946 results about "Information display systems" patented technology

A vehicle information display system includes a head-up display for reflecting an image on a windshield of a vehicle and displaying the image so that a driver recognizes the image as a virtual image. Information is collected for being displayed by the head-up display. A circumstance of the vehicle, a circumstance of surrounding of the vehicle, or a circumstance of the driver is detected. The collected information is classified in accordance with a detection result. Then, display contents of the head-up display are controlled in accordance with a classification result.

An ambient light sensor produces a current signal that varies linearly with the level of ambient light. The current signal is multiplied by a user dimming preference to generate a brightness control signal that automatically compensates for ambient light variations in visual information display systems. The multiplying function provides noticeable user dimming control at relatively high ambient light levels.

The invention is a digital information display system (10), comprised of an electronically controlled display (20), usually used to display advertising, A video camera (30) is used to detect one or more viewers in the audience who are paying attention (100) to the display (20), and if so which part of the display (30). Based on which part of the display has the viewers attention, the advertising displayed is adjusted in real-time and based on the viewer analysis to promote continued attention from the viewer. It is an advantage of the invention that the display is able to continuously present relevant advertising content, and with reduced delay, to an audience by using its passive observation and analysis capabilities.

The invention discloses a printed label and a display shelf for a business establishment, including a display shelf having a length and at least one area on which at least one product is to be placed. The area has a length and a depth. The label includes product information printed thereon for identifying the at least one product for display on the shelf, and first and second space indicators for indicating a position, corresponding to a portion of the length of the shelf, at which the at least one product is to be placed. The label is constructed and arranged to have a predetermined length that is coextensive with the portion of the length of the area of the shelf on which the at least one product is to be placed. The first and second space indicators define the predetermined length. The first space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf begins and the second space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf ends.

A portable radio terminal includes a GPS signal processor for determining the position of the portable radio terminal, and requests a system server to transmit map image data and landmark data in the vicinity of the portable radio terminal. The system server transmits the map image data and landmark data separately to allow the display unit of the portable radio terminal to represent desired landmarks overlapped with the map image on the display unit.

An interior rearview mirror assembly suitable for use in a vehicle includes a variable reflectance reflective element, which includes an electrochromic medium, a first information display positioned to the rear of the variable reflectance reflective element, and a second information display. The mirror assembly further includes a single control for adjusting the luminous intensity of the first information display and the second information display and at least one light sensor, with the output of the control being generated responsive to a light level sensed by the at least one light sensor. In addition, the luminous intensity of the first information display and of the second information display increases responsive to the output of the control to compensate for any decrease in transmission of the electrochromic medium.

An information display system including an input device that inputs a scheduled event, a schedule storage in which the schedule is stored, a display device that displays a map, a memory that stores map information and the scheduled event, and a controller that displays a schedule reminder message on the map at a specified time before the scheduled event is to occur.

A multi-level information display system graphically represents clinical information for a user. The system includes a user interface providing clinical content to a user and accepting user input with respect to clinical content. The system also includes a graphical summary representation of a patient-related clinical data value. The graphical summary representation has one or more visible characteristics indicating an importance of the patient-related clinical data value. The system also includes a thumbnail trend view providing a graph of data elements used to provide the patient-related clinical data value shown in the graphical summary representation. The system further includes an originating data view retrieving and displaying, via the user interface, a source document corresponding to at least one data element on the graph shown in the thumbnail trend view. The various views are displayed via the user interface based on user manipulation of a cursor with respect to the displayed views.

An advanced electronic product information display tag provides advanced functionalities and capabilities in electronic product information display systems.

The invention relates to a smart agricultural insect disease remote automatic diagnosis system. The system comprises an interaction system, an identification system and an insect disease database management system. The interaction system comprises an information acquisition system, a wireless communication system and an information display system; the identification system comprises a similarity comparison system and a remarkable feature extraction system; and the inset disease database management system comprises an insect disease picture database, an insect disease remarkable feature database and an insect disease diagnosis database. The smart agricultural insect disease remote automatic diagnosis system, based on images of crop growth conditions, through intersection operation of the image similarity and remarkable feature extraction comparison system and a machine learning algorithm of the identification system, can effectively improve the identification accuracy of an insect disease type. According to the insect disease type, the system provides an omni-directional diagnosis scheme so as to improve the survival rate and the quality of crops.

A data processing system for delivering an open profile personalization system based profile data structures that contain one or more interest nodes. The interest nodes include respective sets of targets and qualifiers, where the targets and qualifiers comprise typed-attributes to be used in the filtering of information files for delivery as a result set for the interest nodes. Targets and qualifiers are applied the typed-attributes of available information files to produce the filtered set. Web pages showing the personalized results include tools based on sophisticated content analysis to assist the user in creation and editing of the open profile. A method for presenting and updating the web pages is responsive to the use of these tools.

An information display system having a housing with a location for receiving a document such as a book is provided. A location detection circuit is mounted on the housing adjacent the document and can determine any subjective selection of a location on the document. The document can have a plurality of indicia. When such indicia is selected, a control circuit can retrieve the information from a read only memory and appropriately display the information in an audible or visual manner.

