A temporal data control system that uses a hand held, mobile scrubwheel that includes two position indicators and an activation switch. As a user moves the scrubwheel about on a surface of a position sensing tablet a computer controls the movement of a cursor on a display. The computer also displays one or more temporal sequences, such as video sequences, on the display. Movement of the scrubwheel is detected by the computer allowing the user to position the cursor on a sequence to be controlled...

In a field emission type image display panel, plural cathode electrodes are formed in a stripe shape on a first substrate and each having emitters for field emission. Cathode lead-out electrodes supply signals to the cathode electrodes. Plural patch-like gate electrodes are arranged in a matrix form over the plural cathode electrodes and insulated from the plural cathode electrodes. Gate lead-out electrodes are led out along spaces between adjacent two rows in rows formed of patch-like gate elec...

A field emission display includes a discrete storage capacitor coupled between a row line and a reference potential. The display also includes a discharge circuit coupled between a transmission line tap and the storage capacitor. The discharge circuit receives a pulsed image signal from the transmission line and transfers charge from the transmission line to the storage capacitor. In one embodiment, the discharge circuit includes a pair of opposed zener diodes. In response to a brief negative-go...

An interactive control system with plural displays comprising a plurality of first interactive control apparatus having input device and output device and a second interactive control apparatus connected to the first interactive control apparatus, characterized in having a registering device for registering an attribute of the first interactive control apparatus, a process executing device for executing an input process from the input device of the first interactive control apparatus to the seco...

A computer-input stylus which provides texture control when utilized in conjunction with a computer-implemented software-based drawing application. The input stylus includes a cylindrical body in a conical tip. A color display within the stylus is utilized to illuminate the conical tip with a color indicative of a currently selected color within the software-based drawing application, providing visual color feedback. Texture selection is accomplished utilizing a texture selection input actuator ...

The invention provides a display device which improves the shape of the contact region while increasing yield and reducing product cost. A contact region is a region between signal lines, and is a region following a scan line so as to include either a part of or an entire of the pixel electrode edge region following the scan line connected to the switching element. The pixel electrode is connected to the source electrode in this region. The contact hole may be rectangular, and a plurality of con...

A method of implementing pulse-width modulation in a display system (10, 20) that uses a spatial light modulator (SLM) (15) Each frame of data is divided into bit-planes, each bit-plane having one bit of data for each pixel of the SLM and representing a bit weight of the intensity value to be displayed by the pixels. Each bit-plane has a display time corresponding to a portion of the frame period, with bit-planes of more significant bits having longer portions. Then, the display times for one or...

This invention is a resistive layer (112, 122) for electrodes (30, 62) comprising at least one partially conductive compound and describes processes for coating the electrodes by way of cataphoretic deposition and/or screen printing of particles of at least one partially conductive compound. A second class of particles, known as a "frit," is also deposited or screen printed. In the subsequent one hour firing, these particles melt and thereby bond the partially conductive compound particles to th...

An input apparatus for a portable electronic device capable of detecting the unintentional erroneous input operations and separating the intended correct input operations effectively. The apparatus includes an input unit for allowing a user to enter inputs by a prescribed input operation, an input movement monitoring unit for monitoring a movement of the user at a time of the input operation and a processing unit for processing the inputs entered at the input unit according to the input operatio...

A user's movements are detected by a capacitive system having one or more conductors. The output from the conductors is amplified and compared to a table of stored output. Thus, the device can eliminate the need to touch a control surface. The control surface such as a computer mouse could be eliminated in favor of merely sensing a user's hand movement. Likewise, the array of conductors could be placed in a panel that could be mounted on a wall. Such panels could be used in a factory to sense th...