International Business Machines Corporation

Richard Ian Kaufman

Lawrence Shungwei Mok

Paul F Greier

Steven Lorenz Wright

Alphonso Philip Lanzetta

Steven Edward Millman

Kenneth C Ho

Thomas Mario Cipolla

Kai R Schleupen

Michael Patrick Mastro

Steven T Berman

Ron Ridgeway

Chai Wah Wu

Brian Paul Gaucher

Gerhard Robert Thompson

Michael Frank Cina

Chengjun Julian Chen

Ismail C Noyan

Robert Stephen Olyha, Jr

Saila Ponnapalli

Roger Alan Pollak

Ricky A Rand

Arthur Robert Williams

Julian P Partridge

Frank J Canora

Mark John Allen

Jeffrey Joseph Kleikamp

John LeRoy Staples

A video processing method and system for generating a foveated video display with sections having different resolutions uses a network channel for communicating video images having video sections of different resolutions, and includes a video transmission system for processing and transmitting the received video images over the network channel. The system assigns a larger portion of the network channel's bandwidth to a video section with higher resolution. Further, the system includes a video receiving system for receiving and seamlessly combining the first and second video sections of different resolutions to form an output video image on a display device, and a control unit for sending one or more video control parameters to the video transmission system to control capturing, transmitting and processing of the video images.

System and method for selective image capture, transmission and reconstruction

Viewing angle characteristics of a liquid crystal display (LCD) are improved by reducing the number of subpixels in an image with mid-tone luminance values. In a preferred embodiment, a first table of entries associating subpixel intensity values and subpixel luminance values for a LCD in at least one viewing angle direction is provided. A target intensity value is determined from the first table, corresponding to the average subpixel luminance over a small number of adjacent subpixels. A second table of entries associates the target intensity values with intensity values above and below the target. The adjacent subpixel intensity values are modified according to the second table, thereby reducing the number of subpixels with mid-tone luminance values. The subpixel data is preferably processed within a portion of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), contained within the display module.

Method and apparatus for adjusting subpixel intensity values based upon luminance characteristics of the subpixels for improved viewing angle characteristics of liquid crystal displays

A fan module including: two or more individual fans, each fan having an air movement means and a motor engaged with the air movement means for accelerating air entering each of the two or more individual fans; a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature associated with the two or more fans and for outputting a first signal corresponding to the temperature; rotational speed sensor for outputting a second signal corresponding to a rotational speed of each of the two or more fans; and a processor for receiving the first and second signals and controlling the two or more individual fans based on the first and second signals.

Smart fan modules and system

The present invention is directed to a computing system which contains a plurality of subunits. Each subunit contains a computing subcomponent and a subunit supervisor subcomponent. The subunit supervisor component monitors functions of the subunit and output signals corresponding to the monitored functions. The plurality of subunits are contained within a housing. The housing contains a housing supervisor subunit which receives the output signals of each of the plurality of subunits. The supervisor subunit outputs the accumulated signals to an input/output device for monitoring the plurality of subunits and for sending commands to each subunit.

Computing system having a system supervisor and a collection of

A portable or notebook type computer communication interface that permits portable computers to be reliably used in a data processing network. The interface involves communication circuitry, special device inputs and power monitoring and charging. A flexible portable computer wireless time and frequency division network is formed using a time and frequency division multiplexed communication channel assignment feature that together with a wireless link establishes a unique direct communication channel between data processing devices on different levels with data packet type transmission security. The principle permits each portable computer in the network to communicate with any other and any and all can transmit and receive at the same time.

Portable computer network

An apparatus and method for plating metal on a conductor and/or across gaps on insulating substrates is described incorporating two probes, a probe positioner, first circuitry for applying alternating-current electrical power wherein the magnitude of the voltage is controlled as a function of time, and second circuitry for applying alternating-current electrical power wherein the magnitude of the current is controlled as a function of time. The invention overcomes the problem of providing an automatic apparatus for reliably repairing defective wiring or completing seeded sections of wiring having a wide range of initial thermal and electrical characteristics.

High-productivity method and apparatus for making customized

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