http://www.freshpatents.com/Computer-graphics-processing-operator-interface-processing-and-selective-visual-display-systems-dtnewntc345.php USPTO Class 345 - Computer graphics processing, operator interface processing, and selective visual display systems en-us Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Accumulation-display-device-interlocked-display-method-and-system-dt20080424ptan20080094310.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An accumulation display device can interlock a display content according to specification of each of the mobile data terminals. An interlocked display system includes an accumulation display device having a metadata interpretation unit that analyzes metadata transmitted by a broadcast wave or a communication network and an accumulated image processing... http://www.freshpatents.com/Interactive-hyperwall-for-visualization-simulation-gaming-dt20080424ptan20080094311.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An interactive hyperwall containing a plurality of meta-monitors having a computer with an operating system and bearing multiple graphic cards, multiple displays supported by the graphic cards, and a computer-readable storage device with software; a hyperwall system, for simultaneous visualization of different representations of multidimensional data, the hyperwall system containing... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-dt20080424ptan20080094315.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A driver (15, 10, 16) for an electrophoretic display (1) comprising pixels (18), comprises a controller (15) to select a particular drive waveform (Dij) for a particular one of the pixels (18) out of a particular set of drive waveforms (Si) being selected out of a plurality of sets of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Plasma-display-panel-dt20080424ptan20080094317.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A plasma display panel including first and second substrates facing each other and spaced apart from each other, barrier ribs disposed between the first and second substrates and defining discharge cells, phosphor layers formed in the discharge cells, address electrodes arranged on the first substrate and extending in a first... http://www.freshpatents.com/Plasma-display-device-dt20080424ptan20080094318.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A plasma display device characterized by having a plurality of first electrodes which are provided on a first substrate, a plurality of second electrodes which are provided on the first substrate and for causing discharge between the plurality of first electrodes and themselves, a plurality of third electrodes which are... http://www.freshpatents.com/Organic-light-emitting-diode-display-and-method-of-manufacture-dt20080424ptan20080094321.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An organic light emitting diode display includes a display region where a plurality of thin film transistors and a plurality of emission layers are formed, and a peripheral area formed along the circumference of the display area; a flexible conductive film that includes contact portions, each of which is formed... http://www.freshpatents.com/Display-device-dt20080424ptan20080094323.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Image display apparatus comprising two or more arrays of light sources is described. Each array is rotatable around a common axis, and the light sources in each array are arranged so that each light source traverses along a unique path around the common axis. A controller is adapted to modulate... http://www.freshpatents.com/Liquid-crystal-display-module-dt20080424ptan20080094325.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The present invention provides an LCD module, in which elements having high resistance to static electricity impact are used as circuit elements of a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) inside a Taped Carrier Package (TCP Board) connecting a front LCD panel to a rear main board, and static electricity introduced via... http://www.freshpatents.com/Color-display-dt20080424ptan20080094329.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The present invention relates to a color display device, comprising at least two light sources (16, 17), having different radiance spectra, and a liquid crystal light valve layer (14). The light sources (16, 17) are activated sequentially and the light valve layer is provided with driving signals (d1, d2) in... http://www.freshpatents.com/Driving-method-for-reducing-color-shift-dt20080424ptan20080094331.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A driving method for reducing the color shift suitable for driving a display panel is disclosed. The display panel includes at least one scan line, at least one data line, and at least one pixel unit electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The driving method includes... http://www.freshpatents.com/Structure-for-storing-overdrive-image-data-and-a-method-thereof-dt20080424ptan20080094330.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The present invention discloses a structure for storing overdrive image data and a method thereof, which divide image data into non-video data and video data and respectively store them in a non-video data storage region and a video data storage region of a memory unit, wherein the RGB data of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-driving-apparatus-liquid-crystal-display-including-the-same-and-method-of-driving-liquid-crystal-display-dt20080424ptan20080094334.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A data driving apparatus includes; an integrated circuit chip, a grayscale voltage generation unit disposed on the integrated circuit chip which receives grayscale generation signals from the outside and generates a plurality of reference grayscale voltages, and a driving unit disposed on the integrated circuit chip which receives the reference... http://www.freshpatents.com/Display-device-and-method-of-driving-the-same-dt20080424ptan20080094333.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A display device and a method of the driving the same include a display panel assembly, a driving unit which drives the display panel assembly, and a serial peripheral interface which includes a plurality of registers, the plurality of registers being divided into groups of at least two blocks, and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Liquid-crystal-display-and-method-of-driving-the-same-dt20080424ptan20080094335.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Disclosed are a liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel displaying an image; a gate driver applying gate signals to the liquid crystal display panel; a data driver applying data signals to the liquid crystal display panel;... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-driving-lcd-monitor-dt20080424ptan20080094332.