 640, 660; 700, 720, 740, 760) is selected based on the current and subsequent image states, and a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070273640 - Anti-harmful impact input device: An anti-harmful impact input device has one or more than one housing space formed in its main body. Each housing space accommodates at least one gravity buffer, and an elastic buffer is intercalated between the gravity buffer and the inner wall of the housing space. The gravity buffer is made... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070273643 - Dongle joystick: A portable data storage device (dongle) is configured to serve as a joystick. A method and system are supplied for using the dongle joystick to modify the presentation of an a electric media content item over a host and for using the dongle joystick as a user input interface to... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20070273641 - Electronic devices: An electronic display for an electronic device, the display being arranged to be able to indicate one or more user commands on the display, one or more of the user commands being indicatable on the display to be associated with a particular movement direction, and wherein the display is arranged... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070273639 - Track type impact buffered input device: A track type impact buffered input device is equipped with an extra weight buffer. When the input device is moved from a position to another by the user, the weight buffer will retard the motion of the input device with its increased inertia as if a reversed force were applied... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070273642 - Method and apparatus for selecting information in multi-dimensional space: Method and apparatus for selecting information in a multi-dimensional space are provided. The method includes the steps of sensing the motion of a user intending to select information, and determining whether the sensed motion is an effective motion intended for information selection and returning to the sensing step if it... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070273638 - Onboard display device, vehicle, display method, image display program and recording medium: A display screen of an onboard display device is disposed so that a speedometer is displayed in front of a driver of a vehicle. When a right-turn instruction is detected, a blinker is displayed and a rightward rear view image outside the vehicle is displayed on the right side of... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070273644 - Personal device with image-acquisition functions for the application of augmented reality resources and method: The invention relates to a personal device with image-acquisition functions. The device comprises a first image-acquisition unit; a display screen able to display therein acquired images acquired by said first unit; a connection with a second unit suitable for: processing said acquired images for the identification of a pattern; calculating... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070273646 - Pointer positioning device and method: A pointer positioning device for positioning an aiming point on a display screen of an image display comprises at least one auxiliary point, an image sensor and an optical filter. The auxiliary point is disposed at the peripheral of the display screen for generating a predetermined spectrum. The image sensor... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070273645 - Pointing device, pointer movement method and medium, and display device for displaying the pointer: A pointing device and a pointer movement method and medium are disclosed. The pointing device includes an angular velocity detection module detecting a first angular velocity, a second angular velocity, and a third angular velocity of the pointing device turning about three different axes according to movement of a housing,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070273647 - Pivoting pointer display device: A display device includes a first portion of a flexible ribbon, the first portion secured along the pointer and a bend portion of the flexible ribbon disposed between the first portion of the flexible ribbon and a first loop branch, the bend portion folded over one end of the pointer... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070273648 - Method and apparatus for entering data with a four way input device: An input device and a method for entering data in an electronic terminal. The aspects of the invention relates in particular to a method of using joystick movement sequences or the like to enter data and to a mobile communication terminal incorporating such a method.... Agent: Perman & Green

20070273649 - User interface system program and recording medium: There is provided a user interface with which a greater number of processes are executable in response to user operations made to a directional input device. When the directional input device receives a first direction followed by a second direction within a predetermined time period, the amount of change from... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20070273651 - Cursor control device: A cursor control device includes a main body, a circuit board, a base, a touch support stand, a touch sensor and a knock sensor. The circuit board is disposed within the main body. The base is disposed within the main body and above the circuit board, and includes an elongated... Agent: Madson & Austin

20070273650 - Method of data transferring for bluetooth mouse: The present invention discloses a method of data transferring for a Bluetooth mouse, wherein the time interval between data transmissions is adjusted according to the coordinate displacement values created by the movements of the mouse; before displacement detection and data transference, the method firstly checks whether the current data transfer... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070273652 - Mouse with a caterpillar track type wheel: A mouse is disclosed to include a casing covered with a top cover shell, a first wheel and a second wheel respectively rotatably mounted inside the casing, a caterpillar track surrounded on the first and second wheels and partially exposed to the outside of an opening of the top cover... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070273653 - Method and apparatus for estimating relative motion based on maximum likelihood: A method for estimating relative motion based on maximum likelihood and the apparatus using the same are provided. An image capture device captures a first image frame and a second image frame. An image buffer stores the image frames captured by the image capture device. A motion estimation device determines... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070273654 - Optical module and computer input apparatus with improved capability of optical recognition: An optical module of an optical mouse includes a light source, a light-guiding unit having a fixing portion, a first lens and a second lens. A housing of the light source includes a substantially plane light-emitting surface, and the light-guiding unit guides light emitted by the light source. The fixing... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070273656 - Modular keyboard for an electronic device and method operating same: A modular keyboard configured for an electronic device having a mechanical portion and a virtual portion. One of the two portions is an alphanumeric keypad and the other portion is a navigation keypad. The alphanumeric keypad is preferably arranged on a lower portion of the body of the electronic device.... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070273655 - Remote controller with a communication function: A remote controller includes an input module including an input panel and a controller coupled to the input panel for generating coordinate information of the input panel. The remote controller further includes a data transmission interface for transmitting data to an electronic appliance, a microphone for transforming sound waves into... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070273657 - On-vehicle manipulating system: An on-vehicle manipulating system includes a manipulating device having a housing, a first side pushbutton switch disposed at one side of the housing, a second side pushbutton switch disposed at the other side of the housing and an additional switch disposed at a prescribed portion of the housing and a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070273664 - Controlling pointer movements on a touch sensitive screen of a mobile terminal: A system for managing a graphical user interface (GUI) pointer on a touch sensitive screen of a mobile communication terminal is provided. The system comprises a logic unit for displaying a pointer on a first display point on the screen in response to a user touching the screen at a... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070273658 - Cursor actuation with fingerprint recognition: A method for controlling a graphical display receives a user input at a touch-sensitive user interface. Responsive to receiving that user input, a user is automatically recognized from biometric data gathered at that touch-sensitive user interface, such as by comparison to a locally stored database of authorized users. A visual... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070273662 - Display apparatus and display method for a portable device: A display apparatus adapted for a portable device is provided. The display apparatus includes a storage unit, a primary display, a secondary display, a touch pad, and a processing unit. The primary display is in a larger size than that of the secondary display. The primary display is capable of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070273661 - Input device with a page turning function: An input device with a page turning functionality is used with a set of communication cards, and includes a casing, a clip provided to hold the communication cards together, a processor, a touchpad, a memory, a speaker and a target page reminding device. When at least one communication block on... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070273659 - Multi-function slider in touchpad: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for mapping a touch sensing device to two sets of output objects. In one embodiment, the method includes mapping a first set of output objects into a plurality of one dimensional positions of a touch sensing device when a presence of a conductive... Agent: Daniel E. Ovanezian Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070273660 - Multi-function slider in touchpad: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for providing a touch-sensor device. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving data indicative of movement of a conductive object on a first area of a touch-sensor device. The method further includes detecting data indicative of a presence of the conductive object in... Agent: Daniel E. Ovanezian Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070273667 - Touch screen device and method of method of displaying images thereon: A touch screen device and method of displaying images using display windows and selecting execution menus displayed on the display windows in a touch screen device are provided. The touch screen device includes a screen, a display configured to display images thereon and a detector configured to detect a touch... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070273668 - Touch screen device and method of selecting files thereon: A touch screen device and a method of operation are provided. The device and method allow for scrolling and selection of files from a file list, and for skipping or reversing an execution order of the selected files simply by performing a drag on a touch screen. The method of... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070273663 - Touch screen device and operating method thereof: A touch screen device and an operating method are provided in which only a specific position on a touch screen is activated to receive signals. The touch screen device includes a screen including a display configured to display menu images thereon and a detector configured to detect a screen touch,... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070273665 - Touch screen device and operating method thereof: A touch screen device and an operating method thereof are provided. More specifically, a touch screen device is provided which allows a user to selectively restrict input through a touch screen. The touch screen device includes a screen that includes a display configured to display images thereon and a detector... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070273666 - Touch screen device and operating method thereof: A touch screen device and operating method thereof are provided. The touch screen device includes a screen including a display configured to display images thereon and a detector configured to detect a user touch and movement thereof, a storage device configured to store image information corresponding to the movement, and... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070273669 - Touch screen device and operating method thereof: A touch screen device and an operating method are provided in which only a specific position on a touch screen is activated to receive signals. The touch screen device includes a screen including a display configured to display menu images thereon and a detector configured to detect a screen touch,... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070273671 - Movable touch pad with added functionality: An input device is disclosed. The input device includes a movable touch pad capable of detecting an object in close proximity thereto so as to generate a first control signal. The input device also includes a movement indicator capable of detecting the movements of the movable touch pad so as... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070273672 - Touch screen system and display device using the same: A touch screen system includes a touch panel to input image signals, a touch controller to drive the touch panel, an extension between the touch panel and the touch controller, and an anisotropic conductive film electrically interconnecting the extension to the touch controller.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070273670 - User identification for multi-user touch screens: The invention relates to a touch screen system with a touch screen (400) comprising a transparent and electrically conductive surface (450) arranged to receive touches from users (UA, UB) of the touch screen system; and touch sensitive elements (420) arranged to detect the position of said touches on said electrically... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070273673 - Touch screen device and operating method thereof: A touch screen device and an operating method thereof are provided. More specifically, a touch screen device is provided which allows a user to selectively restrict input through a touch screen. The touch screen device includes a screen that includes a display configured to display images thereon and a detector... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070273674 - Machine-differentiatable identifiers having a commonly accepted meaning: Embodiments include an article of manufacture, apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, system is provided that includes at least two machine-differentiatable identifiers, each identifier of the at least two machine-differentiatable identifiers being respectively keyed to a data recipient and associatable with a hand-formed mark on a... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070273677 - Driving device and display apparatus having the same: In a driving device and a display apparatus having the driving device, a converter converts input image data and outputs first and second sub-image data which have different values. A first compensator compensates the first sub-image data and outputs a first compensated image data, and a second compensator compensates the... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070273675 - Image capture and display system and method: A combination image capture and display system has a display module with a combined mirror and display panel facing in a first direction, the panel having a mirror layer and an image display layer disposed behind at least a portion of the mirror layer, the display panel selectively operable to... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070273676 - Smart talk backlighting system and method: A smart talk mechanism provides feedback information from a driver to a DC-to-DC converter, enabling the DC-to-DC converter to adjust an input voltage for at least one illumination source backlighting the display for increasing the power efficiency.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070273678 - Liquid crystal display device, light source device, and light source control method: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel which periodically performs graduation display and non-graduation display, a backlight which illuminates the liquid crystal display panel, and a light source control circuit which sets an illumination period that allows illumination of the backlight for the gradation display and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070273680 - Method for adjusting visibility of a display and system thereof: Accordingly, a method of adjusting the visibility of a display is disclosed. The method comprises detecting whether any button is pressed. If a button is pressed, a display shows a first group of pictures and the back light is ignited. A surrounding luminance is compared with a first threshold. If... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070273679 - Orientation data collection system: A data collection system includes a sensing device to receive a visible light signal, an optical characteristic recognition processing device to receive a signal from the sensing device, and an optical signal device adapted to generate, reflect or transmit the visible light signal onto the sensing device. The optical signal... Agent: Bergman & Song, LLP

20070273681 - Method and apparatus to power light emitting diode arrays: A light emitting diode array powering method and apparatus is disclosed. An apparatus according to aspects of the present invention includes a power supply circuit having input terminals and output terminals. The input terminals of the power supply circuit are to be coupled to receive a supply voltage. A plurality... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070273682 - Panel module and the power saving method used thereon: A panel module and the power saving method used thereon, which use a timing controller to receive and compare a first frame image data and a second frame image data in order to obtain an image data comparison result and accordingly determine whether a plurality of source drivers, a plurality... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070273683 - Active matrix substrate and drive circuit thereof: An active matrix substrate used in a display device or the like capable of making substantially uniform the level shift generated in the pixel potential caused by the distribution of resistance and capacity in each signal line is disclosed. On the TFT substrate which is an active matrix substrate including... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070273684 - Storage media: The invention broadly and generally provides an apparatus for reading a storage device, such as a DVD, comprising: (a) a reading component for reading stored data from a first data storage element of the aforesaid storage device, the aforesaid first storage element comprising a first storage material; (b) a bookmark... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070273685 - Fill-volume techniques for use in a hair/fur pipeline: A surface definition module of a hair/fur pipeline may be used to generate a shape defining a surface and an associated volume. A control hair module may be used to fill the volume with control hairs and an interpolation module may be used to interpolate final hair strands from the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070273686 - Image processing device, image processing method, program, storage medium and integrated circuit: It is an object to easily, and using existing devices, perform shadow enhancement that achieves an increase in the feeling of depth of 2D video. The input image data are first converted into brightness information by a brightness information calculation portion. Then, based on that brightness information, the normal direction... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070273688 - System and method of applying geometric surface features to volumetric cae mesh models: A CAE mesh modeling system and method for use with a CAE mesh morphing software system to interactively determine a deformation of design mesh models selected from solid meshes, multiple layers of surface meshes, or a combination of each using a base model and defined deformation features. The methodology advantageously... Agent: Tung & Associates

20070273687 - Device for scanning three-dimensional objects: A scanning system and method for constructing a three-dimensional model of an object, the scanning system comprising: a scanning device (2) and a scanning template member (4). The scanning device (2) has an emitter (20) for projecting light and a sensor (22) for capturing images, the emitter and the sensor... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070273689 - System and method for adaptive tile depth filter: An efficient system and method for adaptive tile depth filter (ATDF) is disclosed. The key concept of this system and method is to consider more occlusion conditions in order to achieve a better performance of filter before the conventional Z test process in three dimensional graphics pipeline. Two occlusion criteria,... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070273690 - System and method for generating pixel values for pixels in an image using strictly deterministic methodologies for generating sample points: A computer graphics system generates a pixel value for a pixel in an image, the pixel being representative of a point in a scene as recorded on an image plane of a simulated camera. The computer graphics system comprises a sample point generator and a function evaluator. The sample point... Agent: Jacobs & Kim LLP

20070273692 - 3-dimensional graphics processing method, medium and apparatus performing perspective correction: A 3D graphics processing method, medium and apparatus performing perspective correction is described. The 3D graphics processing method includes receiving a homogeneous coordinate and an attribute value of both end points of one scan line of a polygon composed of a plurality of perspective projected vertices, calculating a reference value... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070273691 - Image rendering: A method of forming a two dimensional map of a three dimensional environment, there being a map origin located in the three dimensional environment, a viewing direction vector defined passing through the map origin, and a one-to-one correspondence between map positions in the map and the directions of vectors passing... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070273693 - Macro-level digital data event display: A macro-level digital data event display provides event-based views of the digital, either in the form of a state machine representation or in the form of events versus time. Events within the digital data are defined, including assigning a specific color as desired. The digital data is parsed to locate... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20070273694 - Method and apparatus for digitized waveform display: An apparatus for displaying a digitized waveform includes an overview display configured to display a digitized waveform scrolling across the overview display, a zoom display configured to display a portion of the digitized waveform, and a control unit configured to cause the portion of the digitized waveform displayed in the... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20070273695 - Mechanism for collaboratively exchanging navigation information in distributed document review: A mechanism is disclosed for enabling a plurality of nodes on a network to collaboratively exchange sets of rendering information respecting a file. In one implementation, each node maintains its own copy of the file, and each node may access its copy of the file. Whenever a node does access... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP And Sun Microsystems, Inc.

