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20080211969 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING ATSC INTEROPERABILITY - Systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products are provided for causing a dataframe to be emitted at an air interface of an antenna. A memory stores a transmission to antenna delay value (TAD). An offset calculator calculates an offset value based on an epoch of a global timebase generator and the transmission to antenna delay value (TAD). An interface controller in communication with the offset calculator communicates a segment synchronization signal and a field synchronization signal based on the offset value. | 09-04-2008 |
20080225180 | Display Information Feedback - In general, in an aspect, the invention provides a multimedia entertainment system including a communication link, a video source coupled to the communication link and configured to produce a video signal and provide the video signal to the communication link, a video display coupled to the communication link and configured to receive the video signal from the video source via the communication link, and to provide dynamic display characteristic information indicative of a display capability of the video display to the video source via the communication link, wherein the video source is configured to receive the dynamic display characteristic information and to produce the video signal as a function of the dynamic display characteristic information, and wherein the video display is configured to display a video image in accordance with the video signal provided by the video source. | 09-18-2008 |
20080239165 | BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE - A broadcast receiving device includes a receiving component, a comparison component and a drive signal generating component. The receiving component is configured to receive broadcast waves and extract a video signal from the broadcast waves. The comparison component is configured to compare quality of the video signal with a first level. The drive signal generating component is configured to generate a drive signal for displaying video on a display based on the video signal such that at least one of brightness and contrast of the video is reduced by a certain amount when the quality of the video signal is lower than the first level. | 10-02-2008 |
20080259219 | UNIVERSAL TUNER FOR MOBILE TV - A tuner for use in mobile television devices comprises at least one RF front end component comprising a LNA adapted to amplify mobile television signals; a PLL circuit to generate signals; and a pair of mixers to receive the signals from the LNA and the PLL circuit and downconvert the signals; an analog baseband component connected to the RF front end component, wherein the analog baseband component comprises I and Q channel signal paths each comprising a tunable high order impedance filter; at least one signal amplification stage; and a signal filter stage connected to the signal amplification stage, wherein the analog baseband component further comprises a plurality of switches operatively connected to the I and Q channel signal paths, and wherein the plurality of switches are selectively opened and closed in multiple configurations in order to allow the tuner to receive mobile TV signals for all mobile TV standards. | 10-23-2008 |
20080291335 | Dual-Mode Equalizer in an Atsc-Dtv Receiver - A decision feedback equalizer for processing a data signal provides concurrent equalizer outputs (Z | 11-27-2008 |
20080297662 | Method and system for optimizing mobile electronic device performance when processing video content - A method and system for optimizing performance of a mobile electronic device when processing video content through reduced reliance on software processing by the mobile electronic device in making luminance adjustments to the video content. Software processing by the mobile electronic device is reduced by having a video server node preprocess video content and determine luminance adjustments adapted to optimize mobile electronic device performance when rendering the video content. Software processing by a mobile electronic device is further reduced by having a software-driven processor on the mobile electronic device apply luminance adjustment identifiers received from the video server node to select and load onto a display driver integrated circuit on the mobile electronic device lookup tables having values adapted for application to adjust luminance of the segments of the video content as rendered. | 12-04-2008 |
20080297663 | Liquid crystal television receiver - A liquid crystal television receiver includes a circular hole passing through a cabinet in a left and right direction, and an input terminal of a television broadcasting receiver unit mounted on a substrate disposed vertically in the cabinet, the television broadcasting receiver unit having the input terminal passing through the circular hole so as to protrude to the outside of the cabinet. An arcuate rib is disposed on the outer surface of the cabinet around the circular hole so as to surround the input terminal like an arc from the rear part to the lower part. | 12-04-2008 |
20080303957 | Modular Entertainment and Data System - A modular, reconfigurable entertainment and data system provides data to at least one user. A cabinet is provided which contains a plurality of module receiving rails therein. A power supply module is positioned on a first one of the rails and provides an operating potential. An entertainment/data module is positioned on a second rail and a control module is positioned on a third one of the module receiving rails and provides an interface between the user and the entertainment/data module. | 12-11-2008 |
20080309825 | IMAGE RECEIVING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE RECEIVING APPARATUS - A video receiving apparatus configured to receive packetized video data from a server includes a detecting unit configured to detect an error from the packetized video data received from the server; a determining unit configured to determine the importance of the packetized video data with the error in the case that the error is detected by the detecting unit, based on added information relating to the packetized video data; and an error processing unit configured to process the packetized video data with the error, according to the importance determined by the determining unit. | 12-18-2008 |
20080309826 | Television receiving system - The present invention discloses a television receiving system comprising: a smart antenna having a receiving unit that electrically switches directions of receiving television broadcasting signals and a connecting portion that is detachably connected to the receiving unit; and a television receiver couple with the receiving unit though the connecting portion and having a holding portion that holds the receiving unit detached from the connecting portion on a rear surface of the television receiver where is opposite to a front surface displaying videos. | 12-18-2008 |
20080316369 | Broadcast Reception Module and Broadcast Device Using the Same - A broadcast module includes a receiver for selecting the signal of a specific channel from the signals of a plurality of channels under control of a controller; a demodulator connected to the output of the receiver; a detector for detecting the signal-to-noise ratio of the signal selected by the receiver; and a comparator for comparing the signal-to-noise ratio detected by the detector with a predetermined level. The broadcast module can reduce the time required to specify a viewable cannel. | 12-25-2008 |
20080316370 | Broadcasting receiver, broadcasting reception method and medium having broadcasting program recorded thereon - The present invention discloses a broadcasting receiver that receives broadcasting signals in terrestrial digital broadcasting and displays terrestrial digital broadcasting on a screen of a personal computer. The broadcasting receiver includes a recording unit that records a transport stream including the broadcasting signals as recorded data, assigns an elapsed time since recording initiation of the recorded data, and then records caption information contained in the transport stream corresponding to the recorded data as caption data; a search unit that searches, from the caption data, the caption information including a text row inputted via a user interface that receives a command from a user, and displays search results on the screen of the personal computer; and a reproduction unit that, when the caption information is alternatively selected from the search results via the user interface, starts reproducing the recorded data from the elapsed time corresponding to the selected caption information. | 12-25-2008 |
20090015721 | METHODS AND APPARATUS USING SHARED STORAGE FOR CANNEL ERROR CORRECTION AND MULTIMEDIA DECODING AND PROCESSING IN A DIGITAL TV SYSTEM - An OFDM receiver is provided that comprises a channel decoder; a source decoder; and a memory controller coupled to the channel decoder and source decoder to control the channel decoder, the source decoder and a memory separate from the apparatus such that the memory is shared by both the channel decoder and the source decoder. | 01-15-2009 |
20090015722 | SIGNAL RECEIVING CIRCUIT ADAPTED FOR MULTIPLE DIGITAL VIDEO/AUDIO TRANSMISSION INTERFACE STANDARDS - The invention provides a signal receiving circuit applied to multiple digital video/audio transmission interface standards. The signal receiving circuit includes at least an input interface for receiving an input signal, and at least an interface circuit. The input interface includes a set of shared input terminals, a set of first separate input terminals for receiving an input signal corresponding to a first transmission specification with the set of shared input terminals, and a set of second separate input terminals for receiving an input signal corresponding to a second transmission specification with the set of shared input terminals. The interface circuit includes a control circuit coupled to the input interface for supplying a control signal, and a processing module coupled to the input interface and the control circuit for processing the input signal according to the control signal to generate an output signal. | 01-15-2009 |
20090015723 | MEDIA SWITCHING DEVICE - A High Definition Multi-media Interface (HDMI) switch emulating a Consumer Electronic Control (CEC) source device. A source device may be coupled to the HDMI switch, wherein the source device is incompatible with CEC protocol. Configuration information, e.g., a logical address corresponding to a port which couples the source device to the HDMI switch, may be determined and the result may be stored. In response to a user selection of a source device, the sink device may send a CEC message to the source device. The HDMI switch interprets the CEC message on behalf of the source device, e.g., by using the logical address. The switch then creates a logical connection between the selected source and the sink device. In this way, source devices connected to the switch are transparently visible and selectable from the sink device's menu and therefore provide the same usability as CEC devices. | 01-15-2009 |
20090033803 | BROADCAST RECEIVER CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING BROADCAST-RELATED INFORMATION USING DATA SERVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE BROADCAST RECEIVER - A broadcast receiver which can scale up broadcast-related information displayed on a screen using a data service and a method of controlling the broadcast receiver are provided. The broadcast receiver receives a broadcast signal, extracts broadcast program data from the broadcast signal, and displays the broadcast program data on a screen. Also, the broadcast receiver extracts broadcast-related information from the broadcast signal and stores the broadcast-related information. When a broadcast-related information scale-up mode is selected, the broadcast receiver withdraws the broadcast-related information and displays the broadcast-related information on the screen. In this manner, it is possible to display broadcast-related information on a screen so that a user can easily recognize the broadcast-related information from the screen. | 02-05-2009 |
20090059085 | VIDEO SYSTEM - A video system comprises a video receiving unit for obtaining a video signal, and a video signal processing device for having a display device display the obtained video signal, in which the video receiving unit is operative to determine that a transmission path having the video signal transmitted to the video signal processing device is in one of a normal state, an open state, a power connected state, and a ground connected state based on a direct current signal level obtained from the transmission path of the video signal. | 03-05-2009 |
20090059086 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A digital broadcast receiving system and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The method includes the steps of receiving a broadcast signal having mobile service data and main service data multiplexed therein, extracting transmission parameter channel (TPC) signaling information and fast information channel (FIC) signaling information from a data group within the received mobile service data, wherein the FIC signaling information includes a current/next (C/N) indicator, and wherein the TPC signaling information includes FIC version information, and detecting ensemble configuration information of a current MH frame. | 03-05-2009 |
20090066847 | BROADBAND INTEGRATED TUNER - A broadband integrated receiver for receiving input signals and outputting composite video and audio signals is disclosed. The receiver employs an up-conversion mixer and a down-conversion mixer in series to produce an intermediate signal. An intermediate filter between the mixers performs coarse channel selection. The down-conversion mixer may be an image rejection mixer to provide additional filtering. | 03-12-2009 |
20090073321 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING A VIDEO STREAM - The present disclosure is generally directed to a video stream processing system and to a system and method of displaying a video stream. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a video stream to be displayed on a display device. During a first time period, a low resolution version of the video stream is displayed while a full resolution version of the video stream is being recovered. The method further includes synchronizing the low resolution version of the video stream with the full resolution version of the video stream, and, during a second time period after the first time period, switching between display of the low resolution version of the video stream to display of the full resolution version of the video stream. | 03-19-2009 |
20090079879 | Broadcast reception device and antenna connection detection method for broadcast reception device - The present invention discloses a broadcast reception device including a connection section for connecting to a smart antenna that switches directivity or a unidirectional antenna with fixed directivity connected; a first channel search section for executing channel search in the smart antenna; a second channel search section for executing channel search in the unidirectional antenna; a communication section for providing the connected smart antenna with power and a control signal; and a connection detection section for detecting a voltage of the communication section varied by voltage drop caused by the communication section connected to the smart antenna, and detect one of presence and absence of connection of the smart antenna based on a result of the detection, the first channel search section is selected to execute the channel search when the connection detection section detects the connection of the smart antenna, and the second channel search section is selected to execute the channel search when the connection detection section does not detect the connection of the smart antenna. | 03-26-2009 |
20090096934 | Television receiver and liquid crystal television receiver - A television receiver having an antenna function for receiving broadcast signals includes an antenna group having plural variable directivities and including plural antennas formed in plural parts on inner and outer surfaces of walls of a cabinet or nonmetallic surfaces of component parts arranged in the cabinet so as to conform to the shapes of the corresponding surfaces, respectively, and a switching control unit capable of specifying a directivity for the antenna group to receive broadcast signals by the antenna group. | 04-16-2009 |
20090102979 | Portable television-broadcast reception unit, television-broadcast reception method, television-broadcast reception program, and computer-readable record medium with television-broadcast reception program - A portable television-broadcast reception unit is provided which is capable of changing the direction of a directional antenna easily to a direction where an enough quality to watch television can be obtained. In this unit: a television-broadcast reception section | 04-23-2009 |
20090122201 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SWITCHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WIRELESS VIDEO MODULES - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of switching between frequency channels in wireless communication. An apparatus may include, for example, a wireless video source module capable of automatically switching from performing wireless video communication with a first wireless video destination module to performing wireless video communication with a second wireless video destination module. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 05-14-2009 |
