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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127371 | GRADATION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN A video processing section comprises a gradation adjustment device for correcting a gradation of an image to be displayed on a television receiver. The video processing section includes, a gradation correcting section, an intermediate brightness region determining secti... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127174 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL COLORED PROJECTION IMAGE FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA A projection image of an object is colored using three-dimensional image data. This may be particularly useful in radiographic imaging applications, for example. In one embodiment, a colored synthetic image is rendered from a colored three-dimensional image of an object... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE DISPLAY A method and apparatus provide selective display. The method includes acquiring region setting information in a display screen, acquiring a screen configuration element in the display screen, dividing the display screen into at least one region based on the region setti... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127191 | Method for Compensating Data and Display Apparatus for Performing the Method A method of compensating data uses a look-up table divided into a first area, a second area and a boundary area between the first and second areas defined by a first previous reference value, a second previous reference value greater than the first previous reference va... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105430 | Visualization of deformations using color overlays Computer-implemented methods and apparati for graphically displaying deformations, said deformations defined by comparing a first image of an object (1) with a second image of the same or a different object (1). A method embodiment of the present invention... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105466 | Communication to an Audience at an Event A device application software and server data interchange control mechanism provides synchronized screen displays on hand held communication devices at an event in an auditorium where each screen acts as a single pixel in a macro display to be controlled by the central ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105467 | Image And Theme Artwork Management An image and theme artwork management method (98) for optimizing a presentation of images displayed in a design, in which each image comprises colors, content, and metadata, includes selecting an artwork theme (93) for the design as a function of the metad... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105468 | Display Device And Display Device Driving Method A display device and a driving method of a display device are each capable of sufficiently removing an image ghost caused in a background during a low gray scale display. In an embodiment, each of the display device and the driving method includes at least one correctio... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081385 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA USING AN IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR HAVING BACK-END PROCESSING LOGIC Disclosed embodiments provide for a an image signal processing system that includes back-end pixel processing unit that receives pixel data after being processed by at least one of a front-end pixel processing unit and a pixel processing pipeline. In certain embodiments... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081386 | VISUALIZATION APPARATUS FOR VISUALIZING AN IMAGE DATA SET The invention relates to a visualization apparatus (1) for visualizing an image data set. The visualization apparatus (1) comprises an image data set providing unit (2) for providing the image data set, a differential property determination unit ( 04/05/2012 | |
| 20120069131 | Reality alternate Among other things, we describe a reality alternative to our physical reality, named the Expandaverse, that includes multiple digital realities that may be continuously created, broadcast, accessed, and used interactively. In what we call an Alternate Reality Teleportal... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069041 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM According to an aspect of the invention, an image processing apparatus includes a graphic registration unit, a registered graphic extraction unit, a color reduction unit and an image formation controller. A specific graphic is registered in the graphic registration unit... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069042 | SENSOR-EQUIPPED DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A sensor-equipped display apparatus including a light-transmissive display screen, a sensor that detects light passing through the light-transmissive display screen, and a material that visually obscures the sensor when viewed through the light-transmissive display scre... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069043 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM An method is provided for controlling devices. The method comprises detecting location of an operating member in non-contacting proximity to a non-contacting interface. The method further comprises changing selection among a plurality of data objects belonging to a grou... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069044 | DYNAMIC GAMMA CONTROL METHOD FOR LCD A dynamic gamma control method for an LCD is provided. The LCD displays a present frame by a plurality of gamma reference voltages and the present frame includes an R-pixel data sum, a G-pixel data sum and a B-pixel data sum which are obtained by respectively adding all... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069040 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM An image processing apparatus comprising an input unit which inputs an image, a first region calculating unit which calculates a first region in the image, a second region calculating unit which calculates a second region, which is surrounding the first region in the im... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069039 | TIMING CONTROLLER A transmission method is provided for transmitting image data having pixels each comprising multiple sub-pixels provided for respective colors. The luminance of each sub-pixel provided for the corresponding color is represented by m-bit (m is an integer of 2 or more) lu... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069038 | Image Processing Method and Image Display System Utilizing the Same An image display system including an adjuster, a first analysis module, a second analysis module and a brightness compensation module is disclosed. The adjuster utilizes a specific method and a depth information to adjust a processed image to generate a first image and ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069045 | DRAWN IMAGE SHARING APPARATUS A drawn image sharing apparatus for allowing images drawn on plural drawing objects to be shared among the drawing objects includes an image receive unit configured to receive an image transmitted from one or more other drawn image sharing apparatuses; an image display ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050305 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) USING A MARKER An Augmented Reality (AR) providing method using an instant marker or a substitution marker is provided. According to an example, the instant marker or the substitution marker is created based on a 3-dimensional object. A meaning unit of an original 2-dimensional marker... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050303 | LOSSLESS FRAME BUFFER COLOR COMPRESSION One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for lossless compression of color data. Color data for a packet including multiple sub-pixel samples is compressed using a predictor map that is selected based on the sampling format specified for the graphi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050304 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM When the smallest transformation cost among transformation costs calculated for respective coordinates of integration points is determined to be equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, a dividing unit inserts a virtual point to the a mesh to divide a tria... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING GRAPHICAL CONTENT AND GLYPHS Disclosed are techniques and systems for rendering pages or documents with both graphical and textual content.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050280 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes determining whether an input image is a two-dimensional image or a three-dimensional image, changing a gray level of a current frame of the input... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050769 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM An image processing apparatus comprises a storage configured to store an original image, a processor configured to change a tone of a reduced image of the original image, a display configured to display a tone-changed reduced image, a connection determination unit confi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120038658 | Composition of Digital Images for Perceptibility Thereof Teachings herein compose a digital image so that the image is perceptible on a viewing surface, such as a projection surface or a transparent screen. In doing so, the teachings advantageously recognize a digital image as consisting of one or more logical objects, like b... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038659 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM An image processing apparatus that includes a character recognition component, a determining component and a generating component is provided. The determining component determines, when document data is generated that contains first data representing the document and re... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032972 | MOBILE TERMINAL PROVIDING LIGHTING AND HIGHLIGHTING FUNCTIONS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A mobile terminal of an embodiment including a first display unit having a light-transmissive light emitting element and a second display unit overlaid on the first display unit, and a corresponding control method, the method including: displaying contents on the second... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032969 | MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM A multi-display system includes a test pattern display controller that causes a test pattern to be displayed in a predetermined display region on a periphery of an LCD module of each image display device, an optical transmitting unit that constitutes a plurality of tran... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032968 | COMPONENT SPECIFIC IMAGE MODIFICATION USING NATURAL LANGUAGE COLOR Embodiments described herein include a component specific natural language color unit for modifying colors of image components in an image using component specific natural language commands. The CSNLC unit can receive a component specific natural language color command ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032970 | SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE OF A VIDEO FRAME Disclosed is a method for setting the white balance of a video frame. The frame is first divided into sub-regions. Those sub-regions determined to be possibly dominantly monochromatic are eliminated from consideration, and the white balance is set by adjusting the color... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026184 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD An image processing apparatus includes a first display controller configured to display a first image, a touch area detector configured to detect a touched area of the displayed first image, a first processor configured to change a tone of the touched area of the first ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026183 | VISUAL FIELD IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR EYEGLASSES AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VISUAL FIELD IMAGE FOR EYEGLASSES A visual field image display device for spectacles capable of displaying a retinal image by simulation corresponding to change even in visual line direction. A visual field image display device for spectacles adapted to display a retinal image seen when wearing a progre... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026181 | VIEWABLE BOUNDARY FEEDBACK In general, this disclosure describes example techniques to distort one or more visible attributes of an image content portion when a user requests to extend an image content portion beyond a boundary of the image content. A device, such as, but not limited to, a mobile... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026170 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS A projection display apparatus according to embodiments includes a light source that emits color component light beams of a plurality of colors and an imager that modulates the color component light beams of a plurality of colors emitted from the light source. The proje... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026185 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD A display device prevents the display screen from flickering even when the display mode changes automatically. The display device has plural modes, a viewing environment detector that detects the ambient brightness and changes the mode based on the detected ambient brig... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026182 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME A display apparatus and a control method thereof, the display apparatus including a display unit to display thereon a two-dimensional (2D) image or a three-dimensional (3D) image, a brightness adjuster to adjust a brightness of an image that is displayed on the display ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019547 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY USING ADDITIONAL DATA An augmented reality (AR) providing apparatus includes a first data acquiring unit to acquire first data of a target object, a second data acquiring unit to acquire second data, and an image processor to obtain a representative image based on the first data and to modif... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019548 | PIXEL-FEATURE HYBRID FUSION FOR PET/CT IMAGES An image display method comprises: color coding a second image respective to an intensity spectrum with a portion or portions (72, 82, 92) of the intensity spectrum set to be transparent to generate a color coded second image; combining a first image and the colo... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019447 | DIGITAL DISPLAY DEVICE A method for configuring a digital display device including determining whether a user is viewing the digital display device with a sensor, identifying an amount of ambient light around the digital display device with the sensor, and configuring one or more display sett... | 01/26/2012 |
