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A menu display apparatus includes a first display screen on which a plurality of first icons, each representing a selectable item, are sequentially disposed on a main circular arc; and a second display screen on which, of the plurality of first icons, the first icon selected by a user is moved and displayed and a plurality of second icons, each representing a selectable item belonging to the selected first icon, are displayed on the main circular arc. The first display screen and the second display screen are selectively displayed.

The present invention provides a method and device for displaying a plurality of video signals on one single display. According to embodiments of the present invention a plurality of display systems can be replaced by one display system being fully backwards compatible without the need to change any software or hardware components such as application software, graphical boards, . . . The present invention can also guarantee that even though a plurality of displays are being replaced by one single display still individual characteristics of those plurality of displays are being retained by the new display.

Apparatus and method for selectively engaging and securing an array of shelf dividers to a mounting device which is securable to a display shelf. In the first form a divider is characterized by a divider structure having an elongated vertical wall and elongated horizontal base that operates to divide, organize and support the displayed merchandise. A resilient latch located on the underside of the base of the divider structure selectively engages and secures the divider structure onto a mounting device comprising a receiving member running longitudinally along the length of the surface of the mounting device which is securable along the front edge of a display shelf. The latch and the receiving member each comprise reciprocating (i.e. complementary) protrusions to allow the cooperative engagement of the divider structure and mounting device, thus locking the divider member to and unlocking the divider member from the mounting device to permit the repositioning of the display as desired without necessitating removal of the merchandise from the display. In addition when the divider structure and mounting device are fully engaged, a second protrusion on the underside of the divider member cooperates with a flange or lip on the mounting device to prevent lateral movement of the divider structure and maintain the position of the divider perpendicular to the mounting device and the front edge of the shelf. In a second embodiment, the divider structure comprises a pusher track and a spring urged pusher assembly to automatically push merchandise to the front of the shelf. Another embodiment comprises a divider base without a vertical divider wall, and with or without a pusher track and spring urged pusher assembly, thus pushers and dividers can be used in various convenient combinations within a shelf management system.

For use in vehicles, it is desirable to have multi-functional (also known as reconfigurable) controls in the center stack portion of the instrument panel in order to best provide electronic and telematic functions to the driver. Disclosed are methods and apparatus to allow reconfiguration of classical controls such as knobs, sliders, and switches most familiar to the vast majority of the motoring public which may, if desired, utilize conventional flat panel displays (e.g., LCD based) and conventional readout electronics and switching. Also disclosed are projection based controls and new forms of rear seat entertainment controls and related apparatus for minivans and other vehicles.

Methods and apparatus are disclosed video displays that can sense finger, object or other control information proximate the display face. Electro-optical sensing is general employed, though some embodiments illustrate conventional electronic means. Diverse applications to vehicles, homes and control systems and the like are discussed.

A compound semiconductor material for forming an active layer of a thin film transistor device is disclosed, which has a group II-VI compound doped with a dopant ranging from 0.1 to 30 mol %, wherein the dopant is selected from a group consisting of alkaline-earth metals, group IIIA elements, group IVA elements, group VA elements, group VIA elements, and transitional metals. The method for forming an active layer of a thin film transistor device by using the compound semiconductor material of the present invention is disclosed therewith.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses a zooming effect to provide additional display space to manage applications. In one mode of operation, the system presents an image of a computer desktop to the user on a display device. When the system receives a request from a user to provide additional display space in a display device for application management purposes, the system decreases the size of the computer desktop in the display device to provide an extended display area. The system then facilitates application management by displaying items useful for application management in this extended display area. By providing the extended display area, the system allows the user to access such items easily and efficiently without losing the context of the computer desktop.

A mobile electronic device (100), suitable for operation in a first configuration and a second configuration, includes a first housing (102) and a second housing (104) coupled to the first housing. The second housing includes a rotatable keypad (202). The rotatable keypad rotates when the first housing (102) and the second housing (104) are changed from a first configuration to a second configuration.

This invention relates to a method, a computer program product, a device and a system for formatting an object to obtain a formatted object, wherein the object comprises a plurality of elements, and wherein the formatted object is affected by at least one constraint, wherein the constraint is scaled by a first scaling factor to obtain a scaled constraint; wherein at least one of the elements is scaled by a second scaling factor to obtain a scaled element; wherein a layout structure is generated for the plurality of elements including the scaled element under consideration of the scaled constraint; and wherein the layout structure is scaled by a third scaling factor to obtain the formatted object.

A mobile terminal having a flat panel display device includes: a body unit having an input device; a display unit connected to the body unit; an extended display unit connected to the display unit using a hinge such that the display unit and the extended display unit are folded/unfolded; a first flat panel display device formed in the display unit; and a second flat panel display device in the extended display unit.

A touch display panel including a first substrate, a touch sensing device, and a display medium layer is provided. The first substrate has a display area and a non-display area located outside the display area. The touch sensing device may be directly disposed on the first substrate and located within the non-display area, wherein the touch sensing device is consisted of two or more groups of receiving elements. The display medium layer is disposed in the display area.

A terminal apparatus is provided that has a first and a second display units; and a control unit which controls display contents of the first and the second display units respectively. The control unit displays, on the second display unit, status information as well as an operation key associated with the display contents displayed on the first display unit. The control unit changes the display contents displayed on the first display unit in response to an input with the operation key.

An image display apparatus includes: (A) an image forming device; (B) an optical system that converts light emitted from the image forming device into parallel light; (C) an optical device to which the light beams converted into the parallel light by the optical system enter, in which the light beams are guided, and from which the light beams are emitted; and (D) a supporting member that pivotally supports at least the image forming device with respect to the optical device, wherein an assembly of at least the image forming device and the supporting member has the center of gravity at a position apart from the pivoting central axis of the supporting member, and at least the image forming device is pivoted with respect to the optical device by gravity, whereby the image forming device is horizontally held.

To provide a display device with high reliability. To provide a repeatedly bendable flexible display. A first substrate, a second substrate, a display element, a light-blocking layer, a first barrier layer, and an adhesive layer are included. The first substrate and the second substrate face each other. The display element, the light-blocking layer, the first barrier layer, and the adhesive layer are between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display element is between the first substrate and the adhesive layer. The light-blocking layer is between the second substrate and the adhesive layer. The first barrier layer includes a region between the light-blocking layer and the adhesive layer. The first barrier layer includes a material having a higher Young's modulus than the light-blocking layer or the adhesive layer.

A game apparatus includes two LCDs, a touch panel is provided in association with the one LCD. On the touch panel, an operation button corresponding to each player character is set. A setting of the operation button is changed according to an operation state (frequency of usage, operation coordinates position) by a player during playing the game. For example, a size of an operation effective area and a display position of the operation button are changed according to the frequency of usage. Furthermore, at least any one of the operation effective areas and the display position of the operation button is changed according to the operation coordinates position.

A video game machine is disclosed which includes an image display unit for displaying game images, a touch screen for displaying operating elements used to operate the game, an attribute data memory, an attribute data output unit, an attribute assignment unit, and an assignment signal input unit for starting the attribute assignment unit. The attribute assignment unit receives a signal from the assignment signal input unit, reads attribute data for one attribute from the attribute data memory, associates the one attribute to an operating element having one function, and outputs the result as an image to the touch screen.

A display device includes a cover window having curves at one or more outer blocks of the cover window, an outside and an inside of the cover window each having a shape of a quadrisected arc of an ellipse and together forming a lens, and a thickness of the cover window at one of the outer blocks being thicker than a thickness of the cover window at a center of the cover window; and a display panel attached to the inside of the cover window.

This display module performs a high quality display by preventing the effect resulting from a residual charge of a data signal in the previous scanning remaining in a capacitor of a pixel circuit.

The display module is provided with the pixel circuit having an active element that selects a pixel by a horizontal scanning signal supplied from a scanning line GL every intersection unit of multiple scanning lines GLs arranged in a matrix within a display region AR on a substrate SUB, a data holding element that holds a data signal supplied from the data line by the turn-on of this active element, and an organic light emitting diode OLED that emits light by the current supplied from a current supply line CSL in accordance with the data signal held in the data holding element, and a reset circuit RST that recovers at least either a capacitor CPR or a data line DL of the pixel circuit to an initial condition is provided before data for the pixel that corresponds to the next scanning line is sent to the data line after the scanning of the scanning line before one is finished.

A navigational aid system for fishermen comprises a computer that is connected to the Internet. The computer accesses a high resolution map in the vicinity of a fishing boat. The map depicts the ocean temperature and depth profile in relation to marked latitude and longitudinal indicators. A specialized GPS system in communication with the computer depicts the latitudinal and longitudinal position of the fisherman's boat. The computer executes a separate program that has a transparent window overlaying the map. A user selects two points, one point at a time, on the map and enters corresponding latitude and longitude bearings consistent with those shown on the map. The separate program receives the GPS data and plots the boat position in an orthogonal coordinate system based on the two points selected and their corresponding coordinates. The map is optionally provided with data concerning weather and buoy or wreck hazards in the vicinity of the boat, together with details concerning the coastline.