06th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090033765 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus is provided which includes an image pickup device; a display unit configured to perform a control operation to display a signal output from the image pickup device on a monitor; a first photometry section configured to measure luminance of an image of an object based on the signal output from the image pickup device; a second photometry section configured to measure luminance of the image of the object using a photometric sensor mounted at a position different from the image pickup device; and a controller configured to control exposure based on photometric information obtained from the second photometry section in a case where, before photometric information is obtained from the first photometry section, a request is made by a user to capture an image for recording an output of the image pickup device. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033766 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus reads a unit of first image data corresponding to a first region, a unit of pixels at a time, from a first memory storing image data in a band area and reads second image data to be used in processing of multiple processing object pixels corresponding to the first region from a second memory. The image processing apparatus processes each of the multiple processing object pixels by using pixels in a second region containing each of the multiple processing object pixels and stores data of pixels contained in the first image data to be used in processing of other multiple pixels in the second memory. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033767 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera includes an imager. An optical image of an object scene is irradiated onto an imaging surface of the imager. When the digital camera is rotated, a CPU starts measuring processing for repetitively measuring a rotation angle, and suppresses a change due to the rotation in a positional relationship between the imaging surface and the optical image on the basis of the result of the measurement. The CPU performs exposure processing on the imager every time that the measurement result and the angle of view of the optical image on the imaging surface satisfy the angular condition, and captures the object scene image generated on the imaging surface in to a memory. The plurality of object scene images thus stored in the memory are combined with each other to thereby produce a single panoramic object scene image. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033768 | ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An electronic still camera includes a position calculating unit. A storage unit stores the self-position data calculated by the position calculating unit, as photography-site data, in association with the image data acquired by photographing an object. If the self-position data cannot be acquired at the time of photographing the object, a control unit sets the self-position data acquired by the position calculating unit at a time different from the time of photographing the object, in the storage unit as the photography-site data. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033769 | IMAGE SHOOTING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment an image shooting apparatus comprises shooting mechanism for shooting image information, generating means for generating a moving image stream data file and a moving image information data file formed of information associated with the moving image stream data file as separate files for one title in the image information shot by the shooting means, and first recording means for recording the moving image stream data file and the moving image information data file generated by the generating means as separate files. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033770 | Systems and Methods of Monitoring Exercises and Ranges of Motion - Systems and methods are provided for remotely a monitoring an individual's ability to carry out a various exercise activities and to evaluate the individual's range of motion. The individual can stand or sit in the field of view of the camera and carry out a set of base line activities. The baseline activities can be stored for subsequent retrieval and analysis. Based on the results of that evaluation, other activities can be prescribed for the individual to systematically carry out. The results of the subsequent activities can be evaluated and compared to the result of the base line activities to determine how the activities should be revised or whether other treatments are required or appropriate. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033771 | CAMERA HEAD INCLUDING AN IMAGE PIXEL ARRAY AND A PREAMPLIFIER MODULE - Disclosed herein is a camera system and camera controller having a modularized design. Camera control functions within the controller are distributed among a number of modules, each module performing a component task of controlling a camera. Individual modules can perform tasks such as generating clock signals, digitizing an analog video signal, and providing multiplexed digital video output. Modules communicate with each other over a common bus sufficient to carry the signals necessary to control the camera. The system implements a RAM-based digital sequencer that provides the capability of loading bit patterns into memory and using these patterns to generate waveforms for clocking a CCD. Clock and readout sequences can be composed in a high level language, compiled and uploaded into the controller. Adjustable clamp and sample signal delays used in digitizing an analog video signal provide the capability to optimize the performance of the system in a given application. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033772 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPLEMENTING A PERSONALIZED, IMAGE CAPTURE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method, system, and computer program product for implementing image capture and display services are provided. The system includes an enclosure having an opening through which a subject enters, an imaging system encircling the enclosure, a computer processor device communicatively coupled to the imaging system, and an application executing on the computer processor device. The system also includes an image capture activation component in communication with the computer processor device and a display device in communication with the computer processor device. In response to activating the image capture activation component, the application issues a first command to the imaging system, the first command causing the imaging system to capture images of the subject in the enclosure. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033773 | Imaging apparatus, noise reduction apparatus, noise reduction method, and noise reduction program - Noise reduction is performed on the basis of characteristics of an image in a detection range. A noise reduction block | 2009-02-05 |
20090033774 | Imaging device - An imaging device includes an image pickup sensor that picks up subject light to output image pickup signals, the image pickup sensor having a boundary region generated due to the use of a divided exposure process in the manufacture of the image pickup sensor. In the imaging device, a display unit displays a through image based on image data produced from the image pickup signals, and a selection unit selects a magnification of the through image to be displayed on the display unit. Further, a correction unit performs a correction process on signal differences generated in the image data due to the boundary region of the image pickup sensor, and a control unit controls the correction unit to selectively perform the correction process based on the magnification selected by the selection unit. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033775 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY FOR INITIAL SETTING AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - When a user uses a display device for the first time in a factory mode, whether or not there are defective pixels is examined, and a guide message for setting initial settings is provided, so the user can use the display device in an optimal environment. As a result, if the display device has defective pixels, the user can be provided with after-sales service at an appropriate time, and use the display device at its full potential in an environment most suitable for the display device is set. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033776 | Image Channel Coding - A photo detector matrix may have a plurality of photo detectors arranged in a matrix each generating an output signal, and a plurality of wires coupled with the photo detectors, wherein a number of wires is less than a number of photo detectors and the plurality of photo detectors are assigned to the plurality of wires such that signals generated by the plurality of photo detectors encode a location of a light peak applied to the photo detector matrix. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033777 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH CORNER CUTS - The invention relates to image sensors using a chip with cut corners. The sensor comprises a chip with cut corners comprising a matrix ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090033778 | APPARATUS FOR SAMPLING OF ANALOG VIDEO DATA FROM AN IMAGE PIXEL ARRAY - Disclosed herein is a camera system and camera controller having a modularized design. Camera control functions within the controller are distributed among a number of modules, each module performing a component task of controlling a camera. Individual modules can perform tasks such as generating clock signals, digitizing an analog video signal, and providing multiplexed digital video output. Modules communicate with each other over a common bus sufficient to carry the signals necessary to control the camera. The system implements a RAM-based digital sequencer that provides the capability of loading bit patterns into memory and using these patterns to generate waveforms for clocking a CCD. Clock and readout sequences can be composed in a high level language, compiled and uploaded into the controller. Adjustable clamp and sample signal delays used in digitizing an analog video signal provide the capability to optimize the performance of the system in a given application. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033779 | Method, apparatus, and system providing multi-column shared readout for imagers - An imager and method of operating an imager employing multi-column shared readout circuitry. Columns of a pixel array are organized into groups, each group having a respective multi-column shared readout circuit. The columns of each group are readout serially but in parallel with the columns of other groups. Each multi-column shared readout circuit may comprise a black level correction clamp, a multi-column analog gain amplifier, a analog-to-digital converter, a digital offset correction block, and a digital gain calibration block. A single-column analog gain amplifier may amplify an analog pixel signal value of each column prior to processing by a respective multi-column shared readout circuit. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033780 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a two-dimensional solid state imaging device which can realize speeding up of signal output. The two-dimensional solid state imaging device includes: a pixel region; a first capacitance element and a second capacitance element each of which is arranged for a different column of pixels and accumulates pixel signals of the corresponding column of pixels; a first horizontal signal line and a second horizontal signal line each of which transmits the pixel signals accumulated in a corresponding capacitance element; a common signal line connected to the horizontal signal lines; a scan timing generation unit and a switch unit which control readout of the pixel signals from the capacitance element to the horizontal signal line; and an external output timing unit and a switch unit which select the horizontal signal line and control output of the pixel signals from the selected horizontal signal line to the common signal line. Here, the scan timing generation unit and the switch unit, and the external output timing unit and the switch unit control the readout and the output of the pixel signals, respectively, so that a time period required for the readout of the pixel signals from the capacitance element to the signal line is longer than a time period required for the output of the pixel signals from the signal line to the common signal line. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033781 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus comprises a pixel and a driving unit, wherein the driving unit includes a buffer circuit including a first PMOS transistor and a first NMOS transistor, and letting V | 2009-02-05 |
20090033782 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - It is an object of the present invention to provide a solid-state imaging device capable of prevent image defects from appearing in an outputted image while suppressing increase in a layout area with a simple circuit structure and is an MOS solid-state imaging device. The MOS solid-state imaging device includes pixels which outputs signals corresponding to intensity of incident light, vertical signal lines which are respectively provided to columns of the pixels and each of which transmits the signals from said pixels in a column direction, and column amplifier circuits that amplify the signals from the pixels and are respectively connected to the vertical signal lines, and each of the column amplifier circuits includes a voltage clipping circuit includes a voltage clipping circuit which limits a maximum output voltage of said column amplifier circuit. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033783 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus comprises: a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a row direction and column direction; a selection unit configured to select a row of the pixel array; and a readout unit configured to read out signals from the pixels of the row selected by the selection unit, wherein, when the readout unit reads out signals from the pixels of not all rows but some rows in the pixel array, the selection unit resets the pixels of rows in adjacent regions adjacent to readout rows from which signals are read out, and the pixel array includes rows, in which the pixels are not reset by the selection unit, in regions other than the readout rows and the adjacent regions. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033784 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device is provided and includes: a plurality of pairs of photoelectric conversion elements, each pair including a first photoelectric conversion element and a second photoelectric conversion element which are adjacent to each other; a charge transfer path that is disposed adjacently to the first photoelectric conversion element and that transfers in a first direction an electric charge stored in the first photoelectric conversion element; a first charge reading section that is disposed between the charge transfer path and the first photoelectric conversion element and that reads the electric charge stored in the first photoelectric conversion element to the charge transfer path; and a second charge reading section that is disposed between the first photoelectric conversion element and the second photoelectric conversion element and that reads an electric charge stored in the second photoelectric conversion element to the first photoelectric conversion element. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033785 | Projection Device With Display Monitor - A projection device with a display monitor includes: a projection section that projects an optical image for display; a display monitor that displays a reproduced image; and a display controlling unit that individually controls both the projection section and the display monitor in response to an instruction to perform both a display by the display monitor and a projection display by the projection section so as to differentiate a display mode of the projection display and a display mode of the display. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033786 | TECHNIQUES TO AUTOMATICALLY FOCUS A DIGITAL CAMERA - Various embodiments are directed to techniques to automatically focus a digital camera. In one or more embodiments, a mobile electronics device may comprise a digital camera having a lens component and lens position component. A display may be coupled to the digital camera to reproduce an image with a first focal point. The digital camera may also include a focal point selection module coupled to the display to select a second focal point for the image and a focus control module coupled to the focal point selection module and the lens position component to provide focus control signals to the lens position component to focus the lens component on the second focal point. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033787 | IMAGE INPUT MODULE ADJUSTING DEVICE AND IMAGE INPUT MODULE ADJUSTING METHOD - An image input module adjusting device includes a board moving mechanism configured to movably hold a board in directions crossing each other; a board moving restriction mechanism configured to restrict movement of the board; an engaging member moving mechanism configured to move an engaging member engaged with a position adjusting component provided on the board; a control part configured to drive the engaging member moving mechanism while allowing the board moving restriction mechanism to move the board, to move and thereby the engaging member is engaged with the position adjusting component and the board is moved to an adjusting original position; a lens position adjusting mechanism configured to perform the position adjusting of the lens; and a focus adjusting mechanism configured to perform the focus adjusting of the lens relative to the image input sensor while the movement of the board is restricted. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033788 | INTEGRATED OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENTS IN A CMOS IMAGE SENSOR - Methods and systems for forming a chief ray angle (CRA) profile of an imaging lens having a field of view (FOV) are provided. At least one CRA sensor is positioned between an edge of a pixel array and an edge of the FOV, at one or more predetermined lens height percentages. Light is transmitted through the imaging lens and detected by multiple detectors included in the at least one CRA sensor. Each detector is configured to detect a different predetermined CRA. For each CRA sensor, a largest amplitude of detected light among the multiple detectors is selected. The largest amplitude of light represents a CRA of the transmitted light. At least one data point of the CRA profile is determined, by using the selected predetermined CRA at the one or more predetermined lens height percentages. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033789 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a lens holder, a lens module, an image sensor chip, and a printed circuit board. The lens module is received in the lens holder. The lens module includes a lens barrel and at least one lens received in the lens barrel. The image sensor chip has a photosensitive area configured for receiving light transmitted through the lens module. The printed circuit board defines a top surface for receiving both the image sensor chip and the lens barrel thereon and an opposite bottom surface thereon. The bottom surface defines a plurality of recesses thereon for receiving the corresponding electronic elements therein by adhesives. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033790 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a lens holder, a lens module, an image sensor chip, and a PCB defining a step-shaped recess on the upper thereof. The step-shaped recess comprises a first recess formed on an upper portion thereof and a second recess, for receiving a plurality of electrical elements therein, coaxially formed on a lower portion thereof, and a intermediate step surface formed between the first recess and the second recess. A cover plate received in the first recess and attached on the intermediate step surface defines at least one electronic layer therein and an external point formed on the bottom thereof. At least one zero voltage point is formed on the intermediate step surface thereof. The electronic layer is electrically connected to the zero voltage points by the external points, thereby electromagnetic waves generated by the electronic elements are prevented from affecting the image sensor chip. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033791 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Video processing systems and methods are disclosed. One system embodiment, among others, includes a video compression engine configured to provide reconstructed pictures corresponding to a real-time presentation of a video program and a compressed version of the real-time presentation, a display buffer of the video compression engine, the display buffer configured to store the reconstructed pictures, and a persistent storage device, wherein the video compression engine is further configured to store the compressed version of the real-time presentation to the persistent storage device while simultaneously providing the real-time presentation of the video program. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033792 | Image Processing Apparatus And Method, And Electronic Appliance - An image processing apparatus includes a high resolution processing portion for generating a high-resolution image from a first low-resolution image to be a datum frame and M (M is an integer of one or larger) second low-resolution images, the high-resolution image having a higher resolution than the low-resolution images, and a region cutting out portion for setting a first target region in an image region of the first low-resolution image and for setting a second target region in an image region of the second low-resolution image. The high resolution processing portion calculates a pixel value of a region corresponding to the first target region in an image region of the high-resolution image based on pixel values of the first and the second target regions set by the region cutting out portion. The region cutting out portion scans the position of the first target region to be set in the first low-resolution image and sets the second target region at a position corresponding to the position of the first target region after the scan every time when the high resolution processing portion calculates the pixel value of the high-resolution image. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033793 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND TELEVISION DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a television receiver comprises a reception unit configured to receive, from each of external instruments connected to a television receiver, standard information indicating whether or not the external instrument meets interdependent controllability standards and instrument type information specifying the type of the external instrument, a recording unit configured to record the standard information and the instrument type information, in association with each of the external instruments, a display unit configured to display video information from any of the external instruments, and a control unit configured to, when a selection unit selects a particular one of the external instruments, controllably display video information from the particular external instrument on the display unit using a preset first video adjustment value and a preset first screen adjustment value. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033794 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND TELEVISION BROADCAST RECEIVER - According to one embodiment, a video signal processing apparatus includes a signal processor. The signal processor receives a digital video signal transmitted in a format conforming to a specific digital signal transmission standard to perform signal processing for video display. The signal processor selectively switches signal processing corresponding to a standard colorspace and signal processing exceeding the standard colorspace. A message is displayed such that a received digital video signal corresponds to a colorspace exceeding the standard colorspace, and the signal processor is set to a function of performing signal processing corresponding to the standard colorspace. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033795 | IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD, AND IMAGE SIGNAL GENERATING PROGRAM - Disclosed is an image signal generating apparatus that includes a video information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of video information, a characteristic information obtaining unit that obtains a plurality of predetermined characteristic information from each of the plurality of video information obtained by the video information obtaining unit, and a sorting unit that changes an order of displaying the plurality of the video information based on each of the plurality of characteristic information obtained from the characteristic information obtaining unit. The image signal generating apparatus further includes a display image signal generating unit that generates a video signal to display the plurality of video information based on information obtained, as a result of changing the order of displaying the plurality of the video information, from the sorting unit. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033796 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRIGGERING AN OUT OF FOCUS ALERT - In order to trigger an out of focus alert when the focus level of a video frame meets a focus criteria, a method is performed including the operations of: receiving a video frame, partitioning the video frame into a plurality of blocks, calculating an array of discrete cosign transformation (DCT) coefficients for at least one of the plurality of blocks using a DCT, classifying each of the at least one of the plurality of blocks based on the array of DCT coefficients for that block, calculating a focus level of the video frame from the block classifications, and triggering an out of focus alert if the focus level meets a focus criteria. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033797 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND NOISE REMOVAL METHOD THEREOF - A video display apparatus and a noise removal method thereof are provided. The video display apparatus includes a video processor which removes noise from an input video; and a controller which divides the input video into a plurality of areas according to settings, and controls the video processor to remove noise from each of the plurality of areas. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033798 | AUTOMATIC LUMINANCE-CHROMINANCE DELAY COMPENSATION - A method of automatic luminance-chrominance delay compensation is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating an intermediate signal by processing a video signal such as to enhance a plurality of edges in a picture within the video signal, the picture having a luminance component and a chrominance component temporally separated from each other by an actual delay, (B) identifying an estimated delay between the luminance component and the chrominance component by correlating the luminance component in the intermediate signal to the chrominance component in the intermediate signal at a plurality of relative delays and (C) compensating for the actual delay by delaying one of either (i) the luminance component and (ii) the chrominance component by the estimated delay. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033799 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD AND VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A video processing method and a video processing apparatus employing the same are provided. The video processing apparatus measures an amount of noise included in an incoming composite video signal, and outputs 2D comb filtered signal and 3D comb filtered signal in different proportions according to the measured amount of noise. By varying the proportions of the 2D comb filtered signal and 3D comb filtered signal according to the measured amount of noise, video artifacts associated with 2D and 3D comb filtering are compensated and improved. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033800 | MOTION VECTOR DETECTION DEVICE AND MOTION VECTOR DETECTION METHOD - A motion vector detection device includes: a separation section that separates a video signal into a brightness component and a color-difference component; a selection section that selects either the brightness component or the color-difference component, or both; a gain controlling section that controls, if the selected brightness or/and color-difference components exceed a predetermined reference level, its/their gains; and a motion vector detection section that detects a motion vector based on the result of gain control by the gain controlling section. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033801 | FLICKER-FREE ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING FOR AMBIENT LIGHT DERIVED FROM VIDEO CONTENT MAPPED THROUGH UNRENDERED COLOR SPACE - Flicker free operation of ambient light sources that emulate video content during low luminance conditions, where the ambient light source is output thresholded so that an on/off change of state of the ambient light source can be initiated after an intensity variable passes one or two thresholds. Output thresholding is used when extracting and processing video content encoded in a rendered color space, which can be decoded into frames tapped by an interframe interpolation process using only color information from selected frames, such as extracting average or other color information from an selected screen regions. Negative gamma correction helps prevent garish or inappropriate chromaticities and lumina | 2009-02-05 |
20090033802 | Hybrid Coupler and UHF Television Channel Mixer Comprising Such a Hybrid Coupler - A hybrid coupler for UHF-band television transmission has a box containing two lines, each of which is insulated from the box and from the other line, is connected to the other line in a “tandem” configuration, and has a first, a second, and a third portion separate from one another and connected respectively to the third, second, and first portion of the other line to define a first, a second, and a third coupling section to achieve a constant connection over the whole UHF band. | 2009-02-05 |
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. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033804 | METHOD FOR FORMATTING DIGITAL BROADCAST TRANSPORT STREAM PACKET FOR IMPROVED RECEIVING PERFORMANCE, DIGITAL BROADCAST TRANSMITTER, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A method of formatting a digital broadcast transport stream packet, a digital broadcast transmitter, and a signal processing method thereof, includes constructing a transport stream packet that includes a stuffing region for an insertion of a known supplementary reference signal (SRS) data therein, randomizing the packet that includes the stuffing region is randomized, and the SRS data is inserted into the stuffing region of the randomized packet. Adding a parity for an error correction to the packet into which the SRS data has been inserted, the packet to which the parity has been added is interleaved, and a trellis encoding of the interleaved packet is performed. Inserting a segment sync signal and a field sync signal into the trellis-encoded packet, and a vestigial side band (VSB) modulation and an RF conversion of the packet are performed to transmit the VSB-modulated and RF-converted packet. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033805 | Tuner and portable device using the same - A tuner includes an input terminal operable to receive a high-frequency signal including a first high-frequency signal and a second high-frequency signal. The second high-frequency signal has a level larger than that of the first signal. The tuner further includes a first filter having an input port coupled to the input terminal for allowing a signal having the first frequency to pass therethrough and for attenuating a signal having the second frequency, a high-frequency amplifier coupled to an output port of the first filter, a second filter having an input port coupled to an output of the high-frequency amplifier for allowing a signal having the first frequency to pass therethrough and for attenuating the signal having the second frequency, a local oscillator, and a mixer for mixing the output of the high-frequency amplifier with an output of the local oscillator. This tuner has a high receiving sensitivity even when the tuner receives a high-power interference signal near a receiving range thereof and in a weak electric field. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033806 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to the present invention, a plurality of apparatuses can be synchronously controlled by a simpler operation. A synchronous control information management unit | 2009-02-05 |
20090033807 | Real-Time Dynamic Tracking of Bias - A bias value associated with a sensor, e.g., a time-varying, non-zero value which is output from a sensor when it is motionless, is estimated using at least two, different bias estimating techniques. A resultant combined or selected bias estimate may then be used to compensate the biased output of the sensor in, e.g., a 3D pointing device. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033808 | Synchronous control system for light source and spatial light modulator employed in projection apparatus - The present invention provides a display apparatus, comprising: an a light source for emitting illumination light for transmitting along illumination light path; a display device includes a plurality of pixels for modulating the illumination light for reflecting the illumination light along a projection light path after said illumination light is modulated by said display device; light path change actuator for changing the projection light paths; and a control circuit for controlling the light source, wherein the control circuit controls the light source in response to changes of the projection light path. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033809 | PROJECTOR - A projector having a wheel module on its case is provided. The wheel module includes a wheel, an encoder, and a microswitch. When the wheel is pressed for a first time, the microswitch outputs a starting signal for turning on the projector. Then, the wheel is rotated for a first time, and the encoder outputs a menu signal for displaying the on screen display (OSD) menu on a screen. Then, when the wheel is rotated again, the encoder outputs a selection signal according to a rotation amount of the wheel for selecting a function or setting a parameter of the OSD menu. When the wheel is pressed again, the microswitch outputs a checking signal for executing a selected function, entering a sub-menu corresponding to the selected function, or storing the parameter. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033810 | SELF-EXCITED INVERTER AND LCD TELEVISION APPARATUS - A self-excited inverter comprises a pair of switching devices and a transformer having a primary side to which the switching devices are connected and a secondary side to which a lamp is connected. A pulse voltage is applied alternately to gates of the individual switching devices through a drive winding of the transformer, causing the switching devices to turn on and off in alternate turns to produce an AC voltage which is supplied from a pair of main windings of the transformer to the secondary side thereof. An input voltage supplied to the main windings of the transformer is divided by a voltage divider circuit configured with a plurality of resistors and voltages divided by the voltage divider circuit are applied to the gates of the individual switching devices so that the startup voltage follows the input voltage. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033811 | Multiple color writing tablet - One aspect of the invention is a bistable cholesteric writing tablet on which an image is formed by applying a suitable voltage while applying writing pressure, which results in a focal conic texture in a reduced gap region of the active layer while not changing the texture of the unreduced gap region of the active layer (e.g., a written portion being in a focal conic texture on a background in the planar texture). Another aspect of the invention is a multi-color stacked writing tablet in which a color of an image is selected by applying a suitable voltage while applying writing pressure using an instrument such as an untethered stylus on the surface of the tablet. The writing tablet includes at least two or three stacked layers of bistable cholesteric liquid crystal material. Selected colors can be additively mixed to achieve intermediate colors as desired. The image can be erased and new images written on the tablet. Gray scale achieved by varying the applied voltage during writing or the writing pressure in some cases, enables the writing tablet to produce a broad range of colors. The writing device is suitable for many applications such as a toy, sketch pad, erasable signage, tags or a large writing board without the mess of chalk or ink. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033812 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE USING CONTROLLABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS ARRAY FOR 3D/2D MODE SWITCHING - An autostereoscopic display device has an array ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090033813 | MULTI-DOMAIN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A multi-domain liquid crystal display (LCD) including an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate, an electric field shielding layer, and a liquid crystal layer is provided. The active device array substrate has a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel has a pixel electrode. The opposite substrate has a common electrode disposed between the opposite substrate and the active device array substrate. The electric field shielding layer is disposed on a part of each pixel electrode. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate. The liquid crystal layer corresponding to each pixel is divided into a low-voltage domain and a high-voltage domain having the same cell gap, wherein the position of the electric field shielding layer is corresponding to the position of the low-voltage domain. Color shift of the multi-domain LCD is improved effectively at oblique viewing angles. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033814 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SPECKLE IN COHERENT LIGHT - According to one embodiment, a method for reducing speckle in an image produced from a coherent light source includes directing a beam of coherent light at an electrically controlled diffuser. An electrical signal is applied to the electrically controlled diffuser to produce an electrical field across the electrically controlled diffuser layer. At least one of an amplitude and a frequency of the electrical signal are varied to transition the controlled diffuser between a first state and a second state. The varied application of the electrical signal operates to reduce spatial coherence in an image projected through the electrically controlled diffuser. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033815 | Pixel Structures, Methods of Forming the Same and Multi Domain Vertical Alignment LCDs - A pixel structure is provided. The pixel structure comprises a lower substrate with a transistor and pixel area; a first patterned conductive layer, which has a data line and a gate within the transistor area that is disposed on the lower substrate; a patterned insulator layer covering the first patterned conductive layer; an active layer disposed on the patterned insulator layer above the gate; a second patterned conductive layer with a gate line disposed on the patterned insulator layer, source and drain, wherein the source and the drain are disposed on the active layer; a pixel electrode disposed on the patterned insulator layer and electrically connected to the drain; a patterned passivation layer disposed on the patterned insulator layer, gate line, source, drain and pixel electrode; and a third patterned conductive layer, which has a data line connecting electrode, a gate line connecting electrode, at least one alignment electrode and a common electrode. The data line is electrically connected to the source through the data line connecting electrode; the gate line is electrically connected to the gate through the gate line connecting electrode; the alignment electrode is electrically connected to the pixel electrode; and a portion of the common electrode is disposed above the data line. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033816 | PIXEL STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention builds a metal electrode that is controlled by the common electrode in each pixel cell. During operation, a voltage is first applied to this metal electrode to transform the liquid crystal molecule over this metal electrode from the splay state to the bend state. Next, a voltage is applied to the pixel electrode to transform the liquid crystal molecule in the whole pixel region from the splay state to the bend state. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033817 | Display device - A display device comprising a plurality of scan signal lines; a plurality of picture signal lines three-dimensionally intersecting the plurality of scan signal lines; and numerous TFT elements arranged in a matrix; and having a display panel in which each of the TFT elements has a gate connected to one of the plurality of scan signal lines, and a drain or source connected to one of the plurality of picture signal lines; wherein the TFT elements respectively differ in terms of channel width, channel length, or both, depending on a distance from a signal input terminal of the scan signal line to which the gate is connected and a distance from a signal input terminal of the picture signal line to which one of the drain and the source is connected. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033818 | Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing the Semiconductor Device - In a semiconductor device, a first interlayer insulating layer made of an inorganic material and formed on inverse stagger type TFTs, a second interlayer insulating layer made of an organic material and formed on the first interlayer insulating layer, and a pixel electrode formed in contact with the second interlayer insulating layer are disposed on a substrate, and an input terminal portion that is electrically connected to a wiring of another substrate is provided on an end portion of the substrate. The input terminal portion includes a first layer made of the same material as that of the gate electrode and a second layer made of the same material as that of the pixel electrode. With this structure, the number of photomasks used in the photolithography method can be reduced to 5. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033819 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes: a light-shielding film provided below a transistor in a peripheral area surrounding a pixel area of the display. The light-shielding film includes a rectangular opening formed in a channel length direction of the transistor. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033820 | Liquid crystal display - A liquid crystal display to prevent light leakage with an improvement of aperture ratio and a reduction of load of a data line is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a gate line and a storage electrode line formed on a insulating substrate and apart from each other, a first data line and a second data line intersecting the gate line, a first pixel electrode defined by the gate line and the first data line, and a second pixel electrode defined by the gate line and the second data line and neighboring the first pixel electrode. Also, a blocking electrode between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode is included, wherein at least portion of the first data line is disposed under the first pixel electrode, and at least portion of the blocking electrode is disposed under the second pixel electrode and apart from the first data line. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033821 | OPTICALLY COMPENSATED BEND MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICES - An OCB mode liquid crystal display device is provided. The OCB mode liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed oppositely to each other. The device further comprises a first pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and spaced apart from the first pixel electrode by a distance. The first pixel electrode and second pixel electrode are alternately arranged. The device further comprises a first alignment layer disposed on the first substrate to cover the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a second alignment layer disposed on the second substrate covering the common electrode. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033822 | Liquid Crystal Display and Substrate Thereof - A liquid crystal display having a repair line structure and an array substrate of the liquid crystal display are provided. The repair line comprises a front repair line portion arranged to at least partially overlap a front portion of a first signal line, an end repair line portion arranged to at least partially overlap an end portion of the first signal line, and an intermediate repair line portion electrically connecting the front and end repair line portions. The front repair line portion comprises at least a first signal connection line and an external line which are electrically isolated when the repair line has not been used to repair a defect in the first signal line. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033823 | Liquid Crystal Display and Substrate Thereof - A liquid crystal display having a repair circuit structure and an array substrate of the liquid crystal display are provided. Each of the repair lines of the repair circuit comprises a front repair line portion arranged to cross with a front data line portion in a substantially perpendicular manner, an end repair line portion arranged to cross with an end data line portion in a substantially perpendicular manner, and an intermediate repair line portion connecting the front and end repair line portions. At least two repair lines in the end repair line portion are positioned in different layers so that a parasitic capacitance between respective repair lines in the repair circuit structure can be reduced and signal transmission quality can be ensured. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033824 | Design Panel - A design panel attached to a casing for an electronic equipment, which is constructed so that a display device whose display surface goes black at standby is placeable inside the casing, and which is formed with an opening that makes the display surface visible, the design panel being attached to the casing so as to cover the opening, the design panel including, a transparent support substrate having a larger area than the opening, a polarizing film provided outside or inside the transparent support substrate, a ¼ wavelength phase difference film provided on a closer side to an attachment side of the casing with respect to the polarizing film, and a black colored section provided on the closer side to the attachment side of the casing with respect to the transparent support substrate, for blacking a portion which is able to be in contact with the casing, wherein the display device is made visible from the outside at information display, whereas the display device is covered so as to be made invisible from the outside at standby. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033825 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device in which a light transmitting conductive layer formed on a surface of a color filter substrate is electrically connected with a backlight lower frame using conductive rubber. One end of the conductive rubber is connected with the light transmitting conductive layer, and another end of the conductive rubber is connected with the backlight lower frame through a hole which is formed in a backlight upper frame. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention can remove static electricity charged in a surface of a display panel and, at the same time, can realize the narrowing of a picture frame and the reduction of thickness thereof. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033826 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device which enables size reduction, particularly in the frame thereof, and allows a thinner liquid crystal panel and a larger screen is provided. Positioning of a liquid crystal panel is performed by contacting the outer periphery of a back side polarizing plate, which is affixed to a second transparent substrate configuring the main part of the liquid crystal panel, with the inside of a protruded fitting portion formed on the frame of a backlight assembly. Thereby, the display panel can be positioned securely without enlarging the outside dimension of the front chassis and the frame. This enables to realize a small-size display device, particularly, size reduction in the frame of the front chassis and reduction of the outside dimension. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033827 | OPTICAL FILM SUPPORT ARRANGEMENT, AND BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LCD USING THE SAME - A backlight module includes a rear plate, at least one light source disposed on the rear plate, at least two support elements respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the rear plate, and at least one optical film disposed above the light source. The optical film includes at least two fixing holes respectively corresponding to the support elements. The support elements respectively engage with the fixing holes to tension the optical film with at least one pair of tensile forces oriented in opposite directions. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033828 | MONOCHROMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH HIGH CONTRAST RATIO - An STN liquid crystal display, wherein a twist angle of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is 155° to 210°, and a first angle between a polarizing axis direction of the first polarizer and an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer in contact with the first transparent substrate and a second angle between a polarizing axis direction of the second polarizer and an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer in contact with the second transparent substrate are each larger than 0° and smaller than 90°, and a sum of the first and second angles is 90°±7°. The STN liquid crystal display is provided having a high contrast ratio and good characteristics of viewing angle. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033829 | PRISM SHEET AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An exemplary prism sheet according to a preferred embodiment includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A plurality of micro-protrusions are formed on the first surface. A plurality of curved elongated V-shaped protrusions are formed on the second surface. A liquid crystal display device using the prism sheet is also provided. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033830 | OPTICAL SHEET - An optical sheet includes a substrate and a plurality of convex lens structures. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface, which are disposed opposite to each other. The convex lens structures are disposed on the second surface, and each of the convex lens structure has a cambered surface. The cambered surface fits a curve surface equation of Ax | 2009-02-05 |
20090033831 | Prism sheet with curved surface and liquid crystal display device using same - An exemplary prism sheet includes a base including an upper surface and a plurality of lenses disposed on the upper surface. The upper surface is a wavy surface. A liquid crystal display device using the prism sheet is also provided. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033832 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A backlight module and an application thereof are disclosed. The backlight module comprises at least one light source and a light guide plate. The light guide plate is disposed at one side of the light source, wherein the light guide plate has a reducing region formed at one side of the light guide plate and close to the light source. The thickness of the light guide plate in the reducing region is decreased with the increasing distance away from the light source. The backlight module is applicable to a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033833 | Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Device Comprising the Same - A polarizing plate comprising a protective film provided on the both sides of a polarizer, wherein the polarizing plate has an adhesive layer provided on at least one side thereof, which adhesive layer comprising a (meth)acrylic copolymer composition composed of (A) a specific (meth)acrylic copolymer reactive with the following polyfunctional compound (B) and (B) a polyfunctional compound and having a specific gel fraction. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033834 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYER FORMING INK COMPOSITION, AND OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PRODUCED WITH THE INK COMPOSITION - An ink composition capable of forming a liquid crystal layer even on a base material with no alignment treatment applied; and an optical film, a polarizing film and a liquid crystal display produced using the ink composition. The liquid crystal layer forming ink composition has a liquid crystalline molecular material, an organic solvent for dissolving or dispersing the molecular material, and an alcohols solvent. By applying the ink composition on a base material, drying, and aligning the liquid crystal molecule material, an optical film with a liquid crystal layer formed can be obtained. Since the alcohols solvent is contained in the liquid crystal composition, the liquid crystalline molecular material is in a state horizontally aligned on the base material, and the optical film can have a high transparency. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033835 | Optical Compensation Sheet, Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display - An optical compensation sheet is provided and has a stretched polymer film or stretched cellulose acylate film and at least one optical anisotropic layer containing a liquid crystal compound, and has retardations satisfying the specific relationships defined in the specification. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033836 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display capable of improving the transmittance of corners of pixel is provided. The liquid crystal display with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix includes a drive substrate with pixel electrodes formed correspondingly to the plurality of pixels, respectively, an opposite substrate arranged oppositely to the drive substrate, and polarizing plates provided on the drive substrate and the opposite substrate, respectively. An external form of the pixel electrodes is a trapezoid having the right and left sides parallel to the optical axes of the polarizing plates, and the upper and lower sides inclined at an angle of any one of 45 degrees, 135 degrees, 225 degrees and 315 degrees with respect to the optical axes of the polarizing plates. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033837 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - A transflective liquid crystal display ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090033838 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING COLOR POLARIZING PLATE - A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, electrodes formed on the opposing surfaces of the pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal layer twisted in the gap between the pair of substrates at a predetermined twisted angle. A normal polarizing plate to exhibit a polarizing function for the whole visible light is arranged on the outer surface of an observation side substrate in the pair of substrates. A color polarizing plate to exhibit a polarizing function for visible light of a wavelength band other than a specific wavelength band is arranged on the outer surface of the opposite side substrate in the pair of substrates. A reflecting plate to reflect light entering from the observation side toward the observation side is arranged on a surface of the color polarizing plate that is opposite to the surface that opposes the opposite side substrate. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033839 | RETARDATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING IT - Provided is a retardation film comprising a polymer film, and, disposed thereon, an optically-anisotropic layer, of which thickness is equal to or less than 5 μm, of which in-plane retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm, Re(550), is from 0 to 10 nm, and of which thickness-direction retardation at the same wavelength, Rth(550), is from 250 to 450 nm; and satisfying the following formula: 1.00≦Rth(450)/Rth(550)≦1.07 or 1.04≦Rth(450)/Rth(550)≦1.09. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033840 | CHIP MODULE, ACTIVE DEVICE ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An active device array substrate including a substrate, a pixel array, a plurality of first pads and a plurality of second pads is provided. The substrate has a display area and a peripheral area. Additionally, the pixel array is disposed within the display area. The first pads and the second pads are disposed within the peripheral area, and electrically connected to the pixel array respectively. Moreover, the first pads have a plurality of micro cavities. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033841 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A manufacturing method of a color filter substrate is provided. In the method, a substrate is provided. A first color layer, a second color layer, and a third color layer are then sequentially formed on the substrate. At least any two of the first color layer, the second color layer, and the third color layer are partially overlapped to form a number of supporters. Next, a common electrode layer is formed on the substrate to cover the first color layer, the second color layer, the third color layer, and the supporters. A light-shielding layer is then formed on the common electrode layer, and a portion of the light-shielding layer is disposed over the supporters. Based on the manufacturing method of the color filter substrate, fewer masks are required. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033842 | Display panel and method for manufacturing the same - A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. A blue color filter and a first light shielding pattern are simultaneously formed on top of a substrate through a photolithography process using a blue photoresist layer. Light shielding columns functioning as column spacers are formed above thin film transistors to prevent light leakage through the thin film transistors. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033843 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) panel, comprising an array substrate and a color filter substrate which are bonded together with a sealant, wherein a black matrix and a common electrode are formed on the color filter substrate, a data-line wiring is connected with a patterned pad for data-line signal output after being led out from an display region of the array substrate, a gate-line wiring is connected with patterned pad for gate-line signal output after being led out from the display region of the array substrate, and an opening structure is formed in the black matrix in a region where the color filter substrate overlaps with the data-line wiring. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033844 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FINE PARTICLES OF ANTHRAQUINONE STRUCTURE-CONTAINING PIGMENT, FINE PARTICLES OF ANTHRAQUINONE STRUCTURE-CONTAINING PIGMENT PRODUCED THEREBY, COLORED PIGMENT DISPERSION COMPOSITION THEREWITH, COLORED PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION THEREWITH AND PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN TRANSFER MATERIAL THEREWITH, AND COLOR FILTER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of producing fine particles of an anthraquinone structure-containing pigment, including mixing a solution of an anthraquinone structure-containing pigment dissolved in a good solvent with a solvent that is compatible with the good solvent but is a poor solvent for the pigment, to form fine particles of nanometer-sized anthraquinone structure-containing pigments; fine particles of an anthraquinone structure-containing pigment produced by the same; a colored pigment dispersion composition, colored photosensitive resin composition and photosensitive resin transfer material each having the same; and a color filter and a liquid crystal display device using the same. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033845 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display panel is provided with a light-shielding film, and a plurality of subpixels arranged in a matrix. The subpixels each include a first electrode formed on a first substrate, a second electrode formed to be located upper than the first electrode, and a color filter formed on a second substrate. The second electrode has a plurality of linear portions. The subpixels are disposed adjacently along the direction of display lines, and any two of the adjacent subpixels have the same color of color filter. The light-shielding film is formed on the second substrate not to cover the pixel boundary between the two adjacent subpixels but to cover pixel boundaries of the remaining subpixels. The second electrodes of the two adjacent subpixels are formed separately, and assuming that the two adjacent subpixels are first and second subpixels, at least the second electrode of the first subpixel is disposed also to an area of the second subpixel beyond the pixel boundary between the first and second subpixels. Such a configuration favorably increases an aperture ratio of a liquid crystal display device including a color filter. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033846 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a liquid crystal display device, an array substrate and a CF substrate arranged face to face with each other. A liquid crystal layer is provided between the array substrate and the CF substrate. The array substrate and the CF substrate are bonded together by a sealing member containing a photo curing material. The array substrate has a surface opposed to the CF substrate. Metal wires are provided in the circumferential portion of the opposed surface. A transparent film is disposed between the metal wires and the sealing member. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033847 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH VARIOUS REFLECTIVE PATTERN ARRANGEMENTS - A method for arranging reflective patterns for a liquid display (LCD) device. A substrate having at least one first pixel region and one second pixel region is provided, in which the first and second pixel regions have a reflector thereon, respectively, and the first pixel region is adjacent to the second pixel region. A first pattern is formed on the reflector on the first pixel region. A second pattern is formed on the reflector on the second pixel region, in which the second pattern is formed by dividing the first pattern into at least two pattern regions according to a predetermined direction and rearranging the pattern regions. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033848 | Liquid-Crystal Display Device - To provide a highly efficient liquid-crystal display device wide in viewing angle and minimized in color shifting. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033849 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes an element substrate; a counter substrate opposite to the element substrate; a liquid crystal layer that is formed between the element substrate and the counter substrate; and dot sections each having a transmissive display section for performing transmissive display and a reflective display section for performing reflective display. The element substrate includes switching elements, an insulating film formed on the switching elements, and pixel electrodes formed on the insulating film. The switching elements are electrically connected to the pixel electrodes through contact holes that are formed in the insulating film. Each of the pixel electrodes has a transparent electrode portion for the transmissive display and a reflective electrode portion for the reflective display. The switching element is arranged below the reflective electrode portion of a second dot section adjacent to a first dot section that is driven by the switching element. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033850 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal device includes a plurality of selection lines, a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of pixel portions, a plurality of photosensor portions, a plurality of first power lines, and a plurality of sense lines. The plurality of selection lines are provided in a line direction. The plurality of signal lines are provided in a column direction. The plurality of pixel portions are provided at positions corresponding to intersections of the selection lines and the signal lines. The plurality of photosensor portions are provided in correspondence with a portion of the plurality of pixel portions. The plurality of first power lines are provided in the line direction. The plurality of sense lines are provided in the column direction. Each of the plurality of pixel portions includes a first switching element and a liquid crystal. The first switching element loads a display signal supplied through a corresponding one of the signal lines as a selection signal supplied through a corresponding one of the selection lines is asserted. The liquid crystal exhibits a bright state corresponding to the display signal that is loaded by the first switching element. The portion of the plurality of pixel portions adjust the amounts of light that enter the plurality of photosensor portions. Each of the plurality of photosensor portions includes a photoelectric conversion element, a capacitive element, a second switching element, and a readout portion. The photoelectric conversion element generates an electric current of which the magnitude corresponds to the amount of light received. One end of the capacitive element is electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion element. The second switching element resets the one end of the capacitive element to a reset voltage that is supplied through a corresponding one of the first power lines. The readout portion outputs, to a corresponding one of the sense lines, an output signal of which the magnitude corresponds to a voltage of the one end of the capacitive element. The second switching element is controlled to any one of an on state or an off state on the basis of the selection signal that is supplied through the corresponding one of the selection lines. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033851 | Liquid crystal display device - A novel liquid crystal display device is disclosed. the device comprises a liquid crystal cell comprising a pair of substrates disposed facing each other, at least one of said pair of substrates having an electrode thereon, and a liquid crystal layer held between said pair of substrates, comprising a nematic liquid crystal material, molecules of which being oriented nearly normal to the surfaces of said pair of substrates in a black state, a first and a second polarizing films disposed while placing said liquid crystal cell in between; and at least two optically anisotropic films, each of them disposed respectively between said liquid crystal layer and each of said first and said second polarizing films, wherein, assuming thickness of said liquid crystal layer as d (nm), refractive index anisotropy of said liquid crystal layer at wavelength λ (nm) as Δn (λ), and in-plane retardation of said optical compensation film at wavelength λ as Re(λ), relations (I) to (IV) below are satisfied at least at two different wavelengths in a wavelength range from 380 nm to 780 nm: | 2009-02-05 |
