VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LIMITED Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120195494 | PSEUDO 3D IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A pseudo 3D image generation device includes frame memories that store a plurality of basic depth models used for estimating depth data based on a non-3D image signal and generating a pseudo 3D image signal; a depth model combination unit that combines the plurality of basic depth models for generating a composite depth model based on a control signal indicating composite percentages for combining the plurality of basic depth models; an addition unit that generates depth estimation data from the non-3D image signal and the composite depth models; and a texture shift unit that shifts the texture of the non-3D image for generating the pseudo 3D image signal. | 08-02-2012 |
20120188337 | PSEUDO 3D IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD - A pseudo 3D image generation device includes frame memories that store a plurality of basic depth models used for estimating depth data based on a non-3D image signal and generating a pseudo 3D image signal; a depth model combination unit that combines the plurality of basic depth models for generating a composite depth model based on a control signal indicating composite percentages for combining the plurality of basic depth models; an addition unit that generates depth estimation data from the non-3D image signal and the composite depth models; and a texture shift unit that shifts the texture of the non-3D image for generating the pseudo 3D image signal. | 07-26-2012 |
20120134174 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE - A backlight device wherein LEDs which are arranged side by side at a first arrangement interval (P | 05-31-2012 |
20120076340 | HEADPHONE - A headphone | 03-29-2012 |
20120044558 | DIAPHRAGM DEVICE FOR PROJECTOR - A diaphragm device for projector includes a first gear unit, a second gear unit and two diaphragm plates. The first gear unit includes a partial circular arc portion and a gear portion with partial no tooth. The second gear unit includes a circular arc portion corresponding to the partial circular arc portion, and a pinion and a gear corresponding to the gear portion with partial no tooth. When the partial circular arc portion abuts on the circular arc portion, the gear does not rotate. When the partial circular arc portion does not abut on the circular arc portion, the gear portion with partial no tooth meshes the gear to transmit rotation of the first gear unit to the gear. The two diaphragm plates each on which a rack meshing the pinion is formed, moves in directions opposed to each other according to rotation of the pinion. | 02-23-2012 |
20120020643 | THUMBNAIL GENERATING APPARATUS AND THUMBNAIL GENERATING METHOD - A thumbnail generating apparatus includes a moving image extracting portion, a reduction and enlargement ratio calculating portion and a reducing and enlarging unit. The moving image extracting portion extracts a moving image corresponding to a period shorter than a reproduction time of moving image based on the number and area of face detection regions obtained from face detection information generated by detecting a face of person included in the moving image. The reduction and enlargement ratio calculating portion integrates the face detection regions at intervals of certain time based on the face detection information of the moving image extracted by the moving image extracting portion, and calculates a reduction and enlargement ratio of the moving image based on the integration result such that a face of person included in the moving image extracted by the moving image extracting portion is largely displayed. The reducing and enlarging unit reduces or enlarges the moving image extracted by the moving image extracting portion based on the reduction and enlargement ratio calculated by the reduction and enlargement ratio calculating portion to generate a moving image thumbnail | 01-26-2012 |
20120014430 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND IMAGE ENCODING METHOD - An image encoding device has: a first acquisition unit and a second acquisition unit that acquire a moving image; an encoding unit that encodes the acquired moving image in accordance with a predetermined encoding order and a predetermined encoding method; and a reception unit that receives an instruction to stop performing a process. When the reception unit receives the instruction, the encoding unit uses a last acquired image as an image that was to be acquired after the last acquired image and encodes all acquired images. | 01-19-2012 |
20120013740 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS DEVICE - In an automatic tracking process using an aim color, a technique of allowing an observer to confirm the aim color set in the imaging device with ease is provided. An image display device using this technique has a display control unit | 01-19-2012 |
20120013708 | CONTROL APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - Finger coverage in an image for making a viewer sense a stereoscopic image is quickly detected with low load. A central controller includes a difference determiner which determines existence of a difference based on a predetermined determination standard by comparing left eye image data and right eye image data for making a viewer to sense a stereoscopic image based on the predetermined determination standard, and an execution controller which, when it is determined by the difference determiner that there is a difference, enables a controlled unit to execute a process different from when it is determined that there is no difference. | 01-19-2012 |
20120008915 | VIDEO DATA RECORDING DEVICE, VIDEO DATA PLAYING DEVICE, VIDEO DATA RECORDING METHOD, AND VIDEO DATA PLAYING METHOD - A video data recording device for sufficiently protecting privacy even before a mask target enters into a screen. The video data recording device includes a reference information storage unit in which reference information including predetermined features is recorded; a video data acquisition unit which acquires video data and sequentially outputs the video data to a video buffer; a similarity determining unit which compares newest video data and the reference information, and extracts partial information determined to be similar to the reference information from the newest video data; a relation determining unit which compares video data output to the video buffer before the newest video data, and the partial information determined to be similar, and extracts partial information determined to be related to the partial information determined to be similar; and an imaging recording I/F unit which records the video data and the related information related to the partial information in a recording medium. | 01-12-2012 |
20120002712 | EQUALIZER AND EQUALIZATION METHOD - A linear equalizer unit sequentially subjects a signal to be processed to linear equalization. A temporary decision unit sequentially subjects a signal subjected to linear equalization by the linear equalizer unit to temporary decision. A nonlinear equalizer unit derives a plurality of coefficients using a signal subjected to temporary decision as a teacher signal and sequentially subject a signal subjected to linear equalization by the linear equalizer unit to nonlinear equalization based on the plurality of coefficients. | 01-05-2012 |
20110268421 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - A drop sensor detects a drop of a device. When the drop of the device is detected, a sub CPU allows a counter to count a drop time. When the device drops for a predetermined time or more, the sub CPU controls a regulator so that the regulator forcibly disconnects an electric power to be supplied to a hard disc, and writes a drop occurrence flag into a nonvolatile memory. When the power supply is again turned on, a main CPU allows a display section to display information indicating that the power supply is disconnected due to the drop of the device. | 11-03-2011 |
20110267540 | IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVING DEVICE AND METHOD - A Gaussian filter | 11-03-2011 |
20110267536 | FRAME RATE CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Correlation detectors | 11-03-2011 |
20110255796 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE - An image signal encoding unit | 10-20-2011 |
20110242294 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DERIVING MOTION VECTOR - A motion vector is derived with high accuracy while avoiding deriving of an erroneous motion. A stereoscopic image display device | 10-06-2011 |
20110199505 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus is provided that comprises: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image; a position specification unit that specifies one facial image from the image; a face correlation unit that correlates the specified facial image with face information obtained by compiling one or more stored feature values stored in a storage unit, thereby identifying one or more correlated feature values; a feature value extraction unit that extracts an extracted feature value of the specified facial image; and a storage control unit that compares the extracted feature value with the one or more correlated feature values of the face information correlated with the specified facial image, and causes the storage unit to additionally store the extracted feature value, as a storable feature value, as the face information when a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 08-18-2011 |
20110178745 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES, REMAINING BATTERY ENERGY LEVEL DISPLAYING METHOD, AND OPERABLE TIME DISPLAYING METHOD - Provision of electronic devices adapted to display a remaining energy level of a battery in service in combination with remaining energy levels of batteries out of service, or display an operable time by a remaining energy level of a battery in service in combination with an operable time by remaining energy levels of batteries out of service, and a remaining battery energy level displaying method and an operable time displaying method applicable thereto. | 07-21-2011 |
20110149699 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RECORDING METHOD AND REPRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - An information recording medium in which bottoms of a guide groove and a pit array formed on a disc substrate are allocated on a same flat plane and shaped in flat. Further, in a transition area from a pit array to a guide groove or from a guide groove to a pit array, the information recording medium is provided with an intermediate area composed of a pit array of which height changes from a height between a bottom and a side of a groove to another height between the bottom and a side of the pit array. | 06-23-2011 |
20110134743 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134739 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3. | 06-09-2011 |
20110128639 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - Provided is an optical pickup device that may efficiently reduce an inclination of an objective lens caused by change in ambient temperature. A lens holder holds the object lens and includes a receiving surface portion contacts a lower surface portion of a periphery portion of an objective lens, and a plurality of protrusions that protrude from the receiving surface portion to contact a peripheral side surface portion of the objective lens and are separated from each other. In a state where the objective lens is held on the lens holder, an adhesive is applied to span over a part of the peripheral side surface portion that does not face the protrusions, and a part of the receiving surface portion that does not contact the lower surface portion of a periphery portion of the objective lens, thus the objective lens is fixed on the lens holder by the adhesive. | 06-02-2011 |
20110122743 | RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A SUBSTRATE CONTAINING MICROSCOPIC PATTERN OF PARALLEL GROOVE AND LAND SECTIONS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - An information recording medium | 05-26-2011 |
20110122742 | RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A SUBSTRATE CONTAINING MICROSCOPIC PATTERN OF PARALLEL GROOVE AND LAND SECTIONS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - An information recording medium | 05-26-2011 |
20110122741 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING AUXILIARY INFORMATION AND REFERENCE CLOCK - An information recording medium is at least composed of a substrate having a microscopic pattern constituted by a continuous substrate of grooves formed with a groove portion and a land portion alternately, a recording layer formed on the microscopic pattern for recording information, and a light transmitting layer formed on the recording layer. The microscopic pattern is formed with satisfying a relation of P≦λ/NA, wherein P is a pitch of the land portion or the groove portion, λ is a wavelength of reproducing light for reproducing the recording layer, and NA is a numerical aperture of an objective lens. The land portion is formed with wobbling so as to be parallel with each other for both sidewalls of the land portion. An auxiliary information based on data used supplementally when recording the information and a reference clock based on a clock used for controlling a recording speed when recording the information is recorded alternately. Information is recorded in the recording layer corresponding to only a land portion by at least either one change of reflectivity difference and refractive index difference in the recording layer so as to be more than 5% for reflectivity and so as to be more than 0.4 for modulated amplitude of signal recording. | 05-26-2011 |
20110122312 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An image memory | 05-26-2011 |
20110116356 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING AUXILIARY INFORMATION AND REFERENCE CLOCK - An information recording medium is at least composed of a substrate having a microscopic pattern constituted by a continuous substrate of grooves formed with a groove portion and a land portion alternately, a recording layer formed on the microscopic pattern for recording information, and a light transmitting layer formed on the recording layer. The microscopic pattern is formed with satisfying a relation of P≦λ/NA, wherein P is a pitch of the land portion or the groove portion, λ is a wavelength of reproducing light for reproducing the recording layer, and NA is a numerical aperture of an objective lens. The land portion is formed with wobbling so as to be parallel with each other for both sidewalls of the land portion. An auxiliary information based on data used supplementally when recording the information and a reference clock based on a clock used for controlling a recording speed when recording the information is recorded alternately. Information is recorded in the recording layer corresponding to only a land portion by at least either one change of reflectivity difference and refractive index difference in the recording layer so as to be more than 5% for reflectivity and so as to be more than 0.4 for modulated amplitude of signal recording. | 05-19-2011 |
20110091053 | VIBRATORY PLATE, ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC CONVERTER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VIBRATORY PLATE AND MOLDED BODY - A vibratory plate includes a first layer ( | 04-21-2011 |
20110075734 | MOVING PICTURE ENCODING SYSTEM, MOVING PICTURE ENCODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE ENCODING PROGRAM, MOVING PICTURE DECODING SYSTEM, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING PROGRAM, MOVING PICTURE REENCODING SYTEM, MOVING PICTURE REENCODING METHOD, AND MOVING PICTURE REENCODING PROGRAM - A first super-resolution enlarger | 03-31-2011 |
20110069594 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS THEREFOR - An environmental load information of an information recording medium is recorded on the information recording medium so as to recycle or dispose properly an information recording medium, which is not necessary any more. The information recording medium comprises a main information area ( | 03-24-2011 |
20110052182 | LENS BARRIER DEVICE - A lens barrier device | 03-03-2011 |
20110051044 | LIGHT QUANTITY CONTROL MEMBER, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light quantity control member includes a light diffusion part formed by light diffusion members for diffusing light from a LED. The light diffusion part includes a first rectangular area positioned at the center of light flux from the LED and second rectangular areas positioned around the first rectangular area. The first rectangular area has an occupied area of the light diffusion members larger than any other second rectangular areas. If respective distances between a first center of the first rectangular area and respective second centers of the second rectangular areas are equal to each other, the occupied areas of the diffusion members of the second diffusion areas become equal to each other. The longer the distance between the first center of the first rectangular area and the second center of the second rectangular area gets, the smaller the occupied area of the light diffusion members of the second rectangular area becomes. | 03-03-2011 |
20110007209 | REPETITIVE OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A repetitive object detecting device includes data-retention and difference-calculation units, an adding unit, a horizontal direction accumulating unit and a small and large comparing unit. Each data-retention and difference-calculation unit carries out, with respect to a plurality of lines, a process for setting as reference pixel data pixel data located at an end of a plurality of pieces of pixel data, and calculating a difference between the reference pixel data and pixel data separated from the reference pixel data by k pixels (2≦k≦maximum number) to obtain difference data by each separated pixel number k. The adding unit adds the difference data in the plurality of lines by each separated pixel number k. The horizontal direction accumulating unit accumulates the added data by each separated pixel number k in a horizontal direction. The small and large comparing unit carries out a small and large comparison with respect to the horizontal accumulated value by each separated pixel number k to decide whether or not the reference pixel data is pixel data which is located in a repetitive object including a certain repetitive pattern. | 01-13-2011 |
20100296314 | LIGHTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A lighting device includes a plurality of light-transmitting guide plates | 11-25-2010 |
20100265638 | Image display apparatus and housing assembly configuration - An image display apparatus includes an image display apparatus main body and a pedestal part supporting the image display apparatus main body. The image display main body has a display module, a center frame, a left R cover, a right R cover, and an upper pedestal fixing member connecting part. The display module displays an image on a front face. The center frame is connected to the back face of the display module, and a part thereof is exposed to the outside. The left R cover and the right R cover are connected to the center frame, and cover the back face of the display module. The upper pedestal fixing member connecting part is provided protruding backward from the center frame. The pedestal part has a bottom plate part, a pedestal fixing member, and an upper center frame connecting part. The pedestal fixing member is provided in the bottom plate part. The upper center frame connecting part is provided in the pedestal fixing member, and supports the image display apparatus main body via the upper pedestal fixing member connecting part. | 10-21-2010 |
20100265406 | MOTION VECTOR DETECTING APPARATUS AND MOTION VECTOR DETECTING METHOD - A motion vector detecting apparatus includes a correlation detecting unit, a repetitive object detecting unit and a motion vector detecting unit. The correlation detecting unit detects correlations among plural pieces of pixel data in plural directions. The repetitive object detecting unit detects whether or not concerned pixel data in which a motion vector is to be detected is located in a repetitive object. The motion vector detecting unit decreases a difference value in a direction coincident with a direction of motion vector having detected at a past time when the concerned pixel data is located in the repetitive object and detects a motion vector. | 10-21-2010 |
20100245284 | Input device and electronic device using the same - An input device capable of detecting such a finger's adjacency to a touch panel even if a user does not touch the touch panel through a user's finger and an electronic device using the input device light are provided. In the input device, an input position detecting unit | 09-30-2010 |
20100229189 | Optical device - An optical device includes a sub-mount | 09-09-2010 |
20100220200 | Still Image Acquistion Device, Still Image Acquistion Method, and Image Fluctuation Correction Device - A still image acquisition device includes: a fluctuation detection unit ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100214479 | BROADCASTING RECEIVING APPARATUS - The portable player is connected to a first connector, and the PC is connected to a second connector. A first connection detecting unit detects whether the portable player is connected, and a second connection detecting unit detects whether the PC is connected. A central processing unit (CPU) switches to a reproduction mode in which an audio signal based on audio data reproduced by the portable player is supplied by the audio processing unit to the speaker, or a PC communication mode in which the portable player and the PC are connected to be in a state in which they can communicate with each other. | 08-26-2010 |
20100214330 | Image display device - An image display device includes a gain calculator, a multiplier and an overdrive unit. The gain calculator calculates a ratio “Gmax0/Gmax1” as gain, with respect to each segmented region of liquid crystal panel. The symbol “Gmax1” represents a maximum gradation in one frame period of an image signal to be supplied to each segmented region. The symbol “Gmax0” represents a maximum gradation to be determined depending on the number of bits in the image signal. The multiplier multiplies an image signal subjected to frame frequency conversion in a frame frequency conversion unit by the gain to generate an image signal subjected to the area control processing, with respect to each segmented region. The overdrive unit emphasizes the image signal subjected to the area control processing, using an image signal generated by delaying the image signal subjected to the area control processing for one frame period. | 08-26-2010 |
20100208161 | Backlight device and liquid crystal display - A backlight device includes a housing, a light source, a diffuse plate and a fixing member. The housing has an open surface. The light source is arranged in the housing. The diffuser plate is arranged on the open surface of the housing and allows light emitted from the light source to pass therethrough while diffusing the light. The fixing member prevents the diffuser plate from bending in a direction in which light passes through the diffuser plate. A part of the fixing member has transmittance adjusted to substantially equalize luminance distribution of light passed through the diffuser plate. | 08-19-2010 |
20100202279 | Recording Medium Having a Substrate Containing Microscopic Pattern of Parallel Groove and Land Sections and Recording/Reproducing Equipment Therefor - An information recording medium | 08-12-2010 |
20100165809 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND APPARATUSES FOR REPRODUCING, RECORDING, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING THEREOF, AND METHODS FOR REPRODUCING, RECORDING, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING THEREOF - An information recording medium comprises a substrate, a second recording layer, a second light transmitting layer, a first recording layer for recording different information from that to be recorded in the second recording layer, and a first light transmitting layer. The second recording layer is formed with a continuous second microscopic pattern of grooves. The first recording layer is formed with a continuous first microscopic pattern of grooves that is different from the second microscopic pattern. Both sidewalls of raised portions of the first and second microscopic patterns are formed with wobbling so as to be parallel with each other. Auxiliary information and a reference clock is recorded on these sidewalls alternately and continuously. | 07-01-2010 |
20100165303 | Screen assembly and rear-projection type graphic display device - A screen assembly and a rear-projection type graphic display device are provided to block overscanned light Lo projected outside a fresnel lens screen. The screen assembly | 07-01-2010 |
20100150401 | Target tracker - For a tracking of a target object in a time series of frames of image data, a tracking object designation acceptor accepts a designation of a tracking object, a target color setter sets a color of the designated tracking object as a target color, and a particle filter processor employs particles for measurements to determine color likelihoods by comparison between the target color and colors in vicinities of particles, works, as the color likelihoods meet a criterion, to estimate a region of the tracking object in a frame of image data in accordance with results of the measurements, and as the color likelihoods fails to meet the criterion, to use particles, for measurements to determine luminance likelihoods based on luminance differences between frames of image data in a time series of frames of image data, and estimate a region of the tracking object in a frame of image data in accordance with results of the measurements, and updates the target color by a color in either estimated region. | 06-17-2010 |
20100149960 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A WOBBLING GROOVE STRUCTURE - An information recording medium having at least a read only area and a recording and reproducing area is composed of at least: a substrate; a recording layer formed on the substrate so as to record and reproduce information; and a light transmission layer having transparency formed on the recording layer. The information recording medium is further characterized in that a wobbling groove corresponding to the read only area and another wobbling groove corresponding to the recording and reproducing area is formed on the substrate without overlapping with each other, the recording and light transmitting layers are continuously adhered over at least two areas of the read only area and the recording and reproducing area, reflectivity of the recording layer is more than 5%, and a push-pull signal output T | 06-17-2010 |
20100145611 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - In a navigation apparatus having a base unit that is fastenable to a vehicle and a front panel unit that is attachable to and detachable from the base unit, it is configured such that there are provided with at least three detectors including a GPS signal receiver, wheel speed sensor and gyrosensor; and the microcomputer of the front panel unit determines the detector or detectors to be used for determining the location of the vehicle in accordance with output condition of the detector or detectors. Since the determination is made based on the output condition of the detector or detectors, the detector(s) used for location determination can be optimally selected to enhance the accuracy of vehicle location determination, while the flexibility of detector use in location determination can be improved in the point that the location determination is not necessarily restricted to use of the three detectors. | 06-10-2010 |
20100128882 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - In frequency signals obtained by converting input audio signals from time-domain signals to frequency-domain signals, a level control value setting unit | 05-27-2010 |
20100124156 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3. | 05-20-2010 |
20100110870 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110869 | Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110864 | Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 05-06-2010 |
20100110276 | Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus includes a main body, a handle, and a pad unit. The main body includes therein an imaging element which converts incident light coming through a lens into an electric signal. The handle is attached to a top face of the main body. The pad unit is attached to the handle and includes a case, a speaker incorporated in the case, a sound emitting part formed on the case to externally emit sound from the speaker, and an ear pad attached to the case. The pad unit is attached to the handle so as to turn around a rotation axis which is positioned not to pass the center of the sound emitting part. The sound emitting part is configured to move in the direction of an optical axis of the lens according to the turn of the pad unit. | 05-06-2010 |
20100108844 | Panel attitude changing system and electronic equipment with panel attitude changing system - A movable base is adapted to pivot about first pivotal shafts, a panel holder configured to hold a panel is pivotally connected to the movable base through second pivotal shafts perpendicular to the first pivotal shafts, and a holder drive mechanism arranged on the movable base is configured for the panel holder to pivot about the second pivotal shafts. | 05-06-2010 |
20100103789 | REPRODUCING SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING WOBBLED LAND PORTIONS - An information recording medium is at least composed of a substrate having a microscopic pattern constituted by a continuous substrate of grooves formed with a groove portion and a land portion alternately, a recording layer formed on the microscopic pattern for recording information, and a light transmitting layer formed on the recording layer. The microscopic pattern is formed with satisfying a relation of P≦λ/NA, wherein P is a pitch of the land portion or the groove portion, λ is a wavelength of reproducing light for reproducing the recording layer, and NA is a numerical aperture of an objective lens. The land portion is formed with wobbling so as to be parallel with each other for both sidewalls of the land portion. An auxiliary information based on data used supplementally when recording the information and a reference clock based on a clock used for controlling a recording speed when recording the information is recorded alternately. Information is recorded in the recording layer corresponding to only a land portion by at least either one change of reflectivity difference and refractive index difference in the recording layer so as to be more than 5% for reflectivity and so as to be more than 0.4 for modulated amplitude of signal recording. | 04-29-2010 |
20100090870 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - In a navigation apparatus having: a base unit fastenable to a vehicle and equipped with at least a microcomputer; and a front panel unit attachable to and detachable from the base unit and equipped with at least a display displaying map data and a microcomputer performing a navigation function to indicate a determined location of the vehicle on the map data, a front surface of the front panel unit is made same size as a mating face of the base unit; and the display occupies 70% or greater of length of the front panel unit in a lateral direction. With this, the front panel unit including the microcomputer for performing navigation functions can be configured to be attachable/detachable to/from the base unit to enhance ease of use, and the size (area) of the display formed in the front panel unit can be increased to improve viewability. | 04-15-2010 |
20100074088 | Information recording carrier and method of reproducing the same - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by frequency shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 03-25-2010 |
20100074087 | Information recording carrier and method of reproducing the same - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by frequency shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 03-25-2010 |
20100073585 | Projection type display device - A projection type display device is provided to display high quality images. In the device, a WB-PBSW | 03-25-2010 |
20100067733 | Speaker - A speaker includes a box-shaped enclosure, a speaker unit and a sounding board. A pair of side plates, a bottom plate, a top plate, a back plate and a baffle are assembled into the enclosure. The speaker unit is attached to an opening portion of the baffle. The sounding board is attached to the bottom plate, and includes a member having a fiber direction in a vibration direction of a vibrating plate, a member having a fiber direction in a direction which approaches the side plate (of the front side) as extending from a side of the back plate to a side of the baffle, and a member having a fiber direction in a direction which approaches the side plate (of the back side) as extending the side of the back plate to the side of the baffle. | 03-18-2010 |
20100066752 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal panel displays an image from image signals. A backlight device is disposed on the back side of the liquid crystal panel, and is divided into a plurality of regions. The backlight device comprises light sources in each of the regions. The light sources are positioned to emit light onto the liquid crystal panel. A histogram detector detects an image signal gradation distribution for each region and to produce a histogram therefrom. An image gain calculator calculates a gain from the detected gradation distribution of the histogram detector, and controls light emission from each light source in each region of the backlight device. A light emission luminance calculator controls the light emission luminance of each light source based on a maximum luminance of the light sources and based on an inverse number of the gain calculated in the image gain calculator. | 03-18-2010 |
20100045824 | Video image pickup apparatus and exposure guide display method - A video image pickup apparatus ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100039440 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal panel displays an image from image signals. A backlight device disposed on the back side of the liquid crystal panel, and divided into a plurality of regions. The backlight device is configured to allow light emitted from the light source of each of the regions to leak to nearby regions. A light emission luminance calculator obtains a light emission luminance by using, as nearby regions, a group of regions from the regions in the backlight device and at least two virtual regions provided respectively at opposite ends of the group of regions. | 02-18-2010 |
20100008205 | Optical pickup and optical device - An optical pickup includes a first laser beam light source | 01-14-2010 |
20090322902 | Imaging apparatus and exposure control method used for the same - An imaging apparatus includes a shutter drive section, an aperture blade drive section, an ND filter drive section, a light intensity detection section, a memory, and a control section. The shutter drive section opens and closes a shutter for a light receiving surface of a solid state image sensor. The aperture blade drive section drives an aperture blade forming an aperture. The ND filter drive section adjusts the position of an ND filter against the aperture. The control section calculates the exposure control voltage representing an exposure amount from the light intensity signal output from the light intensity detection section, and reads out the F value and the shutter speed corresponding to the exposure control voltage from the exposure control table stored in the memory so as to avoid a partial application state of the ND filter, for controlling respective drive sections. | 12-31-2009 |
20090290470 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RECORDING METHOD AND REPRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - An information recording medium in which bottoms of a guide groove and a pit array formed on a disc substrate are allocated on a same flat plane and shaped in flat. Further, in a transition area from a pit array to a guide groove or from a guide groove to a pit array, the information recording medium is provided with an intermediate area composed of a pit array of which height changes from a height between a bottom and a side of a groove to another height between the bottom and a side of the pit array. | 11-26-2009 |
20090290127 | Projection type display device and image displaying method - A projection type display device includes a image displaying element | 11-26-2009 |
20090279415 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an information recording medium comprising at least a substrate, a recording layer, and a resin layer, the substrate is formed with at least a pit corresponding to a read only area | 11-12-2009 |
20090279414 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING SUBSTRATE WITH MICROSCOPIC PATTERN AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS THEREFOR - A recording medium includes a substrate having a microscopic pattern, which includes a shape of continuous substance of approximately parallel grooves formed with a convex shaped section and a concave shaped section alternating on a surface of the substrate. A recording layer is formed on the microscopic pattern and a light transmitting layer has a thickness of 0.05 mm to 0.12 mm formed on the recording layer. The microscopic pattern satisfies a relation of P≦λ/NA, wherein P is a pitch of the convex shaped section, λ is a wavelength of a reproducing light beam and NA is a numerical aperture of an objective lens. The microscopic pattern also includes modulated address information formed on both side walls of the convex shaped section viewed from the light transmitting layer as a wobble, both the side walls being parallel to each other, and furthermore wherein the address information is modulated by the phase-shift keying modulation system. A reproducing apparatus is particularly suited for the recording medium. | 11-12-2009 |
20090279411 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an information recording medium comprising at least a substrate, a recording layer, and a resin layer, the substrate is formed with at least a pit corresponding to a read only area | 11-12-2009 |
20090262626 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND APPARATUSES FOR REPRODUCING, RECORDING, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING THEREOF, AND METHODS FOR REPRODUCING, RECORDING, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING THEREOF - An information recording medium comprises a substrate, a second recording layer, a second light transmitting layer, a first recording layer for recording different information from that to be recorded in the second recording layer, and a first light transmitting layer. The second recording layer is formed with a continuous second microscopic pattern of grooves. The first recording layer is formed with a continuous first microscopic pattern of grooves that is different from the second microscopic pattern. Both sidewalls of raised portions of the first and second microscopic patterns are formed with wobbling so as to be parallel with each other. Auxiliary information and a reference clock is recorded on these sidewalls alternately and continuously. | 10-22-2009 |
20090237910 | Indicator device - An indicator device includes a light emitting element for emitting light, and a light conducting plate having a light incidence surface for conducting light from the light emitting element inside thereof and a light output surface, for a lighted indication by the light output surface. The light conducting plate has a triangular recess recessed to form with prescribed recess depths in one planer surface thereof, for light from the light emitting element to be reflected in part. The triangular recess has a recess extremity constituting a single vertex disposed in position on an optical axis of the light emitting element and nearer to the light incidence surface than other end parts thereof. The recess depths becomes shallower as the V-form recess extends from the recess extremity, allowing for an evenness of luminance of light over the light output surface formed on the light conducting plate. | 09-24-2009 |
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. | 09-24-2009 |
20090231988 | Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 09-17-2009 |
20090231987 | Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 09-17-2009 |
20090213720 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND APPARATUSES FOR REPRODUCING, RECORDING, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING THEREOF, AND METHODS FOR REPRODUCING, RECORDING, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING THEREOF - An information recording medium comprises a substrate, a second recording layer, a second light transmitting layer, a first recording layer for recording different information from that to be recorded in the second recording layer, and a first light transmitting layer. The second recording layer is formed with a continuous second microscopic pattern of grooves. The first recording layer is formed with a continuous first microscopic pattern of grooves that is different from the second microscopic pattern. Both sidewalls of raised portions of the first and second microscopic patterns are formed with wobbling so as to be parallel with each other. Auxiliary information and a reference clock is recorded on these sidewalls alternately and continuously. | 08-27-2009 |
20090213715 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND APPARATUSES FOR REPRODUCING, RECORDING, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING THEREOF, AND METHODS FOR REPRODUCING, RECORDING, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING THEREOF - An information recording medium comprises a substrate, a second recording layer, a second light transmitting layer, a first recording layer for recording different information from that to be recorded in the second recording layer, and a first light transmitting layer. The second recording layer is formed with a continuous second microscopic pattern of grooves. The first recording layer is formed with a continuous first microscopic pattern of grooves that is different from the second microscopic pattern. Both sidewalls of raised portions of the first and second microscopic patterns are formed with wobbling so as to be parallel with each other. Auxiliary information and a reference clock is recorded on these sidewalls alternately and continuously. | 08-27-2009 |
20090213714 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND APPARATUSES FOR REPRODUCING, RECORDING, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING THEREOF, AND METHODS FOR REPRODUCING, RECORDING, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING THEREOF - An information recording medium comprises a substrate, a second recording layer, a second light transmitting layer, a first recording layer for recording different information from that to be recorded in the second recording layer, and a first light transmitting layer. The second recording layer is formed with a continuous second microscopic pattern of grooves. The first recording layer is formed with a continuous first microscopic pattern of grooves that is different from the second microscopic pattern. Both sidewalls of raised portions of the first and second microscopic patterns are formed with wobbling so as to be parallel with each other. Auxiliary information and a reference clock is recorded on these sidewalls alternately and continuously. | 08-27-2009 |
20090202100 | Voice coil and speaker - A voice coil includes a cylindrical bobbin formed of a first material; a coil which surrounds on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; and a plurality of reinforcement members formed of a material having a propagation speed faster than the first material and provided on the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical bobbin. | 08-13-2009 |
20090189834 | Display with multiple emission layers - A display has light emitting elements, a first driver, a power source, and a second driver. Each light emitting element includes “n” emission layers formed one over another to form a color dot in each pixel. The first driver drives the emission layers to emit light or no light. The power source passes a current through the first driver to the light emitting element. The second driver individually weights the n emission layers and makes the emission layers emit light so that each dot may express a gradation level. | 07-30-2009 |
20090175608 | Image Fluctuation Correction Device - An image fluctuation correction device includes a shake detecting means | 07-09-2009 |
20090175607 | Image Fluctuation Correction Device - An image fluctuation correction device comprises shake detecting means | 07-09-2009 |
20090175500 | Object tracking apparatus - An object tracking apparatus tracks an object on image data captured continuously. The object tracking apparatus includes an object color adjusting unit and a particle filter processing unit. The object color adjusting unit calculates tendency of color change in regions on image data and adjusts a color of the object set as an object color based on the tendency of color change to obtain a reference color. The particle filter processing unit estimates a region corresponding to the object on image data based on likelihood of each particle calculated by comparing a color around each particle with the reference color, using particles which move on image data according to a predefined rule. | 07-09-2009 |
20090168450 | Light source device, lighting device and image display device - A light source device includes an optical element | 07-02-2009 |
20090154757 | Speaker Device, Installation Body for Speaker Device, and Mobile Body Having Speaker Device Mounted Thereon - A speaker device ( | 06-18-2009 |
20090135710 | Information recording carrier - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by frequency shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 05-28-2009 |
20090135709 | Information recording carrier - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by frequency shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 05-28-2009 |
20090116371 | RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A SUBSTRATE CONTAINING MICROSCOPIC PATTERN OF PARALLEL GROOVE AND LAND SECTIONS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - An information recording medium | 05-07-2009 |
20090116370 | RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A SUBSTRATE CONTAINING MICROSCOPIC PATTERN OF PARALLEL GROOVE AND LAND SECTIONS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - An information recording medium | 05-07-2009 |
20090116358 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS THEREFOR - An environmental load information of an information recording medium is recorded on the information recording medium so as to recycle or dispose properly an information recording medium, which is not necessary any more. The information recording medium comprises a main information area ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090116085 | Optical system and projection display device - An optical system capable of outputting hi-contrast images and multi-primary color or 3-dimensional images is provided. Light in primary colors RGB modulated in a first modulation optical system is transmitted through a relay lens | 05-07-2009 |
20090115277 | MOTOR MOUNTED WITH IMPROVED DYNAMIC PRESSURE FLUID BEARING MECHANISM - A motor is composed of a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a shaft, a hub having a cylindrical wall and a thrust ring. The stator includes a motor base, an inner seal and a sleeve having a flange section. The rotor is supported in a thrust direction by a first thrust dynamic pressure fluid bearing constituted by a top surface of the thrust ring, a surface of the flange section with having a first gap between them, and lubrication fluid filled in the first gap and a second thrust dynamic pressure fluid bearing constituted by a bottom surface of the thrust ring, an end surface of the inner seal with having a second gap between them, and the lubrication fluid filled in the second gap, and supported in a radial direction by a radial dynamic pressure fluid bearing constituted by an inner circumferential surface of the sleeve, an outer circumferential surface of the shaft with having a third gap between them, and the lubrication fluid filled in the third gap. The motor is further composed of a taper seal section constituted by an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical wall and an outer circumferential surface of the inner seal, a main lubrication route linking the taper seal section, the second gap, the first gap and the third gap, and a bypass route linking the third gap and an intermediate point between the second and first gaps, wherein both routes are filled with the lubrication fluid. | 05-07-2009 |
20090103423 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING SUBSTRATE WITH MICROSCOPIC PATTERN AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS THEREFOR - A recording medium includes a substrate having a microscopic pattern, which includes a shape of continuous substance of approximately parallel grooves formed with a convex shaped section and a concave shaped section alternating on a surface of the substrate. A recording layer is formed on the microscopic pattern and a light transmitting layer has a thickness of 0.05 mm to 0.12 mm formed on the recording layer. The microscopic pattern satisfies a relation of P≦λ/NA, wherein P is a pitch of the convex shaped section, λ is a wavelength of a reproducing light beam and NA is a numerical aperture of an objective lens. The microscopic pattern also includes modulated address information formed on both side walls of the convex shaped section viewed from the light transmitting layer as a wobble, both the side walls being parallel to each other, and furthermore wherein the address information is modulated by the phase-shift keying modulation system. A reproducing apparatus is particularly suited for the recording medium. | 04-23-2009 |
20090092028 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS THEREFOR - An environmental load information of an information recording medium is recorded on the information recording medium so as to recycle or dispose properly an information recording medium, which is not necessary any more. The information recording medium comprises a main information area ( | 04-09-2009 |
20090090453 | Speaker diaphragms, manufacturing methods of the same, and dynamic speakers - On one surface of a piece of wooden sheet, a cloth or paper is adhered to make an adhered sheet. An approximately V-shaped notch is provided on the adhered sheet, the adhered sheet is wetted to be softened, and a lubricant which acts to keep water is impregnated thereinto. Edge portions of the notch are overlapped, and the adhered sheet is tentatively molded in an approximately horn shape by a first hot press molding. The adhered sheet is then dried, impregnated with thermosetting resin, and half-dried. The adhered sheet is subject to a second hot press molding. A moisture-proof agent is applied on the adhered sheet, a center hole for a voice coil and periphery are removed to make a speaker diaphragm having a predetermined dimension and shape. | 04-09-2009 |
20090087104 | Apparatus for and method of processing image information and recording medium storing image processing program - An apparatus for processing image information regarding image data pieces each having retrievable information including shooting time and a shooting interval includes a grouping unit configured to group the image data pieces, which are arranged in order of the shooting time, by sequentially carrying out grouping steps that each divide or merge the image data pieces into groups according to the shooting intervals, an evaluation unit configured to calculate a score for each of the grouping steps according to one or a plurality of predetermined evaluation items, and a determination unit configured to determine a specific one of the grouping steps according to the calculated scores. | 04-02-2009 |
20090074948 | Re-transfer printing machine and method thereof - A re-transfer printing machine | 03-19-2009 |
20090074381 | METHOD FOR PROTECTION OF DATA REPRODUCTION ACCORDING TO BOTH MEDIUM PROTECTION DATA AND APPARATUS PROTECTION DATA, INCLUDING LIMITATION OF REPRODUCTION BASED ON A FILM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - In a reproduction apparatus, for reproducing an original signal conveyed as main data by a data medium such as a recording disk or broadcasting system, with medium protection data which are specific to the data medium being conveyed together with the main data, the apparatus includes a section for generating apparatus protection data which are specific to the reproduction apparatus, a section for combining the apparatus protection data with the medium protection data to define a protection level, and a section for applying the protection level to restrict reproduction of the original signal, with stepwise variations in restriction occurring in accordance with changes in protection level. The medium protection data may include information for specifying restricted reproduction of portions of the original signal, such as by producing degraded resolution within specified regions of specified frames of a video signal. | 03-19-2009 |
20090073865 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A WOBBLING GROOVE STRUCTURE - An information recording medium having at least a read only area and a recording and reproducing area is composed of at least: a substrate; a recording layer formed on the substrate so as to record and reproduce information; and a light transmission layer having transparency formed on the recording layer. The information recording medium is further characterized in that a wobbling groove corresponding to the read only area and another wobbling groove corresponding to the recording and reproducing area is formed on the substrate without overlapping with each other, the recording and light transmitting layers are continuously adhered over at least two areas of the read only area and the recording and reproducing area, reflectivity of the recording layer is more than 5%, and a push-pull signal output T | 03-19-2009 |
20090073864 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A WOBBLING GROOVE STRUCTURE - An information recording medium having at least a read only area and a recording and reproducing area is composed of at least: a substrate; a recording layer formed on the substrate so as to record and reproduce information; and a light transmission layer having transparency formed on the recording layer. The information recording medium is further characterized in that a wobbling groove corresponding to the read only area and another wobbling groove corresponding to the recording and reproducing area is formed on the substrate without overlapping with each other, the recording and light transmitting layers are continuously adhered over at least two areas of the read only area and the recording and reproducing area, reflectivity of the recording layer is more than 5%, and a push-pull signal output T | 03-19-2009 |
20090073863 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A WOBBLING GROOVE STRUCTURE - An information recording medium having at least a read only area and a recording and reproducing area is composed of at least: a substrate; a recording layer formed on the substrate so as to record and reproduce information; and a light transmission layer having transparency formed on the recording layer. The information recording medium is further characterized in that a wobbling groove corresponding to the read only area and another wobbling groove corresponding to the recording and reproducing area is formed on the substrate without overlapping with each other, the recording and light transmitting layers are continuously adhered over at least two areas of the read only area and the recording and reproducing area, reflectivity of the recording layer is more than 5%, and a push-pull signal output T | 03-19-2009 |
20090073562 | Image fluctuation correcting apparatus - An image fluctuation correcting apparatus rotates a first rotary apex angle prism held in a first prism holding member around a first shaft in a direction for canceling an amount of horizontal fluctuation by electromagnetic force generated between a first drive coil and a first magnet by flowing electric current in the first drive coil. Also, the image fluctuation correcting apparatus rotates a second rotary apex angle prism held in a second prism holding member around a second shaft, which is located 180-degree angle away from the first shaft, in a direction for canceling an amount of vertical fluctuation by electromagnetic force generated between a second drive coil and a second magnet by flowing electric current in the second drive coil. | 03-19-2009 |
20090067805 | Recording and reproducing device - A content recording section records content data, and a play list generating section generates a play list based on the content data recorded in the content recording section. A link information storage section stores link information in which content data identification information is associated with play list identification information. A content list display control section displays a list of content data in a display section, and adds identification information indicating that the play list is stored in a play list storage section to the content data as the base of the play list based on the link information, to display the same on the display section. | 03-12-2009 |
20090067312 | INFORMATION RECORDING CARRIER AND METHOD OF REPRODUCING THE SAME - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by frequency shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 03-12-2009 |
20090060466 | CAMCORDER WITH A DISPLAY - A camcorder has a main body, a lens, which is provided on a front surface portion of the main body, and a display unit having a display screen, which displays incoming images from the lens. A first surface of a rear surface portion of the main body faces the display unit and is concave toward the front surface portion of the main body. A second surface of the display unit faces the first surface. The second surface is convex toward the front surface portion of the main body corresponding to the first surface. The first surface slidably moves the display unit with respect to the second surface. | 03-05-2009 |
20090060253 | Voice coil and speaker - A voice coil includes a bobbin formed of a wooden sheet obtained by slicing natural wood to a predetermined thickness and a coil that surrounds an outer circumference of the bobbin. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059779 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059762 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3. | 03-05-2009 |
20090052525 | APPARATUS FOR PROTECTION OF DATA DECODING ACCORDING TO TRANSFERRED MEDIUM PROTECTION DATA, FIRST AND SECOND APPARATUS PROTECTION DATA AND A FILM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, TO DETERMINE WHETHER MAIN DATA ARE DECODED IN THEIR ENTIRETY, PARTIALLY, OR NOT AT ALL - In a reproduction apparatus, for reproducing an original signal conveyed as main data by a data medium such as a recording disk or broadcasting system, with medium protection data which are specific to the data medium being conveyed together with the main data, the apparatus includes a section for generating apparatus protection data which are specific to the reproduction apparatus, a section for combining the apparatus protection data with the medium protection data to define a protection level, and a section for applying the protection level to restrict reproduction of the original signal, with stepwise variations in restriction occurring in accordance with changes in protection level. The medium protection data may include information for specifying restricted reproduction of portions of the original signal, such as by producing degraded resolution within specified regions of specified frames of a video signal. | 02-26-2009 |
20090041339 | Pseudo 3D image generation device, image encoding device, image encoding method, image transmission method, image decoding device, and image decoding method - A pseudo 3D image generation device includes frame memories that store a plurality of basic depth models used for estimating depth data based on a non-3D image signal and generating a pseudo 3D image signal; a depth model combination unit that combines the plurality of basic depth models for generating a composite depth model based on a control signal indicating composite percentages for combining the plurality of basic depth models; an addition unit that generates depth estimation data from the non-3D image signal and the composite depth models; and a texture shift unit that shifts the texture of the non-3D image for generating the pseudo 3D image signal. | 02-12-2009 |
20090040915 | INFORMATION RECORDING CARRIER AND METHOD OF REPRODUCING THE SAME - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by frequency shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 02-12-2009 |
20090038878 | Acoustic diaphragm and speaker - An acoustic diaphragm includes a diaphragm formed of a uniform material and a first standing wave suppression member provided on a surface of the diaphragm along a first direction of passing through a center of the diaphragm. | 02-12-2009 |
20090022046 | Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022045 | Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022017 | RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A SUBSTRATE CONTAINING MICROSCOPIC PATTERN OF PARALLEL GROOVE AND LAND SECTIONS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - An information recording medium | 01-22-2009 |
20090022016 | RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A SUBSTRATE CONTAINING MICROSCOPIC PATTERN OF PARALLEL GROOVE AND LAND SECTIONS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT THEREFOR - An information recording medium | 01-22-2009 |
20090014233 | Diaphragm, spherical-shell diaphragm and electroacoustic transducer, and method of manufacturing electroacoustic transducer - A diaphragm in one mode of the present invention comprises an outer shape section having a circle with one diameter, or a shape of a polygon to be inscribed in a circle with the one diameter; an inner shape section protruding in one direction with regard to a plane including the outer shape section, wherein a shape formed by projecting the inner shape section on the plane is rotationally symmetric about the central axis of the circle; and a vibrating face section linking the outer shape section and the inner shape section and having an inclined face inclined to the central axis, wherein any one of cross-sectional shapes of the vibrating face section is rotationally symmetric about an eccentric axis which is eccentric with regard to the central axis, the cross-sectional shapes being defined by a plane intersecting perpendicularly to the central axis. An electroacoustic transducer uses the above diaphragm. | 01-15-2009 |
20090011187 | Method of Manufacturing Plastic Component Assembly and Plastic Component Assembly, and Plastic Component Welding Head and Plastic Component Welding Machine - A lower half ( | 01-08-2009 |
20090009456 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - High quality images on liquid crystal panel can be obtained alleviating variations of the brightness and color among regions, in which backlight is divided when emission luminance of the backlight is controlled in each region based on image signal. A backlight device is divided into multiple regions, and has a configuration in which light emitted from a light source of each of the regions is allowed to leak to other regions. A maximum gradation detector detects a maximum gradation of a regional image signal displayed on each of the regions of the liquid crystal panel. An image gain calculator obtains a gain to be multiplied to each regional image signal by using luminance bitmap held by luminance bitmap memory. An emission luminance calculator obtains an emission luminance of light to be emitted by each light source. | 01-08-2009 |
20090009020 | MOTOR HAVING SUCTION RING - A suction ring is fixed to a motor base and is provided with an outer circumferential section having a first outer diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of a wall section of the motor base. A plurality of protruded sections each have a second outer diameter larger than the inner diameter of the wall section of the motor base and protrudes outward in a radial direction from the outer circumferential section of the suction ring. The plurality of protruded sections of the suction ring are press fitted into a wall section of the motor base and secures the suction ring to the motor base. One surface of the suction ring coincides with a bottom surface of the ring magnet covering a whole range of a projected area of the ring magnet that is projected onto the surface of the suction ring. | 01-08-2009 |
20080316908 | Information recording carrier and method of reproducing the same - An information recording carrier according to one embodiment has minute pattern including plural grooves or lands formed to be substantially in parallel and adjacent each other and comprises a supporting body having the minute pattern, a recording layer formed on the minute pattern formed on the supporting layer and a light transmission layer formed on the recording layer. The minute pattern is formed under a relation of P<λ/NA, where a pitch of each groove or land is P, a wavelength of a laser beam is λ and a numerical aperture of an objective lens is NA. The plural grooves or lands have at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in the wobbling region by frequency shift modulation. A phase relation between a high frequency portion and a low frequency portion composing the frequency shift modulation is ±(π/20.5) to ±(π/0.75). The data is also recorded wobblingly in the wobbling region by bi-phase modulation. | 12-25-2008 |
20080316880 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RECORDING METHOD AND REPRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - An information recording medium in which bottoms of a guide groove and a pit array formed on a disc substrate are allocated on a same flat plane and shaped in flat. Further, in a transition area from a pit array to a guide groove or from a guide groove to a pit array, the information recording medium is provided with an intermediate area composed of a pit array of which height changes from a height between a bottom and a side of a groove to another height between the bottom and a side of the pit array. | 12-25-2008 |
20080291814 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3. | 11-27-2008 |
20080291813 | Information recording carrier and information reproducing apparatus for the same - Plural grooves or lands formed in an information recording carrier include at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in this wobbling region by phase shift modulation while recorded digitally with a single or multiple waves as a channel bit. | 11-27-2008 |
20080291326 | Apparatus for and method of displaying video signals - An apparatus for displaying video signals includes an input source to receive video signals having different frame frequencies and provide an input video signal from among the received video signals, a frame frequency detector to detect, as a first frame frequency, the frame frequency of the input video signal, a determiner to determine a second frame frequency according to the first frame frequency and provide a frame frequency conversion rate, the second frame frequency being higher than the first frame frequency, an interpolation frame generator to generate interpolation frames according to the frame frequency conversion rate, and a frame frequency converter to convert the input video signal into a video signal having the second frame frequency by interpolating the generated interpolation frames between original frames of the input video signal. | 11-27-2008 |
20080289479 | Reproduction device, reproduction method and computer usable medium having computer readable reproduction program emodied therein - The reproduction device comprises a decoding section, a threshold calculating section, and a musical data output section. The threshold calculating section calculates an average amplitude level in a predetermined section of an end portion of first musical data generated by the decoding section, and calculates a threshold for detecting a silent portion of the end portion of the first musical data on the basis of the calculated average amplitude level. The musical data output section removes a silent portion between the first musical data and the second musical data and reproduces them so that a position nearest to the end position of the first musical data at an amplitude level which is the threshold or more is a reproduction ending position and so that a position near the leading position of the second musical data at an amplitude level which is the threshold or more is a reproduction starting position. | 11-27-2008 |
20080285388 | Control device for electronic appliance and control method of the electronic appliance - An electronic appliance includes a microphone which detects a clapping sound, an edge signal extractor, an edge pulse generator and a judgment processing circuit. The judgment processing circuit generates a first gate having a first time width to detect whether or not a second clapping sound has been generated after elapse of a first predetermined time from a first time when the microphone detects a first clapping sound and the edge pulse generator generates the first edge pulse corresponding to the first clapping sound. Subsequently, the judgment processing circuit generates a second gate having a second time width to detect whether or not a third clapping sound has been generated after elapse of a second predetermined time from a second time when the edge pulse generator generates the second edge pulse corresponding to the second clapping sound. | 11-20-2008 |
20080278432 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A backlight device is divided into multiple regions, and has a configuration in which light emitted from a light source of each of the regions is allowed to leak to other regions. A maximum gradation detector detects a maximum gradation of a regional image signal displayed on each of the regions of the liquid crystal panel. An image gain calculator obtains a gain to be multiplied to each regional image signal. An emission luminance calculator obtains an emission luminance of light to be emitted by each light source, by using an operation expression according to the emission luminance of light to be emitted by the backlight device. At this time, if the emission luminance takes a negative value as a result of calculation, the emission luminance calculator makes a correction so that the emission luminance can take a value equal to or greater than 0. | 11-13-2008 |
20080267053 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267052 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267051 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - In an optical disk including at least a rewritable phase change material and comprising a recording layer having a reflectivity of more than 15%, an address output value as an address pit signal component occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be 0.18 though 0.27 or a numerical aperture of an address pit signal occupying in a reproduced signal in a non recording state is prescribed to be more than 0.3. | 10-30-2008 |
20080264717 | Sound-wave path-length correcting structure for speaker system - A sound-wave path-length correcting structure for a speaker system includes a sound source and a horn. The horn has a sound-wave path-length correcting throat portion. The sound-wave path-length correcting throat portion corrects a sound-wave path-length of a sound wave input from an inlet opening thereof in the sound path, and emits the sound wave from an outlet opening thereof. The sound path is defined by a first side surface with a concave curved surface and a second side surface with a convex curved surface that face each other with a space, and a third side surface and a fourth side surface that face each other with a space. The third side surface and the fourth side surface are formed so that their surfaces gradually widen as the surfaces advance from the inlet opening to the outlet opening of the sound-wave path-length-correcting throat portion. | 10-30-2008 |
20080263824 | Hinge apparatus and image displaying apparatus - A hinge apparatus comprises a rotation body and a fixed body. The rotation body includes a frame which has a base body portion, a side portion being orthogonal to a rotation axis and having a first through hole and a cut portion, and a longer side portion having an extending portion and extending along the rotation axis. The extending portion is engaged with the cut portion and has a protruding portion protruding outwardly of the side portion from a tip end side thereof. The fixed body includes: a bracket having a base portion, a first and a second side portions, a superimposed portion extending from the second side portion so as to be overlapped with the first side portion, and an opening passing through the first side portion and the superimposed portion; and a stud inserted through the opening and rotatably securing the frame to the bracket. The protruding portion is contacted with the superimposed portion at a predetermined angle to regulate the rotation of the rotation body. | 10-30-2008 |
20080259782 | Information recording carrier and method of reproducing the same - An information recording carrier according to one embodiment has minute pattern including plural grooves or lands formed to be substantially in parallel and adjacent each other and comprises a supporting body having the minute pattern, a recording layer formed on the minute pattern formed on the supporting layer and a light transmission layer formed on the recording layer. The minute pattern is formed under a relation of P<λ/NA, where a pitch of each groove or land is P, a wavelength of a laser beam is λ and a numerical aperture of an objective lens is NA. The plural grooves or lands have at least a wobbling region and data is recorded wobblingly in the wobbling region by frequency shift modulation. A phase relation between a high frequency portion and a low frequency portion composing the frequency shift modulation is ±(π/20.5) to ±(π/0.75). | 10-23-2008 |
20080247291 | Optical disc type determining method and optical disc device - Whether an optical disc is a first optical disc or not is determined with reference to at least one of first and second focus error signal amplitude values. Then, if a sum value of the addition of a first focus balance signal value (CD-FBAL signal value) to a second focus balance signal value (DVD-FBAL signal value) is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, the signal surface of the optical disc is determined to be a CD signal surface of a dual disc. On the other hand, if the sum value is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, the signal surface of the optical disc is determined to be a DVD signal surface of a DVD or a DVD signal surface of a dual disc. | 10-09-2008 |
20080238847 | Image display unit - An active matrix type display panel is a hold type display panel which has a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, and holds and displays an electrical signal pixel by pixel for a predetermined time. A frame rate conversion circuit converts a video signal having a first vertical frequency (60 Hz) into a video signal having a second vertical frequency (120 Hz) which is m/n-fold (wherein m is an integer of 2 or more, n is an integer of 1 or more, and conditions of m>n are satisfied) of the first vertical frequency. A time base emphasizing circuit subjects an output from the frame rate conversion circuit to time base emphasis. A drive circuit displays the video signal having the second vertical frequency in a display panel. | 10-02-2008 |
20080232777 | SIGNAL COMPRESSING APPARATUS - An input signal is quantized into a quantization-resultant signal. The quantization-resultant signal is compressed into a compression-resultant signal. The compression-resultant signal is formatted into a formatting-resultant signal corresponding to a predetermined format for a digital recording disc. The formatting-resultant signal includes segments corresponding to user data areas prescribed in the predetermined format. The compression-resultant signal is placed in the segments of the formatting-resultant signal. The formatting-resultant signal is encoded into an encoding-resultant signal of a CD format. The encoding-resultant signal is recorded on a recording medium. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232776 | SIGNAL COMPRESSING APPARATUS - An input signal is quantized into a quantization-resultant signal. The quantization-resultant signal is compressed into a compression-resultant signal. The compression-resultant signal is formatted into a formatting-resultant signal corresponding to a predetermined format for a digital recording disc. The formatting-resultant signal includes segments corresponding to user data areas prescribed in the predetermined format. The compression-resultant signal is placed in the segments of the formatting-resultant signal. The formatting-resultant signal is encoded into an encoding-resultant signal of a CD format. The encoding-resultant signal is recorded on a recording medium. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232133 | Lighting device and display device - A lighting device includes a plurality of light-transmitting guide plates | 09-25-2008 |
20080219141 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING A WOBBLING GROOVE STRUCTURE - An information recording medium having at least a read only area and a recording and reproducing area is composed of at least: a substrate; a recording layer formed on the substrate so as to record and reproduce information; and a light transmission layer having transparency formed on the recording layer. The information recording medium is further characterized in that a wobbling groove corresponding to the read only area and another wobbling groove corresponding to the recording and reproducing area is formed on the substrate without overlapping with each other, the recording and light transmitting layers are continuously adhered over at least two areas of the read only area and the recording and reproducing area, reflectivity of the recording layer is more than 5%, and a push-pull signal output T | 09-11-2008 |
20080215341 | SIGNAL COMPRESSING APPARATUS - An input signal is quantized into a quantization-resultant signal. The quantization-resultant signal is compressed into a compression-resultant signal. The compression-resultant signal is formatted into a formatting-resultant signal corresponding to a predetermined format for a digital recording disc. The formatting-resultant signal includes segments corresponding to user data areas prescribed in the predetermined format. The compression-resultant signal is placed in the segments of the formatting-resultant signal. The formatting-resultant signal is encoded into an encoding-resultant signal of a CD format. The encoding-resultant signal is recorded on a recording medium. | 09-04-2008 |