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

20090267867 - Display extension of portable devices: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to establish a temporary short range wireless link between at least one portable device and a public display having public content displayed on a first portion of the public display, provide a display area for the portable device in a second portion of the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090267866 - Laptop computer with a back to back display: A back-to-back dual display laptop notebook computer enables a presenter and recipient passive viewers sitting opposite to each other to simultaneously view the back-to-back display through a master display and a slave display, respectively, with master and slave display units selectively switched off for use as a normal laptop computer,... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090267868 - Display device: A display device includes a display screen including (i) a normal display area for normal display, and (ii) a DV display area for a DV display area. Pixel columns corresponding to the DV display area are provided in a fixed order in accordance with directions in which images are respectively... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090267869 - Ornamental display device: An ornamental display device having an interferometric modulator for displaying an ornamental image. The ornamental device may also have a signal receiver configured to receive an external signal. The ornamental device may further have a processor configured to control an image on the display based on the external signal. The... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090267870 - Circular displays: A rollable circular display device (10) is disclosed, comprising, in one embodiment, a ring-shaped display (6) expandable in two dimensions between a stored configuration and an expanded configuration and a body for winding the ring-shaped display in the stored configuration. In another embodiment, the rollable circular display device (10) comprises... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090267872 - Electronic book with built-in card scanner: An electronic book includes a housing defining a card slot on a first face thereof, the housing including first and second housing portions; a spine member pivotally coupling the first and second housing portions, the spine defining a cavity therein; a screen display mounted on the housing on a second... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090267871 - Switching circuit, pixel drive circuit, and sample-and-hold circuit: At least two FETs are provided having controlled terminals serially connected to each other between an input terminal and an output terminal. The FET are alternatingly driven to “off” via the controlled terminals when an “off” command is present, and the FETs are simultaneously driven to “on” via the controlled... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090267874 - Active matrix type display apparatus: An active matrix type display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix on a substrate, each pixel including, a display element, a driving transistor which controls the light emitting current, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first switch which is on/off controlled by a first control... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090267873 - Electrooptic apparatus substrate and examining method therefor and electrooptic apparatus and electronic equipment: An electrooptic apparatus substrate and examination method therefor can be provided which can implement an examination without requiring bringing a probe into contact thereto from the outside and with satisfactory measuring accuracy. A substrate 1 of the present invention includes a video line 7 and transmission gate portion 6 through... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090267875 - Auto-addressing method for series circuit and auto-detecting method for detecting the number of circuits connected in series: An auto-addressing method for a series circuit and an auto-detecting method for detecting the number of circuits connected in series are disclosed. The series circuit includes a number of same integrated circuits connected in series. The auto-detecting method is based on the auto-addressing method. In the auto-addressing method, the integrated... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090267878 - Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same: A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a timing signal multiplying circuit generating a first timing signal and a second timing signal whose frequency is higher than a frequency of the first timing signal, a frame counter detecting a... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090267877 - Liquid crystal on silicon panel: The LCoS panel includes a display region, an odd and an even data drivers, and a data-line testing unit. The display region includes a plurality of pixel cells formed at each intersection of a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines. The data lines include a plurality... Agent: J C Patents

20090267876 - Methods and systems for image compensation for ambient conditions: Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for compensating an image for various ambient illumination conditions. In some embodiments, an image is compensated by modifying image code values to account for ambient conditions.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20090267879 - Liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel for performing color display, and a backlight unit that includes RGB-LEDs and white LEDs. The RGB-LEDs and the white LEDs are different from each other in color difference between a white point and each primary color point in the... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090267881 - Liquid crystal display: A data converter divides input data into first subframe data and latter subframe data, and the latter subframe data is given to a data serial-parallel converter and serial-parallel converted. The first subframe data is given to a line memory group, and given to an overdrive operation circuit after a given... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090267880 - Liquid crystal display device: A pixel has a first liquid crystal domain. In the first liquid crystal domain, first and second pretilt directions of liquid crystal molecules, defined by first and second alignment films, respectively, intersect with each other at substantially right angles. Also, in the first liquid crystal domain, when a signal voltage... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090267882 - Common voltage generator, display device including the same, and method thereof: The common voltage generator includes an operational amplifier and a plurality of switches. The operational amplifier is configured to amplify a difference between a first voltage and a second voltage and to output the amplified voltage as a common voltage. The plurality of switches are configured to transmit a third... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090267883 - Driving circuit of liquid crystal display: A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display includes: a timing controller to output a gate control signal and a data control signal to control driving of a gate driving unit and a data driving unit and to output digital video data; a pair of gate driving units to be... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090267884 - Liquid crystal display device and method for driving same: A drive circuit of a liquid crystal display device performs line inversion drive based on a correction video signal V. A look-up table (12) includes two types of tables having stored therein correction values for use in overshoot drive. Based on a current-frame video signal X, a previous-frame video signal... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090267885 - Pixel circuitry and driving method thereof: A pixel circuitry for a display apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The pixel circuitry includes a storage element, a scan switch, a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The scan switch delivers a pixel signal to the storage element in response to a scan signal... Agent: J C Patents

20090267886 - Potential generation circuit and liquid crystal display device: A potential generation circuit and a liquid crystal display device are provided that are capable of reducing power consumption with a simple circuit configuration. The potential generation circuit is a potential generation circuit for generating a common potential that is applied to a capacitive load, and includes a differential amplifier... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090267887 - Data driving circuit, display apparatus and control method of display apparatus: A data driving circuit includes a shift register unit and a level shift unit. The level shift unit is electrically connected with the shift register unit and a plurality of data lines, respectively. The shift register unit receives a clock signal and at least one input image signal, and generates... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090267888 - Overdriving apparatus and method thereof: An overdriving apparatus and an overdriving method for a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel are disclosed. The overdriving apparatus includes a temperature measuring apparatus and an overdriving signal generator apparatus. The temperature measuring apparatus is coupled to the overdriving signal generator apparatus. The temperature measuring apparatus measures an operation temperature... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090267889 - Display device: A display device capable of simplifying the structure and improving the reliability is disclosed. The display device includes an LCD module having a top case formed of metal, a glass substrate arranged on the LCD module, an infrared ray emitting module arranged to face three side surfaces of the LCD... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090267890 - Method of local dimming a light source, light source apparatus for performing the method, and display apparatus having the light source apparatus: In a method of local dimming a light source, which includes driving a light source including a plurality of light-emitting blocks by individually driving the light-emitting blocks, the dimming level of each light-emitting block is determined. In the method, the luminance of a first light-emitting area may be adjusted according... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090267891 - Virtual paper: A virtual paper system configured to receive, store and display data. The virtual paper system comprises a virtual paper device having processing electronics and a memory device coupled to the processing electronics. The virtual paper device further includes a display coupled to processing electronics and configured to be viewed from... Agent: Bamidele Ali

20090267894 - Operational object controlling device, system, method and program: An operational object controlling device including a motion detection unit, a motion obtaining unit, a motion feature quantities extraction unit, a template storage unit, an operational object motion storage unit, a motion feature quantities transform unit and an operational object motion obtaining unit. The motion obtaining unit obtains the user's... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20090267892 - System and method for generating energy from activation of an input device in an electronic device: In this disclosure, a description of a system for providing feedback signals relating to input signals provided to an electronic device is provided. The system comprises: an input device; a transducer associated with the input device; and a feedback module to generate a feedback signal indicating activation of the input... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20090267893 - Terminal device: An operation estimating portion 2 estimates an input operation on the basis of motions of a nail and a finger which are shot, the directions, the number thereof or others. On the basis of estimation results of the input operation, a controller 3 controls display content on a display 4... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090267896 - Input device: According to one embodiment, an input device includes: a sensor part configured to detect a hand-writing operation; an input recognition part configured to recognize a content from the writing operation detected by the sensor part; a storage part configured to store a conversion command database in which to associate the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090267895 - Pointing and identification device: A pointing and identification device (PID) allows the user to point at objects in the real world, on television or movie screens, or otherwise not on the computer screen. The PID includes a digital camera and one or both of a laser and a reticle for aiming the digital camera.... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090267898 - Input apparatus and control system: An input apparatus includes: a casing; a sensor module that includes a reference potential and outputs, as a detection signal, a fluctuation of a potential with respect to the reference potential, that corresponds to a movement of the casing; a velocity calculation unit to calculate a pointer velocity value as... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090267897 - Remote control transmitter: A remote control transmitter detects motion in a specific direction or in a rotational direction around a specific axis: The transmitter includes a battery placed on a bottom surface side within a case containing circuitry of the transmitter. The bottom surface side has a convex surface, with a center of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090267899 - Optical sensor module for optical pointing device and method of fabricating the same: An optical sensor module for an optical pointing device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The optical sensor includes: a lead frame having a light receiving hole formed in a pad; an image sensor attached to the pad and detecting light emitted from a light source through... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090267900 - Operation method of user interface and computer readable medium and portable device: An operation method of a user interface suitable for performing an input operation on an input panel displayed on a display is provided. The input panel comprises a plurality of keys. The operation method includes deciding an input command through one of the keys of the input panel. Then, a... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090267901 - Apparatus and method for inputting characters in a terminal: A character input apparatus and method in a terminal are provided, in which a touch screen displays a first key set and a second key set. The first key set includes first letter keys with all consonants and a second letter key with symbols indicating Tm and positions of predetermined... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090267905 - Cursor input device with dual input modes: A cursor input device with dual input modes is provided, including a control computing module, a coordinate sensing module, a first analog multiplexing module, a first signal processing module, a second analog multiplexing module and a second signal processing module, where the coordinate sensing module further including a touch sensing... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20090267912 - Display and operation device, operation device, and program: A display and operation device includes a display unit; a touch panel disposed on a display panel of the display unit; and a control unit for displaying a plurality of icons as an operation screen on the display panel of the display unit, the size of each of the plurality... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090267910 - Electronic device and automatically hiding keypad method and digital data storage media: A method for automatically hiding keypad, an electronic device, and a digital data storage medium are provided. The keypad automatically hiding method is applied to an electronic device having a touch screen. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, an input field and a keypad are shown on the touch... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090267909 - Electronic device and user interface display method thereof: An electronic device and a user interface display method thereof are provided. The method organizes a plurality of computer programs and a web browser executable on the electronic device into a virtual book. Each page of the virtual book includes a user interface of one of the computer programs or... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090267904 - Electronic device including touch-sensitive input surface and method of determining user-selected input: A method of determining input at a touch-sensitive input surface of a portable electronic device includes detecting a touch event at the touch-sensitive input surface, sampling touch attributes during the touch event, determining an actual touch location and determining at least one shift in touch location based on the touch... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20090267907 - Information processing apparatus, display controlling method and program thereof: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, includes a display module which comprises a touch sensor on a display surface, a detecting module which detects a range surrounded by a position where a user's finger touches the display surface of the display module, and a position where the user's... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090267915 - Input arrangement for controlling electronic device: An input arrangement for controlling an electronic device. The arrangement comprises a substrate have a position-coding pattern printed thereon. The position-coding pattern codes first and second sets of absolute positions on spatially separate areas of the substrate. The first and second sets of absolute positions are mutually exclusive and coded... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090267903 - Multi-touch detection panel with disambiguation of touch coordinates: An multi-touch detection system (100) separately determines each of the coordinates of multiple touches and is able to correctly pair the coordinates, the touch panel includes multiple (e.g., two or four) separate sections (104, 106, 404, 406, 504, 506, 508, 510) to detect touches in different areas. The system (100)... Agent: Motorola Inc

20090267914 - Multi-touch touch screen with single-layer ito bars arranged in parallel: A touch screen includes a plurality of single-layer ITO bars having a substantially rectangular shape and arranged in parallel to each other in order to detect touches on the touch screen. The location of a touch on the touch screen in the direction along an ITO bar is determined by... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090267902 - Touch panel: It includes a panel 12 constituting a display screen and an elongated piezoelectric element 16 disposed and secured along each of at least two edges of the panel 12 crossing each other. It includes a pressed position calculating circuit 20 for calculating a position in the panel 12 which has... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090267913 - Touch panel and manufacturing method of the same: A touch panel includes a first support, a second support, a first resistive layer formed on the first support, a second resistive layer formed on the second support, a first conductor pattern including a first electrode portion that extends in a first direction, and a first end portion and a... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090267911 - Touch screen: The present invention discloses a touch screen comprising a flexible print circuit board, an electrically conducting layer, and a flexible control board. The flexible print circuit board has a functional plane, and the functional plane comprises a plurality of electrically conducting areas. Each of the electrically conducting areas is capable... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090267908 - Touch screen device comprising a graphic interface and a control method of the touch screen: A touch screen device comprising a graphic interface and a control method of the touch screen are provided. The touch screen device comprises a monitor and a touch sensing pad. The touch sensing pad is used to sense a touching activity. The monitor is electrically connected to the touch sensing... Agent: Chih Feng Yeh Brian M. Mcinnis

20090267906 - Touch sensitive apparatus: An apparatus includes a touch sensitive input panel operable to detect a location of a touch input and a pressure pad arranged to detect a force due to the touch input.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090267916 - Ground guard for capacitive sensing: A touch sensor panel is disclosed including the use of ground guards or ground isolation bars to improve the touch event detection capabilities of the touch sensor panel. Ground isolation bars can be formed between connecting traces and adjacent sense lines to shunt near-field lines to ground and reduce unwanted... Agent: Apple C/o Morrison And Foerster ,llp Los Angeles