20090033852 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate which is placed nearer to a viewer than the first substrate, and which faces a viewer side of the first substrate; a liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; an upper polarization plate which is placed nearer to the viewer than the second substrate, and which faces a viewer side of the second substrate; and a transparent resin plate which is placed nearer to the viewer than the upper polarization plate, and which is attached to a viewer side of the upper polarization plate with one of an adhesive material and a bonding material, the transparent resin plate includes a transparent oxide film on a face that faces the upper polarization plate, and the transparent resin plate is in close contact with the adhesive material or the bonding material through the transparent oxide film. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033853 | Liquid crystal display comprising improved switching means at the display periphery - The invention concerns a liquid crystal display comprising two substrates ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090033854 | Alignment film and liquid crystal panel using same and method for fabricating same - An exemplary alignment film includes a plurality of orientation type molecules arranged homogeneously, and the orientation type molecules are arranged according to a direction of a field when the alignment film is formed. A liquid crystal panel using the alignment film and an exemplary method for fabricating the alignment film are also provided. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033855 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A mounting terminal portion | 2009-02-05 |
20090033856 | DISPLAY MODULE AND TILED DISPLAY MANUFACTURING METHOD - A flat panel display device is presented. The device includes at least one display module in the form of a matrix of pixels formed by active media enclosed between two sets of conductors. The display module has a front side by which it is to be exposed to viewers and an opposite back side where an electronic control circuit is located, and comprises two sets of electrical conductors extending along two intersecting axes respectively to define a two-dimensional array of junctions forming said pixels, each of the conductors of at least one set of conductors being bent to extend from the front side to the opposite back side of the display module. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033857 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which mounts a back-surface conductive film on one substrate, wherein a reference potential is surely supplied to the back-surface conductive film. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the second substrate includes a back-surface conductive film on a surface thereof opposite to the liquid crystal, and the first substrate includes a pad electrode which is formed on the first substrate and is electrically connected with the back-surface conductive film via a conductive member, a conductive film which is formed on the first substrate and below the pad electrode, a first connection line which connects the conductive film and a reference voltage terminal, and at least one contact hole which connects the pad electrode and the conductive film. The conductive film of the first substrate is formed of a metal film or a transparent conductive film. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033858 | Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method of the same - A manufacturing method is provided for a liquid crystal display device that can avoid any possible inconvenience as a result of a difficulty in controlling the dropping amount of a liquid crystal. For executing the method, the liquid crystal display device has a pair of substrates disposed in an opposed manner including a liquid crystal display area with a diagonal length in a range from 1 inch to 5 inches, and a plurality of column spacers is formed in the liquid crystal display area of at least one of the substrates. The method includes the steps of: forming a sealant, with a width in a range from 0.4 mm to 1.0 mm, around the liquid crystal display area of the substrate formed with the column spacers; dropping a liquid crystal into the area enclosed by the sealant on the substrate such that a surface of the liquid crystal has a height lower than a height of the column spacers; disposing the other substrate to be opposed to the substrate formed with the column spacers, and pushing the resulting pair of substrates in a direction bringing the substrates closer to each other; and curing the sealant in a state that the column spacers each have the height in a percentage range from 108% to 113% as a result of dividing the height without the pushing by the height with the pushing. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033859 | Liquid Crystal Spacer, Spacer Diffusion Liquid, Liquid Crystal Display Device Manufacturing Method, and Liquid Crystal Display Device - It is the object of the present invention to provide: a liquid crystal spacer that can precisely control the interval of two substrates in producing a liquid crystal display apparatus, and can be firmly fixed to the surface of the substrate; a spacer dispersion that can precisely control the interval of two substrates in manufacturing a liquid crystal display apparatus, and can make spacer particles firmly fixed to the surface of a substrate and a spacer dispersion that can precisely dispose spacer particles at a predetermined position on a substrate, a method for producing a liquid crystal display apparatus; and a liquid crystal display apparatus. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033860 | SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A principal object of the present invention is to provide a substrate for a liquid crystal display not undergoing mura called gravity defect because the amount of deformation in a small load region is large and having a uniformity of the panel and an adequate recovery factor against a local load. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033861 | DICHROIC DYE COMPOSITION, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL ELEMENT INCLUDING DICHROIC DYE - Provided are a dichroic dye composition in which a solubility of the dichroic dye with respect to liquid-crystal is sufficiently high and a wavelength dispersion of absorbance is small in a wide wavelength range, and a black guest-host liquid-crystal composition indicating high order parameters using such a dichroic dye composition and a liquid-crystal element having high contrast. The dichroic dye composition includes at least one dichroic dye selected from Group (I) shown below, at least one dichroic dye selected from Group (II) shown below, and at least one dichroic dye selected from Group (III) shown below. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033862 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE FOR PAPER FRAMED READING GLASSES - A pair of glasses includes a paper frame having at least one aperture and a substrate arranged with each of said at least one aperture to magnify objects for a user when viewing through each of said at least one aperture. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033863 | OPHTHALMIC DYNAMIC APERTURE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to an electro-active element having a dynamic aperture. The electro-active element provides increased depth of field and may be used in a non-focusing ophthalmic device that that is spaced apart from but in optical communication with an intraocular lens, a corneal inlay, a corneal onlay, a contact lens, or a spectacle lens that provide an optical power. The electro-active element provides increased depth of field and may also be used in a focusing or non-focusing device such as an intraocular optic, an intraocular lens, a corneal inlay, a corneal onlay, or a contact lens which may or may not have an optical power. By changing the diameter of dynamic aperture either increased depth of field or increased light reaching the retina may be achieved. | 2009-02-05 |
20090033864 | MULTIFOCAL CONTACT LENSES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING VISION AND FOR PRODUCING MULTIFOCAL CONTACT LENSES - Pairs of multifocal contact lenses are described. Each contact lens of the pair includes a central area that provides substantially all of the distance vision correction of the lens, and an annular area surrounding the central area and providing intermediate vision correction and near vision correction. A pair of contact lenses can be used to correct a person's vision, especially presbyopia of an emerging presbyopic patient. Methods of producing the present pairs of contact lenses are also described. | 2009-02-05 |