20070273696 - Automated video-to-text system: A method for transforming Video-To-Text is disclosed that automatically generates text descriptions of the content of a video. The present invention first segments an input video sequence according to predefined semantic classes using a Mixture-of-Experts blob segmentation algorithm. The resulting segmentation is coerced into a semantic concept graph and based... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20070273698 - Graphics processor with arithmetic and elementary function units: A graphics processor capable of efficiently performing arithmetic operations and computing elementary functions is described. The graphics processor has at least one arithmetic logic unit (ALU) that can perform arithmetic operations and at least one elementary function unit that can compute elementary functions. The ALU(s) and elementary function unit(s) may... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070273697 - Processes and apparatus for information transfer: Systems, processes and apparatus are described through which signals are modified within a system. A signal conditioning module is configured for insertion into the system and provides capability for expansion of information exchange capabilities between system elements responsive to modification of the system. The signal conditioning module includes a first... Agent: Ramirez & Smith

20070273699 - Multi-graphics processor system, graphics processor and data transfer method: A multi-graphics processor system includes a CPU; a first GPU connected to the CPU via an input/output interface; and a second GPU connected to the first GPU via a second-GPU interface. The first GPU is provided with a second-GPU bus for communicating the CPU and the second GPU via the... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070273700 - Method, system and computer program product for efficiently utilizing limited resources in a graphics device: A memory management system provides microcode instructions that are divided into multiple tuned phases and stored as separate modules inside a phase code depository. A microcode manager, containing a mode detector, sequence identifier, code loader, drawing data processor and phase executor, interacts with a microcode processor and the phase code... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070273701 - Display apparatus: After a look-up table applies y correction to each of R, G, and B signals, a multiplier multiplies a y corrected signal by a gain. An adder adds an offset to an output of the multiplier and supplies a resultant gain/offset corrected signal to a display panel. Memories store entropy... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20070273702 - Image displaying device having image cache memory: An image displaying device with an image cache data storage unit, including: an image cache identifier generating unit that obtains a hash value of a fixed length from sampling data of original image data and generates an image cache identifier unique to said original image data based on the hash... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070273705 - Geometric instancing techniques for use in a hari/fur pipeline: A hair pipeline may be used to generate a user-selected geometry based upon a hair location for at least one hair with respect to a surface. A surface definition module may be used to define the surface. A display module may be used to: process a user-selected geometry and render... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070273704 - Hair caching optimization techniques for use in a hair/fur pipeline: A lighting module of a hair/fur pipeline may be used to produce lighting effects in a lighting phase for a shot and an optimization module may be used to: determine if a cache hair state file including hair parameters exists; and determine if the cache hair state file includes matching... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070273703 - Method and apparatus for improving images provided by spatial light modulated (slm) display systems: The invention provides a method and system for reducing distortion in images provided by display systems employing Spatial Light Modulating elements is provided. A method comprises steps of providing a set of pixel values corresponding to pixels of an image to be displayed. The number of pixel values comprising the... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070273706 - Texture mapping 2-d text properties to 3-d text: Three-dimensional text is displayed without losing its related two-dimensional text properties. The two-dimensional text properties are captured and mapped to the three-dimensional text. Capturing the properties helps preserve the look of the two-dimensional text when it is converted and displayed as three-dimensional text. A texture map is used to capture... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070273707 - Method for showing various color temperatures on a digital display: A method for showing various color temperatures on a digital display simultaneously, which is more convenient and reduces the time users spend tuning color temperatures according to the different color temperatures shown in a video frame.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070273708 - Reading glasses for the color blind: An electronic equipment includes an image storage device for capturing and/or storing data representative of an image, and an image processing circuit. The image processing circuit is operable to modify the stored image data when a color combination as defined in the image data corresponds to a color combination associated... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070273709 - Image control device and image display system: Provided is an image control device that achieves energy saving effects without degradation of an image to be displayed, even if image data includes a fault. The image control device is configured to decode the received image data into an image, generate display information based on the received image data,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070273710 - Method and system for image templates: A method and system for enabling a user to import a user-defined graphics edit into at least one template, the method including the steps of selecting, by the user, at least one first editable object, editing, by the user, at least part of the at least one first editable object,... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070273711 - 3d graphics system and method: A method of correcting bleed-through for layered three dimensional (3D) models is disclosed. A 3D body model and one or more 3D clothing items overlying the body model are provided, where the clothing items are layered. At least one slicer object is embedded in the clothing items. Inner layers of... Agent: Kenneth Maffei

20070273712 - Embedded navigation interface: A navigation interface is embedded in imagery and includes various controls for manipulating the imagery. The controls provide various navigation operations, including but not limited to: rotation, tilt, zoom and 360 degree. In some implementations, one or more controls can be operated to restore the imagery to a predetermined state.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070273715 - Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device includes a display panel having a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scanning lines, pixel electrodes arranged in corresponding intersections of the plurality of data lines and the plurality of scanning lines; a parallax barrier which is arranged on a surface of the display panel and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070273714 - Portable media device with power-managed display: Improved techniques for controlling power utilization of a display device are disclosed. The improved techniques reduce power consumption by lowering display intensity at appropriate times. In one embodiment, the display intensity can be controlled depending on the type of content being displayed. In another embodiment, the display intensity can be... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/apple Inc.

20070273713 - Driving a matrix display: A driver (D) for a matrix display panel (1) with a pixel (Pk) comprising a first and a second sub-pixel (SP11, 12) both having an inertia, receives a first and second input signal (R, G) indicating a first and a second desired brightness transition (BT1, BT2) of the first and... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070268200 - Auxiliary display within a primary display system: An auxiliary processing state of a computing device provides an auxiliary display within a primary display device of the computing device. As such, a computing device can switch from a primary processing state (e.g., full power, full operating system, full functionality) to an auxiliary processing state and yet still provide... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070268201 - Back-to-back displays: Two-sided, back-to-back displays are formed by sealing the backplates of two displays against one another. Mechanical parameters of the backplates, e.g., stiffness and strength, do not meet the requirements for standalone one-sided displays which are otherwise similar to the two displays. However, when sealed against one another, the backplates reinforce... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070268199 - Devices: A user portable electronic device comprises a first electronic display configured to electronically display, positioned to be viewed from a first face of the electronic device, the first face being viewed during normal operation of the electronic device, and a second electronic display configured to display, wherein the second electronic... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070268203 - Image display system, host machine and recording medium for storing program: An image display system is provided that has a plurality of compact, easy to carry, and easy to use display devices. The image display system having the feature of transmitting image data and also supplying power successively for every prescribed number of display apparatuses from a host machine to a... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070268202 - Mobile terminal and method of controlling a display device: A mobile terminal and method of controlling a display device are provided. The present invention includes a display unit displaying information and a control unit controlling the display of the information according to whether luminescence conversion is performed, the luminescence conversion converting a plane luminescence of the display unit to... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070268204 - Driver circuit: A driver circuit for supplying a display video signal to a display panel, the driver circuit including a signal processing unit that processes an incoming input digital video signal; an output unit that outputs to the display panel the video signal processed by the signal processing unit, and the signal... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20070268206 - Image display device: The image display device comprises a display unit in which display pixels having thin-film transistors are arranged in a matrix and a plurality of light detection pixels within the display unit. The image display device is configured in such a way that a first light sensing element that receives observation... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070268205 - Multiprimary color display: A display displays a color image by using a light source of at least four or more primary colors, and at least one color of the light source is yellow. Thus, it is possible to provide a flat panel display that can acquire a wider color reproduction range without sacrificing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070268210 - Display apparatus and method of driving same: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a pixel array and a driver configured to drive the pixel array, the pixel array having scanning lines as rows, signal lines as columns, a matrix of pixels disposed at respective intersections of the scanning lines and the signal lines, and power supply... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070268209 - Imaging panels including arrays of audio and video input and output elements: Arrays of audio and video input and output elements are combined in various combinations in an imaging panel. The audio input and output elements may take the form of miniature speakers and microphones manufactured utilizing CMOS-MEMS technology. The video imaging input and output elements may take the form of display... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20070268214 - Method and apparatus for driving plasma display panel: A method and apparatus for driving a plasma display panel (PDP) is disclosed to reduce noise generated during a discharge sustain period, wherein a timing signal generator includes a first random timing signal generator and a second random timing signal generator, and wherein the first random timing signal generator generates... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268213 - Plasma display apparatus: A PDP apparatus has a plurality of address driving modules (ADMs) connecting a PDP, a chassis, PDP address electrodes with an address driving circuit of the chassis side. The ADM has a flexible substrate on which wiring and a driver IC are mounted and an address substrate formed by a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070268212 - Plasma display apparatus and method of 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 an address electrode, a control board, and a data driver. The control board converts a video signal input from the outside into a differential signal, and transmits... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070268215 - Driving a plasma display panel: A plasma display panel and method of driving the plasma display panel are described. The plasma display panel includes a scan electrode, a sustain electrode positioned in parallel to the scan electrode, an address electrode overlapping the scan electrode and the sustain electrode, a partition and a scan driver. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070268218 - Active matrix display device: An organic EL display device, including a display panel having pixels arranged in a matrix state, each pixel including an organic EL element and being provided with a driving thin film transistor that corresponds to each organic EL element, and which controls light emission therefrom; a driving power supply that... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20070268219 - Image display device: The level shift circuit comprises a pair of transistors each having a source electrode connected to a power, a gate electrode and a drain electrode (the gate electrode and the drain electrode of one of the transistors being connected with the drain electrode and the gate electrode of the other... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070268217 - Pixel circuit of organic light emitting display: A pixel circuit of an organic light emitting display includes a first transistor that transmits a data signal from a data line in response to a scan signal from a scan line; a first capacitor that stores the data signal received from the first transistor; a second transistor for threshold... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070268220 - Pixel circuit of organic light emitting display: The pixel circuit of an organic light emitting display includes a first transistor to a seventh transistor, a first capacitor, a second transistor and an organic light emitting diode. The first capacitor stores the data signal from the first, second and third transistors, and the second capacitor stores the threshold... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070268225 - Display device, driving apparatus for display device, and driving method of display device: A driving apparatus for a display device includes a gray voltage generator that generates a plurality of gray voltage sets, each including a plurality of gray voltages having different levels, and a signal converter that includes a first selector for selecting one gray voltage set among the plurality of gray... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070268226 - Video data control circuit, drive method thereof, and display device and electronic device having the video data control circuit: It is an object of the present invention to provide a video data control circuit that satisfactorily displays an image on a display panel without increasing accesses to a frame memory or increasing power consumption when conducting vertical-horizontal image display conversion when video data is converted into digital video data... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070268207 - Electronic display system, electronic paper writing device, electronic paper and method for manufacturing the same: Aspects of the invention provide an electronic paper display system that can include an electronic paper and the writing device. The writing device transmits power and baseband signals by using an electromagnetic coupling between a coil of the writing device and a coil of the electronic paper. The baseband signals,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070268211 - Hdr displays with individually-controllable color backlights: A display has a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear-projection screen. The screen is illuminated with light from a light source comprising an array of controllable light-emitters. The controllable-emitters and elements of the light modulator may be controlled to... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070268208 - Multi-primary color display device: A display device which exhibits functional effects in which color separation between sub-pixels constituting a pixel is hardly recognized and white line display is easily recognized as one line, in enlargement of the color reproduction range in image display using multi-primary colors, and thereby improves display quality, and provides a... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070268216 - Plasma display panel driving circuit and plasma display apparatus: A PDP driving circuit is comprised of a power recovery unit for recovering an electric power from a capacitive load by resonance operation with PDP which is the capacitive load Cp, and reusing the recovered power. The power recovery unit includes a recovery inductor for resonating with the capacitive load,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070268221 - Electro-optical device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus: Aspects of the invention provide an electro-optical device including first pixel portions each including an active element and second pixel portions each not including any active element, the first and second pixel portions being provided in an image display region of a substrate, a first driving device for driving the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070268222 - Apparatus and method of controlling brightness of image: Provided are an image brightness controlling apparatus and method, and an adaptive brightness controlling apparatus and method based on the brightness degree and/or brightness range of an image. The image brightness controlling apparatus includes a brightness increment arithmetic unit for outputting a brightness increment for a pixel, and an individual... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070268223 - Active-matrix organic light emitting diode display: An active-matrix organic light emitting diode display. The active-matrix organic light emitting diode display comprises a rectangular pixel unit having an indium tin oxide region disposed therein. The indium tin oxide region has an opening region disposed therein, wherein the opening region is rectangular.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070268224 - Hdr displays with dual modulators having different resolutions: A display has a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear-projection screen. The screen is illuminated with light from a light source comprising an array of controllable light-emitters. The controllable-emitters and elements of the light modulator may be controlled to... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070268227 - Active matrix display device: A display device includes a dynamic ratio less shift register which is operated in a stable manner and can expand the degree of freedom of design. In the dynamic ratio less shift register which is provided with thin film transistors having semiconductor layers made of p-Si on a substrate surface,... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070268228 - Data driver and driving method of a flat panel display: A data driver of a flat panel display comprises an input register, at least one ramp signal unit, a counter and a switch device. The input register receives a control signal and an N-bit digital image data, and outputs respectively a most significant bit and the remaining (N-1) bits of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268233 - Displaying apparatus using data line driving circuit and data line driving method: A data line driving circuit includes a first buffer circuit configured to drive a data line, and a second buffer circuit configured to drive a data line. N first data lines (n is a natural number larger than 1), and m second data lines (m is a natural number larger... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070268230 - Level shifter and liquid crystal display using the same: Disclosed is a level shifter having an amplifier amplifying a second supply voltage and generating an input voltage higher than the predetermined signal, a input buffer selectively transferring an input signal based on the input voltage of the amplifier and an output transistor providing a first supply voltage to an... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070268231 - Liquid crystal display and method for driving the same: A method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) in which a single frame is divided into a plurality of sub-frames includes applying a first scan pulse signal and a second scan pulse signal to each gate line for each sub-frame, applying a first data signal to a data line... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070268229 - Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes: a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines that cross the gate lines to define pixel regions; a plurality of thin film transistors at the crossings of the gate and data lines, the thin film transistors of vertically adjacent pixels each... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070268232 - System for displaying image and driving method for liquid crystal displaying device: A system for displaying image includes a driving circuit of a liquid crystal displaying device. The driving circuit of the liquid crystal displaying device includes a shift register, a voltage booster and a sample switch. The shift register receives an input pulse signal and shifts the input pulse signal to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268240 - Display device and method of driving the display device: A display device includes a display panel assembly having a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns and a backlight unit disposed behind the display panel assembly and having a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns. The number of the pixels of the backlight unit is less... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070268238 - Image-displaying control circuit of a scan-backlight lcd: An image-displaying control circuit used in a scan-backlight LCD is disclosed. The image-displaying control circuit comprises a driver control circuit, a plurality of gate driver groups, a backlight control circuit and a plurality of backlight driver groups. Each of the gate driver groups is used to drive one of the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070268239 - Lcd backlight driving signal generator: The present invention discloses a backlight driving signal generator used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) controller. The backlight driving signal generator is coupled to a backlight driving circuit of the LCD and capable of issuing a first pulse signal and a second pulse signal to control the backlight driving... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20070268237 - Method for driving display device to hide transient behavior: The major characteristics of the present invention lies in that, on one hand, conventional driving or overdriving techniques that do not add significant cost to the display device are used for scanning while, on the other hand, the direct-lit, LED-based backlight is turned off during the pixels' transient period where... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268236 - Methods and systems for lcd backlight color control: The present invention provides a low-cost, highly flexible display system which comprises a programmable CPU, a LCD module for displaying visual information, an array of light emitters for providing backlighting to the LCD module, an array of light emitter driver circuits, and an array controller. The programmable CPU accesses ROM... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070268235 - Content-transformation power management of a mobile display: The present invention provides a video server. In one embodiment, the video server includes a perceptual analyzer configured to analyze frames of a video sequence and provide a video analysis file. The video server also includes a transmitter coupled to the perceptual analyzer and configured to transmit both the video... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070268234 - Display device: A display device (1) of the present invention displays an image by using an organic layer (9) which emits light having such a wavelength that affects a biorhythm, and the display device (1) controls a luminous intensity of the organic layer (9).... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268241 - Display device: An ambient light sensor 10 and a backlight sensor 9 are located on the liquid crystal panel 6 adjacently to each other, for correcting a variation of an output characteristic of the ambient light sensor 10. This location keeps the manufacturing variation of each liquid crystal panel 6 even in... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070268242 - Image display apparatus and image display method: There is provided with an image display method including: detecting a minimum gray-scale level and a maximum gray-scale level of an input image; acquiring a maximum light source luminance capable of displaying a minimum luminance to be displayed with the minimum gray-scale level on a light modulation device and a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070268243 - Panel assembly: According to an embodiment of the present invention a panel assembly includes a first display panel having a first insulation substrate, a second display panel having a second insulation substrate opposite to the first insulation substrate, and a touch sensing unit formed on a surface of the second insulation substrate... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070268245 - Electrophoresis display device: An object of the present invention is to realize an image display device for color display with high luminance and high contrast. In the present invention, a unit cell 111 is filled with electrophoresis ink including two kinds of particles different in chargeability and color being dispersed in transmissive solvent... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070268244 - Electrophoretic display and method of displaying images: A method of displaying an image in an electrophoretic display device having at least one display layer including a multiplicity of individual reservoirs containing a display fluid between conductive substrates, wherein the display fluid comprises at least two sets of particles in a liquid medium, the at two sets of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070268246 - Electronic equipment with screen pan and zoom functions using motion: An electronic equipment, such as a mobile phone, includes a display for viewing content and/or information, a transducer operable to detect motion of the electronic equipment, and a control circuit for providing information to the display. The control circuit is responsive to detected motion to perform at least one of... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070268247 - Mobile tablet computer: Disclosed is a mobile tablet computer comprising: a central body housing a processing unit, at least one handle coupled to the central body, and a plurality of ergonomic user interface features disposed on the handle. The central body has a display screen. The handle serves as a handgrip for holding... Agent: Robert J. Sayfie, P.C.

