39th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090237522 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME AND DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME THEREOF - A method for controlling a digital picture frame includes the following steps of: establishing an image data corresponding to a folder stored in the digital picture frame, connecting a storage device to the digital picture frame, capturing an image by the digital picture frame, comparing the image with the image data to generate a comparison result by the digital picture frame, and determining whether to provide an option of transmitting data between the storage device and the folder according to the comparison result by the digital picture frame. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237523 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An image signal processing apparatus is disclosed. A peaking signal generation section extracts and amplifies high frequency components contained in an input image signal to generate a peaking signal. An operation section allows a target area for which contour correction is to be performed using the peaking signal to be accepted. A control section generates an area gate signal describing position information corresponding to the designated target area. A mask processing section performs a mask process of outputting an image signal to which the peaking signal has been added to the target area designated through the operation section based on the area gate signal supplied from the control section. A scaling processing section converts pixels of the image signal for which the mask process has been performed is converted at a predetermined scaling ratio. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237524 | IMAGING ELEMENT - An imaging element that performs a processing, which is related to readout of accumulated charges, with respect to a predetermined line of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements in plural times in a time dividing manner in each horizontal scanning period, includes: a photoelectric conversion unit having a structure in which the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, which convert received light into a charge, are arranged in matrix and form a plurality of lines including the predetermined line; an address generating unit that generates an address indicating a position of the line of a processing object for each of a plurality of divided periods formed by time-dividing the each horizontal scanning period, and outputs the address that is generated in each of the divided periods in sequence; an address decoding unit activating the photoelectric conversion elements on a line position corresponding to the address, which is sequentially outputted from the address generating unit, in each of the divided periods; a period determination signal generating unit that generates a period determination signal indicating one of validity and invalidity of the processing with respect to each of the divided periods and sequentially outputs the period determination signal that is generated in each of the divided periods; a control signal generating unit that generates a control signal for performing the processing in each of the plurality of divided periods and sequentially outputs the control signal that is generated in each of the divided periods; a processing performing unit performing the processing with respect to the line of the photoelectric conversion elements, which are activated by the address decoding unit, based on the control signal; and a supply control unit allowing the control signal, which is sequentially outputted from the control signal generating unit, to be supplied to the processing performing unit when a corresponding divided period is valid, and preventing the control signal from being supplied to the processing performing unit when the divided period is invalid, based on the period determination signal. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237525 | IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS, AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND AN IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, WITH APPROPRIATE COLOR SPACE CONVERSION - An image pick-up apparatus includes an image pick-up device, a storage media which stores an image picked up by the image pick up device, a color space converter which converts a color space of the image; a storage media reader which reads out the image from the storage media, an external display interface, a coefficient determiner which determines a coefficient for color conversion based on comparison between a resolution of the image read out by the storage media reader and a resolution of a display which is connected to the external display interface, and a display controller which outputs the image of which color is converted by the color space converter based on the coefficient for color conversion to the display. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237526 | Method and Apparatus for Segmented Video Compression - An archival video system uses profile images as a background for an image and delta images to indicate the difference between a current image and a profile image. An image may be segmented into multiple sectors, with each sector compared to a profile sector. The resulting image may be constructed using references to previously stored sectors from different images. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237527 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGING PROGRAM RECORDED - An image data imaged consecutively is divided into three groups in time series. As for a first group imaged most newly, all imaged image data are held in buffers. The image data of a second group is divided again into subgroups at every 2 | 2009-09-24 |
20090237528 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to photoelectrically convert light into an electrical signal serving as an imaging signal and output the imaging signal at predetermined frame intervals, a memory configured to store the imaging signal output from the image pickup unit, a first signal processing unit configured to generate a Y/C signal from the imaging signal output from the image pickup unit, a second signal processing unit configured to generate a Y/C signal from the imaging signal stored in the memory, and a control unit configured to control power supplied to each of the first and second signal processing units. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237529 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image recording comprising: an initialization step of generating a predetermined number of search points in a specified region of an image, a filtering step of updating coordinates of a plurality of search points, comparing a characteristic value of the specified region with a characteristic value of each of the search points after updated in the image, assigning to the search points weights determined so as to he increased in proportion to a degree of similarity therebetween, screening the search points according to the weights, calculating a variance and a weighted average of the coordinates of the screened search points, and an image recording determination step of determining, based on the variance and weighted average of the coordinates of the screened search points, and the tracking range, whether or not to record the image, and recording the image if it is determined to record the image. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237530 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SHARPENING IMAGES - Methods and apparatuses for sharpening imaging pixel signals. Embodiments provide methods of sharpening that preserves the pixel's saturation and apparatuses therefor. In essence, rather than changing only the pixels' luminance, the effective exposure of the pixel is changed. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237531 | PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENT IMAGING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for processing a captured image and, more particularly, for processing a captured image comprising a document. In one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a camera to capture documents is described. In another embodiment, a method for processing a captured image that includes a document comprises the steps of distinguishing an imaged document from its background, adjusting the captured image to reduce distortions created from use of a camera and properly orienting the document is described. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237532 | NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND DIGITAL CAMERA - The first array register stores neighboring pixels of the same color as the pixel of interest, which are sorted according to the size of the pixel value. The maximum signal comparison circuit compares the value obtained by adding the threshold ThB to the pixel value maxC, which is the (b | 2009-09-24 |
20090237533 | Method for correcting pixel defect of image pickup device - A method for correcting a pixel defect of a solid-state image pickup device includes acquiring deviation of image signals obtained by imaging respective spectral lights at specific image pickup position or at vicinities of the specific image pickup position by image pickup device; comparing the deviation with a reference value; detecting a pixel defect in an image pickup device which has imaged one of the spectral lights based on the comparing result; and correcting a pixel defect. For each detected pixel defect, at least address in an image frame, deviation, and information specifying one of the spectral lights are stored, and a determination on a pixel defect correction is made based on the above information. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237534 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An analog-to-digital converter converting an analog input signal into a digital signal includes a comparator comparing a reference signal with an input signal and, if the reference signal matches the input signal, inverting an output; and a counter counting a comparison time. The counter includes flip flops that perform serial input/output. An input and an output of the counter are interconnected. The counter operates in a counter mode and a shift register mode. In the counter mode, a data output of each flip flop is supplied to a clock input of the next flip flop, and, if the output of the comparator is at a predetermined level, the counter functions as a counter synchronized with a counter clock signal. In the shift register mode, the flip flops are cascade-connected, and the counter functions as a shift register synchronized with a shift register clock signal. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237535 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER, ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTING METHOD, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - An analog-to-digital converter that converts an analog input signal into a digital signal includes a comparator configured to compare a reference signal with an input signal and, if the input signal matches the reference signal, inverts an output; a counter configured to count a comparison time of the comparator; a control circuit configured to monitor the output of the comparator; a voltage generating circuit configured to generate, if a monitoring result obtained by the control circuit indicates that the output of the comparator is at a predetermined level, a direct current voltage in accordance with the monitoring result; and an analog adder configured to add the voltage generated by the voltage generating circuit to the input signal and supply a sum signal to an input terminal of the comparator. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237536 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION IN IMAGE SENSORS - An image sensor has a per-column ADC arrangement including first and second capacitors for correlated double sampling, and a comparator circuit. The capacitors are continuously connected to, respectively, the analog pixel signal and a ramp signal without use of a hold operation. The comparator circuit comprises a differential amplifier having one input connected to the junction of the two capacitors and another input connected to a reference signal. The reference signal is preferably sampled and held from a reference voltage. The use of a differential amplifier as first stage of the comparator addresses problems arising from ground voltage bounce when a large pixel array images a scene with low contrast. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237537 | DIGITAL CAMERA - In order to provide a digital camera which includes a heat dissipating device which can cool sufficiently a solid state image pick-up device and integrated circuits, which has a high rigidity and which affects little the design of the digital camera, there is provided a digital camera comprising a lens unit | 2009-09-24 |
20090237538 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A high dynamic range solid-state image pickup device is provided with a plurality of unit cells ( | 2009-09-24 |
20090237539 | AMPLIFICATION TYPE SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - Before a signal charge from a photodiode | 2009-09-24 |
20090237540 | Imager method and apparatus having combined gate signals - An imaging device and method for operating the device. The device comprises a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns and a plurality of readout circuits for the pixels. A reset circuit in one readout circuit is simultaneously operated with a dual conversion gain select circuit in another readout circuit using a common select line. Alternatively, a row circuit in one readout circuit is simultaneously operated with a dual conversion gain select circuit in another readout circuit using a common select line. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237541 | Method and apparatus providing reduced metal routing in imagers - An imaging device and method for operating the device. The imaging device comprises a pixel array having a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns. At least one pixel of the array comprises a photosensor and a first reset circuit responsive to a first reset control signal for resetting the photosensor. A first terminal of the first reset circuit is coupled to the photosensor and a second terminal of the first reset circuit is configured to receive a first resetting voltage from a control line. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237542 | Image Sensor Circuit - An image sensor circuit comprises | 2009-09-24 |
20090237543 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a first antireflection coating film formed on a light-receiving surface of a first photoelectric conversion element and a second antireflection coating film formed on a light-receiving surface of a second photoelectric conversion element. A total length of first photoelectric conversion element facing portions of gate lines adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion element is shorter than a total length of second photoelectric conversion element facing portions of gate lines adjacent to the second photoelectric conversion element. An area of the first antireflection coating film is larger than that of the second antireflection coating film. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237544 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - There is provided an image pickup apparatus comprising a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit which converts incident light into an electrical signal and accumulates the electrical signal, an amplifier transistor which amplifies and outputs the signal from the photoelectric conversion unit, a transfer transistor which transfers the electrical signal accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit to the amplifier transistor, and a processing transistor which performs predetermined processing, and a control circuit which sets the signal level supplied to the control electrode of the transfer transistor in order to turn off the transfer transistor to be lower than the signal level supplied to the control electrode of the processing transistor in order to turn off the processing transistor. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237545 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image sensor controls the gain of a pixel signal on a pixel-by-pixel basis and extends a dynamic range while maintaining a S/N ratio at a favorable level. A column unit in an image sensor is independently detects a level of each pixel signal and independently sets a gain for level of the signal. A photoelectric converting region unit has pixels arranged two-dimensionally with a vertical signal line for each pixel column to output each pixel signal. The column unit is on an output side of the vertical signal line. The column unit for each pixel column has a pixel signal level detecting circuit, a programmable gain control, a sample and hold (S/H) circuit. Gain correction is performed according to a result of a detected level of the pixel signal. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237546 | Mobile Device with Image Recognition Processing Capability - An image of an object is captured using a portable electronic device. The image is displayed on a display screen of the portable electronic device. Image recognition is performed on the image to identify the object, a task associated with the identified object is identified, and information about the task is displayed on the display screen of the portable electronic device along with the image. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237547 | Imaging device and photographed image display control method - Usually, reduced images of past photographed images are displayed with a live view image. When a still image is photographed, the photographed image (post-view image) is displayed, and then an animation that allows a user to intuitively recognize that the image has been successfully photographed and the photographed image has been saved is displayed. Accordingly, a user of an imaging device can intuitively recognize that a photographed image has been successfully saved, and photograph a next image without performing any special operation on a camera. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237548 | CAMERA, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN CAMERA CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CAMERA CONTROL METHOD | 2009-09-24 |
20090237549 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program - The present invention is an image processing apparatus for changing the resolution of image data in accordance with the distance from a reference point arbitrarily set within a screen showing the image data, including: selection means for selecting, from the image data, calculation-target pixels that are arranged in such a manner that the spacing between pixels becomes larger as the distance from the reference point increases; smoothing processing means for smoothing the calculation-target pixels selected by the selection means using the pixel values of the calculation-target pixels and the pixel values of pixels positioned around the calculation-target pixels; and interpolation processing means for interpolating the pixel values of pixels which have not been selected as the calculation-target pixels by the selection means, from the pixel values of calculation-target pixels positioned around the pixels, the calculation-target pixels having been smoothed by the smoothing processing means. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237550 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A focus adjustment apparatus or an image capturing apparatus is provided with a system controller. The system controller calculates a correlation value between an image in a focus detection area when a focusing lens is located at a lens position apart by a predetermined distance from a lens position where a focus evaluation value reaches a peak value, to a close end side, and an image in a focus detection area when a focusing lens is located at a lens position apart by a predetermined distance from a lens position where a focus evaluation value reaches a peak value, to an infinity side, and determines a lens position corresponding to a peak value to be a focused lens position, when a correlation value calculated by the correlation value calculation unit is over a predetermined value. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237551 | FOCUS POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A focus position detection apparatus calculates a focus position of a focus lens using an image signal obtained from an image sensing element. The apparatus comprises an acquisition unit that acquires focus states for a predetermined distance range, a control unit that controls the acquisition unit to acquire focus states at first intervals and second intervals which is shorter than the first intervals, and a focus position detection unit that determines a focus position on the basis of the focus states obtained at the first or second intervals. The control unit changes whether to acquire focus states at the second intervals based on the focus states obtained at the first intervals. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237552 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera includes an imaging device. The imaging device has an imaging surface irradiated with an optical image of an object scene that undergoes a focus lens, and outputs an object scene image produced on the imaging surface. A CPU predicts a focus direction based on a focus position registered in a register when a shutter button is half-depressed. The CPU also changes a position of the focus lens by referencing a prediction result of the focus direction, and based on the object scene image outputted from the imaging device in parallel with this change process, adjusts the position of the focus lens to the focus position. The CPU further registers the adjusted position of the focus lens, as the focus position, into the register. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237553 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUSES, METHODS OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXECUTING THE METHODS - A digital photographing apparatus capable of automatically determining whether a macro mode is an appropriate mode, a methods of controlling the same, and a computer readable recording medium storing instructions for executing the method(s) is disclosed A lens position determining unit is disclosed that determines whether an auto-focusing lens position is within the lens position range corresponding to a macro mode, according to the position relationship between a lens position point corresponding to a maximum value of the plurality of auto-focus values obtained by an auto-focus value obtaining unit and other lens position points corresponding to other auto-focus lens values. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237554 | AUTOFOCUS SYSTEM - If another registration pattern exists in an image as well as a selected tracking target in the course of tracking the selected tracking target and if the tracking target disappears from the image, said another registration pattern existing in the image is tracked. Thereafter, even if the tracking target, which disappeared, appears in the image again, it is continued to track said another registration pattern | 2009-09-24 |
20090237555 | Pedestal - [PROBLEMS] To provide a device capable of enhancing the degree of freedom in movement of a stand such as a pedestal by eliminating the need for a cable for connection to the outside. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237556 | Camera with weather cover - A camera includes a camera body, a video camera recorder, a battery compartment, and a weather cover. The camera body has a lens at front end and threads at a rear end. The video camera recorder has a forward portion located within the camera body. The battery compartment is connected to the video camera recorder. The weather cover has threads for mating with the threads at the rear end of the camera body to attach the weather cover to the camera body, thereby enclosing the video camera recorder and the battery compartment. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237557 | DEINTERLACING AND FILM AND VIDEO DETECTION WITH CONFIGURABLE DOWNSAMPLING - A system having a memory and a processor is disclosed. The memory may be arranged as (i) a first pipeline to buffer a plurality of full resolution fields and (ii) a second pipeline to buffer a plurality of low resolution fields. The processor is generally configured to (i) receive a particular one or more of the full resolution fields and a particular one or more of the low resolution fields from the memory and (ii) generate a film mode signal based on the particular low resolution fields, the film mode signal indicating a current mode among a plurality of pull-down modes related to a current field being deinterlaced. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237558 | TELETEXT RECEIVING CIRCUIT - A band-pass filter ( | 2009-09-24 |
20090237559 | SYNCHRONIZING SIGNAL DETECTION CIRCUIT - The present invention provides a synchronizing signal detection circuit capable of always stably detecting a synchronizing signal. The synchronizing signal detection circuit predicts detection positions of synchronizing pulses every synchronization cycle peculiar to an input video signal. The synchronizing signal detection circuit further supplies the input video signal to a plurality of unnecessary signal eliminating paths in common and extracts synchronizing signals of every path respectively from video signals of every path obtained by eliminating unnecessary signals according to the characteristics of the paths every path. Then, the synchronizing signal detection circuit acquires detection positions of synchronizing pulses of the synchronizing signals of every path, selects a synchronizing signal of every path at which a difference in time between each of the detection positions of every path and the predicted detection position is minimal, and sets the selected synchronizing signal as an output synchronizing signal. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237560 | NETWORKED IP VIDEO WALL - In one embodiment, a method can include: receiving a synchronization signal in a digital media receiver coupled to a network and a video wall; receiving media content in the digital media receiver; receiving a configuration signal via the network in the digital media receiver; and displaying a designated portion of the media content on the video wall in response to the configuration signal and the synchronization signal. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237561 | VIDEO AND AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE - There is a possibility that a critical problem occur, in a mobile device without a fixed service space such as a camcorder and the like on which the HDMI cable is frequently inserted/removed, when a piece of metal and the like fall in the HDMI terminal, causing the 5V terminal and other terminals to be short-circuited, there is a possibility that a critical problem which destroys the device arise. In an video and audio output device, a SW circuit ( | 2009-09-24 |
20090237562 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes: a generation unit configured to generate image signals for displaying a plurality of screens on one display surface; an operation signal acquisition unit configured to acquire an operation signal from a user; and a control unit configured to scale a focused one of the plurality of screens, when the operation signal common to the plurality of screens to scale the screen is acquired from the user. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237563 | ACCURATE MOTION PORTRAYAL FOR DISPLAY AND DIGITAL PROJECTORS - A system and method for motion portrayal manipulation includes performing a motion estimation to determine objects in motion in content provided at an acquisition rate. An eye motion trajectory of a viewer is predicted based on the content to determine a region of interest. An object in the area of interest is filtered along an object trajectory to adapt motion of the object to permit display of the acquisition rate on a display device having a refresh rate other than the acquisition rate. The content is portrayed at the acquisition rate on the display device. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237564 | INTERACTIVE IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY AND SIMULATION - An immersive audio-visual system (and a method) for creating an enhanced interactive and immersive audio-visual environment is disclosed. The immersive audio-visual environment enables participants to enjoy true interactive, immersive audio-visual reality experience in a variety of applications. The immersive audio-visual system comprises an immersive video system, an immersive audio system and an immersive audio-visual production system. The video system creates immersive stereoscopic videos that mix live videos, computer generated graphic images and human interactions with the system. The immersive audio system creates immersive sounds with each sound resource positioned correct with respect to the position of an associated participant in a video scene. The immersive audio-video production system produces an enhanced immersive audio and videos based on the generated immersive stereoscopic videos and immersive sounds. A variety of applications are enabled by the immersive audio-visual production including casino-type interactive gaming system and training system. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237565 | VIDEO COMPOSITING SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT - An interactive video compositing device includes a chroma-key mixer, video switcher and control circuitry. The chroma-key mixer generates a composite image by combining a real-time image, such as one captured by a video recorder, with a prerecorded video image, such as a movie. The composite image includes the modified real-time image superimposed, or overlaid, onto the prerecorded image. The video switcher automatically selects either the composite image or the prerecorded image to be output to a display. The control circuitry controls the video switcher and other outputted signals based on data file information that corresponds to content of the prerecorded image or media. For example, the data files may contain information relating to the presence (or absence) of a particular character in a movie scene, thus allowing for the output and display, at appropriate times, of the real-time composite image instead of the prerecorded image. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237566 | METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE VIDEO COMPOSITING - An interactive video compositing device includes a chroma-key mixer, video switcher and control circuitry. The chroma-key mixer generates a composite image by combining a real-time image, such as one captured by a video recorder, with a prerecorded video image, such as a movie. The composite image includes the modified real-time image superimposed, or overlaid, onto the prerecorded image. The video switcher automatically selects either the composite image or the prerecorded image to be output to a display. The control circuitry controls the video switcher and other outputted signals based on data file information that corresponds to content of the prerecorded image or media. For example, the data files may contain information relating to the presence (or absence) of a particular character in a movie scene, thus allowing for the output and display, at appropriate times, of the real-time composite image instead of the prerecorded image. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237567 | Method and apparatus for emitting ambient light corresponding to display image on display device - A method for emitting an ambient light corresponding to a display image on a display device includes the following steps. A color parameter group is extracted from overall pixels of a frame, an average color and/or an average brightness corresponding to the frame are/is obtained by calculating the color parameter group, and an ambient light corresponding to the average color and/or the average brightness is emitted according to the average color and/or the average brightness. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237568 | Decoder and Method for Separating Luminance and Chrominance Information from a Composite Video Signal - A decoder and a method for separating luminance and chrominance information from a target pixel in a composite video signal are provided. The decoder comprises a delay module, a filter module, a weighting factor generator, and a separator. The delay module is configured to delay a plurality of horizontal lines of the composite video signal to output a plurality of pixels including the target pixel. The filter module is coupled to the delay module and configured to filter the composite video signal in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction to generate a plurality of frequency components. The weighting factor generator is configured to generate a first weighting factor of the target pixel according to the horizontal direction and a second weighting factor of the target pixel according to the vertical direction. The separator is configured to separate luminance information from the target pixel in accordance with the frequency components, the first weighting factor, and the second weighting factor. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237569 | TRANSCODER - A scene change detection part detects a scene change based on a characteristic amount of an input image. A target code amount setting part executes correction by a correction code amount on a target code amount previously set for suppressing variation of an output code amount around the time of scene change. A quantization step value setting part sets a quantization step value based on the target code amount. That is to say, a transcoder | 2009-09-24 |
20090237570 | ELECTRON-EMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRON SOURCE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A base body includes a first part and a second part, The second part has a lower thermal conductivity than the first part and is arranged adjacently to the first part. A first conductive film is formed on the first part and a second conductive film is formed on the second part. At least part of a gap is located above a boundary between the first part and the second part. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237571 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - This video display device includes a maker name table and a device type table. Moreover, this video display device includes a communication means which, when some external input channel is selected, receives from a device upon that external input channel the logical address and the vendor ID which are allocated in advance to that device on that external input channel. This video display device also includes a conversion means which converts the vendor ID which has been received by the communication unit to a letter string representing a maker's name, on the basis of the maker name table. The conversion means also converts the logical address which has been received by the communication unit to a letter string representing the device type of the device, on the basis of the device type table. Furthermore, this video display device also includes a display means which displays those letter strings. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237572 | Image display device and image display method - An image display device and an image display method are disclosed, each of which can adjust a display luminance so as to be sufficiently suitable for human adaptability to brightness. A display device main unit includes a display section and a luminance control section for adjusting a display luminance of an image displayed on the display section, and a remote controller includes: a signal transmission section for transmitting a signal; a light receiving section for measuring brightness of received light; and an operation input section for inputting a detail of control for the display device main unit, and the light receiving section measures brightness of light received from a direction of the display device main unit in association with an input operation performed with the operation input section, and the signal transmission section transmits information on the brightness to the display device main unit, and the luminance control section of the display device main unit adjusts the display luminance of the image, displayed on the display section, in accordance with the information on the brightness. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237573 | Remote control and method of using same for controlling entertainment equipment - A universal smart remote control includes intelligence software and algorithms that have been programmed into the remote control's microprocessor memory, and a large display which is used to prompt the user to take certain actions. The remote control provides guidance to the user in setting up and operating the various components of his or her entertainment system, and asks the user non-technical questions that are understandable to the user. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237574 | Album for display of digitally produced images - An image viewing apparatus comprising in combination a receptacle having the configuration of a photograph album, the receptacle having a top cover panel, a rear panel, and simulated pages between the panels, the simulated pages defining a first cavity opening towards the first cover panel, an image display device received in the cavity, and having an image display screen openly facing the cover panel in closed position, the cover panel being openable away from the display screen to reveal the screen, and means for electrically activating the device to display a selected image when the cover panel is opened. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237575 | Adaptive focusing using liquid crystal zone plates in electro-optical readers - Working range and beam cross-section are adjusted in an electro-optical reader for reading indicia by applying voltages to electrodes in one or more liquid crystal zone plates in which the index of refraction is changed in different regions of each zone plate. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237576 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY WITH FRESNEL LENS ELEMENT - An autostereoscopic display is described. The autostereoscopic display apparatus includes a backlight having opposing first and second light input surfaces and a light transmission surface extending between the opposing first and second light input surfaces and a right eye light source located to provide light into the first light input side and a left eye light source located to provide light into the second light input side, wherein the left eye light source and the right eye light source are configured to be modulated between the left eye light source and the right eye light source at a rate of at least 90 hertz. A double sided prism film is adjacent to the light transmission surface. The double sided prism film has a plurality of linear prism features on a first major surface and a plurality of lenticular features on a second major surface. The first major surface opposes the second major surface. The double sided prism film is disposed between the light transmission surface and a Fresnel lens element. A liquid crystal display panel is positioned to receive light transmitted through the double sided prism film. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237577 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE THEREOF - An exemplary input device includes a key. The key includes a first conductive film, a second conductive film, a light source, a photoelectric transformer, and a liquid crystal layer. The second conductive film is configured for cooperating with the first conductive film to generate a first electric field having a first predetermined intensity when the key is pressed. The light source is configured for emitting light. The photoelectric transformer is configured for generating a first electric signal when receiving the light from the light source. The liquid crystal layer is configured for transmitting the light to the photoelectric transformer under influence of the first electric field. A related electronic device is also provided. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237578 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A transflective liquid crystal display device is provided with a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first substrate with an array of switching elements and a second substrate with a black matrix so as to form a first area for a normally black display and a second area for a normally white display A first electric potential difference formed between the black matrix and both of the first common electrode and the first pixel electrode formed in the first area on the first substrate is made to be smaller than a larger one of the second electric potential difference formed between the black matrix and both of the second common electrode and the second pixel electrode formed in the second area. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237579 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel employed in an LCD device includes an array substrate and an opposite substrate. The array substrate includes a pixel electrode formed in a pixel area including a first sub-pixel area and a second sub-pixel area. The opposite substrate is spaced apart from the array substrate to receive a liquid crystal layer. The opposite substrate includes a first common electrode formed in correspondence with the pixel area, and a second common electrode being floated in correspondence with the second sub-pixel area to form a coupling capacitor. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237580 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY IMAGES AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A system for display images comprising a thin film transistor array substrate is disclosed. The system for display images comprises a substrate having a pixel area, a source/drain region overlying the substrate within an active layer in the pixel area, a bottom electrode overlying the substrate in the pixel area, a top electrode overlying the bottom electrode, a first dielectric layer disposed on the active layer, a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, wherein the second dielectric layer is disposed between the bottom electrode and the top electrode and a gate disposed overlying the active layer, wherein the first and second dielectric layers are interposed between the gate and the active layer. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237581 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a plurality of first signal lines formed on the first substrate, a plurality of second signal lines intersecting the first signal lines, a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the first signal lines and the second signal lines, an organic insulator formed on the thin film transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the organic insulator, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode formed on the second substrate, a sealant disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and formed according to the circumference of the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and disposed in a region defined by the sealant. The organic insulator includes an opening formed at a position overlapping the sealant. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237582 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A system for displaying images, having a display panel, comprising: a lower substrate with a first surface, wherein the first surface is divided into a pixel area and a driver area; a peripheral circuit within the driver area on the first surface; at least one thin film transistor is formed in the pixel area, wherein the thin film transistor comprises an active layer, a gate dielectric layer overlying the active layer, and a gate electrode overlying the gate dielectric layer, and the active layer has source and drain regions; a first transparent electrode layer directly overlapped on a portion of the drain region, electrically connected thereto; and a second transparent electrode pattern is disposed on the gate dielectric layer, opposing the first transparent electrode layer. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237583 | Liquid crystal display device - An embodiment of this document relates to a liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal display device in accordance with an aspect of this document may comprise a mold frame; a liquid crystal panel supported by the mold frame and having a display area and non-display area; a polorizer film disposed at least one surface of the liquid crystal panel; a light source substrate supported by the mold frame and having a light source; a light guide plate deliver the light produced by the light source to the liquid crystal panel; a plurality of optical sheets disposed on the light guide plate; a black frame disposed between the optical sheets and the liquid crystal panel and having an exposal area corresponding to the display area of the liquid crystal panel; and a dummy film disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the black frame. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237584 | Liquid crystal display - A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel; a light source disposed at a lower portion of the liquid crystal panel and providing light to the liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate for guiding light emitted from the light source toward the liquid crystal panel; and a lower cover including a plurality of guide protrusions being in contact with the side of the light guide plate to guide the position of the light guide plate and accommodating the light source and the light guide plate therein. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237585 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit is provided. The backlight unit includes: a bottom cover having a height difference region; a flexible printed circuit board side-contacting an inner side, the inner side corresponding to the height difference region of the bottom cover; a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the flexible printed circuit board; a light guide plate disposed on the same plane as the light emitting diode; and a reflective sheet attached to a bottom of the light guide plate to correspond to the height difference region of the bottom cover. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237586 | DISPLAY ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a display assembly received in a cover by the front mounting method, a combining recess is formed on a corner formed at which a side part and an upper portion of a supporting part meet together, and a first hole is formed on a bottom of the combining recess. A first opening exposing the first hole is formed in a top surface part of a front receiving frame. A bottom part of a rear receiving frame supporting a rear face of a display module has a second hole corresponding to the first hole. An incision portion opening the sidewall part of the rear receiving frame exposes the second hole, the first reinforcement member is bent around an edge of the sidewall part, and connects the opposite edges. As such, the width of a frame of the cover is reduced, and the rear receiving frame improves the strength against external force. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237587 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes a light guide panel (“LGP”) guiding light, first and second light sources that are disposed at either side of the LGP and emit the light, a lower receiving container having a bottom surface which is disposed below the LGP and the first and second light sources, an enclosing portion that extends from a first end of the bottom surface and that is folded to enclose the first light source, and an opening portion that extends from a second end of the bottom surface and that is opened toward an upper direction, and a first reflection sheet covering the opening portion of the lower receiving container above the second light source. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237588 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a technology which makes it possible for the heat from parts having high heat emission mounted on a printed circuit board provided between an upper frame member and a side of the liquid crystal display panel or the backlight to be released efficiently in liquid crystal display devices where the above described parts are mounted. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device, having: a liquid crystal display panel; a number of flexible wiring boards connected to the above described liquid crystal display panel; a first drive circuit and a second drive circuit provided on the above described flexible wiring boards or the above described liquid crystal display panel; a printed circuit board having wires for transmitting an external signal to the above described first drive circuit and second drive circuit and connected to the above described flexible wiring boards; a semiconductor device mounted on the above described printed circuit board; and an upper frame member made of a metal which covers an outer periphery portion of the above described liquid crystal display panel and the above described printed circuit board, wherein a heat conducting member having heat conductance is provided on the surface of the above described printed circuit board which faces the above described upper frame member, and the above described heat conducting member makes contact with the above described upper frame member. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237589 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes a lamp assembly, a receiving container and a panel guiding frame. The lamp assembly includes a light source to generate light and a lamp cover to reflect the light. The receiving container includes a bottom and a sidewall. The sidewall includes a first sidewall portion facing the lamp cover and separated from the lamp cover by a first interval and a second sidewall portion separated from the lamp cover by a second interval narrower than the first interval. The panel guiding frame includes a first frame portion facing an end of the bottom and a second frame portion extended from the first frame portion along a side face of the second sidewall and having an opening corresponding to the first sidewall portion. Thus, the backlight assembly may have a reduced non-effective display area. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237590 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is an LCD apparatus including a receiving container for receiving a light guide plate and a lamp assembly, a first chassis for fixing the light guide plate and an LCD panel, and a second chassis for fixing the first chassis and the LCD panel. The receiving container and the first and second chassis are made of metal material so that the LCD apparatus may have reduced size and weight. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237591 | Anti-slip device - An anti-slip device provided with a supporting plate of metal or resin having an attachment portion on a reverse face for other members, and a rubber elastic body unitedly mounted on the supporting plate. Plural connection holes are formed from an obverse face to the reverse face of the supporting plate. Further, the rubber elastic body is composed of a receiving piece portion covering approximately whole of the obverse face and a falling-prevention portion from the reverse face to connect the receiving piece portion through a peripheral portion and the connection hole. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237592 | Planar Illumination Device - Thinning of a planar illumination device using LEDS is accelerated while higher and more uniform brightness is promoted. A planar illumination device | 2009-09-24 |
20090237593 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND LIGHT DEFLECTING SHEET - According to the present invention, by controlling the angular distribution of the light outputted from a light guide plate to enable the angular brightness distribution of the light emitted from a backlight device to be controlled, the thickness of a liquid crystal display apparatus having the backlight device is reduced as well as the brightness is improved due to the reduction in returned light amount. Furthermore, since light is sufficiently mixed in the light guide plate, light sources with comparative large unevenness are enabled to be used. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237594 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A planar region of the pair of substrates has at least one display pixel region and at least one viewing-angle control pixel region that performs dark display in the front direction of surfaces of the pair of substrates and has brightness variable depending on a viewing angle in an oblique direction to the normal direction of the surfaces of the pair of substrates. A pair of electrodes driving the liquid crystal layer is provided in the display pixel region and the viewing-angle control pixel region. A voltage applied between the pair of electrodes in the viewing-angle control pixel region at the time of driving the liquid crystal layer in the viewing-angle control pixel region is higher than a voltage applied between the pair of electrodes in the display pixel region. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237595 | BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT FILM-LAMINATED LIGHT DIFFUSER PLATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a brightness enhancement film-laminated light diffuser plate which can sufficiently prevent scratching, and also can ensure sufficient brightness. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237596 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit includes; a light emitting diode including a light output part, a light guide plate having a light input part positioned substantially opposite to the light output part of the light emitting diode, a mold frame configured to receive and fix the light emitting diode and the light guide plate therein, and a projection part disposed on the mold frame in a position corresponding to the light emitting diode and the light input part of the light guide plate, wherein a distance between the projection part and the light input part of the light guide plate is shorter than a distance between one side of the light output part of the light emitting diode and a rear surface of the other side of the light emitting diode | 2009-09-24 |
20090237597 | COLD-CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMP, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A cold cathode fluorescent lamp has an improved heat dissipation characteristic without an overall increase in size, and a lead wire thereof does not readily break. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237598 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an optical film including at least two optically anisotropic layers, wherein one optically anisotropic layer satisfies Expression (1) described below, the other optically anisotropic layer satisfies Expression (2) described below, and a slow axis of the one optically anisotropic layer is parallel to a slow axis of the other optically anisotropic layer, | 2009-09-24 |
20090237599 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an optical film which includes at least a first optically anisotropic layer, and a second optically anisotropic layer, wherein the first optically anisotropic layer satisfies the following Expression (1), the second optically anisotropic layer satisfied the following Expression (2), and a slow axis of the first optically anisotropic layer is orthogonal to a slow axis of the second optically anisotropic layer, | 2009-09-24 |
20090237600 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT - A LCD unit includes a reflective area and a transmissive area in each pixel, which are driven by respective drive electrode assemblies. A first substrate and a second substrate that sandwich therebetween a LC layer include respective shied films in the boundary area between the reflective area and the transmissive area. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237601 | POLARIZING PLATE WITH AN OPTICAL COMPENSATION LAYER, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE POLARIZING PLATE WITH AN OPTICAL COMPENSATION LAYER - Provided are a polarizing plate with an optical compensation layer capable of contributing to the reduction in thickness, enhancing viewing angle properties, realizing a high contrast, preventing interference uneveness and heat uneveness, suppressing a color shift, realizing satisfactory color reproducibility, and preventing light leakage in a black display satisfactorily, and a liquid crystal panel, a liquid crystal display apparatus, and an image display apparatus using the polarizing plate with an optical compensation layer. The polarizing plate with an optical compensation layer of the present invention includes, in the stated order, a polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, an adhesive layer, and a second optical compensation layer, in which the first optical compensation layer has a refractive index profile of nx>ny=nz, exhibits wavelength dispersion properties that an in-plane retardation Re | 2009-09-24 |
20090237602 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A face plate on which a frame is formed for improved design aesthetics is bonded to a top surface of an upper polarizer of a liquid crystal display panel with a pressure-sensitive adhesive material. The frame on the face plate is formed from five layers of printing. The pressure-sensitive adhesive material has a three-layer structure having a first pressure-sensitive adhesive member, a base material, and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive member. The first pressure-sensitive adhesive member is formed thicker than the second pressure-sensitive adhesive member, and hence the pressure-sensitive adhesive material can maintain a necessary thickness above the frame formed on the face plate. The reliability of adhesion between the face plate and the liquid crystal display panel is thus improved. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237603 | PHOTOALIGNMENT MATERIAL, DISPLAY SUBSTRATE HAVING AN ALIGNMENT LAYER FORMED USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - A photoalignment material includes a photoalignment polymer having a photosensitive portion represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, | 2009-09-24 |
20090237604 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes: a circuit substrate; a counter substrate oppositely disposed to the circuit substrate; a liquid crystal layer which is sandwiched between the circuit substrate and the counter substrate, and shows a vertical alignment in an initial alignment state; a first alignment layer having an alkyl chain formed by a coating process at a liquid crystal layer of the counter substrate; and a second alignment layer formed by a vacuum process at the liquid crystal layer of the circuit substrate. In the device, an alkyl chain is further bonded on a surface of the second alignment film. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237605 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes: a circuit substrate; a counter substrate disposed so as to be opposed to the circuit substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the circuit substrate and the counter substrate, the liquid crystal layer showing vertical alignment as an initial alignment state; a first alignment layer manufactured on a side of the counter substrate using a coating process, the side facing the liquid crystal layer, the first alignment layer having a vertical alignment function; and a second alignment layer manufactured on a side of the circuit substrate using a vacuum process, the side facing the liquid crystal layer, the second alignment layer generating a pretilt. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237606 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is configured such that a liquid crystal layer is held between an array first substrate and a counter-substrate. The array substrate includes a pixel electrode which is disposed in association with each of pixels in a display region which displays an image, and a counter-electrode which is opposed to the pixel electrode with a distance therebetween. The counter-substrate includes an insulating substrate, and a shield electrode which is disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the insulating substrate over an entirety of the display region. The liquid crystal layer is formed of a liquid crystal material having a negative dielectric constant anisotropy. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237607 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL MEMBER, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL USING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL MEMBER, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The object of the invention is to provide a liquid crystal display panel member, a liquid crystal display panel, and liquid crystal display device that make it possible to improve image quality in the neighborhood of the open area portion of a sealing member such as an opening for filling liquid crystal and enhance the adhesion reliability of the sealing member in the neighborhood of the open area portion. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237608 | SPACER STRUCTURE OF A DISPLAY PANEL - A spacer structure of a display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a spacer, and a spacer pad. The spacer is disposed on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate, and the spacer pad is disposed between the second substrate and the spacer. The spacer pad has a non-linear structure lodged in the spacer, and therefore restrains the spacer from moving with respect to the second substrate in the plane parallel to the surface of the second substrate. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237609 | Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a first panel including a first substrate and a first plurality of thin film elements formed thereon, a second panel including a second substrate and a second plurality of thin film elements formed thereon, and a liquid crystal layer disposed the lower panel and the upper panel. The first substrate and the second substrate each include alkali-containing glass. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237610 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase that includes two components, wherein the first component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formulas (1-1) to (1-3), and the second component is at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula (2): | 2009-09-24 |
20090237611 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - The present invention relates to optical apparatus. The optical apparatus ( | 2009-09-24 |
20090237612 | CORNEAL-SCLERA ORTHOKERATOLOGY LENS WITH ASYMETRIC BLENDS - A corneal-scleral orthokeratology contact lens is formed of rigid gas permeable material with uniform arc lengths in the treatment area even when the corneal curvature varies and asymmetric blends or splines called minor zones, where the portion of the blend or spline is shorter toward the lens center and broader toward the lens edge, and relieve the treatment area of all centering responsibility, transferring it to the limbal-scleral region. The method of determining the total sagittal height of an eye at a given chord diameter to predetermine exact fitting parameters and predict unaided visual outcome trial lenses, with exact chord and sagittal height values used to match the sagittal height of an eye, the sagittal value may be obtained from some ocular topographers. A computer program can easily take the sagittal information and design an optimum lens. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237613 | Peripheral filtering optical eyeglasses - A filter or lens for common optical apparatus includes a clear center portion and an attenuating peripheral portion where the peripheral portion attenuates off-axis images and passes on-axis images with high signal to noise ratios yet not completely blocking the off-axis images, which lens is well suited for reducing off-axis glare in the optical apparatus that may be handheld optical apparatus such as binoculars, telescopes, cameras, and eyeglasses. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237614 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING RETINAL DAMAGE - The invention administers an objective clinical test to an eye that measures the visual sensitivity of the superior retina and the inferior retina, by alternately presenting a stimulus pair comprising a shaped superior light stimulus and a shaped inferior light stimulus that are horizontal mirror images of one another and have shapes encompassing visual field defects. The shaped superior and inferior light stimuli stimulate pupillary responses whose amplitudes are measured. A cycle-averaged pupillary response balance and a luminance ratio are computed for each presentation of a stimulus pair. A stimulus pair response curve is computed by fitting cycle-averaged pupillary response balances to a sigmoid function of the luminance ratios. A balanced luminance ratio at which the cycle-averaged pupillary response balance is equal to about zero is computed from the sigmoid function. The balanced luminance ratio is indicative of the presence and location of retinal nerve damage. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237615 | Correction of Surgically-Induced Astigmatism During Intraocular Lens Implants - In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of designing an ocular implant (e.g., an IOL), which comprises establishing corneal topography of a patient's eye, e.g., by performing one or more wavefront aberration measurements of the eye, prior to an ocular surgery. The method further includes ascertaining an astigmatic aberration of the cornea that is expected to be induced by the surgery and determining a toricity of a surface of an ocular implant, which is intended for implantation in the patient's eye, so as to enable the implant to compensate for the surgically-induced aberration. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237616 | Projection type image display device - A projection type image display device includes a LED light source, a polarizing plate, a crossdichroic mirror, three reflective spatial light modulation elements and a projection lens. The LED light source emits lights with three wavelengths. The polarizing plate transmits a first linear polarized light therethrough and reflects a second linear polarized light. The crossdichroic mirror separates the first linear polarized light into three separated lights according to the wavelengths and emits as three separated linear polarized lights, and combines lights entering and emits from an entering direction of the first linear polarized light. The crossdichroic mirror includes two color separation filters arranged so as to be inclined at about 45 degrees with respect to light entering. The two color separation filters meet a condition that a phase difference between a p-polarized light component and an s-polarized light component is equal to or less than 15 degrees in the wavelengths of the three separated linear polarized lights. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237617 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, PROJECTION METHOD, AND MEDIUM - A projection apparatus comprises a projection unit which forms a picture corresponding to an input image signal and projects the formed picture onto an object, a specifying unit which specifies a region in the picture projected by the projection unit, and a projection control unit which causes the region of the picture projected by the projection unit to be limited according to the region specified by the specifying unit. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237618 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, PROJECTOR, AND ILLUMINATION METHOD - An illumination apparatus includes: a first light source section; a plurality of second light source sections; and an optical axis conversion element which allows a light incident from the first light source section to emit in such a way that an exiting optical axis of the light approximately coincides with an illumination optical axis, and allows lights incident from the plurality of second light source sections to emit in such a way that exiting optical axes of the lights become approximately parallel to the illumination optical axis in positions close to the illumination optical axis. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237619 | LIQUID-COOLING DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, a liquid-cooling device to cool an optical element in a projector includes an optical element holding member configured to allow a flow of a cooling liquid therein and to hold the optical element so as to transfer heat to the cooling liquid. A liquid pumping unit is configured to circulate the cooling liquid. Liquid circulation members are configured to connect the optical element holding member and the liquid pumping unit and to define a flow channel of the cooling liquid. A thermoelectric conversion element has a heat-absorbing surface and a heat-radiating surface. The thermoelectric conversion element is connected to the liquid-cooling device to transfer the heat from the cooling liquid to the heat-absorbing surface. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237620 | PROJECTOR AND REFLECTION APPARATUS - A projector includes a light source, a light modulator that modulates the light flux emitted from the light source in accordance with an image signal to form image light, a projection optical apparatus that enlarges and projects the image light, a reflection section having a reflection surface disposed along the direction in which the projection optical apparatus outputs the image light, the reflection surface reflecting the image light, and an adjustment section that adjusts the inclination angle of the reflection section with respect to the direction in which the image light travels. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237621 | Projection Image Display Apparatus and Projection Optical Unit to be Used Therein - In a projection type image display apparatus, for enlarging an image on a image display apparatus | 2009-09-24 |