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method for driving an LCD monitor includes providing a common-voltage signal having a level conversion during each frame duration, dividing each frame duration into a first sub-frame duration and a second sub-frame duration according to a position having the level conversion of the common-voltage signal, driving a first set... http://www.freshpatents.com/Integrated-circuit-module-and-method-for-data-transmission-dt20080424ptan20080094336.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An integrated circuit (IC) module for data transmission and a method for the same are disclosed. According to the present invention, the connection is such that in the module a plurality of ICs is electrically connected to a plurality of transmission lines for transmitting data. The module further includes a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-driving-plasma-display-apparatus-dt20080424ptan20080094337.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method of driving a plasma display apparatus may include supplying a first voltage to the X electrodes during a first reset period of the reset period, supplying, using energy stored in the energy recovery circuit, a ramp waveform voltage that rises from the first voltage signal to a second... http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-accessing-interface-having-multiplex-output-module-and-sequential-input-module-between-memory-and-source-to-save-routing-space-and-power-and-related-method-thereof-dt20080424ptan20080094338.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A data accessing interface between memory and source in LCD display IC includes a multiplex output module and a sequential input module. Suppose a row width of the memory is N bit. The multiplex output module is for outputting a row N-bit digital data. The multiplex output module includes a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Driving-device-and-related-image-transmission-device-of-a-flat-panel-display-dt20080424ptan20080094339.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A driving device includes a plurality of transmitters. Each transmitter includes a first current source, a second current source, a third current source, a fourth current source, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a fifth switch, and a sixth switch. The first and the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Timing-controller-liquid-crystal-display-including-the-same-and-method-of-displaying-an-image-on-a-liquid-crystal-display-dt20080424ptan20080094342.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A timing controller capable of reducing electromagnetic interference (EMI) and a liquid crystal display including the same are provided. The timing controller includes a line buffer memory, a comparing unit that compares first data information with second data information, and a memory allocating unit dividing the line buffer memory into... http://www.freshpatents.com/Facilitating-group-discussion-dt20080424ptan20080094312.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Among other things, a topic for group discussion is displayed in a public place at a scale that is visible to a group of people at the public place, contributions of users that relate to the topic are received from wireless devices of users who are at the public place,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Device-for-providing-a-vehicle-user-with-information-dt20080424ptan20080094313.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 In a device for providing information to a vehicle user about various functional elements using a display screen system, having an overview image to display the functional elements, having a rotating actuator, which is assigned to the functional elements, rotatable arbitrarily around its axis for the individual selection of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Display-unit-dt20080424ptan20080094314.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Display units (1) comprising display panels (50) with pixels (11) coupled to storage lines (62,63) via storage capacitors (13) are provided with storage line drivers (60,70) for driving the storage lines (62,63) for reducing necessary electrode voltage swings on electrodes such as row electrodes (41,42,43,44,45,49) and column electrodes (31,32,34,35,39). A... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-driving-a-plasma-display-panel-dt20080424ptan20080094316.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The present method is to drive a plasma display panel which displays a frame composed of a plurality of sub-fields having different weights of luminance. The method comprises using plural kinds of application voltage waveforms different in light emission luminance, as pulse voltages for sustain discharges in display of each... http://www.freshpatents.com/Plasma-display-panel-dt20080424ptan20080094319.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A plasma display panel. A first substrate and a second substrate are provided opposing one another with a predetermined gap therebetween. Address electrodes are formed on the second substrate. Barrier ribs are mounted between the first substrate and the second substrate, the barrier ribs defining a plurality of discharge cells... http://www.freshpatents.com/Display-device-and-driving-method-thereof-dt20080424ptan20080094320.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A display device and a method of driving the same, win which the display device includes a light emitting element and a driving transistor supplying a driving current to the light emitting element, and in which one of a data voltage or a reverse bias voltage is applied to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Flexible-active-matrix-display-backplane-and-method-dt20080424ptan20080094322.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An active matrix display backplane is formed by annealing a flexible dielectric substrate, and then forming one or more thin-film-transistors (TFTs), one or more pixel electrodes, and an interconnect on a surface of the annealed substrate. The interconnect includes individual, spaced apart electrodes that are electrically coupled to one another.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Deinterleaving-transpose-circuits-in-digital-display-systems-dt20080424ptan20080094324.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The present invention provides a method and apparatus of converting a stream of pixel data in space and time into a stream of bitplane data. In particular, the present invention converts the pixel data stream according to a predetermined output format. The apparatus of the present invention receives the pixel... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electro-optical-device-and-electronic-apparatus-and-display-driver-ic-using-the-same-dt20080424ptan20080094328.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A liquid crystal device having a display section provided with a plurality of X electrodes and a plurality of Y electrodes, a master X driver IC and a slave X driver IC for driving the X electrodes, and a Y driver for driving the Y electrodes. The master IC has... http://www.freshpatents.com/Liquid-crystal-display-device-dt20080424ptan20080094326.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A liquid crystal display device of an in-plane switching mode comprises a pair of polarizing plates which are constituted with a polarizing plate at the output side comprising a polarizer at the output side and a polarizing plate at the incident side comprising a polarizer at the incident side having... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-driving-a-display-device-dt20080424ptan20080094327.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A driving method that does not allow a change in temperature of the surroundings to change the luminance of a light emitting element of a pixel is provided for a display device with less uneven display, higher gradation, and reduced power consumption. A time ratio gradation driving method is applied... http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-latch-circuit-and-electronic-device-dt20080424ptan20080094340.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The data latch circuit of the invention includes a means for short-circuiting an input terminal and an output terminal of an inverter and by connecting the input terminal to one electrode of a capacitor and sampling a data signal or a reference potential to the other electrode of the capacitor,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Liquid-crystal-display-device-dt20080424ptan20080094341.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 It is an object of the invention to provide a liquid crystal display device that can realize a driving method reducing the power consumption of a driving circuit in a condition that real-time processing is available. In a liquid crystal display device, SW1 is controlled such that pixel data on... http://www.freshpatents.com/Source-line-driving-circuit-active-matrix-type-display-device-and-method-for-driving-the-same-dt20080424ptan20080094343.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 If the frequency of a clock signal is increased, the pulse width of a sampling pulse is decreased, and the amount of time for a video signal to be written to a source line is inadequate. Sampling pulses (sam) rise sequentially in synchronization with the rise of a start pulse... http://www.freshpatents.com/Backlight-control-circuit-dt20080424ptan20080094349.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The present invention discloses a backlight control circuit, comprising: a voltage supply circuit for receiving an input voltage and generating an output voltage under control by a control signal; at least one voltage comparison path respectively coupled to at least one light emission device path; a voltage operative amplifier circuit... http://www.freshpatents.com/Backlight-device-with-zone-control-dt20080424ptan20080094345.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A backlight unit usable in a liquid crystal display. In one embodiment, the backlight unit includes a substrate having an edge zone and a central zone surrounded by the edge zone, a first plurality of light emitting elements positioned in the central zone of the substrate, a second plurality of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Display-device-and-method-recording-medium-and-program-dt20080424ptan20080094344.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The invention can be applied to display devices. The present invention relates to display devices and methods, recording media, and programs that allow moving images to be displayed with less double vision. An LCD 11 updates the display in the order of the columns or rows of pixels on the screen... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-controlling-luminance-of-backlight-assembly-circuit-for-controlling-luminance-of-backlight-assembly-and-display-device-having-the-same-dt20080424ptan20080094347.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method for controlling a backlight luminance in which a reference voltage is set, a sampling voltage is generated based on the reference voltage, and a net photo current signal is generated by a photo current sensing element and a dark current sensing element. The net photo current signal is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Liquid-crystal-display-device-with-light-sensor-on-light-guide-plate-thereof-dt20080424ptan20080094348.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An exemplary liquid crystal display device (200) includes a liquid crystal panel (220), a light guide plate (210) opposite to the liquid crystal panel, a light source configured for supplying light beams to the light guide plate, a driving chip (230) provided at the light guide plate and configured for... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-processing-image-data-dt20080424ptan20080094346.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method for processing a frame of image data, wherein the image data is amplified by a gain factor determined in dependence of a number of sub-pixels within said frame of image data having a luminance above a first threshold value. The resulting gain factor allows for optimal amplification of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Active-mouse-button-dt20080424ptan20080094350.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A computer system, such as a small footprint Person Computer (PC) or notebook computer, PC pointing device and method of displaying information on the PC. The notebook computer includes a pointing device, such as a mouse button, with an illuminated region. The notebook computer also includes a message handler monitoring... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-processing-apparatus-and-information-processing-method-dt20080424ptan20080094351.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A plurality of stimulus generators (110), which is used to apply stimuli to the human body, and is laid on the human body of the user, is controlled. A position determination unit (108) determines whether or not a virtual object that forms a virtual space where the user exists is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-accelerated-scrolling-dt20080424ptan20080094352.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Improved approaches for users to with graphical user interfaces of computing devices are disclosed. A rotational user action supplied by a user via a user input device can provide accelerated scrolling. The accelerated nature of the scrolling enables users to scroll or traverse a lengthy data set (e.g., list of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-for-interfacing-with-a-program-using-a-light-input-device-dt20080424ptan20080094353.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An input device for interfacing with a computing device is provided. The input device includes a body configured to be held within a human hand. The input device includes a light emitting diode (LED) affixed to the body and a power supply for the LED. A mode change activator is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Pointing-device-and-method-for-item-location-and-or-selection-assistance-dt20080424ptan20080094354.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The invention describes a pointing device (1) and a methode for item location and/or selection assistance, which method comprises visually presenting a number of items (M1, M2, M3, M4) in a visual presentation (VIP, VP′, aiming a pointing device (1) comprising a camera (2) and a directable source (12) of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-input-device-data-input-method-data-input-program-and-recording-medium-wherein-such-data-input-program-is-recorded-dt20080424ptan20080094355.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A portable telephone 1 detects the force applied on a force sensor 51 of an input unit 50 as rectangular coordinate data and converts the detected rectangular coordinate data into polar coordinate data. Then, with reference to an allocating table that has recorded characters and ranges of θ values to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-for-determining-a-cursor-position-from-a-finger-contact-with-a-touch-screen-display-dt20080424ptan20080094356.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A portable device with a touch screen display detects a contact area of a finger with the touch screen display and then determines a first position associated with the contact area. The cursor position of the finger contact is determined, at least in part, based on: the first position, one... http://www.freshpatents.com/Design-for-the-mouse-for-any-portable-device-dt20080424ptan20080094357.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate navigating data associated with a portable device. According to various aspects, systems and/or methods are described that facilitate incorporating a motion input on at least one side of a portable device, the portable device includes a casing with a front, a back, and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Constrained-virtual-camera-control-dt20080424ptan20080094358.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method is described that includes receiving, from a first device, input used to select a first object in a computer-generated environment. The first device has at least two degrees of freedom with which to control the selection of the first object. The method also includes removing, in response to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Computer-mouse-having-a-front-sight-button-and-method-for-generating-local-coordinates-with-the-same-dt20080424ptan20080094360.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The present invention relates to a computer mouse having a front sight button and the method for generating local coordinates with the same, which comprises a position sensor for generating coordinates in accordance with the movement of the mouse, a front sight button for generating a local shooting signal when... http://www.freshpatents.com/Computer-mouse-dt20080424ptan20080094359.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A computer mouse is described, comprising a housing (1) which comprises a support surface (2) and a jacket surface (4) for finger support, which jacket surface protrudes upwardly in a tapering manner from the support surface (2). In order to provide advantageous handling conditions it is proposed that the jacket... http://www.freshpatents.com/Control-apparatus-for-enabling-computer-peripheral-to-be-controlled-by-keyboard-indication-commands-dt20080424ptan20080094361.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A control apparatus for enabling computer peripherals to be controlled by keyboard indication commands is disclosed, which is substantially a control box connected to a computer and a keyboard respectively by interfaces thereof, and is comprised of: a micro control unit (MCU), capable of issuing an activating signal while receiving... http://www.freshpatents.com/Keyboard-with-keys-arranged-in-pairs-and-handheld-electronic-apparatus-incorporating-the-same-dt20080424ptan20080094362.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The invention provides a keyboard including a plurality of user-operable keys and a processor. The user-operable keys include a first key and a second key. The processor generates a first key signal in response to the key-in action of the first key, generates a second key signal in response to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Hand-held-electronic-device-with-multiple-input-mode-thumbwheel-dt20080424ptan20080094363.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A thumbwheel input device oriented on an incline and comprising a wheel such that a first input is generated by rotation of the wheel about its axis, and a holder also having an axis of rotation and a portion thereon to receive the wheel whereby a second input is generated... http://www.freshpatents.com/Object-outputting-method-and-information-processing-apparatus-dt20080424ptan20080094364.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 In order to display the image included in the original one on a display part together with outputting the object, a key in a keypad on an operation part by a user. Thereby, the key operated by the user is specified in both of the mask image creation part 32... http://www.freshpatents.com/Handheld-electronic-device-with-text-disambiguation-dt20080424ptan20080094365.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but... http://www.freshpatents.com/Terminal-having-color-changing-function-and-color-changing-method-thereof-dt20080424ptan20080094366.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A mobile communication terminal having a color changing function and its color changing method are disclosed. By changing an illumination color of a key input unit, a user can recognize an operation state of the terminal by intuition through the illumination color. In addition, because the key arrangement of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Keypad-assembly-dt20080424ptan20080094373.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Provided is a keypad assembly used as a data input unit in various electronic devices. The keypad assembly includes a main board having one or more metal domes formed at predetermined positions on the main board, and a keypad disposed on the main board to apply a pressure on the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Pressure-controlled-navigating-in-a-touch-screen-dt20080424ptan20080094367.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A remote control device has a display monitor for rendering an image and a touch screen for user interaction. The touch screen is pressure-sensitive. The device has an operational mode wherein the image is being scaled dependent on a value of the pressure registered by the touch screen.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Touch-screen-element-dt20080424ptan20080094372.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method of mounting a touch-screen element onto a control panel, and a corresponding assembled unit. In the assembled apparatus, the control panel has the touch-screen element mounted thereto. The touch-screen element comprises a sensing element mounted on a semi-rigid carrier, and first and second clamps for holding opposed sides... http://www.freshpatents.com/Deletion-gestures-on-a-portable-multifunction-device-dt20080424ptan20080094371.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Deletion gestures for use on a portable multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display are disclosed. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with the portable multifunction device comprises displaying a list of items on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive display to edit... http://www.freshpatents.com/Email-client-for-a-portable-multifunction-device-dt20080424ptan20080094369.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A computer-implemented method for providing email at a portable communications device with a touch screen display is disclosed. A first portion of a list of entries with information about corresponding electronic messages is displayed in a first area of the touch screen display. A first portion of an electronic message... http://www.freshpatents.com/Portable-electronic-device-performing-similar-operations-for-different-gestures-dt20080424ptan20080094370.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device: displays an application on the touch-sensitive display; and when the application is in a predefined mode, performs a predefined operation in response to each gesture... http://www.freshpatents.com/Portable-electronic-device-method-and-graphical-user-interface-for-displaying-structured-electronic-documents-dt20080424ptan20080094368.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A computer-implemented method, for use in conjunction with a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, comprises displaying at least a portion of a structured electronic document on the touch screen display, wherein the structured electronic document comprises a plurality of boxes of content, and detecting a first gesture... http://www.freshpatents.com/Control-device-for-a-spreader-dt20080424ptan20080094374.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A control device is disclosed for a spreader for spreading materials on a road. The device includes a touch screen for entering information and an arrangement associated with the touch screen for processing the information and for providing a color display. The device also includes a color display which permits... http://www.freshpatents.com/Stylus-calibration-system-and-method-dt20080424ptan20080094376.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method calibrates a stylus to a display interface by first resetting a calibration pattern and calibration parameters. The calibration pattern is displayed on the display interface at a location corresponding to an estimated position of a stylus tip. The position of the stylus tip is measured while sensing the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Universal-flat-horizontal-use-stylus-dt20080424ptan20080094375.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A universal flat horizontal use stylus, this stylus design avoids damage to the fragile outer membranes of existing touch sensitive screens devices mostly found on today's PDA's (personal digital assistant). Due to the curvature of the present inventions flat body and downward angled flat conical nose tip, and control/support curve... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-device-for-data-management-in-an-electronic-pen-dt20080424ptan20080094377.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A data management device in an electronic pen apparatus operates to receive (602) images of a product surface and extract (604) data from these images. The product surface may be provided with part of a position-coding pattern, and the extracted data may then represent positions encoded by the pattern. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-reducing-sensitivity-modulation-and-lag-in-electronic-imagers-dt20080424ptan20080094378.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method for reducing gain and lag signals associated with trapped charges is described. Data is collected from a detector. A forward bias voltage is temporarily applied to the detector between collecting the data.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-display-system-dt20080424ptan20080094379.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The information display system has: a display panel portion 100, in which display media are sealed in a closed space between opposed two substrates, at least one substrate being transparent, and, in which the display media, to which an electrostatic filed is applied, are made to move so as to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electronic-device-with-multiple-array-devices-dt20080424ptan20080094380.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An electronic device has a first active matrix pixel array device (52) and a second pixel array device (54). The first and second pixel arrays are provided on separate substrates (56,58), and a part (62) of the addressing or processing circuitry of the first active matrix array device (52) is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Semiconductor-integrated-circuit-device-dt20080424ptan20080094381.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 In a case where the data drive circuit is used for a face-up mounting, a reverse switching circuit is controlled so that a reverse switching signal RB can be at an “H” level. Thus, an output terminal S11 is caused to function as an output terminal from which to output... http://www.freshpatents.com/Display-panel-driving-mechanism-for-electronic-device-dt20080424ptan20080094382.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A display panel driving mechanism for electronic device supports a lower side of a display panel (1), which is arranged on a front plane of an electronic device, to be freely turned around a first shaft (5a) which moves by following a slider (4) driven in to and fro directions.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Driving-a-display-with-a-polarity-inversion-pattern-dt20080424ptan20080094383.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 This invention relates to a method for driving a display panel (DP) having pixels (P). The display panel (DP) is driven with a sequence of image frames. The image frames are converted to a drive signal (V2) comprising refresh frames with a refresh frame period (TR) shorter than the image... http://www.freshpatents.com/Drive-circuit-of-display-device-and-method-of-testing-the-same-dt20080424ptan20080094385.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A first switch circuit is provided between a gradation voltage selection circuit and an output circuit. The output circuit includes a test switch that disconnects the gradation voltage selection circuit from the output circuit in a test mode; a test switch that connects, in the test mode, the gradation voltage... http://www.freshpatents.com/Driving-circuit-having-counter-and-liquid-crystal-display-employing-same-dt20080424ptan20080094384.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An exemplary driving circuit for a liquid crystal display (3) includes a power supply circuit (34), a backlight control circuit (356) and a counter (355). The power supply circuit provides voltages for the LCD. The backlight control circuit controls whether or not the voltages provided by the power supply circuit... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electro-optical-device-drive-circuit-and-electronic-apparatus-dt20080424ptan20080094388.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A drive circuit of an electro-optical device includes: plural rows of scanning lines; plural columns of data lines; a plurality of common electrodes; pixel switching elements, pixel capacitors; and pixels. Here, the drive circuit includes a scanning line drive circuit; and first transistors corresponding to the plurality of common electrodes.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-controlling-power-and-display-parameters-of-a-monitor-and-monitor-for-the-same-dt20080424ptan20080094387.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Under the condition of a computer system being powered on, a switch on a monitor controls the power or the display parameters of the monitor according to the triggering time of the switch. When the switch is triggered for more than a predetermined period of time, a control unit of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-and-apparatus-for-latch-up-free-boosting-dt20080424ptan20080094386.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A voltage generator includes a boosting circuit boosting a power voltage to generate first through fourth voltages, and a boosting controller controlling the boosting circuit. The boosting controller sets the third and fourth voltages to a voltage level lower than that of a ground voltage while the first and second... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-processing-system-for-automatic-segmentation-of-a-3-d-tree-like-tubular-surface-of-an-object-using-3-d-deformable-mesh-models-dt20080424ptan20080094389.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An image data processing system with computing means for the automatic segmentation of a treelike tubular structure in a 3-D image comprising: means (20) for computing a treelike center path of the tubular tree-like structure; means (21) for dividing the treelike center path of the tubular treelike structure into segments... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-performing-a-selective-fill-for-a-hearing-aid-shell-dt20080424ptan20080094392.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method and appertaining system load 3D shape information defining a hearing aid shell into a processor and present a representation of the shell on a display. A fill boundary is entered by a user operating a user input device and a fill region for the shell is thus defined.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Video-generation-device-load-display-method-recording-medium-and-program-dt20080424ptan20080094390.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An operation input reception unit (201) receives an operation input for a virtual vehicle to be run on the running path. Further, a running condition managing unit (203) manages the running condition of the virtual vehicle based on the received operation input. Then, a video generation unit (204) generates a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-processor-image-processing-method-information-recording-medium-and-program-dt20080424ptan20080094391.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 To perform three-dimensional graphics processes by reducing the number of polygons to be processed, a storage unit (202) of an image processor (201) stores each of a plurality of polygons making up the surfaces of an object placed in a virtual three-dimensional space, in association with any of the surfaces... http://www.freshpatents.com/Automated-derivative-view-rendering-system-dt20080424ptan20080094394.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A system and method for creating a derivative view from graphical data which is derived from native application data. The native application data may be extracted from a graphical application, such as a CAD application, converted to an intermediate or derivative format, and a derivative view of the graphic information... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-collating-object-dt20080424ptan20080094393.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 An object collation method comprising a registration procedure for registering the registered data of a registered object in a database, and a collation procedure for collating the input image of a target object with the registered data. The registration procedure includes a step of storing the three-dimensional shape of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-medium-and-system-rendering-3d-graphic-data-to-enhance-image-quality-of-transparent-objects-dt20080424ptan20080094395.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method, medium, and system rendering 3-dimensional (3D) graphic data. The method of rendering 3D graphic data may include grouping objects from among transparent objects included in graphic data, which overlap each other in a 3D space, and rendering the group and remaining objects excluding the grouped objects, in an... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-for-the-three-dimensional-imaging-of-a-moving-joint-dt20080424ptan20080094396.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The invention relates to a system and a method for the generation of 3D images of a moving joint (1). A rotational X-ray device (10) generates projections of said joint from different directions while the simultaneous periodic movement of the joint (1) is recorded by a monitoring device (20). The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Progressive-refinement-for-texture-based-volume-rendering-dt20080424ptan20080094397.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method for rendering a two-dimensional image comprising: (a) obtaining a first three-dimensional set of data for a relatively high quality image; (b) generating a second three-dimensional set of data for a relatively low quality image from the obtained three-dimensional set of data; (c) rendering a relatively low quality two-dimensional... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-and-systems-for-interacting-with-a-3d-visualization-system-using-a-2d-interface----dextrolap----dt20080424ptan20080094398.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a 3D visualization system can be ported to a laptop or desktop PC, or other standard 2D computing environment, which uses a mouse and keyboard as user interfaces. Using the methods of exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a cursor or icon can... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-displaying-graphical-representations-of-graph-layouts-dt20080424ptan20080094399.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The invention includes a method and apparatus for displaying a graphical representation of a graph including nodes and edges. A layout of the graph is determined. The layout of the graph is determined by determining respective positions of each of the nodes and edges within the layout. The position of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Content-based-graphical-user-interface-application-dt20080424ptan20080094400.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method including processing and modeling a script stored in a first device, determining a state transition diagram of the first device based on the script model, utilizing the state transition diagram to determine a state of the first device and displaying an image based on the state of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-animating-vector-graphics-dt20080424ptan20080094401.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method of simplifying the programming of animation of vector graphics for the graphic user interface of, for example, a SCADA system. The programming method allows the programmer to input unique yet simple instruction codes instead of inputting multiple lines of logic script to animate vector graphic objects and texts.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Computing-system-capable-of-parallelizing-the-operation-graphics-processing-units--gpus--supported-on-a-cpu-gpu-fusion-architecture-chip-and-one-or-more-external-graphics-cards-employing-a-software-implemented-multi-mode-parallel-graphics-rendering-subsy-dt20080424ptan20080094403.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A computing system capable of parallelizing the operation of multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) supported on external graphics cards, employing a multi-mode parallel graphics rendering subsystem. The computing system includes (i) CPU memory space for storing one or more graphics-based applications, (ii) a CPU/GPU fusion-architecture chip including one or more... http://www.freshpatents.com/Computing-system-having-a-parallel-graphics-rendering-system-employing-multiple-graphics-processing-pipelines--gppls--dynamically-controlled-according-to-time-image-and-object-division-modes-of-parallel-operation-during-the-run-time-of-graphics-based-app-dt20080424ptan20080094402.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A computing system having a parallel graphics rendering system employing multiple graphics processing pipelines (GPPLs) dynamically controlled according to time, image and object division modes of parallel operation during the run-time of graphics-based applications running on the computing system. The parallel graphics rendering subsystem includes a plurality of graphics processing... http://www.freshpatents.com/Computing-system-having-multi-mode-parallel-graphics-rendering-subsystem-including-multiple-graphics-processing-pipelines--gppls--and-supporting-automated-division-of-graphics-commands-and-data-during-automatic-mode-control-dt20080424ptan20080094404.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A computing system having a multi-mode parallel graphics rendering subsystem which includes multiple graphics processing pipelines (GPPLs) and automated division of graphics commands and data during automatic mode control. The multi-mode parallel graphics rendering subsystem supports multiple modes of parallel operation selected from the group consisting of object division, image... http://www.freshpatents.com/Scalable-shader-architecture-dt20080424ptan20080094405.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A scalable shader architecture is disclosed. In accord with that architecture, a shader includes multiple shader pipelines, each of which can perform processing operations on rasterized pixel data. Shader pipelines can be functionally removed as required, thus preventing a defective shader pipeline from causing a chip rejection. The shader includes... http://www.freshpatents.com/Stripe-based-image-data-storage-dt20080424ptan20080094406.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The present invention relates to a way of storing 3D images. The 3D image is composed of a stack of two-dimensional video data subsets represented by arrays of pixel data. Each array of pixel data is partitioned into a plurality of overlapping and adjacent vertical stripes of pixel data having... http://www.freshpatents.com/Systems-and-methods-for-storing-texture-map-data-dt20080424ptan20080094407.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Systems and methods for graphics data management are described. One embodiment includes a graphics processing system comprising a texture management unit configured to organize texture map data according to a slice major format, wherein the texture map data spans at least one mip level. Furthermore, the graphics processing system comprises... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-geometry-graphics-processing-dt20080424ptan20080094408.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The present invention provides a method and system for graphics processing. The graphics processing system comprises the primitive assembly, a vertex/geometry shader, the second primitive assembly, a cache memory, and a texture engine. The vertex/geometry shader can receive primitive data to execute can output vertex data.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-generation-device-and-image-generation-method-dt20080424ptan20080094409.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A calculation unit (58) references texture data (62) in a storage unit (60) and acquires texel information of index color formal An integral look-up table (64) has a structure containing a plurality of color look-up tables based on the detail degree (LOD) of the area to be plotted A look-up... http://www.freshpatents.com/Programmable-blending-in-a-graphics-processing-unit-dt20080424ptan20080094410.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Techniques for implementing blending equations for various blending modes with a base set of operations are described. Each blending equation may be decomposed into a sequence of operations. In one design, a device includes a processing unit that implements a set of operations for multiple blending modes and a storage... http://www.freshpatents.com/Transparency-group-computation-on-a-graphics-processing-unit-dt20080424ptan20080094411.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A new transparency group may be rendered and blended with other, previously rendered, transparency groups, by using the Porter-Duff algebra available on the GPU even though the transparency groups include pre-multiplied color and alpha information. Additionally, the number of copies of the back buffer (the image information for the previously... http://www.freshpatents.com/3-d-clipping-in-a-graphics-processing-unit-dt20080424ptan20080094412.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A graphics processing unit (GPU) efficiently performs 3-dimensional (3-D) clipping using processing units used for other graphics functions. The GPU includes first and second hardware units and at least one buffer. The first hardware unit performs 3-D clipping of primitives using a first processing unit used for a first graphics... http://www.freshpatents.com/Display-controller-dt20080424ptan20080094413.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a display controller are described. One display controller embodiment includes a data store to store overlay control data, a port to communicate with an overlay control data provider, and a logic to provide an overlay to a display device. The display device may... http://www.freshpatents.com/Multimedia-video-generation-system-dt20080424ptan20080094414.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A multimedia video generation system is disclosed. The system comprises a receiving unit, a characteristic recognition unit, an object providing unit and a video synthesis unit. The receiving unit is for receiving a video consisted of a plurality of frames. The characteristic recognition unit is for recognizing an attribute parameter... http://www.freshpatents.com/Graphics-display-system-with-anti-flutter-filtering-and-vertical-scaling-feature-dt20080424ptan20080094416.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input. The chip includes a single polyphase filter that preferably provides both anti-flutter filtering and scaling of graphics. Anti-flutter filtering may help... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-identifying-application-in-multiscreen-environment-dt20080424ptan20080094415.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method and apparatus for identifying an application in a multi-screen environment are provided. The apparatus includes a digital signal processing module which receives at least one of video information, audio information and data information, and restores a service based on the at least one of the video information, the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Interactivity-with-a-mixed-reality-dt20080424ptan20080094417.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Methods of interacting with a mixed reality are presented. A mobile device captures an image of a real-world object where the image has content information that can be used to control a mixed reality object through an offered command set. The mixed reality object can be real, virtual, or a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Generating-and-displaying-spatially-offset-sub-frames-dt20080424ptan20080094419.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A method of displaying an image with a display device includes receiving image data for the image. Sub-frame shifting parameters are identified based on at least one of image characteristics of the image, system status information, and user-defined parameters. A first plurality of sub-frames corresponding to the image data is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-automatically-generating-graphically-displayed-indicating-instruments-dt20080424ptan20080094418.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 The invention relates to a method for automatically generating graphic display instruments for measured, regulation and/or control values, comprising the following steps: a) selection of a display instrument type; b) dynamic calculation of reproduction positions for reading-aid information in accordance with the type of display instrument that has been selected... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-automatic-layout-of-images-in-digital-albums-dt20080424ptan20080094420.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A system and method for automatic creation of digital image albums. A Page Creator Module utilizes a genetic engine and a layout evaluation module. The genetic engine evolves a group of images to a plurality of album pages, based on certain layout criteria. The evaluation module calculates layout criteria and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-display-apparatus-and-information-displaying-method-dt20080424ptan20080094421.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 Even when the display contents on the display screen are changed, the entire or a part of the display item is displayed, given a higher priority. When a part of image (20) is displayed in a displayable area (14 or 15) that displays a display item on a display screen,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Mobile-communication-terminal-and-method-of-processing-input-signal-thereof-dt20080424ptan20080094422.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A mobile communication terminal including a scroll device configured to output a scrolling signal, a display configured to display information, and a control unit configured to variably recognize the scrolling signal of the scroll device based on operational modes of the mobile communication terminal such that an amount of information... http://www.freshpatents.com/Light-source-control-unit-and-light-source-control-method-dt20080424ptan20080094424.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A light source control unit includes: a controlled variable calculation unit continuously calculating a controlled variable of a light source based on a luminance of an image represented by an image data; a limiting unit limiting a time variation of the calculated controlled variable; and a control unit controlling the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Display-device-dt20080424ptan20080094425.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 In an embodiment of the present invention, basic reference voltages VRT, VRB, VR, VG, and VB are divided by resistors to produce plural reference voltages V0 to V15, and voltages are selected from these plural reference voltages V0 to V15 for digital-analog conversion processing of image data DR, DG, and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Lighting-system-power-adaptor-dt20080424ptan20080094423.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A power adaptor for a lighting unit, comprising an input for coupling to an electrical power supply and a controller adapted to monitor the input and operable to provide at least two independent electrical outputs, each output having a power level based on an amount of power available at the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Backlight-modulation-for-display-dt20080424ptan20080094426.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A display (10) has a non pixel addressable backlight (130), having a temporal modulation applied, a pixel addressable LCD (120) in an optical path and the pixel addressable part being arranged to output each pixel of a frame as a temporal sequence of output values unrelated to colour components of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Asynchronous-video-capture-for-insertion-into-high-resolution-image-dt20080424ptan20080094427.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:30:35 -0700 A display system has a first resolution video buffer 20, and can insert a second resolution analog video signal, the first resolution being higher than the second resolution. It can sample the second resolution video signal and insert it 50 without substantially reducing the resolution of the image. An advantage...