20070268248 - Method and apparatus for determining forces to be applied to a user through a haptic interface: A method and apparatus for determining forces to be applied to a user through a haptic interface. The method includes the steps of generating a representation of an object in graphic space, sensing the position of the user in real space and calculating a force to be applied to a... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070268249 - Rotary input apparatus: A rotary input apparatus is disclosed. As the rotary input apparatus comprises a rotatable wheel; a magnet joined to a surface of the wheel to co-operate with the wheel and magnetized to have alternating N- and S-poles; an electromagnet part positioned facing the magnet and magnetized to have at least... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070268250 - Remote input device for computers: A palm sized input device for computers comprises a first cursor position sensor which is mounted on the underside and may be operated by a finger, typically the index finger or the middle finger, from the underside of the device (hand held mode); a second cursor position sensor which may... Agent: Byung Kon Min

20070268251 - Joystick controller: A joystick controller comprises an operating shaft mounted for pivotal movement relative to a body. The operating shaft extends through an opening in the body. A bush is coupled to the operating shaft and biased into contact with a contact surface of the body so as to provide a force... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070268252 - Computer peripheral device: A computer peripheral device includes a first housing, a second housing, a connecting member, and a judging circuit. The connecting member is made of a conducting material and includes a rotating shaft. The second housing is rotatable relative to the first housing with rotation of the rotating shaft, so that... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070268253 - Wireless input module with wireless input device and receiver: A wireless input module including a wireless input device and a signal receiver is provided. The wireless input device is formed with a cavity and the signal receiver is formed with an antenna part and a connector part for selectively connecting with an electronic apparatus. When the signal receiver is... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070268255 - Computer pointing device with laser safety apparatus: A laser pointing device having a laser safety apparatus is provided. The laser pointing device includes a laser sensor and a switch. The laser sensor is coupled to a laser diode and a controller. The switch has an end coupled to a power, and another end electrically coupled to the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070268254 - Driving circuit adapted for use in optical mice: A control circuit having a drive circuit and a controller adapted for use in optical mice is disclosed. The drive circuit is connected between first and second ports and passes a current between those ports having an amplitude determined by a control signal that is generated by the controller. The... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070268256 - Tactile feedback system and method for a mobile communication device having a trackball: The invention is directed at a tactile feedback system and method for a handheld electronic device having a trackball. As the user uses the trackball to move a navigation tool over the display, a tactile feedback is provided to the user as an indication of the objects over which the... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20070268257 - Method of and station for integrated typed data and optically scanned data capture for computer interfacing and the like: A novel integrated keyboard and flatbed optical scanner, preferably of shape and size corresponding to that of standard conventional keyboard, sharing common mechanical support and electrical and electronic functions.... Agent: Robert H. Rines Rines & Rines

20070268258 - Hand-held device with character input rotary wheel: A hand-held device is provided. The hand-held device includes a rotary wheel, a switch, a character region, a display, and a controller. The rotary wheel has a plurality of positioning inputs. The character region includes a plurality of icons corresponding to the positioning inputs. Each icon includes a plurality of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070268261 - Handheld electronic device with data entry and/or navigation controls on the reverse side of the display: A handheld electronic device has a display screen on a front planar surface and a command entry structure comprising a keyboard on a rear planar surface parallel to the front planar surface. Mirror images of the rear keys are displayed on the screen and are highlighted when a key is... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070268260 - Haptic keypad and electronic device: An improved handheld electronic device includes an improved keypad with keys that impart a plurality of different instances of a given physical property. In one embodiment, each key imparts of plurality of different instances of the given physical property, such as by forming each key of a plurality of materials.... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20070268259 - Handheld wireless communication device: A handheld wireless communication device cradleable by an operator during text entry. A display, key field and trackball navigation tool are located on a front face of the device. Alphanumeric input keys include several alphabetic keys with letters arranged in a traditional (QWERTY), but non-ITU Standard E.161 telephone letter layout.... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070268262 - Text input device and adapter mechanism: A text input device for attachment to a game controller includes a small-sized housing, a plurality of text entry keys disposed on the upper face, and an attachment interface. The housing including a plurality of conformal structures laterally extending from a central portion of the housing, each of said conformal... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070268263 - Light-indicating input device for marking available function keys thereon: A light-indicating input device has a housing having a plurality of function keys and control keys, with the control keys being divided into a first group of control keys and a second group of control keys, with a first function key controlling the first group of control keys, and a... Agent: Raymond Sun

20070268269 - Apparatus, method, and medium for sensing movement of fingers using multi-touch sensor array: A sensing technique using a capacitance touch sensor as a user interface is provided. An apparatus for sensing the movement of fingers using a multi-touch sensor includes a touch determination module which determines whether a user has actually touched a touch sensor comprising one or more touch points with at... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070268264 - Electronic devices: A foldable electronic apparatus comprising first and second parts being arranged to be foldable with respect to each other about a folding axis to define first and second apparatus folding configurations, wherein the first and second parts comprise respective first and second displays, wherein the device is arranged to have... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070268266 - Toothed slider: A slider has a first conductive trace having at least one sub-trace and a second conductive trace having at least one sub-trace. The at least one sub-trace of the first conductive trace is interleaved with at least one sub-trace of the second conductive trace. Each sub-trace of the first and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070268270 - Touch operation input device: A touch operation input device, such as used in an automobile, controls selective manipulation of a functional item from among a plurality of installation devices when an operator cannot see a manipulation surface or a display screen of the input device. The touch operation input device operates by selective detection... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070268267 - Transmission apparatus and transmission method thereof: A transmission apparatus and a transmission method are disclosed. The transmission apparatus comprises a handwritten input unit, a processing unit and an execution unit. The handwritten input unit is provided with a handwritten screen for continuously inputting a plurality of handwritten scripts or at least one handwritten pattern. The processing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070268265 - Two-pin buttons: An apparatus and method for detecting a presence of a conductive object on a sensing device, and recognizing three or more button operations performed by the conductive object using two sensing areas of the sensing device. The sensing device may include first, second, and third sensor elements. The third sensor... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070268271 - Image display apparatus and image display method: The image display apparatus includes an image data acquiring section for acquiring image data, an image display section having a plurality of substantially sheet-like image display mediums bundled and integrated for displaying images by using the obtained image data, an image display mode setting device for setting an image display... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070268273 - Sensor arrangement for use with a touch sensor that identifies hand parts: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20070268275 - Touch sensing with a compliant conductor: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20070268274 - Touch sensing with mobile sensors: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20070268268 - Touchpad device: A touchpad device for use with electronic apparatus is disclosed. The device has an active area that is sensitive to movement thereon and to generate electrical signals in response thereto for inputting into the electronic apparatus. The active area of the device defines a plurality of active portions, each of... Agent: Weiner & Burt

20070268272 - Variable capacitor array: A digitizer includes a digitizer sensor comprising at least one pair of conductive lines coupled to at least one differential amplifier through which a difference signal is detected, and at least one capacitor operative to balance differences in parasitic capacitance between the conductive lines of the at least one pair... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070268276 - 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

20070268277 - Touch panel that uses transparent conductor: A transparent conductor includes a film-shaped or plate-shaped support and a transparent conductive layer that is disposed on the support and has a surface formed as a rough surface. The surface of the transparent conductive layer is formed so that a maximum peak height that shows a surface roughness of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070268278 - Durable digital writing and sketching instrument: A hand-holdable, durable digital writing and sketching device or assembly having rugged construction that houses an on-board camera with a view through an optical window of a writing surface brought in view by a user moving the device. The device is rugged, sealed, and is capable of withstanding dropping, water... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070268279 - Rear projection display and circuit and method for adjusting image thereof: A circuit for adjusting image is adapted for rear projection display. The circuit for adjusting image includes a parameter input unit, a data buffer unit, and a geometry transfer unit. The parameter input unit is used to provide a vertical and a horizontal axis amendment parameters. The data buffer unit... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc.

20070268281 - Attachable informational appliance: An appliance includes an upper sheet, a lower sheet, and a utility member that displays data and information. The upper and lower sheets are attached together in a manner whereby the utility member is supported between the upper lower sheets. The lower sheet is attached to another object. The appliance... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070268280 - Image display apparatus, image display method, and image display program: To provide an image display apparatus that can easily estimate an imaging position of a selected image from a display screen. An image display apparatus according to the present invention includes a display unit that displays a series of images taken by imaging a desired subject in time series and... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070268282 - System for driving columns of a liquid crystal display: A system for driving columns of a liquid crystal display includes logic circuitry operating in a supply path between a first and a second supply voltage in which the first supply voltage is higher than the second supply voltage. The logic circuitry is capable of generating first logic signals and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20070268284 - Plasma display apparatus: Provided is a plasma display apparatus having a plasma display panel constituted of a plurality of discharge cells, and a driver for driving the panel. The apparatus includes a scan IC (integrated circuit) having a first switch turning on to apply a first signal to the panel, and a second... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070268283 - Power controller for display device and electronic apparatus utilizing the same: A power controller, which is used for a pivotable display device, includes an actuator configured so as to be fixed with respect to a rotating axis of the display device; and a toggle switch configured for controlling electric power of the display device. The toggle switch is configured so as... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070268285 - Attachable informational appliance: An appliance includes an upper sheet, a lower sheet, and a utility member that displays data and information. The upper and lower sheets are attached together in a manner whereby the utility member is supported between the upper lower sheets. The lower sheet is attached to another object. The appliance... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20070268286 - Light emitting apparatus and method of driving same: In a light emitting apparatus, all pixels are fabricated using monochrome light-emitting materials. Since the light transmittances of color filters or color conversion layers are not uniform among red (R), green (G), and blue (B), exact white color cannot be displayed. In the present invention, dots for producing these colors... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070268287 - Apparatus and method for rendering for display forward-looking image data: An apparatus and method for rendering for display forward-looking image data. The apparatus includes rendering for display image data from a forward-looking conical section of tissue collected by an image data collection device, comprising a data input unit configured to receive the image data; and an image data processing unit... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070268288 - Method and device for the interactive simulation of contact between objects: The invention relates to a method of interactively simulating contact between objects. The inventive method comprises the following steps, namely: the parameters describing the physical characteristics of each of the objects are computed; at the beginning of each simulated model sampling time step, each object is subjected to a real-time... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070268289 - Graphics system with dynamic reposition of depth engine: A graphics system includes a graphics processor comprising a plurality of units configured to process a graphics image and a depth engine configured to receive and process data selected from one of two units based on a selection value.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070268291 - Occlusion culling method and rendering processing apparatus: A rendering processing apparatus is provided which performs occlusion culling for excluding from rendering targets a hidden object behind another object as seen from a point of view, when given a plurality of objects. An object input unit stores a plurality of objects in an object storing unit. An internal... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070268290 - Reduced z-buffer generating method, hidden surface removal method and occlusion culling method: A rendering processing apparatus is provided which performs occlusion culling for excluding from rendering targets a hidden object behind another object as seen from a point of view, when given a plurality of objects. An object input unit stores a plurality of objects in an object storing unit. An internal... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070268292 - Ordering artists by overall degree of influence: A graph of nodes and edges is used to represent artist influence between different artists. Each node of the graph represents an artist. An edge between two nodes represents an influence relationship between two artists. The relative influence between artists is computed for the artists represented in the graph. Furthermore,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070268293 - Musculo-skeletal shape skinning: A method for use in animation includes establishing a model having a plurality of bones with muscles attached to the bones, binding skin to the muscles when the model is in a first pose with each vertex of the skin being attached at a first attachment point on a muscle,... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070268294 - Apparatus and method for topology navigation and change awareness: An apparatus and method are described for displaying a topological graph that allows a user to navigate through a history of previous topology displays to increase the user's understanding and awareness of the state of the topology. In a preferred embodiment, a topology display mechanism receives state changes to a... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070268295 - Posture estimation apparatus and method of posture estimation: An apparatus includes a posture dictionary configured to hold a tree structure of postures configured on the basis of image features with occlusion information and image features, an image capture unit, an image feature extracting unit, a posture prediction unit taking the occlusion information into consideration, and a tree structure... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070268296 - Dynamic multiple display configuration: A system and method for modifying the configuration of one or more graphics adapters and one or more displays without rebooting the system allows a user to quickly transition between different graphics adapter/display configurations. A single display driver interfaces between the operating system and the one or more graphics devices.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070268297 - Framework for embedding graphical processing unit programs in computer software: A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide a framework for embedding a graphical processing unit (GPU) program in computer software. A GPU program, that can be loaded and executed by a GPU, is obtained and encrypted to create an encrypted GPU program. The encrypted GPU program is stored... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070268298 - Delayed frame buffer merging with compression: A method for delayed frame buffer merging. The method includes accessing a polygon that relates to a group of pixels stored at a memory location, wherein each of the pixels has an existing color. A determination is made as to which of the pixels are covered by the polygon, wherein... Agent: Murabito Hao & Barnes LLP

