29th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140198189 | GAZE CONTROLLED FOCUSING OF STEREOSCOPIC CONTENT - An apparatus and method generate a three-dimensional image by presenting, using a stereoscopic display, a representation of a scene comprising one or more objects, tracking a gaze of the user to determine a direction of gaze within the scene, determining depths associated with one or more objects in the scene, and determining which of the objects in the scene are inside and which are outside a comfort zone based at least in part on the direction of gaze of the user and the depths associated with the one or more objects in the scene. In some embodiments, the method includes identifying one or more objects proximate the direction of gaze of the user, determining depths associated with the one or more identified objects, determining a range of depths based at least in part on the depths associated with the one or more identified objects, and establishing the comfort zone based at least in part on the range of depths. In some embodiments, the method includes modifying the presented representation of the scene based on which of the objects are outside the comfort zone. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198190 | WEARABLE SURGICAL IMAGING DEVICE WITH SEMI-TRANSPARENT SCREEN - A mobile, wearable imaging system, having operator eyewear with a plurality of semi-transparent lenses, a microphone, a video capture device, and an accelerometer, wherein the semi-transparent lenses provide the operator a full-forward head's up view and a view of an external image superposed on the full-forward head's up view. The system also includes a mobile multifunction controller including an image processor that receives the external image and produces the view of an external image superposed on the full-forward head's up view in the operator eyewear, an audio signal processor, a motion signal processor, a gesture sensor, a manual input device, and a general processor unit, which executes a received system command, and where symbolic data received by the controller is selectively combined with the external image superposed on the full-forward head's up view. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198191 | HEAD MOUNTED IMAGE-SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPOSITE IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - The invention provides a head mounted image-sensing display device including a pair of image-sensing units ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140198192 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - To appropriately prevent the occurrence of a burn-in phenomenon during a display of a video in which an OSD screen is superimposed on a video screen. By appropriately moving the position for displaying an OSD screen when the OSD screen is displayed on a video screen in a superimposed manner, a burn-in phenomenon is prevented from occurring in a menu background area of the OSD screen or a boundary portion between a menu background area and a menu phrase. For example, each time the OSD screen is displayed, the OSD screen is moved by one pixel and then displayed. Movement of the display position of the OSD screen is implemented by an instruction from an OSD display position control unit | 2014-07-17 |
20140198193 | HEAD MOUNT DISPLAY AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - To appropriately prevent a burn-in phenomenon when a still image such as an OSD screen is displayed on a display panel. When a menu screen is displayed on a video screen in a superimposed manner, a menu phrase in at least one of a left-eye video and a right-eye video is deleted on a menu background area. A time period in which a brightness difference between still pixels in a boundary between a menu background area and a menu phrase remains large is reduced, and thus the occurrence of the burn-in phenomenon can be prevented. However, the menu background area is constantly displayed without being deleted, so that screen flickering does not occur. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198194 | Endoscope - An endoscope includes an objective optical system at a distal end of an inserted portion to acquire a subject image; a part that splits the subject image into two optical images focused differently; an imaging device that acquires two images by simultaneously capturing the optical images arranged on an imaging surface; and a part for cutting out at least abutting portions of the optical images on the imaging device, wherein A+B>C+D, where A is half the maximum length of light-receiving regions for the optical images at the imaging surface; where TW is an entry angle at the imaging surface when A is at the maximum image height and d is an optical-path-length difference between the optical images, B=d×tanTW; C is half the length of the light-receiving regions in a direction of the optical images arranged on the imaging surface; and D is a distance between the two light-receiving regions. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198195 | TERAHERTZ HEALTH CHECKER - Provided is a terahertz health checker. The terahertz health checker includes a terahertz wave transmitter generating terahertz waves in a terahertz band, a lens outputting the terahertz waves and receiving terahertz waves reflected from the outputted terahertz waves, an imaging chip connected to the lens, detecting the received terahertz waves, and generating a digital image signal based on the detected terahertz waves, a readout circuit reading out the digital image signal, and a transceiver outputting the read-out digital image signal to the outside. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198196 | System And Method For Determining Engagement Of Audience Members During A Lecture - A system and method for determining engagement of members of an audience during a lecture. Speech by the lecturer is detected to initiate image processing, which is performed by first capturing the audience in multiple image frames using a video camera; performing edge detection on an image frame to generate a digital edge map of the frame; detecting an approximate facial region skeletal image candidate in the image frame including circular and elliptical shapes for iris, eye and face; extracting location information for a candidate face in the image frame, including eyes and irises in the skeletal image to generate approximate facial region location information; and determining, from the location information, whether required spatial relationships exist within a candidate, for that candidate to be considered as a face of one of the members. When an iris is essentially circular, the member with a corresponding face is considered to be engaged. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198197 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a normalization unit that generates a plurality of normalized images by correcting, based on different imaging conditions, brightness of a plurality of images at different brightness obtained by imaging a same subject with the different imaging conditions; and an image combining unit that generates a combined image by combining the plurality of normalized images. When the normalized image corresponding to a reference image that is a brightest image among the plurality of images is defined as a reference normalized image, the image combining unit combines the reference normalized image and a non-reference normalized image that is the normalized image other than the reference normalized image to bring gradation of pixel of the combined image close to gradation of pixel of the reference normalized image if the gradation of pixel of the combined image is smaller than the gradation of pixel of the reference normalized image. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198198 | CUMULANT MICROSCOPY - The invention describes a method and a microscopy system for imaging and analysing stochastically and independently blinking point-like emitters. A multiple-order cumulants analysis in conjunction with an established blinking model enables the extraction of super-resolved environment-related parameter maps, such as molecular state lifetimes, concentration and brightness distributions of the emitter. In addition, such parameter maps can be used to compensate for the non-linear brightness and blinking response of higher-order cumulant images—used for example in Super-resolution Optical Fluctuation Imaging (SOFI)—to generate a balanced image contrast. Structures that otherwise would be masked by brighter regions in the conventional cumulant image become samples using spectral cross-cumulants. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198199 | IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS, IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image acquisition apparatus includes: a macro-photographing unit that performs macro-photographing of an image of at least a sample mounting area of a slide, on which a pathological sample is mounted, at a first magnification; a microscopic photographing unit that microscopically photographs a designated photographing area at a second magnification larger than the first magnification; a first judgment unit that judges whether there is an image of the pathological sample in each of a plurality of sectional areas sectioning the image obtained by the macro-photographing; a second judgment unit that judges, as a sample image area, a set of at least one of the plurality of sectional areas judged to be including the image of the pathological sample; and an area expansion unit that generates an expanded area by expanding the sample image area and causes the microscopic photographing unit to photograph the expanded area as the photographing area. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198200 | BESSEL BEAM PLANE ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPE - A microscope has a light source for generating a light beam having a wavelength, λ, and beam-forming optics configured for receiving the light beam and generating a Bessel-like beam that is directed into a sample. The beam-forming optics include an excitation objective having an axis oriented in a first direction. Imaging optics are configured for receiving light from a position within the sample that is illuminated by the Bessel-like beam and for imaging the received light on a detector. The imaging optics include a detection objective having an axis oriented in a second direction that is non-parallel to the first direction. A detector is configured for detecting signal light received by the imaging optics, and an aperture mask is positioned | 2014-07-17 |
20140198201 | BESSEL BEAM PLANE ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPE - A microscope has a light source for generating a light beam having a wavelength, λ, and beam-forming optics configured for receiving the light beam and generating a Bessel-like beam that is directed into a sample. The beam-forming optics include an excitation objective having an axis oriented in a first direction. Imaging optics are configured for receiving light from a position within the sample that is illuminated by the Bessel-like beam and for imaging the received light on a detector. The imaging optics include a detection objective having an axis oriented in a second direction that is non-parallel to the first direction. A detector is configured for detecting signal light received by the imaging optics, and an aperture mask is positioned | 2014-07-17 |
20140198202 | INSPECTION METHOD FOR DISPLAY PANEL - Disclosed herein is an inspection method for a display panel according to the present embodiments comprising driving the display panel so as to display a first color having a first reference brightness level; photographing the display panel to obtain a first image including at least one particle region; deriving a first particle brightness level of the particle region contrasted to the first reference brightness level from the first image; driving the display panel so as to display a second color having a second reference brightness level higher than the first reference brightness level; photographing the display panel to obtain a second image containing the particle region; deriving a second particle brightness level of the particle region contrasted to the second reference brightness level; and if the second particle brightness level is higher than the first particle brightness level, determining the particle region to be an internal particle. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198203 | DIAPER RFID TAG AND IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A diaper analysis system includes a test strip disposed on an inner layer of a diaper. A housing attachable to the diaper at an outer edge of the diaper includes an imager oriented toward a portion of the test strip when attached to the diaper. The imager is configured to obtain an image of a portion of the test strip and a transmitter is configured to transmit a test result to a remote computing resource. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198204 | METHOD OF FABRICATING TRANSLUCENT MATERIALS WITH DESIRED APPEARANCE - A method for creating a replication material corresponding to the appearance of a translucent or partially translucent target material. The appearance of the target material can be measured or may be prescribed by a user. The method includes receiving by a processor optical data related to a target subsurface scattering parameter of the target material. Once the processor has received the optical or light characteristic data, the method includes determining by the processor a replication pigment concentration to replicate the appearance of the target material caused by the target subsurface scattering parameter. The processor determines this concentration based on a plurality of pigment subsurface scattering parameters corresponding to a plurality of stored pigment concentrations in the computing device. Once the replication pigment concentration has been determined, the method includes creating, physically or virtually, the replication material by combining the pigment concentration with a base material. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198205 | BRIGHTNESS MEASUING METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DEVICE WITH BACKLIGHT - A brightness measuring method of device with backlight is performed by a controlling device, for measuring legends of backlight provided by a backlight module of a device under test (DUT). The method includes turning on a uniform light source external to the DUT for illuminating the DUT; capturing and receiving an image of the DUT illuminated with uniform light as a base image; identifying a complete pattern of a to-be-measured legend in the base image; turning off the uniform light source and turning on the backlight of the DUT so as to illuminate the legend of DUT; capturing and receiving an image of the DUT illuminated with backlight as a comparison image, wherein the scope of the comparison image overlaps the scope of the base image; and calculating brightness values of a plurality of pixels in the comparison image whose positions overlap the positions of the complete pattern. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198206 | System and Method for Estimating the Position and Orientation of an Object using Optical Beacons - A system and method for determining the position and orientation of an object within an environment using optical beacons placed at known locations within the environment. The optical beacons are received by an imaging device mounted on the object to be positioned, The system derives the position and orientation of the object from data associated with the pixel locations of the beacons within images, the identity of the beacons within images, and the positions of the beacons within the environment. In one embodiment, the optical beacons emit signals that are patterned in such a way that they appear as a first signal when sampled a low sampling rate and appear as a second signal when sampled at a high sampling rate. The first signal is the same for each beacon, and is used to distinguish beacons from other sources of light in the environment. The second signal is different for each beacon, and is used to identify beacons. In another embodiment, the optical beacons are installed underground and rise on command. In another embodiment, the optical beacons may also emit light within an absorption band of the atmosphere m order to improve the signal to noise ratio of the beacons. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198207 | TILT SENSOR FOR A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TILT OF A DEVICE - The invention relates to a tilt sensor for a device, comprising a tank receiving a flowable medium, wherein the position of the medium relative to the tank depends on the tilt, and the tank comprises a polygonal, in particular triangular, or an elliptical, in particular circular base, a source of electromagnetic radiation for generating projections of at least one part of a boundary of the medium, at least two detectors for detecting one of the projections, respectively, and for converting same into signals, wherein the detectors each comprise a detecting direction and the detecting directions of the detectors are disposed at angles to each other, and further comprising an analysis unit for determining the tilt in two axes from the signals of the at least two detectors, wherein the tilt is determined jointly for the two axes from a combination of the signals. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198208 | SECURITY CAMERA HAVING DUAL COMMUNICATION PORTS - The present disclosure is directed at a security camera having dual communication ports. The camera includes a camera body mountable to a mounting surface and comprising an aperture, a lens, an imager, primary communication circuitry comprising a primary communication port accessible from outside the camera body, secondary communication circuitry comprising a secondary communication port accessible from outside the camera body, and control and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the imager and to the primary and secondary communication circuitry. The primary communication port is on one side of the mounting when the camera body is mounted and the secondary communication port and the aperture are on an opposing side of the mounting surface when the camera body is mounted. A digital communication signal is sent to the secondary communication port when the secondary communication port is coupled to an active link. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198209 | Wireless Acquisition of Digital Video Images - A system can include a first transmitter unit having a first communication engine that controls a first local network, where the first transmitter unit is positioned at a first location. The system can also include a first remote device communicably coupled, using the first local network, to the first transmitter unit. The system can further include a receiver unit having a second communication engine that controls a second local network, where the receiver unit is positioned at a second location. The system can also include a smart device having an application that is communicably coupled, using the second local network, to the receiver unit. The system can further include a bridge network that wirelessly communicably couples the first transmitter unit to the receiver unit. The first local network and the second local network are wireless networks. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198210 | IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Provided is an image-monitoring system which includes a camera such as a pan/tilt/zoom camera which stores preset positions and captures images when a direction of the camera changes from one present position to another preset position, and a management unit which sets the preset positions, transmits the preset positions to the camera, and displays the images on a screen. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198211 | System for Detecting Image Abnormalities - An image capture system for capturing images of an object, the image capture system comprising a moving platform such as an airplane, one or more image capture devices mounted to the moving platform, and a detection computer. The image capture device has a sensor for capturing an image. The detection computer executes an abnormality detection algorithm for detecting an abnormality in an image immediately after the image is captured and then automatically and immediately causing a re-shoot of the image. Alternatively, the detection computer sends a signal to the flight management software executed on a computer system to automatically schedule a re-shoot of the image. When the moving platform is an airplane, the detection computer schedules a re-shoot of the image such that the image is retaken before landing the airplane. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198212 | VEHICULAR VIDEO-RECORDING MODULE - A flat vehicular video-recording module has a housing being transversely elongated and having a circuit board therein. The housing further has a photo-sensing element thereon to align with the circuit board, a connector extending outwards from the housing and sticking plasters thereon. Given the foregoing structural design, the video-recording module can be effectively reduced in thickness and can be applied to a vehicle with narrow space available inside the vehicle, thereby rendering higher flexibility in mounting and design. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198213 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FOG CONDITIONS - An imaging system and method is provided for detecting fog conditions surrounding a controlled vehicle. An imager having an image sensor is configured to image a scene external and forward of the controlled vehicle and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images. A processor is configured to receive the image data and to receive additional information including at least one of an outside temperature, a windshield wiper speed, and a vehicle speed. The processor selects logic and/or parameters for detecting the presence of fog in response to the received additional information. The processor then analyzes the image data using the selected logic and/or parameters to detect the presence of fog and generates a signal responsive to the detection of fog. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198214 | OBSTACLE ALERT DEVICE - An obstacle alert device notifies a driver of the presence of an obstacle approaching a vehicle without making it difficult to see a state of the periphery of the vehicle. The apparatus includes: a captured image obtainment unit that obtains a captured image of a scene of the periphery of the vehicle; a target captured image generation unit that generates a target captured image based on the captured image; an object presence determination unit that determines whether or not an object is present in an outside region that is on an outer side of the target captured image; a movement direction determination unit that determines a movement direction of the object in the outside region; and a notification image output unit that, in the case where the movement direction determination unit has determined that the object in the outside region is moving toward the center of the target captured image, sequentially displays a plurality of indicators, that appear for a set amount of time and then disappear, in different locations of the target captured image, starting with the side having the outside region in which the object is present and moving toward the center of the target captured image, and repeats this display while displaying the plurality of indicators in positions where the indicators partially overlap with each other, with the indicator displayed later being displayed over the indicator displayed immediately previous thereto at the areas where the indicators overlap. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198215 | MULTIPLE CAMERA SYSTEMS WITH USER SELECTABLE FIELD OF VIEW AND METHODS FOR THEIR OPERATION - Embodiments of a system include a hub, a plurality of image capture devices, and one or more user terminals. The hub is adapted to receive images from the image capture devices, receive a request from a user terminal to provide images having desired characteristics, select images from the received images corresponding to the images having the desired characteristics, and send the selected images to the user terminal. The image capture devices are positioned in different locations with respect to an area, and each of the image capture devices is adapted to capture images of objects within the area, and to send the images to the hub. The user terminal includes a display device adapted to display images received from the hub, and a user interface for receiving a user input that indicates the desired characteristics. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198216 | IMAGING SERVICE USING OUTDOOR LIGHTING NETWORKS - A system and methods to provide imaging service using outdoor lighting networks. The system uses outdoor lighting networks to manage/control video/image sensors connected to the network, e.g. hosted at lighting units, and coordinates the capture of useful video/image data associated with events. The system also provides an information search platform for users to retrieve only the relevant video/image data associated with events of interest. Furthermore, the system controls when and how to retrieve video/image data at lighting units across the whole network according to user requests, the priority of the events, and available bandwidth. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198217 | SHUTTER FOR THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA - Various embodiments of shutters for thermal imaging cameras, cameras comprising such shutters, and methods for providing such shutters are disclosed. The shutter may include a substrate with various layers and components thereon, such as a temperature sensor. The shutter may resemble a printed circuit board (PCB), utilizing efficient, cost-effective materials and methods known in the art. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198218 | IMAGING APPARATUS WITH SCENE ADAPTIVE AUTO EXPOSURE COMPENSATION - A method adjusts an auto exposure target in an auto-exposure operation on a sequence of images, such as a sequence of infrared images. The method comprises: obtaining a histogram of at least one of the images; applying a weighted histogram table to the histogram to obtain weighted histogram bins wherein at least some bins in the histogram containing saturated pixels are assigned a higher weighting value and at least some bins in the histogram containing unsaturated pixels are assigned a lower weighting value, and summing the weighted histogram bins to obtain a saturation score and decreasing an auto exposure target for an auto exposure operation when the saturation score exceeds a first threshold value, and increasing the auto-exposure target when the saturation score is below the first threshold value and the image is underexposed. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198219 | MULTI-FUNCTION CONTROL ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A multi-function control illumination device has a synchronization separator, a parameter setting device, a light emitting device, and a video processor. The synchronization separator connects with a video camera and the parameter setting device connecting with the light emitting device. The synchronization separator receives a video signal from the video camera, retrieves a synchronization signal from the video signal, and outputs the synchronization signal to the parameter setting device. The parameter setting device generates an electric signal corresponding to the synchronization signal according to at least one illumination parameter and outputs the electric signal to the light emitting device. The light emitting device emits toward a shooting direction of the video camera a light beam whose intensity periodically varies according to the electric signal. Thereby, the video camera captures images exposed by light beams of different intensities lest nearby persons be overexposed and distant persons be under-exposed. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198220 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus, adapted to be used with a remote control apparatus external to the image pickup apparatus, includes an image pickup unit for performing photoelectric conversion on a captured image to generate a first image signal representing the captured image, a communicator operable to send the generated first image signal to the remote control apparatus, and further operable to receive from the remote control apparatus a second image signal relating to the sent first image signal, and a controller operable to use the received second image signal to detect a target object in a further captured image represented by a third image signal generated by the image pickup unit subsequently to the first image signal. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198221 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE CALIBRATION - A three-dimensional coordinate position of a calibration device is determined. Further, a code is emitted to an image capture device. The code indicates the three-dimensional coordinate position of the calibration device. In addition, an image of light emitted from the calibration device is captured. The light includes the code. An image capture device three-dimensional coordinate position of the calibration device is calibrated according to the real world three-dimensional coordinate position of the calibration device indicated by the code. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198222 | OPTICAL MONITORING DEVICE FOR AN IMAGING SYSTEM - An optical monitoring device for an optical imaging system having a focal plane, an optical axis and an entry pupil, forming an image of a scene substantially at infinity on an image detector disposed substantially in the focal plane, comprises: a virtually point-like emission source at the periphery of the detector and substantially in the focal plane; a reflecting element with a plane surface upstream of the imaging system relative to the direction of light rays coming from the scene, and according to a position and inclination where a monitoring image of the source produced by the optical system and reflected by the reflecting element is substantially in the focal plane on a detection element connected to a monitoring image analyzer allowing potential optical defects to be identified; the reflecting element having an annular shape allowing passage of light rays coming from the scene and passing through the entry pupil. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198223 | CAMERA MODULE TESTING DEVICE - A camera module testing device for detecting light leakage in relation to a camera module includes a base, a first fixing plate, a second fixing plate, a movable element, a stepping motor, a sliding table, a support mechanism, a board and a power supply module, and a processing unit. The movable element includes a first movable plate, a second movable plate, and a third movable plate. The support mechanism and the camera module are driven to rotate to various predetermined angles. The stepping motor drives movable element, the support mechanism and the camera module to swing a predetermined number times for each predetermined angle. The lens captures an image each time. The processing unit compares an image captured each time with a predetermined image and analyze if there is a problem of light leakage for the camera module. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198224 | SERVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a server connected to a photographing apparatus is provided. The control method includes receiving status information of the photographing apparatus from the photographing apparatus, searching a schedule for using the photographing apparatus from pre-stored scheduling information, determining whether the searched schedule and the status information of the photographing apparatus satisfy preset conditions, respectively, and transmitting notification information to a user terminal apparatus when the conditions are satisfied. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198225 | INFORMATION REGISTRATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION REGISTRATION METHOD, REGISTRATION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A registration apparatus obtains, from an image pickup apparatus, identification information set in a lens apparatus that is attached to the image pickup apparatus. The registration apparatus pre-stores lens information including information that identifies the models of lens apparatuses and corresponding correction information, such that the lens information can be referenced by identification information. The registration apparatus displays a list of the stored lens apparatus models in a confirmation window such that the models of lens apparatuses corresponding to obtained identification information can be distinguished from the models of other lens apparatuses. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198226 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An apparatus and method for processing an image by a wide dynamic range (WDR) process, and for obtaining an image having a wide dynamic area by using a WDR process. The method includes: receiving a long exposure image and a short exposure image having different exposure times; detecting a motion artifact area that may be occur when the long exposure image and the short exposure image are fused; generating a non-linear gain control short exposure image by non-linearly adjusting a gain of the short exposure image such that a luminance component of the short exposure image corresponds to a luminance component of the long exposure image; compensating for motion in the non-linear gain control exposure image based on the detected motion artifact area; and fusing the non-linear gain control short exposure image and the long exposure image to output an image to which a WDR process is performed. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198227 | ORIENTATION DETERMINATION BASED ON VANISHING POINT COMPUTATION - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, methods, computer program products, and other implementations, including a method that includes capturing an image of a scene by an image capturing unit of a device that includes an accelerometer, and determining orientation of the device based, at least in part, on determined location of a vanishing point (e.g., a single vanishing point) in the captured image of the scene and at least one measurement obtained from the accelerometer. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198228 | Combination Apparatus and Operating Method Thereof - A combination apparatus and an operating method thereof are provided. The combination apparatus includes a first device, a second device and a connecting mechanism. The first device includes a first display unit and a first image capturing unit, wherein a picture is captured by the first image capture unit and converted into an image signal for the first display unit to display. The second device includes a second display unit with resolution different from that of the first display unit and is capable of wirelessly controlling the first device. The connecting mechanism is configured to detachably fasten the first device and the second device. The operating method of the combination apparatus includes utilizing the first device and/or the second device to capture a picture; and utilizing the first display unit and/or the second display unit to display the picture. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198229 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device which generates an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion on an optical image via an optical system, an object detector which detects a plurality of object images based on the image signal obtained from the image pickup device, an identification information generator which allocates identification information to each of the object images, a communicator which sends the image signal and the identification information allocated to each of the object images to an outside of the image pickup apparatus, wherein the communicator is capable of receiving identification information of an object image relating to the sent identification information of the object image, and a controller configured to specify a main object image among the object images detected by the object detector based on the received identification information. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198230 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - By the conventional method, it is not possible to check whether or not a target subject is included in a range in which refocus can be performed at the time of image capturing or at the time of editing a captured image. An image processing apparatus includes a subject of interest specification unit configured to specify a subject of interest within a parallax image obtained by performing image capturing from a plurality of different viewpoints, and a notification unit configured to notify a user of a focused state of the specified subject of interest in an image to be generated by performing image combination processing using the parallax image. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198231 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The image processing apparatus includes an image acquirer configured to acquire an input image produced by image capturing through a zoom lens whose magnification is variable, and a processor configured to perform an image restoration process using an image restoration filter produced on a basis of information on aberration of the zoom lens. The processor is configured to not perform the image restoration process on a central image area of the input image produced by the image capturing through the zoom lens set in a specific magnification state and to perform the image restoration process on a specific image area more outer than the central image area of that input image. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198232 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH OPERATION FOR MODIFYING VISUAL PERCEPTION - Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a lighting system for modifying visual perception of an image. In one embodiment, the lighting system includes a display screen and a frame that is designed to be reversibly coupled around the display screen. The frame includes a first light source and a second light source positioned about a perimeter of the frame. The first light source provides key light and the second light source provides fill light. The lighting system also includes a processor operatively connected to the frame to individually control the light intensity, temperature, or brightness of the first and second light sources. The lighting system also may include a camera disposed adjacent to the display screen to capture images. In this embodiment, the processor is connected to the camera and the processor automatically enhances the captured images and displays the enhanced images as a mirror reflection on the display screen. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198233 | METHOD FOR COMPRESSING IMAGE DATA COLLECTED BY CAMERA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING THE METHOD - A technique is provided to allow an optimal image data compression by compressing image data, collected by a camera, on a more suitable compression condition. In a method for compressing image data, an electronic device generates preview data of an original image collected through the camera, calculates a first compression ratio based on analyzing complexity of the preview data relating to pixel distribution of the original image, and compresses a capture image, selected in response to a capture command, corresponding to the preview data on the basis of the calculated first compression ratio. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198234 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a decision unit that determines a character having a predetermined meaning from a captured image; a determination unit that determines whether the captured image is a person image or the captured image is an image which is different from the person image; a storage unit that stores a first syntax which is a syntax of a sentence used for the person image and a second syntax which is a syntax of a sentence used for the image which is different from the person image; and an output unit that outputs a sentence of the first syntax using the character having a predetermined meaning when the determination unit determines that the captured image is the person image, and outputs a sentence of the second syntax using the character having a predetermined meaning when the determination unit determines that the captured image is the image which is different from the person image. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198235 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECORD MEDIUM - A transmission device includes first capturing means; second capturing means; extracting means that extracts a predetermined image from an image captured by the second capturing means; synthesizing means that synthesizes an image captured by the first capturing means with the predetermined image extracted by the extracting means to generate a synthesized image; and transmission means that transmits the synthesized image. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198236 | Generating Modulation Patterns for the Acquisition of Multiscale Information in Received Signals - A methodology for acquiring measurements of a signal at one or more scales of resolution, including: generating modulation patterns based on a predefined measurement matrix; modulating a received signal with the modulation patterns using the signal modulating array to obtain a modulated signal; and acquiring measurements of intensity of the modulated signal. Each modulation pattern is generated by: (a) selecting a corresponding row of the measurement matrix; (b) reordering elements of the selected row according to a permutation to obtain a reordered row; and (c) transferring the reordered row to the signal modulating array so that elements of the reordered row are mapped onto the signal modulating array. The permutation is defined so that a subset of the modulation patterns are coarse patterns that respect a partition of the signal modulating array into an array of superpixels, each superpixel including a respective group of the signal modulating elements. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198237 | GENERATING A ZOOMED IMAGE - An apparatus and method of generating a zoomed image is disclosed. A particular method includes receiving an instruction to perform a zoom operation. Window information is sent to an image sensor based on the instruction. The window information corresponds to a portion of the image sensor. In addition, a request to reduce the pixel clock rate may be sent to the image sensor. The request may cause the image sensor to reduce the pixel clock rate such that a frame rate of image data captured by the image sensor is maintained. Cropped image data corresponding to the portion of the image sensor is received. The cropped image data is upscaled to generate a zoomed image. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198238 | RED-EYE FILTER METHOD AND APPARATUS - A digital image acquisition system having no photographic film, such as a digital camera, has a flash unit for providing illumination during image capture and a red-eye filter for detecting a region within a captured image indicative of a red-eye phenomenon, the detection being based upon a comparison of the captured image and a reference image of nominally the same scene taken without flash. In the embodiment the reference image is a preview image of lower pixel resolution than the captured image, the filter matching the pixel resolutions of the captured and reference images by up-sampling the preview image and/or sub-sampling the captured image. The filter also aligns at least portions of the captured image and reference image prior to comparison to allow for, e.g. movement in the subject. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198239 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - There is provided an imaging apparatus including: an imaging device that includes a plurality of pairs of phase difference detection pixels, where a plurality of phase difference lines along pupil division directions is disposed in an orthogonal direction which is orthogonal to the pupil division direction; a detection unit that detects an abnormal value among output values, which are output by the phase difference detection pixels, on the basis of a result of comparison of the output values between the plurality of phase difference lines; and a phase difference line determination unit that determines, as used lines, a plurality of phase difference lines, which are used in phase difference detection, among the plurality of phase difference lines in a phase difference detection region, on the basis of a detection result which is obtained by the detection unit. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198240 | NEXT GENERATION IMAGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The advent of electronic-based imaging generally followed the four generalized ‘eras’ identified in FIG. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198241 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT HAVING IMAGE SIGNAL OVERFLOW PATH - Since the great number of elements constituting a unit pixel having an amplification function would hinder reduction of pixel size, unit pixel n,m arranged in a matrix form is comprised of a photodiode, a transfer switch for transferring charges stored in the photodiode, a floating diffusion for storing charges transferred by the transfer switch, a reset switch for resetting the floating diffusion, and an amplifying transistor for outputting a signal in accordance with the potential of the floating diffusion to a vertical signal line, and by affording vertical selection pulse φVn to the drain of the reset switch to control a reset potential thereof, pixels are selected in units of rows. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198242 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus and an image processing method are disclosed. The image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing module, a micro processor, and a display module. The image capturing module continuously captures images corresponding to different focus distances. The display module displays an initial display image of the images. The micro processor divides the initial display image into a plurality of lattice areas and uses one of the plurality of lattice areas as a specific lattice area. The micro processor compare sharpness values of areas corresponding to the specific lattice area in the plurality of images corresponding to the different focus distances to generate a comparison result and selects a first image from the plurality of images according to the comparison result. The display module displays the first image to replace the initial display image previously displayed. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198243 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING OPENING-AND-CLOSING UNIT - An electronic device includes a housing, an opening-and-closing unit disposed on a side surface of the housing, and configured to be openable and closable to the housing, a hinge unit configured to have a cam groove formed thereon and to openably and closably couple the opening-and-closing unit with the housing, an electronic circuit board arranged inside the housing and having a switch which outputs a signal corresponding to a state of the switch, and a movable member that moves in conjunction with the cam groove formed in the hinge unit, along with the opening and closing of the opening-and-closing unit, the movable member being movable in a direction parallel to the side surface of the housing to change the state of the switch. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198244 | FOCUS AID SYSTEM - A focus aid system includes a replaceable lens configured to adjust a location of a focus lens in a manual focusing mode, a focus lens location detection sensor, an imaging device, a controller that calculates a focus detection evaluation value based on an image signal received from the imaging device and matches the calculated focus detection evaluation value to focus lens location information received from the focus lens location detection sensor, a peak hold unit that stores a maximum focus detection evaluation value and a corresponding focus lens location as a peak value and a peak location, and a display unit. The controller determines the focused state based on at least one of a comparison of the focus detection evaluation value with the peak value or a comparison of the focus lens location and the peak location. The controller displays information about the focused state on the display unit. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198245 | IMAGING DEVICE AND FOCUS DETECTION METHOD - An imaging device of the present invention comprises a focus detection section using phase difference detection based on output of the focus detection pixels, a pixel adding section, for creating respective first addition outputs by adding outputs of a first number of focus detection pixels, and creating respective second addition outputs by dividing the first number of arrays into a plurality, and adding outputs of focus detection pixels of the divided array, and a determination section for determining whether or not to correct an angle error, wherein the focus detection section executes a focus detection operation on the basis of the first addition outputs, the determination section determines whether or not to correct angle error on the basis of the plurality of second addition outputs, and in the event that the determination section has determined to correct angle error, the focus detection section corrects angle error based on a result of a focus detection operation. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198246 | IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention is to correctly perform auto focus operation with various subjects. An imaging device ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140198247 | LENS APPARATUS - A lens apparatus includes zoom and focus units, zoom, and focus position detectors, a focus driver, an in-focus distance unit, used to input a command, a memory storing a table representing a focus position associated with the zoom position and the in-focus distance, and a controller controlling the focus driver based on the command and performing periodically first operation of determining a zoom number based on the zoom position, second operation of determining an in-focus-distance number based on the command, third operation of calculating a provisional target for the command based on data extracted from the table with reference to the zoom and in-focus-distance numbers, fourth operation of calculating a target associated with the zoom position from the provisional target, fifth operation of driving the focus unit to the target. Between the first and fifth operations, the fourth operation is performed but the second and third operations are not. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198248 | ARRAY CAMERA SHUTTER - The present invention relates to a shutter blade arrangement ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140198249 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A control apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a cycle from a first irradiation start timing to a second irradiation start timing to be shorter than a cycle of each of first and second picture periods. The first irradiation start timing is a timing at which a light source device starts radiating pulsed illumination light in the first picture period in which an image pickup device performs reading. The second irradiation start timing is a timing at which the light source device starts radiating the illumination light in the second picture period succeeding the first picture period and having the same cycle as the first picture period. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198250 | MODIFIED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING PHOTOGRAPHIC AND/OR VIDEOGRAPHIC IMAGES - A light-supporting structure and methods of using same that includes a central hub including a suspension point, a plurality of arms extending from the central hub, a separate support rod extending from each of the plurality of arms distal to the central hub, a separate lighting element mounted to each support rod, and a control system configured to orient each lighting element using motors with respect to a photographic zone. In a preferred embodiment, the lighting elements can be oriented with respect to a photographic zone in response to a user input selection based on a desired photographic result selected at a user interface. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198251 | SPLICE DISPLAY - A splice display includes at least two liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that are mutually spliced, and the LCDs form a spliced frame at a spliced position of the LCD. The splice display further includes an image splitter and at least one organic electroluminescenee display (OLED) panel. A frame of the OLED is transparent, and the OLED covers the spliced frame. The image splitter splits an image signal into a plurality of parts, and transmits the split image signal to the OLED and the LCDs for display. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTIONING MEDIA - A method for collaboratively captioning media, the media including video and audio, the method including: receiving a first annotation as a caption in a first language for a media segment from a first device, rendering the first annotation as the caption in the first language for the media segment at a second device, receiving a second annotation as the caption in the first language for the media segment from the second device, and in response to a request from a third device to stream the media, streaming the video, the audio, and the second annotation to the third device. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198253 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND A METHOD OF PROVIDING VIDEO USING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The display apparatus includes a video receptor configured to receive a video signal; a displayer configured to display an image; a communicator configured to receive an input signal from an external terminal and transmit the video signal to the external terminal; and a controller configured to monitor whether the input signal is received through the communicator, and change an operating mode to a transmission mode from an off mode in which the displayer and the video receptor are in an off state and control the communicator to transmit the video signal to the external terminal transmitting a video transmission request in response to the received input signal including the video transmission request. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198254 | PREEMPTIVE PRELOADING OF TELEVISION PROGRAM DATA - Digital television channels are preemptively cached based on a modeling of a user to reduce delays while switching channels. A current television channel is selected using a first tuner. A future television channel selection of the user is then predicted based on a modeling of the user. The recorded content of the predicted future television channel is preemptively cached using a second tuner. A buffer of the recorded content of the predicted future television channel is displayed when the user switches from the current television channel to the predicted future television channel. The modeling of the user is updated and stored in storage. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198255 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video input section acquires a video signal formed of a plurality of frames. A frame separator separates the video signal acquired by the video input section on a frame basis and distributes the separated video signals. A plurality of parallel processors perform video processing in parallel on the separated video signals corresponding to the frames separated and distributed by the frame separator. A frame combiner combines the separated video signals on which the plurality of parallel processors have performed the video processing. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198256 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An image processing apparatus for processing multiple sets of first image data of an image in a first color space is provided. The first color space is defined by multiple color components excluding a saturation component. The image processing apparatus includes a converting module, a gain determining module and an adjusting module. The converting module converts the multiple sets of first image data to multiple sets of image data in a second color space. The second color space is defined by multiple second color components including the saturation component. The gain determining module determines a saturation gain according to a part of the multiple sets of second data associated with the saturation component. The adjusting module adjusts the image according to the saturation gain. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION DETECTION IN A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO - In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions to cause a processor to smooth a current image of a scene to produce a smoothed image and subtract pixel values of a background image of the scene from corresponding pixel values of the smoothed image to produce an altitude difference image. Pixel values of the altitude difference image are weighted to produce a weighted difference image. The weighted difference image is convolved to produce a convoluted difference image. A threshold is applied to each pixel of the convoluted difference image to produce a thresholded difference image. Pixels having a value less than the threshold are removed from the thresholded difference image and classified as background pixels. Foreground pixels are determined based on the thresholded difference image. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198258 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIVERSITY COMBINING FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE SIGNAL RECEPTION - A terrestrial receiver at a premises includes a plurality of antennas and a corresponding plurality of tuners. The terrestrial receiver receives terrestrial television signals via the plurality of antennas and the plurality of tuners and diversity combines a corresponding plurality of terrestrial television channels within the received terrestrial television signals, for example, based on control signals received from one or more customer premises equipment (CPE). The terrestrial receiver processes the diversity combined corresponding plurality of terrestrial television channels and communicates the processed and diversity combined corresponding plurality of terrestrial television channels to the one or more CPE. The diversity combined corresponding plurality of terrestrial television channels may be remodulated, and converted to corresponding analog signals prior to being communicated to the one or more CPE. The diversity combined corresponding plurality of terrestrial television channels may be demodulated and converted to intermediate frequency signals prior to being communicated to the one or more CPE. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198259 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A PROJECTOR FUNCTION AND A VIBRATING MIRROR ELEMENT - A vibrating mirror device includes a mirror portion, a driving portion including a detecting electrode that detects an amount of deformation of a piezoelectric element when driving the mirror portion by applying a voltage to cause the piezoelectric element to deform, an insulating layer formed on a top face of the piezoelectric element, and a first lead interconnection that is formed on the top face of the insulating layer, that contacts the detecting electrode, and that extends to a region outside of the driving portion. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198260 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A PROJECTOR FUNCTION AND A VIBRATING MIRROR ELEMENT - A vibrating mirror element includes a mirror part that reflects light and is tiltable around a rotation axis, a first deformable coupling beam and a second deformable coupling beam connected respectively to a first mirror end portion and a second mirror end portion of the mirror part positioned on an intersection line that intersects the rotation axis, and a first drive part and a second drive part that each include a piezoelectric element that deforms by voltage application, the first drive part and a second drive part connected respectively to the first deformable coupling beam and the second deformable coupling beam. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198261 | VIDEO PROJECTION DEVICE AND VIDEO PROJECTION METHOD - A video projection device according to this disclosure is provided with a splitter having a first region including a plurality of segments and a second region including at least one segment and configured to split a light flux emitted from a light source into a plurality of light of colors in a time-divisional manner by having the light flux enter into each one of the segments, and a video display element configured to modulate the light of the colors based on a image signal to be input and to form a image, and a controller configured to calculate a light intensity and to control the light source based on a result of the calculation. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198262 | VIDEO PLAYING SYSTEM - A video playing system includes a support, a screen mask, and a projecting device set on the support. The support includes a pair of rotating fasteners correspondingly set at two opposite sides of the support. The screen mask is rotatably connected to the rotating fasteners and covers a part of the support. The screen mask includes a inner projecting surface. The projecting device projects video onto the inner projecting surface. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198263 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) TV BACKBOARD MODULE, LCD TV BACKLIGHT MODULE STRUCTURE AND LCD TV STRUCTURE - An LCD backboard module includes a backboard, at least one speaker installed on the backboard, and a main body. The main body is combined with the backboard, and includes a motherboard and a back cover, wherein the motherboard is placed inside the back cover. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198264 | METAL MESH CONDUCTIVE LAYER AND TOUCH PANEL HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to to a metal mesh conductive layer and touch panel having the conductive layer. A surface of the conductive layer includes a transparent electrode region and an electrode lead region, the transparent electrode region having a mesh made of metal; the electrode lead region having a mesh made of conductive material containing metal. The mesh is made of conductive material containing metal filled in a trench. The transparent electrode region of present invention uses mesh to more uniformly fill the conductive material into the trench, as well as a better bonding to the outside conductive material. The transparent electrode region made of irregular mesh can prevent the generation of Moire. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198265 | INDUCTION UNIT, TOUCH DETECTING ASSEMBLY AND TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - A touch detecting assembly, a touch sensitive device, and a portable electronic apparatus are provided. The touch detecting assembly ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140198266 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In an aspect, a touch screen panel including a sensing region and a peripheral region, a plurality of first sensing patterns located in the sensing region, a plurality of second sensing patterns arranged in an intersected direction with the first sensing patterns connected to each other by a connection part, an insulating layer formed on the first sensing pattern, the second sensing pattern, and the connection part, and patterned to expose both side of the first sensing pattern, at least one bridge located to intersect with the connection part on the insulating layer; and a plurality of wires located on a peripheral region and connected to the first sensing pattern and the second sensing pattern are provided. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198267 | DISPLAY DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A display device integrated with a touch screen panel includes a lower substrate; an upper substrate opposing the substrate and comprising a major surface facing away from the lower substrate, each of the upper and lower substrates being divided into a display area and a non-display area formed outside the display area when viewed in a viewing direction perpendicular to the major surface; sensing cells formed over the display area of the upper substrate; sensing lines formed over the non-display area of the upper substrate and electrically connected to the sensing cells; and a sealing material formed between the non-display areas of the upper and lower substrates. In the display device, at least one of the sensing lines comprises a portion overlapping the sealing material when viewed in the viewing direction, and the overlapping portion is formed of a transparent conductive material or metal mesh. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198268 | TOUCH PANEL SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - A sensor electrode ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140198269 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention provides a transparent conductive substrate comprising: a transparent substrate, and a conductive pattern provided on the transparent substrate, wherein the conductive pattern comprises line breakage portions performing electric breakage, and a pattern of a broken line formed when the line breakage portions are connected comprises an irregular pattern shape. The present invention can minimize a moiré phenomenon and a diffraction phenomenon by external light by performing line breakage of a regular or irregular conductive pattern by using the irregular pattern. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198270 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - The present invention relates to a touch panel, comprising: a screen part comprising a first conductive pattern portion, and a router part comprising a second conductive pattern portion, in which the first conductive pattern portion and the second conductive pattern portion have the same line height, and there is no connecting portion in a region in which the first conductive pattern portion and the second conductive pattern portion are connected to each other, and a display apparatus comprising the same. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198271 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical device includes first and second substrate units and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate having a first major surface, and a first electrode extending along a first direction. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and a first opposing electrode. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first substrate unit and the second substrate unit and includes a first portion provided on a side of the first substrate unit and a second portion provided on a side of the second substrate unit. The first portion has a vertical alignment. The second portion has a horizontal alignment. A long axis of liquid crystal molecules in the second portion aligns along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198272 | PATTERNED RETARDATION FILM, PATTERNED POLARIZING PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE, AND STEREO PICTURE DISPLAYING SYSTEM - To reduce the crosstalk caused by the optical characteristic of the support film. A patterned retardation film comprising at least a support film ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140198273 | GATE DRIVER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a gate driver and liquid crystal display device. The gate driver, for driving scan lines of liquid crystal display device, includes: an input buffer, for receiving clock signal, first frame start pulse signal and second frame start pulse signal; shift register, including n+2 triggers, connected serially from the first trigger to the n+1 | 2014-07-17 |
20140198274 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - In a liquid crystal display device, liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a vertical direction to the first substrate and the second substrate by the first molecule orientation film and the second molecule orientation film, respectively, in a non-driving state. A structural pattern is formed so as to extend in a first direction parallel to a surface of the liquid crystal layer and so as to form, in a driving state, an electric field periodically changing in a second direction that is parallel to the liquid crystal layer and vertical to the first direction. The liquid crystal molecules substantially tilt in the first direction in the driving state. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198275 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In a liquid crystal device according to the embodiment of the invention, a high potential and a low potential relative to the counter electrode potential are alternately applied to the pixel electrode through the switching element. Here, the counter electrode potential is set to be lower than a reference potential, when the reference potential is an electric potential which is obtained by shifting an average electric potential between the high potential and the low potential by an average value between an amount of change in an electric potential of the pixel electrode, caused by a parasitic capacitance of the switching element when the high potential is being applied to the pixel electrode, and an amount of change in the electric potential of the pixel electrode caused by the parasitic capacitance when the low potential is being applied to the pixel electrode. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198276 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An insulating film is arranged between a gate line and a gate shield electrode. A concave portion which extends in a first direction along with the edges of the gate line is formed in the insulating film. The concave portion in a slit shape is formed along with the edges of both sides of the gate line, respectively. The gate shield electrode extends to the concave portion. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198277 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a bottom substrate, at least one thin film transistor, an overcoat layer, a bottom common electrode, at least one pixel electrode and a liquid crystal layer. The thin film transistor is disposed on the bottom substrate, including a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The overcoat layer is disposed above the thin film transistor. The bottom common electrode is disposed on the overcoat layer. The pixel electrode is disposed above the bottom common electrode and electrically connected to the drain electrode. The liquid crystal layer is disposed above the pixel electrode. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198278 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A first substrate includes first and second gate lines extending in a first direction, first and second source lines extending in a second direction and a switching element electrically connected with the gate line and the source line. A pixel electrode includes a contact portion contacting with the switching element and extending in the first direction and a main pixel electrode contacting with the contact portion and extending in the second direction. The switching element includes a drain electrode arranged between the source lines. The drain electrode includes a first electrode portion located under the contact portion, a second electrode portion located under the main pixel electrode and connected with the first electrode portion, a third electrode portion connected with the second electrode portion along the first gate line, and a fourth electrode portion connected with the second electrode portion and extending along the second gate line. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198279 | DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING HAZE ELEMENT - A display apparatus comprising a display panel, a light module and a haze element is provided. The light module comprises a light guide plate, a plurality of light guide elements and a first light emitting unit. The light guide plate comprises at least a light-entering surface and two opposite side surfaces. The light guide elements are disposed on at least one of the two side surfaces. The first light emitting unit is disposed on the light-entering surface. The haze element, disposed on the upper surface or the lower surface of the display panel, has a haze ranging between 1% and 10%. After the light emitted from the first light emitting unit enters the light guide plate, the light with the bright state being staggered with the dark state is guided from one of the side surfaces of the light-guiding plate. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198280 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE - A liquid crystal module is disclosed. The liquid crystal module includes a light source, a light guiding device, and a coupling device. The light guiding device is arranged at a light emitting side of the light source and is spaced apart from the light guiding device by a distance. The coupling device is installed between the light source and the light guiding device for controlling a coupling distance therebetween. The coupling device keeps the coupling distance between a light guiding plate and a light source to remain a predetermined value. In this way, the coupling efficiency of the liquid crystal module is not affected by the difference of LEDs or heat inflation so as to enhance the coupling efficiency. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198281 | LIGHT GUIDING SYSTEM, EDGE-TYPE BACKLIHGT MODULE, AND LIQUIDDISPLAY DEVICE - A light guiding system, an edge-type backlight module and a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The light guiding system includes an ambient light collection system facing toward ambient light for absorbing the ambient light, a plurality of light guiding devices, and a fluorescent film arranged between the light emitting ends and the light incident surface. Each of the plurality of light guiding devices includes a light emitting end and a light incident end. The light emitting ends are arranged close to a light incident surface of a light guiding plate, and the light incident ends are arranged close to the ambient light collection system. The absorbed ambient light enters the light incident ends and propagates toward the light emitting ends. By adopting the fluorescent film, the light beams from the light emitting ends are diffused such that brightness difference on the light incident surface is enhanced. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198282 | POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A polarizer includes a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) layer, a supporting layer, and a compensation layer. The supporting layer is disposed on the PVA layer. The supporting layer includes a cyclic olefin polymer (COP). The compensation layer is disposed on the supporting layer. The compensation layer includes discotic liquid crystal. The refractive index of the supporting layer is between 1.49 and 1.55. The refractive index of the compensation layer is between 1.50 and 1.60. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198283 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a backlight unit generating light and a display substrate displaying an image using the light. The display substrate includes a substrate, a first electrode, a light blocking layer, a thin film transistor, a second electrode, a liquid crystal and a color filter. The substrate includes a pixel area and a non-pixel area, the first electrode is in the pixel area, and the light blocking layer is in the non-pixel area to block the light. The thin film transistor is on the light blocking layer and electrically connected to the first electrode. The second electrode faces the first electrode, and a cavity is defined therebetween. The liquid crystal is in the cavity, the color filter is on the second electrode, and the color filter is closer to the backlight unit than the substrate. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198284 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes a color filtering substrate and an array substrate. The color filtering substrate includes a plurality of first spacers and a plurality of second spacers. The array substrate includes a plurality of cavities disposed on a surface of the array substrate facing the color filtering substrate. The cavities are disposed corresponding to the second spacers. The first spacers are physically connected to the array substrate, and the second spacers are physically spaced apart from the array substrate. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198285 | COLORED PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, COLOR FILTER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A colored photosensitive composition includes: (A) a dye represented by the following Formula (1); (B) a multifunctional thiol compound; (C) a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following Formula (2); and (D) a polymerizable compound. In Formula (1), each of A and B independently represents an organic group containing an aromatic ring or an organic group containing a heterocyclic ring. In Formula (2), each of C, D, and E independently represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198286 | NANO CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PATTERNED MICROCAVITY STRUCTURE - A display panel with microcavities each having ends of asymmetric cross-sectional area. An exemplary display panel has a substrate; a pixel electrode formed on the substrate; a first black matrix and a second black matrix each disposed on the substrate; and a supporting member disposed on the substrate over the pixel electrode and the black matrix, the supporting member shaped so as to form a microcavity between the pixel electrode and the supporting member, the microcavity having an upper surface proximate to the supporting member and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. The microcavity has one end positioned over the first black matrix, and another end opposite the first end and positioned over the second black matrix; the lower surface of the microcavity has first and second channels disposed therein, the first channel positioned over the first black matrix, and the second channel positioned over the second black matrix. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198287 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a reflective image display unit having a sheet-like anisotropic scattering member. The sheet-like anisotropic scattering member has a surface in which both a low refractive index area and a high refractive index area exist. The sheet-like anisotropic scattering member is disposed so that a light enters from a first surface thereof and exits as scattered light from a second surface thereof, when an extent of refractive index difference at a boundary or vicinity thereof between the low refractive index area and the high refractive index area is relatively large in the first surface and relatively small in the second surface. | 2014-07-17 |
20140198288 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A height difference under a sealant is reduced in a case where lines are present under the sealant. | 2014-07-17 |