20090122202 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM UTILIZING MULL PACKET AND TRS CODE TO IMPROVE RECEIVING PERFORMANCE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A digital broadcasting transmission and/or reception system having an improved reception performance and a signal-processing method thereof. A digital broadcasting transmitter comprises a TRS encoder for to TRS-encode a MPEG-2 transmission stream having null data for inserting a Known data and a TRS parity at predetermined positions, randomizer to input and randomize data stream from the TRS encoder, a null packet exchanger to replace the null data for inserting the Known data to the known data, and an encoder for encoding a data streams to which the Known data is inserted. Accordingly, the present invention detects the known data from a signal received from a reception side and uses the detected known data for synchronization and equalization and further uses the TRS parity for correcting error of the received signal, so that the digital broadcasting reception performance can be improved at poor multipath channels. | 05-14-2009 |
20090141181 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A video processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The video processing apparatus includes: a signal receiving unit which receives a signal from an external video processing apparatus; a video processing unit which processes the signal received by the signal receiving unit; and a controller which supplies or cuts off electric power to the video processing unit according to whether the signal is received by the signal receiving unit. | 06-04-2009 |
20090147145 | ON SCREEN DISPLAY INTERFACE FOR DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE - An interface through which a decoder chip, which pre-processes an image, transmits on screen display (OSD) data to a display chip, which post-processes the image, in a digital broadcast receiving device. The decoder chip generates and transmits an interrupt to the display chip which operates as a host, and when a read command is received from the display chip, the decoder chip reads OSD data from an external memory so as to transmit the OSD data to the display chip. Accordingly, OSD data can be transmitted to the display chip operating as a host using a path different from the image data path. | 06-11-2009 |
20090147146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING MEDIA CONTENT OF PORTABLE DEVICE VIA DIGITAL TELEVISION - A digital TV connected to a portable device via an external input port. The digital TV to which the portable device is connected recognizes the type of the portable device, downloads media content stored in the portable device, and reproduces the media content via a screen and/or a speaker of the digital TV, so that a user can easily view the media content of the portable device via the digital TV without having to perform complex manipulations. | 06-11-2009 |
20090161022 | WIRING BOARD, ELECTRON SOURCE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A wiring board has a substrate having a groove on its surface, a first wiring placed in the groove, a plurality of bonding members located at mutually separated positions and each of which bonds the first wiring and the substrate. A gap is located between the first wiring and the surface of the groove. | 06-25-2009 |
20090174821 | Device Linkage Apparatus and Device Linkage Method | 07-09-2009 |
20090190040 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO MESSAGE, AND PROGRAM - An electronic device includes a connection terminal to connect to an external device via an interface including a first transmission path capable of unidirectional transmission of digital signals and a second transmission path capable of bidirectional transmission of a predetermined message; a detecting unit to detect whether the unidirectional transmission to the external device is possible/impossible; an obtaining unit to obtain an address of the electronic device from the external device if the unidirectional transmission is possible; a storage unit to store the obtained address; a receiving unit to receive the predetermined message from the external device; a determining unit to determine whether a destination of the received message includes the stored address; a responding unit to respond to the received message if the destination includes the address; and a control unit to control the responding unit not to respond to the received message if the unidirectional transmission is impossible. | 07-30-2009 |
20090201428 | MIXER CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A mixer circuit 1 is a mixer circuit including a pair of differential transistors which receives an input signal IN | 08-13-2009 |
20090219447 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DECIPHERING MEDIA CONTENT STREAM - A method, apparatus and system for media content deciphering is disclosed. In one embodiment, a first content stream is received at a receiver device from a transmitter device coupled to the receiver device, wherein the first content stream having media content formatted in a particular package structure, the media content is associated with High-Definition Content Protection (HDCP) values. The first content stream is deciphered into a second content stream by removing the HDCP values from the first content stream, while the package structure of the media content is maintained. | 09-03-2009 |
20090225229 | Metadata transmission apparatus, metadata reception apparatus, imaging apparatus, and information management program - Disclosed herein is a metadata transmission apparatus including a storage section configured to store metadata, and a wireless transmission section configured to transmit the metadata stored in the storage section via a wireless communication network. | 09-10-2009 |
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. | 09-24-2009 |
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. | 09-24-2009 |
20090244396 | ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE TUBE, ILLUMINATION APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY TELEVISION - A backlight device includes a hot cathode fluorescent tube having a pair of electrodes, a power source arranged to apply voltage having an alternating component to at least one of the pair of electrodes, and an electrode heating circuit arranged to supply heating current to the electrodes. The backlight device further includes temperature sensors that detect the temperatures in the electrodes to be supplied with the heating current. Based on the results detected by the temperature sensors a switch element is driven by the control section. The heating current is thus controlled. With this, the temperatures in the electrodes of the electrical discharge tube can be more accurately grasped, and the temperatures in the electrodes of the discharge tube can be more properly controlled. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244397 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPERSION ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF IC INTERNAL COMPONENT SECTION OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IC - An electronic apparatus includes: a first integrated circuit including an internal component section capable of being adjusted with adjustment data, a nonvolatile memory in which beforehand acquired adjustment data of a result of adjustment carried out in advance for the internal component section are stored, and an interface section having a data transfer function of transferring the beforehand acquired adjustment data read out from the nonvolatile memory to the outside and a data storage function of storing actual use adjustment data sent from the outside and supplying the stored actual use adjustment data to the internal component section; and a second integrated circuit including a signal processor, to which the interface section of the first integrated circuit is connected. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244398 | ELECTRON-EMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRON-EMITTING APPARATUS, ELECTRON SOURCE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - By applying a drive voltage Vf [V] between first and second conductive films, when electrons are emitted by the first conductive film, an equipotential line of 0.5 Vf [V] is inclined toward the first conductive film, rather than toward the second conductive film, in the vicinity of the electron emitting portion of the first conductive film, in a cross section extending across the electron emitting portion and the portion of the second conductive film located nearest the electron emitting portion. The present invention improves electron emission efficiency. | 10-01-2009 |
20090251615 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF AN ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix substrate includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix pattern and each forming a pixel; a plurality of gate lines each provided between the corresponding pixel electrodes and extending in parallel with each other; a plurality of first source lines each provided between the corresponding pixel electrodes and extending in a direction crossing an extending direction of the gate lines; a plurality of TFTs provided corresponding to the respective pixel electrodes and connected to the respective pixel electrodes, the respective gate lines, and the respective first source lines; a plurality of capacitor lines each provided between the corresponding gate lines and extending in parallel with each other; and a plurality of second source lines each provided between the corresponding pixel electrodes and extending in parallel with the first source lines. | 10-08-2009 |
20090262251 | Method for driving a display device,a display device, and a television receiver - In one embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed for driving a display device by which display of a moving image with natural movement is achieved while occurrence of flicker is minimized or prevented. The method for driving a display device includes a display screen where pixels are arranged in a matrix includes inputting image signals for one frame into the display device at established intervals, writing a gray level in accordance with the signal in each of the pixels, and displaying an image on the screen, wherein interpolation is performed between a first gray level of each of the pixels in accordance with an image signal inputted in a given frame, and a second gray level of each of the pixels in accordance with an image signal inputted in a next frame, whereby the gray level of each of the pixels continuously changes from the first gray level to the second gray level. | 10-22-2009 |
20090290071 | CIRCUIT FOR AND METHOD OF RECEIVING VIDEO DATA - A circuit of an integrated circuit for receiving video data having a plurality of data streams of pixel data and a pixel clock is disclosed. The circuit comprises a plurality of data recovery circuits, each data recovery circuit coupled to receive a corresponding data stream of the plurality of data streams and having a phase shifter generating a clock signal used to receive the data stream; and a channel deskew circuit coupled to receive the output of each data recovery circuit and the pixel clock. A method of receiving video data is also disclosed. | 11-26-2009 |
20090296000 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EXCHANGING DATA BETWEEN TELEVISION RECEIVERS OVER A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINK - Systems, method and apparatus are described for facilitating the collection of data from television receivers. First and second television receivers exchange data over a wireless communication link. The first television receiver transmits the data received from the second television receiver to a data collection system associated with a television provider. The data collection system processes the received data to analyze the operation of the second television receiver. | 12-03-2009 |
20090296001 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING TV BOX CIRCUIT AND WIRELESS NETWORK CARD CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit board includes a TV box circuit, a wireless network card circuit and a hub chip. The TV box circuit receives a TV signal. The wireless network card circuit receives or transmits a wireless communication signal. The hub chip is electrically connected to the TV box circuit and the wireless network card circuit for processing the TV signal and the wireless communication signal and transmitting the processed TV signal and the processed wireless communication signal to an electronic device. | 12-03-2009 |
20090322959 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER - Reservation information is acquired (S | 12-31-2009 |
20090322960 | Television Broadcasting Receiver - According to the embodiment of the invention, a television broadcasting receiver includes: an input terminal to which a television broadcasting signal is inputted, the second standard being different from the first standard; a printed circuit board having the input terminal substantially at the center of the printed circuit board and having first and second tuner units, the first tuner unit being disposed on one side of the input terminal, the second tuner unit being disposed on another side of the input terminal; and a casing housing the printed circuit board and the first and second tuner units so that the input terminal is exposed to the outside, wherein each of the first and second tuner units performs frequency conversion on the television broadcasting signal according to the first standard or the second standard inputted to the input terminal to obtain a video signal or an audio signal corresponding one of the first standard and the second standard. | 12-31-2009 |
20090322961 | System for digital television broadcasting using modified 2/3 trellis coding - Serially concatenated convolutional coding (SCCC) transmitting ancillary data within DTV signals incorporates the ⅔ trellis coding used for all DTV signals as its inner convolutional coding. The outer convolutional coding of the SCCC is subjected to _“anti-Gray”_ coding, either before or after its interleaving, but before its inner convolutional coding. In a receiver for ancillary data as so transmitted, simple logic circuitry recodes portions of the trellis decoded DTV signal containing soft decisions as to the symbol-interleaved convolutionally coded ancillary data to provide a Gray-code mapping of symbols to modulation levels. This recoding is done either before or after symbol de-interleaving, but before decoding the outer convolutional coding to recover ancillary data. Soft decisions concerning extrinsic information to be fed back to the ⅔ trellis decoder to close a turbo decoding loop are derived from soft decisions as to the ancillary data, and this derivation includes recoding for a binary-code mapping of symbols to modulation levels. | 12-31-2009 |
20100033636 | VSB TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSMISSION DATA - A VSB communication system or transmitter for processing supplemental data packets with MPEG-II data packets includes a VSB supplemental data processor and a VSB transmission system. The VSB supplemental data processor includes a Reed-Solomon coder for coding the supplemental data to be transmitted, a null sequence inserter for inserting a null sequence to an interleaved supplemental data for generating a predefined sequence, a header inserter for inserting an MPEG header to the supplemental data having the null sequence inserted therein, a multiplexer for multiplexing an MPEG data coded with the supplemental data having the MPEG header added thereto in a preset multiplexing ratio and units. The output of the multiplexer is provided to an 8T-VSB transmission system for modulating a data field from the multiplexer and transmitting the modulated data field to a VSB reception system. | 02-11-2010 |
20100053455 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a backlight device including a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent tubes, a pitch of the cold cathode fluorescent tube provided on one end in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal directions of the cold cathode fluorescent tubes with respect to a center line passing through a center in the perpendicular direction of a diffusion plate is differentiated from a pitch of the cold cathode fluorescent tube provided on the other end in the perpendicular direction with respect to the center line. | 03-04-2010 |
20100066916 | DISCHARGE TUBE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, SUPPORTING MEMBER, DISCHARGE TUBE, FERRULE, LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Discharge tubes, each of which includes a glass tube and a ferrule that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is fitted to each end portion of the glass tube, are supported by a plurality of pairs of relay connectors (or supporting members) provided on the front side of a chassis having substantially a plate-shaped configuration. When a discharge tube is supported by relay connectors, stoppers provided on the relay connectors lock the ferrules so that axial movement of the discharge tube relative to the relay connectors is restricted. | 03-18-2010 |