20070268300 - Information map system: A map for displaying hierarchical or non-hierarchical information in a two dimensional format in a fixed space. The map may be used for displaying information about various entities of a complex arrangement for simultaneous viewing in one presentation or display. Examples of these entities may include controllers, plants and IO... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070268299 - Attribute enhancement in virtual world environments: A method and system provides arrangements creating a relationship between a real-world entity and a virtual world environment. A virtual world patron can participate in various virtual world activities including transactions to acquire virtual products, virtual services, and/or virtual items of value. Feedback may be provided and records kept regarding... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070268301 - Texture replacement in video sequences and images: Systems and methods for reducing bit rates by replacing original texture in a video sequence with synthesized texture. Reducing the bit rate of the video sequence begins by identifying and removing selected texture from frames in a video sequence. The removed texture is analyzed to generate texture parameters. New texture... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070268302 - Dynamic paint pickup: A color attribute picked up from a pickup surface of a graphics design application document may be used to contaminate a paint data store. An injection color attribute may be re-injected into the paint data store. The resulting contaminated and re-injected paint data store may be used to tint one... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070268303 - Pixel color conversion method and system applied to output device: A pixel color conversion method applied to an output device includes: providing a trainable database for storing a plurality of data values corresponding to a set of indexes for use performing pixel color conversion; regarding at least one source image, training the trainable database; and according to the plurality of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070268304 - Gradient brush and stroke: Technology and methods for creating a gradient brush including determining a shape of a brush tip of the gradient brush by defining a transparency mask in the shape of the brush tip, and defining a gradient usable to tint each individual stamp formed by the transparency mask being stamped onto... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070268305 - Image processor and image processing method for synthetic aperture radar: An image processor and an image processing method for a synthetic aperture radar searching for a target are provided. A high resolution processing unit performs high resolution processing up to an area equivalent to a small target or smaller to thereby acquire information held by the small target. Next, a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070268306 - Image-based parametric projector calibration: The present invention relates to projection systems where one or more projectors are utilized to project a video, a still image, or combinations thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods of calibrating and operating such systems. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of calibrating... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20070268308 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for implementing dynamic graphical modeling of computer systems: A method, apparatus and computer program product for implementing dynamic modeling for dynamic computer systems includes a system description file for a computer system that is stored and updated to include changed information for the computer system. The system description file contains information regarding system hardware components and respective component... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept 917

20070268307 - Device, method, software and data carrier comprising software for displaying information on a screen: The present invention relates to a device comprising a memory and a processing unit for displaying information on at least one screen, comprising: first display means for displaying at least two display areas, such as a frame or a window, on the screen, second display means for displaying inside one... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20070268309 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and mobile terminal device: An information processing apparatus includes a face image extractor portion, a matching image detector portion, a linking processing portion, a communication address information acquiring portion, and a controller portion. The face image extractor portion extracts a face image of a person in a still image content. The matching image detector... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070268310 - Method and apparatus for consolidating overlapping map markers: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable code for consolidating overlapping markers in a mapping application. The process identifies a plurality of points for display from data describing locations and associated data about locations. The process then determines whether displaying graphical indicators for a set of points in the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070268311 - Overlapping mekko charts: The invention is directed to the creation of overlapping Mekko charts. A method according to an embodiment of the invention includes: creating a base Mekko chart having a plurality of columns, wherein each column includes a plurality of elements, and wherein each element represents a data value; creating a first... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070268312 - Methods and systems for processing an interchange of real time effects during video communication: Computer implemented methods for interactively modifying a video image are provided. The video image can be transmitted between a first user and a second user using a computer program that is executed on at least one computer in a computer network. Additionally, the first user and the second user interact... Agent: Albert S. Penilla Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070268314 - Graphic data retrieving apparatus, method, and program: According to one embodiment, a graphic data retrieving apparatus includes an intermediate buffer which defines a graphic plane and a graphic processing unit which retrieves contents of the intermediate buffer for transfer. The graphic processing unit is configured to store various graphic objects, which should be placed in the graphic... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070268313 - Method and apparatus for displaying overlapping markers: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable code for rendering graphical markers in a manner that avoids overlap of graphical markers on a map display. The process identifies a plurality of points for display from data describing locations and associated data about locations. The process determines whether displaying graphical... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070268315 - Image display apparatus, image display method and program: The invention provides an image display apparatus that includes a display image creation unit capable of creating a display image that has a plurality of objects superposed on each other; a image display unit capable of displaying the display image created by the display image creation unit on a display;... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070268316 - Display apparatus with image-capturing function, image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image display system: A display apparatus with an image-capturing function includes an outputting unit configured to output an image signal to an external apparatus, an inputting unit configured to input an image signal from the external apparatus, an image-capturing unit, a display unit, an image-capture-distortion corrector configured to perform image-capture-distortion correction on an... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070268317 - User interface system and method for selectively displaying a portion of a display screen: A computer system or computing device includes a display for displaying the visual output of any number of software applications. A computer-implemented method of selectively displaying a magnified rendering of a portion of the display screen is executed on the computer system or computing device. The method allows the user... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070268318 - Light circuit: A light circuit includes a light unit (7), a control unit (3), a differentiating circuit (4) and a switching circuit (6). The light unit includes a plurality of light branches (L1, L2 . . . and Ln) connected in parallel. The light branches are controlled to light by the switching... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070262916 - Seamless foldable display device and method: A foldable display device is designed so that a junction between at least two display panels connected to each other is not visibly seen. The display device displays an image on a plurality of display panels that are connected together. Pixels near the junction between every two adjacent display panels... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070262919 - Display device and image forming apparatus: An operation panel of an image forming apparatus includes a “START” key, a mode select key, a numeric keypad, a “CLEAR/STOP” key, and a liquid crystal display. The mode select key is used to select functions such as copier, facsimile, printer, and scanner functions. The “START” key includes an indicator... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070262923 - Method of testing lighting of plasma display panel: A plasma display panel including a plurality of discharge cells each having a display electrode pair made of a scan electrode and a sustain electrode formed in a row direction, and a data electrode formed in a column direction is driven in one field period including a plurality of subfields.... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070262924 - Plasma display apparatus and method of driving: A plasma display apparatus includes a data driver and a plasma display panel having a first address electrode and a second address electrode. The data driver is configured to initiate a change in a voltage value of a first data signal supplied to the first address electrode at a first... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070262927 - Electron emission display device and driving method thereof: An electron emission display device including: a pixel area for emitting electrons depending on voltage applied to a first electrode and a second electrode; a timing controller for outputting varying pulse widths clocks, the pulse widths of clocks being varied depending on gray scales of image signals. The display device... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070262930 - Active matrix organic light emitting diode panel: An AMOLED panel includes an AMOLED pixel unit, a scan driving unit and a data driving unit. The scan driving unit is coupled to the AMOLED pixel unit. The data driving unit is coupled to the AMOLED pixel unit and a voltage source. The data driving unit comprises a reference... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070262929 - Organic light emitting display device and testing method thereof: An organic light emitting display device and a testing method thereof is provided. The organic light emitting display device may be used to perform a test of a sheet unit for a plurality of organic light emitting display devices formed on a mother substrate. The organic light emitting display device... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070262931 - System for displaying image and driving display element method: A pixel driving circuit with threshold voltage and power supply voltage compensation. The pixel circuit includes a storage capacitor, a transistor, a transfer circuit, a driving element, and a switching circuit. The transistor has a gate coupled to a discharge signal and is coupled between a first node and a... Agent: Liu & Liu

20070262932 - Adaptive gamma transform unit and related method: The invention discloses a Gamma transform unit. The Gamma transform unit has a lookup table. The lookup table stores a plurality of difference values corresponding to a plurality of predetermined input values. Each of the difference values substantially equals a difference between an ideal output value and a Gamma function... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070262935 - Data driver and organic light emitting diode (oled) display using the same: A data driver includes a shift register circuit configured to receive a first clock signal, a second clock signal, and a start signal, and to sequentially provide a sampling signal, a conversion circuit configured to receive the first clock signal, the second clock signal, and the sampling signal, and to... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070262936 - Apparatus for manufacturing display panel and method for manufacturing the same: An apparatus for manufacturing a display panel includes an arriving part in which an unfinished display panel is disposed. The apparatus has at least one light transmitting part, a mold which is positioned on the arriving part and which includes at least one alignment key and a pattern forming part,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070262937 - Image display apparatus, control signal generating apparatus, image display control method, and computer program product: An image display apparatus includes a display unit including a liquid crystal panel; a video signal processor configured to perform signal processing on the basis of an image display form in the display unit; and an AC drive controller configured to control video display by receiving a result of the... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070262939 - Active matrix organic light emitting diode pixel unit: An active matrix OLED pixel unit disclosed includes four transistors, a capacitor and an OLED. Two transistors are used as switches for receiving two scan signals and a data signal is sent to the OLED via a current mirror structure formed by another two transistors in order to control the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070262938 - Liquid crystal display panel, liquid crystal display device having the same, and driving method thereof: Provided is a liquid crystal display panel, a liquid crystal display device having the same, and a driving method thereof capable of improving image quality. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel; a gate driver; and a data driver. The liquid crystal display panel includes pixel... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070262941 - Display driving apparatus and multi-line inversion driving method thereof: A display driving apparatus and a multi-line inversion driving method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a gate driver, a source driver, a gate enabling unit and a line polarity signal unit. Every time after a plurality of scan lines is turned on, the source driver inverts the polarity of... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070262944 - Apparatus and method for driving a display panel: An apparatus for driving a display panel is provided. The apparatus is adapted to a LCD panel. The apparatus at least has a processor, a first and second timing controllers and a first and second group of source drivers. Real pixels are input from an input port of the processor.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070262942 - Automatic reset circuit: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a gate driver for supplying gate signals and a timing controller for generating a gate control signal to the gate driver. The LCD device further includes an automatic reset circuit which detects abnormal condition of the gate control signal and generates a reset... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070262917 - Video display: 11 indicates the image that is originally to be displayed; this image is displayed over the entire display area surrounded by the square frame 12. The image control part has the function of reducing and displaying this entire image centered on the center of the image. The reduced image that... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070262918 - Video displaying apparatus and method thereof: A video displaying apparatus and a method are provided. The video displaying apparatus includes a signal input unit which receives a video signal comprising video information and synchronization information of a video formed by a plurality of pixels; a video displaying unit which generates an electron beam based on of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070262920 - Signal apparatus, light emitting diode (led) drive circuit, led display circuit, and display system including the same: A light emitting diode (LED) circuit includes first and second terminals, a forward circuit including a number of LEDs electrically connected in series, and a forward steering diode electrically connected in series with the LEDs. The series combination of the forward steering diode and the LEDs is electrically connected between... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20070262922 - Driving a plasma display panel: A plasma display apparatus and method of driving the plasma display apparatus are described. The method includes applying a first driving signal to a first scan electrode to effect at least one of a reset period and a sustain period, applying a second driving signal to a second scan electrode... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070262921 - Plasma display panel drive method and plasma display device: One field period includes at least one subfield (SF) group made of at least two successive SFs. In the SF group, in the SF subsequent to a SF in which no sustaining discharge is caused, writing discharge is controlled to cause no sustaining discharge. One of all-cell initializing operation and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070262925 - Method for driving a gas electric discharge device: A method for driving an AC type surface-discharge display device which has cells arranged in a matrix. Each of the cells has at least three electrodes including a pair of main electrodes on every line of the matrix and an address electrode on every column of the matrix. The method... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070262926 - Method for driving a gas electric discharge device: A method for driving an AC type surface-discharge display device having cells arranged in a matrix. Each cell has at least three electrodes including a pair of main electrodes and on every line of the matrix and an address electrode on every column of the matrix. The method includes conducting... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070262928 - Electroluminescent display device with scrolling addressing: An active matrix electroluminescent display has means for interrupting the drive of current through the display element. Row driver circuitry for the display has a shift register and logic arrangement (50, 54) for generating the drive voltage for the interrupting means, and which includes a pulse having a duration which... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070262934 - Electro-optical device, method of driving electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device includes a plurality of unit circuits; a first selecting circuit that sequentially selects the plurality of unit circuits; and a first signal line through which correction data for the individual unit circuits are supplied serially. Each of the plurality of unit circuits includes an electro-optical element that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070262933 - System and method for mounting led's on a display surface: A display system is provided, including a rigid or non-rigid display surface having a display side and a non-display side, with one or more holes being formed through the surface. In one embodiment the display surface is a non-rigid curtain. Multiple fasteners define central openings in and are arranged on... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070262940 - Liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal panel drive method: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of liquid crystal cells, a common voltage generation circuit that supplies a common voltage to the liquid crystal panel, a liquid crystal drive circuit that implements control for supplying said plurality of liquid crystal cells with voltage... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070262943 - Apparatus and method for driving a hold-type display panel: An apparatus and method for driving a hold-type display panel, for example an LCD (liquid crystal display) panel, includes gate lines and data lines intersecting to form a matrix of pixels. An image is displayed corresponding to data signals applied to the data lines according to gate pulses applied to... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070262945 - Method and apparatus for driving display data having a multiplexed structure of several steps: An apparatus for and method of driving display data having a multiplex structure of several steps, in which the display data driving apparatus includes a memory unit storing gradation data of M bits (where M is a natural number) for driving a plurality of pixels included in a display panel,... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070262948 - Backlight, method for driving backlight, and liquid crystal display having the same: An LED driving circuit drives LCD backlight LEDs sequentially, reducing LCD display ripple noise without decreasing luminance. The LCD driving circuit includes an LED driving voltage generation unit that generates a driving voltage for a backlight LEDs; a PWM signal control unit that generates PWM output signals having a predetermined... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070262947 - Method for eliminating shadow around support pin of led backlight: A method for eliminating shadow around a support pin of an LED backlight is provided. The method includes determining a luminance value for the plurality of LEDs according to a gray level distribution of pixels around the support pin, and setting the plurality of LEDs to the luminance value. The... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070262946 - Systems and methods for controlling display device: Systems and methods of controlling display device are provided. A representative system includes a control circuit and a register. The control circuit, which is coupled to the display device, alternately enables and disables driving of the display device by referring to a first control value and a second control value... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070262949 - Electrophoretic display with reduction of remnant voltages by selection of characteristics of inter-picture potential differences: An electrophoretic display panel (1), comprising a plurality of picture elements (2), an electrophoretic medium (5) having charged particles (6), and first and second electrodes (3,4) associated with each picture element (2) for receiving a potential difference. As the display (1) is addressed, for each picture element (2), the product... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070262954 - Inputting device: An inputting device, used for electronic devices, for example, is disclosed. The inputting device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a case, which has a through-hole, a center key, which is exposed externally through the through-hole and is movable to any directions on a plane, an... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070262952 - Mapping pointing device messages to media player functions: A media player application as described herein is configured to repurpose a general purpose pointing device, such as a mouse, for use as a remote controller for the media player application. Standard mouse messages are mapped to designated media player control functions, and such mapping enables the media player application... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070262950 - Mobile communication device with automatic image-changing functions: This invention is relative to a mobile communication device with automatic image-changing functions. Users can use these automatic image-changing functions to choose their favorite background images from a database, and set it to appear, right away or on scheduled time, randomly or in a pre-specified serial order, on the display... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070262953 - Multiple-view display system having user manipulation control and method: A display system and a method of controlling a multiple-view display are provided. The display system includes a display for generating a first image that is viewable within a first viewing window and a second image that is viewable within a second viewing window. The display system also includes a... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070262955 - Operation body, information-input device, and information terminal device: An operation body having a pointing function with respect to information includes a chassis having a reflection face, a circuit charging an inner second battery when receiving an electrical power from outside through a terminal exposed from the chassis, and a circuit transmitting switch information to outside cordlessly. On the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070262951 - Proximity sensor device and method with improved indication of adjustment: A proximity sensor device and method is provided that facilitates improved system usability. Specifically, the proximity sensor device and method provide the ability for a user to easily cause adjustments in an electronic system using a proximity sensor device as a user interface. For example, it can be used to... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (syna)