20090267917 - Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same: A liquid crystal display includes a transparent conductive layer on an first substrate of a liquid crystal display panel transmitting display light, an insulating layer on the transparent conductive layer, a sensing circuit to generate a touch or non-touch sensing signal based on changes in the amount of surface charge... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090267918 - Method for detecting users' pressing action and optical operating unit: A method for detecting users' pressing action is applied to an electronic apparatus which has at least an optical operating unit for an user to operate the electronic apparatus. The method includes the steps of detecting a deformation of a forcing object which forces the optical operating unit; and determining... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090267919 - Multi-touch position tracking apparatus and interactive system and image processing method using the same: The present invention provides a multi-touch position tracking technique and an interactive system and a multi-touch interactive image processing method using the same. In the present invention, a light guide element is designed to comprise frustrating structures to frustrate total internal reflection (TIR) so that the light beam therein can... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090267921 - Programmable tactile touch screen displays and man-machine interfaces for improved vehicle instrumentation and telematics: Disclosed are new methods and apparatus particularly suited for applications in a vehicle, to provide a wide range of information, and the safe input of data to a computer controlling the vehicle subsystems or “Telematic” communication using for example GM's “ONSTAR” or cellular based data sources. Preferred embodiments utilize new... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20090267920 - System and method for generating a feedback signal in response to an input signal provided to an electronic device: The disclosure relates to a system for providing feedback signals to input signals provided to an electronic device is provided. The system comprises: a display; an input device; an input module to detect activation of the input device; and a input module to generate a feedback signal for the electronic... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20090267922 - Contact-sensing device, mobile information terminal, and capacitance calibration program and method: A contact-sensing device includes a capacitance contact-sensing unit including contact-sensing areas configured to at least detect contact with an external object; a calibration-value setting unit configured to set a calibration value to be used to calibrate capacitances of the contact-sensing areas on the basis of capacitances of the contact-sensing areas... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090267923 - Digital bookclip: The described embodiments present a system and method for obtaining a portion of a digital document from a printed version of the document. Locations where a smart pen device interacts with a digital bookclip aligned relative the printed document are identified via coordinate sets. A digital document associated with the... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090267924 - Drive circuit, display device provided with such drive circuit and method for driving display device: While an output signal of a flip-flop is inactive in a shift register, NAND circuits of clock pulse extracting sections prevent the performing of conduction switching operation in accordance with periodic level change of clock signals between a logical derivation path for High output and a logical derivation path for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090267926 - Method for driving light source blocks, driving unit for performing the method and display apparatus having the driving unit: A display apparatus includes light source blocks driven as follows in displaying at least one frame (possibly every frame). An image to be displayed includes image pixels. Each light source block corresponds to an image pixels block which is a block of image pixels to be displayed directly opposite to... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090267925 - Signal transmission system of a flat panel device: A signal transmission system of a flat panel device includes an encoder, a transmitter, a receiver, and a decoder. The encoder converts a digital signal to a switch control signal. The transmitter includes 4n signal-lines for transmitting a current signal according to the switch control signal. The receiver includes 4n... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090267927 - Display apparatus and method for supplying power to display apparatus: A display apparatus and a method for supplying power thereto are provided. The display apparatus includes an interface which is connected to an external device and which receives image data and input power from the external device, a display unit which displays the received image data, and a control unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090267928 - Display devices: A drive circuit of a display device comprising a capacitive display (H1) and a further display H2. The drive circuit is arranged to provide to the capacitive display, such as an electroluminescent display, an AC drive signal at a first, high voltage from a low voltage power source such that,... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090267930 - Lcd and overdrive method of the same: In an overdrive method, target level values of an entire frame are inputted and retained in a first frame memory. According to a combination of a target level value and a currently predicted level value, an overdrive value is obtained from a first data table and an expected predicted level... Agent: Liu & Liu

20090267931 - Liquid crystal display device: The present invention realizes an optimum driving method in a miniaturized liquid crystal display device having two liquid crystal display panels so as to realize the low power consumption. The liquid crystal display device includes a first liquid crystal display panel, a second liquid crystal display panel, a drive circuit... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090267929 - Method of reducing off-current of a thin film transistor for display device and circuit for the same: A method of applying an OFF-state offset to a display device includes: supplying a ground voltage from a data driving circuit; to a source electrode of a thin film transistor supplying a gate voltage from a gate driving circuit to a gate electrode of the thin film transistor, the gate... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090267933 - Buffer and organic light emitting display using the same: A buffer and an organic light emitting display using the same that reduces (or prevents) a signal of the organic light emitting display from being delayed by improving an output signal of the buffer. The buffer includes an input unit between a first power source and a second power source... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090267932 - Driving unit: A driving unit comprises a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, and a plurality of control terminals. The first multiplexer and the second multiplexer individually include an input and a plurality of outputs. Each of the inputs is configured to receive a first polar signal and a second polar signal. Each... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090267934 - Method and device for selective adjustment of hysteresis window: The width and location of a hysteresis window of an interferometric modulator may be altered by adjusting various physical characteristics of the interferometric modulator. Thus, depending on the particular application for which the interferometric modulators are manufactured, the width and location of the hysteresis window may be altered. For example,... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090267935 - Light emitting display, display panel, and driving method thereof: A light emitting display for compensating for the threshold voltage of transistor or mobility and fully charging a data line. A transistor and first through third switches are formed on a pixel circuit of an organic EL display. The transistor supplies a driving current for emitting an organic EL element... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090267936 - Light emitting display, display panel, and driving method thereof: A light emitting display for compensating for the threshold voltage of transistor or mobility and fully charging a data line. A transistor and first through third switches are formed on a pixel circuit of an organic EL display. The transistor supplies a driving current for emitting an organic EL element... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090267937 - Floating transitions: A computer implemented method and apparatus for floating object transitions. In one embodiment, tracking data identifying a location of an avatar in relation to a range of an object in a virtual universe is received. The range comprises a viewable field. In response to the tracking data indicating an occurrence... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090267939 - Input device of computer system and method for operating computer system: An input device of a computer system and a method for operating the computer system are provided. In the method for operating the computer system, a motion state of the input device in three-dimensional space is detected first. Then, a predetermined code is generated at an operation terminal or a... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090267940 - Method and apparatus for curved multi-slice display: A method of generating a curved multi-slice display (50) comprises selecting a multi-planar reconstruction (MPR) source view from ultrasound data representative of a 3D volume of at least one structure in a body, generating a reference view (40) from the source view, the reference view including a reference point (42)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090267938 - Three-dimensional (3d) virtual world wormholes: A three dimensional (3D) virtual world wormhole includes hosting a 3D virtual world, and creating a wormhole at a selected location in the 3D virtual world for automatic transport of an avatar from the selected location to a selected destination in the 3D virtual world. Policies may be defined for... Agent:

20090267941 - Multi-surface modelling: Modeling of organ surfaces is a well-established method that may serve in computer-supported teaching, but also in image-based medical diagnosis and in clinical interventions. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a method of constructing a multi-surface model from a multi-dimensional dataset of an object of interest is... Agent:

20090267942 - Image processing device, control method for image processing device and information recording medium: To provide an image processing device capable of preferably producing a picture in which the shade expressed on a surface of an object will change according to change in the posture of the object. A pseudo-normal vector information storage unit (60a) stores a posture condition concerning a posture of the... Agent:

20090267943 - Game machine, game image processing method, and information storage medium: When a viewpoint moves in a game space, the movement of the viewpoint is reflected in a game screen image to thereby improve the realism. A game machine for producing a screen image on a real time basis, the screen image showing a picture obtained by viewing from a predetermined... Agent:

20090267944 - Method for display of digital images: A method of displaying and manipulating a digital image is presented. The system extracts information from an image and from the display and display drivers to determine presentation parameters. The user may select various functions to present the image in a desired manner.... Agent:

20090267946 - Systems and methods for displaying and querying heterogeneous sets of data: A visualization system for heterogeneous data sets comprises: a unique visualization interface created by a visualization engine. The visualization interface comprises a window or canvas having a first area defining a center of attention, second area defining a parameter space and a plurality of correlation elements. The first area is... Agent:

20090267945 - Visualization of quantitative mri data by quantitative tissue plot: In a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging display system, the values of at least two quantitative MR parameters for a given Region of Interest (ROI) are displayed and dynamically updated when the ROI is changed.... Agent:

20090267947 - Method and apparatus for data preview: A method and apparatus for displaying information on a device acquiring data is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving an input data, generating a version of the received input data to be displayed in accordance with one or more display parameters and displaying the generated version of the... Agent:

20090267948 - Object based avatar tracking: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for object based avatar tracking. In one embodiment, a range for an object in a virtual universe is identified. The range comprises a viewable field of the object. Avatars in the viewable field of the object are capable of viewing the... Agent:

20090267949 - Spline technique for 2d electronic game: A technique for generating splines in two dimensions for use in electronic game play is disclosed. The technique includes generating a computer graphic of a shape to be animated that is formed by one or more splines. The shape also includes at least one joint. When the position or orientation... Agent:

20090267950 - Fixed path transitions: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for fixed path transitions in a virtual universe environment. In one embodiment, tracking data that identifies a location of an avatar in relation to a range of an object in a virtual universe is received. The range comprises a viewable field.... Agent:

20090267951 - Method for rendering fluid: A method for rendering fluid is provided. First, state information of a plurality of fluid particles is provided, wherein the state information records whether the fluid particles are located above or under a fluid surface and the interactions between the fluid particles and a terrain or the dynamic objects. Then,... Agent:

20090267953 - Controller and driver features for bi-stable display: The invention comprises systems and methods for partitioning displays, and in particular, displays of interferometric modulator displays. In one embodiment, a display system includes one driving circuit configured to provide signals based on video data intended for display, and a bi-stable display comprising an array having a plurality of bi-stable... Agent:

20090267952 - Method and appratus for wirelessly transmitting display signals, and dislay device: The present invention discloses an apparatus for wirelessly transmitting display signals between a plurality of external host device and a display device. The apparatus comprises a wireless signal transceiver unit for establishing a network-transmission-protocol-based high-frequency signal channel for respective external host devices; a main controller, connected to the wireless signal... Agent:

20090267954 - Personal electronic device with display switching: A novel personal electronic device includes a first (embedded) and second (non-embedded) processors including associated operating systems and functions. In one aspect, the first processor performs relatively limited functions, while the second processor performs relatively broader functions under control of the first processor. Often the second processor requires more power... Agent:

20090267955 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus is configured to rasterize an object into a bitmap using a first memory and a second memory which can be accessed quicker than the first memory. The image processing apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of objects to be rasterized on the... Agent:

20090267956 - Systems, methods and articles for video capture: Video capture of the output of a computer game is achieved by recording, analyzing and compressing source data output by the computer game, wherein the source data is pre-rasterized graphics data generated by a graphics library. Thus, video capture and subsequent playback of the captured video data involves use of... Agent:

20090267958 - Image viewing using multiple individual settings: A method of displaying an image having at least two different image settings comprises the steps of providing at least three different partial images, and displaying the at least three partial images. A first and second pair of partial images constitute the image having a first image setting and the... Agent:

20090267957 - Partial window visibility: A video encoder/adapter comprises a virtual display module for partial rendering of a software application image. The virtual display module presents to the software application a virtual display device upon which the software application window is displayed. From the virtual display device, the user identifies one or more portions of... Agent:

20090267959 - Technique for visually compositing a group of graphical objects: Embodiments of a method for visually compositing a group of objects in an image are described. During operation, a processor determines a modified opacity for a first object in a first group of objects based on a first group opacity for the first group of objects and an initial opacity... Agent:

20090267960 - Color modification of objects in a virtual universe: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for modifying an object. In one embodiment, the process obtains avatar tracking data that identifies a location of an avatar in relation to a range of an object. The range includes a viewable field. The process then calculates modified pixel color... Agent:

20090267961 - Display apparatus and its control method: An image display apparatus for displaying an image on the basis of image data includes a detector for detecting a size of a color region of a predetermined color on the basis of the image data, and a converter for converting the image data of the color region in accordance... Agent:

20090267962 - Flat panel display and method of driving the same: A flat panel display, which can save manufacturing costs and allow various types of dither masks to be applied, and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The flat panel display includes a look-up table (LUT) storing one dither mask, which is used to algorithmically generate additional dither masks. The dither... Agent:

20090267967 - Color temperature correction device and display device: A color temperature correction device corrects, in a display device that represents brightness of RGB of a video signal by a plurality of levels of gray scales, a color temperature of the video signal. The color temperature correction device includes: a recording means of storing a gray scale value conversion... Agent:

20090267965 - Data driving circuits for low color washout liquid crystal devices: A data driving circuit for a low color wash-out liquid crystal display includes a serial-to-parallel conversion module for converting to output a plurality of sequentially received pixel data in parallel, a compensation data generation module for performing a function operation for the plurality of pixel data to generate a plurality... Agent:

20090267970 - Driving methods for bistable displays: The disclosure relates to driving methods for bistable displays, in particular, driving methods comprising interleaving driving waveforms.... Agent:

20090267968 - Gamma curve compensating method, gamma curve compensating circuit and display system using the same: An exemplary gamma curve compensating method is used in a displaying process of a display system for inserting a plurality of grey-scale images to adjust the displaying quality of the display system. A grey-scale luminance of each grey-scale image is one of the grey-scales. The gamma curve compensating method includes:... Agent:

20090267969 - Image display device having memory property, driving control device and driving method to be used for same: There is provided an image display device capable of obtaining a renewed screen giving normal feelings by simple LUT (Look Up Table) adjustment even at a time of displaying with multiple gray levels. A screen of the electronic paper section making up the display device is renewed by driving for... Agent:

20090267964 - Indicator device with a barrier discharge lamp for backlighting: The invention relates to an indicator device with a barrier discharge lamp that allows a sequential backlighting process by means of the separate operation of electrode groups.... Agent:

20090267963 - Liquid crystal display device: A control section (6) merely passes an incoming image data signal DAT onto a source driving section for display driving during the display of a still image. During the display of a moving image, the control section (6) converts, using a computing section (61) and a look-up table (5), a... Agent:

20090267971 - 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:

20090267972 - 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:

20090267973 - Organic light emitting display device and driving method for the same: An organic light emitting display device is provided. The device includes a photo sensor adapted to: sense a brightness of ambient light; output a pulse width of an emission control signal corresponding to a sensed brightness of the ambient light; and output a gamma compensation coefficient corresponding to the sensed... Agent:

20090267966 - Plasma display apparatus: A plasma display apparatus that can reduce a manufacturing cost even while embodying a screen ratio of 16:9 by adjusting the number of the third electrode formed in the rear substrate is provided. The plasma display apparatus comprises: a plasma display panel comprising an electrode; and a driver for supplying... Agent:

20090267974 - Method for driving plasma display panel: A plasma display device and a method for driving a Plasma Display Panel (PDP), which can reduce power consumption without causing display malfunction or reducing image quality, are provided. When the input of an image signal is stopped or when an input image signal is in an entirely-black image state,... Agent:

20090262044 - Display device: In a head-mounted display (1), functions of a cross key (7) are displayed on a display section (6) immediately after the power is turned on, as shown in A in FIG. 1(a). The functions displayed are FF (fast forward), REW (rewind), Vol+ (increase sound volume), and Vol− (decrease sound volume),... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090262045 - In-vehicle display apparatus: There is provided an in-vehicle display apparatus including a display unit that displays different images to be seen from a driver's seat side and a passenger's seat side; and an image control unit that causes the driver's seat side to display a navigation image, when operation mode is switched from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090262050 - Display device: A display device in which the current load of wirings are distributed and display variations due to voltage drop are suppressed. An active matrix display device of the invention comprises a first current input terminal, a second current input terminal, and a plurality of current supply lines extending parallel to... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20090262047 - El display panel and electronic apparatus: Disclosed herein is an electroluminescence display panel including pixel circuits corresponding to an active-matrix drive system, the electroluminescence display panel including a structure configured to include first light-emitting areas corresponding to an emission color that is strongest in a characteristic of changing a threshold voltage of a thin film transistor... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090262048 - Flat panel display device, method of aging the same, and method of testing lighting of the same: A flat panel display device formed in a pentile structure is provided, which includes a pixel portion and a lighting tester. The pixel portion includes a first pixel column, a second pixel column and a third pixel column. In the first pixel column, first pixels for displaying a first color... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell & Law Firm

20090262046 - High aperture ratio pixel layout for display device: A display device, pixel layout and method of forming the same is provided. The display device includes: a plurality of pixels formed in a pixel array area; and a power supply grid for distributing power to the pixels. Each pixel has a light emitting device and a plurality of transistors.... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20090262049 - Organic light-emitting substrate, method of manufacturing the same, and organic light-emitting display device having the same: An organic light-emitting substrate includes a base substrate, a gate line, a data line, a bias line, an organic light-emitting diode, a switching transistor, a driving transistor and a repair line. The bias line is spaced apart from the gate line and the data line. The organic light-emitting diode includes... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090262051 - Organic light emitting display device: An organic light emitting display device, may include a pixel unit including scan lines, data lines and a plurality of pixels positioned at intersecting portions of the scan lines and the data lines and electrically coupled therebetween, a scan driver adapted to supply scan signals to the scan lines, and... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20090262052 - Portable electronic apparatus and backlight control method thereof: A portable electronic device and a backlight control method are both provided herein. The portable electronic device includes a display, a backlight module, an orientation sensor, and a light sensor. The backlight control method includes steps of providing the display with a backlight emitted from the backlight module; sensing a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090262054 - Active matrix display device with dummy data lines: An exemplary active matrix display device includes a display panel comprising a plurality of scanning lines extending along a horizontal axis, a plurality of data lines extending along a vertical axis, and a plurality of dummy data lines. Two scanning lines and two data lines define two display pixels; each... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090262053 - Resistive module, voltage divider and related layout methods: The present invention includes a resistive module, the resistive module including a plurality of nodes and at least a resistive component. The plurality of nodes include an input terminal and an output terminal of the resistive module; the resistive component is electronically connected between the input terminal and the output... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090262057 - Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same: A liquid crystal display includes: a signal controller which converts a first image signal having a first gray level based on an original gamma coefficient into a second image signal having a second gray level based on a target gamma coefficient; a liquid crystal panel connected to the signal controller... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090262056 - Liquid crystal display panel with color washout improvement and applications of same: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel with color washout improvement. In one embodiment, the LCD panel a plurality of pixels, {Pn,m}, spatially arranged in the form of a matrix, n=1, 2, . . . , N, and m=1, 2, . . . , M, and N, M being an integer... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090262055 - Method and system for grayscale resolution enhancement in video systems: A method and system for enhancing the grayscale resolution of display systems using 8-bit imaging arrays. The grayscale resolution is increased by providing a resolution greater than 8 bits. The on-time for each shade is subdivided in two sub-frames. During a first subframe, a full intensity light source is turned... Agent: Richard M. Sharkansky

20090262058 - Display apparatus having reduced kickback voltage: A display apparatus includes; a display panel including a plurality of data lines which receive a data signal, a plurality of gate lines which receive a gate signal and a plurality of pixels, a data driving circuit which provides the data liens with the data signal, and a gate driving... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090262059 - Timing controller, liquid crystal display, and method for driving the same: A timing controller, an LCD, and a method for driving the LCD are provided. The LCD comprises an LCD panel having a plurality of gate lines and source lines, a data driver, and a scanning driver. The scanning driver supplies a m-pulse scanning signal to each of the gate lines... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090262060 - Driving circuit for liquid crystal display and driving method thereof: An LCD driving circuit converts multiple data signals generated by an external circuit to a plurality of desired data signals. The driving circuit includes a detector detecting a current environmental temperature and outputting a corresponding electric signal, a timing controller receiving the data signals, and a look-up table storing a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090262061 - Liquid crystal panel and display apparatus including liquid crystal panel: A liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixel units, each of which include gating lines, data lines, a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor (TFT). Common electrodes of first pixel units in a same row are electrically connected via a first common line, and common electrodes of second... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090262066 - Display device: An object of the present invention is to slow the deterioration in the uniformity of the surface brightness when all of the lights emit light under the same conditions in a display device having a backlight where local dimming control is possible. The present invention provides a display device having... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090262062 - Display device and detection sensor having the display device: A display device includes a first display and a second display. The first display includes first display light sections and second displays connected in parallel with each other, and a switch controller for switching first switches and second switches. The first switches each connected in series to the respective first... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090262064 - Lcd and backlight module driving device and method thereof: An LCD and a backlight module driving device and a method thereof are provided. The method is adapted to drive at least one backlight unit in a backlight module. The backlight unit is used for supplying a surface light source to an Nth area pixel of the LCD panel, where... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090262065 - Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having display blocks arranged in a first matrix thereon, and light-emitting blocks which provide light to the liquid crystal panel. Each of the light-emitting blocks corresponds to a corresponding column of the first matrix and provides the light to a corresponding... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090262063 - Liquid crystal display apparatus: The present invention provides a display device capable of realizing an appropriate screen display luminance in accordance with a video feature quantity and brightness around and sufficiently reducing power consumption. A liquid crystal display apparatus (1) includes: a liquid crystal panel (20) for displaying a video by an input video... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090262067 - Liquid crystal display with colored backlight: A method of backlighting a liquid crystal display so as to improve the quality of the image displayed by the liquid crystal display. The method may vary the luminance of a light source illuminating a plurality of displayed pixels and vary the transmittance of a light valve of the display.... Agent: Kevin L. Russell Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel LLP

20090262069 - Gesture signatures: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to present viewable content to a viewer on a display screen, receive a transmitted signature from a user interface device (UID) associated with the display screen (wherein the signature results from at least one gesture initiated by the viewer and detected by the UID),... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/open Tv

20090262070 - Method and system for reducing effects of undesired signals in an infrared imaging system: Effects of undesired infrared light are reduced in an imaging system using an infrared light source. The desired infrared light source is activated and a first set of imaging data is captured during a first image capture interval. The desired infrared light source is then deactivated, and a second set... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090262068 - Space efficent sortable table: A sortable and space efficient graphical user interface and a system for the efficient display of sortable data are disclosed herein. The graphical user interface may include at least one column, at least one row and a data cell defined by the intersection of at least one column and at... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090262072 - Cursor control system and method thereof: A cursor control system and method thereof, provides two-staging cursor control procedures for the first stage, displaying a template dividing the screen into plural districts, and moving the cursor from the original location to the selected district, and for the second stage, moving the first cursor from the selected district... Agent: Roger H. Chu

20090262071 - Information output apparatus: To realize a user-friendly medium and information output thereof by defining a plurality of information in the same region of a dot pattern printed on a surface of a medium, such as a map or the like, and selectively outputting the information through an imaging operation of an imaging unit.... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20090262074 - Controlling and accessing content using motion processing on mobile devices: Various embodiments provide systems and methods capable of facilitating interaction with handheld electronics devices based on sensing rotational rate around at least three axes and linear acceleration along at least three axes. In one aspect, a handheld electronic device includes a subsystem providing display capability, a set of motion sensors... Agent: Sawyer Law Group PC

20090262073 - Touch sensitive remote control system that detects hand size characteristics of user and adapts mapping to screen display: Sensors around the periphery of the remote control unit detect contact with the user's hand. A trained model-based pattern classification system analyzes the periphery sensor data and makes a probabilistic prediction of the user's hand size. The hand size is then used to control a mapping system that defines how... Agent: Gregory A. Stobbs

20090262075 - System and method for user object selection in geographic relation to a video display: The invention is directed to a system and method for determining position and orientation with respect to a display device. In particular, the invention is directed to acquiring an observed image from a display device using a pointing device, and calculating pointing device position and orientation using the acquired observed... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20090262076 - Input device for web enabled devices: In one or more embodiments, one or more keys are provided on the keyboard or keypad of a computer, cell phone, PDA, or other web enabled device that, when pressed, automatically enters a character stream for a URL or email address component. In one or more embodiments, a single key... Agent: The Hecker Law Group

20090262077 - Keyswitch and keyboard: The invention discloses a keyswitch and a keyboard which makes use of the keyswitch. The keyswitch is co-operated with an antenna. The antenna is used for receiving a signal transmitted by an electronic product. The keyswitch includes a keycap, a conductive foil, and a communication module. The conductive foil forms... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090262078 - Cellular phone with special sensor functions: e

20090262079 - Electronic device in the form of a hands-free telephone system and/or a navigation device: An electronic device in the form of a hands-free telephone system and/or a navigation device, comprising a housing having a base part (1) that is hinged to a display part (3) such that it lies on the base part (1) when folded so that the base part (1) and the... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20090262080 - Interface for interaction with display visible from both sides: A portable viewing and computing apparatus. In one embodiment, the present invention is comprised of a bus, a memory unit coupled to the bus, and a processor coupled to the bus. The memory unit is for storing data and instructions. The processor is for processing data and instructions. The portable... Agent: Palm C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090262081 - Light-emitting module and keyboard having the same: The present invention provides a keyboard and a light-emitting module thereof. The light-emitting module includes a light guide element, a first light source and a second light source. The light guide element includes a first light guide region, a second light guide region, and a masking region located between the... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090262082 - Apparatus and method for inputting characters in a terminal: An apparatus and method for inputting Hindi characters in a terminal. A touch screen displays a first key set and a second key set. The first key set includes first letter keys with all consonants and a combination lock key for entering a compound consonant. The second key set includes... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090262088 - Athletic performance user interface for mobile device: Systems and techniques for the collection and display of athletic information. Athletic data relating to a single person or group of people is collected at a central location, and subsequently displayed at a desired remote location or on a mobile device so that the person or people can review and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090262092 - Capacitive touch screen suitable for use in an interactive information display: A capacitive touch screen suitable for use in an interactive information display includes a first transparent glass substrate having first and second surfaces and a thickness of less than or equal to about 0.3 millimeters, and a second substrate having third and fourth surfaces and a transparent conductive thin film... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20090262084 - Display control system providing synchronous video information: A display control system providing synchronous video information includes an information processing device and a display control module. The information processing device generates video information to be displayed on a primary display unit. The display control module includes an ancillary video unit linking to the information processing device through a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090262091 - Information processing apparatus and vibration control method in information processing apparatus: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit that moves a display position of an object in accordance with movement of a contact position when the position in a screen where the object is displayed is contacted and moved and a vibration control unit that vibrates... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090262090 - Input device: An input device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes i) a base comprising an input region, ii) at least one sensor provided at the input region and configured to sense a contact with the input region or a contact movement to the input region and iii) a controller... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090262089 - Operating method, system and stroage device using the same: An operating method and system and a storage medium using the same are provided. The operating method is applied to a handheld electronic device with at least two judging modes. First, the handheld electronic device receives a touch input, and determines a judging mode out of the judging modes according... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090262085 - Smart glass touch display input device: An improved touch display input device for incorporation into a portable electronic device is described. In exemplary embodiments, the touch display includes a smart glass layer that selectively blocks and transmits light from a light source to a transparent touch input surface. As a result of the selectivity of the... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090262083 - Systems and methods for receiving user input through a display with a flexible backplane via touch sensors: A computing device that is configured to receive input commands via a display is described. The computing device includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. The device also includes a display. The display includes a flexible backplane. The device further includes a touch sensor. The sensor... Agent: Austin Rapp & Hardman