20100085490 | MULTI-STANDARD INTEGRATED TELEVISION RECEIVER - A multi-standard integrated television receiver is disclosed. According to the invention, a RF tracking filter is provided to receive a RF signal and then filter out a fifth order and above harmonics and a band-pass filter is provided to further eliminate harmonics. Moreover, a double quadrature mixer is provided to remove third order harmonics. Accordingly, the quality factor requirement of the RF tracking filter and the linearity requirement of the band-pass filter are relaxed. Thus, the RF tracking filter and the band-pass filter can be fully integrated without any external components. | 04-08-2010 |
20100091197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) PROTECTION AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) PROTECTION - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to an electrostatic discharge/electromagnetic interference (ESD/EMI) protection circuit for an integrated circuit. The ESD/EMI protection circuit comprises an input that is adapted to receive a communication signal, a Zener diode pair connected between the input and a ground that is shared with the input, a resistor coupled to the input, and a capacitor coupled in series with the resistor between the input and the integrated circuit. | 04-15-2010 |
20100134697 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING FIXED RATE TRANSMISSION FOR DIGITAL VISUAL INTERFACE AND HIGH-DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE APPLICATIONS - A system and method transmits graphic data received at varying frequencies at a fixed data rate. The frequency dependent data and associated data clock signal are received and the frequency dependent data is converted to frequency independent data. A ratio of a number of data clock cycles to a number of reference clock cycles is determined and transmitted. The frequency independent data and header data are transmitted, at a fixed rate, to a receiver, the fixed rate being a frequency greater than the frequency of the associated data clock signal. The received the frequency independent data is converted to frequency dependent data based upon the received determined ratio. The communication channel may include an optical fiber and a tension member wherein control data is transmitted along the tension member and graphic data is transmitted along the optical fiber. | 06-03-2010 |
20100141846 | DISCHARGE TUBE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, SUPPORTING MEMBER, DISCHARGE TUBE, FERRULE, LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Discharge tubes, each of which includes a glass tube and a ferrule that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is fitted to each end portion of the glass tube, are supported by a plurality of pairs of relay connectors (or supporting members) provided on the front side of a chassis having substantially a plate-shaped configuration. When a discharge tube is supported by relay connectors, stoppers provided on the relay connectors lock the ferrules so that axial movement of the discharge tube relative to the relay connectors is restricted. | 06-10-2010 |
20100149428 | Backlight Device, Display Device, and Television Receiver - In one embodiment of the present invention, a backlight device includes six light source units including cold-cathode tubes (linear light sources) and driving circuits for driving the respective cold-cathode tubes. The light source units are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cold-cathode tubes. In one embodiment of the backlight device, an inverter controller (control portion) turns on the cold-cathode tubes included in each of two light source units that are adjacent in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction while phases of on-time/off-time cycles of PWM dimming of the two adjacent light source units are shifted from each other. | 06-17-2010 |
20100182514 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - The present invention includes a plurality of linear sources | 07-22-2010 |
20100194996 | DECOUPLED CONNECTIONS - Methods and nodes are provided herein that can generate reliable acknowledgements within the time-frame required to transmit a single message over a decoupled connection so as to meet the real-time requirements of the CEC protocol. Specifically, there is provided a method in a communication system, the communication system comprising a first device, a second device, a first node and a second node, the first and second nodes being connected via a decoupled connection, the method comprising sending a plurality of data packets from the first device to the second device via the first and second nodes; on receiving a data packet from the first device, providing an acknowledgement for said data packet from the first node to the first device; wherein the acknowledgement provided to the first device corresponds to an acknowledgement provided to the first node from the second device in respect of a data packet preceding said data packet. | 08-05-2010 |
20100194997 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 08-05-2010 |
20100208144 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 08-19-2010 |
20100214490 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An active matrix substrate includes a transistor, a pixel electrode, a drain lead electrode connected with the drain electrode of the transistor, and a contact hole connecting the drain lead electrode and the pixel electrode. A non-electrode through-bore portion is created on the drain lead electrode, and an opening of the contact hole crosses the through-bore portion. As a result, any changes or decreases in the contact area between the drain lead electrode and the pixel electrode may be prevented or reduced significantly, while the open area ratio can be improved. | 08-26-2010 |
20100214491 | OPTICAL MEMBER, ILLUMINATING DEVICE USING THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE - An optical member comprises a diffusion layer ( | 08-26-2010 |
20100214492 | DISPLAY UNIT AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A display unit ( | 08-26-2010 |
20100220241 | Broadcast Receiving System and Control Method Therefor - A broadcast receiving system according to an embodiment of the invention, is equipped with a module for displaying an on-timer setting menu, and a control module for referring to an internal clock which is corrected with reference clock information obtained from the outside and performing power control in accordance with the contents, input from a user via an operation module, on the on-timer setting menu. The control module allows selection of either of utilization and non-utilization of the clock information in the on-timer setting menu. The control module corrects the internal clock using the clock information and allows the power-on time to be set if the clock information is received from the outside and the utilization of the clock information has been selected and to allow the time until power on to be set without correcting the internal clock if the non-utilization of the clock information has been selected. | 09-02-2010 |
20100225826 | METHOD OF LOCATING A RECEIVER THAT REDISTRIBUTES CONTENT - A method of identifying from a plurality of receivers a receiver which causes a redistribution of content, the method comprising making available a watermarked version of the content to only a subset of the plurality of receivers, determining if the watermarked version is subsequently being distributed, and eliminating one or more receivers from the plurality based on the determination, until the subset comprises only the receiver which causes the redistribution, thereby identifying this receiver. Preferably a binary search algorithm is used. Also a system for distributing content to a plurality of receivers, configured to execute the method. | 09-09-2010 |
20100231804 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 09-16-2010 |
20100231805 | METHOD FOR SELECTING AN AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO SERVICE RECEIVED - Method for receiving audio and/or video services and an automatic selection step of audio or audio/video services. | 09-16-2010 |
20100231806 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - The backlight device | 09-16-2010 |
20100238358 | ADJACENT CHANNEL POWER SCAN - A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining the presence of adjacent channel interference. Received digital signals are processed to detect the existence of strong channels adjacent to the channel of interest and control signals may be generated based on the detection of strong adjacent channels. The control signals are then used to adjust the signal power of the received signals. | 09-23-2010 |
20100238359 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - The display device | 09-23-2010 |
20100245677 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - A receiving apparatus includes: a deinterleaving device configured to perform a deinterleaving process on an LDPC-coded data signal having undergone an interleaving process, the LDPC representing Low Density Parity Check, by use of a memory which has columns capable of storing as many as “a” data, the “a” being an integer of at least 1; and a control device configured such that if the data signal is supplied in units of N data, the N being an integer smaller than the “a,” the control device controls the deinterleaving device to write the data signal to a predetermined address of the memory while reading previously written data from the predetermined address in a write period, the control device further controlling the deinterleaving device to stop writing the data signal to the predetermined address of the memory while reading the previously written data from the predetermined address in a write inhibit period. | 09-30-2010 |
20100253857 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A liquid crystal device | 10-07-2010 |
20100265409 | FILM MODE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND DETERMINATION METHOD - In a conventional technology in which a film mode is determined when IP (interlace/progressive) conversion processing is performed, a large number of frame memory sections, that is, a large amount of memory is required and increases the cost, and it has been difficult to perform stable IP conversion processing on a pull-down signal other than a video signal, having a regularity. A film mode determination apparatus uses one frame memory section (for storing the image of a previous frame) to calculate the correlation between the images of the current frame and the previous frame and stores only an average of the correlation values of images of past several frames and the determination result (I bit) of the average. Consequently, with a small amount of memory and a simple circuit configuration, the film mode determination apparatus can determine whether input image is a 32 pull-down signal, a 22 pull-down signal, or a video signal. | 10-21-2010 |
20100271558 | HYBRID RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE USING UPCONVERSION FOLLOWED BY DIRECT DOWNCONVERSION - A receiver configured to selectively receive an RF signal from an operating band having a plurality of RF channels. The receiver is configured to upconvert the desired RF channel to an intermediate frequency (IF) greater than the RF channel frequencies. The upconverted RF channel is downconverted to baseband or a low IF. The receiver can perform channel selection by filtering the baseband or low IF signal. The baseband or low IF signal can be upconverted to a programmable output IF. | 10-28-2010 |
20100277651 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 11-04-2010 |
20100277652 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS, TELEVISION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE DISPLAY PANEL - In a display panel, a conductive member subjected to a prescribed electric potential lower than an anode potential is disposed on a first insulating substrate at a location spaced apart from an anode terminal subjected to the anode potential. An insulating member is disposed on the conductive member such that the insulating member includes a part located closer to the anode terminal than an end, on a side facing the anode terminal, of the conductive member and such that a gap is provided between the part and the first insulating substrate. | 11-04-2010 |
20100283902 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND PROGRAM - In a receiving apparatus ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100283903 | PSEUDO TONE-BASED SYMBOL TIMING RECOVERY AND CARRIER TRACKING LOOP DETECTORS FOR VESTIGIAL SIDEBAND RECEIVERS - A receiver is an ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee)-receiver and comprises a pseudo-tone based carrier tracking loop and symbol timing recovery loop comprising one, or more, detectors for providing at least two pseudo tone (PST) signals. The first PST signal drives the carrier tracking loop and the second PST signal drives the symbol timing recovery loop. The detector provides the first PST signal such that the first PST signal is determined as a function of carrier offset excluding symbol-timing offset; and provides the second PST signal such that the second PST signal is determined as a function of symbol timing offset excluding carrier offset. | 11-11-2010 |
20100283904 | RELAY CONNECTOR, MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF RELAY CONNECTOR AND CHASSIS, MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF RELAY CONNECTOR AND POWER SOURCE, MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF DISCHARGE TUBE AND POWER SOURCE TO RELAY CONNECTOR, LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A relay connector | 11-11-2010 |
20100283905 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 11-11-2010 |
20100283906 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - A backlight unit | 11-11-2010 |
20100283907 | LAMP HOLDER, MOUNTING MEMBER, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - A lamp clip | 11-11-2010 |
20100283908 | LAMP HOLDER, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - A lamp clip | 11-11-2010 |
20100289965 | EQUALIZER BASED SYMBOL TIMING RECOVERY WITH SYMBOL ENABLED CONTROL - A receiver is an ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee)-receiver and comprises a controller and an equalizer, which comprises a feed-forward filter and a feed-back filter. The feed-forward filter comprising at least one tap associated with at least one tap coefficient value. The controller determines a location of at least one tap of the equalizer; and if that location is close to a tap boundary (or edge) of the equalizer, the at least one tap of the equalizer is shifted forward or backward by at least one sample position. | 11-18-2010 |
20100289966 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DRIVER METHOD AND SYSTEM - Methods and systems are described for enabling display system data transmission during use. An integrated circuit package includes input interface circuitry configured to receive an audio-video data stream having a video signal and timing information and timing extraction circuitry that can identify blanking patterns for the video signal. The package includes input processing circuitry for receiving audio-video signal and converting the audio-video data stream input into a low voltage differential signal (LVDS). The package includes a timing controller having timing extraction circuitry, a set of symbol buffers, a scheduler, and timing control circuitry. All configured to implement LVDS data transfer and in some implementation enable point to point data transfer from data buffers to associated column drivers. | 11-18-2010 |
20100296002 | Circuit for Detecting a Digital Data Stream and Associated Method - A circuit for detecting a digital data stream includes a first detecting circuit, a second detecting circuit and a decision unit. The digital data stream includes a predetermined symbol having a first data and a second data. The first detecting circuit detects a correlation between the second data and a first frequency-shifted data to generate a first correlated data; and the second detecting circuit detects a correlation between the second data and a second frequency-shifted data to generate a first correlated data, where the first frequency-shifted data and the second frequency-shifted data are generated by performing first frequency-shifting and second frequency-shifting upon the first data, respectively. The decision unit determines a signal status of the digital data stream according to the first and second correlated data. | 11-25-2010 |
20100296003 | LAMP HOLDER, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - A lamp clip | 11-25-2010 |
20100296004 | CHASSIS ASSEMBLY, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - A chassis assembly comprises a chassis | 11-25-2010 |
20100296005 | DISCHARGE TUBE, LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A discharge tube | 11-25-2010 |
20100302457 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 12-02-2010 |
20100309383 | RECEPTION DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVER, RECEPTION METHOD, AND RECEPTION PROGRAM - An orthogonal transform subunit | 12-09-2010 |
20100309384 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A receiver for detecting and recovering data from Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols. The OFDM symbols include within a repeating time frame a signalling OFDM symbol and one or more data bearing OFDM symbols, the signalling OFDM symbol including a pre-amble guard interval and a post-amble guard interval, the pre-amble and the post-amble guard intervals being formed by copying samples from a useful part of the signalling OFDM symbol in the time domain. The receiver includes a signalling and guard detector, which includes a correlator comprising a first branch which includes a first moving averaging filter, which is arranged to form pre-amble average correlated samples by averaging a value of a plurality of pre-amble correlated samples within a moving window, the plurality of samples averaged within the moving window corresponding to a temporal length of the post-amble (Tb), a second branch which includes a second moving averaging filter, which is arranged to form post-amble average correlated samples by averaging a value of a plurality of post-amble correlated samples within a moving window, the plurality of samples averaged within the moving window corresponding to a temporal length of the pre-amble (Tc), a combiner, which is arranged to combine the averaged pre-amble correlated samples and the averaged post-amble correlated samples to form output correlation samples. A post processing detector can detect the signalling OFDM symbol and moreover a synchronisation point derived from a centre of the signalling OFDM symbol with improved accuracy. The receiver finds application, for example, with DVB-T2 in detecting the P | 12-09-2010 |
20100328542 | Low-Noise Amplifier Suitable for Use in a Television Receiver - A low-noise amplifier includes a first resistor that receives a first signal of a differential input signal, and a second resistor that receives a second signal of the differential input signal. The amplifier includes a first transconductance device coupled to the first resistor that provides a first signal of a differential output signal, and a second transconductance device coupled to the second resistor, that provides a second signal of the differential output signal. The receiver also includes a first capacitor coupled between the first resistor input and a control electrode on the second transconductance device, and a second capacitor coupled between the second resistor input and a control electrode on the first transconductance device. The low-noise amplifier can include additional gain stages. | 12-30-2010 |
20100328543 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND TELEVISION APPARATUS - A conductive member is provided, surrounding a terminal, on a substrate so that a portion of the conductive member is positioned between wiring and the terminal. The conductive member includes, at an inner edge thereof, multiple portions whose distances from the terminal are different. The multiple portions include a portion whose distance from the terminal is shorter than that of a portion among the plurality of portions that is closest to the wiring. | 12-30-2010 |
20110007220 | INFORMATION DEVICE - A device for obtaining, storing and displaying information from a remote server, the device has a modem for establishing communication sessions with the remote server. A memory coupled to the modem stores the obtained information, and a display is coupled to the memory for displaying the stored information. The device automatically and periodically communicates with the remote server for obtaining the information. | 01-13-2011 |
20110007221 | FILTERING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVING APPARATUS - The present invention includes: a condition storage unit including a plurality of N-bit unit storage areas, the condition storage unit configured to store, in the unit storage areas, filter conditions having an M-bit data length according to specific data strings and to store the partial filter conditions, in which the filter conditions are divided every N bits, in the plurality of unit storage areas if the length M bits of the filter conditions is greater than the length N bits of the unit storage areas; a link information register configured to hold link information indicating presence or absence of division denoting whether the data stored in the unit storage areas is a part divided into the partial filter conditions; and a comparing unit configured to perform an equivalent comparison of the filter conditions having an M-bit data length that can be restored based on the corresponding link information and the target data strings to thereby detect whether the specific data strings are included in the target data strings if the data stored in the unit storage areas is the partial filter conditions. This allows efficient section filtering with a small data capacity. | 01-13-2011 |
20110013090 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight device in which falling of a light source from a connector member is suppressed. The backlight device ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110019100 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE GAIN CONTROL DEVICE - The device contains a base, a circuit board, a protective cover, a control panel, and top cover. The base accommodates the circuit board having a touch-sensitive IC, a PIN diode, and other common electronic elements. The circuit board is covered by the protective cover and the control panel is positioned on top of the protective cover with a gap therebetween through which a cable connecting the control panel and the circuit board passes. The control panel has a number of copper foils functioning as electrodes. The top cover has a number of touch contacts corresponding to the copper foils. An adhesive tape is positioned between the touch contacts and the cooper foils so that the former is not in direct with the latter. | 01-27-2011 |
20110019101 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a receiving apparatus including a preamble analyzer configured to receive a frame of DVB-T2 made up of an OFDM signal and analyze a preamble contained in the received frame; an offset detector configured to detect a fine offset and a coarse offset on the basis of the analyzed preamble; a carrier frequency corrector configured to execute carrier frequency correction on an OFDM time domain signal obtained by quadrature demodulation on the basis of the detected fine offset and the detected coarse offset; a determiner configured to determine whether the detection of the coarse offset has been completed; and a control signal outputter configured, if the detection of the coarse offset is determined to be completed, to output a control signal for feeding back the fine offset detected on the basis of an OFDM frequency domain signal obtained by FFT computation to the carrier frequency corrector. | 01-27-2011 |
20110019102 | OUTPUT DATA SWITCHING APPARATUS, OUTPUT DATA SWITCHING METHOD, OUTPUT DATA SWITCHING SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR OUTPUT DATA SWITCHING APPARATUS - There is provided an output data switching apparatus for remarkably alleviating user's uncomfortable feeling caused by an output data switching. The output data switching apparatus, as an output data switching apparatus | 01-27-2011 |
20110037904 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - Disclosing herein is a receiving apparatus including, a buffer configured to store packets of a first packet sequence made up of packets extracted from one transport stream that are common to packets of another transport stream and packets of a second packet sequence made up of common packets, a read control section configured to read the packets of the first packet sequence and the second packet sequence stored in the buffer after the passing of a predetermined time after synchronization is established between the packets of the first packet sequence and the packets of the second packet sequence, thereby reconstructing one transport stream from the first packet sequence and the second packet sequence, and an output section configured to output the reconstructed transport stream. | 02-17-2011 |
20110075045 | DATA-PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA-PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING THE PROGRAM - A television ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110080526 | MULTIPLE TUNER TERRESTRIAL DTV RECEIVER FOR INDOOR AND MOBILE USERS - A device is provided. the device comprises A device comprising: a Frequency Domain Maximum Ratio Combining Decision Feedback Equalizer (FD-MRC-DFE), a first device down stream to the FD-MRC-DFE; a second device down stream to the FD-MRC-DFE; and a third device for averaging the outputs of the first device and the second device. | 04-07-2011 |
20110096240 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE LOW-POWER DIFFERENTIAL INPUT STAGE - A low-power high dynamic range RF input stage ( | 04-28-2011 |
20110109808 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST CHANNEL CHANGE USING A SECONDARY CHANNEL VIDEO STREAM - A method and apparatus for fast channel change when changing the channel from a channel being viewed full screen as a main picture to a channel being viewed in a secondary channel program display window (e.g., a picture-in-picture (PIP) window). In one implementation, during the channel change, a secondary video stream for a secondary channel program is up-sampled and displayed full screen while receiving the corresponding regular video stream for the video program, of which program contents are identical to those of the secondary video stream. The program contents of the up-sampled secondary video stream is then be replaced seamlessly with those of the corresponding regular video stream at the time when an instantaneous decode refresh (IDR) frame of the corresponding regular video stream is received. In another implementation, the last GOP packets of the corresponding regular video stream, corresponding to a secondary video stream being viewed in the secondary channel program display window, are buffered without being decoded. Upon a request for the channel change, the buffered GOP packets are decoded and displayed immediately while the decoder starts receiving the following frames in the corresponding regular video stream. | 05-12-2011 |
20110149170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - According to a first aspect, a method of controlling an electronic system includes the step of receiving by a first device a plurality of receivable wireless signals that are intended to control functions of a second device. The first device transmits a wireless signal that prevents a subset of the plurality of receivable wireless signals from controlling the second device. | 06-23-2011 |
20110170011 | TRANSMISSION AND DETECTION OF MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNALS IN REDUCED CHANNEL FORMAT - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to transmission and detection of multi-channel signals in reduced channel format. An embodiment of a method for transmitting data includes determining whether a first type or a second type of content data is to be transmitted, where the first type of content data is to be transmitted at a first multiple of a base frequency and the second type of data is to be transmitted at a second multiple of the base frequency. The method further includes selecting one or more channels from a plurality of channels based on the type of content data, clocking a frequency on the first or second multiple of the base frequency according to the type of content data in the selected channels, modifying the content data to fit within a single output channel, and transmitting the modified data via a single output channel at the chosen multiple of the base frequency. | 07-14-2011 |
20110170012 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO BY USING PATTERN INFORMATION IN HIERARCHICAL DATA UNIT - Video encoding using pattern information of a hierarchical data unit includes splitting a picture into a coding unit of a predetermined maximum size, performing encoding that is accompanied by transformation based on at least one transformation unit of every coding unit for at least one depth, for regions reduced by hierarchically splitting maximum coding units according to depths, with respect to each of the maximum coding units, determining a coding unit of at least one coded depth to output an encoding result, determining an encoding mode with respect to a coding unit of the at least one coded depth including information regarding a size of the at least one transformation unit, and outputting pattern information indicating whether texture related information is encoded based on a hierarchical structure of the maximum coding units, the coding units, and the transformation units according to the encoding mode, information regarding the encoding mode, and encoded video data, for each of the maximum coding units. | 07-14-2011 |
20110181788 | CIRCUIT MODULE FOR USE IN DIGITAL TELEVISION RECEIVER FOR RECEIVING DIGITAL TELEVISION BROADCASTING WAVE SIGNAL - A circuit module for a digital television receiver is formed by multi-layering a decoder LSI including a CPU and a decoder, a decoder layer substrate including a CA interface circuit, a demodulation function layer substrate including a demodulator, and an extension function layer substrate including a communication controller. The demodulation function layer substrate and the extension function layer substrate can be selectively multi-layered to the decoder layer substrate in response to a broadcasting system of a digital television signal or a type of a CA module. | 07-28-2011 |
20110187937 | METHOD FOR FREQUENCY COMPENSATION AND RELATED APPARATUS - A method for frequency compensation includes the following steps: detecting and checking if a desired frequency falls within a first detectable frequency range delimited by an initial frequency and a first specific frequency; and when the desired frequency exceeds the first detectable frequency range, utilizing a first frequency compensation step with a step size greater than a size of the first detectable frequency range for shifting the initial frequency to a first adjusted frequency beyond the first specific frequency in a first direction. | 08-04-2011 |
20110216247 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A signal processing device includes a first and a second reconfigurable circuit whose logic configuration can be changed. With the reconfigurable circuits sequentially reconfigured, the signal processing device conducts processes regarding signals transmitted to and from a connected external device. At a first temporal point that is after completion of reconfiguration of the first reconfigurable circuit based on the first configuration information and before completion of reconfiguration of the second reconfigurable circuit based on the second reconfigurable circuit, a signal transmission path is formed between an external interface connected to the external device and an internal interface connected to an internal device, with the first reconfigurable circuit inserted into the signal transmission path. At a second temporal point that is after completion of the reconfiguration of the second reconfigurable circuit, the second configurable circuit is inserted in the signal transmission path between the first reconfigurable circuit and the internal interface. | 09-08-2011 |
20110249192 | DATA RATE BUFFERING IN DISPLAY PORT LINKS - Rate matching for use in data links between a source device and a sink device is provided. A rate matching device includes a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer having a write pointer and a read pointer; a write control having a write clock to write an input data stream from the source device onto the FIFO buffer using the write pointer; a read control having a read clock to read data from the FIFO buffer using a read pointer, insert data to an output data stream and transmitting the data stream to the sink device; a processor to provide a bit number based on the write clock period and the read clock period, wherein the read control inserts blanking data into the output data stream while the read pointer is stopped in the FIFO buffer to allow the write pointer to move ahead by the bit number provided by the processor. Some embodiments are thus able to avoid buffer overflow or underflow scenarios. | 10-13-2011 |
20110255007 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 10-20-2011 |
20110267547 | METHOD & A MODULE FOR RE-GENERATING ATSC-MH BROADCASTING SIGNAL, AN ATSC-MH BROADCAST RECEIVER, AND A STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a re-generating method and module for an ATSC-MH broadcasting signal, an ATSC-MH broadcast receiver, and a storage medium. The ATSC-MH broadcast receiver includes: a main stream data generating module for receiving an ATSC-MH RF signal, and outputting main stream data including MHE packets; an ATSC-MH broadcasting signal re-generating module for extracting the MHE packets from the main stream data generated by the main stream data generating module, thereby re-configuring data of MPH Group format after data interleaver; and a mobile stream generating module for outputting the mobile stream data from the interleaved MPH group format data re-configured by the ATSC-MH broadcasting signal re-generating module. | 11-03-2011 |
20110292296 | TELEVISION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CIRCUIT BOARD STRUCTURE - According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a circuit board, a pad, a heat-transfer layer, and a block. The circuit board is mounted with an electronic component. The pad is provided on a surface of the circuit board. The heat-transfer layer is formed on the inner surface of a through hole in the circuit board. The through hole has an opening on the pad. The block contains a resin material and is located inside the heat-transfer layer to block the through hole. | 12-01-2011 |
20110298989 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - A receiving apparatus | 12-08-2011 |
20110310305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HISTORY-BASED DECISION MAKING IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER - Various embodiments facilitate history-based decision making in television receivers, such as set-top boxes. In one embodiment, a history-based decision facilitator (“HBDF”) is provided. The HBDF facilitates decision making in a television receiver based on device history data received from the television receiver. In one embodiment, the HBDF receives an indication of an operation to be performed by the television receiver, the operation including one or more parameters. In response, the HBDF determines values for the one or more parameters, based on device history data received from the television receiver. The HBDF then provides the determined parameter values to the television receiver. In one example application, the HBDF can determine a tuner of the television receiver to utilize for recording a program, based on the history of the television receiver, such as that the determined tuner is typically idle during the scheduled recording time period. | 12-22-2011 |
20110310306 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display part displaying a picture thereon, and a video signal processor formatting an input video signal to be displayed by the display part. The display apparatus also includes a video reproducer reproducing video data into a video signal to be processed by the video signal processor, a network module connected to a network and transmitting/receiving data through a predetermined protocol, and a controller abstracting the video data from the data received through the network module, controlling the video reproducer to reproduce the video data as a video signal to be processed by the video signal processor, and transmitting the video signal to the video signal processor. With this configuration, a display apparatus and display system is provided in which a plurality of display apparatuses is connected to a computer through a network and displays a picture based on data received from the computer through the network. | 12-22-2011 |
20120019730 | RECEIVER - The receiver diversity-receives radio wave with a plurality of antennas. The receiver includes a conductive case having a receiving section for executing diversity-receiving processing, a first through hole and a second through hole that are disposed on the surface of the same side of the case and penetrate the case from the outside to the inside, a first antenna and a second antenna for supplying a received signal to the receiving section, and a first hinge and a second hinge that are fixed to the inside of the case, pass the first through hole and the second through hole, directly or indirectly support the first antenna and the second antenna, and are movable, respectively. A partition is disposed between the first through hole and the second through hole. | 01-26-2012 |
20120038833 | TELEVISION CHIP WITH A UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AND METHOD FOR WRITING THE UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION - In order that a television connected to a network can be uniquely identified, a television chip with a unique identification is provided. A non-volatile storage unit is set in the television chip, and the unique identification that can be uniquely identified in a determined scope is stored in the storage unit. After the unique identification is written in the storage unit, the storage unit is set up as a read-only storage unit; and the television chip is set in a television that can be connected to the network. The technical scheme of the invention can be applied to the television decoding chip in the television, wherein the television is connected to the network, a specific television can be identified through the network, so that it will be easier and more accurate during billing the consumption of users owning the television. | 02-16-2012 |
20120062802 | BROADCASTING RECEIVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A broadcasting receiver and a control method thereof which receives a broadcasting signal according to a digital video broadcasting (DVB) standard, are provided. The broadcasting receiver includes: an automatic gain adjuster which adjusts an intensity of a received broadcasting signal to a predetermined level; a frame identifier which identifies an existence or non-existence of an extended frame of the broadcasting signal; and a controller which selectively controls an operation of the automatic gain adjuster depending on the existence or the non-existence of the extended frame identified by the frame identifier. With this configuration, there are provided a broadcasting receiver and a control method thereof which prevents errors in receiving a broadcasting signal having an extended frame. | 03-15-2012 |
20120081613 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTER AND SIGNAL RECEIVER - In a signal transmitter and a signal receiver, a multiplexing part multiplexes a video signal and a time-base-compressed audio signal on the basis of a multiplexing control signal to transmit the multiplexed signal through a data line in the signal transmitter. Further, a demultiplexing part demultiplexes a video/audio multiplexed signal received through the data line into the original video signal and audio signal by a demultiplexing control signal in the signal receiver. According to the so-configured signal transmitter and signal receiver, it is possible to realize a signal transmission system compliant with the DVI standard, in which the audio signal as well as the video signal can be transmitted. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081614 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An LED module (MJ) includes an LED ( | 04-05-2012 |
20120092561 | System and Apparatus for Receiving Digital Television Signals - Apparatus and methods to receive and display digital television signals are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus to receive digital television signals comprises an antenna assembly coupled to the signal processing circuitry and comprising a first antenna positioned to maximize reception in a first direction and a second antenna positioned to maximize reception in a second direction, different from the first direction, and a processor coupled to the antenna assembly and comprising a selection logic module to select an antenna to receive a digital television signal for a specific channel, and a tuning logic module to configure the antenna assembly to receive a signal via a selected antenna. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092562 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVING APPARATUS - A light source apparatus, an image display apparatus and a television receiving apparatus are provided, which can electrically connect boards with each other even if the boards are separated from each other by more than or less than a predetermined distance. In a light source unit in which plural LEDs are aligned on one surface of a LED board | 04-19-2012 |
20120099023 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESSLY TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING IMAGE SIGNALS - A display device and a system for wirelessly transmitting/receiving an image signal are provided. The display device includes: a display panel that displays an image; an upper housing that is disposed on a front surface of the display panel and has an open window defining a display area; a lower housing that is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and has a hole formed in a portion of an area corresponding to the display area; and a wireless communication module that is disposed on a rear surface of the lower housing and transmits or receives a wireless signal through the hole. | 04-26-2012 |
20120105731 | BROADCAST RECEPTION MOBILE TERMINAL - [Object] There is provided a broadcast reception mobile terminal capable of improving both electric power saving and user-friendliness. [Constitution] A CPU ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120154687 | Multi-band tunable antenna for integrated digital television service on mobile devices - A multi-band tunable antenna is implemented on device, where the multi-band tunable antenna supports both VHF and UHF frequencies at the same time, and particularly digital television frequencies. The multi-band tunable antenna includes a tunable component that connects metallic radiating elements. Changing the electrical property, such as capacitance, of the tunable component, changes the ability to receive particular frequencies. | 06-21-2012 |
20120162532 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A liquid crystal display apparatus and a television receiver enable an improvement in visibility in a low-tone range in a configuration in which the brightness of a backlight is changed on the basis of brightness information relating to an image. The apparatus includes an APL curve setting portion and a histogram luminance modulating portion which adjust the brightness of the backlight and a tone signal on the basis of the average brightness of the image and the brightness histogram of the image. A black extending portion applies gamma correction to the tone signal adjusted by the histogram luminance modulating portion on the basis of a previously set gamma value. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162533 | PHYSICALLY SMALL TUNABLE NARROW BAND ANTENNA - A narrow band, tunable antenna uses a series of small inductors wired in series to produce different resonant frequencies from a single antenna across a wide frequency spectrum. Radio Frequency (RF) switches are positioned in parallel with the inductors and are capable of shunting a selected inductor out of the antenna circuit thereby changing the electrical length of the antenna and consequently, the resonant frequency. The RF switch control circuitry is isolated from the RF current in the antenna. | 06-28-2012 |
20120176549 | Closed Loop Laser Control - The radiance of a laser is a function of drive current. The radiance is also a function of other factors, such as age and temperature. A laser projection device adjusts laser drive parameters using a gradient descent operation. The device parameters may be adjusted iteratively and periodically. The period may be shorter or longer than a scan line in a video image. | 07-12-2012 |
20120182482 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight unit and a display apparatus including the backlight unit are provided. The backlight unit includes: a light source unit which includes at least one light source which emits light, and a gap maintaining unit; a light guiding plate which guides the light emitted from the light source; and an elastic member which elastically biases the light source unit toward the light guiding plate so that the gap maintaining unit maintains a gap between the light source and the light guiding plate. | 07-19-2012 |
20120188462 | MULTI-WIRED ANTENNA FOR MOBILE APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to mobile devices. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide one or more antennas embedded into headsets and/or earphone for mobile devices. In an embodiment, an antenna wire having a length of about 100 mm to 150 mm is implement as a part of a headset or an earphone that has an overall length of at least 90 cm, where the antenna wire is substantially insulated from the audio wire(s). The headset or earphone is connected to a mobile device that receives television signals from the antenna. In a specific embodiment, a mobile device includes a connection circuit that is configured to separate television signals form audio signals. In an exemplary embodiment, various components of the mobile device positioned at predetermine location away from the connection circuit to reduce noise and/or interference. | 07-26-2012 |
20120212676 | OPTICAL MEMBER, LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL MEMBER - An object of the present invention is to configure a lighting device to discriminate the front and back sides of a substrate at low costs. In the lighting device of the present invention, a diffuser plate | 08-23-2012 |
20120218474 | Broadcast Receiver and Electronic Device - According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiver includes a housing, a circuit board, a module, a holder, and a buffer. The housing is provided with a wall. The circuit board is housed in the housing and includes a first connector. The module includes a second connector to be electrically connected to the first connector and fits to the first connector with a gap therebetween. The module is movable between a first position where the length of connected portions of the first connector and the second connector is short and a second position where the length of the connected portions is long. The holder holds the module. The buffer is provided to the holder and is bent along with the movement of the module from the first position to the second position. | 08-30-2012 |
20120218475 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device, uneven brightness of which is suppressed, is provided. A lighting device of the present invention includes LEDs | 08-30-2012 |
20120224106 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device includes light sources arranged at an end, light guide portions arranged along an arrangement direction of the light sources and receiving light from the light sources, and light output portions arranged along a direction crossing the arrangement direction and exiting light from the light guide portions. The light output portions include at least a first light output portion and a second light output portion. The first light output portion is arranged relatively close to the light sources and the second light output portion is arranged relatively farther from the light sources with respect to the first light output portion. The light guide portions include at least a first light guide portion and a second light guide portion, and the first light guide portion is optically connected to the first light output portion and the second light guide portion is optically connected to the second light output portion. | 09-06-2012 |
20120236207 | Liquid Crystal Display Device, Liquid Crystal Television Set, and Television Set - This liquid crystal display device includes a display portion, a board portion having a mounting surface on which light sources are mounted, a light guide plate including a first end surface receiving light from the light sources, guiding the light received from the first end surface to the display portion, and spacer members made of an inelastic material, so arranged as to be in contact with the mounting surface of the board portion and the first end surface of the light guide plate. | 09-20-2012 |
20120249883 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing; a circuit board; a flexible printed wiring board comprising a base layer, a conductive layer, and a protective layer. The circuit board is installed in the housing. The flexible printed wiring board is configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board. The base layer includes a first surface and a second surface positioned on an opposite side of the first surface. The conductive layer is provided on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the base layer. The protective layer is configured to cover the base layer and the conductive layer, and includes an outer edge portion positioned on an outside of a periphery portion of the base layer. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249884 | RECEIVER, SHUTTER GLASSES, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A receiver allows controlling a device to be controlled such as a display device based on reference timing acquired from reception data without delay and with low power consumption, and includes: a communication device receiving data incoming intermittently; a first control circuit analyzing the data received by the communication device to identify the presence of a predetermined reference timing signal pattern in the data; and a timer for counting a clock from an initial value, generating a control signal for the device to be controlled according to a resulting count value, and if the count value reaches a predetermined interval value, resuming counting the clock at the initial value. The timer changes the initial value to reduce a count of the clock between the initial value and the interval value if the first control circuit identifies the predetermined reference timing signal pattern to be present. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249885 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device configured to restrict uneven brightness is provided. A lighting device according to the present invention includes an LED | 10-04-2012 |
20120249886 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight unit includes LED boards, LED light sources disposed on a surface of the LED boards, a light guide plate, and spacer members. The light guide plate guides light from the LED light sources. The spacer members regulate the distance between the LED boards and the light guide plate. In the backlight unit, the distance between the light guide plate and the LED boards, and warping or floating of the LED boards are regulated by the spacer members, and therefore, a constant distance can be maintained between the LED board and the light guide plate. | 10-04-2012 |
20120257118 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a first conversion unit configured to convert a first type of command out of commands conforming to a first standard into a first command conforming to a second standard; a second conversion unit configured to convert a second type of command out of the commands conforming to the first standard into a command that conforms to the second standard and is different from the first command; and an output unit configured to output the first command and the second command. | 10-11-2012 |
20120257119 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting device that can suppress uneven brightness. The lighting device of the present invention includes a LED | 10-11-2012 |
20120262631 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - The present invention aims to prevent uneven brightness in a lighting device. A backlight device | 10-18-2012 |
20120268656 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a backlight unit, light from a light source is easily transmitted to a surface of a light guide plate opposite to a light entrance surface. A backlight unit | 10-25-2012 |
20120281148 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a backlight unit, expansion of a light guide plate and thermal deformation of a light source board may occur. It is an object of the present invention to maintain optical design of the backlight unit with absorbing the expansion of the light guide plate. The backlight unit | 11-08-2012 |
20120287346 | Display, Television Set, and Liquid Crystal Television Set - This display includes a light source, a light guide plate having a side surface constituting a light-receiving surface on which light emitted from the light source is incident, a bottom surface, and a surface constituting a light-emitting surface, a plurality of light directing portions provided on the bottom surface of the light guide plate, directing the light incident on the light guide plate to the light-emitting surface, and a display cell arranged on the light-emitting surface of the light guide plate, while the plurality of light directing portions are so arranged that at least either arrangement intervals between the plurality of light directing portions or areas of the plurality of light directing portions are irregular. | 11-15-2012 |
20120287347 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device includes a light source, a chassis housing the light source, and a reflection sheet provided in the chassis. The reflection sheet includes a bottom portion and a sloped portion. The bottom portion extends along a surface of the bottom plate and the sloped portion extends from a peripheral edge of the bottom portion. The sheet sloped portion is inclined with respect to the sheet bottom portion toward a light exit side of the lighting device. The reflection sheet includes a border portion and an adjacent portion. The border portion includes a borderline between the bottom portion and the sloped portion and an area along the borderline, and the adjacent portion is provided close to the border portion and on a side far away from the borderline. Light reflectance is higher in the border portion than in the adjacent portion on the surface of the reflection sheet. | 11-15-2012 |
20120287348 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In order to improve brightness in a lighting device, a backlight unit | 11-15-2012 |
20120293715 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In an edge-light type lighting device, expansion or contraction of the light guide plate is eliminated without bending or warping, and light sources and light entrance surfaces are not contacted with each other and not damaged. A backlight unit | 11-22-2012 |
20120293716 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An object is to improve a reliability of an electrical connection in a lighting device. A backlight unit | 11-22-2012 |
20120293717 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Scan lighting by an edge-light-type backlight device is applicable in a large-screen display device. A display panel | 11-22-2012 |
20120293718 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Connection reliability of a terminal and other part is improved in a lighting device. A backlight unit includes a cold cathode tube having an outer lead at an end part; a chassis housing the cold cathode tube; and a connector mounted to the chassis and including an insertion path to which the outer lead is inserted, a connection terminal that expands to receive the outer lead inserted to the insertion path, and a restricting portion that is selectively moved in one of a first position and a second position. The restricting portion in the first position allows the outer lead to be inserted to the insertion path and allows the connection terminal to expand to receive the connection terminal. The restricting portion in the second position restricts the outer lead to be inserted to the insertion path and restricts expansion of the connection terminal that holds the outer lead. | 11-22-2012 |
20120293719 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A property of dissipating heat generated from a light source in an edge light type lighting device is improved. A lighting device includes: a plurality of LEDs | 11-22-2012 |
20120300131 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a display device, sufficient color reproducibility is maintained while the brightness is maintained at a high level. The liquid crystal display device | 11-29-2012 |
20120307160 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-layered optical member unit to be contained in a liquid crystal display panel, which comprises, from the light ejection side toward the light reception side, a first refractive layer, a light collection layer, and a reflective polarizing layer. | 12-06-2012 |
20120314138 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device configured to suppress the formation of a dark spot on a light incidence surface of a light guide plate is provided. A lighting device according to the invention includes a light source | 12-13-2012 |
20120320277 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a display device, the chromaticity of display images is properly corrected while the brightness is maintained at a high level. A liquid crystal display device | 12-20-2012 |
20120320278 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A television ( | 12-20-2012 |
20120327307 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - Provided are: a light guide plate apparatus including a plurality of light guide plates arranged in parallel in which the middle part in the longitudinal direction of the light guide plates is held by a support body without blocking light diffusion in the inside of each light guide plate; a light source apparatus employing this light guide plate apparatus; a display apparatus in which the luminance distribution is homogenized in the center part of the screen; and a television receiver apparatus employing this display apparatus. | 12-27-2012 |
20130010204 | Method and Apparatus for Identification of Broadcast Source | 01-10-2013 |
20130010205 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - An information display apparatus includes a fan face that is openly/closably bent like bellows, the fan face comprising a thin film flat display formed on a flexible and bendy thin film, the thin film flat display comprising a full color organic EL display capable of displaying a full color television image, a pair of main ribs joined to respective ends of the fan face, the fan face being disposed between the main ribs, a plurality of intermediate ribs interposed between the main ribs, the fan face being joined to the intermediate ribs, and a pivot for turnably fixing the main ribs and the intermediate ribs in a root portion. A television receiver circuit is disposed in one of the main ribs. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010206 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130021532 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND TELEVISION APPARATUS - An electrical device includes a rear chassis, a fastening member, and an attachment member. The rear chassis has a through-hole. The fastening member is disposed inside the rear chassis. The fastening member has a threaded hole. The attachment member retains the fastening member relative to the rear chassis. The attachment member has a first engaging part that engages with an internal portion of the rear chassis. The screw extends through the through-hole of the rear chassis and screwed into the threaded hole of the fastening member for attaching a wall-mount fixture to an external portion of the rear chassis. | 01-24-2013 |
20130021533 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The image processing apparatus includes: a signal receiver which receives a broadcasting signal including first and second contents; a signal processor which processes the broadcasting signal received by the signal receiver; a storage unit; and a controller which receives the first and second contents of the processed broadcast signal from the signal processor and stores in the storage unit the first and second contents to be consecutively played, and consecutively plays the first and second contents in response to receiving a request for playing at least one of the first and second contents. | 01-24-2013 |
20130027616 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - It is an object of the present invention to maintain high brightness of output light while ensuring sufficient color reproducibility in a liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal display device | 01-31-2013 |
20130038798 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a display device, the chromaticity of display images is properly corrected while the brightness is maintained at a high level. A liquid crystal display device | 02-14-2013 |
20130038799 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Uneven brightness in light exited from a light guide plate is less likely to be caused in a lighting device. A backlight device | 02-14-2013 |
20130044264 | MOBILE TV SIDE-LOADING QUALITY INDICATOR - A portable communications device having a display device is able to download and display mobile digital television content, however, when a received signal is too weak, corrupted or otherwise insufficient, a notification message is autonomously generated by the portable communications device, notifying its user of the inability to recover mobile television data. In one embodiment, the portable communications device attempts to recover the mobile television data from a different channel or attempts to recover other television program content from a different channel. | 02-21-2013 |
20130057772 | IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - An image displaying apparatus divides 1 frame into plural sub-frame periods, and modifies the image signals in which a region denoted by an image signal α or an image signal close to the image signal α and a region of another image signal β or an image signal close to the image signal β are adjacent to each other. The image displaying apparatus carries out display, in at least one sub-frames period A, with a modified image signal so that the difference with the image signal of the other region becomes smaller, and in at least one other sub-frames period B, with a modified image signal so that the difference with the image signal of the other region becomes more significant, in the vicinity of the boundary between the region of the image signal α and the region of the image signal β. | 03-07-2013 |
20130057773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING A BROADCAST - A method and apparatus for storing a broadcast are disclosed. The broadcast storing apparatus includes a broadcast receiver which receives a broadcast signal; a storage unit which stores a broadcast signal; and a controller which stores a broadcast signal in the storage unit in response to a storage function being set up for storing a received broadcast signal. The broadcast storing apparatus deletes a part of the stored broadcast signal on the basis of event information related to storage of the broadcast signal. Thus, there are provided a method and apparatus for storing a broadcast, in which a highlight scene is effectively stored while saving storage space. | 03-07-2013 |
20130057774 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, SYSTEM, RECOGNITION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed herein is a mobile telephone terminal for feeding a video image to a sink device, the mobile telephone terminal including an output control section for carrying out control for supplying, to a television through a CEC I/F, a Report Display Source Info command, which is a CEC command unique to the vendor and which inquires whether the television is displaying a video image being fed to the television. The output control section obtains, through the CEC the result of the inquiry in the form of a Report Display Source Info command, which is a CEC command unique to the vendor. | 03-07-2013 |
20130070159 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing comprising a mask and a cover covering a display device from a side opposite to a display screen, the mask comprising an opening from which the display screen is exposed; and a stand comprising first and second portions, and an inclined portion, the first portion comprising an inner member and a cover member, the cover member having rigidity lower than the inner member and covering the inner member at a side closer to a placement surface, the cover member comprising a region facing the placement surface, the second portion being connected to the housing at a side of a rear surface of the display device and connecting the housing and the first portion, the inclined portion being provided in the cover member and inclined in a direction away from the placement surface. | 03-21-2013 |
20130070160 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a display device comprising a display screen and a rear surface at a side opposite to the display screen; a housing accommodating the display device; a support supporting the housing at a side of the rear surface of the display device; a first member in the housing at the side of the rear surface of the display device; a joint joining the support and the first member; and a second member in the housing, the second member being configured to cover the side of the rear surface of the display device, the second member comprising an opening from which at least a part of the first member is exposed and an extending portion located between the support and the first member and extending between edges of the opening, the opening being configured to accommodate at least a part of the joint. | 03-21-2013 |
20130083249 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a display; a circuit board; a housing; an antenna; and a shield. The display includes a display screen. The circuit board is located at a side of the display opposite the display screen. The housing is configured to house the display and the circuit board. The antenna is in the housing, and includes a communication portion and a ground portion. The shield is along a periphery of the ground portion in the housing, and is located between the antenna and the circuit board. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083250 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes a housing and a lid. The housing is configured to house therein a display device and at least a part of a connector. The housing includes an engaging portion and an opening through which the connector is exposed. The lid includes: a first portion covering the opening; a second portion located in the housing and configured to engage with the engaging portion to be prevented from moving toward outside of the housing; and a third portion extending between the first portion and the second portion, and configured to move between a first position inside the housing and a second position outside the housing through a gap between the connector and the housing. | 04-04-2013 |
20130093959 | Display and Television Set - This display includes a light source portion, a first heat radiation member for radiating heat generated by the light source portion, a rear housing covering the first heat radiation member in a state in contact with the first heat radiation member, and a cover member covering a rear surface of the rear housing so that the rear surface of the rear housing is partially exposed outward. The first heat radiation member is arranged on a region corresponding to a region of the rear housing exposed outward from the cover member as viewed from the side of the rear surface. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093960 | Display and Television Set - This display includes a housing, a display portion, a substrate mounted on an inner surface of the housing and provided with a capacitive switch, and a substrate fixing member having a first pressing portion pressing a position, corresponding to the capacitive switch, of a surface of the substrate opposite to the side provided with the capacitive switch, while the substrate fixing member is formed to fix the substrate to the housing in a state pressing the substrate so that the capacitive switch and the inner surface of the housing are in close contact with each other. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093961 | Display and Television Set - This display includes a presser member consisting of an elastic member held between the inner surface of a front housing and the front surface of a display cell portion in a state contactable with both of the inner surface of the front housing and the front surface of the display cell portion thereby pressing an edge portion on the front surface side of the display cell portion on a non-bezelled portion provided with no bezel for holding the display cell portion in the edge portion of the display cell portion. | 04-18-2013 |
20130100354 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION IN CONTENT RECEIVER - The present invention relates to a method of processing information by a content receiver. According to an embodiment, the method includes detecting multi-dimensional code data split and inserted into a content provided through broadcast or an IP when the content is played, temporarily storing the detected multi-dimensional code data, synthesizing the temporarily stored multi-dimensional code data into a multi-dimensional code, when the play of the content is terminated, outputting the synthesized multi-dimensional code image on a screen or making a connection to a server corresponding to a URL obtained by decoding the synthesized multi-dimensional code image or generating and displaying a new multi-dimensional code based on the multi-dimensional code image. The identifier of the broadcast receiver or user's identifier is transmitted to the connected server so that a viewer may be compensated for watching the content. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100355 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A display device includes a display part that displays images on a front surface, a board attachment material configured to support the display part from a rear surface that is opposite the front surface of the display part, and a circuit board attached in the board attachment area on the non-electroconductive surface side of the board attachment material. The board attachment material includes a non-electroconductive surface having no electroconductivity placed on the rear surface side, an electroconductive surface having electroconductivity placed on a side opposite to the non-electroconductive surface side, and a board attachment area on the non-electroconductive surface side. A non-board attachment area of the non-electroconductive surface of the board attachment material is exposed to an outside. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100356 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A display device including a display part, a light emitting element adapted to shine light into the display part, a light emitting element board with the light emitting element fixed on one side, a heat dissipating material formed by bending a sheet material made of metal so as to include a first plane attached to an other side of the light emitting element board and a second plane that forms a specified angle with respect to the first plane and has a heat dissipation function to dissipate heat from the light emitting element. The heat dissipating material includes a release part formed by removing a bended part that is the boundary of the first plane and the second plane. The display device also includes a board supporting part formed in an area corresponding to the release part in the second plane. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100357 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION APPARATUS - A display device includes a light source, a reflection sheet, a display panel and a display panel supporting member. The display panel supporting member is disposed on a back side of the display device relative to the reflection sheet. A part of a back surface of the display panel supporting member disposed on the back side of the display device relative to the reflection sheet forms a rear chassis. The display panel supporting member has a first recessed portion that is recessed toward the reflection sheet such that the first recessed portion presses an inner area of a back surface of the reflection sheet except for a vicinity of an outer peripheral portion of the back surface of the reflection sheet. | 04-25-2013 |
20130107126 | STAND, DOCKING STATION, AND SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT | 05-02-2013 |
20130107127 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION | 05-02-2013 |
20130114002 | Estimating Quality of a Video Signal - Method, device and computer program product for estimating quality of a video signal, wherein frames of the video signal are received at receiving means of the device, each frame comprising a plurality of blocks of pixels. A section of a first frame of the video signal, which is correctly received, is used to provide a concealed block for use in place of a block of a second frame of the video signal. A difference measure is determined indicative of a difference between at least some of the pixels surrounding the block in the second frame and the corresponding pixels surrounding the section in the first frame. The difference measure is used to estimate the quality of the second frame of the video signal. | 05-09-2013 |
20130120663 | INTERFACE CIRCUIT FOR IMAGE RECEIVING APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSPOTING METHOD THEREOF - An interface circuit for an image receiving apparatus is disclosed. The interface circuit includes a plurality of signal transporting units, and each of the signal transporting units has a first signal receiving terminal and a second signal receiving terminal for receiving a first input signal and a second input signal respectively. Each of the signal transporting units compares the first input signal and the second input signal to generate a compare result. Each of the signal transporting units outputs the first input signal and the second input signal and/or the compare result according to a setting mode. | 05-16-2013 |
20130148031 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, television receiver includes: display; flat housing; first member; second member; and electric component. The first member includes an opening through which a screen is exposed and a first wall extending in a thickness direction of the housing between one end of the housing at which the opening is provided and another end of the housing opposite the one end. The first wall covers a circumference of the display. The second member includes a second wall located on the other end and covers the display from an opposite side of the screen. The electric component includes a component surface extending along an internal surface of the second wall on a side of the display away from a center of the internal surface. The component surface is adhered to the internal surface. | 06-13-2013 |
20130155331 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION - A display device includes a frame-shaped front cabinet that includes a light-guiding hole to guide light from a light source to outside, a display including a display region that is disposed so as to be exposed from the frame-shaped front cabinet, an operating board attached to an inner surface of the front cabinet and that includes a ground pattern on the surface thereof on a side of the inner surface of the front cabinet, and an LED as the light source that is attached to the operating board and that is disposed at a position farther behind the ground pattern on the operating board as seen from the front. | 06-20-2013 |
20130176502 | MOBILE TERMINAL, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MOBILE TERMINAL AND THE TELEVISION RECEIVER - According to one embodiment, a communication system includes a transmitter and a switch. The transmitter transmits, to a television receiver, an address used to access a server on a network used by a mobile terminal. The switch automatically switches, after the address is transmitted, the display of the mobile terminal to an operation display that displays an operation element suitable for the operation state of the television receiver. | 07-11-2013 |
20130182187 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PHOTOMOSAIC OF PROJECTOR WITH DMX PROTOCOL - An apparatus and system for controlling photomosaic of projector with DMX protocol includes a DMX signal receiver processing circuit, an MCU microprocessor circuit, an image processing module, a projection module device, an electromechanical driving circuit, a DMX signal input port, a storage device, and a video input port. The DMX signal receiver processing circuit includes a DMX signal input port. The MCU microprocessor circuit is connected with the image processing module, the projection module device, and the electromechanical driving circuit. The image processing module is connected with a storage device port and the video input port. The image processing module is connected with the projection module device. The system includes standard DMX ports and is compatible to DMX ports of lighting device. Multiple projection devices can be used to simultaneously project images that are joined to form an image of a larger size to thereby realize perfect image mosaic. | 07-18-2013 |
20130235277 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Provided is a display device in which a panel module can be fixed to a front cabinet without using screws, and when performing maintenance, the panel module can be easily removed from the front cabinet. | 09-12-2013 |
20130258205 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a housing comprising a first end and a second end on a side opposite to the first end; a first connector configured to be positioned closer to the first end than to the second end between the first end and the second end, and to be attached with an external device in a detachable manner; and a second connector configured to be positioned closer to the second end than to the first end between the first end and the second end, and to be attached with a wireless communication device in a detachable manner. | 10-03-2013 |
20130271670 | Image Display Device Having A Thin Display Panel - An image display device having an image display panel includes: as a casing, a base part mountable on a horizontal surface, a rising part rising from the base part at a predetermined angle, and a panel retaining part connected to an upper part of the rising part, the panel retaining part retaining the image display panel; a first circuit board for processing an image signal to be displayed on the image display panel, the first circuit board being disposed in the base part; and a second circuit board for generating a driving signal for driving the image display panel for display on a basis of the image signal processed by the first circuit board, the second circuit board being disposed in the rising part; wherein the driving signal generated by the second circuit board is supplied to the image display panel, and the image display panel displays an image. | 10-17-2013 |
20130278832 | Digital Television System and Receiver for Providing Information of Point of Interest - The present invention provides a digital TV system comprising a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter comprises an encoder and a combiner. The encoder encodes information of point of interest (POI) into POI packets. The combiner adds the POI packets to vertical blanking intervals (VBIs) of TV data according to synchronous information of the TV data to form the TV signal. The receiver comprises a video decoder, a user interface, and a VBI decoder. The video decoder decodes video data of the TV signal and outputs the decoded video data to a display device. The user interface receives a select signal triggered by a user to select one or more images of the decoded video data upon the decoded video data being displayed on the display device. The VBI decoder determines and decodes a target POI packet from the POI packets according to the selected signal. | 10-24-2013 |
20130278833 | SET BACK BOX - A set back box is provided that comprises: an outer housing having one input side and one output side; stacked printed circuit boards within the outer housing; an input panel for receiving at least one input electrical cable at the one input side; and an output panel for providing signal to a display through at least one output cable at the output side. A strain relief cable is also provided that connects to the output side, wherein the strain relief cable is configured to attach to the display and configured to ensure any output cables are not under tension. | 10-24-2013 |
20130286291 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes a casing that receives a display unit. The display unit includes a reinforcing frame at its peripheral portion. A plurality of elastic members are provided between the casing and the display unit at positions at which the elastic members overlap with an inner edge of the reinforcing frame. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286292 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing comprising an air intake vent and an air exhaust vent; a circuit board device in the housing; a fan in the housing, the fan configured to supply airflow to the circuit board device; an elastic member configured to be placed in an opening of the housing or inside the housing; and a flexible sheet-like first member in the housing at a position where the flexible sheet-like first member covers at least a part of the opening, the flexible sheet-like first member configured to support the elastic member. | 10-31-2013 |
20130300941 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENABLEMENT - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments of the invention are disclosed for enablement employable, for example, in operation in TV white spaces. In an example embodiment of the invention, a method, comprises: receiving, at a master white space device, slave white space device enablement information, wherein said slave white space enablement information corresponds to a further master white space device enablement grant; performing decision, at the master white space device, with respect to one or more of: employment, in connection with the master white space device, of the further master white space device enablement grant; need for additional information; and need for database query; and determining to dispatch, from the master white space device, an indication regarding the decision. | 11-14-2013 |
20130321708 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing; a display device; a cable; and a flexible printed wiring board. The display device includes a display screen. At least a portion of the display device is housed in the housing. The cable is housed in the housing. The flexible printed wiring board is housed in the housing. At least a portion of the flexible printed wiring board is provided to position along or to overlap with the cable. The flexible printed wiring board includes a wiring area and a projecting portion configured to project from the wiring area and to overlap with the cable. | 12-05-2013 |
20130335637 | PROGRAM GUIDE WITH PAST HISTORY DISPLAY AND PROGRAM SELECTION - A method includes receiving, at a set top box, an instruction or command from a user to view program listings associated with programs that were broadcast by a television service provider during a first period of time that is prior to a current time. The method also includes identifying at least one television program that was broadcast during the first period of time and that is available to the user, and outputting, by the set top box, a program guide identifying the at least one television program. The method further includes receiving, at the set top box, a selection corresponding to a first one of the at least one television program and outputting, by the set top box, the first television program. | 12-19-2013 |
20130335638 | TELEVISION RECEPTION APPARATUS, BOARD MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a board in the housing, an electrically conductive shield unit, a connector, and an extending portion. The housing includes an opening. The electrically conductive shield unit includes a first section and a second section intersecting the first section at an end portion of the first section and configured to be secured to the board. The connector is on the board, configured to be secured to the first section of the shield unit, and exposed through the opening of the housing. The extending portion extends from the end portion of the first section of the shield unit and is configured to be secured to the board. | 12-19-2013 |
20140002749 | Generating a Sequence of Audio Fingerprints at a Set Top Box | 01-02-2014 |
20140002750 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140063351 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes a display, a casing, and a driver board of the display. The display is with a bendable sheet-like shape and includes a front face at which an image is viewable and a rear face opposite the front face. The casing includes: a first wall configured to support the display and cover the rear face, a second wall positioned at a side of the first wall opposite the display and positioned apart from the first wall, and a third wall extending between a periphery of the first wall and a periphery of the second wall. The driver board is provided to the first wall at a side opposite the display. The driver board is electrically connected to the display via a flat cable. | 03-06-2014 |
20140111697 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Provided is an illumination device that is capable of improving the utilization efficiency of light, while being lighter and thinner. This illumination device ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140184919 | Information Processing Apparatus And Display Processing Method - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive content, an acquiring unit configured to acquire a time required for reproducing the content, a counter configured to count a first time including at least the required time, and a display controller configured to display the content on the display unit and terminate display of a video on the display unit after expiration of the first time. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184920 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, TELEVISION RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING RESONANCE FREQUENCY - In a wireless communication device having a sheet-like antenna | 07-03-2014 |
20140204275 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEPTION DEVICE - A backlight device ( | 07-24-2014 |