20070262956 - Input method with a large keyboard table displaying on a small screen: An input method with a large keyboard table displaying on a small screen employs a cursor controller to display the larger keyboard table on a small screen includes at least the following steps of: determining the position of a cursor on a keyboard table through the position of a finger... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070262957 - Menu selection method and apparatus using pointing device: A menu selection apparatus and method using a pointing means are disclosed. The menu selection apparatus includes a display unit for displaying a menu; a position change detector for detecting a change in a pointing-position of the pointing means; a control unit for outputting a menu selection control signal on... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070262958 - Finger-worn input device and input method applying the same: The present invention relates to a finger-worn input device, which comprises a movement detecting unit, a main controller and a connection structure. After being assembled, users can insert their finger in between the movement detecting unit and the main controller in order to move the movement detecting unit and to... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070262959 - Magnetic joystick: A magnetic joystick is disclosed, which comprises: a control stick, having a handle; a spring, ensheathing the control stick; a spring seat, arranged underneath the spring; a base, arranged underneath the spring seat while supporting the same; a pivotal joint, arranged on the base while having an opening enabling the... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070262960 - Mouse with camera for separation and attachment: Provided is a mouse into or from which a camera can be inserted or removed. The mouse includes space into or from which a camera can be inserted or removed and a window in a bottom thereof such that an external image input to the mouse through the window can... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070262968 - Input device: An input device is provided using a capacitive input pad for performing diverse inputs and minimizing an area of a space for arranging a keyboard input unit and an input pad. A multiplex input unit is provided adjacent to input keys constituting a keyboard input unit. The multiplex input unit... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070262970 - Input operation system: An input operation system for use in a vehicle has a protruding marking on a surface of a touch panel, and displays a composite image generated by superposing an outline of user's finger on a switch operation screen. The composite image of the switch operation screen is backed by an... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070262967 - Liquid crystal display with built-in touch screen: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel with a built-in touch screen capable of maintaining touch sensitivity at a certain level regardless of touch circumstances, and an LCD having the LCD panel with a built-in touch screen. According to the present invention, there are provided an... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070262969 - Touch screen device and method of eliminating noise thereof, and liquid crystal display device having the same: A touch screen device, a method of eliminating a noise thereof and a liquid crystal display having the same include converting an analog signal inputted from a plurality of sensors of a touch screen into digital raw data, aligning the digital raw data on a frame basis, eliminating an offset... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070262963 - Apparatus and method for recognizing a button operation on a sensing device: A method and apparatus to recognize a button gesture on a sensing device. The method may include detecting a presence of a conductive object on a sensing device, having a plurality of non-linearly disposed sensor elements, which form an outer and an inner sensing area, and recognizing a button operation... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070262962 - Apparatus and method for reducing charge time and power consumption of a sensing device: An apparatus and method for reducing charge time and power consumption of a sensor element of a sensing device. The apparatus may include a sensor element of a sensing device that has a surface area of conductive material and one or more gaps in the conductive material. The sensor element... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070262966 - Display device with touch sensor, and drive method for the device: A touch-sensored display device 20 according to the present invention includes: a counter substrate 6 disposed on a viewer side of an active matrix substrate 8 via a display medium layer 4, the counter substrate 6 having a counter electrode 5 which opposes pixel electrodes; a display panel driving circuit... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070262965 - Input device: An operation touch pad (4) is disposed near the hand of a user. On a display (2), there is displayed one or more GUI parts (3) for the user to input a desired instruction or information. When the user touches the touch pad (4) by a hand (6) so as... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070262961 - Method for selecting functional tables through a touch-sensitive button key: A method for selecting functional tables through a touch-sensitive button key aims to facilitate selection and execution of an item on a functional table according to the pressing location of a user's finger on a touch-sensitive pad. The method includes at least the following steps: mapping areas of a touch-sensitive... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070262964 - Multi-touch uses, gestures, and implementation: A tablet PC having an interactive display, which is touchscreen enabled, may be enhanced to provide a user with superior usability and efficiency. A touchscreen device may be configured to receive multiple concurrent touchscreen contacts. The attributes of the multiple concurrent touchscreen contracts may be mapped to operations performed on... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070262974 - Image display apparatus, signal processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product: An image display apparatus includes the following elements. A frame controller divides an input image frame in a time-division manner to generate a plurality of sub-frames. A high-frequency-enhanced sub-frame generator performs filtering processing on the plurality of sub-frames generated by the frame controller to generate high-frequency-enhanced sub-frames. A high-frequency-suppressed sub-frame... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070262973 - Architecture for remote displaying system: The present invention provides an architecture for a remote displaying system comprising a computing system and a displaying system. The computing system comprises a wireless transceiver unit to transmit a control signal for generating display content and receive a response signal from another wireless transceiver unit. The displaying system comprises... Agent: John Chen

20070262972 - Gamma correction circuit and display device including same: A display device includes a gamma correction circuit that includes a gamma correction data output circuit that outputs a plurality of gamma correction data that correspond with a detected temperature, a plurality of registers that input and hold each of a plurality of gamma correction data, and a plurality of... Agent: Rohm Co., Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070262971 - Method and device for operating an optical display device: Poor visibility at night is a tiring and dangerous situation in traffic, feared by many drivers. As a result of poor visibility, the frequency of accidents at night is significantly higher than during the day with good visibility conditions. Cars are thus prospectively fitted with night vision systems, in order... Agent: Stephan A. Pendorf, P.A.

20070262975 - Timing generating circuit, display apparatus, and portable terminal: A timing generating circuit with low power consumption and a small layout area, a display apparatus including the timing generating circuit as one peripheral driving circuit, and a portable terminal including the display apparatus as a display output section are provided. In the timing generating circuit, which is formed on... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070262976 - Level shifter circuit, driving circuit, and display device: In one embodiment, in accordance with a timing at which each of output signals of a source shift register is inputted, a level shifter control circuit generates a control signal for controlling a level shift operation of a level shifter. An input interval between the output signals of the source... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070262977 - Automatic display power up method and display device using the same: A method for automatically powering up a display and a display using the same are disclosed. When a display device is connected to power from power disconnection, a flag is set as a power-on status. It is then determined whether a display signal is received by the display device, wherein... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070262978 - Semiconductor device and driving method thereof: The invention provides a semiconductor device which performs a write operation of a signal current rapidly to a current input type pixel. Before inputting a signal current, a precharge operation is performed by flowing a large current. After that, a signal current is inputted to perform the set operation. A... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070262980 - Identification of integrated circuits using pixel or memory cell characteristics: Disclosed are various embodiments of methods and corresponding devices for effecting such methods that permit integrated circuits, sensors, chips or dies to be identified. Imperfections or irregularities in pixels or memory cells are used to generate identification codes for integrated circuits, sensors, chips or dies. Addresses or data locations of... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20070262979 - Video receiver providing video attributes with video data: A device and method for receiving a compressed video bit stream, and providing decoded video pixels and associated video attributes synchronously to a video processor are disclosed. A compressed video bit stream is received and decoded. The decoded pictures have associated video attributes. A subset of the video attributes is... Agent: Smart And Biggar

20070262981 - 3-d reconstruction with oblique geometry: The invention relates to a method for producing 3D tomographic images of an object, whereby a radiation source (1), especially an X-ray source, is moved in relation to the object in a plane of motion (6) about a rotating center. The radiation source (1) emits radiation in a radiation cone... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070262982 - Article design support system and method of controlling same: Provided is an article design support system featuring enhanced degree of freedom in terms of designing articles (for example, an article of furniture). A part space P surrounding a part incorporated in a cell space S is correlated with the cell space S, which is formed by a frame constituting... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070262983 - Apparatus for generating volumetric image and matching color textured external surface: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for generating combined image data representing a volumetric image of a subject and a color textured external surface of the subject. According to one embodiment, two-dimensional image data of a surface of the subject can be obtained from a two-dimensional imager. Volumetric... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070262984 - Automatic generation of building instructions for building block models: A computer-implemented method of generating building instructions for a building block model, comprising: retrieving a digital representation of the building block model; wherein said digital representation is indicative of a sequential construction order in which a plurality of virtual building blocks have been positioned in response to user commands during... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070262985 - Image processing device, image processing method, program, storage medium and integrated circuit: It is an object to perform color correction that is simple and utilizes existing devices to achieve an increase in the feeling of depth in 2D images. Input image data are transformed into predetermined color information by a color information calculation portion 11. A correction amount control portion 10 determines... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070262986 - Image generating device and image generating method: An image generating device for forming a behind object prepared with polygon data as a part of the background of a virtual three-dimensional space and generating images of the movement of a character object prepared with polygon data in this virtual three-dimensional space. A visual field seen from a viewpoint... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070262988 - Method and apparatus for using voxel mip maps and brick maps as geometric primitives in image rendering process: A system, apparatus and method of rendering images for computer graphics or animation at multiple levels of detail or resolution. The invention uses a hierarchical data structure and provides methods of generating and using that structure for rendering images. The invention generates a data structure containing data elements representing multiple... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP/pixar

20070262987 - Collision sensing apparatus, method and medium: A collision sensing apparatus, method and medium are provided. The apparatus includes an image dividing unit to divide an image into a plurality of voxels, a searching unit to search for a voxel having a plurality of model primitives, among the plurality of voxels, and an examination unit to determine... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070262989 - Method and system for adaptive direct volume rendering: An adaptive image volume rendering system first fragments a 3-D dataset into multiple sub-volumes and constructs an octree structure, wherein each sub-volume is associated with one node on the octree. The system then establishes a 2-D image plane and selectively launches a plurality of rays towards the 3-D dataset, each... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070262990 - Information providing method, information providing apparatus, and recording medium: An information providing method includes a step of setting a relative chronological scale having a reference year set to be a calendar year designated as a birth year or a calendar year of a birth year calculated from a designated age, creating a chronology in which pieces of information related... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070262992 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: An input image is divided into a plurality of regions, and it is determined whether each of the divided regions is suitable for thinning processing. In accordance with a result of the determination, an outlining processing is selected to generate outline data (vector data) for each of the regions. The... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070262991 - Arabic input output method and font model: The new Arabic and extended Arabic font model and associated input/output method of this invention eliminate glyph changes in an Arabetic word processed by computerized systems before users terminate words employing logic stored in a utilized font system. The new method basically introduces different logic within fonts for selecting glyphs... Agent: Saad D. Abulhab

20070262993 - Scalable stroke font system and method: A method of creating font format data from source font data includes analyzing the source font data to obtain glyph data for a plurality of glyphs, dissecting the glyph data, extracting midline data from the dissected glyph data, classifying the midline data as unique element data and common element data,... Agent: Paul E. Franz, Esq. Jones Day

20070263000 - Method, systems and computer product for deriving three-dimensional information progressively from a streaming video sequence: A method for deriving three-dimensional information progressively from a streaming video sequence.... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070263001 - Motion capture device for capturing of motion relative to the earth: Motion capture is a field where sensors are disposed about an animate object and the motions of the object are recorded such that they can be represented as 3D graphics on a computer. Unfortunately, motion capture devices, such as motion capture suits that are currently available on the marker are... Agent: Michael Trzecieski

20070262995 - Systems and methods for video editing: Systems and methods are disclosed to edit video by receiving a source video; processing the source video with a plurality of tasks including one or more transitions, effects, and audio; assigning the tasks to a plurality of general purpose processor cores and a graphics processing unit (GPU); and rendering a... Agent: Tran & Associates

20070262997 - Video processing method and apparatus based on smooth detection: The present invention discloses a video processing apparatus. The video processing apparatus includes a smooth detecting module and a video processing module. The smooth detecting module categorizes a target position in a target image of a video data as a smooth position or a non-smooth position to generate a categorizing... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070262996 - Animating objects using metadata: A design application uses metadata-based techniques (e.g., runtime reflection) to examine class metadata of design objects. A key object is provided by a programmer of a graphical design application to generically animate properties of design objects in one or more animation frames. Using runtime reflection or other metadata techniques, the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070262999 - Interactive animation: An interactive animation environment. The interactive animation environment includes at least one user-controlled object, and the animation method for providing this environment includes determining a position of the user-controlled object, defining a plurality of regions about the position, detecting a user input to move the position of the user-controlled object,... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070262994 - Mechanism for animated load graph analysis of system metrics: In one embodiment, a method and apparatus for animated load graph analysis of system metrics is disclosed. The method includes plotting system metric data of components for three dimensions in a two-dimensional graph for a plurality of distinct time periods, wherein a Z-axis of the three dimensions is represented in... Agent: Sun Microsystems, Inc. C/o Dorsey & Whitney, LLP

20070263002 - Stroke-based posing of three-dimensional models: A posing system for three-dimensional characters and other models uses a stroke-based gestural language to position elements of the characters in a three-dimensional environment. A user draws a stroke in a two-dimensional interface in connection with a portion of model. The drawn stroke corresponds to an element of the model,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070262998 - System and method for providing user input to character animation: The present invention provides a system that increases a user's control over character animation. Time-dependent signals are accepted from a user input device. The input is processed in real-time such that the user's input can be used to directly control the animation of an animated character. For example, the animation... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP/ea

20070263003 - Screen sharing method and apparatus: Respective video feeds are provided to at least two viewers using a common display. The display is controlled to alternately display an image from a first video feed and an image from a second video feed. A first shuttered filter is synchronized to the display such that the first filter... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070263004 - Plug-in graphics module architecture: The present invention provides an architecture for a plug-in graphics module, comprising the first graphics processing unit (GPU) couples to a low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) channel, the graphics module electrically connected to a north bridge and the GPU. The bridge circuit is capable of transmitting a plurality of data... Agent: John Chen

20070263005 - Liquid crystal display panel, timing control device thereof, and method for generating overdrive parameters for the same: A timing control device including a first buffer device, a second buffer device, and an overdrive unit in a liquid crystal display panel outputs overdrive parameters according to previous and current frames. A first buffer unit of the first buffer device stores an i-th one of pieces of current frame... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070263006 - Apparatus and method for displaying graphics: An apparatus for displaying graphics includes a memory to store graphics data and output the graphics data to the bus in series, and a plurality of transform modules, wherein, each transform module, based on a type of the graphics outputted to the bus and employing a feedback signal provided by... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070263007 - Visual content browsing with zoom and pan features: The present invention relates to display of visual content on a client device using server-side rasterization of visual content. Visual content is rendered on a server system, transformed into bitmaps compatible with the display attributes of a client device, and transmitted for display on the client device. The invention allows... Agent: Jonathan A. Small JasIPConsulting