20090262087 - Terminal and method for recognizing image therein: In a terminal including a touchscreen, a controller senses a touch to a first point of an image displayed on the touchscreen, recognizes an image part corresponding to the first point and performs an image recognition correcting operation relevant to the recognized image part corresponding to the first point. A... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090262086 - Touch-pad cursor control method: A touch-pad cursor control method is discussed. The touch-pad invention is placed in an electronic device and its control method is comprised of steps detecting if an object contacts the touch-pad; detecting the location of the object contacting the touch-pad; examining if an input for quick cursor movement exists, if... Agent: Roger H. Chu

20090262096 - Display device with touch panel: Provided is a display device with a touch panel, the display device including a display panel and a capacitance coupling type touch panel disposed on a surface of an observer side of the display panel. The capacitance coupling type touch panel includes on a substrate a plurality of first electrodes... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090262095 - Electrostatic capacitance type touch panel and screen input display device including the same: An electrostatic capacitance type touch panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of first electrodes disposed in parallel on the substrate; an insulating film formed so as to cover the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes disposed in parallel to intersect the plurality of first electrodes on the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090262094 - Electrostatic discharge protection device for touch panels: An electrostatic discharge protection device adapted for a touch panel, comprising: the touch panel, a flexible printed circuitboard and a plurality of point discharge structures. The touch panel is configured with a plurality of signal lines and at least a ground line while enabling the at least one ground line... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090262093 - Resistance type touch display panel: A resistance type touch display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed above the first substrate. The first substrate includes many scan lines and data lines defining many pixel regions on the first substrate, many pixel units and touch units. Each pixel unit is located in one... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090262098 - Electronics device having projector module: An electronics device having a projector module including a first light source, and a first scanner scanning an image projection surface in a biaxial direction; a distance measuring device performing one-dimensional scanning on a plane over the image projection surface to determine the position of an optical interceptor and including... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090262097 - Frame assembly for touch screen: The dimension detection system is implemented in cascaded circuit boards housed inside a frame assembly of the touch screen. After the frame assembly is assembled and powered, the dimension detection system in the circuit boards would provide horizontal and vertical feedback signals which are utilized to obtain the size of... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090262099 - Method for driving plasma display panel and display device: A display device (1) including a surface discharge type plasma display panel (2) performs an addressing operation, a sustain operation and a reset operation. In the addressing operation, address discharge of an opposed discharge form with the second electrode (Y) used as a cathode is generated between the second electrode... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090262100 - Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof: A liquid crystal display includes a gate driver, a data driver and a pixel matrix. The gate driver is for outputting a plurality of gate signals successively. The data driver is for providing a plurality of data signals. The pixel matrix includes a number of pixels. Each pixel includes a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090262101 - Pixel circuit, display system and driving method thereof: A display system and method for the same is provided. A display includes a plurality of pixels, each having a light emitting device and a driving transistor for driving the light emitting device, the driving transistor and the light emitting device being coupled in series between a first power supply... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090262102 - Display device, driving method of display device, and electronic device: Disclosed herein is a display device including a pixel array unit, a first scanning circuit, a second scanning circuit and a selecting circuit.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090262104 - Image display apparatus and voltage control method: An image display apparatus includes a light source, a scanner that scans an output beam emitted from the light source to forms an image on a projection surface, a light source driver that control intensity of the output beam emitted from the light source by controlling a drive current for... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090262103 - Method for adjusting common voltage of liquid crystal display device: A method for adjusting a common voltage of an LCD device includes providing an LCD device and a photodetector, obtaining variable parameters Ya, Yb and Yc, the variable parameters Ya, Yb and Yc respectively denoting flicker intensity of the LCD device when the common voltages are parameters Va, Vb and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090262105 - Light emitting display, display panel, and driving method thereof: A light emitting display for compensating for the threshold voltage of transistor or mobility and fully charging a data line. A transistor and first through third switches are formed on a pixel circuit of an organic EL display. The transistor supplies a driving current for emitting an organic EL element... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090262106 - Method of driving a display panel and display apparatus having the display panel: A method of driving a display apparatus having first and second data lines includes applying a first data signal (to which a first gamma curve has been applied) and a first inverted data signal (having a phase opposite to a phase of the first data signal) to the first data... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090262107 - Dynamic creation of virtual regions: In various embodiments, virtual universe regions are dynamically generated within a virtual universe based on user requests. Dynamic generation allows virtual universe users or “residents” to create virtual universe regions that are tailored to their desired specifications. Additionally, in some implementations, virtual universe users may have the option to instantly... Agent: Ibm Endicott- Delizio Gilliam, PLLC

20090262109 - Illustrating a three-dimensional nature of a data set on a two-dimensional display: A volume of a patient can be mapped with a system operable to identify a plurality of locations and save a plurality of locations of a mapping instrument. The mapping instrument can include one or more electrodes that can sense a voltage that can be correlated to a three dimensional... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090262108 - Streaming geometery for use in displaying and editing 3d imagery: Method and systems are provided using streaming geometry in 3D imagery production. In one implementation a method for use in the display of 3D video images comprises receiving a first set of data corresponding to an output from a layout in a production pipeline, generating geometry data for one or... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090262110 - Geometric modeling system and optimization method for geometric fitting: A system is provided for creating a modified analytical model from an existing analytical model and CAD data (geometric model data) of the modified model to reduce the workload in creating geometric and analytical models. The system includes means for reading a geometric model and an analytical model which are... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090262111 - Method and apparatus for perspective inversion: A surgical instrument navigation system is disclosed that allows a surgeon to invert the three-dimensional perspective of the instrument to match their perspective of the actual instrument. A data processor is operable to generate a three-dimensional representation of a surgical instrument as it would visually appear from either of at... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090262112 - Game program, game apparatus, and game control method: A virtual camera for displaying characters to be imaged on a monitor can be readily set. In the present program, a virtual camera and imaging space are set in a virtual game space. A plurality of characters are arranged in the virtual game space. A controller determines whether or not... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090262113 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: A unit (110) acquires an image, sensed by an image sensing device (100), of a physical object having an outer appearance that can be expressed by line segments. A unit (120) stores defining data used to classify line segments configuring a 3D virtual object that simulates the outer appearance of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090262114 - Method and system of generating gamma data of display device: The present invention relates to a gamma data generation method of a display device. In the method, gamma data including red gamma data, green gamma data, and blue gamma data is determined. A target luminance and a target color coordinate of a first reference gray are determined. Then, an image... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090262115 - Method for creating a graphical representation of a string of alphanumeric characters: A method for creating a graphical representation of a string of alphanumeric characters is disclosed. The method comprises determining a key position on a telephone keypad corresponding to each of the alphanumeric characters in the string, including a first key position for the first alphanumeric character, intermediate key positions for... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090262117 - Displaying traffic flow data representing traffic conditions: An article of manufacture for displaying traffic flow data representing traffic conditions on a road system includes creating a graphical map of the road system which includes one or more segments. The status of each segment on the graphical map is determined such that the status of each segment corresponds... Agent: Navteq North America, LLC

20090262118 - Method, system and storage device for creating, manipulating and transforming animation: An animation method, system, and storage device which takes animators submissions of characters and animations and breaks the animations into segments where discontinuities will be minimized; allows users to assemble the segments into new animations; allows users to apply modifiers to the characters; provides a semantic restraint system for virtual... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20090262116 - Multi-layered slide transitions: Architecture that enhances the visual experience of a slide presentation by animating slide content as “actors” in the same background “scene”. This is provided by multi-layered transitions between slides, where a slide is first separated into “layers” (e.g., with a level of transparency). Each layer can then be transitioned independently.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090262119 - Optimization of time-critical software components for real-time interactive applications: A method for optimizing the performance of a time-critical computation component for a real-time interactive application includes the use of an algorithm having a precise logical thread and at least one fast estimation logical thread. The computation errors generated by the fast estimation thread are imperceptible by humans and are... Agent: Law Offices Of K. W. Wang

20090262120 - Method for loading images and electronic device: An image loading method applied to an electronic device having a display is provided. The method has the following steps. Firstly, an image is decompressed into a second bitmap file. Afterward, a bitmap attribute is obtained according to the second bitmap file. Following, a bitmap attribute is obtained according to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090262121 - Method and system for streaming documents, e-mail attachments and maps to wireless devices: A method for streaming a vector image to a client computer, including: accessing a pre-processed vector image that was generated from a vector image, the pre-processed vector image including a plurality of local rectangular regions and a plurality of local vector objects, each local vector object being associated with one... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090262122 - Displaying user interface elements having transparent effects: Embodiments are configured to provide information for display. Various embodiments include processing functionality that can be used to efficiently process pixel data associated with video, graphical, and other information. The functionality can be used in conjunction with different hardware and/or software architectures and configurations. In an embodiment, a computing device... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20090262123 - Screen display control device: A screen display control device includes: a compression unit which compresses input image data in a line unit; a rewritable image memory to which the compressed data compressed in the line unit by the compression unit is written in non-synchronization with a reading process; a decompression unit which decompresses the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090262124 - Drive circuit and display device: In one embodiment of the present invention, LUTs (T3) through (T5) are stored in a table memory. When an overshoot calculation section switches over from the LUT (T4), which is being used, to the LUT (T5), the overshoot calculation section obtains the LUT (T5) not out of an external memory... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090262125 - Rendering a multiple viewpoint image into a single frame buffer using off-screen rendering surfaces: A method and apparatus for rendering multiple viewpoint image data into a single physical frame buffer are described. One example method includes storing image data corresponding to different viewpoints on different virtual buffers, processing the image data stored on the virtual buffers, then blending the image data and storing the... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090262126 - System and method for separated image compression: A method and system for separated image compression are disclosed. According to one embodiment a computer-implemented method comprises initiating transfer of a screen image, preparing the screen image for separation, separating the screen image into image blocks, compressing the image blocks into image packets, and transmitting the image packets.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090262128 - Dynamic brightness range for portable computer displays based on ambient conditions: A portable computer system that comprises dynamically adjustable brightness range settings and brightness control for providing improved user readability and prolonged component lifetime of the display screen. The main processor can change the range settings based on ambient light conditions or the user can perform the changes. The brightness level... Agent: Palm C/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP

20090262127 - Image processing apparatus, display apparatus, and image displaying system: An image processing apparatus, a display apparatus and an image displaying system wherein both secure and public images can be efficiently displayed with high quality without lowering the contrast of the public images. There are included a memory (101) that stores the image data of input secure and reversed images;... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090262129 - Extending the gamut color generation in a display: In a display system, a color gamut of the displayed images is extended by adding one or more primary colors lying outside a tristimulus color space triangle to a Red, Green, Blue (RGB) system, modulating light emitted by both light sources lying inside the tristimulus color space triangle and light... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090262130 - System and method for automatically generating color scheme variations: Methods and systems for generating color scheme variations of a graphical design based on a current color scheme of the design include rotating the colors of the current color scheme by predetermined angular rotations on a color wheel.... Agent: Vista Print Usa, Inc. Attn: Patent Counsel

20090262132 - Architectures for parallelized intersection testing and shading for ray-tracing rendering: Ray tracing scenes is accomplished using a plurality of intersection testing resources coupled with a plurality of shading resources, communicative in the aggregate through links/queues. A queue from testing to shading comprises respective ray/primitive intersection indications, comprising a ray identifier. A queue from shading to testing comprises identifiers of new... Agent: San Francisco Office Of Novak, Druce & Quigg LLP

20090262134 - Device and method for transmitting image data: Provided is a device and method for transmitting image data that converts 2D image data taken by a digital camera to 3D image data and transmits the 2D and 3D image data to a computer. The image data transmission method that converts 2D image data taken by a digital camera... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090262133 - Method and system for streaming documents, e-mail attachments and maps to wireless devices: A method for pre-processing a vector image, including: receiving data for a vector image, the vector image data including a list of descriptions of global vector objects that can be rasterized for display at arbitrary levels of resolution; for each local region from among a plurality of local rectangular regions... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090262131 - Method of visualizing sets of correlated events on a display: A method of visualizing sets of correlated events of a stream of events on a display, each event having a time of occurrence in the stream and at least one attribute indicating its correlation with the other events of a set, including the steps of plotting a glyph for each... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090262136 - Methods, systems, and products for transforming and rendering media data: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for transforming and rendering scenes of video data. A frame of video data is stored as a scene file. Components within the scene are edge detected, such that boundaries of the components of the scene are determined. The edge-detected components are saved as a... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Sz Attn: Patent Docketing

20090262135 - Overlaid images on tv: An ambient, beautiful, entertaining visual experience that can be displayed on a TV requiring little or no user interaction beyond initiation. Multiple image layers that may be still or moving video, photos, etc, or a combination thereof can be overlaid on each other.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090262137 - Systems and methods for presenting prediction in a broadcast: Methods and systems are presented for presenting prediction in a broadcast. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving, by a prediction graphic generator, at least one of telemetry data, situational data, or historical data. The prediction graphic generator then determines a prediction based on at least two of the telemetry... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20090262138 - Enhanced power distribution unit with self-orienting display: An enhanced power distribution unit (PDU) with self-orienting display uses an orientation sensor in conjunction with a microprocessor to properly orient visual display of information by one or more displays of the enhanced PDU. Information displayed can relate to electrical current furnished to one or more power outlets of the... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/leviton

20090262140 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: An image processing apparatus displaying an image on a display screen having a predetermined image size includes an image scaling unit scaling image information on a main image layer in a first memory area in accordance with the image size of the display screen; an on-screen display enlarging unit enlarging... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090262141 - System and method for representing long video sequences: Systems and procedures for transforming video into a condensed visual representation. An example procedure may include receiving video comprised of a plurality of frames. For each frame, the example procedure may create a first representation, reduced in one dimension, wherein a visual property of each pixel of the first representation... Agent: Ip Patent Docketing K&l Gates LLP

20090262139 - Video image display device and video image display method: A video image display device is provided to effectively display both basic and closed-up video images. This video image display device is comprised of a closed-up region determining unit (330) for discriminating a display region of a specific object in the basic video image to be subjected to display and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090262142 - Method and system for rendering web pages on a wireless handset: A wireless handset and a method and system for a wireless handset that better enable a user of the wireless handset to identify, select and view objects on a web page. Objects from a web page are rendered on a wireless handset display as selectable panels in perspective views. The... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20090262143 - Method for displaying information, and electronic apparatus and storage medium thereof: A method for displaying information is provided. A display area is provided for displaying at least a portion of an information page, wherein the information page includes at least an information column, and the information column is composed of a plurality of information units arranged along an arrangement direction. When... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090262144 - Plant information dispaly device: An object of the invention is to provide a plant information display device which deforms and displays drawing data without hiding all pieces of information necessary for plant monitoring and plant instrument operation while visibility is not lowered. The plant information display device according to an aspect of the invention... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090262145 - Information display device: An object of the present invention is to provide an information display device for presenting, to a user, a correspondence between a position in an actual landscape and a position on a map image. In an information display device (IDA, IDAr), a photographed image acquisition section (1) acquires a photographed... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090262148 - Controller, hold-type display device, electronic apparatus, and signal adjusting method for hold-type display device: To provide a hold-type display device having a fine luminance efficiency while suppressing generation of motion blur. A controller according to the invention adjusts a signal outputted to a hold-type image display panel, which includes: a double-speed drive converting part which divides one frame of an inputted video signal to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090262147 - Liquid crystal display apparatus: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display apparatus realizing an improved view angle characteristic of luminance and higher response speed. A sub-pixel group is provided with a plurality of sub-pixels. At the time of display driving on liquid crystal elements of each pixel, space-divisional-driving which allows each of the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090262146 - Source driver: A source driver performs inversion drive on a plurality of data lines of a liquid crystal panel. A differential interface receives brightness data of each pixel as a differential signal from a timing controller. A D/A converter converts the brightness data to a drive voltage of each pixel on the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090256780 - Digital display devices having communication capabilities: A digital display device having two or more displays that are coupled at angles to each other for displaying content associated with multiple sets of sources of content is described herein. Each display has one or more display regions in which content is displayed. A first display region on one... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090256781 - Film unit and plasma display panel having the same: Provided are a film unit which can protect a screen of a display device by absorbing and spreading an impact applied from the outside of the display device, and a plasma display panel having the film unit. The film unit includes a base film having a predetermined area and thickness... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090256783 - Current control in display device: An electroluminescent display device having a first and a second power supply; a respective power supply line for each row, wherein each power supply line is placed along a horizontal direction and is connected to the respective first electrodes of the driving TFTs of the pixels in the corresponding row;... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20090256782 - Image display device and method of driving the same: An image display device includes a display portion formed by disposing pixel circuits in a matrix, and a signal line driving circuit and a scanning line driving circuit for driving the pixel circuits through signal lines and scanning lines of the display portion. The pixel circuit includes at least: a... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090256784 - Inverter and display device including the same: An inverter includes a first PMOS transistor having a gate electrode coupled to a first input port, a first electrode coupled to a first node and a second electrode coupled to the gate electrode or a second power source; a second PMOS transistor having a gate electrode coupled to the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090256785 - Display device and method of driving the same: A display device and a method of driving the same are provided. The display device includes a scan driver that generates a plurality of scanning signals, a data driver that generates a data voltage, and a plurality of pixels that receive the data voltage according to the scanning signal and... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090256786 - Light source driving apparatus, light source driving method, and display apparatus: A light source driving apparatus includes: a switching driver which performs switched-mode power conversion and outputs a first current toward a light source, to control quantity of light emitted from the light source; and a current bypasser which bypasses at least a part of the first current so that a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090256787 - Array substrate of liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same: An array substrate of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprising a switching device switching a connection between a short ring connected with a common line and each of a plurality of data lines. The switching device is turned off during a normal state, but is turned on by a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090256789 - Lighting device for display device, display device and television receiver: A lighting device for a display device includes a plurality of light sources, a power source arranged to provide drive power for the light sources, a common electrode arranged to supply the drive power to the plurality of light sources, a plurality of holder electrodes arranged to hold the respective... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090256788 - Liquid crystal display data processing method and apparatus: The present invention relates to a Liquid Crystal Display data processing method and apparatus. The data processing method comprises receiving a (n+1)th row of actual data, reading a buffered nth row of actual data, and performing an exclusive-or operation on the (n+1)th row of actual data and the nth row... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090256790 - Liquid crystal display having dynamic backlighting: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel for displaying images, a light guide plate, and light sources. The light guide plate includes light emitting areas. The light sources provide light to the corresponding light emitting areas respectively. When an area of the liquid crystal panel corresponding to a... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090256791 - Method and a device for compensating response time of liquid crystal display: The present invention relates to a method for compensating response time of liquid crystal display and a device therefor. The compensating method comprises: receiving gray scale data of a picture in present frame and obtaining a first additional driving value according to the comparison result between gray scale data of... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090256792 - Display device: An object of the present invention is to increase the reliability in the level shift operation in a display device provided with a level shift circuit. The display device according to the present invention is characterized in that the above described level shift circuit comprises: a first thin film transistor... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090256793 - Device and a method for driving liquid crystal display: The present invention relates to device for driving liquid crystal display (LCD) and method for driving the same. The device for driving LCD comprises a voltage input module for receiving Gamma reference voltage; a voltage generation module connected to said voltage input module, for generating pixel driving voltage of a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090256794 - Shift register: A shift register includes a plurality of stages for sequentially outputting scan pulses to drive a plurality of gate lines, wherein each of the stages includes a set node, a pull-up switching device for outputting a corresponding scan pulse according to a logic state of the set node, at least... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090256797 - Display apparatus and method for controlling light output of the display apparatus: To improve the quality of light emitted by a light source in a display apparatus (10) comprising a light source (20) and a light modulator (30), integral means (60) for measuring the colour characteristics of the light emitted from the light source (20) are provided, and controlling means (80) for... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090256796 - Display device and method of manufacturing the same: A display device includes a backlight assembly, a display panel, a top chassis and a sealing member. The backlight assembly includes a light-generating unit, a receiving container receiving the light-generating unit and a mold frame disposed along an edge portion of the receiving container. The display panel is disposed on... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090256795 - Display system with led backlight means: A power-saving display system without color filter is disclosed to include a backlight panel, a LED backlight set controlled to emit a first light source, a second light source, and/or a third light source to the backlight panel, a LCD panel disposed at a top side of said backlight panel,... Agent: The Weintraub Group, P.L.C

20090256798 - Automatic configuration of update operations for a bistable, electropic display: An apparatus embodying principles of the invention includes first, second, and at least one pipeline units. The first unit generates synthesized pixel data from pixels of an image and pixels of a previous image. The second unit determines an update mode by comparing pixels of the image with corresponding pixels... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090256799 - Methods for driving electro-optic displays: A data structure for use in controlling a bistable electro-optic display having a plurality of pixels comprises a pixel data storage area storing, for each pixel of the display, data representing initial and desired final states of the pixel, and a drive scheme index number representing the drive scheme to... Agent: David J Cole E Ink Corporation

20090256801 - System and method that generates outputs: The present invention relates to a system and method that generates outputs based on the operating position of a sensor which is determined by the biomechanical positions or gestures of individual operators. The system including a garment on which one or more than one sensor is removably attached and the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090256800 - Virtual reality simulator harness systems: The inventions are directed to assemblies for interfacing three-dimensional movements of a person to a virtual environment or to a remote environment. The harness assemblies maintain the user in a desired location with respect to the virtual reality system thereby allowing the virtual reality system to capture the movements of... Agent: Juneau Partners

20090256802 - Keyboard with optical cursor control device: The present invention relates to a keyboard with an optical cursor control device. The keyboard includes a plurality of keys and the optical cursor control device. These keys contain a space bar. The optical cursor control device may generate a cursor control signal by sensing movement of a user's finger.... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090256803 - System and method for providing simulated mouse drag and click functions for an electronic device: A system and method for providing simulated mouse drag and click functions for an electronic device having a display are provided. The system includes a detection module, a define module, and a control module. The detection module includes at least one sensor for providing a horizontal move signal and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090256804 - Cob module of an optical mouse: A COB module of an optical mouse has a controller circuit and optical components of the optical mouse integrated thereon, so as to improve the problem with conventional optical mice that light path shifting tends to occur and improve the imaging definition. By disposing a button and wheel mechanism independently... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090256805 - Keyboard with a projection: A keyboard is provided as a peripheral device for a computer unit with a key field and an associated housing, whereby an extension is attached to the housing. The keyboard includes at least one reading device being accommodated in the extension for the contactless reading of data stored on ID... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090256806 - Method and apparatus for altering key function of software input panel and recording medium thereof: A method and an apparatus for altering a key function of a software input panel (SIP) of an electronic device and a recording medium thereof are provided, wherein the SIP includes a plurality of keys, and the number and layout of the keys are fixed. In the present method, first,... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090256808 - Device and method for stroke based graphic input: A user interface includes a touch screen configured to receive stroke input(s). The user interface is arranged to display a graphical trace of the received stroke input on the touch screen and to determine whether a criterion is fulfilled and if so remove at least a portion of the graphical... Agent: Perman & Green, LLP

20090256812 - Display apparatus and control method of the same: A display apparatus includes a display panel having a light emitting device, a sensor which senses an electric current flowing in the light emitting device, and a controller which determines that an external stimulus occurs to the display panel if a change of a sensed current exceeds a preset current... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090256814 - Mobile terminal and screen control method thereof: A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a display for sensing at least one of a touch or an approach of a pointing means and a controller for controlling brightness of a sensed area according to the sensed touch or the approach of the pointing means.... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090256811 - Optical touch screen: A device may include a position sensitive detector that is configured to generate a value corresponding to a location associated with a shadow or absence of light on an upper surface of the position sensitive detector. The device may also include logic configured to receive the value, determine that a... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090256809 - Three-dimensional touch interface: A device may include a display to show a representation of a three-dimensional image; a first touch panel to provide a first user input based on the display; a second touch panel to provide a second user input based on the display; and processing logic to associate the first user... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090256810 - Touch screen display: A device may include a number of diodes and control logic. The control logic may be configured to forward bias a first one of the diodes for a first duration of time corresponding to a frame, forward bias a second one of the diodes for a first portion of the... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090256807 - User interface: The invention relates to a user interface for controlling an electronic device. The user interface comprises a sensor element (201) that has a sensor surface (202) and is arranged to produce a location indicator that indicates a location of a spot (231) of the sensor surface that is closest to... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090256813 - Vehicle moving-image interface: A vehicle moving-image interface for displaying and repositioning an image in a plurality of locations in response to a vehicle occupant command includes a display device mounted to the vehicle. The display device has first and second surface portions, with the first surface portion displaying the image. The interface further... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090256815 - Active matrix touch sensing: An active matrix for a capacitive multiple touch sensing device is disclosed. One embodiment comprises one or more active matrix capacitive touch sensing pixels that each include a capacitor and a thin film transistor, wherein a voltage can be applied to the thin film transistor to address the capacitor. In... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090256821 - Display device: The electrostatic capacity coupling type touch panel includes X electrodes (XP) and Y electrodes (YP) which intersect each other via a first insulating layer, and a plurality of Z electrodes in floating states to each other via a second insulating layer. For the second insulating layer, a material which changes... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090256818 - Display device and a method of driving the same: A display device including: a plurality of pixels; pixel electrodes; n (n≧2) counter electrodes; a display functional layer; a write drive scanning portion; detection electrodes; an alternate current drive scanning portion; and a detecting portion.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090256820 - Display device, liquid crystal display device, electronic apparatus, and display device manufacturing method: To provide a low-cost display device which can accurately detect a position touched by a finger. A display device displays an image by having display elements capable of performing electro-optic responses formed between conductible first and second substrates, and detects a contact position touched by a contact body by having... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090256819 - Display panel assembly and display apparatus having the display panel assembly: A display panel assembly according to one or more embodiments includes a display panel and a protective film. The display panel converts information input by physical pressure into an electric signal and displays an image. The protective film includes a base disposed on the display panel and a protruding part... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090256816 - Liquid crystal display device: The liquid crystal display device is for recognizing a variation in liquid crystal capacitance according to a touch to be capable of sensing whether or not the device is touched and the position of a touched region and includes a first substrate and a second substrate being opposite to each... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090256817 - Method and apparatus for providing input to a processor, and a sensor pad: An apparatus for providing input to a processor includes a sensor pad having a surface and a sensor array for sensing pressure at the surface and producing signals corresponding to the pressure at the surface. The sensor array having columns and rows of electrodes that are covered with resistive material... Agent: Ansel M. Schwartz Attorney At Law

20090256822 - Touch screen remote control device for use with a toy: A remote control device having a touch screen for remotely directing a toy, such as a remote control vehicle or airplane, is provided.... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090256823 - Display device and transparent magnetic film: r

20090256825 - Pen stylus enabled capacitive touch system and method: Described is a capacitive touch screen apparatus. An indium tin oxide (ITO) ground screen covers and protects an optical display. One or more support structures are secured atop the ground screen layer. A first capacitance sensing patterned ITO trace layer is secured atop the support structures such that an air... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090256824 - Pointer device for capacitive sensitive touch screens: A passive pointer device, in shape of a stylus, for being used in conjunction with a capacitance sensitive touch screen for pointing, writing, drawing or others on the touch screen.... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090256827 - Display device and output buffer circuit for driving the same: Disclosed herein is a display device including: a plurality of pixel circuits; a power source line connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel circuits; and an output buffer circuit for supplying currents to corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel circuits by alternately applying a first potential applied... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090256826 - Image display device and driving method of image display device: Disclosed herein is an image display device for displaying input image data on a display section formed by arranging pixel circuits in a form of a matrix by driving the pixel circuits by a signal line driving circuit and a scanning line driving circuit via a signal line and a... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090256828 - Plasma display panel driving circuit and driving method: A driving circuit of a data electrode is provided which includes a drive controlling unit, a first driving transistor and a second driving transistor. The drive controlling unit compares a previous data signal and a present data signal in response to an energy recovery enable signal and outputs a first... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090256829 - System and method for detecting a sampling frequency of an analog video signal: A system and method for detecting sampling frequency in a video signal. A method comprises applying a first test to determine the sampling frequency of the image signal, applying a second test to determine the sampling frequency of the image signal, and verifying the sampling frequency of the image signal.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090256831 - Display apparatus and circuit reparation method thereof: A display apparatus and a circuit reparation method thereof are provided. The display apparatus comprises a control module, a first gate on array (GOA) circuit, a second GOA circuit, and a variable voltage source. The control module generates at least one control signal. The first GOA circuit is electrically connected... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090256830 - Hybrid display: A mobile communication device comprising a display assembly comprising a plurality of transistors, where each of the plurality of transistors includes a light-emitting region and a non-light-emitting region and a plurality of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), where the plurality of OLEDs are located directly on top of the non-light-emitting... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20090256832 - Method and a device for driving liquid crystal display: The present invention relates to a method and a device for driving liquid crystal display. The method comprises: turning on the N-th row of gate line; closing a switch, so that the charges on the two rows of gate line are neutralized and the gate ON voltage on the N-th... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090256833 - Method for driving display device: A method for driving a display device is provided herein. The display device includes a plurality of scan lines. The method comprises following steps: dividing the scan lines into a plurality of groups, each of which comprises at least two scan lines, i.e. a first and a second scan line;... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090256834 - Light emitting device and display device using the same: A light emitting device includes a plurality of scan lines for transferring light emitting scan signals including a combination of an emission-on voltage and an emission-off voltage. A plurality of data lines extend in a direction crossing the plurality of scan lines and are configured to transfer light emitting data... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090256835 - Video multiviewer system for generating video data based upon multiple video inputs with added graphic content and related methods: A video multiviewer system may include a plurality of video inputs and a multiviewer video processor coupled to the plurality of video inputs. The multiviewer video processor may include a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU) cooperating therewith for generating video data based upon the plurality... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20090256838 - method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for creating a preset map for the visualization of an image dataset: A method for creating a preset map for the visualization of an image dataset is provided. The method comprises dynamically adapting the preset map based on image dataset properties resulting in an adapted preset map. The method may be used for identifying the gray value similarity between the volume that... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090256837 - Directing camera behavior in 3-d imaging system: A method of associating a computer generated camera with an object in a three-dimensional computer generated space. The method receives a command to associate the camera with an object in the simulated space. Based on the command the method determines a path for moving the camera to a position near... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20090256836 - Hybrid rendering of image data utilizing streaming geometry frontend interconnected to physical rendering backend through dynamic accelerated data structure generator: A circuit arrangement and method provide a hybrid rendering architecture capable of interfacing a streaming geometry frontend with a physical rendering backend using a dynamic accelerated data structure (ADS) generator. The dynamic ADS generator effectively parallelizes the generation of the ADS, such that an ADS may be built using a... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20090256840 - Panning using virtual surfaces: The present invention relates to panning a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment. In an embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method pans a virtual camera in a three dimensional environment. In the method embodiment, a first point is determined on a three dimensional model in the three... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20090256839 - System and method for facilitating performance venue seat selection: Seat selection for prospective spectators at a performance venue is facilitated by displaying virtual views of the performance space from any selected seat. The virtual seat views can be photorealistic renderings based on a three dimensional digital model of the performance venue. The virtual seat views can also reflect the... Agent: Herbert L. Allen Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20090256841 - Support system, method and storage medium: An editing process including generation, modification, and deletion of pass points through which a linear structure such as a wire harness or the like should pass in a virtual space is performed in accordance with an operation of an input device by a user, a position of a pass point... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090256843 - System and method for active selection in a solid model: A system, method, and computer program for selecting modification features on a solid model that is manipulated in a computer having software instructions, comprising: a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a memory, a processor, a user input device, and a display device; a computer generated geometric model stored... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090256842 - System and method for splitting faces on a solid model: A system, method, and computer program for selecting modifications to a solid model that is manipulated in a computer having software instructions, comprising a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a memory, a processor, a user input device, and a display device; a computer generated geometric model stored in... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090256844 - Untransformed display lists in a tile based rendering system: A three-dimensional computer graphics rendering system allows a tile-based rendering system to operate with a reduced amount of storage required for tiled screen space geometry by using an untransformed display list to represent the screen's geometry.... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090256845 - Accelerated ray tracing: Methods, systems and computer program code (software) products executable in a computer processor element include computing, in the processor element, a minimal axis-aligned bounding box of the intersection of a given axis-aligned bounding box and a triangle under linear motion, and/or traversing, in the processor element, a ray tracing acceleration... Agent: Jacobs & Kim / Mi

20090256846 - System and method of providing interactive data analysis with varying subjective parameters: An interactive data analysis system is disclosed. The interactive data analysis system has a computer-generated user interface which includes a plurality of histogram elements having data band controls. The data band controls allow modification of subjective parameters related to the data analysis and produce realtime updates to data forms which... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090256847 - Picture display device: A picture display device including a display unit which displays a picture in accordance with a picture signal included in a broadcast signal. A display control unit displays a picture for an electronic program guide including characters on the display unit in accordance with program information included in the broadcast... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090256848 - Filtering method and apparatus for anti-aliasing: Embodiments of a filtering method and apparatus for anti-aliasing as described herein take advantage of improved existing hardware by using as input the data stored in the multisampling anti-aliasing (MSAA) buffers after rendering. The standard hardware box-filter is then replaced with a more intelligent resolve implemented using shader programs. Embodiments... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20090256849 - Systems and methods for providing intermediate targets in a graphics system: Systems and methods for utilizing intermediate target(s) in connection with computer graphics in a computer system are provided. In various embodiments, intermediate memory buffers in video memory are provided and utilized to allow serialized programs from graphics APIs to support algorithms that exceed the instruction limits of procedural shaders for... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090256850 - Method for processing display data: A method for processing display data includes: storing an image data in a plurality of first-type memories by taking scanning line data as a unit; providing one of the scanning line data stored in a particular memory of the first-type memories to one of a plurality of second-type memories, the... Agent: Portal Ipr Office Chun-ming Shih

20090256851 - Method for reducing video image latency: Image latency is reduced in a video display system where an image is displayed for a stroke video frame period. The system has a display device and a plurality of memory buffers, each of which is adapted to receive image data (in a receiving condition) or to display data to... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20090256852 - Character display apparatus: A character display apparatus searches through a cache means for vector font data which match character attributes of a character to be displayed to acquire the vector font data, and, when no vector font data which match the character attributes of the character to be displayed exist in the cache... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090256854 - Brightness unevenness correction for oled: calculating a value c′ using the approximations; measuring the characteristics of the remaining pixels; approximating each of those characteristics by an equation of the same form, using c′ as the power for all of the approximations, calculating corrected image signals for each pixel using the respective approximations of the corresponding... Agent: Raymond L. Owens Patent Legal Staff

20090256853 - Image processing circuit and method thereof: An image processing circuit including an input unit and a first multiplier is provided. The input unit is used for receiving an image data, and obtaining a plurality of color signal values for forming the image data. The first multiplier is used for multiplying the color signals by a transfer... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090256855 - Systems and methods for graphics processing unit augmented high performance personal computing: Systems and methods are disclosed method to increase processing power of a computer by generating a plurality of tasks for an application software; distributing the tasks over a plurality of general purpose processor cores and a graphics processing unit (GPU); and receiving the outputs from the cores and the GPU.... Agent: Tran & Associates

20090256856 - Method and system for emulating a display: In accordance with one embodiment, a method for emulating the color performance of a display system includes determining an expected first color gamut of the display system. Display data is converted into a format that emulates the first color gamut. The converted display data is displayed by a different display... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090256857 - Methods of interfacing with multi-input devices and multi-input display systems employing interfacing techniques: Methods and systems for interfacing with multi-input devices employ various techniques for controlling the window framing of images. Such techniques provide control, including moving, sizing, and orientating, of one or more displayed window frames in which one or more images are displayed.... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20090256858 - Information processing device and method, and program: An information processing device includes: a clipping unit configured to subject a plurality of images to clipping processing for clipping a part of an image as a partial image to clip a partial image from each of the plurality of images; a size correcting unit configured to correct an image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090256859 - Video multiviewer system with switcher and distributed scaling and related methods: A video multiviewer system may include a plurality of video scalers operating in parallel for generating initially scaled video streams by performing video scaling in at least one dimension on a plurality of video input streams. The video multiviewer system may also include at least one video cross-point switcher coupled... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20090256860 - System and method for presenting topographical data for an earthmoving operation: System and method for presenting a visual image of a work site for an earthmoving machine. In one embodiment, target design data for the work site may be received. A spatial location and orientation for an earthmoving machine operating in relation to the work site may also be received. A... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090256861 - Device and method for managing the orientation of information being displayed on the screen of a device: A hand-held device and method for managing the orientation of information being displayed on the screen of a hand-held device is provided for devices having a two part slidable housing including a first housing and a second housing where the two housings are adapted to slide separately in multiple directions... Agent: Motorola Inc

20090256862 - Video multiviewer system with distributed scaling and related methods: A video multiviewer system may include a plurality of video scalers operating in parallel for generating initially scaled video streams by performing video scaling in at least one dimension on a plurality of video input streams. The video multiviewer system may also include a processing unit coupled downstream from the... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20090256863 - Video multiviewer system with serial digital interface and related methods: A video multiviewer system may include a plurality of video scalers operating in parallel for generating initially scaled video streams by performing video scaling in at least one dimension on a plurality of video input streams. The video multiviewer system may also include at least one video cross-point switcher coupled... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20090256864 - Electronic device having improved user interface: Embodiments of the present invention provide an electronic device, comprising a first display and a second display arranged to display a region of the first display at an increased magnification.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090256866 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus including: a plurality of display elements; a drive circuit for driving the plurality of display elements, the drive circuit having a correction circuit for correcting, in response to a gradation, variations of luminance characteristics of the plurality of display elements, wherein the drive circuit outputs modulation... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090256867 - Method and system for generating accurate images for display by an image display device: Systems, and methods, for calibrating a display device to a content source are provided. After initiating operation of the image display device, and linking it to the content source to transmit an image signal from the content source to the display device, the presence of an image coder may be... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090256865 - Method for generating data for driving a display panel, data driving circuit for performing the same and display device having the data driving circuit: A method for generating data for driving a display panel is provided in which first compensation data of (N+k) bits, corresponding to grayscale data of N bits, is generated, wherein values of N and k are natural numbers. A first gamma curve is applied to the first compensation data of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090256868 - Time-overlapping partial-panel updating of a bistable electro-optic display: A method for updating two or more regions of the display area of a bistable, electro-optic display device comprises selecting at least one first waveform for at least one pixel of a first region; (b) selecting at least one second waveform for at least one pixel of a second region;... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090251386 - Menu sheet: A base sheet has a menu surface for writing a menu. An information display section is attached to the base sheet and displays content of display data. A receiving section receives display data transmitted by an information transmitting apparatus. A storing section stores display data. A control section causes the... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090251387 - Display device: The display device is equipped with a plurality of pixels disposed on a substrate in the form of a matrix and more than one drive circuit chip GDR as mounted on the substrate for causing these pixels to perform a display operation, wherein the drive circuit chip GDR has a... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20090251390 - Plasma display device: A plasma display device including a plasma display panel having electrodes through which a driving current flows; a chassis conductor holding the plasma display panel and provided with a return circuit of the driving current; a conductive case enclosing the plasma display panel and the chassis conductor; and a binding... Agent: Panasonic Patent Center

20090251388 - Plasma display panel and its manufacturing method: A plasma display panel of the present invention (1) has a front panel (10) and a back panel (20) that is arranged with a discharge space (30) therebetween. On the surface of the front panel facing toward the space, a scan electrode (102) and a sustain electrode (103) are arranged... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (panasonic)

20090251389 - Plasma display panel driving method and plasma display device: A plasma display panel driving method and a plasma display device estimate the highest temperature and the lowest temperature the panel can have, according to the temperature detected by the thermal sensor, and appropriately drives the panel, to improve the image display quality. Provided are at least three driving modes... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090251391 - Method and apparatus for power recycling in a display system: A power recycling method and apparatus for driving capacitive display elements are described. The driving process involves charging and discharging the display elements. More particularly, the method effectively reuses some of the energy during the discharging process. Energy in display elements flows back from the panel to a power supply... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090251392 - Pixel and organic light emitting display device: A pixel and an organic light emitting display device using the same is provided. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED). A pixel circuit controls an amount of current that flows into the OLED. In the pixel, the pixel circuit includes a first transistor controlling an amount of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090251393 - Scalable led display system: The scalable LED display system has multiple scalable pre-assembled display blind panels to construct a display screen to meet the customer demands of various display sizes. An image controlling device is electronically connected to the LED display screen to drive the LED display screen. Therefore, the present invention simplifies the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C. Suite 500

20090251394 - Flat panel display: A flat panel display is disclosed. The flat panel display includes a display panel including data lines, gate lines crossing the data lines, pixels arranged in a matrix format, and a pixel array that allows images to be simultaneously displayed on one screen by suitably disposing the images on one... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090251396 - Driving method and related device for reducing power noise for an lcd device: A driving method for reducing power noise for an LCD device includes receiving a plurality of source channel output signals corresponding to a scan line of a first frame, and outputting the plurality of source channel output signals at a plurality of times, for driving the LCD device to display... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090251398 - Liquid crystal display device: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel having liquid crystal cells, a gate driver for driving gate lines of the liquid crystal display panel, a data driver for driving a first to (2m+1)th data lines of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the liquid crystal display... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090251397 - Liquid crystal flat panel display with an integral heater of predeterminable capacity: A flat panel liquid crystal display has a front plate and a rear plate with a layer of liquid crystal material maintained in a cavity between them. A thin film transistor array layer is disposed in the cavity, as is an integral heater with a grid of intersecting sets of... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20090251395 - Wiring structures for panels: A panel capable of detecting an input signal applied on or over the panel comprises an array of sensor elements divided into first M1 groups arranged in rows and columns and second M1 groups arranged in rows and columns, each group in one of the first and second M1 groups... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090251399 - Dynamic contrast ratio processing method and apparatus of liquid crystal displaying apparatus: The present invention relates to a dynamic contrast ratio processing method and apparatus of a liquid crystal displaying apparatus. The method includes: performing a histogram statistics processing on input data of the present frame, dividing a statistics processing result into N gray groups, and calculating the a data amount corresponding... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090251401 - Display utilizing simultaneous color intelligent backlighting and luminescence controlling shutters: A display comprises a front-end component having a matrix of neutral light valves that defines the resolution of the display. A backlight unit provides backlighting for the front-end component and has a plurality of individual elements grouped into repeat units, wherein the individual elements in the repeat units differ in... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090251400 - Lcd display method: The present invention offers a display method, which can adjust the brightness of backlight by the brightness correction of the backlight, thereby not only decreasing the power consumption, but also solving the problem of blinking backlights. Especially, the display method of the present invention comprises: receiving an image signals, calculating... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090251402 - Liquid crystal panel with light sensor and liquid crystal display device using the same: An exemplary liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a light sensor disposed at an inner side of the first substrate, and a black matrix disposed at an inner side of the second substrate. The light sensor includes a light-sensing unit, and... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090251403 - Liquid crystal display panel: A liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a first display matrix, a second display matrix, a first gate electrode group, a second gate electrode group and a data electrodes group. The first display matrix comprises first display cells arranged in N rows and M columns; the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090251405 - Colour reflective display devices: A colour reflective display device uses two colour absorbing components (40,42), and the quantity of the two colour absorbing components within the pixel aperture can be independently controlled. The first colour absorbing component has a colour (C) at a point lying substantially between the green and blue regions of an... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090251404 - Electrophoretic display and driving method thereof: An electrophoretic display includes first and second gate lines, a data line that crosses the first and second gate lines, a first pixel connected to the first gate line and the data line, and a second pixel positioned on the opposite side of the data line from the first pixel... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090251407 - Device interaction with combination of rings: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates interacting with a device and/or data associated with the device. A computing device can display a portion of data. A ring component can interact with the portion of data to control the device by detecting at least one... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090251408 - Image display device and method of displaying image: Under an LCD panel (241) a prism sheet (242) is provided, and a light beam is emitted in a first direction (243) at a timing that a first LED group (247) is turned on, so that an eye (202L) located at this position can view a first image (211). When... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090251409 - Mobile wireless display software platform for controlling other systems and devices: A wireless headset can incorporate a wireless communication controller that not only provides a video link to a host device, but also provides for control and management of a host device and other more devices. In this context, a host device may be any appropriate device that sources audio, video,... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090251406 - System and method for selective activation and deactivation of an information handling system input output device: An information handling system has a chassis and a lid, the lid rotating between a closed position and a tablet position. An indicator coupled to the lid, such as a magnet, aligns with a first detector coupled to a chassis of the information handling system, such as a Hall effect... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090251410 - Pointer display device, pointer display/detection method, pointer display/detection program and information apparatus: Disclosed herein is a pointer display device, including, a touch panel provided on a display screen of a display section, a pointer display section configured to detect a contact point in a touch operation on the touch panel and to display a pointer in an area containing the contact point,... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090251411 - Computer input device for automatically scrolling in different speed: A computer input device includes a body and a trace-detecting module coupled to the body. The body has a micro control unit (MCU), and the trace-detecting module has a light pervious area, and a trace-detecting unit. The trace-detecting unit further includes a light source and a sensor. The sensor senses... Agent: Raymond Sun

20090251412 - Motion sensing input device of computer system: A motion sensing input device of a computer system includes a motion sensor and a receiver. The motion sensor has two gyroscopes for sensing motions in different directions when a user operates the motion sensor. The motion signals are wirelessly transmitted to the receiver connected with the computer system. Furthermore,... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20090251413 - Computer switching device: A switch controller 21 in the switching device receives input from a mouse 12 which is used to control movement of a pointer on a display connected to a host 20 which currently has focus. Each host is provided with a custom service 28 which monitors the position of the... Agent: Law Office Of Ira S. Dorman

20090251414 - Optical scrolling module and optical control module: An optical scrolling module includes a prism, a light source, an image sensor and a first condenser. The prism is disposed at an opening of an upper shell of a mouse and has a light incident surface, a reflective surface, a contact surface and a light emitting surface. The contact... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090251415 - Optical pointing device: An optical pointing device includes an illumination system, an imaging system and at least one diffraction element. The illumination system includes a light source for providing a light beam to a reflective surface outside the optical pointing device. The imaging system includes an image sensor disposed on a transmission path... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090251417 - Keyboard with programmable keys: Embodiments of the present invention provide programmable keys in a keyboard that provide the user with added functionalities and versatility to enhance the usage of the computer for game play or the like. In one embodiment, a keyboard for use with a computer comprises a plurality of keys which include... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090251416 - Operating device and image forming apparatus: An operating device for controlling an apparatus as an object of control, in accordance with an instruction by a user includes a panel having a main surface, a hardware key provided on the main surface, and a display unit formed of electronic paper, provided in relation to the hardware key... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090251419 - Bracelet with information display and imputting capability: A bracelet with information display and inputting capability comprises twelve segments hinged together to allow the bracelet to be folded around the wrist of a user. An information processing unit receives inputted information from an inputting device, for example, by a QWERTY keyboard, and generates display for displaying information on... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090251418 - Method of configuring an idle screen and device using the same: A method of operating a mobile phone implementing a plurality of functions is provided. A communication mode is provided in the mobile phone, when in the communication mode, a communication control interface is configured as an idle screen when none of the functions is in use. A function application mode... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090251428 - Capacitive touch system and data transmission method in a capacitive touch system: A capacitive touch system uses at least two integrated circuits to simultaneously scan a touch panel, each scanning only a portion of traces of the touch panel, and a second integrated circuit to receive sensed data from the first integrated circuits. The sensed data contains parameters representing a sum of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090251430 - Circuit complexity reduction of a capacitive touch system: A capacitive touch system uses at least two first integrated circuits to simultaneously scan a touch panel, each of the first integrated circuits only for scanning a portion of the touch panel. Therefore, the capacitive touch system can maintain a good frame rate, even the touch panel is a large... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090251435 - Contact tracking and identification module for touch sensing: 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: Apple C/o Morrison And Foerster ,llp Los Angeles

20090251432 - Electronic apparatus and control method thereof: A control method for an electronic apparatus having a touch screen is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. Contact with the touch screen is first detected. It is next determined whether the contact is initiated by a finger or a stylus. After determining that the contact is initiated by... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090251421 - Method and apparatus for tactile perception of digital images: The method and apparatus enables a user to “feel” remote objects depicted in a visual scene. Exemplary embodiments of the invention detect image texture in a digital scene and generate tactile feedback control signals as a function of the detected image texture. In one exemplary embodiment, edge detection techniques are... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20090251422 - Method and system for enhancing interaction of a virtual keyboard provided through a small touch screen: A method and system for enhancing interaction of a virtual keyboard in a small touch screen. The virtual keyboard includes multiple virtual keys and can be divided into more than one block. Proximity sensors associated with the touch screen can sense the 3D position of a physical selector (e.g., user's... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090251423 - Mobile terminal using proximity sensor and control method thereof: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal using a proximity sensor and a control method thereof. According to the control method of a mobile terminal, a moving image screen in which a moving image is played is displayed on a touch screen and the play speed of the moving... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090251434 - Multi-touch and single touch detection: An input device comprises a touch sensitive sensor operative to sense finger touch, a detection unit controllable to apply a single touch detection method over at least one area of the touch sensitive sensor and a multi-touch detection method over at least one other area of same touch sensitive sensor,... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090251425 - Multi-touch system and driving method thereof: Provided are a multi-touch system and a driving method thereof. The method includes, extracting using a digital processor a touch frequency and at least one angle associated with at least one touch from image information captured by each of at least two cameras, selecting a touch mode on the basis... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090251431 - Organic light emitting display device: An organic light emitting display device (OLED display) having a first display panel and a second display panel arranged on the same surface thereof. The OLED display includes first and second display panels arranged on a same surface, a touch screen panel arranged integrally on the first and second display... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell & Law Firm

20090251426 - Organic light emitting display device composed of multiple display panels: An organic light emitting display device that is used as a flat panel display and usable in a portable terminal that employs two separate display-panels. The organic light emitting display device has a first display panel and a second display panel provided on the same surface thereof; a touch screen... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell & Law Firm

20090251427 - Power reduction of a capacitive touch system: A capacitive touch system uses at least two integrated circuits to simultaneously scan a touch panel, each of the integrated circuits scanning only a portion of the touch panel. If any one of the integrated circuits has not detected any objects on its scanning zone for a long time, it... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090251429 - Sensing method for a capacitive touch system: A capacitive touch system uses at least two touch integrated circuits to simultaneously scan a touch panel, each of the touch integrated circuits only for scanning a portion of the traces of the touch panel. Therefore, the capacitive touch system can maintain a good frame rate, even the touch panel... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090251420 - Slide based technique for inputting a sequence of numbers for a computing device: A contact with a point of a touch input component of a computing device can be sensed. A continuous contact from the point to a different point on the touch input component can be detected that is caused by a first slide based motion of a contact instrument maintaining contact... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A. Ibm-rsw

20090251424 - Systems and methods for controlling an electronic device via a touch panel: A method for controlling an electronic device via a touch panel includes defining a relationship between a contact activity and a pointer action, setting activation of a pointer corresponding to a contact activity, synchronizing the contact activity and the pointer action, acquiring analog signals of the contact on the touch... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090251433 - Touch sensing apparatus and electronic device connected to touch sensing apparatus thereof: A touch sensing device connected to a host processor of an electronic apparatus includes: a touch panel changing an electrical signal by a touch; and a touch sensing unit sensing the change in electrical signal and transmitting the electrical signal to the host processor. The touch sensing unit inputs an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090251437 - Capacitive touch system and control method for a capacitive touch system: A capacitive touch system uses two or more integrated circuits to simultaneously scan a touch panel in such a manner that each of the integrated circuits scans only a portion of the touch panel to retrieve a respective detected data by itself. All the detected data are used for computation... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090251438 - Contact tracking and identification module for touch sensing: 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: Apple C/o Morrison And Foerster ,llp Los Angeles

20090251436 - Low-power touch screen controller: While taking X-Y coordinate measurements to determine the location of a point of contact on a touch screen, a controller circuit drives the touch screen with a selectable voltage. Voltages output from the touch screen are converted by an ADC into the X-coordinate and Y-coordinate values. The ADC has a... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090251439 - Contact tracking and identification module for touch sensing: 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: Apple C/o Morrison And Foerster ,llp Los Angeles

20090251440 - Audio bookmarking: A system and method for identifying temporal positions in audio data and accessing the identified temporal positions are disclosed. “Audio bookmarks” are created by using various types of input, such as accessing a printed control with a smart pen, providing a voice command to the smart pen or providing a... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090251442 - Electronic stylus pen with weight adjusting mechanism: An electronic stylus pen with weight adjusting mechanism has a pen body (1); a stepped portion (3) arranged in the central portion of the pen body (1); a pen tip (5) arranged at a tip end of the pen body (1); and a small-diameter portion (4) arranged in an area... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090251441 - Multi-modal controller: Control inputs are provided to an application executing on a mobile computing device by moving the mobile computing device in certain recognizable patterns. The control inputs may execute various functions in the application such as starting or stopping audio playback or navigating through a menu. A writing gesture made by... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090251445 - Driving circuit for a liquid crystal display: A method of driving a liquid crystal display and a drive circuit for a liquid crystal display module wherein the liquid crystal display of the liquid crystal display module is controlled and the image data displayed by the liquid crystal cells is refreshed. Received frames of image data are analysed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090251446 - Liquid crystal display device: A display device includes a display panel, a printed circuit board, a plurality of semiconductor devices which are film-like substrates with an IC chip, and a monolithic anisotropic conductive film disposed on the printed circuit board. Each of the semiconductor devices has a first side portion and a second side... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090251444 - Method for driving a gas electric discharge device: A method for driving a plasma display panel having at least first electrodes and second electrodes which cause discharge in cells is provided. The method includes applying a first pulse and a second pulse to the second electrode in an address preparation period. The method also includes applying a scan... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090251443 - Shift register circuit, display panel, and electronic apparatus: Disclosed herein is a shift register circuit that is formed on an insulating substrate with thin film transistors having channels of the same conductivity type and includes shift stages, each of the shift stages including: a first thin film transistor; a second thin film transistor; a 3(1)-th thin film transistor;... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090251447 - Flat display panel: A flat display panel is provided. The flat display panel includes a substrate, a first driving line, a second driving line, and an ESD protection circuit. The ESD protection circuit includes a first crossing line, a second crossing line, and a first ESD protection device. The first crossing line crosses... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090251448 - Image display and image displaying method: A projector 1 detects a luminance distribution in an effective video period of an inputted video luminance signal, and a coefficient calculating circuit 302 calculates a correction coefficient Ci to correct a gradation (FIG. 6A). Then, surrounding brightness is detected, and the correction coefficient Ci is adjusted based on the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (panasonic)

20090251449 - Array substrate, method of manufacturing the same and display apparatus having the same: A first wiring is formed on an array substrate, such that the first wiring has a first protrusion. A second wiring is formed on a different layer from that of the first wiring, such that a portion of the second wiring overlaps with the first protrusion. A protection layer that... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090251453 - Image display device: In order to restrain increase in frame area caused along with a larger number of channels to a minimum, there is provided an image display device that adopts a communication method in which a signal is transmitted/received with the use of electrostatic capacitance coupling. A first board includes: a tabular... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090251451 - Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same: A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including data lines and gate lines crossing each other, and liquid crystal cells arranged in a matrix forma, a horizontal polarity controller that compares digital video data... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090251450 - Liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display device drive method: In one embodiment of the present application, an area control section receives a command specifying a video image display area or a dynamic image display area in the image data. The area control section stores a data of a previous frame screen in the frame memory only for the part... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090251452 - Organic light emitting display apparatus and method of driving the same: An organic light emitting display apparatus capable of preventing degradation of a driving transistor includes a third transistor in the pixel circuit with the third transistor removing a voltage stress applied to a gate electrode of the driving transistor by applying a ground voltage to the gate electrode of the... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell & Law Firm

20090251454 - Display: A timing controller for a display, video, audio, or other device generates and transmits a transmission signal including a strobe signal inserted between data signals including image data and a clock signal inserted following the strobe signal, the strobe signal having a different magnitude from a magnitude of the data... Agent: Sherr & Vaughn, PLLC

20090251456 - Electrophoresis display device and electronic equipments using the same: An object of the present invention is to provide an active matrix type electrophoresis display device whose number of the times of writings is further smaller. In an electrophoresis display device which performs the display of picture using a n-bit digital picture signal, the respective pixels are divided into a... Agent: Eric Robinson

20090251455 - Flat panel display and method of driving the flat panel display: A flat panel display sequentially supplying data signals to a pixel portion using a demultiplexer and a method of driving the flat panel sufficiently supply scan signals in a horizontal period to prevent deformation and distortion of the data signal supplied to each pixel and compensate for a threshold voltage... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell & Law Firm

20090251458 - Image signal generating apparatus, image signal generation method, computer program, and recording medium: An image signal generating apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a sight-line detecting unit, a peripheral image determination unit, and an image processing unit. The sight-line detecting unit detects a sight line of a user looking at images of a plurality of contents displayed on a display unit. The peripheral... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090251457 - Reactive virtual environment: A system (and corresponding method) is provided that enables virtual spaces to be created based upon user activity and populated with users associated with, interested in or active within the same areas as the user, thus facilitating serendipitous interactions and exchange of knowledge. The system dynamically binds user representations (e.g.,... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20090251459 - Method to create, edit and display virtual dynamic interactive ambients and environments in three dimensions: A method for creating, designing, editing and displaying virtual ambients and environments in three dimensions, that can be displayed at a computer display, and navigated by users connected with servers through a network with ten freedom ranges of movement along with sound effects with dynamic properties, including the steps of... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20090251462 - System and method for mesh distance based geometry deformation: A method of manipulating at least a portion of a character model into a pose involving a library data having a plurality of deformations, where each deformation is associated with index values of one or more distance measurement nodes. One or more distance measurement nodes are defined for the portion... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090251460 - Systems and methods for incorporating reflection of a user and surrounding environment into a graphical user interface: Described are systems and methods for incorporating the reflection of a user and surrounding environment into a graphical user interface (“GUI”). The resulting reflective user interface helps merge the real world of the user with the artificial world of the computer GUI. A video of the user and the surrounding... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090251461 - Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus: in conjunction with change of a projection region using an operation part, changes a viewpoint to a position where a reference cross section is in front and the changed projection region is on the back; in conjunction with change of the viewpoint using the operation part,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090251463 - Image processing device, image processing method and information storage medium: To provide an image processing device capable of simplifying a process for highlight expression. The present invention relates to an image processing device for displaying a picture obtained by viewing a virtual three dimensional space from a given viewpoint. According to the present invention, a first object (an inner surface... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090251464 - Image processing method and image processing device: A threshold value T which is a little larger than voxel values of a target tissue such as bloodstream is determined. Next, a virtual ray is projected, and voxel values on the virtual ray are obtained as an array A1 (original array). Then, an array A2 (replaced array) is generated... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090251465 - Method for interpolating an intermediate polygon p from two polygons p1 and p2: A method for interpolating an intermediate polygon P from two polygons P1 and P2. The method includes, in at least one embodiment, defining a similarity measure based on a geometrical reference object, the geometrical reference object being associated with the two polygons P1 and P2; and based on the similarity... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090251466 - Methods and apparatus for displaying three-dimensional images for analysis: Techniques for presenting at least one 3D image to at least one user through a communications network are provided. A 3D image is obtained. The 3D image is converted into two or more 2D images. The two or more 2D images are stored in a data repository. At least a... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090251467 - Method for mapping optical properties for a display device: Exemplary embodiments provide a method for characterizing the optical display properties of a display. ISO-Inversion and ISO-Contrast charts are generated to pinpoint limitations in the display and trouble shoot the same.... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20090251468 - Animating of an input-image to create personal worlds: e

20090251469 - Method for detecting collisions among large numbers of particles: A method for detecting object collisions in a simulation, which includes identifying a plurality of objects moving along a path within a simulation area, and defining a grid comprising defined regions which individually define a region within which any of the plurality of objects could potentially occupy. For each of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20090251470 - System and method for compressing a picture: A system for compressing a picture includes: an information extraction unit for extracting information needed for encoding during a picture scene composition and animation process using a modeling object; and a rendering unit for generating an uncompressed picture sequence by rendering the object where the picture scene composition and animation... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090251471 - Generation of animated gesture responses in a virtual world: Responding to gestures made by third parties in a virtual world by receiving a gesture from a first avatar directed to at least one second avatar. For at least one second avatar, a reply gesture may be selected that corresponds to the received gesture. The reply gesture may be output... Agent: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC For Ibm

20090251472 - Collaborative environments in a graphical information system: Collaborative environments in a geographic information system (GIS) are disclosed. Collaboration between multiple processors can be provided within the GIS. A first processor can stream a scenario describing geo-spatial analysis of the image conducted by the first processor. The scenario can include a set of parameters executed by the first... Agent: Workman Nydegger/leica 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090251473 - Resolving image / data mismatch via on-off pattern: A two-dimensional panel, particularly a liquid crystal display device, has a maximum display area with a width of (T×M) addressable channels. The addressable channels are addressed through a plurality of T source channel integrated circuits (ICs), with each source channel IC having M source channels. The number of addressable channels... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20090251474 - Virtual computing and display system and method: A virtual computing and display system and method. The system includes a plurality of microprocessor-based devices which run software applications, and each microprocessor-based device generates at least one graphic processing unit command stream including a packet of graphic commands. The system further includes at least one communication network which directly... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Burlington

20090251475 - Framework to integrate and abstract processing of multiple hardware domains, data types and format: A portable development and execution framework for processing media objects. The framework involves: accepting an instruction to perform a media processing function; accepting a media object to be associated with the media processing function; wrapping the media object with an attribute that specifies a type and format of the media... Agent: Oliver Strimpel, Patent Counsel Avid Technology, Inc.

20090251476 - Constant buffering for a computational core of a programmable graphics processing unit: Embodiments of systems and methods for managing a constant buffer with rendering context specific data in multithreaded parallel computational GPU core are disclosed. Briefly described, one method embodiment, among others, comprises responsive to a first shader operation, receiving at a constant buffer a first group of constants corresponding to a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090251477 - Memory saving display device: A display device capable of saving memory storage used for an overdriving function includes a compression unit, a frame buffer, a decompression unit and a look-up table (LUT) unit. The compression unit includes a decimation filter and is used for compressing data of a received frame and reducing a size... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090251479 - Display interface system, display device and display system: A display interface system includes a display transmitter and a display receiver. The display transmitter transmits a control pattern having image type information about a type of an image to be displayed and selectively transmits image data according to the type of the image to be displayed. The display receiver... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090251478 - File format extensibility for universal rendering framework: Embodiments of the invention provide a method for extending a graphics rendering framework. A rendering application locates a first file that includes a first implementation involving a first graphics material and compares data associated with the first file to data associated with a second file that includes a second implementation... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090251480 - Method and tool for modifying a procedural map: Method for modifying a procedural map for use with a tree driven procedural map comprising a plurality of levels (at least two levels) each having at least one node associated to at least one parameter, comprising the steps of: • providing a node selection tool allowing the selection of at... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (other)

20090251481 - Contrast ratio enhancement system using linearized illumination control: The disclosed embodiments relate to a video unit, comprising an illumination source. The video unit additionally comprises a circuit coupled to the illumination source, the circuit adapted to linearize the illumination source using characteristic parameters of the illumination source.... Agent: Fletcher Yoder P.C.

20090251482 - Image processing apparatus, display control method, program, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus includes: an amount-of-feature detection section configured to determine an amount of features of a first image and an amount of features of a second image, the first image and the second image containing the same subject; an elimination-area detection section configured to eliminate, from the second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090251483 - Method and related circuit for color depth enhancement of displays: Method and related circuit for color depth enhancement of displays is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, when emulating an interpolated color level between a first and a second color levels the display can display, a color channel component of the first color level and another color channel component... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090251484 - Avatar for a portable device: A portable device comprises a data storage for storing avatar data defining a user avatar. The user avatar is formed by a plurality of visual objects. The portable device further comprises a camera for capturing an image. A visual characteristic processor is arranged to determine a first visual characteristic from... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090251485 - Color selection: include in the color selection at least a first selected color point and a second selected color point, the first selected color point being the point of the first cluster which among all points of the first cluster is closest to the predetermined color point and the second selected color... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090251486 - Image display apparatus and image adjusting method: An image display apparatus includes: an image signal processing unit which adjusts an input grayscale values included in an input image signal according to a predetermined grayscale characteristic; a display unit which displays an image based on an image signal included in an output grayscale value adjusted by the image... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090251487 - System and method for adaptive color space conversion: A method and system for adaptive color space conversion includes a color space converter, a brightness adaptive controller and a soft clipper. The color space converter receives a first color space format signal and converts the first color space format signal into a second color space format signal. The brightness... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090251489 - Graphics rendering and editing apparatus and method: A graphics rendering and editing apparatus includes a rendering unit configured to render a graphic object, a position specifying unit configured to specify a pre-change position and a post-change position of an arbitrary point on the graphic object, an attribute specifying unit configured to specify a deformation attribute of the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090251488 - Method and system for executing applications on a wireless device: A method of rendering interactive content on a wireless device. The wireless devices receives a plurality of scene components. The plurality of scene components are associated with an application and comprise at least one behavior module or functional unit operable to execute functions associated with the scene components. The functions... Agent: Murabito, Hao & Barnes, LLP

20090251490 - Data hiding technique: Information available at a decoder is embedded into image content after decoding by first representing that information by at least one film grain pattern and then blending that at least one film grain pattern with the decoded image content. Such image content is typically in the form of a movie... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090251491 - method of depicting an image: A method of depicting an image at a predetermined image position comprises the step of transforming an original image using an image transformation process, the image transformation process being adapted to transform the original image according to a positional relationship between the predetermined image position and a predetermined viewing position.... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090251492 - Storage medium storing image conversion program and image conversion apparatus: An image conversion apparatus converts an image, and displays a converted image on a display device. The image conversion apparatus displays an original image before conversion on the display device. Next, the image conversion apparatus sets a dividing line 52 for dividing an image displayed on the display device into... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20090251494 - Apparatus and method for gamma correction: Apparatus and method for gamma correction are disclosed. An adjustable blending unit is utilized for adjustably blending a linear gamma function with a nonlinear gamma function, thereby resulting in an adjustable gamma curve. The nonlinear gamma function is adjustable by a blending parameter such that distance of the gamma curve... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20090251496 - Display device and driving method thereof: This disclosure concerns a display device including: scanning lines; data lines; a drive transistor controlling a current through a light emitting element; a bias transistor connected between a gate of the drive transistor and a first signal line transmitting a negative bias lower than a potential of the second power... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090251495 - Liquid crystal driving circuit: The liquid crystal driving circuit for converting pixel values into driving voltages on a plurality of channels includes a reference voltage generating circuit, a plurality of buffer amplifiers, an output selection circuit coupling, and a plurality of switch circuits. The reference voltage generating circuit generates a plurality of grayscale reference... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090251493 - Pixel circuit and display apparatus: It is aimed to increase efficiency and simplification of a pixel circuit having a threshold voltage correcting function. A sampling transistor Tr1 is brought into conduction in response to a control signal supplied from a scan line WS and samples a video signal supplied from a signal lien SL to... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090251497 - Discharge lamp for dielectrically impeded discharge using a flat discharge vessel: The invention relates to a discharge lamp with a floor plate and a roof plate designed for dielectrically impeded discharge, in which the minimum discharge distances are at least 10 mm.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC