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<title>freepatentsonline.com: Computer graphics processing and selective visual display systems</title>
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<title><![CDATA[Plasma display device and driving method thereof]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273544.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A plasma display device includes an electrode performing a display operation, an inductor having a first end and a second end that is connected to a first power source supplying a first voltage, first and second switches connected in series between the first end of the inductor and the electrode, a third switch having a first end connected to a second power source that supplies a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage and a second end connected to the electrode, and a fourth switch connected between a node of the first and second switches and a third power source that supplies a third voltage that is lower than the first voltage.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273545.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A plasma display apparatus and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel in which a plurality of scan electrodes, sustain electrodes, and address electrodes are formed on substrates to form a discharge cell and electrode driving parts for driving the scan electrodes, the sustain electrodes, and the address electrodes. The plurality of scan electrodes are divided into a plurality of scan electrode groups and the driving parts are controlled such that a voltage different from a scan bias voltage is applied for a predetermined time in the address period of one or more scan electrode groups among the plurality of scan electrode groups.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273554.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provided is an electro-optical device including: pixel electrodes provided in intersections of gate lines and data lines; counter electrodes provided to face the pixel electrodes with an electro-optical material interposed therebetween; and storage capacitors each of which one end is connected to each of the pixel electrodes, wherein, if data line signals supplied to the pixel electrodes via the data lines correspond to writing of a positive polarity with respect to the potential of the counter electrodes, the potential of the other end of each of the storage capacitors is changed to a high potential side after the data line signals are written and, if the data line signals correspond to writing of a negative polarity with respect to the potential of the counter electrodes, the potential of the other end of each of the storage capacitors is held at a constant level before and after the data line signals are written.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273557.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a data drive circuit that supplies a data voltage, whose a polarity is periodically inverted, to the data lines, a gate drive circuit, and a timing controller. The gate drive circuit sequentially supplies a first gate pulse synchronized with a first data voltage to gate lines, and sequentially supplies a second gate pulse synchronized with a second data voltage having a polarity opposite a polarity of the first data voltage, to the gate lines. The timing controller generates a pre-gate start pulse for controlling an output of the first gate pulse during a blank period, and then generates a real gate start pulse for controlling an output of the second gate pulse during an initial period of a frame period following the blank period.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE, EXECUTING APPLICATION METHOD, AND DIGITAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273587.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An application executing method is provided. The application executing method is applied to a handheld electronic device having a body and a touch element. The touch element is disposed at the body. The application executing method comprises the following steps. Firstly, a communication mode is entered. Next, whether the touch element is moved is detected. If the touch element is moved, then an application is activated.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Display Device and Electronic Device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273593.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A display device of a type capable of narrowing the pitch, realizing narrowing of the frame, and further lowering the power consumption and an electronic device using the device, wherein two horizontal drive circuits  13 U and  13 D employ an RGB selector scheme by storing three digital data in sampling and latch circuits, performing conversion processing to analog data three times by a common digital-to-analog conversion circuit during one horizontal period (H), selecting three analog data in the horizontal period in a time division manner, and outputting the same to data lines (signal lines).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus and drive method for light emitting device array]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273594.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and drive method for compensating intensity variation due to variation of operating cycles in a dynamically controlled system comprising a plurality of light emitting devices are provided in this invention.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ACTIVE MATRIX TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273595.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE In an active matrix type display device including two source line side drivers for driving a plurality of pixel TFTs, one gate line side driver, two line memories respectively including at least first and second memories, and a controller for controlling the first and second line memories, storing and transmitting of picture data of the two line memories are switched to transmit the data to the two source line side drivers at the same time.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and Apparatus for Presentation of Mosaic Theme]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273613.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for the display of an animated mosaic theme utilizing user images or video. In one embodiment, the method may include electing a mosaic template that includes a plurality of tile regions. The method may also include loading a source image from a memory. Furthermore, the method may include displaying a plurality of regions of the source image that correspond to the plurality of tile regions of the selected mosaic template to display a source image mosaic.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE HAVING A VARIABLE COLOR POINT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273616.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An electroluminescent device ( 9 ) for emitting light ( 7 ) whose color point is able to be set variably, comprising at least two electroluminescent regions ( 41, 42 ) that, to allow the same operating voltage to be applied, are arranged to be connected in parallel electrically, wherein the electroluminescent regions ( 41, 42 ) comprise—at least one first electroluminescent region ( 41 ) of a first electroluminescent material for emitting light in a first spectral band in accordance with a first luminance vs. voltage characteristic ( 81 ), and—at least one second electroluminescent region ( 42 ) of a second electroluminescent material for emitting light in a second spectral band that is not the same as the first spectral band, in accordance with a second luminance vs. voltage characteristic ( 82 ) that is not the same as the first luminance vs. voltage characteristic ( 81 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Display apparatus and display-apparatus driving method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273617.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed herein is a driving method for driving a, display apparatus, the display apparatus including: N×M light emitting units; M scan lines; N data lines; a driving circuit provided for each of the light emitting units to serve as a circuit having a signal writing transistor, a device driving transistor, a capacitor and a first switch circuit; and a light emitting device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND DISPLAY SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273568.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An information management and display system includes a content management server and at least one retailer, a client advertisements server and at least one content display device communicating with the content management server. The client advertisements server is adapted to store advertising information, the content management server is adapted to receive the advertising information from the client advertisements server and the at least one content display device is adapted to receive the advertising information from the content management server and display the advertising information.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CONTENT PRESENTATION APPARATUS, AND CONTENT PRESENTATION METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273542.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[To provide a content presentation apparatus which can reduce the cases where presentation information causes users to have a feeling of suddenness or presentation information is ignored even when information that is not adapted to the states of the users is presented.  The content presentation apparatus according to the present invention includes: a purpose information storage unit ( 103 ) which stores purpose information; a representative information storage unit ( 109 ) which stores representative information included in the purpose information; an adapted information obtaining unit ( 106 ) which obtains adapted information adapted to the states of a user; a representative information concatenating unit ( 111 ) which concatenates the adapted information and the representative information; and an information presentation unit ( 120 ) which presents a content after presenting the concatenated adapted information and representative information for the content.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method for updating updateable wall art]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273543.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for updating or changing a digital display device for presenting and showing wall art, the device comprising a flat LCD display configured with a processing element for receiving, storing, selecting and presenting images from external sources. The digital display device communicates with an external service or server that stores images, and sound files, sent to the display device. The processing element has storage for storing images and communications means, such as WIFI, for receiving images from external sources. Images and sound files are received and stored in the processing element, wherein images are displayed and sounds played based upon selection by an external selection device, or images may be selected for display based upon a time of day, date or may be selected based upon some pre-determined criteria, such as season or time of the year. An external server may update the display based upon a subscription service or business arrangement between the owner of the updateable wall art and a seller of digital content.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273546.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An organic electroluminescent display device includes a power supply unit outputting a driving voltage, a base voltage and a reference voltage, a source driving unit outputting a data voltage, a gate driving unit outputting a positive scan signal and a negative scan signal, a timing control unit controlling the source driving unit and the gate driving unit, and a display unit receiving the driving voltage, the base voltage, the reference voltage, the positive scan signal and the negative scan signal, the display unit including an organic light-emitting diode that has driving currents depending on the data voltage.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Display apparatus and display-apparatus driving method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273547.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed herein is a driving method for driving a display apparatus, the display apparatus including: N×M light emitting units; M scan lines; N data lines; a driving circuit provided for each of the light emitting units to serve as a circuit having a signal writing transistor, a device driving transistor, a capacitor and a first switch circuit; and a light emitting device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DISPLAY DEVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273548.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A display device includes: a display element including a plurality of sub-elements connected to retention capacities, respectively; a plurality of writing transistors arranged corresponding to the sub-elements, respectively, and writing an image signal to the retention capacities; and a plurality of driving transistors driving the sub-elements, respectively based on the image signal written through the writing transistors. The writing transistors, the driving transistors or both of them are aligned along a source-drain alignment direction in which a drain electrode and a source electrode of each transistor in the writing transistors and driving transistors are aligned, and the writing transistors, the driving transistors or both of them are arranged so that drain electrodes or source electrodes in a pair of transistors are immediately adjacent to each other, the pair of transistors being a pair of the writing transistors or the driving transistors, and being immediately adjacent to each other.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IMPROVEMENTS TO BISTABLE NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273549.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for addressing a bistable nematic matrix LCD having two stable textures without any applied electric field. Pixel addressing is of the passive multiplex type. The method includes selecting the value of the electrical voltage applied between the substrates so that an average value of the voltage, preferably the average quadratic value, since the initial command for image display up to the time immediately preceding switching, has a predetermined value independent of the information to be displayed, which is the same for all the pixels of the image.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gamma Correction Apparatus and a Method of the Same]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273551.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A gamma correction apparatus comprising a digital to analog converter (DAC), a plurality of compensating circuits, and at least one adjusting circuit is provided. The DAC is used to receive RGB digital signals to further generate analog signals. The analog signals are then transferred to the relative pixel devices through the signal lines on the LCD panel. The compensating circuits inserted between the DAC and the signal lines are used to adjust the analog signals to correct the displaying brightness of the pixel devices. The adjusting circuit connecting to the compensating circuits is used to control the operation of the compensation circuits. In addition, a method for adjusting gamma curves by providing three common voltage levels related to RGB colors individually is also provided to achieve better white balance.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Display apparatus and driving method thereof]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273552.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A display apparatus includes a panel part, a data driver, and a gate driver. The panel part includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels each of which is connected to one gate line of the gate lines and one data line of the data lines. The data driver receives image data and outputs a data signal to the data lines. The gate driver part is disposed on the panel part and applies gate signals to the gate lines. Periods of clock signals controlling the level of the gate signals are different from that of the gate signals. Thus, power consumption of the display apparatus is substantially effectively reduced.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273555.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a timing signal multiplying circuit multiplying a frequency of a timing signal, a timing control signal generating circuit generating a polarity control signal based on the multiplied timing signal, a polarity control signal inverting circuit that inverts the polarity control signal in response to an inverse periodic signal, that is inverted every constant time interval, to generate an inverse polarity control signal, and a data drive circuit that respectively converts digital video data and digital black data into a video data voltage and a black gray level voltage, inverts polarities of the video data voltage and the black gray level voltage in response to the inverse polarity control signal, and supplies the video data voltage and the black gray level voltage to data lines.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Display Device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273556.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[To make a conventional area grayscale display technique applicable to a driving method that is designed to write data in a vertical blanking interval. A display panel with multiple pixels and a display controller that receives an input video signal and a sync signal and gets an image presented on the display panel are provided. If one horizontal scanning period and one vertical scanning period of the input video signal are represented by 1H and V-Total, respectively, the display controller is able to form one vertical scanning period V-Total of a first period in which one horizontal scanning period of the display panel is 1Ho, which is as long as 1H, and a second period in which one horizontal scanning period of the display panel is 1Hn, which is not as long as 1H.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BACKLIGHT DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273558.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A backlight driving circuit and a method for driving the same, which are capable of preventing a flicker phenomenon and delay of response, are disclosed. The backlight driving circuit includes a selective filtering unit for comparing dimming signals currently supplied for a current frame with dimming signals previously stored for a previous frame, to determine how abruptly an image of the current frame has varied from an image of the previous frame, and outputting the dimming signals for the current frame after modulating duty ratios of the dimming signals for the current frame selectively.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[GAME DEVICE THAT GENERATES A DISPLAY WITH A SIMULATED BODY IMAGE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273559.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A game device includes a first receiver that receives body motion signals from a plurality of remote motion sensing device coupled to a user's body. A user data generation module generates simulated body image data. A processor executes a game application that generates display signals for display on a display device, wherein the display signals are generated based on the simulated body image data.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sensor-based distributed tangible user interface]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273560.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A distributed tangible user interface comprises compact, self-powered, tangible user interface manipulative devices having sensing, display, and wireless communication capabilities, along with one or more associated digital content or other interactive software management applications. The manipulative devices display visual representations of digital content or program controls and can be physically manipulated as a group by a user for interaction with the digital information or software application. A controller on each manipulative device receives and processes data from a movement sensor, initiating behavior on the manipulative and/or forwarding the results to a management application that uses the information to manage the digital content, software application, and/or the manipulative devices. The manipulative devices may also detect the proximity and identity of other manipulative devices, responding to and/or forwarding that information to the management application, and may have feedback devices for presenting responsive information to the user.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273561.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A device control system allows a user-owned terminal to control a control providing device. A control requester in the terminal sends a terminal message including coordinate information of a display screen and an identifier of the terminal. In response, a control request response processor in the control providing device assigns user-controllable events to relative positions of coordinates recognized from the coordinate information, thus sending event detail information to the terminal. A display controller in the terminal displays on the display screen events in a display mode based on the event detail information. A control request processor in the terminal sends a control request message to the control providing device in response to a user operation of the events displayed on the display screen. A function executing unit in the control providing device receives the control request message and executes a function corresponding thereto.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ENHANCING COMPUTER SCREEN SECURITY USING CUSTOMIZED CONTROL OF DISPLAYED CONTENT AREA]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273562.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method, system and computer program product for enhancing the computer screen security. The gaze of a user on a screen is tracked. The locations of the screen other than the location of the gaze of the user are distorted. Information is displayed in an area on the screen (“content area”) at the location of the user's gaze. Upon receiving input (e.g., audio, touch, key sequences) from the user to tune the content area on the screen to display information, the received input is mapped to a command for tuning the content area on the screen to display the information. The content area is then reconfigured in accordance with the user's request. By allowing the content area to be customized by the user, the security is enhanced by allowing the user to control what information is to be kept private.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[INPUT DEVICE TO CONTROL ELEMENTS OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273564.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An input device to control elements of graphical user interfaces has at least one input element with multiple buttons (keys), and at least one rotatable input element that is actuated at least along one essentially horizontal axis, and at least one elevation ( 18 ) that extends essentially perpendicular to a primary extension plane of the input device. The elevation is provided with at least one additional input element and the additional input element is rotatable around an essentially vertical axis.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND CUMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR INVOKING AN ELECTRONIC INK OR HANDWRITING INTERFACE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273565.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[User interfaces, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for activating and/or displaying text input systems on display devices may include: (a) displaying a text input system activation target at a user changeable location on a display device; (b) receiving user input directed to the activation target; and (c) activating a text input system in response to the user input. Such user interfaces, methods, and systems further may include (d) displaying a pre-interaction condition of the activation target; (e) receiving user input directed to the activation target in this pre-interaction condition; and (f) changing an appearance of the activation target from the pre-interaction condition to a larger size and/or a different visual appearance in response to this user input. Additional aspects of this invention relate to computer-readable media for providing user interfaces, systems, and methods as described above.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM UTILIZING A CHARACTER INPUT METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273566.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A character input method is implemented in a device with a plurality of keys. If a key is activated by a first operation matching a first input pattern, a first route is selected to traverse a plurality of characters corresponded by the key during presentation of the plurality of characters. If the first key is activated by a second operation matching a second input pattern, the plurality of characters corresponded by the first key are orderly retrieved and presented according to a second route in response to operations on the first key. The order for presenting two characters corresponded by the first key in the first route is reversed in the second route.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MULTIPLE TOUCH INPUT SIMULATION USING SINGLE INPUT PERIPHERALS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273569.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A multiple touch input simulation for a virtual interactive display system using single input peripherals is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises a method for simulating a multiple touch input for a virtual interactive display system that receives a first input from a first input device, receives a second input from a second input device, associates the first input with a first data object and the second input with a second a data object to simulate a multiple touch input, and provides the data object to a multiple touch client application.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MULTI-TOUCH SENSOR PATTERNS AND STACK-UPS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273570.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Capacitive multi-touch sensor panels in which both row and column traces may be formed on a single conducting surface are disclosed. These stack-ups may be made thinner and more flexible allowing them to be particularly well-suited for curved or other non-flat touch sensor panels, such as those that might be present on a mouse or other device designed to be grasped by a user's hand. Curved sensor panel arrays that may be formed from flat substrates are also disclosed. These sensor panel configurations may include channels around the periphery of the array. These channels allow the flat array to lie flat when applied to a curved surface, such as the inside of the curved surface. The pattern of the touch sensor elements may be adjusted across the array to avoid the channels.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[TOUCH INPUT DEVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273572.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A touch sensor input device includes a first and second array of electrodes, the electrodes in the first array being orthogonal to the electrodes in the second array. A capacitor sensing arrangement senses an electrode capacitance signal which varies in the presence of a touch input. The capacitance signals for groups of electrodes in each array are combined in order to derive respective individual sense signals. This arrangement has electrodes with a finer resolution than the sensing resolution, and this gives improved ability to sense accurately the position of the touch input.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MUTUAL CAPACITANCE TOUCH SENSING DEVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273573.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mutual capacitive touch sensing device is disclosed. The device can include nodes for sensing a touch at the device and for sensing a force applied to the device. Some nodes can perform both touch and force sensing; while other nodes can perform touch sensing. The device can include distinct individual drive lines for driving the nodes and separate distinct individual sense lines for transmitting touch or force signals from the nodes. The nodes can form groups, where the nodes in each group can be coupled to the same drive line and to different sense lines and where each node in a group can be coupled to a node in a different group by the same sense line. Each node can be set up with a different combination of drive and sense lines coupled thereto. An example device can be a click wheel.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PROGRAMMABLE TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS AND MAN-MACHINE INTERFACES FOR IMPROVED VEHICLE INSTRUMENTATION AND TELEMATICS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273574.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[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 programmable forms of tactile touch screens and displays employing tactile physical selection or adjustment means which utilize direct optical data input. A revolutionary form of dashboard or instrument panel results which is stylistically attractive, lower in cost, customizable by the user, programmable in both the tactile and visual sense, and with the potential of enhancing interior safety and vehicle operation. Non-automotive applications of the invention are also disclosed, for example means for general computer input using touch screens and home automation systems.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DISPLAY DEVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273576.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Devices, systems, and methods for directing a beam of light into a display such that the beam of light undergoes internal reflection within the display and capturing a reflected light beam are disclosed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MULTI-TOUCH DETECTION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273579.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for multi-touch detection in a touch input device comprising a grid based sensor, the method comprises sampling outputs from a grid based sensor over a first stage of detection, selecting sensor lines based on the sampled outputs, scanning the selected sensor lines along one axis of the grid based sensor over a second stage of detection, and determining positions of user interaction based on outputs sampled in response to scanning the selected sensor lines during the second stage of detection.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SENSING CIRCUIT, METHOD OF DRIVING SENSING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273580.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate that face each other; electro-optical elements that are interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; light detecting units that are provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and output first detection signals having levels corresponding to the amount of incident light; and capacitance detecting units that include capacitive elements each having a first electrode and a second electrode provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, output second detection signals having levels corresponding to the capacitance values of the capacitive elements, and are provided separately from the light detecting units.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DISPLAY FILTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273581.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A display filter for a display device having a display panel includes a base substrate disposed in front of the display panel; an optical filter part layered based on the base substrate and comprising at least an anti-reflection layer; and a touch signal sensing part layered on the base substrate or the optical filter part and sensing a touch signal by a sensed object. An optical filter and a touch input means are combined together, and thereby the display filter can perform a touch input function as well as an optical filter function.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TOUCH INPUT PROGRAM AND TOUCH INPUT DEVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273582.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A game apparatus includes a CPU core. In response to a setting of a reverse input mode, the CPU core reverses vertically and horizontally BG/OBJ data corresponding to a question, and displays on an LCD an image based on the reversed BG/OBJ data. When a handwriting input operation associated with the image is accepted by a touch panel, the CPU core displays on the LCD an image based on handwriting input data corresponding to the accepted handwriting input operation.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CONTACT SENSITIVE DISPLAY]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273583.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An assembly may include a touch screen. A first element may be provided to cause the touch screen to vibrate at a predetermined frequency. A first sensor proximate to a first portion of the touch screen may measure vibration in the first portion of the touch screen. A second sensor proximate to a second portion of the touch screen may measure vibration in the second portion of the touch screen. Position sensing logic may determine a position of a contact point on the touch screen based on the measured vibration in the first portion of the touch screen and the measured vibration in the second portion of the touch screen.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FLEXIBLE CALIBRATION SURFACE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273584.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The efficient calibration of multi-touch sensor panels that have non-flat surfaces is disclosed. The calibration of the sensor panels can be accomplished using a calibration device with a flexible calibration surface. The flexible calibration surface is particularly well-suited for curved or other non-flat touch sensor panels, such as those that might be present on a mouse or other device designed to be grasped by a user's hand. The flexible apparatus can conform to the non-flat touch sensor panel and apply the equivalent of a conductive touch over most or all of the pixels.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DIGITAL PEN WITH SWITCH FUNCTION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273585.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A digital pen device used as a writing tool for inputting information to be used in a mobile telephone and as an erasing tool for erasing wrongly inputted information. The pen device may be provided with an accelerometer for identifying movements of the pen device corresponding to writing-like and erasing-like movements and an operation mode switching device for switching between different operations modes, such as writing and erasing mode dependent of the position of the pen device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPOSING AND HANDLING MESSAGES]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273586.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A message composing device adapted for being used with for example handheld, portable communication devices such as a mobile phone, is provided together with a method for composing sending and receiving information between other communication devices.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Diaplay apparatus and display-apparatus driving method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273590.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed herein is a driving method for driving a display apparatus, the display apparatus including: N×M light emitting units; M scan lines; N data lines; a driving circuit provided for each of the light emitting units to serve as a circuit having a signal writing transistor, a device driving transistor, a capacitor and a first switch circuit; and a light emitting device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273592.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A pixel circuit includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel is coupled to a scan line and a data line, so as to determine whether to be enabled according to a first scan signal transmitted on the scan line, and whether to be driven according to a data signal transmitted on the data line. The second sub-pixel is coupled to the scan line, so as to determine whether to be enabled according to the first scan signal. The data signal is in a first state when the first scan signal is in a pre-charged period. The data signal is in a second state during a time interval after the pre-charged period is over and before the first scan signal enters a turn-on period. Voltage polarities of the first state and the second state are opposite. The pixel design can improve color shift and frame flicker.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ACTUATING MEMS DISPLAY ELEMENTS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273596.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods of writing display data to MEMS display elements are configured to minimize charge buildup and differential aging. The methods may include writing data with opposite polarities, and periodically releasing and/or actuating MEMS elements during the display updating process. Actuating MEMS elements with potential differences higher than those used during normal display data writing may also be utilized.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[USER INTERFACE SCREEN LAYOUT ANALYSIS USING HIERARCHICAL GEOMETRIC FEATURES]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273597.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A technique is disclosed for the performance of application software “screen layout” testing analysis by designation of “fiduciary blocks” (e.g., words, boxes etc.) to serve as geometrical features for identification of data fields of interest viewed within a graphical user interface (GUI) screen. The set of designated “geometric fiduciary blocks” is then assembled into a “hierarchical structure” to analyze test results involving the data fields contained within each block.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods and apparatuses for automatically converting objects in CAD drawing from two-dimensions to three-dimensions]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273598.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods, apparatuses/systems, and software for converting graphic objects representing two-dimensional beams or columns within a drawing into three-dimensional beams or columns by locating all attribute labels within the drawing containing beam or column information, locating all two-dimensional graphic objects corresponding to the attribute labels, converting the attribute labels to simple text without Unicode formatting, and converting each two-dimensional graphic object into a three-dimensional graphic object based on the corresponding simple text.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Systems and methods for imaging relationship data in a three-dimensional image]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273599.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems and methods for imaging relationship data as a three-dimensional image, which include rendering a three-dimensional image of an object having at least one attribute, an input marker relative to the object, an output marker relative to the object, and an input/output relationship. A data structure comprising a data field, the data field comprising a three-dimensional image of an input marker, an output marker, an object having at least one attribute and an input/output relationship.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DESIGN SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND DESIGN SUPPORTING METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273600.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A design supporting apparatus calculates, based on flexible object model data as data concerning a flexible object fixed at least at two points, oscillation characteristic data as data concerning oscillation characteristics of the flexible object, and excitation force data as data concerning excitation force applied to the flexible object, an oscillation range shape as the flexible object model data taking into account sectional deformation of the flexible object calculated from excitation force and oscillation information and outputs the calculated oscillation range shape.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Image Presentation Method and Apparatus for 3D Navigation and Mobile Device Including the Apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273601.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provided are a high-performance, real-time image presentation method and apparatus for a 3-dimensional (3D) navigation system that may be used in a mobile environment since a small amount of data and a simple algorithm are used, and a mobile device including the image presentation apparatus. The image presentation method includes: loading two-dimensional (2D) map data and pattern control map (PCM) data; analyzing the 2D map data; generating 3D image data on a region that is analyzed as requiring 3D images in the analyzing of the 2D map data, based on the PCM data; and displaying 3D images on a display based on the 2D map data and the 3D image data.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION OF DATA STREAMS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273602.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[One embodiment of the present invention includes a data communication subsystem to receive a data stream, and a data processing subsystem responsive to the data communication subsystem to generate a visualization output based on a group of data vectors corresponding to a first portion of the data stream. The processing subsystem is further responsive to a change in rate of receipt of the data to modify the visualization output with one or more other data vectors corresponding to a second portion of the data stream as a function of eigenspace defined with the group of data vectors. The system further includes a display device responsive to the visualization output to provide a corresponding visualization.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DETECTING CONNECTION TOPOLOGY IN A MULTI PROCESSOR GRAPHICS SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273603.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Multiple graphics processors in a graphics processing system are interconnected in a unidirectional or bidirectional ring topology, allowing pixels to transferred from any one graphics processor to any other graphics processor. The system can automatically identify one or more “master” graphics processors to which one or more monitors are connected and configures the links of the ring such that one or more other graphics processors can deliver pixels to the master graphics processor, facilitating distributed rendering operations. The system can also automatically detect the connections or lack thereof between the graphics processors.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DISPLAY]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273607.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A display device has a pixel that is defined by a plurality of sub-pixels. The sub-pixels include a red sub-pixel representing red, a green sub-pixel representing green, a blue sub-pixel representing blue and a yellow sub-pixel representing yellow. When the pixel represents white, the luminance of the red sub-pixel is lower than its luminance corresponding to the highest gray scale level. In one embodiment, when the pixel represents white, the luminance of the red sub-pixel is preferably in the range of 25% to 96% of its luminance corresponding to the highest gray scale level. Also, the color temperature of white represented by the pixel is preferably higher than 4200 K, more preferably higher than 5000 K.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS TO UNAMBIGUOUSLY OUTLINE A REGION OF INTEREST]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273608.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a graphical object is generated around a mathematical boundary of a region of interest in an image. The graphical object has varying opacity in which a higher opacity in areas of the graphical object in close proximity to the boundary acts as a visual cue to indicate close proximity to the boundary, and lesser opacity in areas of the graphical object of more distant proximity to the boundary acts as a visual cue to indicate distant proximity to the boundary.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Color conversion apparatus, imaging apparatus, storage medium storing color conversion program, and storage medium storing imaging program]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273609.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A predetermined display image is displayed on a display device, and a hue of the display image corresponding to an input position obtained from a pointing device is obtained. A predetermined range having the obtained hue at a center thereof is set as a conversion target range, and at least one of saturation, brightness, and hue is changed with respect to a pixel of the display image which has a hue within the conversion target range to display a resultant image on the display device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273611.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An image processing apparatus which converts a frame rate by dividing an input frame into subframes and outputting the subframes, comprises, a preprocessing unit adapted to perform preprocessing of replacing a pixel value of a pixel of interest with a minimum pixel value of peripheral pixels of the pixel of interest in an input frame, a low-pass filter processing unit adapted to generate a first subframe by performing a low-pass filtering process on the input frame having undergone the preprocessing, a generating unit adapted to generate a second subframe from the first subframe and the input frame, and a switching unit adapted to output the first subframe and the second subframe by switching the first subframe and the second subframe at a predetermined timing.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Test-wearing image producing method for personal products]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273612.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for test-wearing image producing method for a personal product includes the steps of: posting a base image layer which contains an image of a wearer; defining a display area and a masking area on the base image layer in responsive to the personal product being physically worn by the wearer; selecting a product image layer containing an image of the personal product to locate on the base image layer; and creating a test-wearing image, wherein a portion of the image of the personal product within the display area is visibly shown on the image of the wearer while a portion of the image of the personal product within the masking area is invisibly hidden, such that the test-wearing image contains a virtual appearance of the wearer physically wearing the personal product.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[GAMUT MAPPING AND SUBPIXEL RENDERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273614.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a first embodiment, a display system comprises a display panel with 4 or more colored subpixels. The display system receives input image data specified in a first color space and outputs image data specified in a second color space. The display system further comprises a gamut mapping module for mapping the input image data specified in the first color space to image data specified in the second color space. The gamut mapping module clamps out-of-gamut colors using at least a first clamping system and a second clamping system. The first and second clamping systems yield first and second clamped values. A weighting module produces a resulting clamped value from the first and second clamped values. A final output image value is derived from the resulting clamped value. Other embodiments of the display system include pre-reduction modules and adjustable GMA modules.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Color conversion apparatus, imaging apparatus, storage medium storing color conversion program, and storage medium storing imaging program]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273615.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A predetermined display image is displayed on a display device, and a hue of the display image corresponding to an input position obtained from a pointing device is obtained. A predetermined range having the obtained hue at a center thereof is set as a conversion target range, and at least one of saturation, brightness, and hue is changed with respect to a pixel of the display image which has a hue within the conversion target range to display a resultant image on the display device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital-to-analog converter circuit, data driver, and display device using the digital-to-analog converter circuit]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273618.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A data driver having a positive-polarity reference voltage generation circuit, a positive-polarity decoder, a first amplifier that outputs a positive-polarity gray scale voltage, a negative-polarity reference voltage generation circuit that generates a plurality of negative-polarity reference voltages, a negative-polarity decoder that outputs first to nth negative-polarity reference voltages from among the negative-polarity reference voltages, a negative-polarity amplifier that receives the selected first to nth negative-polarity reference voltages and outputs a negative-polarity gray scale voltage, and an output switch circuit that switches and controls whether to directly connect the first output terminal and the second output terminal to first and second data lines, respectively, or to cross-connect the first output terminal and the second output terminal to the second data line and the first data line, respectively, based on a control signal.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[El Device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273589.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An EL device includes a substrate having a square shape, an element-forming region provided on an upper surface of the substrate and having organic light-emitting elements, a protruding section arranged in a region between the element-forming region and an end portion of the substrate, and a protection film deposited in a region extending from the element-forming region to the end portion of the substrate and disposed so as to cover the protruding section. The protruding section is disposed in a substantially strip-like shape along at least two of four sides of the substrate.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Computer with Multiple Screens]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273539.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A laptop computer, notebook or personal computer may include a base member including computer electronics, a first screen positioned substantially over the base member and electrically connected to the base member, and a second screen extending substantially vertically from the first screen and electrically connected to the base member. The second screen may pivot with respect to the first screen, and the second screen may pivot behind the first screen. The second screen may move on tracks to extend and retract the second screen, and an arm may connect the base member and the second screen. The first screen and the second screen may be substantially centered with respect to the base member, and the laptop computer may include a third screen which substantially horizontally extends from the first screen. The second screen may extend substantially vertically from the first screen.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FRAME RATE CONVERSION APPARATUS, FRAME RATE CONVERSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273541.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A frame rate conversion apparatus for performing frame rate conversion upon distributing an input-frame into a plurality of sub-frames detects the degree of motion of an image in the input-frame, determines the amount of distribution of the plurality of sub-frames in accordance with the detected degree of motion, and distributes and outputs the plurality of sub-frames in accordance with the determined amount of distribution.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Display Having A Transistor-Degradation Circuit]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273550.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed, including a device having a liquid-crystal display (LCD) panel that includes a transistor-degradation circuit. In some embodiments, the transistor-degradation circuit is configured to output a signal indicative of a change in a property of a transistor on the LCD panel over time.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273553.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[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, a timing control signal generating unit, a data drive circuit supplying a data voltage to the data lines, and a gate drive circuit. The timing control signal generating unit generates a first gate timing control signal for controlling a scan direction of the liquid crystal display panel in a sequential direction and a second gate timing control signal for controlling the scan direction in a reverse sequential direction. The gate drive circuit supplies a gate pulse to the gate lines while a shift direction of the gate pulse changes in response to the first and second gate timing control signals.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Computing Device Keyboard]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273567.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods and devices are provided for inputting data via a thumboard utilizing a seven (7) column by five (5) row matrix hosting 30 keys. These keys can be dynamically variable using visually alternating indicia and can provide over 150 key inputs including characters, numbers, functions, symbols, navigation controls, media controls, phone keypad characters, and special characters. The switching of key values can be controlled by either a mechanical means or a touch-sensitive matrix overlaying a low-powered key emulator—such as electronic paper (Electrophoretic Display material). Mouse pointer control and special feature keys can be arrayed around the core key layout to provide full keyboard functionality. The thumboard can be detachable for wireless remote control of a paired computing device, such as a PDA pico-projection phone.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Semiconductor device, display panel and electronic apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273591.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A semiconductor device includes a plurality of thin film transistors of a single channel formed on an insulating substrate, and a buffer circuit including an outputting stage; a first inputting stage; a second inputting stage; a seventh thin film transistor; and an eighth thin film transistor.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[THREE-DIMENSIONAL MICROSCOPIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0274352.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method comprises performing a first T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) on a subject; injecting the subject with a contrast agent after performing the first T2WI; and waiting a predetermined period of time before performing a second T2WI on the subject. The first T2WI and second T2WI are then co-registered. The co-registered first T2WI and co-registered second T2WI are then trimmed. A ΔR 2  map is then determined based on each pixel of the trimmed first T2WI and corresponding pixels of the trimmed second T2WI. A three-dimensional map is constructed based on the ΔR 2  map.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING AND CLASSIFYING IMAGES]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0274375.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In one embodiment, L dimensional images are trained, mapped, and aligned to an M dimensional topology to obtain azimuthal angles. The aligned L dimensional images are then trained and mapped to an N dimensional topology to obtain 2 N  vertex classifications. The azimuthal angles and the 2 N  vertex classifications are used to map L dimensional images into O dimensional images.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY USING A VIRTUAL DISPLAY BUFFER]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0276096.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A device and a method for controlling a display make use of a virtual display buffer that acts as an intermediary between data input and display output. The data stored in the virtual display buffer is in a generic, readable first format. A display software driver translates the data stored in the virtual display buffer to a second format usable by a hardware display driver to control a specific display device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method of playing back digital content, and an appliance and a server for implementing such a method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0276485.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides a method of playing back at least one digital content by means of at least one appliance for playing back said content, the method comprising the following steps:
 
     enabling at least one user account to be created on a server of a computer network providing access to at least one content supplier site, the account being created in particular by means of a terminal other than the playback appliance; enabling at least one user profile to be defined on the user account; and depending on the user profile, sending at least one address of digital content present on a content supplier site from the server to the playback appliance connected to the network, thereby enabling the playback appliance to recover and play back said digital content via playback means.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AVATARS IN SOCIAL INTERACTIVE TELEVISION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0276802.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Virtual environments are presented on displays along with multimedia programs to permit viewers to participate in a social interactive television environment. The virtual environments include avatars that are created and maintained in part using continually updated animation data that may be captured from cameras that monitor viewing areas in a plurality of sites. User input from the viewers may be processed in determining which viewers are presented in instances of the virtual environment. Continually updating the animation data results in avatars accurately depicting a viewer's facial expressions and other characteristics. Presence data may be collected and used to determine when to capture background images from a viewing area that may later be subtracted during the capture of animation data. Speech recognition technology may be employed to provide callouts within a virtual environment.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PROGRAMMABLE TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS AND MAN-MACHINE INTERFACES FOR IMPROVED VEHICLE INSTRUMENTATION AND TELEMATICS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273563.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[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 programmable forms of tactile touch screens and displays employing tactile physical selection or adjustment means which utilize direct optical data input. A revolutionary form of dashboard or instrument panel results which is stylistically attractive, lower in cost, customizable by the user, programmable in both the tactile and visual sense, and with the potential of enhancing interior safety and vehicle operation. Non-automotive applications of the invention are also disclosed, for example means for general computer input using touch screens and home automation systems.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and Method for Providing Uniform Brightness in Seam Portions of Tiled Images]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273540.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides method for producing a substantially seamless video image on a display surface. The method comprises the steps of separately projecting at least a first and a second video image onto a display surface such that a seam is defined by overlapping portions of said first and second video images. Inside the seam, the brightness of video image is adjusted by adjusting pixels of said overlapping portions in accordance with a modulus determined by the number of overlapping portions defining the seam.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gesture Recognition]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273571.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A state machine gesture recognition algorithm for interpreting streams of coordinates received from a touch sensor. The gesture recognition code can be written in a high level language such as C and then compiled and embedded in a microcontroller chip, or CPU chip as desired. The gesture recognition code can be loaded into the same chip that interprets the touch signals from the touch sensor and generates the time series data, e.g. a microcontroller, or other programmable logic device such as a field programmable gate array.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SENSING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273578.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A sensing circuit having a first substrate, a second substrate, a layer of dielectric material, a first electrode, a second electrode and an electrostatic capacitance detection unit is provided. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The dielectric material is held between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged between the dielectric material and the first substrate. The electrostatic capacitance detection unit is configured to produce a detection signal having an amplitude according to a value of capacitance formed between the first electrode and the second electrode through the dielectric material.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Operation Checking Method in Information System, Operation Checking Program Therefor, Recording Medium, and Operation Checking System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273605.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An operation checking system in an information system due to automated reproduction of a screen operation has a function of converting screen operation data in accordance with a change in format of a screen or an input item, a function of converting a class name in accordance with a development language for creating an execution code of a program to be reproduced and an operating mode of the execution code, and a function of interpreting a source code of the target program to directly activate the execution code of an intermediate language mode.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PROGRAMMABLE TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS AND MAN-MACHINE INTERFACES FOR IMPROVED VEHICLE INSTRUMENTATION AND TELEMATICS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273575.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[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 programmable forms of tactile touch screens and displays employing tactile physical selection or adjustment means which utilize direct optical data input. A revolutionary form of dashboard or instrument panel results which is stylistically attractive, lower in cost, customizable by the user, programmable in both the tactile and visual sense, and with the potential of enhancing interior safety and vehicle operation. Non-automotive applications of the invention are also disclosed, for example means for general computer input using touch screens and home automation systems.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Moire-Free Touch Screen with Tilted or Curved ITO Pattern]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273577.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Touch screens that generate reduced Moiré effects are disclosed. To reduce Moiré effects, the columns (drive or sense lines) of a touch sensor panel can be oriented at an angle with respect to a display device so that the columns are not parallel with the sub-pixel and pixel arrangements of the display device. In some embodiments, the entire touch sensor panel can be oriented at an angle with respect to the display device. In other embodiments, certain lines in the touch sensor panel can be tilted, curved or formed in a zig-zag shape.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FORCE-SENSING ELECTRONIC PEN WITH USER-REPLACEABLE CARTRIDGE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273588.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A force-sensing electronic pen comprises a user-replaceable cartridge, a retaining boot for securely retaining the cartridge, a force sensor coupled to the retaining boot, a spring for biasing the retaining boot towards engagement with the force sensor; and an end-stop for limiting travel of the retaining boot against the bias of the spring. The cartridge is extractable from the pen by pulling the cartridge against the bias of the spring until the retaining boot engages with the end-stop. When the retaining boot engages with the end-stop, further pulling of the cartridge releases the cartridge from the retaining boot.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Viewing System for the Manipulation of an Object]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273665.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Viewing device used in the field of stereoscopy to allow a user to manipulate in his close environment a real or virtual object situated a greater or lesser distance from the user. The user can then view the manipulation spaces as well as the real and virtual spaces in the viewing device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BEZEL FOR VENDING OR GAMING MACHINE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0276320.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A bezel for use in a merchandising system is provided. The bezel includes an information display and a graphic display including one or more visual indicators. The bezel also includes a card reader configured to process payments from a cashless payment card. The bezel further includes a bill recycler access slot providing access to a bill recycler. In the bezel, illumination of the graphic display is controlled in response to information received from the bill recycler.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION FOR RISK ASSESEMENT AND MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-MARKET ELECTRONIC TRADING]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0276373.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system for providing real-time electronic information for risk assessment and management for multi-market electronic trading. The method and system dramatically improve an infrastructure used by electronic traders over a communications network by separating one or more data streams from one or more trading exchange with plural different types of electronic trading information into plural separate data streams that can be selectively used on a target device. The plural separate data streams and can be requested, displayed and used faster and more efficiently than an entire data stream including all the multiple types of electronic trading information for real-time risk assessment and management.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0276731.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides an image processing apparatus including a slider display unit configured to display, on a slider bar, a slider used to change an adjustment value used upon execution of image processing of image data, a thumbnail display unit configured to display a plurality of thumbnail images which respectively indicate results of image processing of the image data using a plurality of different target values, a selection unit configured to select at least one of the plurality of thumbnail images, and a target value display unit configured to display a position indicating the target value corresponding to the thumbnail image on the slider bar to be discriminated from the slider.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Processing Vector Graphics]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273604.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques, apparatus, and system are described for providing a vector graphics processor. In one aspect, a vector graphics processor includes a preprocessing unit configured to generate a vector graphics element for vector graphics processing in response to receiving element data parsed from content included in an application. The vector graphics processor includes a converter to communicate with the preprocessing unit and configured to convert the generated vector graphics element into a vector graphics object. Also, the vector graphics processor includes a rendering unit to communicate with the converter and configured to render the vector graphics object by driving a vector graphics application programming interface (API).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DISPLAY FOR AN INSULIN PUMP]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0275886.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This document discusses, among other things, an apparatus comprising a pump configured to deliver insulin, a processor, and a user interface including a bistable display. A display element of the bistable display is placed in one of two stable orientations upon application of a biasing voltage and stays in the stable orientation when the biasing voltage is removed. The processor includes a display module configured to display a non-blank reversion display screen on the bistable display when no input is received at the user interface after a specified time duration, and to recurrently change the reversion display screen until input is received at the user interface.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VIRTUAL LESION QUANTIFICATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273610.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for quantifying a region of interest in a medical image and in particular, a PET image. The system and method allow the clinician to make real time quantitative analysis of a region of interest. The system and method can be used to quantify small lesions within a region of interest by generating a set of virtual lesions for comparison with the actual lesion. Quantitative information, such as lesion size and tracer activity, or SUV, can be obtained to assist the clinician or physician in the diagnosis and treatment of the lesion.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ADVERTISEMENT MANAGEMENT AND DISPLAY SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0276319.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An advertisement management and display system includes marketing management software, a client advertisements database communicating with the marketing management software, at least one table and at least one content display device carried by the at least one table and communicating with the marketing management software. The client advertisements database is adapted to store at least one advertisement, the marketing management software is adapted to receive the at least one advertisement from the client advertisements database and the at least one content display device is adapted to receive the at least one advertisement from the marketing management software and display the at least one advertisement.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MULTI-MODALITY NETWORK FOR IMPROVED WORKFLOW]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0276515.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Described herein are systems and methods for multi-modality networks that provide access to different medical devices though a common operator interface. In an example embodiment, a multi-modality network comprises a host computer and a plurality of medical devices. The medical devices may support different diagnostic and/or therapeutic modalities. The host computer communicates with the medical devices through a communications network. In one embodiment, the host computer includes a display and a control console that allow the physician or operator to control the different medical devices and view images and measurements from the different medical devices through a common interface. Further, the host computer may provide computing resources, e.g., a general purpose image processor, that can be shared among the different modalities.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Image projection apparatus and projection optical system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273719.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An image projection apparatus includes an image processing device, an illuminating device, a light valve, and a projection optical system; wherein the projection optical system is formed in such a way that at least one of a first deviation corresponding to an amount of the magnification chromatic aberration of a light having a central wavelength of the red light relative to the green light and a second deviation corresponding to an amount of the magnification chromatic aberration of the blue light relative to the green light is larger than a fixed-pixel pitch, and a third deviation corresponding to an amount of the magnification chromatic aberration of a light having a maximum wavelength of the red light relative to a light having a minimum wavelength of the red light is not larger than the fixed-pixel pitch; wherein the first deviation and/or the second deviation is eliminated by supplying the compensated video signal to the light valve.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING AND SELECTING MEDIA FROM LARGE DATA SETS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0276691.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of accessing a data set. The data set includes a set of data elements. The method collects the data elements of the data set. The method receives a lens item. The lens item provides a set of parameters for searching the data set. The method searches the data set by using the lens item to identify a data subset. The method sorts a list of data elements based on the data subset. The sorting generates an ordered list. The method filters the data subset. Filtering the data subset comprises excluding the data elements that are not relevant to the lens item. The method presents the ordered list in a first column of a matrix. The matrix has several cells. The cells of the matrix are based on the data subset. The method selects column headings for the matrix and populates the cells of the matrix. Some embodiments provide a system for providing access to a data set. The system has a set of data elements that comprises a first data source. The system has a first device for collecting the set of data elements. The first device receives a first lens item for searching the data elements. The first device filters the data elements by using the first lens item to generate a first subset. The first device presents the first subset in a variety of views for navigation through the first subset.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[REWIND-ENABLED HARDWARE ENCODER]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0273606.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Described herein are a number of approaches for implementing a video encoder with hardware-enabled rewind functionality. In several embodiments, rewind functionality can be implemented in hardware, in a manner which allows the transform engine of the encoder to reprocess video data, without requesting data from other stages in the encoder. Such rewind functionality is useful in implementing some video standards in a pipeline architecture, such as the H.264 standard. In one embodiment, a method of encoding video data is described, which involves obtaining a first portion of video data from a first location in a buffer, and performing an encoding operation on it. The second portion of video data is obtained from a second location in the buffer, and encoding operations begin on the second portion. The first portion of video data can be retrieved from the first location, in order to reprocess the first portion if necessary.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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