20070263008 - Method of fabricating color jacquard fabric: This invention discloses a method of fabricating color jacquard fabric, comprising the processes of design and fabrication of pattern card, loom preparation, looming and weaving. The steps of design and fabrication of pattern card are: reading target image for jacquard into a computer; adjusting the image and setting parameters; selecting... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20070263009 - Methods and apparatuses for generating compressed data representing a visual frame: The methods and apparatuses detect a color of each of a plurality of pixels within a frame; group a portion of the plurality of pixels having a common color into a block; and generate a color list including the common color based on a threshold value corresponding to the block.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070263010 - Large-scale visualization techniques: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that enhance a user's interaction with components on a design surface. A search feature allows the user to search components on the design surface based on specified search criteria. The system searches the components on the design surface to determine if any components meet... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070263011 - Dual-plane graphics: Two or more graphics planes are combined according to a scheme that circumvents mixing of certain regions to conserve resources. Although some mixing is circumvented, the outputted display image remains visually adequate.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070263012 - Visual component/clause merging: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that merge components on a design surface. The system receives input from a user to add components or clauses to a design surface and analyzes the components to determine if some of the components can be merged. If the system identifies components that can... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070263013 - Image display apparatus, image display controlling method, and image display program: When opening of a lens barrier is detected, a camera mode processing starts. An object image is displayed in the aspect ratio of 4:3, and a user can carry out photographing by carrying out a shutter operation using a first side switch with the right forefinger while holding a portable... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070263015 - Multi-function key with scrolling: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for combining scrolling with a multi-function key performance. A scrolling multi-function key module can comprise a multi-function key unit and a scroll touch sensor unit having an edge-like sensitive area substantially around the multi-function key unit for providing... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070263014 - Multi-function key with scrolling in electronic devices: The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for combining scrolling with a multi-function key performance in an electronic device. A scrolling multi-function key module can comprise a multi-function key unit and a scroll touch sensor unit having an edge-like sensitive area substantially around the multi-function... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070263016 - Digital drive architecture for flat panel displays: This present invention describes a new digital drive concept for flat panel displays where an all-digital drive is used to write data to pixels, which establish the gray scale for each pixel. In addition the invention integrates the all-digital drive with an optical sensor feedback circuit in the pixel without... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070263017 - Display device, data driver ic, and timing controller: A display device includes a display panel, a data line driving circuit, a timing control unit and a parameter output unit. The data line driving circuit drives data lines on the display panel. The timing control unit outputs an input gradation signal based on an image signal to the data... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070257862 - Plasma display device: A plasma display device may include a plasma display panel, a chassis arranged on one side of the plasma display panel, the chassis supporting the plasma display panel, a plurality of circuit units arranged on one surface of the chassis, the circuit units generating electrical signals that are used to... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070257863 - Plasma display apparatus and method of driving: A plasma display apparatus and method of driving the plasma display apparatus are described. The plasma display apparatus has a plasma display panel that has a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The plasma display apparatus also includes a first driver, a second driver and a third... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070257864 - Plasma display device and method of driving pdp: A plasma display device and a method of driving a plasma display panel (PDP) are provided. The plasma display device includes an upper substrate on which a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes respectively corresponding to the first electrodes are formed; and a lower substrate on... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070257865 - Method of driving field emission device (fed) and method of aging fed using the same: A method for driving a field emission device (FED) applies an alternating (AC) voltage as a driving voltage for emitting electrons in a field emission device comprising cathode electrode including an emitter and an anode electrode facing the cathode electrode. A method for aging an FED uses a constant voltage... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070257869 - Backlight device and method for controlling light source brightness thereof: A backlight device includes a light source module having a plurality of light sources, a detecting circuit, a control unit, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) driving circuit. The detecting circuit is used for detecting the brightness of the light source module and generating a detecting signal to the control... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070257878 - Light source device for video display, and related method: First, second, and third light sources serve to emit light having three primary colors, respectively. The first light source is activated by a first drive pulse which has a first width and which repetitively occurs at a specified frequency. The second light source is activated by a second drive pulse... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20070257861 - Circuit and methodology for supplying pulsed current to a load, such as a light emitting diode: A circuit for controlling pulsed current to a load, one application of which is in LED dimmer circuitry, comprises first and second reference nodes for receiving a supply voltage, an input node for receiving a timing signal such as a PWM signal, and a controlled switch coupled between the first... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070257860 - System and method for driving bi-color led: A method of driving LED pairs comprising: providing a plurality of LED pairs each exhibiting a parallel reverse anode to cathode arrangement and each comprising a first LED and a second LED; receiving a time varying electrical signal commonly at the anode of the first LED of each of the... Agent: Powerdsine Ltd.

20070257866 - Method and apparatus for defect correction in a display: A method for displaying an image on a display device having defective light-emitting elements, comprising the steps of: a) providing a display having a plurality of light-emitting elements, comprising at least one light-emitting element that is defective and additional light-emitting elements; b) providing a plurality of distinct image-content dependent defect-masking... Agent: Paul A. Leipold, Patent Legal Staff

20070257867 - Electro-optical device, method of driving electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: The present invention provides a technique to improve the display quality of an electro-optical device using an electro-optical element which emits light with a brightness corresponding to a driving current. Each pixel can include an organic EL element OLED which emits light with a brightness corresponding to a driving current,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070257868 - Electro-optical device, method of driving electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus: The present invention provides a technique to improve the display quality of an electro-optical device using an electro-optical element which emits light with a brightness corresponding to a driving current. Each pixel can include an organic EL element OLED which emits light with a brightness corresponding to a driving current,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070257872 - Digital image projection methods and apparatus thereof: Disclosed herein is a method of projecting images using light valves. Pixel patterns generated of the light valve pixels based on image data are projected at different locations at a time.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070257871 - Display unit: The display apparatus of the present invention includes a plurality of condensing elements 54a provided between a lighting device and a display panel 100. A first substrate 10 of the display panel 100 is placed on the side of a display medium layer 23 facing the lighting device while the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070257870 - Micro-mirror and method: According to one embodiment of the present invention a method of reflecting light is disclosed including providing an element having a surface having an edge on which the element is capable of rolling and selectively reflecting light by rolling the surface such that a reflective element associated with the surface... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070257873 - Brightness control of a lighting unit of a matrix display device: A brightness control circuit (1) for a lighting unit (2) of a matrix display unit (3) having transmissive or reflective pixels (Pi) is disclosed. The brightness control circuit (1) comprises an integrator (10) to integrate color component signals (R, G, B) of an input image signal (IS) to be displayed... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070257875 - Gray-scale circuit: A gray-scale circuit may receive pixel data to generate first set of gray-scale voltages that enable a display show the different gray-scale levels of normal images during a first time period. The gray-scale circuit may generate a second set of gray-scale voltages to enable the display show a common gray-scale... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070257874 - Liquid crystal display, image signal correction method, and method of driving liquid crystal display: A liquid crystal display includes; a plurality of pixels which have first and second subpixels, an image signal correction unit which generates a preliminary signal based on a previous image signal and a current image signal, generates corrected image signal based on the preliminary signal and a next image signal,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070257876 - Array substrate capable of improving display quality: The charging voltage of a pixel electrode varies when there is a photo-misalignment of the pixel electrode, and such variation degrades the display quality. An array substrate that prevents fluctuation in the charging voltage of a pixel electrode is presented. The array substrate includes a pixel electrode, a gate wiring... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070257877 - Method and circuit for transferring data stream across multiple clock domains: The method and circuit provide an effective implementation to handle the data transferring problem between multiple clock domains. A shift circuit shifts the incoming data stream and a sampling module sequentially samples and outputs each signal in the first group signals and the second group signals by the N sampling... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070257879 - Optical detection apparatus, liquid crystal display device using the same and driving method thereof: An optical detection apparatus includes an optical/electric converter to transduce light incident on the optical/electric converter into a current flowing to a ground potential; a current mirror to supply a mirror output voltage to a current mirror output node in response to an enable signal, the mirror output voltage having... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070257880 - Drive current generator, led driver, illumination device, and display device: A drive current generator that supplies a desired drive current to an LED has: a drive transistor that is connected in series between one end of the LED and a ground; a first current control portion that performs conductivity control of the drive transistor in such a way that a... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070257881 - Music player and method: A method for providing a user interface of a portable music player. The method uses a tap sensitive sensor and a memory, the method includes detecting a tap and a direction of the tap, and finding an action corresponding to the tap using a tap-action table stored in the memory,... Agent: Perman & Green

20070257883 - Cursor control system and method thereof: A cursor control system and method thereof is disclosed. The cursor control system includes a plurality of resolution detectors, a processor and a switch. The resolution detectors analyze resolutions of video signals from the computers, respectively. The processor in response to the resolution detectors calculates movement of the pointing device... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070257882 - Magnetic induction cursor input system: A magnetic induction cursor input system comprises a movable magnetic body; a first coordinate induction coil; a first oscillating circuit module electrically connected to the first coordinate induction coil; a first monitoring and period calculation module electrically connected to the first oscillating circuit module; a processor electrically connected to the... Agent: Huo-lu Tsai 235 Chung - Ho

20070257884 - Game program and game system: A game system comprises a pointing device for pointing to an arbitrary point in a game screen displayed on a display device and an acceleration sensor provided in the pointing device. A processor of the game system repeatedly identifies a position of the point pointed to by the pointing device... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070257885 - 3d pointing devices with orientation compensation and improved usability: Systems and methods according to the present invention describe 3D pointing devices which enhance usability by transforming sensed motion data from a first frame of reference (e.g., the body of the 3D pointing device) into a second frame of reference (e.g., a user's frame of reference). One exemplary embodiment of... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20070257886 - Direction dection switch: An object of the present invention is to provide a direction detecting switch which can detect a key operation in every directions of 360 degree, can obtain an accurate click feeling, and can also detect a strength or a speed of the key operation. A direction detecting switch is comprised... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070257887 - Apparatus and method for cursor control: An apparatus and a method for cursor control are provided. The present invention combines an optical mouse with a stationary pad, and integrates the shift information detected by a light sensor and pressure sensors. Therefore, accurate shift detection can be realized within limited space so as to control the cursor... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070257888 - Adaptive text input modes for mobile electronic device: Adaptive text input modes for a mobile electronic device permit efficient entry of hybrid alpha-numeric text records, such as street addresses and calendar dates, using a keypad. Adaptive text input modes automatically toggle between different text input modes in a manner that conforms to expected formats for text records. The... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20070257889 - Display lit soft keys that have multiple states of activation potentially associated with each soft key: Various methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for soft keys that have multiple states of activation potentially associated with each soft key and are illuminated by light coming from the display.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070257892 - Data processing system and method for touch pad: A data processing system for touch pad and the method thereof are disclosed. The system includes the touch pad and an embedded controller. First, a sensor device in the touch pad receives a sensing signal and stores the sensing signal in the touch pad. Next, the embedded controller receives the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070257895 - Tactile display locking and marker system: A tactile display locking and marker system is provided including enabling a touch screen; contacting a marker lock soft key on the touch screen; and disabling the touch screen including only detecting the marker lock soft key activation on the touch screen... Agent: Ishimaru & Zahrt LLP

20070257893 - Touch screen: A touch-sensitive sensor comprises a control circuit board and a sensor substrate which are fixed to a cover panel. Electrical connection terminals on the sensor substrate are adjacent an edge of the circuit board. To establish electrical connections between the sensor substrate and control circuitry on the circuit board, sprung... Agent: David Kiewit

20070257894 - Touch screen element: A capacitive two-dimensional (2D) touch panel has three sets of interleaved electrodes. A first set of electrodes is spaced apart along the y-direction and these are galvanically connected to each other by a resistive strip connected at either end to a connection line. A second set of electrodes is also... Agent: David Kiewit

20070257896 - Apparatus and method for inputting character using touch screen in portable terminal: An apparatus and method for inputting a character using a keyboard displayed on a touch screen in a portable terminal. The apparatus and method determines if a touch signal is generated, with the keyboard displayed. Upon generation of the touch signal, a touched character is recognized by analyzing the touch... Agent: Stimson, Shin & Associates, LLP

20070257891 - Method and system for emulating a mouse on a multi-touch sensitive surface: A computer implemented method for emulating a mouse with a multi-touch sensitive display surface. Sensing a touching, movement or tapping by one or several fingers or fist emulates mechanical mouse functionality. Sensing a first touching by a first finger at a first location on a multi-touch sensitive display surface and... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070257890 - Multipoint touch surface controller: A multipoint touch surface controller is disclosed herein. The controller includes an integrated circuit including output circuitry for driving a capacitive multi-touch sensor and input circuitry for reading the sensor. Also disclosed herein are various noise rejection and dynamic range enhancement techniques that permit the controller to be used with... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070257897 - Driver apparatus for offset cancel and amplifier apparatus for offset cancel thereof: A driver apparatus for offset cancel and an amplifier apparatus for offset cancel thereof are provided. The amplifier apparatus for offset cancel includes an offset cancellation unit and an amplifier unit. The offset cancellation unit determines the timing and state of an output control signal according to a latch signal... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070257899 - Printed circuit board module with single and double layer printed circuit boards: An exemplary printed circuit board (PCB) module (20) used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a single-layer PCB (31) and a double-layer PCB (32) configured to be electrically connected to the single-layer PCB. The single-layer PCB includes a first part of a signal processing circuit (23). The double-layer PCB... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070257898 - Driving integrated circuit and methods thereof: A driving integrated circuit (IC) and methods thereof are provided. The example driving IC may include a memory storing data for driving a panel of a display device and having a memory structure including at least one cell block, a scan register receiving data read from the memory and latching... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070257900 - Visual display device and method for switching a visual display device to an energy-saving state: A visual display device includes a display unit and a signal input for connection to a computer. The visual display device includes an energy-saving state controller with a monitoring unit for determining whether the image signals applied to the signal input satisfy predetermined criteria during a predetermined time. The energy-saving... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070257901 - Semiconductor chip for driving light emitting element, light emitting device, and lighting device: There is provided a light emitting device having a small area for mounting. The light emitting device of the invention includes a light emitting element having an electric signal terminal, that is driven to emit light by an electric signal given to the electric signal terminal from outside, and a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070257907 - Object processing apparatus and storage medium having object processing program stored thereon: An operation region is defined as being divided into at least two types of areas of a first area and a second area bordering on the first area. An indicated coordinate set is detected, and it is determined whether the indicated coordinate set is encompassed in the first area or... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070257908 - System and method for parsing point-cloud data: A method for parsing point-cloud data is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) receiving a point-cloud file from a database; (b) determining whether the point-cloud file is in a first format or a second format; (c) opening the point-cloud file in a binary data mode and transforming the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070257906 - Virtual suction tool: A touch-based computer graphics user interface enhances a stylus pen with virtual suction to create a virtual vacuum or suction tool. The virtual tool may simulate a physical world suction tool and/or provide capabilities not available in the real world. The virtual suction tool allows the user to feel as... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070257904 - Editing text within a three-dimensional graphic: A two-dimensional text editing mode is used when editing three-dimensional text. Once the three-dimensional text is selected for editing a two-dimensional text editing mode is automatically entered such that the user may easily edit the text. The two dimensional properties that are associated with the text are displayed within an... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070257903 - Geographic information system (gis) for displaying 3d geospatial images with reference markers and related methods: A geographic information system (GIS) may include a display, a GIS database, and a processor the processor may cooperate with the display and the GIS database to display a three-dimensional (3D) geospatial image including a plurality of spaced-apart reference markers therein. The reference markers may have different visual characteristics indicative... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070257905 - Optimizing a graphics rendering pipeline using early z-mode: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth an architecture for optimizing graphics rendering efficiency by advancing the Z-test operation prior to pixel shading whenever possible. The current rendering state, as maintained by the setup engine, determines whether advancing the Z-test function above the shader engine for “early” Z-testing is... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070257902 - Stereoscopic-vision image processing apparatus, stereoscopic-vision image providing method, and image display method: This invention provides a stereoscopic-vision image processing apparatus, a stereoscopic-vision image providing method, and an image display method that are capable of managing specification of display unit on which a stereoscopic-vision image is desired to be displayed as accessory information (assumed display information). The assumed display information includes a type... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070257909 - Direct inset beveling of geometric figures: Computer-generated images often contain two-dimensional objects that have been converted to three-dimensional objects. The three-dimensional objects appear even more visually appealing when edges of the three-dimensional objects are beveled. A direct insetting process computes a graph of how a shape changes as its edges are swept inwards (or outwards) independently... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070257910 - Method and apparatus for detecting plane, and robot apparatus having apparatus for detecting plane: In a plane detection apparatus, a plane detection unit (3) includes a line fitting block (4) to select a group of distance data points being in one plane from distance data forming an image and extract lines from the distance data point group, and a region growing block (5) to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070257912 - Method for locating underground deposits of hydrocarbon including a method for highlighting an object in a three dimensional scene: A method of highlighting a selected object in a 3D scene comprises: executing an off screen rendering software and, responsive thereto, generating a texture image containing an image of the visible parts of a selected object over a background color, and, in response to said texture image, executing an on... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions Attn: Danita Maseles, Patent Counsel