An information display system according to the present invention includes a head-mounted unit for displaying images by projecting display data on eyes of an observer so that the images can be observed as virtual images and a main unit having a hard disk or a record memory for storing display original information, a main unit memory for temporarily storing the display data read out and converted from the display original information, an LCD for displaying images based on the display data, and a second operating switch including a display select switch for alternatively selecting any one of the displaying by the head-mounted unit and the displaying by the LCD.

A measurement information display system includes a measuring apparatus that measures biological and/or behavioral information of a user, and the measurement information display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display unit with a screen; a communication unit that communications with the measuring apparatus to acquire the information, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display a plurality of graphs on the screen, where the graphs represent the information. The graphs include a first graph located on a first portion of the screen and a second graph located on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion.

An information display system has display unit having a display screen, a control unit for controlling the displayed information, and an input devices for inputting a user's control command. The input devices may be a distance detecting sensor adapted to detect the position of a user controlled object in a sensing field arranged at a given distance in front of the screen. The control unit is adapted to determine a display control command based on the detected object position.

An information display system for a vehicle includes: a display for displaying, an operation screen for operating at least one piece of in-vehicle equipment; a first operation section including a leftward moving switch, a rightward moving switch, and a selection enter switch capable of being manipulated upward and downward and being pushed; and a controller. The controller changes a position of the operation menu selected point in the operation menus horizontally arranged on the operation screen for selecting any one of the operation menus in response to a manipulation signal from the leftward moving switch or the rightward moving switch and executes an operation relating to the selected operation menu in response to an upward or downward manipulation signal from the selection enter switch.

An in-vehicle display apparatus includes a communication device and an in-vehicle device. The communication device acquires information posted by the user and geographical location data indicating the destination of the posted information and classifies the acquired posted information into categories. The communication device generates map data in which the posted information is displayed in a display format corresponding to the classified category at a position on the map specified by the geographical location data that is acquired together with the posted information and transmits the map data to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device displays the received map data on, for example, a liquid crystal monitor.

An information display system and method is provided for computer-based games and the like, particularly of the type involving multiple participants who may be present at a game site or alternately located at one or more remote sites. The display system and method monitors the status of each participant as a particular game progresses. The system combines the monitored status information for all participants and generates a common information display so that individual participants can view their status relative to other game participants, and thereby assess their individual chances of winning as the game proceeds. The invention is suited for rapid and efficient playing of games of chance or skill in a casino environment or the like, wherein the game can accommodate a large number of participants including “active” participants located at the game site as well as “virtual” participants who may not be present at the game site.

A thumbnail image generating unit generates thumbnail images from a plurality of images having a sequential relation. A thumbnail image displaying unit displays the thumbnail images generated according to the sequential relation. A thumbnail image designating unit receives a designation of a thumbnail image from among the thumbnail images. An enlarging unit generates an enlarged image of a designated thumbnail image. An enlarged image displaying unit displays the enlarged image. A forward-advance designating unit designates a forward advance of the enlarged image displayed by the enlarged image displaying unit according to the sequential relation.

A plane cable fault locator based on time domain reflection includes a high speed pulse generating and transmitting circuit, a high speed pulse acquisition and treatment circuit, an impedance matching circuit, a signal storing and treating system, a communication interface, a power supply system, an information display system, an external connection computer system and an information input system. The plane cable fault locator based on time domain reflection adopts a low pressure high speed pulse reflection method to diagnose the types of plane cable short circuit and open circuit and other faults through observing fault point reflection pulse waveform according to a time domain reflection principle, and subsequently calibrates the position of a fault point by measuring the time difference of transmitted pulse and the reflected pulse of the fault point. As the rising edge time of the pulse transmitted by the locator is short and reaches nanosecond level, the locating precision is high. In addition, the locator can accurately calibrate the plane cable fault position so as to avoid taking a plurality of clamping plates apart when looking for faults in plane cable maintenance, thus improving the maintenance efficiency of planes and ensuring the flying safety of planes.

The operator of a excavator sits in a seat that has a one computer monitor on the left side and another computer monitor on the right side. A control system produces first and second sets of information regarding operation of the excavator with the first set of information being particularly relevant to the digging operation. The selection of which computer monitor displays which of the first and second sets of information depends on a direction that the excavator swings between a digging site and a dumping site and that selection changes as the direction changes. This presents the first set of information on the computer monitor that is easily observable by the excavator operator during the digging operation.

In an examination system including a head mounted display having image pickup devices such as CCDs provided therein and a computer, coordinates of an image to be displayed in the head mounted display can be set object- or body-centered. An image captured by the image pickup device is supplied to the computer where it will be processed in a predetermined manner for display in the head mounted display.

The invention is applicable to the field of mobile terminals and provides an information display method and an information display system for a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal. The method comprises the following steps: when the mobile terminal receives a new message, detecting if a full screen application is running; if the full screen application is detected to be running, setting a new message viewing window to be displayed on the topmost layer; and processing the background image of the new message viewing window to render the background image of the new message viewing window transparent; and displaying the content of a new message on a transparent background. The method and the system allows a user to read and operate the new information directly and conveniently without exiting the current full screen application and avoid influencing the direct control of the full screen application operation problem of the user.