26th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120162482 | Zoom Lens System, Interchangeable Lens Apparatus, and Camera System - A compact and lightweight zoom lens system having excellent imaging performance, which is favorably applicable to an interchangeable-lens type digital camera system, is provided. The zoom lens system of the present invention includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive optical power and composed of not more than two lens elements, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having negative optical power, and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power. In zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit, the fourth lens unit moves along an optical axis. Further, the following condition (9) and (10) are satisfied: 1.502012-06-28 | |
20120162483 | Mobile communicator with curved sensor camera - Methods and apparatus for combining a mobile communication device having a camera ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162484 | Reducing noise in image sensors by concurrently reading reset and image signal levels from active and reference pixels - A method of one aspect includes reading a reset level of an active pixel, and concurrently, reading a reset level of a reference pixel. The method also includes reading an image signal level of the active pixel, and concurrently, reading an image signal level of the reference pixel. A reduced noise image signal level of the active pixel is generated based on the reset levels and the image signal levels of the active and reference pixels. Other methods are disclosed as well as apparatus and systems. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162485 | IMAGE PROCESSING APAPRATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus including an image restoration unit configured to acquire classification information indicating classifying variations in optical performance of an image pickup apparatus which picks up image data into a plurality of patterns, and generate restored image data by using a restoration filter generated based on the classification information is provided. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162486 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An optical device where an image of an object is formed on an image pickup element and where an image restoration process is performed on the image obtained by the image pickup element, comprising
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20120162487 | REDUCING NOISE IN DIGITAL IMAGES - A target digital image is received from an image sensor. The image is contaminated by noise of unknown magnitude that is represented by a reference digital image. A process is applied that uses statistical analysis of the target digital image and of the reference digital image to estimate a magnitude of the noise for at least some pixels of the target digital image. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162488 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF INTERPOLATING DEFECTIVE PIXEL OF IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT TO PERFORM IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing apparatus includes a first defect interpolation unit that interpolates a defective pixel using a pixel value of a first pixel near a specific first pixel or a pixel value of a second pixel near a specific second pixel, a second defect interpolation unit that interpolates the defective pixel using a rate of pixel values of a first pixel and a second pixel in the same micro lens near the specific first pixel and the specific second pixel, an in-focus level evaluation unit that evaluates an in-focus level using outputs of the first and second pixels, a synthesis rate switching unit that switches a synthesis rate of outputs of the first and second defect interpolation units, and a signal processing unit that generates a shot image using an output of the synthesis rate switching unit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162489 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSING METHOD - An image sensing device and image sensing method is described, in which an interrupt circuit is disposed to interrupt a clock signal input to a logic circuit not associated with the reading of image data when the image data is read, so as to temporarily interrupt the operation of the logic circuit, thereby reducing the power noises caused by the current generated during the operation of the logic circuit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162490 | Image Capturing Apparatus and Photographing Method Using the Same - In an image capturing apparatus and a photographing method using the same, the image capturing apparatus comprises: a transparent display panel; and a camera facing a bottom surface of the transparent display panel for synchronizing a shutter time with a period when the transparent display panel displays a black image, and for capturing an image positioned in front of the transparent display panel, thereby capturing a clear image without interference between images due to light-leakage property. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162491 | CAMERA MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a camera module including a PCB (Printed Circuit Board, an image sensor and a lens assembly, wherein the PCB formed with an opening, a staircase sill formed at an edge of the opening to insert a lens assembly, and an accommodation structural unit provided at a lower distal end of the opening to insert the image sensor, and wherein the image sensor is assembled to the accommodation structural unit of the PCB, and the lens assembly is inserted into the staircase sill of the PCB for assembly. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162492 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image pickup system includes an image pickup apparatus and a mount adaptor that adjusts a flange focal length between the image pickup apparatus and an interchangeable lens. The mount adaptor includes a phase-difference focus detection unit that can output a first phase-difference focus detection signal, and an optical device that separates first incident light into second and third incident light. The first incident light is transmitted from the interchangeable lens. The second incident light enters the image pickup apparatus. The third incident light enters the phase-difference focus detection unit. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device that can output a second phase-difference focus detection signal, and a controller that selects either of the first phase-difference focus detection signal and the second phase-difference focus detection signal on the basis of satisfaction of a predetermined condition and performs focusing. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162493 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS AND FOCUS DETECTION METHOD - A focus detection apparatus comprises: an image sensor that receives images that are formed by light that passes through different pupil regions of a photographing optical system including a focus lens, and outputs a pair of image signals; a control unit that controls to acquire a pair of image signals from the image sensor at first and second lens positions of the focus lens; a conversion unit that, by multiplying a shift amount between a pair of images representing the pair of image signals by a conversion coefficient, converts the shift amount to a defocus amount; and a calculation unit that calculates the conversion coefficient based on displacement amounts of respective ones of the pair of images representing the pair of image signals acquired at the first and second lens positions, and a displacement amount of the focus lens from the first lens position to the second lens position. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162494 | FOCUS ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A focus adjusting apparatus employable for an imaging system with an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object, includes a unit configured to extract a specific frequency component from an image capturing signal along each horizontal scanning line to generate a focus signal and a unit configured to set a focus signal extraction area with reference to the image capturing signal. A peak holding unit extracts a line peak value by peak-holding the focus signal along each horizontal scanning line in the setting area. A first evaluation value generation unit generates an integral evaluation value by integrating line peak values obtained along a predetermined number of horizontal scanning lines of all the horizontal scanning lines in the setting area. A control unit performs a focus adjustment that includes driving a focus lens based on an AF evaluation value derived from the integral evaluation value. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162495 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In an image-capturing apparatus capable of executing focus detection processing in which auto-focus detection of an imaging optical system is performed based on a contrast of a captured image, and expression detection processing in which a specific expression of a subject is detected from the captured image in parallel, if it is determined that a peak of focus state has not been found in the auto-focus detection, execution of the expression detection is not allowed, or use of a result of the expression detection performed by the expression detection unit is not allowed. Thus, excellent expression detection accuracy is achieved even if the auto-focus detection processing and the expression detection processing are performed in parallel. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162496 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE - For improving picture quality in auto-focus control, image processing device | 2012-06-28 |
20120162497 | Zoom Lens System, Imaging Device and Camera - A zoom lens system comprising: a negative first lens unit; a positive second lens unit; and a positive third lens unit, wherein the first to third lens units are individually moved along an optical axis to vary magnification in zooming, the first lens unit is composed of two lens elements and includes a positive lens element having at least one aspheric surface, the third lens unit is composed of one lens element, and the condition: 1.742012-06-28 | |
20120162498 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS WITH RANDOM TRIGGER OPERATION - An apparatus includes: a synchronizing signal generation portion outputting a synchronizing signal periodically; a diaphragm; an imaging portion operated based on the synchronizing signal to pick up a subject image through the diaphragm and generate image data; a trigger input portion operable to input a trigger signal commanding a start of a photographing operation by the imaging portion; and a control portion controlling the operation of the imaging portion. The control portion controls synchronous processing for operating the diaphragm in synchronization with the synchronizing signal. When the trigger signal is input, the control portion stops the generation of the synchronizing signal by the synchronizing signal generation portion and thereafter resumes the generation of the synchronizing signal, while when the synchronous processing is being performed, the control portion initializes the synchronous processing before resuming the generation of the synchronizing signal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162499 | FOCUS DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The focus detection accuracy of a focus detection device that employs an external AF sensor unit having a pair of line sensors that are each comprised of multiple unit line sensors is improved. The individual line sensors are arranged so that the center of the field of view of an imaging optical system at a predetermined subject distance, at which field-of-view adjustment for causing the field of view of the imaging optical system and the field of view of a focus-detection optical system to match has been carried out, corresponds to the center of one of the multiple unit line sensors included in the individual line sensors. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162500 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A dust-screening member includes a plate-like light transmitting portion having a polygonal shape, and at least one plate-like side wall portion which tilts as much as a predetermined angle and extends from at least one side of the light transmitting portion so that they do not come in contact with each other. A vibrating member is fixed to one plate-like side wall portion and apples a vertical vibrational amplitude to the surface of the light transmitting portion. The light transmitting portion and the at least one side wall portion are formed to have a substantially uniform thickness by use of the same material. The light transmitting portion is positioned in front of an image forming element held by a holding member. The one side wall portion is fixed to the holding member at a position other than a position to which the vibrating member is fixed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162501 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - An electronic device comprises a housing, a sliding cover and an internal member. The housing includes a plate-like member that defines a slide opening. The sliding cover includes a cover component disposed on the plate-like member and slidably attached to the slide opening, a detected component fixed to the cover component and extending into the housing, and a first restrictor fixed to the cover component. The internal member is disposed inside the housing and includes a detector switch having a contact component configured to contact the detected component when the detected component is at a specific position and a second restrictor adjacent to the first restrictor when the detected component is at the specific position. The detector switch detects when the contact component contacts the detected component. The first and second restrictors are configured to restrict movement of the plate-like member when the detected component is at the specific position. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162502 | CAMERA MODULE SOCKET DEVICE - A camera module socket device for blocking a path through which foreign materials may ingress is provided. The camera module socket device having a camera module and a socket into which the camera module is inserted includes a cap for securing the camera module in the socket, and a buffer member for closure formed between a surface of the camera module and the cap to enclose the periphery of a lens portion of the camera module, thereby preventing malfunction of the camera module and image quality degradation due to ingress of foreign materials into the lens portion and absorbing shock forces exerted at the top of the camera module socket device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162503 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH HANDLE UNIT - An image pickup apparatus which has a small-sized removable handle unit easy to be handled and removed and prevents breakage of electrical contacts. The handle unit includes a handle-side connector having a handle-side connector terminal section, rear handle fixing members for mounting the handle unit to the main unit, a connector fixing plate for mounting the handle-side connector to the handle unit, and resilient members interposed between the handle-side connector and the connector fixing plate. The main unit includes a main unit-side connector having a second terminal section and a main unit-side fixing portion to which the rear handle fixing members are affixed. The handle-side connector and the main unit-side connector are connected such that the first terminal section and the second terminal section are electrically connected in a state of the rear handle fixing members being affixed to the main unit-side fixing portion. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162504 | METHOD OF DETERMINING FIELD DOMINANCE IN A SEQUENCE OF VIDEO FRAMES - A method of determining field dominance in a sequence of video frames, the method comprising: generating from a first video frame a top field and a bottom field; interpolating the top and bottom fields to produce an interpolated top field frame and an interpolated bottom field frame respectively; correlating each of the interpolated top field frame and interpolated bottom field frame with a second video frame occurring immediately previous to the first video frame in the sequence of video frames and with a third video frame occurring immediately subsequent to the first video frame in the sequence of video frames; and determining from the outcome of the correlation the field dominance of the sequence of video frames. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162505 | Video Content Analysis Methods and Systems - An exemplary method includes a video content analysis system capturing a first set of video frames representative of a first video content instance and a second set of video frames representative of a second video content instance, applying a morphing heuristic to at least one of the first and second sets of video frames to result in the first and second sets of video frames having a common aspect ratio, a common resolution, and a common container, frame synchronizing, subsequent to the applying of the morphing heuristic, the first and second sets of video frames, and performing a comparative analysis of the frame synchronized first and second sets of video frames. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162506 | MOTION VECTOR BASED IMAGE SEGMENTATION - One or more digital video frames are interpolated using motion compensated temporal interpolation (MCTI). The quality of motion vectors corresponding to object motion between the two adjacent second video frames is detected. An average of forward motion vectors and an average of backward motion vectors representing motion of the object are compared by calculating the absolute value difference of the averaged forward and backward motion vectors to detect the quality of the motion vectors and a control signal is generated corresponding to the detected quality. Customized Image segmentation based on a first mode of image processing, a second mode of image processing or a combination of the first and second modes of image processing is then performed based on the detected accuracy to generate the interpolated frame. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162507 | Deinterlacer That Adapts To Irregular Video Cadence - A method and system are provided in which a processor may detect one or more changes in video cadence in a video signal and may adjust a counter value based on each detected change in video cadence. The processor may increase the counter value by a determined amount for each detected change in video cadence. When the counter value becomes larger than a first threshold value, the processor may filter the video signal. The video signal may be filtered utilizing a vertical Nyquist notch filter. Moreover, after each increase, the processor may decrease the counter value based on a decay parameter. When the counter value is less than a second threshold value, where such second threshold value is less than the first threshold value, the processor may disable the filtering of the video signal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162508 | VIDEO DATA CONVERSION APPARATUS - A video data conversion apparatus can convert inputted video data in a predetermined scanning format into video data in another scanning format. The inputted video data in the predetermined scanning format is video data at 60 fields per second in a 4:2:2:2 format. The video data in the 4:2:2:2 format is video data in a format where four fields generated from one original image, two fields generated from a next original image, two fields generated from a further next original image, and two fields generated from a further next original image appear periodically in this order. The video data conversion apparatus includes a conversion unit operable to convert the inputted video data into video data at 60 frames per second in a 3:2 pulldown format. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162509 | Method for Combining Data Signals and Video Signals for Transmission to Video Display Units - A method capable of combining data signals and video signals for transmission to a video display unit. The method comprises the steps of generating a data signal, transmitting the data signal to an apparatus, receiving the data signal at the apparatus, receiving a video/audio signal at the apparatus, combining the video/audio signal with the data signal to form a single combined signal, and displaying the combined signal on a video display unit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162510 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162511 | MULTI-SENSOR VIDEO FRAME SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus and methods disclosed herein operate to monitor times of receipt of start-of-frame indications associated with frames received from multiple image sensors at a video controller. Time differences between the times of receipt of the frames are calculated. Embodiments herein alter one or more frame period determining parameter values associated with the image sensors if the time differences equal or exceed frame synchronization hysteresis threshold values. Parameter values are adjusted positively and/or negatively to decrease the time differences. The parameter values may be reset at each image sensor when the time differences become less than the frame synchronization hysteresis threshold value as additional frames are received at the video controller. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162512 | Systems and Methods for Transmitting Media Content via Digital Radio Broadcast Transmission for Synchronized Rendering by a Receiver - Systems, methods, and processor readable media are disclosed for encoding and transmitting first media content and second media content using a digital radio broadcast system, such that the second media content can be rendered in synchronization with the first media content by a digital radio broadcast receiver. The disclosed systems, methods, and processor-readable media determine when a receiver will render audio and data content that is transmitted at a given time by the digital radio broadcast transmitter, and adjust the media content accordingly to provide synchronized rendering. In exemplary embodiments, these adjustments can be provided by: 1) inserting timing instructions specifying playback time in the secondary content based on calculated delays; or 2) controlling the timing of sending the primary or secondary content to the transmitter so that it will be rendered in synchronization by the receiver. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162513 | DUAL-CONNECTION MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS - The invention relates to a multimedia apparatus and more particularly to a multimedia apparatus capable of providing karaoke service through Internet servers or other external devices. The invention provides operating interfaces that are compatible to individual hardware, internet server, and mode of instruction input. The invention identifies multimedia files in external storages and further offers an offline karaoke service. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162514 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING APPLIED THERETO - A display apparatus, a remote controller and a method for controlling applied thereto are provided. The display apparatus receives direction information regarding an orientation of the remote controller from the remote controller, and selects an area to be controlled by the remote controller from among a first area and a second area of a screen according to the direction information received from the remote controller. As a result, user is enabled to control different areas on the screen by appropriately moving the remote controller between different orientations. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162515 | Mobile to Hardware Device Linking - Allowing a user of a mobile computing device to link the mobile computing device and its associated network or system to a subject piece of hardware operating via a second network or system is provided. After the mobile computing device is linked to a given hardware device, functional operation of the hardware device and access to accounts associated with the hardware device may be provided to the linked mobile computing device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162516 | 3-D POINTING DEVICE, DTV, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DTV, AND DTV SYSTEM - The present invention relates to Digital Television (DTV) controlled by a 3-Dimensional (3-D) pointing device, including a receiving unit configured to receive an operation signal generated by a manipulation for the 3-D pointing device; a display configured to display a movable indicator and at least one pop-up object selectable by the indicator when the operation signal is received; and a controller configured to generate a control signal corresponding to the received operation signal and to make the indicator disappear from the display if the operation signal is not received during a preset first time. According to the present invention, the 3-D pointing device may not transmit an operation signal if the 3-D pointing device is not manipulated during a set time. Accordingly, the period for which the power source of the 3-D pointing device is used can be increased by optimizing the consumption of the power source of the 3-D pointing device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162517 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a first signal processor which processes a first image; a second signal processor which processes a second image; a display unit which displays the processed first image on a main screen and the processed second image on a picture-in-picture (PIP) screen having a predetermined size and at least partially overlapping with the first image; a receiver which receives a pointer signal corresponding to a user's selection; and a controller which determines which one of the first image and the second image shows a pointer corresponding to the received pointer signal located thereon, and controls the second signal processor so that a result from performing an operation corresponding to a location of the pointer on the second image can be processed and displayed on the PIP screen if the pointer is located on the second image. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162518 | SIMULATED PIP WINDOW IN EPG - A first signal representing a reduced size video program is transmitted from a central location to a plurality of user terminals in a television signal. A second signal representative of an EPG is generated at one of the user terminals. The first and second signals are linearly combined and applied to a display monitor to display the reduced size video program and the EPG on the screen of the monitor simultaneously in a PIG format. In one embodiment a plurality of reduced size video programs are transmitted in the television signal and one of them is selected for display in a PIG format by marking the program listing in the EPG corresponding to the selected reduced size video program with a cursor. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162519 | METHOD FOR OPERATING KVM SWITCH WITH INDEPENDENT ON-SCREEN DISPLAY AND CONTROL CHANNELS - A method for operating a KVM switch with independent OSD and control channels comprises the steps of: receiving a functional instruction from the operation and control device; outputting a switch signal to turn off the picture of the selected computer, and starting the channel for the OSD signals; retrieving a pre-stored OSD background picture, and outputting the OSD background video signal and the control command to the OSD processing chip and OSD video switching circuit, and displaying via the monitor; inputting a functional instruction to select an OSD operation picture; outputting the selected OSD operating picture to the OSD processing chip and then to the monitor; inputting a functional instruction to stop the OSD operation; the OSD control system unit enabling the OSD video switching circuit to turn off the channel of the OSD signals, and controlling to switch back to the picture of the computer. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162520 | AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICE HAVING A VOLUME CONTROL FUNCTION FOR AN EXTERNAL AUDIO REPRODUCTION UNIT BY USING VOLUME CONTROL BUTTONS OF A REMOTE CONTROLLER AND VOLUME CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An audio/video (A/V) device having a volume control function for external audio reproduction units by using volume control buttons of a remote controller is provided. The A/V device includes speakers, an audio output port for externally outputting an audio signal, an audio signal processing unit for reproducing and amplifying the audio signal and applying the amplified audio signal to the speakers or the audio output port, a memory unit for storing volume control values, and a control unit for applying to the audio signal processing unit any of the volume control values stored in the memory based on whether the external audio reproduction unit is plugged in the audio output port. The control unit controls the audio signal processing unit to adjust the volume control values for the audio output port by the volume control buttons when the external audio reproduction unit is plugged in the audio output port. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162521 | AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICE HAVING A VOLUME CONTROL FUNCTIN FOR AN EXTERNAL AUDIO REPRODUCTION UNIT BY USING VOLUME CONTROL BUTTONS OF A REMOTE CONTROLLER AND VOLUME CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An audio/video (A/V) device having a volume control function for external audio reproduction units by using volume control buttons of a remote controller is provided. The A/V device includes speakers, an audio output port for externally outputting an audio signal, an audio signal processing unit for reproducing and amplifying the audio signal and applying the amplified audio signal to the speakers or the audio output port, a memory unit for storing volume control values, and a control unit for applying to the audio signal processing unit any of the volume control values stored in the memory based on whether the external audio reproduction unit is plugged in the audio output port. The control unit controls the audio signal processing unit to adjust the volume control values for the audio output port by the volume control buttons when the external audio reproduction unit is plugged in the audio output port. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162522 | AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICE HAVING A VOLUME CONTROL FUNCTION FOR AN EXTERNAL AUDIO REPRODUCTION UNIT BY USING VOLUME CONTROL BUTTONS OF A REMOTE CONTROLLER AND VOLUME CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An audio/video (A/V) device having a volume control function for external audio reproduction units by using volume control buttons of a remote controller is provided. The A/V device includes speakers, an audio output port for externally outputting an audio signal, an audio signal processing unit for reproducing and amplifying the audio signal and applying the amplified audio signal to the speakers or the audio output port, a memory unit for storing volume control values, and a control unit for applying to the audio signal processing unit any of the volume control values stored in the memory based on whether the external audio reproduction unit is plugged in the audio output port. The control unit controls the audio signal processing unit to adjust the volume control values for the audio output port by the volume control buttons when the external audio reproduction unit is plugged in the audio output port. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162523 | USING SCREEN CAPTURES TO PROVIDE AUTOMATIC CONTEXTUAL SMART INPUT-IN DEVICE SELECTION MENU - A two-way smart input-in device recognition mechanism determines which input slots of a multi-input display device (such as a television) are actually occupied, and obtains a screen capture of a graphic image for each such device. An embodiment of the present invention automatically associates the screen capture graphics with input-in device locations to enable presenting an intelligent visual input-in selection menu, which may be rendered in response to activation of a Menu button of a remote control device. Preferably, the input-in selection menu only displays graphics for currently-occupied input-in slots. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162524 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO FRAME ROTATION - Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for video frame rotation. The method includes receiving a first tile from among a plurality of tiles forming a video frame. The first tile includes a first plurality of macro pixels where each macro pixel interleaves at least one pair of neighboring pixels in a first orientation. Further, the method includes de-interleaving the first plurality of macro pixels into first pixels, mapping the first pixels into first rotated neighboring pixels in a second orientation, and interleaving the first rotated neighboring pixels into first rotated macro pixels forming a first rotated tile. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162525 | Method And System For Digital Noise Reduction Of Scaled Compressed Video Pictures - In a video processing device, scale of a video image is detected for vertical and horizontal directions based on pixel information, for example, per pixel vertical and horizontal gradients. Gradients are utilized or discarded based on picture format, standard deviation of luma levels and pixel location relative to black border edges, graphics and/or overlaid content. Mosquito noise filters are adapted based on scale and/or noise strength. Median and/or linear filter results are selected based on a weakest, a strongest and/or a blended result. Horizontal and vertical operations are performed separately for edge detection, edge strength determination, filtering and filter correction control. Horizontal and vertical block grid spacing and grid shift are determined. Block noise strength is determined. Block noise filters are configured based on scaling and/or noise strength. Filter corrections are limited based on block noise strength. Noise reduction results may be blended to generate a pixel correction value. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162526 | Method and System for Detecting Analog Noise in the Presence of Mosquito Noise - A method and system are provided in which a processor, such as a video processor, may determine a flatness value for a current video picture and may adjust a mosquito noise filtering of a subsequent video picture based on the determined flatness value. The flatness value may be determined within a predetermined region of the current video picture, which may be dynamically modified by the processor. The flatness value may be associated with the presence of analog noise in the current video picture, and may be determined based on horizontal and vertical variance values determined for one or more portions of the current video picture. The processor may adjust a mosquito noise strength value of the current video picture based on the determined flatness value and may adjust the mosquito noise filtering of the subsequent video picture based on the adjusted mosquito noise strength value of the current video picture. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162527 | BLUR DETECTION WITH LOCAL SHARPNESS MAP - A single-ended blur detection probe and method with a local sharpness map for analyzing a video image sequence uses two sets of edge filters, one for “fast edges” and the other for “slow edges.” Each set of edge filters includes a horizontal bandpass filter, a vertical bandpass filter and a pair of orthogonal diagonal filters where the frequency response of the fast edge filters overlap the frequency response of the slow edge filters. The video image sequence is input to each filter of each set, and the output absolute values are combined with weighting factors to produce a slow edge weighted sum array and a fast edge weighted sum arra. The respective weighted sum arrays are then decimated to produce a slow edge decimated array and a fast edge decimated array. The ratio of the maximum difference value between the decimated arrays and the maximum value from the fast edge decimated array, weighted by an appropriate factor, produces a localized maximum sharpness value, the log of which produces a dimensionless blur value. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162528 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a video processing device and a video display device capable of inhibiting the degradation of image quality and improving the video resolution. The video processing device has a motion vector detection unit ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162529 | AUTOMATIC VIDEO GAIN ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An automatic video gain adjustment method in which an automatic gain equalizer is used. The method includes steps of: using a processor to read and analyze a video signal and compare the video signal with a standard value to judge whether the video signal matches the standard value; using a gain regulator to automatically adjust the amplitude of the video signal in case the video signal fails to match the standard value, the gain regulator then generating an adjusted video signal; and using the processor to receive the adjusted video signal and transmit the adjusted video signal to a remote-end receiving device. By means of the automatic video gain adjustment method, the video signal can be automatically and more conveniently adjusted to match the standard value. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162530 | Electronic Apparatus and Display Control Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a storage module, a screen display module, a display mode switching module, and a display mode setting information adding module. The storage module stores pieces of display mode setting information indicating display modes. The screen display module displays a screen including items indicating the display modes and a first item for adding a new display mode. The display mode switching module switches a display mode based on first display mode setting information among the pieces of the display mode setting information when a second item of the items has been selected, the first display mode setting information corresponding to the second item. The display mode setting information adding module adds display mode setting information indicating a new display mode when the first item has been selected. The screen display module displays the screen further including an item indicating the new display mode. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162531 | HDMI AND VGA COMPATIBLE INTERFACE CIRCUIT - A signal transmitting circuit includes a HDMI signal transmitting unit adapted to output a HDMI signal, a VGA signal transmitting unit adapted to output a VGA signal, a VGA signal processing unit, and a transmitting control unit. The VGA signal processing unit is connected to the VGA signal transmitting unit. The VGA signal processing unit is adapted to receive the VGA signal from the VGA signal transmitting unit, and include a detection signal into the VGA signal to form a combination signal. A transmitting control unit is connected to the VGA signal processing unit and the HDMI signal transmitting unit. The transmitting control unit is adapted to receive the combination signal and the VGA signal, to distinguish the combination signal and the VGA signal, and to output the combination signal and the VGA signal to the appropriate receivers. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162532 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A liquid crystal display apparatus and a television receiver enable an improvement in visibility in a low-tone range in a configuration in which the brightness of a backlight is changed on the basis of brightness information relating to an image. The apparatus includes an APL curve setting portion and a histogram luminance modulating portion which adjust the brightness of the backlight and a tone signal on the basis of the average brightness of the image and the brightness histogram of the image. A black extending portion applies gamma correction to the tone signal adjusted by the histogram luminance modulating portion on the basis of a previously set gamma value. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162533 | PHYSICALLY SMALL TUNABLE NARROW BAND ANTENNA - A narrow band, tunable antenna uses a series of small inductors wired in series to produce different resonant frequencies from a single antenna across a wide frequency spectrum. Radio Frequency (RF) switches are positioned in parallel with the inductors and are capable of shunting a selected inductor out of the antenna circuit thereby changing the electrical length of the antenna and consequently, the resonant frequency. The RF switch control circuitry is isolated from the RF current in the antenna. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162534 | RECEIVING CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, TELEVISION TUNER, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - This receiving circuit includes a digital-control-type variable gain amplifier amplifying an RF signal for analog television broadcasting, a detection circuit detecting a level of an output signal of the amplifier and controlling gain of the amplifier such that the detected signal level attains a predetermined level, and a signal detection circuit setting a control signal (CNT) to the “H” level during a vertical blanking period in response to a vertical synchronizing signal. The detection circuit controls the gain of the amplifier during a time period in which the control signal (CNT) is set to the “H” level, and stops the control over the gain of the amplifier during the other time periods. Therefore, noise caused by gain fluctuations is created only during the vertical blanking period and does not appear on a television picture. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162535 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVER AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEPTION - A digital broadcasting receiver includes a nonvolatile memory, a tuner that performs a tuning process on a digital broadcasting wave signal so as to generate a transport stream, an MT obtaining portion that obtains an NIT contained in the transport stream output from the tuner, and a control portion that controls the nonvolatile memory to store a whole or a part of the NIT obtained by the NIT obtaining portion, and can determine a service to be received using the whole or the part of the MT stored in the nonvolatile memory when a tuning instruction issued. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162536 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A MEDIA DISPLAY SYSTEM - A remote control device for a separate electronic device to be controlled has a secondary display screen, at least one user-input mechanism, and at least one microprocessor running a user interface application for use in providing control over operation of the electronic device to be controlled. The user interface application causes a user interface to be displayed on the display screen of the remote control device, and the user interface displayed on the display screen graphically mirrors a corresponding user interface independently run by the electronic device to be controlled. The remote control device also has a transmitter and receiver mounted within the body enabling a two-way wireless communication link to be established with the electronic device to be controlled. Apparatus and a method for controlling operation of a media display system are also described. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162537 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A SET TOP BOX OVER A WIRELESS ADHOC CONNECTION - An approach is provided for controlling a set top box on an ad hoc basis. A wireless device detects a mobile terminal that is configured to control one or more set top boxes via a wireless local area network. The wireless device controls, over an adhoc connection, the one or more set top boxes directly or via the mobile terminal based on the detection of the mobile terminal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162538 | Communication, Monitoring and Control Architecture and Method - A communication network device facilitates communication between devices and/or applications in a network without requiring each device to register with every other device or application. The communication network device may generate and assign a unique identifier to each device or application upon registration and store a role of the device or application (e.g., sender or receiver or both) in addition to capability and compatibility information. The communication network device may then dynamically broker and manage communications from each of the devices or applications to other devices and applications in real-time. Using a communication network device, communications may be directed to devices or applications without requiring a sending device to know of the recipient's network address. Additionally, the communication network device allows for the direct targeting of communications to specific applications. Accordingly, in some arrangements, two applications running on the same device may receive different communications from another device or application. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162539 | Remote Controller - According to one embodiment, a remote controller includes substantially rectangular parallelepiped first and second housings and a joint. The first housing includes operation keys on the upper surface to control an object device. The second housing includes input keys on the upper surface to input information and at least one operation button on a surface other than the upper surface. The joint joins the first housing and the second housing to be relatively rotatable about a rotation axis located at a predetermined position such that the upper surface of the second housing faces the bottom surface of the first housing. To operate the input keys, the joint is rotated to a position where a long side of the first housing and a long side of the second housing form substantially the right angle and the input keys are exposed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162540 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION, AND TELEVISION EQUIPPED WITH APPARATUS FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - An embodiment of an apparatus for speech recognition includes a speech input unit configured to acquire acoustic signal, a first recognition unit configured to recognize the acoustic signal, a communication unit configured to communicate with an external server, a second recognition unit configured to recognize the acoustic signal by utilizing the external server via the communication unit, and a remote signal input unit configured to acquire a control signal from a remote controller. The switching unit is configured to switch between the first recognition unit and the second recognition unit for recognizing the acoustic signal in response to a start trigger. The switching unit selects the second recognition unit when the start trigger is detected from the control signal, and the switching unit selects the first recognition unit when the start trigger is detected from the acoustic signal. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162541 | AUDIO/VISUAL DEVICE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the user interface incorporates both, the ring shapes of the racetrack surface and the racetrack menu are structured to generally correspond such that the position of a marker on the racetrack menu is caused to correspond to the position at which a digit of a user's hand touches the racetrack surface. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162542 | Audio/Visual Device Touch-Based User Interface - A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the user interface incorporates both, the ring shapes of the racetrack surface and the racetrack menu are structured to generally correspond such that the position of a marker on the racetrack menu is caused to correspond to the position at which a digit of a user's hand touches the racetrack surface. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162543 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television includes a display apparatus, a casing, a tuner and a support section. The display apparatus includes a display screen. The casing exhibits a static inhibiting effect. The casing houses the display apparatus and includes a first face section provided with an opening through which the display screen is exposed and a second face section positioned at the opposite side of the casing to the first face section. The tuner is housed in the casing. The support section exhibits a static inhibiting effect and supports the casing. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162544 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROJECTING VISIBLE AND NON-VISIBLE IMAGES - A method, apparatus and system for combining non-visible data and visible data for a projector enabled to project visible images and non-visible images are provided. Visible bits representative of the visible images to be projected by the projector in a visible light spectrum are received; non-visible bits representative of the non-visible images to be projected by the projector in a non-visible light spectrum are received; a portion of the visible bits are replaced with at least a portion of the non-visible bits in video data such that the visible images and the non-visible images can be co-projected by the projector upon processing the video data. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162545 | DRIVING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, DRIVING APPARATUS OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a plurality of areas in which response speeds greatly different from each other coexist in a pixel. A first replacement process section replaces the image data of the desired target frame with a first gradation, when a gradation transition from a current frame to a desired target frame corresponds to the above gradation transition. A second replacement process section replaces the image data of the current frame with a second value. The first value is set to a value causing the pixel to respond at a relatively higher speed without the occurrence of the excessive brightness. Without avoiding the deterioration of the image, it is possible to drive a liquid crystal display apparatus including areas whose response speeds are different from each other coexist in the pixel, such as a liquid crystal display apparatus of vertically aligned mode and normally black mode. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162546 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a rectangular liquid crystal panel, a light-guide plate, a light bar corresponding a short side of the liquid crystal panel and including a plurality of light-emitting diodes, a reflector on the light-guide plate, a prism sheet on the light-guide plate on a side opposite to the reflector, and a polarizing sheet on the prism sheet configured to diffuse light. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162547 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a video display device includes a housing, a display module, a wall portion, a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The housing houses at least part of the display module. The wall portion is located opposite the display screen with respect to the display module. The first circuit board includes an input signal processing circuit that outputs at least video data from an input signal. The second circuit board includes a frame rate converter circuit and a timing control circuit. The frame rate converter circuit generates an interpolation frame based on frames of the video data received from the input signal processing circuit and outputs the video data with an increased frame rate. The timing control circuit outputs a timing control signal to a driver circuit that drives the display module based on the video data received from the frame rate converter circuit. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162548 | METHOD FOR ELECTROPHORESIS IN LIQUID CRYSTALS - A method of electrophoretic movement of particles through a liquid crystal utilizes a direct (DC) or alternating (AC) electric field that is applied along the liquid crystal director (for liquid crystals with a positive dielectric anisotropy) or perpendicular to the director (for liquid crystals with a negative dielectric anisotropy). A perpendicular or tilted orientation of the liquid crystal molecules at the surface of the particle causes distortions, such that the fore-aft (or left-right) symmetry of the particle is broken. The asymmetric orientation of the liquid crystal around the particle allows both charged and neutral particles to be transported, even when the particles themselves are perfectly symmetric (spherical). | 2012-06-28 |
20120162549 | Ergonomic Head Mounted Display Device And Optical System - This invention concerns an ergonomic optical see-through head mounted display device with an eyeglass appearance. The see-through head-mounted display device consists of a transparent, freeform waveguide prism for viewing a displayed virtual image, a see-through compensation lens for enabling proper viewing of a real-world scene when combined together with the prism, and a miniature image display unit for supplying display content. The freeform waveguide prism, containing multiple freeform refractive and reflective surfaces, guides light originated from the miniature display unit toward a user's pupil and enables a user to view a magnified image of the displayed content. A see-through compensation lens, containing multiple freeform refractive surfaces, enables proper viewing of the surrounding environment, through the combined waveguide and lens. The waveguide prism and the see-through compensation lens are properly designed to ergonomically fit human heads enabling a wraparound design of a lightweight, compact, and see-through display system. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162550 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENT - An image display device includes a display panel displaying an image, and a diffractive element formed to operate in a 2D mode or a 3D mode so that the image of the display panel is perceived as a 2D image or a 3D image after passing through the diffractive element. In the image display device, the diffractive element includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a first electrode layer formed on the first substrate that includes a plurality of zones, a second electrode layer formed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. Further, when the diffractive element operates in the 3D mode, a common voltage is applied to the second electrode layer, and polarity of voltages applied to the first electrode layer with respect to the common voltage is inverted every zone. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162551 | METHOD FOR DRIVING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for driving a stereoscopic display apparatus includes: opening or closing a plurality of light barriers grouped into a plurality of barrier groups at different timings among the barrier groups; and performing display operation based on multi-viewpoint images in synchronization with the open/close operation of the light barriers in each of the barrier groups, wherein the display operation is performed based on the multi-viewpoint images grouped into a plurality of sets different from one another in a cyclic period in which the light barriers in the plurality of barrier groups are sequentially opened and closed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162552 | STEREOSCOPIC TFT-LCD WITH WIRE GRID POLARIZER AFFIXED TO INTERNAL SURFACES SUBSTRATES - A stereoscopic TFT-LCD with a wire grid polarizer affixed to internal surfaces substrates, applies to a LCD device having a thin polarizing film and a thin phase retardation film to display a 2D image and a 3D image, a thin film polarizing film formed by accurately processing a thin aluminum film, a polarizing film of a nano imprint lithography method that uses polymer, and a polarizing film and a liquid crystal material that form a polarizing nano material thin film by uniformly coating a polarizing nano material (TCF), wherein a ¼ phase retardation plate is disposed at a front surface of the second transparent substrate so as to produce circularly-polarized light. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162553 | STEREOSCOPIC TFT-LCD WITH WIRE GRID POLARIZER AFFIXED TO INTERNAL SURFACES SUBSTRATES - A stereoscopic TFT-LCD with a wire grid polarizer affixed to internal surfaces substrates is provided whrerein a thin film polarizing film formed by accurately processing a thin aluminum film, a polarizing film of a nano imprint lithography method that uses polymer, and a polarizing film and a liquid crystal material that form a polarizing nano material thin film by uniformly coating a polarizing nano material (TCF), wherein a second ½ phase retardation plate and a transparent unit are formed integrally with each other on the same plane in a chessboard shape, wherein a third polarizing region and a fourth polarizing region are formed integrally with each other on the same plane in a chessboard shape, and wherein a ¼ phase retardation plate is disposed at a front surface of the second transparent substrate so as to produce circularly-polarized light. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162554 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An operation of floating charged particles and an operation of dispersing charged particles in a liquid crystal layer are controlled by determining strengths of electric fields to be applied to a liquid crystal element in accordance with a length of elapsed time from a point turning on the liquid crystal display device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162555 | CHOLOESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND FABRICATION THEREOF - A cholesteric liquid crystal display is provided, including a substrate, a first electrode layer disposed on the substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed on the first electrode layer, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises at least two liquid crystals having different sensitivities to driving frequencies, mixed with each other, and liquid crystals having a greater initial state-transition temperature are more sensitive to driving frequency. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162556 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ARRAY SUBSTRATE - A liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display array substrate are disclosed herein. The liquid crystal display array substrate includes scan lines, data lines, first rows of pixel units, and second rows of pixel units. The first rows of pixel units and the second rows of pixel units are arranged alternately. Each of the first rows of pixel units has first pixel structures disposed in a row direction and electrically connected to the scan lines and the data lines, respectively. Each of the second rows of pixel units has second pixel structures disposed along the row direction and electrically connected to the scan lines and the data lines, respectively. The first capacitance value of the first storage capacitor of each first pixel structure is greater than the second capacitance value of the second storage capacitor of each second pixel structure. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162557 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed in which, in a boundary region between a reflective region and a transmissive region, top and side surfaces of an end of a reflective electrode layer ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162558 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin film transistor array substrate includes pixel regions, each comprising first, second and third transparent electrodes, which are electrically isolated, wherein the second transparent electrode comprises strip-like second electrode portions electrically connected to one another, and the third transparent electrode comprises strip-like third electrode portions electrically connected to one another, the positions of the strip-like third electrode portions corresponding to those of the strip-like second electrode portions, and wherein the strip-like third electrode portions have a width less than that of the strip-like second electrode portions. When the substrate is actuated, a first horizontal electric field is formed between the first and second transparent electrodes and a second horizontal electric field is formed between the third and second transparent electrodes, so that the transmittance can be increased. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162559 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a pixel area, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and including liquid crystal molecules, a first electrode, a second electrode including a minute slit pattern, disposed on the first substrate and an insulating layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a third electrode disposed on the second substrate. The pixel area includes a first region having a double-electrode structure wherein the first electrode and the second electrode overlap, and a second region having a single electrode structure including the second electrode. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162560 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device, including: a first substrate including a first electrode and a second electrode each including a plurality of linear electrodes and formed so as to be comb-like; a second substrate; a blue-phase liquid crystal layer; first drain lines and second drain lines extending in Y direction and provided side by side in X direction; gate lines extending in the X direction; a first thin film transistor for supplying a drain signal from one of the first drain lines to the first electrode; a second thin film transistor for supplying a drain signal from one of the second drain lines to the second electrode, which is plate-like and formed on the blue-phase liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate so as to cover at least a region in which pixels are formed. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162561 | Liquid Crystal Display Device And Electronic Device - To provide a semiconductor device, a liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device which have a wide viewing angle and in which the number of manufacturing steps, the number of masks, and manufacturing cost are reduced compared with a conventional one. The liquid crystal display device includes a first electrode formed over an entire surface of one side of a substrate; a first insulating film formed over the first electrode; a thin film transistor formed over the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed over the thin film transistor; a second electrode formed over the second insulating film and having a plurality of openings; and a liquid crystal over the second electrode. The liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162562 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device having an active matrix display panel with pixel regions having two pixel electrodes and two TFT elements thereon. The two pixel electrodes are formed in each of the pixel regions, the two pixel electrodes are connected to different ones of the two TFT elements and one counter electrode is formed in each of the pixel regions, the counter electrode being formed between a layer of the pixel electrode and a first substrate. Each pixel electrode in the pixel regions has plural slits, the slits in each pixel electrode extending in two directions, and the slits extend in a direction which is not parallel to an extending direction of either of a video signal line or a scanning signal line formed on the first substrate. The two pixel electrodes in the pixel region have adjacent pixel electrode sides which are parallel to each other. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162563 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display module, a cover plate, and a light shielding film. The display module includes a display panel. The display panel has a black matrix pattern that surrounds a display area. The cover plate is configured on the display module. The light shielding film is adhered to at least one of the display module and the cover plate and located between the display module and the cover plate. The light shielding film is substantially located outside the display area, and an inter-medium is configured between the light shielding film and the cover plate and between the display module and the cover plate. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162564 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a frame for receiving a display panel. The frame includes a bottom segment extending in a first direction, a top segment spaced from the bottom segment in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, the top segment extending in the first direction, and a side segment connecting a side of the bottom segment and a side of the top segment, the side segment extending in the first direction. The top segment includes a top uplifted part protruding in the direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162565 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a display panel structure, and a back light unit configured to supply light to the display panel structure, wherein the display panel structure includes a light shield configured to shield some of light supplied to the display panel structure, and the light shield is formed over an edge portion of the display panel structure. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162566 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television comprises a housing which includes a metal front cover provided with an opening, and a metal back cover combined with the front cover. The housing houses therein a liquid crystal panel which comprises a display surface exposed from the opening, a light guide plate which faces the liquid crystal panel in the rear of the liquid crystal panel, and a light source module which applies light to the light guide plate from the periphery of the light guide plate. A frame which surrounds the light guide plate is housed between the front cover and the back cover. The frame comprises a metal light source support which supports the light guide plate and to which the light source module is thermally connected. The front cover, the back cover, and the frame are linked via a fixing member. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162567 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device is provided with a liquid crystal panel, a light guide body which is opposed to the liquid crystal panel at the back of the liquid crystal panel, a frame-like front cover which is made of metal and covers the front of the liquid crystal panel, and a metallic back cover which covers the back of the light guide body. The electronic device is provided with a metallic intermediate member, which is provided to be in contact with the front cover and the back cover and opposed to a side surface of the light guide body, at a position between the front cover and the back cover, and a substrate which is provided to be in tight contact with an inner surface of the intermediate member and on which a plurality of LEDs are mounted. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162568 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention provides a display device in which a slope portion is provided in the chassis of the backside member to be nonparallel to the display face of the display panel, and a film member is fixed along the slope portion, and the end of the film member extends beyond the slope portion to be in contact with the display panel, whereby a substantially close contact is established between the chassis and the display panel, and hence the display device can provide excellent dust-proof protection and durability. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162569 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162570 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A display device includes a liquid crystal module to display an image at a front surface thereof, a cover to encase at least a portion of the liquid crystal module, and at least one fastening unit to couple the cover to the liquid crystal module, wherein the fastening unit is provided at a rear surface of the liquid crystal module. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162571 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device wherein display contents of a liquid crystal display can be excellently viewed. The liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-06-28 |
20120162572 | PAINT, RETARDATION ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RETARDATION ELEMENT - A retardation element includes an alignment film and a retardation layer in contact with a surface of the alignment film, and the retardation layer is formed by applying a paint containing a liquid crystal monomer and a non-liquid crystal monomer on the surface of the alignment film and then polymerizing the paint while the liquid crystal monomer is placed in an alignment state. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162573 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display including a backlight and a filter, the backlight including a light-emitting device having a light-emitting element emitting blue light, and a green phosphor and a red phosphor absorbing a part of primary light emitted from the light-emitting element and emitting first secondary light and second secondary light, respectively, the green phosphor being a β-type SiAlON phosphor containing Eu and Al dissolved in a crystal of a nitride or an oxynitride having a β-type Si | 2012-06-28 |
20120162574 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COLOR FILTER FILM, DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing a color filter substrate, a display device, and liquid crystal display device using the color filter substrate are provided. The method for manufacturing the color filter substrate includes following steps. A cave is formed in a flexible base by a laser. A color filter element is formed in the cave by an inkjet printing method, so that the color filter substrate is formed by the base and the color filter element. The color filter substrate including the cave and the color filter element is formed by a roll to roll process. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162575 | COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A color liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display element and a backlight unit. The liquid crystal display element includes a color filter having a red filter segment, a green filter segment, and a blue filter segment. The blue filter segment is prepared from blue photosensitive resin composition. The blue photosensitive resin composition includes a pigment combination, an alkali-soluble resin, a compound having an ethylenic group, and a photoinitiator. The pigment combination includes a copper phthalocyanine-based blue pigment. The color filter has a z value ranging from 0.3 to 0.5 in a chromaticity diagram of a XYZ color system. The backlight unit is coupled to the liquid crystal display element and has a color temperature ranging from 8,000 K to 20,000 K. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162576 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LCD UNIT - A surface light source device having a local dimming function and an LCD unit using the device can include a light guide having a top surface including a plurality of linear convexes and a bottom surface including a plurality of dots. The device can also include a reflective sheet located adjacent the bottom surface, a prism sheet located adjacent the top surface, a diffusing sheet located adjacent the prism sheet, and a pair of LED light sources located adjacent both light incident surfaces of the light guide and divided into a plurality of groups. Each light emitted from the groups can be configured to be emitted independently from a respective one of local domains on a light-emitting surface of the device. Therefore, the disclosed subject matter can provide a surface light source device having a local dimming function with a simple structure as with a conventional edge light type device. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162577 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device includes a hot cathode tube | 2012-06-28 |
20120162578 | BISTABLE CHIRAL SPLAY NEMATIC MODE CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A bistable chiral splay nematic mode liquid crystal display device including a first substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate, the first electrode having a plate shape; a first insulating layer covering the first electrode; a second electrode and a third electrode on the first insulating layer along a first direction; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a fourth electrode on the second substrate, the fourth electrode having a plate shape; a second insulating layer covering the fourth electrode; a fifth electrode and a sixth electrode on the second insulating layer along a second direction; and a bistable chiral splay nematic liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162579 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a gate line extending in a first direction, a source line including an oblique line portion extending in a third direction which crosses at an acute angle a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a pixel electrode including an oblique electrode portion extending in the third direction, and a first alignment film covering the pixel electrode, a second substrate including a counter-electrode which is opposed to the pixel electrode, and a second alignment film covering the counter-electrode, and a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate. A first rubbing direction of the first alignment film is a direction which crosses the third direction at an acute angle, and an angle formed between the first rubbing direction and the third direction is 3.6° or more. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162580 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The disclosed technology relates to a liquid crystal panel, comprising an array substrate and a color filter substrate bonded together with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, wherein, light blocking strips are provided on a surface of at least one of the array substrate and the color filter substrate, and the surface is opposite to the side of the at least one substrate for holding the liquid crystal layer. The disclosed technology also relates to a manufacturing method for the liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal panel comprising the liquid crystal panel. | 2012-06-28 |
20120162581 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device exhibiting an excellent gray scale inversion characteristic in a state where a color close to black is displayed. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a first polarizer, a second polarizer disposed to face the first polarizer, a liquid crystal display panel provided between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, and a first phase plate and a second phase plate provided between the first or second polarizer and the liquid crystal display panel. In the liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal display panel has a pair of substrates disposed to face each other and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, the liquid crystal layer includes a homogeneously aligned liquid crystal molecule, the first phase plate includes a liquid crystal film, the liquid crystal film is formed by being set in a state where a nematic liquid crystal is hybrid-aligned, and a specific phase difference as a phase difference in a perpendicular direction of a member which is present between the first and second polarizers, excluding the liquid crystal layer and the first phase plate, is 120 nm or more. | 2012-06-28 |