20070257911 - Cone-culled soft shadows: Soft shadows in computer graphics images are created by rendering the scene from the camera viewpoint and at least one light viewpoint. The positions of scene fragments and light fragments in the scene are stored. For each scene fragment, a frustum is defined between the position of the scene fragment... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070257913 - Graphics image rendering with radiance self-transfer for low-frequency lighting environments: Real-time image rendering of diffuse and glossy objects in low-frequency lighting environments captures soft shadows, interreflections, and caustics. As a preprocess, a global transport simulator creates functions over the object's surface representing transfer of arbitrary, low-frequency source lighting into exiting radiance, but including global effects like shadowing and interreflection from... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20070257915 - User interface device, user interface method and information storage medium: To allow a user to issue an adequate instruction concerning a process in connection with a plurality of discrete objects placed in a virtual space. A user interface device comprises a virtual space image display section for producing an image of a virtual space where a plurality of objects are... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070257914 - Image processing device, image processing method, and information storage medium: To provide an image processing device capable of improving visibility of an object when a picture of a virtual three-dimensional space is displayed. The image processing device is an image processing device for displaying an image representative of a picture of a water droplet object (42), a viewpoint (54) or... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070257916 - Multidimensional visualization of information and messages in a messaging system: The invention relates to a method and a computer program for displaying a plurality of electronic messages in a message system with the electronic messages being called up from one or more directories for electronic messages. In this case, a multidimensional diagram is first of all created on a graphics... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070257917 - Method, system, and computer program product for preventing characters from bypassing content filters: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for preventing characters (E.g., full width characters) from bypassing content filters. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: obtaining text to be analyzed; normalizing the text by subtracting an offset from a numeric codepoint... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070257918 - System and method for adding on-screen display information into a video signal: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system (100) that is adapted to process digital video data. An exemplary embodiment of the system (100) comprises a processor (110) that produces a digital video data stream (112), and a character generator (200) that is adapted to select a pixel data value from... Agent: Panasonic Automotive System Company Of America

20070257919 - System and method for using divided fonts to achieve proportional spacing: A method of printing of printing a string of characters includes receiving a sequence of character data codes. Each character data code corresponds to a respective character to be printed in the string of characters. The method also includes transcoding the sequence of character data codes to generate a sequence... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070257920 - System and method for providing customized 3d animations and fixed images for marketing materials: The present invention is directed to 3D animations and related images which can be customized to selectively insert characters from a database into the 3D animation. The database permits vendors or provider of service who can rely upon the general plot of the 3D animation to promote their goods or... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070257921 - Inertial field generator: a method for controllably coupling kinematic character motions to dynamically simulated elements: A method is described to let animators control the extent by which kinematically scripted character motions affect dynamically simulated objects' motions. The dynamic objects are connected to the kinematic character, such as clothing or hair, and the motion of the dynamic objects is simulated based on the motion of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP/pixar

20070257922 - Removable media device and image displaying system: An image displaying system includes: a removable media device; and an image processor. The image displaying system includes: a filename acquiring unit; a command outputting unit; a reduced image data outputting unit; and a thumbnail displaying unit. The filename acquiring unit acquires filename for each of at least one image... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070257923 - Methods and apparatus for harmonization of interface profiles: Methods and apparatus for harmonizing or unifying at least partly heterogeneous device profiles within electronic devices. In one embodiment, processing or protocol layers within two or more separate device profiles (such as for example the Embedded and External profiles of the UDI specification) are harmonized, thereby permitting the use of... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates, P.C.

20070257924 - Opengl to opengl/es translator and opengl/es simulator: Due to the lack of 3D applications based on the OpenGL|ES standard, a desire exists to run 3D applications based on the OpenGL standard on OpenGL|ES mobile devices such as cellular telephones. To address this desire, one must be able to translate function calls between OpenGL and OpenGL|ES. In supporting... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20070257925 - Partial display updates in a windowing system using a programmable graphics processing unit: Techniques to generate partial display updates in a buffered window system in which arbitrary visual effects are permitted to any one or more windows (e.g., application-specific window buffers) are described. Once a display output region is identified for updating, the buffered window system is interrogated to determine which regions within... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20070257926 - Hierarchical tiling of data for efficient data access in high performance video applications: In a video application, a method and system provide different sizes of data-fetch where the data transfer rate between a decoder and an external memory (e.g., DDR memory) is extremely high, as for example in HDTV systems. The invention in one form divides a reference frame into different tiles where... Agent: GlobalIPServices, PLLC

20070257928 - Bandwidth management through lighting control of a user environment via a display device: A system and method for controlling lighting conditions in a user environment whereby bandwidth consumption may be managed is disclosed. An inner frame area and an outer frame area adjust certain lighting conditions in the user environment in response to certain lighting conditions detected by the image capture device as... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070257927 - Image transmission system and image transmission method: An image transmission system which enables to perform various types of presentations and also to reduce a transmission path is provided. A PC (500) includes a display image generation unit (502), a layer capture unit (503) for sorting a layer composing a display image into a layer to be transmitted... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070257929 - Assigning color values to pixels based on object structure: Systems and methods are provided for assigning color values to pixels based on object structure. For example, when rendering a writing system symbol on an electronic display, a non-color characteristic of the symbol can be measured and the measurement can be used to select a color value for a pixel... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070257930 - Assigning color values to pixels based on object structure: Systems and methods are provided for assigning color values to pixels based on object structure. For example, when rendering a writing system symbol on an electronic display, a non-color characteristic of the symbol can be measured and the measurement can be used to select a color value for a pixel... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070257932 - Image processing apparatus and method for preventing degradation of image quality when bit format of image is converted: Provided is an image processing apparatus and method for preventing degradation of image quality occurring when a bit-format of an image is converted. When a raw image is converted to an image having specific color resolution, the image to be converted can maintain an image close to the raw image... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070257931 - Subpixel rendering filters for high brightness subpixel layouts: A display system comprises a display panel substantially comprising a subpixel repeating group tiled across the panel in a regular pattern. The subpixel repeating group comprises at least one white subpixel and a plurality of colored subpixels. The display system further comprises input circuitry configured to receive input image data... Agent: Clairvoyante, Inc.

20070257933 - Dynamic theme color palette generation: There is provided a method of changing a theme for a user interface of a computer system comprising receiving an identification of an image with which to define a color palette of a theme for rendering elements of a user interface on a color display of the computer system; analysing... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070257934 - System and method for efficient enhancement to enable computer vision on mobile devices: A system and method for using camera enabled personal digital assistant (PDA) or cell phone hardware to provide enhanced imaging capabilities. The system and method enhances images taken on a mobile camera device to enable the mobile device, for example, a personal digital assistant (PDA) or cell phone, to provide... Agent: 24ip Law Group Usa, PLLC

20070257935 - Advanced anti-aliasing with multiple graphics processing units: A method and apparatus for performing multisampling-based antialiasing in a system that includes first and second graphics processing unit (GPUs) that reduces the amount of data transferred between the GPUs and improves the efficiency with which such data is transferred. The first GPU renders a first version of a frame... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070257936 - Image generator: A method of generating an image on a display comprising a plurality of pixels from a vector description of a scene, comprising: sampling data from the vector description to provide data samples at locations defined in relation to the pixels, said locations comprising first and second locations at the edges... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070257937 - Methods and systems for automatically rendering information on a display of a building information system: A method, system and computer program product for automatically rendering information on a display screen of a building information system. Following generation of a plan image, such as a floor or site plan image, the plan image is modified and subsequently rendered on the display screen. The plan image is... Agent: Kris Fredrick Attorney, Intellectual Property

20070257938 - Element template system: An element template system allowing users to define a named set of element symbology properties to be associated with a graphic element is provided. When the element template is active, it sets the active drawing settings to match the template and associates newly created elements with the active template. Once... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070257939 - Method for image segmentation based on block clustering for improved processing of touching characters: A method and system is provided for segmenting scanned image data in accordance with mixed raster content processing for more efficient processing of non-uniform color touching objects. The scanned data is segmented to background and foreground layers wherein the foreground layer is comprised of a plurality of objects such as... Agent: Patrick R. Roche, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070257940 - Storage medium storing game image processing program, game image processing apparatus and game image processing method: A video game apparatus functioning as a game image processing apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU converts a resolution of a game image according to a game image processing program. A GPU draws an original game image on a frame buffer according to an instruction by the CPU. This... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20070257941 - Graphics controls for permitting background size changes: This invention provides systems and methods that allow a user to change the size of a background used with a graphics-based user interface. This enables tailored background sizes based on user preference and allowable conditions, which are particularly useful with display devices having a large display area. By custom sizing... Agent: William J. Plut Honeywood Technologies, LLC

20070257942 - Display apparatus and driving device for displaying: A generation circuit generates gray scale voltages having a plurality of levels for positive polarity and gray scale voltages having a plurality of levels for negative polarity; wherein said generation circuit, in the mode in which the number of colors to be displayed on a display panel is small, decreases... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070257944 - Color display system with improved apparent resolution: A full color display system comprised of: a) a display which is formed from a two-dimensional array of three or more differently colored light-emitting elements arranged in a repeating pattern forming a first number of full-color two-dimensional groups of light-emitting elements, each full-color group of light-emitting elements being formed by... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070257946 - Color display system with improved apparent resolution: A full-color display system having improved apparent resolution comprising: a display formed from an array of full-color groups of light-emitting elements each comprising more than one luma-chroma sub-group of light-emitting elements; and a processor for receiving a full color input image signal that specifies full color image values at each... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070257945 - Color el display system with improved resolution: A full color electro-luminescent display system, comprising: a display device comprised of a plurality of red, green, blue light-emitting elements and at least one additional color of light-emitting element having luminance efficiency greater than at least one of the red, green and blue light-emitting elements, wherein the light-emitting elements are... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070257943 - Method for rendering color el display and display device with improved resolution: A method for rendering a full-color image onto an image display device, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a full-color input image signal representing three or more spatially coincident color values at a plurality of different spatial locations in a two-dimensional image array; b) providing a display having a plurality... Agent: Paul A. Leipold Patent Legal Staff

20070252785 - Plasma display device and processing method thereof: A plasma display device is provided including: an ambient temperature detector which detects an ambient temperature; a display load factor detector which detects a display load factor; a sustain pulse number determiner which determines a sustain pulse number based on the ambient temperature and the display load factor; and a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070252791 - Charge pump type display drive device: An anode drive circuit is provided for each of organic EL elements constituting one row on a passive display panel. The anode drive circuit includes: a capacitor; two switches for permitting the capacitor to store charge by applying a charge voltage to a high-voltage terminal of the capacitor while holding... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070252790 - Display device and fabricating method thereof: A display device includes a substrate including a display region, and a reference voltage supplying unit disposed along at least one side of the display region which supplies a reference voltage to the display region, wherein the reference voltage supplying unit comprises; a first sub-supplying unit including a first voltage... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070252789 - Light emitting device and method of driving the same: The present invention relates to a light emitting device for preventing a cross-talk phenomenon and a pectinated pattern. The light emitting device includes data lines, scan lines, pixels and discharging circuit. The data lines are disposed in a first direction. The scan lines are disposed in a second direction different... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070252797 - Flat display and driving method thereof: A method for driving a flat display is disclosed. Each row of the flat display includes N pixels, that is used to display M pixel data in a row of a image frame, wherein M and N are positive integers and M is larger than N. The method includes, in... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070252794 - Image display apparatus: Provided is an image display apparatus including: a screen, on which a plurality of pixels operating in a diffusion mode and a transmission mode are arranged; a light source unit which irradiates a plurality of single color lights sequentially onto the screen; and a driving unit which converts the operating... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070252799 - Liquid crystal display panel having photoelectric cell unit and mobile phone using same: An exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) panel (22) includes a display area (251) and a non-display area (252). The non-display area has a photoelectric cell unit (254) provided thereat. The photoelectric cell unit is configured to generate electrical power when irradiated by light. An LCD device using the LCD panel,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070252798 - Liquid crystal display with image data inversion and driving method thereof: A driving circuit (25) for a liquid crystal display connecting to a host is provided. The driving circuit includes an image memory (251), a comparator (253), a counter (255) and an image converting means (259). The image memory stores a former frame's image data. The comparator compares a latter frame's... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070252796 - Reflection type liquid crystal display apparatus and substrate for reflection type liquid crystal display: In order to provide a reflection type liquid crystal display apparatus where, even when the pixel size is small, the crosstalk between a signal line and an end of a capacitor can be decreased, thus resulting in a good output image, by forming a signal line 2 for transmitting an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070252800 - Image projection apparatus: An image projection apparatus is disclosed which projects an image having a good color by reducing the influence of a lateral electric field in a liquid crystal display element (LCD). The apparatus includes three LCDs, each including two opposite electrodes. As the voltage applied to a liquid crystal layer is... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070252803 - Liquid-crystal-device driving method, liquid crystal device, and electronic apparatus: A method of driving a liquid crystal device having an optically compensated bend mode and including an image display area including a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged in a row direction in which a plurality of scanning lines extend and in a column direction in which a plurality of data... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070252779 - Image processing program and image display device: The program of the present invention is an image processing program for causing a computer to display images using a plurality of display devices, wherein the image processing program causes the computer to perform the steps of: (a) dividing a virtual space into a plurality of areas; (b) associating display... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070252780 - Liquid-crystal matrix display: A liquid crystal matrix display includes a matrix driver delivering at least a first frame section signal and a second frame selection signal and a first write device and a second write device associated with each pixel element of the matrix, wherein one of the write devices is connected to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070252781 - Method for controlling a display screen, in particular a plasma display screen, and device for same: A display screen is controlled through successive scans of the display screen. Each scan of the display screen includes a successive selection of rows of the display screen. For each row selected, and in accordance with a normal selection, a first column selection mode is implemented wherein a first selection... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20070252782 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus of the present invention comprises: a plurality of pixels for displaying an image on a screen; and a drive unit for outputting a drive signal for driving the plurality of pixels by interlace, the drive unit including a correction value outputting circuit for outputting a correction... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070252786 - Method and apparatus for driving a display panel: The invention provides for a method and display apparatus (10) having driving circuitry for driving a display panel (24) having a plurality of addressable discharge cells (26) driven by display pulses (DP), including the steps of applying data pulses (DAP) during the time interval between display pulses (DP) and characterized... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070252783 - Plasma display apparatus and driving method therefor: Provided is a plasma display apparatus having largely improved luminous efficiency while restraining cost increase of its driving circuit. A PDP 1 has an outer case formed by attaching a front panel 10 and a back panel 40, with barrier ribs 30 formed therebetween. Besides, a space created between the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20070252784 - Plasma display panel drive method and plasma display device: One field period is structured of a plurality of subfields (SF), each including an initializing period, writing period, and sustaining period. Performed in the initializing period of each SF is all-cell initializing operation for generating initializing discharge in all the discharge cells to be used for image display, or selective... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070252787 - Plasma display device: Initialization waveforms with different voltages are applied respectively to a predetermined subfield with a small number of sustain pulses, and a subfield with the smallest number of sustain pulses in subfields other than the predetermined subfield. This offers a plasma display device that achieves a correct write operation in all... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070252788 - Plasma display device and driving method thereof: A plasma display device. A plasma display panel includes a plurality of address electrodes, a plurality of scan electrodes, and a plurality of sustain electrodes. A temperature detector detects a temperature of the plasma display panel. A controller outputs a scan electrode driving signal to control a reset waveform to... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070252792 - Method of noisy signal analysis and apparatus thereof: A noisy signal analysis in which a threshold value is set to evaluate the presentation of the display device. The analysis can produce the range of noise level of the image for measuring the distortion block of image caused by the display devices. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a step function... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070252793 - Information display device: In an information display device having a display panel, wherein one or more kinds of display media are sealed between two opposed substrates, at least one of which is transparent, and wherein the display media, to which an electrostatic field is applied, are made to move so as to display... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070252795 - Method for driving display device, driving device, program for the driving device, storage medium,and display device: Based on each of video data repeatedly supplied to a pixel, a signal processing section generates video data (Dd) for an image display period to be supplied to the pixel and video data (Db) for a blanking period to be supplied to the pixel, and outputs the video data (Dd)... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070252801 - Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof: A liquid crystal display for automatically adjusting brightness of interference image displayed at ECB sub pixels of quad type cells of a liquid crystal display panel in accordance with brightness of a background screen is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes first to n-th look-up tables each holding a mapping... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070252802 - Driving method for increasing gray level: The present invention discloses a driving method for increasing gray level, wherein the PWM mode is added into the FRM mode, and the PWM mode is implemented with the common drive circuit; the section of the horizontal synchronous signal of a frame interval is divided into multiple sub-sections according to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070252804 - Display control system: A display control system for a multi-layer display system including at least one multi-layer display unit (6). A multi-layer display unit includes multiple stacked or overlapped display layers (1a, 1b, 1c, 14, 15) each adapted to render display elements (2, 16B, 17B, 18B) thereon for viewing through the uppermost display... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070252806 - Drive structure for a sequential rgb display: A drive structure is provided for a sequential Red-Green-Blue (RGB) display. One light receiving means receives part of light output from R, G, and B light sources and performs conversion to a current signal. Each light source driver performs a control operation for maintaining the light intensity of each light... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070252807 - Pulse driving circuit: An exemplary pulse driving circuit (200) includes a pulse generator (210) configured for generating a pulse signal for driving the pulse driving circuit; a capacitor (220); an NMOS (negative metal-oxide semiconductor) transistor (230) comprising a gate electrode configured to be connected to the pulse generator via the capacitor, a drain... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070252805 - Efficient lighting: A light source includes a plurality of lighting elements arranged to illuminate different regions of visual perception. Circuitry coupled to the light source is configured to supply power to a first subset of the lighting elements according to a first waveform and to a second subset of the lighting elements... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070252808 - Burning system having print interface for liquid crystal display: An exemplary burning system (20) for a liquid crystal display includes a VGA (video graphics array) interface (230), a DVI (digital visual interface) (240), an interface-inverting circuit (220) configured for selectively switching between connectivity with the VGA interface and connectivity with the DVI, and a host computer (250) including a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070252813 - 3d pointing devices and methods: Systems and methods according to the present invention address these needs and others by providing a handheld device, e.g., a 3D pointing device, which uses at least one sensor to detect motion of the handheld device. The detected motion can then be mapped into a desired output, e.g., cursor movement.... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20070252810 - Handheld electronic device having hidden sound openings offset from an audio source: An improved handheld electronic device has a case with an elongated cavity formed therein. An audio transducer is in fluid communication with the cavity, and a number of sound openings are formed in the case and are in fluid communication with the cavity and with the atmosphere surrounding the handheld... Agent: Brij K. Agarwal Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20070252812 - Method for visually representing personality type: An icon for indicating a person's personality type and a method for creating an icon that visually represents a person's personality type are disclosed. The personality type may be defined by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The method comprises selecting a shape based on the person's preferred approach to the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070252811 - Slip resistant and/or non-linear force response pedal peripheral device: Peripheral devices having one or more pedals are provided, wherein the peripheral devices are slip resistant with respect to a surface, such as a floor, upon which the peripheral devices are placed or positioned. A user of such peripheral devices can use a heel against the floor surface through the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070252809 - System and method of direct interaction between one or more subjects and at least one image and/or video with dynamic effect projected onto an interactive surface: The system of direct interaction between one or more subjects and at least one image and/or a video with dynamic effect projected onto an interactive surface includes an interactive station. The interactive station includes an integrated apparatus for the acquisition and processing of the information detected in the interactive area,... Agent: John S. Egbert Egbert Law Offices

20070252815 - Interactive game apparatus and game controller used in the same: An interactive game apparatus includes a game host and a game controller. The game host includes a game control module capable of running a game program and receiving at least one response signal outputted from the game control. The game controller includes a first motion sensor, a second motion sensor... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070252814 - Method and apparatus for detecting motion of image in optical navigator: A system and method for determining a motion vector uses both a main block from an image and at least one ancillary block relating to the main block from the image. The main block and ancillary block are then tracked from image to image to provide a motion vector. The... Agent: J. Nicholas Gross, Attorney

20070252816 - Wireless mouse: A wireless mouse includes a rotatable backdoor, a damper and a clasping member. The backdoor has an engaging element. The damper is mounted onto the lower base and includes a rotary member. When the clasping member is engaged with the engaging element, the backdoor is closed. Due to the rotational... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070252817 - Handheld wireless communication device: A handheld wireless communication device configured to send and receive text messages. The device is hand cradleable with an elongate body configured to be held in one hand by an operator during text entry. A display is located on a front face of the body and upon which information is... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP (rim Prosecution)

20070252818 - Method and apparatus for efficient data input: Visual and/or audible cues are used to assist users with data input on keyboards having keys associated with multiple input symbols or functions. Each input symbol or function has a correspondence to an input object, such as a finger. During key actuation, one or more input objects are detected. Candidate... Agent: Joseph A. Fuchs Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20070252820 - portable electronic device and a method of controlling the same: A portable communication device. The portable communication device comprises a touch screen, a key code generator, and a controller. The touch screen generates event information in response to a manipulation on the screen, wherein the event information specifies position information corresponding to the manipulation. The key code generator generates a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070252822 - Apparatus, method, and medium for providing area division unit having touch function: Provided are an apparatus, method, and medium for providing an area division unit having a touch pad function, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for providing an area division unit having a touch pad function which are capable of dividing a display screen of a display device into one... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070252824 - Image forming apparatus, setting input displaying method, program, and recording medium: The object is to provide an image forming apparatus that can easily input a setting value associated with a fractional number from a keypad. In a fractional number input mode, if a numeric value (i) is input from the numeric keypad, it is determined whether the numeric value is within... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070252823 - Information processing apparatus and operation control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display unit. A display portion is provided in the display unit. An antenna is provided in the display unit and radiates radio waves. When the display unit is used in a usage pattern where the antenna is located in a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070252825 - Touch panel: A touch panel of the invention comprises a first panel having a first film base with transparency and a first transparent conductive thin film provided on one surface of the first film base; and a second panel having a second film base with transparency and a second transparent conductive thin... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070252819 - Protective layer for use in computing devices with touch-sensitive surfaces: A computing device includes a touch-sensitive surface for receiving touch as input, and a housing structure having a tip segment that overlays the touch-sensitive surface. The tip segment forms a gap over the touch-sensitive surface. A first protective layer is positioned to contact the tip segment of the housing structure... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20070252821 - Use of a two finger input on touch screens: A system and method for detecting at least two-finger input on a touch screen of a display such as computer, etc. includes a display screen; a sensing grid arranged for sensing touch on said display screen; a plurality of electrodes connected electrically to the sensing grid. A controller receives an... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070252826 - Roller structure for input devices: A roller structure for input devices with improvement is disclosed. The roller structure of the present invention comprises a roller, a supporting seat, an encoder, a circuit board, a contact switch and a roller supporting seat. The supporting seat is disposed within the roller, and a space is provided on... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20070252828 - Display driver integrated circuit which stores output mode of driving circuit control signal in non-volatile memory and method of outputting the driving circuit control signal: A display driver integrated circuit (IC) that stores an output mode of driving circuit control signal in a non-volatile memory and a method of outputting the driving circuit control signal, wherein the display drive IC fixes the driving circuit control signal values using fixation wire disposed on top layers of... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070252829 - Electronic circuit, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus including the same: An electronic circuit, which has transistors disposed on a substrate, each transistor including an active layer made of thin-film polysilicon, includes a sensor that converts a measured quantity into a current value, a current-voltage conversion circuit that converts the current value into a voltage, and a voltage detection circuit that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070252827 - Information processing apparatus and operation control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display unit. A display portion is provided in the display unit. Antennas are provided in the display unit. The antennas include a first antenna which serves as a transmitting antenna and a second antenna which serves as a receiving antenna.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070252830 - Liquid crystal display device: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can obviate cutting off of a peripheral region of the liquid crystal display device which is provided with an inspection circuit and can surely perform the inspection of an image display even when the peripheral region is narrowed. On a... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070252831 - Methods and systems for compositing images: The present invention relates to a method of compositing multiple images together preferably to display a composite 3-dimensional image of a user's face combined with a new hair style for the user. The method executed by the present invention includes the steps of initially receiving a 3-dimensional image of a... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070252833 - Information processing method and information processing apparatus: A virtual space image including a feature point is generated by executing software which generates a virtual space image on the basis of a viewpoint and receives a variation upon changing the position and orientation of the viewpoint. The position and orientation of the viewpoint are obtained by using the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070252832 - System and method for operating in virtual 3d space and system for selecting an operation via a visualizing system: The system for performing ala operation in a virtual three dimensional space comprises a visualizing system for visualizing the virtual three dimensional space; a 3D position tracking system for marking, in the real three dimensional space, the real space position of the operation to be performed in the virtual three... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070252834 - Remotely viewing large tiled image datasets: Systems and methods are described for remotely viewing large tiled image datasets, such as global maps at multiple resolution levels. A voting schema immediately retrieves the image tiles in a multi-resolution image dataset that are most likely to provide temporary complete coverage of a given browser view while more numerous... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070252835 - Methods and systems for interactive signal analysis: Graphical user interfaces, methods and systems that enable the selection, grouping and analysis of data.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070252836 - Region of interest selector: A method for producing a region of interest on an image of a medical signal waveform acquired from a patient displayed on a computer screen includes the steps of receiving interaction to move through the image of the medical signal waveform; displaying guidelines on the image to define a region... Agent: Ge Medical System C/o Foley & Lardner LLP

20070252837 - Aggregation of curve effects: A system, a method and computer-readable media for aggregating curves. An aggregated curve is generated by associating input values from a first curve with output values from a second curve. This aggregated curve may be used, for example, to apply multiple curve effects to a digital image.... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070252838 - Super resolution encoded microprinting through postscript: A system facilitates printing of microtext. A processing component allows a user to create one or more microtext characters, wherein the characters are output as a data packet. An SRE code store receives and associates one or more SRE codes with the data packet, each SRE code is representative of... Agent: Patrick R. Roche, Esq. Ray, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070252839 - Method and a device for adjusting operating parameters of a robot, a program and a recording medium for the method: This method of adjusting the operating parameters of a robot to move an effector tool along a given path in an optimum cycle time comprises a step (140) of modifying the operating parameter values to cause the cycle time to approach its optimum value. During this step, the values of... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070252840 - Interface unit and apparatus with such an interface unit and process for generating an image signal containing color image data for activating a color monitor: An interface unit, a device with the interface unit and a process for generating an image signal containing color image data is provided for activating a color monitor from an image signal containing monochrome image data. The interface unit has an input terminal (16), an output terminal (17) and a... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070252841 - Image resource loading system and method which carries out loading of object for renewal of game screen: Disclosed are image resource loading system and method, the system comprising a basic recording space for partitioning a game map into at least one cell and maintaining an object by unit of the cell, a loading target identification unit identifying a cell becoming a target for loading and an object... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20070252842 - System and method for capturing and transposing vertically scanned documents in an imaging system: A system and method for capturing and transposing vertically scanned documents in an imaging system uses a paged buffer memory, such as DDR SDRAM. Images are captured in the paged buffer memory by writing the images into memory cells in a series of columns, and images are transposed by reading... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20070252843 - Graphics system with configurable caches: A graphics system includes a graphics processor and a cache memory system. The graphics processor includes processing units that perform various graphics operations to render graphics images. The cache memory system may include fully configurable caches, partially configurable caches, or a combination of configurable and dedicated caches. The cache memory... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070252844 - Assigning subpath attributes in a drawing: Techniques for assigning a subpath attribute to a subpath in a drawing are disclosed. One technique includes editing the drawing to define a current path having a current subpath, matching a previous vertex in a previous path with a current vertex in the current path, and assigning a current subpath... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20070252846 - Character highlighting control apparatus, display apparatus, highlighting display control method, and computer program: The present invention provides a character highlighting control apparatus including a character pixel extractor and a highlighting degree controller. The character pixel extractor is configured to extract a pixel corresponding to a character part from input image data. The highlighting degree controller is configured to carry out control in such... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070252845 - Image processing device emphasizing on texture, image processing program, electronic camera, and image processing method: An image processing device extracts a local variation component from color information in image data. Using the variation component of the color information, a pseudo-texture component of brightness information is produced. The thus produced pseudo-texture component is added to the brightness information. By this image processing, an image having improved... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070252847 - Metainformation add-on apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, methods of controlling same and programs for controlling same: Keywords are appended to an image portion in one portion of a color image. In order to achieve this, a color bar is displayed on the color image, a color is designated by the position of a mark in the color bar, an image portion having the designated color is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070252848 - Color conversion apparatus and color conversion method: The present invention generates a color conversion table which covers only a least minimum color gamut. Concretely, the invention has a color conversion table generating means for calculating a color gamut of a source color space based on a source device profile, when a color conversion table defined by a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070252849 - Device and method modifying image of color display: A color transformer of a colorful display includes storage, a data controller and a data processor. The data controller builds a multi-dimensional color lookup table and saves the multi-dimensional color lookup table to the storage to access it freely. The data processor sends color data to the data controller to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070252850 - Image processing method and image processing apparatus: Image processing method and image processing apparatus capable of reducing data volume further after JPEG compression are provided. RGB data is first converted into YUV data, and then scale conversion of luminance value and color-difference value of the YUV data is performed. Discrete cosine transform of the scale-converted YUV data... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070252851 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores first attribute data representing first attributes, which are attributes of content as an object to be played, and second attribute data representing second attributes, which are attributes of the first attributes, in association with each other, and a first display... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070252852 - Method and apparatus for a fast graphic rendering realization methodology using programmable sprite control: A technique for updating computer-graphic digital images comprises coding a position of pixels located in a foreground of a computer-graphic image frame; sending the coded positions of the pixels located in the foreground of the computer-graphic image frame to a frame buffer of a sprite controller; separating a background pixel... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070252853 - Method and apparatus to control screen orientation of user interface of portable device: A method and an apparatus to automatically switch a graphic user interface and a key interface of a portable electronic device between horizontal and vertical screen orientation modes based on screen orientation of the portable electronic device, the method including sensing a screen orientation of the portable electronic device and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070252854 - Audio visual system and rotating unit thereof: An audio visual system includes a display unit, a sound unit and a rotating unit. The display unit is configured to be rotated horizontally by receiving a control signal. The sound unit includes a center speaker and a side speaker. The center speaker is disposed at the display unit and... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070252855 - Multi-mode pulse width modulated displays: Methods, apparatus, and pulse width modulating a display include receiving image data and generating pulse data to be written to rows of pixels in a display. The data include a pulse width modulated drive sequence that writes data to selected rows on a first phase of a clock and terminates... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070252856 - Gray scale drive sequences for pulse width modulated displays: Methods, apparatus, and systems for generating drive sequences for pulse width modulated displays are described. A pulse width modulated signal that includes a drive sequence of temporal segments that are activated and deactivated to produce a desired gray scale. The temporal segments can be non-binary, non-equally weighted. The drive sequence... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP