01st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110001804 | Apparatus for Displaying 3D Images - A 3D visualization apparatus is described based on the method of generating different horizontal light emitting directions from different screen positions. This is achieved by way of an array of scanning light source modules placed behind the screen. The scanning modules can be implemented by using an array of ID or 2D scanning modules where each one is coupled with at least one light source. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001805 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND DECODING STEREOSCOPIC SEQUENCE INFORMATION - A method for driving a pair of three-dimensional glasses comprising receiving 3D video output signals from a source of 3D video signals, determining a plurality of synchronization signals in response to the 3D video output signals, and outputting radio frequency signals to the pair of three-dimensional glasses in response to the plurality of synchronization signals. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001806 | Image displaying device and image displaying system - An image displaying device includes: a display section cyclically switching a plurality of image streams, thereby time-divisionally displaying the plurality of image streams, each of the plurality of image streams being provided for corresponding one of a plurality of shutter mechanisms performing opening-closing operations at timings different from each other; and a dithering processing section performing a dithering process on a plurality of input images by using a plurality of masks, each of the plurality of masks having a pattern of two-dimensionally-arranged grayscale values, the pattern differing from a pattern of another mask, and then supplying a plurality of resultant images produced through the dithering process to the display section. The dithering processing section controls the dithering process in such a manner that the plurality of masks are sequentially and cyclically switched in synchronization with shutter open timings for each of the shutter mechanisms. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001807 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING AND DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a stereoscopic image supply unit configured to supply a stereoscopic moving image in which stereoscopic image pairs each including two images of an object viewed from mutually different viewpoints are arranged in a temporal order, a synthetic image generation unit configured to generate a synthetic image in the temporal order by performing a predetermined operation on luminances of the two images, and an output image selection unit configured to sequentially select and output any one of the two images and the synthetic image in the temporal order so that a result of a time integral during a predetermine period of an output thereof offsets any one of the two images. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001808 | Method of Stereoscopic Synchronization of Active Shutter Glasses - A three-dimensional viewing device for providing images to a user includes a receiver receiving source 3D synchronization signals from a transmitting device, wherein the source 3D synchronization signals comprise a source frequency and a source phase, a plurality of LCD shutters including a right LCD shutter and a left LCD shutter, wherein the right LCD shutter and the left LCD shutter are for alternatively entering a translucent state in response to local 3D synchronization signals, a localized timing source for generating the local 3D synchronization signals in response to the source 3D synchronization signals, and an adjustment portion for adjusting parameters of the local 3D synchronization signals in response to parameters of the source 3D synchronization signals. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001809 | THERMOGRAPHY METHODS - A method for presenting a thermal image within a visible light image includes the steps of: identifying an outline of each object of interest within the visible light image; and, selecting an area of the visible light image, whose edge corresponds to the outline of each object of interest, in which to present the thermal image. An alternative method includes the steps of: identifying an area of interest within the thermal image; and selecting another area, separate from the area of interest, from which to remove a portion of the thermal image in order to display the visible light image therein. The visible light and thermal images are captured by a system that includes a visible light camera module and an infrared camera module. The visible light and thermal images are displayed on a display of the system, and selections are made via an interactive element of the system. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001810 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup module which is provided with a plurality of functional elements for obtaining image information of an object to be photographed, and a signal separation circuit which separates a drive signal from a combined signal in which, at least two of a plurality of drive signals for the plurality of functional elements respectively, are superimposed, an image pickup module control section which is provided with a signal combining section which superimposes at least two of the plurality of drive signals, and a signal transmitting section which is interposed between the image pickup module and the image pickup module control section, and which transmits the combined signal in which, at least two of the plurality of drive signals are superimposed. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001811 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An illumination device with small light intensity loss, prevents deterioration of directivity, includes a white light source; a first light guiding unit disposed on the white light source optical axis, guiding white light from its source in a radially outward direction perpendicular to the optical axis; a second light guiding unit guiding light going in the radially inward direction to the optical axis; a unit rotating the first and second light guiding units about the optical axis; semiconductor light sources circumferentially disposed radially outward of the second light guiding unit, emitting light in the inward radial direction; and wavelength-range selecting units disposed outward of the first and second light guiding units on opposite sides in the radial direction at circumferential positions different from the semiconductor light sources, select light components in predetermined wavelength ranges of white light from the first light guiding unit and return the light components to the second light guiding unit. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001812 | Context-Aware Alarm System - An alarm system ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110001813 | GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, ROBOT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME AND GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD USING THE SAME - Provided is a gesture recognition apparatus. The gesture recognition apparatus includes a human detection unit, a gesture region setting region, an arm detection unit and a gesture determination unit. The human detection unit detects a face region of a user from an input image. The gesture region setting unit sets a gesture region, in which a gesture of the user's arm occurs, with respect to the detected face region. The arm detection unit detects an arm region of the user in the gesture region. The gesture determination unit analyzes a position, moving directionality and shape information of the arm region in the gesture region to determine a target gesture of the user. Such a gesture recognition apparatus may be used as a useful means for a human-robot interaction in a long distance where a robot has difficulty in recognizing a user's voice. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001814 | PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An image taking unit including a lens array, a light shielding member, and an image taking unit that acquires a compound eye image of a vein pattern of a living body held at a lens array. A shift estimation unit estimates an image shift amount between ommatidium images of the compound eye image. An image restructuring unit restructures a single image from the compound eye image by using the image shift amount. In at least one embodiment, a size correction unit corrects the size of the restructured single image with a magnification ratio determined by the estimated image shift amount and an image shift amount stored in a registration pattern storage unit so as to correspond to a registration pattern. As a result, it is possible to perform personal authentication while compensating influences due to fluctuations in a subject distance. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001815 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - To organize and store a plurality of types of image information acquired by a plurality of image acquisition methods at different timings. There is provided a microscope apparatus comprising a time counting unit for counting time, a plurality of different image acquisition units, and a storage unit for storing image information, when acquired by any one of the image acquisition units, and timing information counted by the time counting unit, by having them associated with each other. Even if the image acquisition units acquire different types of image information at different timings, it is possible, by using the timing information as a clue, to call up the image information stored in the storage unit in a chronological order. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001816 | MICROSTRUCTURE INSPECTION METHOD, MICROSTRUCTURE INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND MICROSTRUCTURE INSPECTION PROGRAM - A microstructure inspection method which inspects an angle of a sidewall of a sample microstructure pattern, the method including: taking SEM photographs of the sample microstructure pattern under plural SEM conditions; measuring a width of a white band at an edge portion of the sample microstructure pattern in the SEM photographs; and calculating the angle of the sidewall of the sample microstructure pattern on the basis of an amount of change in the width of the white band due to the change between the plural SEM conditions. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001817 | SYSTEM FOR THE ANGULAR ORIENTATION AND DETECTION OF CONTAINERS IN LABELLING MACHINES - The present invention relates to a system for the angular orientation and detection of containers being processed in labelling machines. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110001818 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A three dimensional shape measurement apparatus includes an illumination section and a grating transfer unit. The illumination section includes a light source unit generating a light and a grating unit changing the light generated by the light source unit into a grating pattern light having a grating pattern. The illumination section illuminates the grating pattern light onto a measurement target in a predetermined direction. The grating transfer unit transfers the grating unit in a predetermined inclination direction with respect to an extension direction of the grating pattern and an arrangement direction of the grating pattern. Thus, manufacturing cost may be reduced, and the three dimensional shape measurement apparatus may be easily managed. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001819 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of cameras which are arranged at respectively different positions of a moving body moving on a reference surface, and output an object scene image representing a surrounding area of the moving body. A first creator creates a bird's-eye view image relative to the reference surface, based on the object scene images outputted from the plurality of cameras. A first displayer displays the bird's-eye view image created by the first creator, on a monitor screen. A detector detects a location of the moving body in parallel with a creating process of the first creator. A second creator creates navigation information based on a detection result of the detector and map information. A second displayer displays the navigation information created by the second creator on the monitor screen in association with a displaying process of the first displayer. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001820 | System for creating an inspection recipe, system for reviewing defects, method for creating an inspection recipe and method for reviewing defects - A system for creating an inspection recipe, includes an inspection target selection module selecting an inspection target; a critical area extraction module extracting corresponding critical areas for defect sizes in the inspection target; a defect density prediction module extracting corresponding defect densities predicted by defects to be detected in the inspection target for the defect sizes; a killer defect calculation module calculating corresponding numbers of killer defects in the defect sizes based on the critical areas and the defect densities; and a detection expectation calculation module calculating another numbers of the killer defects expected to be detected for prospective inspection recipes determining rates of defect detection for the defect sizes, based on the numbers of the killer defects and the rates of defect detection prescribed in the prospective inspection recipes. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001821 | Method and Apparatus For Vehicle Service System Optical Target Assembly - A method and apparatus for determining the alignment of a vehicle wheel using an optical target assembly secured to the vehicle wheel in a non-determined position, the optical target assembly having a dimensionally stable shape and a plurality of optical target elements disposed on a plurality of target surfaces. Images of the optical target elements are acquired by an imaging system, together with target identifying indicia, and utilized together with previously stored target characterization data to determine a spatial orientation of the optical target assembly and an alignment of the vehicle wheel onto which it is secured. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001822 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM AND LENS APPARATUS - The image pickup system includes a lens apparatus ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110001823 | Method for Detecting a Target - The invention relates to a method for detecting a target in a scene comprising: a step of acquiring digital images of the scene by means of a sensor, these images comprising pixels, then, for each pixel: —a step of estimating the background of the pixel, —a step of estimating the signal-to-noise ratio of the pixel, —a decision step by thresholding this signal-to-noise ratio to determine whether the pixel is a pixel of the target. The step of estimating the background of the pixel is based on the selection, for each pixel, of a so-called neighboring area, centered around the pixel, this area satisfying a predetermined uniformity criterion and the size of this area being as close as possible to a predetermined maximum size. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001824 | SENSING APPARATUS, EVENT SENSING METHOD, AND PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM - A sensing apparatus determines a location and a direction where a display and an event are sensed, and causes a separate event to occur based on the location and the direction where the event is sensed. Accordingly, a user may set a direction where the event is sensed on a photographed screen more easily and conveniently. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001825 | MANEUVERING AID AND METHOD FOR AIDING DRIVERS OF VEHICLES OR VEHICLE COMBINATIONS COMPRISING VEHICLE ELEMENTS BENDABLE RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER - When maneuvering a vehicle, due to the seated position of the driver, the problem arises that a large portion of the space to the rear of the vehicle to be observed is hidden by the vehicle body itself. Therefore, the vehicle driver is presented with a display of a camera image of the space to the rear of the vehicle with a perspective overlay of the driving path and/or the towing path of the vehicle ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110001826 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE - A driving support system performs a viewpoint conversion, generates, from a camera image obtained from an in-vehicle camera, an extended bird's-eye view image corresponding to a synthesized image of first and second element images, and displays the generated image. The first element image is a bird's-eye view image showing the condition around a vehicle. The second element image is a far image showing the condition far away from the vehicle. The extended bird's-eye view image is obtained by converting the camera image to an image viewed from the viewpoint of a virtual camera. When the first and second element images are generated, the depression angles of the virtual camera are 90 degrees and 90 degrees or less, respectively. When the extended bird's-eye view image is generated corresponding to the tilt angle or the like of an actual camera, it is automatically determined whether the lack of an image occurs or not. In the case where the lack of the image occurs, the position of the boundary between the first and second element images, the height of the viewpoint of the virtual camera, etc., are adjusted so that the lack disappears. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001827 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED SECURITY OVER, WHILE ALSO FACILITATING ACCESS THROUGH, SECURED POINTS OF ENTRY - Systems and methods provide the verification of a registered user with authorized access through a point of entry in coordination with registered user profile information obtained from a remote server after preliminary identification of the registered user based on an identification number obtained wirelessly from an RFID tag carried by the registered user when the user is located near a point of entry. Registered user profile information including at least one of a photograph, biometric template, and a user name can be obtained by a computer at a point of entry from a remote server after preliminary identification of the user based on an identification number wirelessly provided to a RFID reader from a RFID carried by a registered user when the user is located near a point of entry such as, for example, a sports venue, border crossing or access point to a secured facility. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001828 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ALARAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Method for an alarm management system installed on a site, whereby the controlling comprises a specification of an architecture of a site and setting of parameters as well as commanding cameras in order to transfer images or live video to a management station comprised in the alarm management system, comprising the steps of creating a map of a surveillance area of the site based on site architecture data, the map further comprising at least one detection object as well as a position and a coverage area of at least one installed camera, specifying an association of the detection object to the installed camera, storing a totality of associations of a totality of detection objects in a database, looking up the database in order to identify the installed camera associated with the detection object, positioning the installed camera such that it captures one of: images of an area where the detection object is located, live video of the area where the detection object is located, triggering a transmission from the installed camera to the management station of one of: the images, the live video. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001829 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL X-RAY READER - A multifunctional X-ray reader includes an enclosure assembled from a front and a rear enclosure to define a receiving chamber for receiving at least one circuit board therein; a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen provided on the front enclosure and electrically connected to the circuit board; at least one push-button group arranged on the enclosure and electrically connected to the circuit board; an X-ray film tray outward extendably received in the enclosure for holding an X-ray film thereon; and an image capture unit located in the enclosure to face toward the X-ray film tray and electrically connect to the circuit board. The image capture unit captures an image data from the X-ray film, and the captured image data is displayed on the LCD display screen and simultaneously stored in a memory card held in a memory card holder provided on the enclosure and electrically connected to the circuit board. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001830 | INFRARED IMAGING DEVICE AND FIXED PATTERN NOISE CORRECTION METHOD - The present invention is applied to an infrared imaging device including infrared lens ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110001831 | Video Camera - A video camera includes an imager. An imager repeatedly outputs an object scene image captured on an imaging surface. A determiner repeatedly determines whether or not one or at least two dynamic objects exist in the object scene by referring to the object scene image outputted from the imager. A first searcher searches a specific dynamic object that satisfies a predetermined condition from the one or at least two dynamic objects when a determination result of the determiner is updated from a negative result to an affirmative result. An adjuster adjusts an imaging condition by tracking the specific dynamic object discovered by the first searcher. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001832 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING LENS DISPLACEMENT - Embodiments of the present invention include circuits and methods for calibrating lens displacement in a voltage controlled actuator. In one embodiment, a calibration circuit comprises a programmable voltage source that provides a voltage to a control terminal of an actuator to set a lens displacement, a switch that selectively decouples said programmable voltage source from said control terminal, a current source that provides a reference current to said control terminal when the control terminal is decoupled from said programmable voltage source, a comparator that senses a voltage difference between said programmable voltage source and said control terminal, and a timer coupled to an output of the comparator. The timer measures a time period required to increase the control terminal voltage. The capacitance of the actuator may be determined and used to calibrate the position of a lens. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001833 | COMPUTERIZED DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING SIGNALS IN A MULTIMEDIA OVER COAX ALLIANCE (MOCA) NETWORK AND SIMILAR TDM / ENCRYPTED NETWORKS - The present invention relates to testing signals on a coaxial home network that carries a digital video signal. It has direct application to testing so-called Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) standards-compliant networks and applies to similar networks. In one mode, a computerized device joins the MoCA network and relays signals intended for a set-top-box to the STB. In another mode, the computerized device joins the MoCA network instead of the STB and tests signal strength, attenuation and similar physical layer characteristics. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001834 | FOUR-SIDED PHOTOGRAPHY CAMERA - The present invention relates to a camera device for outdoor photography and a method to capture wildlife photographs. The camera device comprises: a four sided block; a solar panel on the top side of the block, where the solar panel supplies power to the camera device; a camera lens on each side of the block; a sensor on each side of the block, where the sensor detects motion and activates the camera lens associated with said sensor; and a programming panel on each side of the block, where the programming panel may program the functionality of each camera and sensor. The camera device also includes adequate memory and a processor, where the memory stores photographs taken by each camera and the processor executes commands related to the functionality of each camera and sensor of the camera device. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001835 | IMAGE SHAKE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image shake correction apparatus, comprising:
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20110001836 | ACTUATOR AND ANTI-VIBRATION CAMERA MODULE USING SAME - An actuator includes a stationary member defining a first receiving room and a center axis, a moveable member received in the first receiving room and being apart from the stationary member, a driving member, and a resilient spring assembly. The moveable member is coaxial with the stationary member. The driving member comprises a first magnetic assembly fixed to the stationary member and a second magnetic assembly fixed to the moveable member. The first magnetic assembly faces the second magnetic assembly. The driving member is configured for driving the moveable member to move along a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The first axis and the second axis are perpendicular to the central axis. The spring assembly is positioned between the stationary member and the moveable member and connects the moveable member to the stationary member. The spring assembly elastically deforms when the moveable member moves. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001837 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image sensing apparatus having a camera shake correction function of moving an optical axis of an image sensing device, the apparatus comprises an optical axis moving amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a moving amount of the optical axis at the time of shooting; a dust pixel determination unit configured to scan image data acquired by pre-shooting, during which the camera shake correction function is disabled, and determine a dust pixel corresponding to dust that is adhered to the image sensing device; a dust correction data generation unit configured to generate dust correction data based on information about the dust pixel that has been determined by the dust pixel determination unit; and a holding unit configured to hold the moving amount of the optical axis acquired by the optical axis moving amount acquisition unit and the dust correction data generated by the dust correction data generation unit. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001838 | Method and apparatus for operating camera of portable terminal - A camera operation method and apparatus of the portable terminal includes a camera comprised of a plurality of camera modules. The camera modules are set to be enabled according to corresponding input signals for activating particular user functions, respectively. An enabled camera module captures an image that is used to support a particular user function. The camera modules are configured to be exclusively used for particular functions, respectively, thereby enhancing the data processing speed in the portable terminal. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001839 | PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, PICTURE CODING METHOD AND VIDEO CAMERA - A picture coding apparatus includes a static area information calculating unit that calculates static area information indicating a size of a static area of which motion is smaller than a predetermined value for each of fields included in an interlaced picture, a reference field selecting unit that selects, as a reference field to be used to predict a field to be coded, one of a field having of the same parity as a field to be coded and a field having the opposite parity of the field to be coded, among fields previously coded, based on the static area information of the fields previously coded, and a coding unit that codes the field to be coded by using the reference field selected by the reference field selecting unit. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001840 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A tracking processing unit ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110001841 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus and an imaging method which can obtain an image in which a dynamic range is expanded at one shooting are provided. In a case where a pixel output of a pixel where a specific color separation filter is placed is equal to or more than a predetermined saturation level, based on a pixel output of a pixel which is placed in the vicinity of the pixel where the specific color separation filter is placed, a pixel output for brightness, where the pixel output becomes equal to or more than the predetermined saturation level, of the pixel where the color separation filter of the specific color is placed and the pixel output is equal to or more than the predetermined saturation level is compensated, and thereby a dynamic range of an image sensor is expanded. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001842 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - A method suitable for processing a digital image is disclosed. The method comprises, for each picture element of the digital image, processing an achromatic intensity level of the picture element using a first adaptation procedure featuring a first effective saturation function of the achromatic intensity, to provide a first intermediate intensity level. The method further comprises processing the achromatic intensity level using a second adaptation procedure featuring a second effective saturation function of the achromatic intensity, to provide a second intermediate intensity level. The method further comprises combining the first and the second intermediate intensity levels to provide a new achromatic intensity level associated with the picture-element. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001843 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An image processing apparatus comprising: an input visual environment acquisition unit that acquires a shooting scene viewing condition at the time of shooting an image, an output visual environment acquisition unit that acquires a shot image viewing condition, a converting unit that converts the image using a predetermined color appearance model based on the shooting scene viewing condition acquired by the input visual environment acquisition unit and the shot image viewing condition acquired by the output visual environment acquisition unit, and a correction unit that corrects a parameter of the color appearance model used by the converting unit by using at least one of a shooting condition of the image and a scene judging result based on at least one of the image and the shooting conditions of the image. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001844 | BLINK SIGNAL DETECTION CIRCUIT, BLINK SIGNAL DETECTION METHOD, OBJECT SENSING APPARATUS, OBJECT SENSING METHOD, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - There is provided a blink signal detection circuit which can clearly detect a blink signal of a blinking measurement target even if the measurement target moves. The blink signal detection circuit includes: a plurality of storage media that record image information shot by an imaging device at respective times, the image information showing a light-dark change in brightness of the measurement target which is blinking; an image information enlargement unit (pixel information enlargement circuit) that enlarges a plurality of pieces of image information at the respective different times with reference to a spatial axis, thereby generating a plurality of pieces of enlarged image information at the respective different times; and a correlation detection unit (correlation integration circuit) that performs correlation detection between the plurality of pieces of enlarged image information at the respective different times. The blink signal detection circuit detects the blink signal of the measurement target from a result of correlation detection obtained by the correlation detection unit. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001845 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM USING HIERARCHICAL HISTOGRAM FOR AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENT OF AN IMAGE - A method, apparatus and system with a hierarchical histogram generator that generates sub-histograms of differing resolutions. These sub-histograms are used to adjust an image exposure setting. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001846 | Image processing device, image processing method recording medium, and program - An image acquisition unit acquires multiple image data sets of pixels in array, having subject distortion due to focal plane shutter effects, corresponding to images taken at continuous exposure timings; a coefficient storage unit stores coefficients, determined by which number-in-order of multiple images that the image data set corresponds to, and by each pixel position in the image; a multiplying unit multiplies a pixel value of a predetermined pixel in the image data sets, by the coefficient stored in the coefficient storage means; and an adding unit adds each pixel value of a predetermined number of the image data sets. The coefficients include a coefficient wherein, at the earliest image data set, pixels exposed earlier are weighted less and pixels exposed later are weighted more, and a coefficient wherein, at the latest image data set, pixels exposed earlier are weighted more and pixels exposed later are weighted less. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001847 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, ZOOM CORRECTION INFORMATION CREATION METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to the apparatus, the method, the program, and the recording medium of the present invention, the amount of feed of a first zoom lens and the amount of feed of a second zoom lens corresponding to a magnification of the first zoom lens and a magnification of the second zoom lens which are close to each other are associated, and the amounts of feed of the first zoom lens and the second zoom lens corresponding to an arbitrarily designated magnification are set. Accordingly, the magnifications of the first zoom lens and the second zoom lens can be accurately made almost equal over the entire zoom range. Since the magnifications of the first zoom lens and the second zoom lens are made equal on the basis of the amounts of feed, effective pixels do not decrease, unlike magnification correction using an electronic zoom. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001848 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL LENS SHADING CORRECTION - In one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method of correcting a captured image for lens shading artifacts, comprising for a given lens determining a function L(x,y) being a lens shading correction function to be applied to images captured by the lens in order to correct for lens shading artifacts; applying a sampling technique to sample the function L(x,y) at selected points; and storing the sampled function L(x,y) in memory. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001849 | IMAGING APPARATUS, FLASH DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus capable of increasing the accuracy of detection of an outside flash of light. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001850 | Automatic Redeye Detection - Candidate redeye areas ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110001851 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE INPUT APPARATUS - Provided are a first communication circuit for communicating with an AFE, an image noise detecting circuit for detecting whether or not an image noise is superposed on a digital image signal, and a communication control circuit for outputting a communication forbidding signal when the image noise detecting circuit detects that the image noise is superposed on the digital image signal. The first communication circuit arrests the communication when the communication forbidding signal is detected. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001852 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus includes, an imaging unit configured to output an image signal of a captured object, a processing unit configured to perform a signal processing on the image signal, wherein the processing unit includes a cyclic noise reduction unit configured to reduce a noise of the image signal, a parameter change unit configured to change a parameter concerning at least one of an imaging by the imaging unit and the signal processing, and a coefficient change unit configured to change a cyclic coefficient of the cyclic noise reduction unit. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001853 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE DEFECT CORRECTION PROCESSING CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, an image defect correction processing circuit includes a signal level comparator circuit and a defect correction circuit. The signal level comparator circuit extracts the maximum signal level and the minimum signal level from a plurality of pixel signals existing around a correction target pixel. The defect correction circuit executes defect corrections with respect to the correction target pixel. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001854 | LENS SHADING CORRECTION FOR AUTOFOCUS AND ZOOM LENSES - In one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method of correcting a captured image for lens shading artifacts, the captured image being captured by an image capture system, the method comprising: determining a function L(x, y) being a lens shading correction function to be applied to images captured by a lens of the image capture system in order to correct for lens shading artifacts; if a focal length associated with the captured image is less than a focal length associated with, the function L(x, y) then cropping the function L(x, y) based on the focal length associated with the captured image; and scaling the cropped function L(x, y) to a size of the tin-cropped Junction L(x, y). | 2011-01-06 |
20110001855 | IMAGE SENSOR - An imaging sensor comprising a plurality of pixels is provided. The pixels comprise photoelectric converters and optical members. The optical member covers the photoelectric converter. Incident light passes through the optical member. The pixels are arranged in two dimensions on a light-receiving area. First differences are created for the distances between the photoelectric converter and a far-side surface of the optical member in two of the pixels in a part of pixel pairs among all of the pixel pairs. The far-side surface is an opposite surface of a near-side surface. The near-side surface of the optical member faces the photoelectric converter. The pixel pair includes two of the pixels selected from the plurality of the pixels. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001856 | IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor comprising a plurality of first pixels is provided. The pixels comprise photoelectric converters and first optical members. The first optical member covers the photoelectric converter. Light incident on the photoelectric converter passes through the first optical member. The first pixels are arranged on a light-receiving area. First differences are created for the thicknesses of the first optical members in two of the first pixels in a part of first pixel pairs among all first pixel pairs. The first pixel pair includes two of the first pixels selected from the plurality of said first pixels. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001857 | PHOTOGRAPHING MODULE - A photographing module is provided. The photographing module includes a lens unit including at least one lens; an imaging device which converts image light, transmitted through the lens unit, into an electrical signal; and a signal transmission member including a plurality of lead units which transmit the electrical signal to an outside, and a mold unit in which a groove which accommodates at least a portion of the imaging device is formed. At least one of the lead units includes a first lead terminal which is exposed at an inner portion of the groove and electrically connected to a terminal of the imaging device; a second lead terminal which has a different height from the first lead terminal and is exposed outside the signal transmission member; and a connection portion which connects the first lead terminal to the second lead terminal. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001858 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus with improved convenience, which can perform various types of processing using an imaging device while performing phase difference detection, is provided. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001859 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD - According to the present invention, the imaging apparatus of the rolling shutter system first exposes/reads odd lines of an imaging sensor and then exposes/reads even lines. An image of one line is formed by sorting information of the lines, which is obtained by reading the information of the odd lines first and reading the information of the even lines later, in order of line positions. As a result, exposure start timing of adjacent odd/even lines is significantly shifted, and the exposure unevenness has a periodic stripe pattern when the exposure unevenness caused by flash emission of another person, etc. occurs on an image of one frame. Therefore, accurate detection of exposure unevenness caused by flash emission of another person in an imaging apparatus of a rolling shutter system can be achieved. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001860 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array, load transistor, first switch transistor, and second switch transistor. The pixel array includes a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a matrix. Each unit pixel includes a photodiode, a read transistor, a reset transistor to which one of a first voltage and a second voltage, and an amplification transistor. The second switch transistor outputs a bias voltage to the vertical signal line. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001861 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an imaging region, and a control circuit. In a first operation mode, the control circuit performs control in which signal charges of first and second photodiodes are transmitted to a floating diffusion. In a second operation mode, the control circuit performs control in which a signal charge of the second photodiode is transmitted to the floating diffusion. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001862 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a lens barrel assembly and a lens holder. The lens assembly includes a lens barrel and a lens received in the lens barrel. The lens include an optical axis. The lens barrel defines a recess in a sidewall of the lens barrel. The barrel holder includes a peripheral sidewall, an inner flange formed on an inner surface of the peripheral sidewall, and a protrusion extending from the inner flange. The peripheral sidewall of the barrel holder is threadedly engaged with the lens barrel. The protrusion extends in a direction parallel to the optical axis and is inserted in the recess. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001863 | DISPLAY WITH VIDEO CAMERA - A display for a computer includes a video camera with a peripheral equipment interface (PEI) disposed at a frame of the display. The PEI includes four signal pins connected to four idle pins of a plurality of idle pins of a first video connector of the display matching with a second video connector of a motherboard of the computer. A power circuit provides power to the PEI, to communicate the video camera with the motherboard via the first video connector and the second video connector. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001864 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An organic light emitting device having long continuous driving lifetime is provided. The organic light emitting device includes an anode, a cathode, and an emission layer formed of an organic compound arranged between the anode and the cathode, in which the emission layer includes a light emitting material and a material having a smallest ionization potential, and an absorption spectrum in a radical cation state of the material having the smallest ionization potential in the emission layer does not have its absorption peak in an emission wavelength region of the light emitting material. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001865 | IMAGING LENS, IMAGING DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens (LN) includes at least one lens block (BK), and an aperture stop (ape). The lens block (BK) includes a plane-parallel lens substrate (LS) and a lens (L) formed of different materials. In the imaging lens (LN), a first lens block (BK | 2011-01-06 |
20110001866 | Image pickup apparatus - An image pickup apparatus including: an image pickup device for receiving subject light passed through a photographing optical system by an image pickup surface in which a pixel arrangement is formed, and generating an image signal; and an optically transparent film having an optical anisotropy, and disposed in front of the image pickup surface, the subject light entering the optically transparent film; wherein a width of separation between a first ray of light and a second ray of light produced by birefringence in the optically transparent film is 1/2 or more of a pixel pitch in the pixel arrangement. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001867 | MANUAL FOCUSING MECHANISM OF IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A manual focusing mechanism, of an imaging apparatus provided with a lens system that includes a focusing lens group, which changes an image plane position by linearly moving the focusing lens group in an optical axis direction thereof via a manual operation of a focusing operational member includes a click-stop mechanism which holds the focusing operational member at one of a plurality of click-stop positions with respect to a support member. An amount of movement of the image plane position in the optical axis direction per one click-stop position of the focusing operational member via the click-stop mechanism is determined to be within a range of the depth of focus of the lens system of the imaging apparatus. An imaging apparatus having such a manual focusing mechanism is also disclosed. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001868 | FLEXIBLE LENS MOUNT SYSTEM FOR RAPID TILT PHOTOGRAPHY - The present invention generally relates to photography, including both still photography and video photography. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a lens system that includes a lens, a fitting mountable to a camera, and a flexible body extending between the lens and the fitting. The fitting can be the sole support for the body relative to the camera. The body can be configured to position the lens among at least two operative positions relative to the camera when the fitting is mounted to the camera. Another aspect of the invention is directed toward a method for adjusting focus of a camera using a lens assembly including manually moving a portion of a flexible body of the lens assembly to place a lens in one of at least two operative positions relative to the camera. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001869 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The image pickup apparatus is configured to move a focus lens and an image pickup element to perform focusing, the image pickup element being moved in a predetermined movable range. The image pickup apparatus includes a position detector configured to detect a position of the image pickup element moved for the focusing; and a controller configured to move, after the focusing, the image pickup element to a specific position closer to a center of the predetermined movable range than the position detected by the position detector and to move the focus lens so as to decrease generation of defocus due to the movement of the image pickup element to the specific position. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001870 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes an imaging unit including an image sensor configured to photoelectrically convert an object image formed by a photographic lens, a light-blocking member configured to adjust an exposure time of the image sensor by mechanically closing an aperture thereof to block a light flux from the photographic lens from entering the image sensor through the aperture, and a driving unit configured to drive the imaging unit along an optical axis within a range including a position where at least a part of the imaging unit is inside the aperture of the light-blocking member. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001871 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus capable of performing phase difference detection while allowing light to enter an imaging device is provided. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001872 | CAM FRAME STRUCTURE, LENS BARREL STRUCTURE, SHAKE COMPENSATION DEVICE AND IMAGING ELEMENT UNIT - The lens barrel includes a lens frame and a cam frame. The lens frame has a body supporting a lens element in the optical system, at least three through-holes formed in the lens frame body, at least three cam members arranged on the lens frame body and at least one protruding member that protrude from the lens frame body. The cam frame has a body, at least three projection members extending from the cam frame body and inserted through the through-holes, at least three cam grooves formed in the cam frame body and the projection members to guide the cam members and to movably support the lens frame with respect to the cam frame body. The cam frame also has at least one auxiliary groove to guide the protruding member. One end of the auxiliary groove is disposed in the circumferential direction between two adjacent projection members. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001873 | FRAME RATE CONVERTER FOR INPUT FRAMES WITH VIDEO AND FILM CONTENT - A frame rate converter device and method for interpolation during frame rate conversion are disclosed. The method includes, receiving input frames containing film content and video content. The film content exhibits a 3:2 pull-down cadence while video content that does not exhibit such cadence. Consecutive frames C | 2011-01-06 |
20110001874 | FRAME RATE CONVERSION DEVICE AND FRAME RATE CONVERSION METHOD - When a frame rate is doubled by repeating video signals of respective frames twice and then resultant video signals are supplied to the overdrive circuitry, the number of cases where the effect of overdrive is not sufficiently obtained is likely to increase undesirably. A double-speed conversion section inserts, between video signals of an N-1th frame and an Nth frame following the N-1th frame which are input video signals, an N-1th interpolation frame video signal at a signal level same as that of the N-1th frame video signal, and outputs resultant video signals at a frame rate twice as high as that of the input video signals. An interpolation frame correcting section corrects the N-1th interpolation frame video signal outputted from the double-speed conversion section, in accordance with the signal levels of the N-1th frame video signal and of the Nth frame video signal. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001875 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE - When an input video source is a movie source, even then if the input video source contains a lot of noise, pulldown can be accurately detected by controlling a gain of a first noise removal circuit based on a pulldown detected state detected from a frame difference value between an input video signal and its frame-delayed video signal to increase the magnitude of the frame difference, and inserting a comparison threshold for determining whether the frame difference is large or small to a stable position, to improve the detection accuracy of a pulldown detection circuit. Moreover, after interlaced/progressive conversion is performed by an IP conversion circuit, a resultant progressive video signal is processed by a second noise removal circuit so that noise originally contained in the input video signal is removed, resulting in a high-quality output video signal. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001876 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a display control unit configured to cause a display screen to display image data, a determination unit configured to determine a position of an audio output device on the display screen based on the position of the audio output device which is placed within a first predetermined distance from the display screen, and a transmission control unit configured to perform control to transmit, to the audio output device, audio data corresponding to the image data displayed at a position within a second predetermined distance from a position on the display screen which is determined by the determination unit. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001877 | TUNING DEVICE WITH DIPLEXER INPUT - The present invention includes an apparatus for distributing a received modulated RF signal to a plurality of tuners including a diplexer device. The diplexer device includes a plurality of filter circuits adapted to direct respective portions of the received modulated RF the signal to respective tuner devices. In an illustrated embodiment, the tuner devices supply tuned signals to a picture in picture display device. Also disclosed is a method of receiving a modulated ready of frequency signal and routing portions of the received signal to respective tuner devices using filter devices in a diplexer or multiplexer configuration. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001878 | EXTRACTING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FROM TV SIGNAL TO SUPERIMPOSE MAP ON IMAGE - A TV uses optical character recognition (OCR) to extract text from a TV image and/or voice recognition to extract text from the TV audio and if a geographic place name is recognized, displays a relevant map in a picture-in-picture window on the TV. The user may be given the option of turning the map feature on and off, defining how long the map is displayed, and defining the scale of the map to be displayed. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001879 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOASTED VIDEO DISTRIBUTION - The systems and methods disclosed transmit a composite channel to a receiver. The composite channel may be a static channel that contains different original channels of content in different locations on a displayed page, or may be a dynamic channel that is processed by the receiver to display a multiple different video streams on a single display device. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001880 | Image Processing Apparatus and Method Thereof - An image processing apparatus includes an image decoding unit and an image adjusting unit. The image decoding unit decodes a data stream to generate a first image comprising a first pixel. The image adjusting unit comprises a pixel edge determining module and a chrominance adjusting module. The pixel edge determining module determines an edge luminance parameter according to an initial luminance value of the first pixel and a plurality of initial luminance values of pixels neighboring the first pixel, and determines an edge chrominance parameter according to an initial chrominance value of the first pixel and a plurality of initial chrominance values of pixels neighboring the first pixel. The first chrominance adjusting module determines a first weight according to the edge luminance parameter and the edge chrominance parameter, and generates a first adjusted chrominance value by weighted calculating a first predetermined chrominance value and the initial chrominance value of the first pixel. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001881 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image projection apparatus that can perform a wall color correction and an ambient light correction obtains a wall color correction parameter by projecting a calibration image for the wall color correction and then obtains an ambient light correction parameter by projecting a calibration image for the ambient light correction, which has been subjected to the wall color correction using the wall color correction parameter. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001882 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MOTION VECTORS FOR FLAT REGIONS - The present invention proposes a method and system for providing reliable motion estimation even for flat regions. For this purpose the block under processing is checked for flatness. In case of flatness at least one motion vector among the motion vectors associated to blocks being neighboring blocks to the block under processing is selected as candidate vector. The block under processing and at least one further block in a following frame, to which the at least one candidate vector is pointing, are compared and one candidate vector is adopted as motion vector for the block under processing in case that at least one further block is similar to the block under processing. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001883 | Motion Estimation Method and Apparatus Thereof - A motion estimation method, applied to an image frame having a time constraint, includes calculating an available time for estimating a motion vector of a block unit of the image frame; and selectively performing at least one stage of a plurality of motion estimation stages according to the available time to estimate the motion vector of the block unit. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001884 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing system that can uniquely identify a motion vector for each pixel of an interpolation frame and accurately identify a motion vector. A motion vector candidate selection unit ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110001885 | Non-real Time Services - In certain embodiments, a digital television broadcast method involves generating a digital television signal having one or more transport streams; where data in at least one of the one or more transport streams that supports non-real time (NRT) services, where such data comprises an Internet protocol (IP) stream of packets containing NRT content including a FLUTE file description table (FDT), a NRT information table (NRT-IT), and a Service Map Table (SMT); where the NRT-IT contains a content ID that relates the NRT-IT to the FLUTE FDT, and where the SMT contains a service ID that relates the SMT to the NRT-IT table; and outputting the one or more transport streams for broadcast as a digital television signal. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001886 | CARRIER TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for tracking a tone (carrier) within a frequency range is provided. The carrier tracking system includes a complex frequency down-converter, a waveform generator, a coordinate converter, and a control circuit. The frequency down-converter generates a Cartesian signal by mixing an input signal and sine and cosine signals. The waveform generator generates the sine and cosine signals based on a frequency bias signal. The coordinate converter converts the Cartesian signal into a polar signal having a norm signal and a phase signal. The control circuit selects a candidate frequency within a predetermined frequency range based on the norm signal and a estimated frequency deviation corresponding to the candidate frequency based on the phase signal, and generates the frequency bias signal based on the candidate frequency, the estimated frequency deviation and a loop error determined by the phase signal. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001887 | Zero standby power RF controlled device - A remotely controllable electronic appliance has a radio frequency energy converter that receives a radio frequency energy from a remote controller and converts the radio frequency energy to electrical energy, where the electrical energy from the energy converter is used to supply power to receive a turn-on code. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001888 | Phased Locked Resonant Scanning Display Projection - A scanning projector includes a mirror that scans in two dimensions. The scanning mirror oscillates at a resonant frequency on a fast-scan axis, and is phase locked to an incoming frame rate on a slow-scan axis. An interpolation component interpolates pixel intensity data from adjacent pixels based on the position of the mirror when a pixel clock arrives. Incoming video data is stored in a buffer. Less than a complete frame of video data may be stored in the buffer. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001889 | PERSONAL COMPUTER - A personal computer (PC) includes a main body, a processor received in the main body, and a projecting unit received in the main body and electrically connected to the processor. The PC does not include a built-in display. The processor transmits image signals to the projecting unit, the projecting unit projects images onto a nearby projection surface corresponding to received image signals, so that the nearby projection surface serves as a display of the PC. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001890 | PORTABLE IMAGE PROJECTOR AND PROJECTION METHOD - A portable image projector is disclosed that has a communications module configured to communicate with a host computer to receive image data for at least one image from the host computer, the image being or having been displayed on a monitor of the host computer; a processor operatively connected to the communication module configured to receive and process the image data and to output the processed image data; and an image projection module operatively connected to the processor and configured to receive the processed image data and to project the processes image data as the at least one image using an image projector. A corresponding method is also disclosed. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001891 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight device | 2011-01-06 |
20110001892 | Toy with Video Display Screen - This invention provides a toy, such as a plush stuffed animal, having a video display screen for viewing video content, and optionally including audio playback capabilities. The toy includes a microprocessor, memory, a power supply, and control means for selecting content to be displayed or heard. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001893 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - An illumination device | 2011-01-06 |
20110001894 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PARALLAX BARRIER, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal parallax barrier panel has the structure formed by stacking an electrode substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a sealing substrate in order. The electrode substrate includes a glass substrate, a first electrode which is branched in plural stages, a second electrode which is arranged on the same layer as the first electrode and is branched in plural stages, and an alignment film. Out of the first electrode and the second electrode, twig portions which include distal ends of branched portions of one electrode and twig portions which include distal ends of branched portions of another electrode are alternately arranged such that the twig portion which includes the distal end of the branched portion of one electrode enters between two twig portions which include the distal ends of branched portions of another electrode. In a state where slits are not formed in a parallax barrier, the first electrode and the second electrode have the same voltage, while the slits are formed in the parallax barrier when a predetermined voltage is applied to the first electrode. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001895 | DRIVING MECHANISM FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL BASED OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device with liquid crystal (LC) cells for conditioning the polarization of incident light includes a drive unit for the LC cells that employs a digital technique. According to this digital technique, the drive unit generates control signals for opposing electrodes of the LC cells based on digital signals that have the same period but differ in phase by up to one-half period. By employing digital signals that differ in phase by up to one-half period with high resolution, the differential voltage across the LC cells can be controlled precisely to a desired RMS value. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001896 | TWO-STAGE DRIVE WAVEFORM FOR SWITCHING A DUAL FREQUENCY LIQUID CRYSTAL (DFLC) AT LARGE TILT ANGLES - A two-stage drive waveform switches a DFLC from a high tilt state such as above the LC's linear region or near the ‘saturated’ or ‘field-driven homeotropic’ state of the LC to a low tilt state quickly and without scattering. A relaxation voltage is applied to delay the onset of the high amplitude high frequency kick voltage when switching from a high tilt state to a low tilt state. The relaxation voltage allows the molecules to ‘relax’ in accordance with their own elasticity towards their low tilt state in the direction of the average azimuth angle of the low tilt state. Once the tilt angle has relaxed sufficiently, the kick voltage is applied to drive the molecules quickly to the low tilt state. Most unexpectedly, optimal switching time and the desired molecular response is achieved by delaying the onset of the large kick voltage via application of the relaxation voltage. The relaxation voltage may constitute a lower amplitude holding voltage, a small or zero DC voltage or a smooth windowing of the kick voltage. Whether to apply the relaxation voltage at all and how to apply the relaxation voltage for optimal switching are suitably controlled as a function of the high tilt state. The DFLC is suitably switched from the low-to-high tilt state in the conventional manner without application of a relaxation voltage. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001897 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device having thin film transistors which can alleviate the required alignment accuracy of a semiconductor film while suppressing the generation of an optical leak current is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes: a transparent substrate; gate electrodes which are stacked above the transparent substrate; source electrodes and drain electrodes which are stacked above the gate electrodes; and semiconductor films each of which is stacked above the gate electrode and controls an electric current between the source electrode and the drain electrode based on an electric field generated by the gate electrode, wherein the semiconductor film is formed into a planar shape, and includes a first region which overlaps with the gate electrode in plane and a second region which does not overlap with the gate electrode in plane, and the source electrode and the drain electrode are not connected to the semiconductor film in the second region, and are connected to the semiconductor film in the first region. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001898 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a sealed housing part, a liquid crystal display part disposed at the front face of the housing part, a light source part housed in the housing part to generate the light to be displayed on the liquid crystal display part, an electric power supply part housed in the housing part to perform electric power supply, a control part housed in the housing part to perform control, and a heat exchange part disposed at the rear face of the housing part to cool the heat generated in the housing part. The heat exchange part includes an air stirring part for stirring the air in the housing part, a forced air cooling part covered with a duct in which the air stirring part is installed and constructed from a plate extending into the housing part, and a natural air cooling part constructed from a plate extending to the outside of the housing part. The forced air cooling part and the natural air cooling part are integrated with a rear face plate of the housing part. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001899 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight (illumination device) of this invention includes a plurality of light source units ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110001900 | LIGHT EMITTING MODULE, BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A plurality of LEDs ( | 2011-01-06 |
20110001901 | DUAL LIGHTGUIDE - A backlight subsystem includes first and second lightguides separated by an interfacial layer. The first lightguide has an output surface oriented toward an associated first illumination field, a back surface, and at least one light input edge. The second lightguide has output surface oriented toward an associated second illumination field, a back surface, and at least one light input edge. An interfacial layer is arranged between the back surfaces of the first lightguide and the second lightguide. The interfacial layer is substantially optically non-absorbing and may be predominately optically transmissive or predominately optically reflective. | 2011-01-06 |
20110001902 | GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a glass substrate for a display device, a liquid crystal display panel, and a liquid crystal display device capable of eliminating the display unevenness of a display panel having undergone the cell assembly and eliminating the need for a post-process or simplifying the post-process. A liquid crystal panel | 2011-01-06 |
20110001903 | POLARIZING PLATE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A polarizing plate is provided. The polarizing plate includes a polarizing layer having a first and a second opposite sides; a parallax barrier layer configured above one of the first and the second sides of the polarizing layer, and a top surface protecting layer configured above the parallax barrier layer. | 2011-01-06 |