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IMAGE DISPLAY UNIT [9 records]

Record 1 2025-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

Smart eyewear is defined as eyewear incorporating a near-to-eye display. As used herein, near-to-eye display means a display, device, or system, such as a retinal projector, virtual retinal display, visualization element, head-mounted display, heads-up display, or other near-to-eye system, typically worn on the head of a user that generates an image near the eye. In a smart eyewear configuration, a display device is often mounted adjacent to an edge of each of the wearer’s eyes and an image is typically displayed in the center of each lens. The location of the displayed image, therefore, forces the wearer to gaze in a direction to view the image generated by the display. Typically positioned near the user’s eye, the display is aligned to the central region of the user’s field of view to allow review of the displayed information with little or no head movement. This enables the user to view the display while also viewing the area outside the central region and interacting with the surrounding environment. In another embodiment, the displayed image is aligned to a region other than the central region of the user’s field of view.

CONT

Near-eye display devices are configured to present images to a user via a display that is positioned close to the user’s eyes. For example, a head-mounted augmented reality display device may be worn on a user’s head to position a near-eye display directly in front of a user’s eyes. A near-eye display may be at least partially see-through to allow a user to view a real-world background in combination with displayed virtual objects. This may allow virtual objects to be displayed such that the virtual objects appear to exist within the real-world environment.

CONT

The technology provides one or more embodiments of a near-eye display(NED) device system. An embodiment of a NED device system comprises a near-eye display device including a near-eye support structure and a near-eye display(NED) supported by the near-eye support structure and having a display field of view. The NED system further comprises an image generation unit supported by the near-eye support structure which outputs image data which is optically coupled to the near-eye display(NED).

OBS

near-to-eye display; near-eye display: data validated by Canadian subject-field experts from École Polytechnique de Montréal, MasterpieceVR and McGill University.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Simulación (Sistemas cibernéticos)
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

[…] se contempla que al menos una pantalla […] comprendida en el dispositivo […] no permita ver al usuario a través de ella (es decir, que no sea transparente), siendo preferentemente de tipo NED (siglas en inglés de la expresión "near-eye display" o pantalla cercana al ojo) […]

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Record 2 2024-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Display Technology
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

On a CRT [cathode ray tube] display unit, the sequence of movements of an electron beam needed to regenerate a display image once.

OBS

display cycle: designation and definition standardized by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
  • Infographie
DEF

Sur un écran cathodique, ensemble des mouvements successifs d'un faisceau d'électrons nécessaire à la production de l'image.

OBS

cycle de visualisation : désignation et définition normalisées par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas de visualización (Computadoras)
  • Gráficos de computadora
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Record 3 2020-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Materials Engineering
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
DEF

Any of a number of very small elements that make up a three-dimensional image, as on a visual display unit.

CONT

In programmable matter, a voxel is a fundamental unit from which complex devices could be built. A voxel could be a synthetic particle of varying size made from materials ranging from silicon to ceramics to plastics to titanium. Voxels could be tailored to behave as any one of a wide range of subsystems–an energy-storage device, an insulator, a protective shell, an antenna or even a microcomputer. Voxels could be assembled and, together, programmed to change shape or function and collectively form different objects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie des matériaux
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Techniques industrielles

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingeniería de los materiales
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Procesos y técnicas industriales
CONT

[..] sabiendo que cada vóxel posee un valor de propiedad que se puede interpretar como el nivel de ocupación de material en dicho espacio, se puede considerar que, con el empuje adecuado, el material se desplaza de forma macroscópica de un vóxel a otro vecino, realizándose una transferencia efectiva de partículas.

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Record 4 2013-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
DEF

A permanent copy of a display image generated on an output unit such as a printer or a plotter, and which can be carried away.

OBS

hard copy: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission]; term standardized by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and reproduced with its permission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
DEF

Copie d'une image-vidéo sur un support permanent, telle qu'elle est produite par un organe de sortie tel qu'une imprimante ou un traceur, et qui peut être emportée.

OBS

copie papier; copie d'écran : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale].

OBS

copie papier; imprimé : termes normalisés par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA) et reproduits avec son autorisation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
DEF

Copia permanente de una imagen de salida generada sobre una unidad de salida tal como una impresora o plotter, la cual puede se transportada.

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Record 5 2012-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

In computer graphics, a mode of operation of a display unit that does not allow an online user to alter or interact with a display image.

OBS

passive mode: term and definition officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
DEF

En infographie, mode d'exploitation d'un visuel qui exclut toute modification d'une image ou toute intervention sur cette image par un utilisateur opérant en ligne. [Définition uniformisée par le CNGI.]

OBS

mode passif : terme normalisé par l'ISO; uniformisé par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

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Record 6 - external organization data 2006-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
01.06.04 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

permanent copy of a display image generated on an output unit such as a printer or a plotter, and which can be carried away

OBS

hard copy: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-1:1993].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
01.06.04 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

copie d'une image-vidéo sur un support permanent, telle qu'elle est produite par un organe de sortie tel qu'une imprimante ou un traceur, et qui peut être emportée

OBS

copie d'écran; copie papier : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-1:1993].

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Computer Mathematics
DEF

A device on-line to a computer(peripheral) which allows conversion of digital data into graphic images. Such devices are called either plotter or display, depending on the kind of graphic they produce(removable sheet or just displayed on a viewing surface). An additional hard copy unit may be used to obtain a removable copy of a displayed image.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Mathématiques informatiques
DEF

Unité reliée à un ordinateur ou à un périphérique qui permet l'obtention d'une image graphique à partir de la conversion de données numériques générées par un programme [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gráficos de computadora
  • Geografía matemática
  • Matemáticas para computación
DEF

Dispositivo usado para visualizar o registrar una imagen.

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Record 8 2002-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Optical Telecommunications
  • Telecommunications Transmission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Télécommunications optiques
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Computer Display Technology
CONT

monitor-referred to by aga as "display unit". This unit receives signal from the [infrared] camera and transforms it into a visual image which is projected on a conventional video tube.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
DEF

écran d'affichage transformant le signal de la caméra infra-rouge en une image graphique qui est projetée sur un tube-image vidéo conventionnel.

Spanish

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