Author: claimsbot

1. Apparatus for the separation of a leading label from a label supply, said apparatus including means for advancing a label supply to a point of label application, said label supply having a first planar surface having a release layer applied thereto and an opposing planar surface having a layer of adhesive applied to at least a portion thereof, said label supply having a series of labels defined therein by lines of weakening, and means for separating the leading label from the supply of labels to allow the same to be applied to an article, wherein said means for separating include a tool positioned such that at least one protruding portion of the tool contacts and locates with an aperture formed along the line of weakening so as to commence the breaking of the line of weakening and the remainder of the line of weakening is formed by microperforations and characterized in that the width of the at least one aperture which is engaged by the tool is substantially the same as the width of the adjacent microperforations.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the breaking of the line of weakening is commenced once a portion of the label has been applied to the article by adhesive or mechanical location, subsequent movement of the article and label bringing the line of weakening into contact with the tool.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the label supply is fed through first and second sets of rollers, and the line of weakening which is to be broken is located between the two sets, with the tool located between the two sets at a position such that the protruding portion thereon engages with the aperture formed along the line of weakening.
4. Apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the contact between the protruding portion and the aperture in the line of weakening is encouraged by a selective drive andor drive speed of the first and second sets of rollers.
5. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the tool is provided to be relatively movable with respect to the label supply so as to allow the protruding portion on the tool to be selectively moved into the aperture in the line of weakening.
6. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein there is provided a support plate which lies between first and second sets of rollers and towards which the label supply is encouraged to be positioned.
7. Apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the support plate has an aperture shaped so as to allow the tool to pass therethrough and into contact with the label supply to break the line of weakening.
8. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the tool includes two or more spaced protruding portions, each portion provided to be locatable in a respective aperture formed along the line of weakening in the label supply at the same spacing.
9. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the speed of feed of the labels will be substantially the same as the speed of feed of the articles to which the labels are to subsequently be applied.
10. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein there is relative movement between the tool and a label feed means during one cycle of operation so as to allow the leading edge of the leading label to be held in a defined position and then applied to the article accurately whereupon the trailing edge of the leading label is separated from the label supply via the tool.
11. Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the tool is provided with a 3 dimensional profile and first and second sets of rollers are provided, a first set on one side of the line of weakening which is to be broken and a second set on the opposing side of the line of weakening.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method, comprising:
presenting a display comprising a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions not overlapping another of the plurality of regions;
receiving a first user selection of a first region of the plurality of regions, the first region presenting a first amount of information; and
in response to the first user selection, using at least one processor of a machine,
enlarging the first region;
presenting a second amount of information in the first region greater than the first amount of information; and
shrinking at least one remaining region so that each of the plurality of regions do not overlap another of the plurality of regions.
2. The method of claim 1, the first amount of information presented in the first region comprising an information topic, the second amount of information comprising a listing of items relating to the information topic.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a second user selection of the first region subsequent to the first user selection; and
in response to the second user selection, presenting a third amount of information presented in the first region greater than the second amount of information.
4. The method of claim 3, the second amount of information comprising a listing of items, and the third amount of information comprising details regarding one of the items.
5. The method of claim 4, the details comprising at least one of a creation date of the one of the items, a due data associated with the one of the items, and a name of a user associated with the one of the items.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, subsequent to the first user selection, a second user selection of a second region of the plurality of regions, the second region presenting a third amount of information; and
in response to the second user selection:
enlarging the second region;
presenting a fourth amount of information in the second region greater than the third amount of information;
presenting the first amount of information in the first region; and
shrinking at least the first region so that each of the plurality of regions are not overlapping another of the plurality of regions.
7. The method of claim 1, the user selection being initiated via an activation of a button of a user input device.
8. The method of claim 1, the user selection being initiated via an activation in a first direction of a scroll wheel of a user input device.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
receiving a second user selection of the first region, the second user selection being initiated via an activation in a second direction of the scroll wheel; and
in response to the second user selection:
presenting the first amount of information in the first region;
shrinking the first region; and
enlarging at least one remaining region while ensuring that each of the plurality of regions does not overlap another of the plurality of regions.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
generating a query corresponding to the first user selection of the first region;
forwarding the query to a database; and
receiving the second amount of information from the database in response to the query.
11. The method of claim 10, the query being generated prior to the receiving of the first user selection.
12. The method of claim 10, the query being generated in response to the receiving of the first user selection.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving user input specifying at least one of an initial size and an initial location of each of the plurality of regions of the display, the presenting of the display being based on the user input.
14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving user input subsequent to the first user selection, the user input corresponding to the first region; and
updating the second amount of information based on the user input.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
presenting a user interface displaying a plurality of regions simultaneously, each of the plurality of regions not overlapping another of the plurality of regions;
receiving a user selection of a first region of the plurality of regions, the first region presenting a first amount of information; and
in response to the user selection,
enlarging the first region;
presenting a second amount of information in the first region greater than the first amount of information; and
shrinking at least one remaining region so that none of the plurality of regions overlap another of the plurality of regions.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising reducing an amount of information presented in the at least one remaining region in response to the user selection.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, each of the plurality of regions being a convex region.
18. A system comprising:
at least one processor of a machine; and
modules comprising instructions that are executable by the at least one processor, the modules comprising:
a user interface output module to display a plurality of regions simultaneously, each of the plurality of regions not overlapping another of the plurality of regions; and
a user interface input module to receive a selection of a first region of the plurality of regions, the first region presenting a first amount of information;
the user interface output module, responsive to the selection, to enlarge the first region, to present a second amount of information in the first region greater than the first amount of information, and to shrink at least one remaining region so that none of the plurality of regions overlap another of the plurality of regions.
19. The system of claim 18, further comprising:
a query generation module to generate a plurality of queries, each of the queries corresponding to one of the plurality of regions prior to the selection; and
a database module to generate a response for each of the queries, each of the responses comprising an amount of information to be presented in the corresponding one of the plurality of regions prior to the selection.
20. The system of claim 19, the query generation module to generate a second query corresponding to the selection of the first region, the database module to generate a second response for the second query, the second response comprising the second amount of information.

1. A pixel driver circuit for driving an OLED pixel in an active matrix OLED display, comprising:
a switch having an input, an output and a control input which is coupled to a row select line of the display;
a current driver TFT transistor having a gate coupled to the output of the switch, a drain coupled to the pixel, and a source coupled to a voltage source;
a capacitor having an electrode coupled to the voltage source, and another electrode coupled to the current driver TFT transistor gate; and
a toggle element, the toggle element having an output coupled to the input of the first switch and including a first input and a second input, the first input which may be coupled to a data voltage and the second input which may be coupled to a reverse voltage, the toggle element capable of alternating between inputs over a refresh period of the display.
2. A method for controlling a voltage controlled current driving TFT in an active matrix OLED display, the OLED display providing updated pixel data to each pixel of the display over a refresh period, the method comprising:
providing a data signal to the gate of the current driving TFT during a first portion of the refresh period; and
providing a reverse data signal to the gate of the current driving TFT during a second portion of the refresh period, the reverse data signal reverse biasing the TFT to reduce the effects of threshold drift.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the reverse data signal is derived from the data signal provided to the gate of the TFT during the first portion of the refresh period.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein all pixels of the display receive corresponding data signals during a first portion of the refresh period, which is prior to a second portion of the refresh period during which the pixels receive the reverse data signals.
5. A method for providing data to pixel drivers in an active matrix OLED display employing voltage controlled TFT current drivers, the display including row control lines activating select rows of the display and column data lines to provide data to pixels in selected rows, the method comprising:
(a) activating a row of the display by transmitting a corresponding control signal to the row control line for the row;
(b) providing data signals to the column data lines of the display in accordance with the display pixel data for the row;
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) until data is provided to all rows of the display;
(d) activating a row of the display by transmitting a corresponding control signal to the row control line of the row;
(e) providing reverse data signals to the column data lines of the display, the reverse data determined by reference to the data signal levels provided to the rows of the display; and
(f) repeating steps (d) and (e) until reverse data is provided to all rows of the display.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the reverse data signal is derived from each pixel data signal provided in step (b).
7. A method for providing data to pixel drivers in an active matrix OLED display employing voltage controlled TFT current drivers, the display including a row control line activating each row of the display and column data lines to provide data to columns of the display, the method comprising:
(a) activating a first row of the display by transmitting a corresponding control signal to the row control line for the first row;
(b) providing data signals to the column data lines of the display in accordance with the display pixel data for the first row;
(c) activating a second row of the display by transmitting a corresponding control signal to the row control line of the second row;
(d) providing reverse data signals to the column data lines of the display in accordance with the reverse data for the second row;
(e) repeating steps (a)-(d) until each row of the display is provided a data signal and is provided a reverse data signal.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second row is determined by the formula:
Row(Current rowN2)Mod N; 1RowN
Where N is the number of rows in the display.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the reverse data signals provided to a row are derived from the data signals provided to each pixel in the row.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein the reverse data signals are a predetermined level signal uniformly provided to all rows of the display.
11. A pixel driving circuit, comprising:
a current switch having a control input, a current input, and a current output;
a memory element coupled to the current output of the switch to receive data current from the switch;
a current driving transistor, the current driving transistor having a gate coupled to the output of the memory element, and having an output coupled to a pixel; and
a toggle switch having a first input coupled to a data source and having a second input coupled to a reverse data source and having an output coupled to the current input of the current switch.
12. An OLED active matrix display, comprising:
a plurality of pixel elements arranged as a matrix, said matrix arrangement including pixel rows and pixel columns;
a plurality of row control lines for selectively activating a row of pixel elements so as to update pixel data in said pixel elements;
a plurality of column control lines for providing data to activate each pixel elements in a selected row;
a plurality of selection means, each selection means selecting between at least a first input and a second input to provide an output, each selection means output operatively coupled to one of said plurality of column control lines;
means for providing pixel data, said means for providing pixel data coupled to said first input of each of said plurality of selection means; and
means for providing reverse pixel data, said means for providing reverse pixel data coupled to said second input of each of said plurality of selection means.
13. The display of claim 12, wherein the pixel elements are TFT based current driving circuits.
14. The display of claim 12, wherein each pixel element includes a plurality of OLED display elements.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A spreading head harness for headphones or a head set, comprising a first and a second harness member each with a substantially arc-shaped curvature and a first and a second connection member for receiving headphone ear pieces, each harness member comprising:
a first and a second end area;
a flexible spring region for elastic widening and contraction of the harness member having a longitudinal axis;
said first and second end areas being twisted relative to the spring region around the longitudinal axis of the spring region and bent relative to the arc-shaped curvature for generating a mechanical tension in the harness member;
wherein the first end areas of the first and second harness member are connected to the first connection member;
wherein the second end areas of the first and second harness member are connected to the second connection member;
wherein in a first operating position the first and second harness member extend substantially parallel to each other;
wherein in a second operating position, when the connection members are pulled away from each other and the flexible spring region of the first and second harness member are widened, the first and second harness member are spread from each other due to a mechanical tension in the end areas of the first and second harness member.
2. The harness according to claim 1, wherein the flexible spring region is fashioned in its entirety from spring steel.
3. The harness according to claim 1, wherein the end areas are twisted in opposite directions relative to the spring region.
4. The harness according to claim 1, wherein the end areas are twisted relative to the spring region by an angle (\u03b1) greater than 0\xb0 and less than 45\xb0.
5. The harness according to claim 1, wherein the end areas are bent inward relative to the curvature.
6. The harness according to claim 1, wherein the end areas are bent relative to the curvature by an angle (\u03b2) greater than 0\xb0 and less than 20\xb0.
7. The harness according to claim 1, wherein the partial harness is constructed in such a way that a cable is guided from one end area to the other end area through the partial harness.
8. The harness according to claim 1, wherein the partial harness has a sheathing for guiding a cable from one end area to the other end area through the sheathing.
9. The harness according to claim 1, wherein the connection member comprises:
holding members at which the end areas of the harness member can be mounted;
said holding members being designed for twisting of the end areas around the longitudinal axis relative to the spring regions, bending of the end areas relative to the curvature, and for generation of a mechanical tension in the harness member when the end areas are mounted to the holding areas; and
said end areas being twisted relative to the spring region when mounted to the holding members.
10. Headphones or a headset with a spreading head harness according to claim 1 and with at least one headphone ear piece, wherein at least one holder for the at least one headphone ear piece is arranged at the end areas of the harness member andor connection members.