20140204276 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE - A backlight device of the present invention includes: a chassis having a bottom plate; a plurality of LED substrates | 07-24-2014 |
20140211096 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, TELEVISION RECEIVER, DISPLAY SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A television set ( | 07-31-2014 |
20140218617 | Display Device - A display device includes a display portion displaying an image on the front side, a light guide plate arranged on the rear side of the display portion, a heat radiation member arranged on the rear side of the light guide plate, radiating the heat of the light source, and a reflective sheet arranged between the light guide plate and the heat radiation member, including a heat reflecting portion capable of reflecting the heat radiated from the heat radiation member to the heat radiation member on the rear side, while the heat radiation member includes a heat releasing portion configured to release the heat reflected by the heat reflecting portion to the rear side of the heat radiation member. | 08-07-2014 |
20140218618 | Display Device - A display device includes a display device body, a display portion arranged on the front side, a light source, a light source substrate, a light guide plate having a light incident surface, and a heat sink arranged to be opposed to the light incident surface of the light guide plate between the light guide plate and the light source substrate, including a light source arrangement hole configured to arrange the light source and a spacer portion arranged to be opposed to the light incident surface of the light guide plate between the light guide plate and the light source substrate and keeping an interval between the light incident surface of the light guide plate and the light source at a prescribed interval. | 08-07-2014 |
20140218619 | BROADCAST RECEPTION MOBILE TERMINAL - There is provided a broadcast reception mobile terminal capable of improving both electric power saving and user-friendliness includes a broadcast reception mobile terminal that is constructed to be foldable as a result of a lid body arranged to be rotated with respect to a main body, and includes a main LCD panel ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140232941 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a video display system for allowing a user to look at and listen to video and sound on various means. A video display system has a video display device and a portable video display device, connected to each other for communication. The video display device produces own device video data and own device sound data to be displayed and reproduced, respectively, on the video display device; displays the own device video data and reproduces the own device sound data; encodes these data into a data format which the portable video display device is able to handle, to thereby produce other device video data and other device sound data; and sends to the portable video display device. The portable video display device receives these data, and decodes and displays the other device video data, and decodes and reproduces the other device sound data. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232942 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a display apparatus, in which a rectangular frame covering a peripheral part of a display unit is divided into four frame members, and when the end portions of the adjacent frame members are connected by connectors at the four corners of a rectangle, the frame members and the connector may be coupled with high positioning accuracy of the frame members and the connector. The connector includes two positioning parts which abut against the respective frame members and to be connected to position the frame members in a respective longitudinal direction thereof, and the frame members and includes a part to be positioned which abuts against the positioning part of the connector, and coupling means and are formed to couple the frame members and with the connector. | 08-21-2014 |
20140240605 | Apparatus for Very High Speed Adaptive Spectrum Analysis - This invention describes a method by which Broadband Spectrum Analysis can be performed in the Rh and Microwave frequency range with significantly higher speed, accuracy, and flexibility than existing RF and Microwave Spectrum Analyzers. This is done by eliminating the need for the filtering of the incoming signal, a process called preselection that needs to track in frequency with the scanning local oscillator in the instrument. By eliminating this requirement, this invention makes possible the identification and analysis of very broadband signals in a single sweep using an Adaptive Sweep Methodology and a Simultaneous Sweep capability that the present invention makes possible. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240606 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140247397 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device | 09-04-2014 |
20140253811 | Electro-Optical Device - An electro-optical device having a plurality of pixels including a plurality of EL elements, wherein the electro-optical device provides a gray scale display by controlling a period of time at which the plurality of the EL elements emit light in one frame period; the plurality of the EL elements have a first electrode and a second electrode; the first electrode is held at a constant potential; and a potential of the second electrode changes in such a manner that a polarity of an EL driving voltage, which is a difference between the potentials applied to the first and second electrodes, is inverted for each one frame period. | 09-11-2014 |
20140293136 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An illumination device | 10-02-2014 |
20140307171 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display cell, a metal housing, a light source, a reflecting member, and a power supply circuit board. The housing supports the display cell from a rear side of the display device. The light source is attached to the housing. The light source is configured to emit light toward the display cell. The reflecting member is disposed between the display cell and the housing. The reflecting member is configured to reflect the light emitted from the light source toward the display cell. The power supply circuit board is disposed between the reflecting member and the housing. | 10-16-2014 |
20140320746 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a first housing; a component; a wall; and an electrical conductor. The component is exposed to the outside of the first housing with a gap between the component and the first housing. A wall is with a face facing the gap. The wall includes an opening. The gap is connected to inside of the first housing through the opening. The electrical conductor is on an inner face of the first housing. | 10-30-2014 |
20140320747 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE - The backlight device ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140327832 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEPTION DEVICE - A backlight device | 11-06-2014 |
20140347563 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A display device includes: a backlight chassis; and a circuit substrate having a substrate rear surface facing the chassis with a circuit pattern formed on the substrate rear surface and having a part held with respect to the chassis, the chassis having a drawn part with which an edge of the source substrate makes contact when the source substrate is displaced. | 11-27-2014 |
20140354888 | CONNECTION DEVICE - This disclosure relates to a connection device that can provide a new function for an electronic device. | 12-04-2014 |
20140375891 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER DEVICE - A display device | 12-25-2014 |
20150015793 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Provided is a display device and a television receiver each has a frame at a circumferential part of a display panel, the frame having a smaller level difference and a gap at a coupling section of frame members. | 01-15-2015 |
20150042890 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO EQUALIZATION - Video equalization including performing equalization such that a sequence of images have dynamic range (optionally other characteristics) that is constant to a predetermined degree, where the input video includes high and standard dynamic range videos and images from both. Equalization is performed with a common anchor point (e.g., 20% gray level, or log mean of luminance) input video and the equalized video, and such that the images determined by the equalized video have at least substantially the same average luminance as images determined by the input video. Other aspects are systems (e.g., display systems and video delivery systems) configured to perform embodiments of the equalization method. | 02-12-2015 |
20150042891 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - An illumination device ( | 02-12-2015 |
20150103254 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION METHODS HAVING BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION USING PREDETERMINED LINES - Electronic equipment and methods for permitting quick control of the operating state of a source equipment side from sink equipment. A television receiver (sink equipment) | 04-16-2015 |
20150116598 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A liquid crystal display device (display device) is provided with: LEDs (light source); a liquid crystal panel (display panel); a light guide plate; a chassis that is disposed on the opposite side of the light guide plate from the liquid crystal panel, is formed in a plate shape, and has a chassis side recessed and protruding part formed from recessed parts and protruding parts arranged along the plate surface direction of the chassis on a plate surface on the light guide plate side; and a frame (frame member) that is arranged on a display surface side of the liquid crystal panel, accommodates the LEDs, liquid crystal panel, and light guide plate within the chassis, has the LEDs attached thereto, has a frame side recessed and protruding part that can mate with the chassis side recessed and protruding part, and also has the frame side recessed and protruding part mated with the chassis side recessed and protruding part. | 04-30-2015 |
20150341587 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A display apparatus, comprising: a display panel including a display region displaying an image in front side at a center part of the display panel, and including a non-display region around the display region; a light guide plate arranged in rear side of the display panel, and being opposed to the display panel; an optical sheet arranged between the light guide plate and the display panel; and a support part arranged between the optical sheet and the light guide plate, and supporting an edge part of the optical sheet, wherein the optical sheet is opposed to the display region and the non-display region, and at least a part of the support part is located in the display region over a boundary between the non-display region and the display region. | 11-26-2015 |
20160027383 | Display Apparatus and Television Receiver - A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, and a plurality of light sources irradiating the liquid crystal panel with light. The display apparatus inserts black signals during a predetermined period within respective frame periods in a plurality of image frames. The display apparatus respectively displays signals corresponding to the respective regions in each image frame into which the black signals are inserted, in respective regions of the liquid crystal panel irradiated with light by each of the light sources, in an order along an arrangement direction of the respective regions. The display apparatus respectively irradiates the respective regions with light by the light sources corresponding thereto, in a latter period within a period in which the corresponding signals are respectively displayed in the respective regions of the liquid crystal panel. In this case, the display apparatus reduces luminance of light from the light sources corresponding to the respective regions, in an order of respectively displaying the signals in the respective regions of the liquid crystal panel, corresponding thereto. | 01-28-2016 |
20160066016 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR CONTROLLING A BI-DIRECTIONAL HDMI PORT - In accordance with some implementations of the disclosed subject matter, a method for controlling a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port is provided, the method comprising: generating a first voltage at a first pin of the HDMI port; detecting a second voltage at the first pin of the HDMI port; detecting a third voltage at a second pin of the HDMI port; comparing the second voltage to the first voltage; comparing the second voltage to the third voltage; determining based on the comparison of the second voltage to the third voltage that the HDMI port of the device is connected to an HDMI source; causing the HDMI port to act as an HDMI sink; determining based on the comparison of the second voltage to the first voltage that the HDMI port of the device is connected to an HDMI sink; and causing the HDMI port to act as an HDMI source. | 03-03-2016 |
20160085117 | DIRECT BACKLIGHT AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A direct backlight includes a substrate having a plurality of light sources provided thereon; an optical member being provided at such a position as to face the light sources; and a supporting pole, fixed in between each adjacent two of the light sources on the substrate, for supporting the optical member, the supporting pole having light transparency, the supporting pole including two surfaces at least some region of which are mirror-finished and which respectively face the each adjacent two of the light sources. | 03-24-2016 |
20160116661 | Display Apparatus and Television Receiving Apparatus - A display apparatus includes a display panel having a display surface on one surface thereof, a light guide plate disposed on the other surface side of the display panel, a substrate on which a plurality of light source elements disposed to face an end face of the light guide plate are mounted on one surface thereof, a support plate for supporting the substrate, and a frame body for covering a peripheral edge part of the display panel and the support plate, wherein the frame body and support plate have holes formed at positions thereof facing the end face, and the substrate has an insertion hole into which any one tip part of a screw or a clip fitted into the holes is inserted. | 04-28-2016 |
20160131821 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TV RECEIVER - A backlight device includes: a light guide plate, at least one end face thereof being a light-receiving face; and a plurality of light-emitting units arranged in a row along the light-receiving face such that light emitted from light-emitting units enters the light-receiving face of the light guide plate, wherein the plurality of light-emitting units are grouped into a plurality of groups such that an amount of light emitted by each light-emitting unit in a center group on a center-side of the row is less than an amount of light emitted by each light-emitting unit in a peripheral group on a relatively end-side of the row. | 05-12-2016 |
20160147254 | Wearable propping display apparatus - The disclosed apparatus is a display panel (with electronic display) made wearable by suspending it from an operator's neck (or shoulder) by a strap and including a prop to push the display panel away from the operator's stomach/chest and into his comfortable view without using of his hands. The bottom end of the prop makes contact with the operator using an interface designed to provide lateral tipping stability and sliding stability in all directions. The display distance from the operator's face may be adjusted by adjusting the strap length. The prop may include an adjustable extension to better position the display. The apparatus may include only electromagnetic communication for computer remote control, may receive television, may connection to multiple sources with a separate telecommunication housing, may include various accessory holders, may include display panel back side controls or may include computer equipment. | 05-26-2016 |
20160165747 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Provided are a display device capable of suppressing occurrence of defective products due to fastening defect of screws, having excellent productivity and workability, achieving narrowing of frame and thinning of set thickness with excellent appearance quality, and manufacturing at a low cost, as well as a television receiver including the display device. A TV receiver includes a display module, and horizontal frames which cover long side peripheral end part of a front surface of the display module. A first plate part and a second plate part forming each side of L-shaped connectors are provided with a plurality of female screws. The horizontal frame includes an end edge covering part which covers long side end edge part of the display module, and a side covering part which covers a side part thereof, and a protruding part which protrudes inwardly of the side covering part. The protruding part is provided with a plurality of screw insertion holes. With the connector aligned to end portions of the horizontal frame and the vertical frame, screws are inserted into the screw insertion holes, and screwed to the female screws of the first plate part, and thereby the horizontal frame and the vertical frame are connected to each other. | 06-09-2016 |