10th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120057037 | IMAGING CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus for controlling an imaging apparatus capable of changing an imaging direction of an imaging unit in panning and tilting directions includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and an provision unit configured to provide, together with the captured image, when the imaging direction of the imaging unit coincides with a panning rotational axis for rotating the imaging direction in the panning direction, a panning direction guide for indicating that changing the imaging direction in the panning direction rotates the captured image around an intersection of an optical axis of the imaging unit and a plane containing the captured image. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057038 | IMAGING APPARATUS, READOUT CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM PRODUCT, READOUT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging apparatus includes a readout unit that reads still picture signals from first pixels among a plurality of pixels disposed on an imaging device and reads motion picture signals from second pixels among the plurality of pixels at predetermined frame cycles, and a readout control unit that controls the readout timings of the still picture signals based on the length of a still picture exposure period for accumulating the still picture signals and the length of a motion picture frame cycle period which is the period of the frame cycles. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057039 | AUTO-TRIGGERED CAMERA SELF-TIMER BASED ON RECOGNITION OF SUBJECT'S PRESENCE IN SCENE - An automated image capture mode of a camera in an electronic device insures that a particular subject appears in the captured image. An image of the particular subject, which may be the photographer, is initially captured. Subsequently, another image capture is automatically triggered when the same subject is detected within the camera's field of view. In one embodiment, a motion sensor within the device may be employed to begin a search for the subject, when the camera is subjected to a sudden movement. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057040 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING LIGHT FIELD DATA USING A MASK WITH AN ATTENUATION PATTERN - Provided are an apparatus and method for processing a light field image that is acquired and processed using a mask to spatially modulate a light field. The apparatus includes a lens, a mask to spatially modulate 4D light field data of a scene passing through the lens to include wideband information on the scene, a sensor to detect a 2D image corresponding to the spatially modulated 4D light field data, and a data processing unit to recover the 4D light field data from the 2D image to generate an all-in-focus image. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057041 | Methods and Apparatuses for Addressing Chromatic Abberations and Purple Fringing - Methods and systems for detecting and correcting chromatic aberration and purple fringing are disclosed. Chromatic aberration can be addressed by separating an image into color planes and then adjusting these to reduce chromatic aberration by using a specific calibration image (calibration chart) as an empirical method to calibrate the image acquisition device. Purple fringing can be corrected by initially addressing color aberration resulting from the lateral chromatic aberration (LCA). The LCA is first removed and then the correction is extended to purple fringing. A discovery is relied upon that the purple fringing is created in the direction of the chromatic aberration and is more pronounced in the direction of the chromatic aberration. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057042 | Solid-state image pickup device and signal processing method therefor - Solid-state image pickup device and processing method, with A/D conversion on pixel signals read from a pixel array part that effectively achieves reductions in power consumption, size and price while retaining a high-quality image output. The device includes a pixel array part, a CDS (correlated double sampling) circuit, and an A/D converter. A pixel signal read via a signal line is subjected to noise elimination processing in the CDS circuit, and is then inputted into the A/D converter. The A/D converter includes a ΔΣ modulator and a digital filter to perform highly accurate A/D conversion. The A/D converter can also be provided at the front stage of the CDS circuit. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057043 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS - A focus detection apparatus comprises photo-electric conversion means comprising a first pixel group which receives a light beam passing through a first pupil area of an image forming optical system that forms an image of an object, and a second pixel group which receives a light beam passing through a second pupil area of the image forming optical system; focus detection means for detecting a focus state of the image forming optical system based on a first object image generated by the first pixel group and a second object image generated by the second pixel group; a correction calculator for performing correction calculation for the first object image and the second object image based on the output from the focus detection means; and determination means for determining, based on the output from the focus detection means, whether to perform the correction calculation again. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057044 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing method generates first developed image data by correcting first image data with use of a white balance correction value corresponding to flash light, generates second developed image data by correcting the first image data with use of a second white balance correction value corresponding to external light, calculates a combining ratio of each block based on a flash component and an external light component of each of blocks into which the first image data is divided, and combines the first developed image data and the second developed image data according to the calculated combining ratio. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057045 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention generates first developed image data by correcting image data with use of a first white balance correction value corresponding to a first light source, generates second developed image data by correcting the image data with use of a second white balance correction value corresponding to a second light source, calculates a color evaluation value of each of blocks by adding and averaging color evaluation values of pixels in the image data for each of the divided blocks, calculates a combining ratio based on a difference between the calculated color evaluation value of each of the blocks and a color evaluation value of white under the second light source, and combines the first developed image data and the second developed image data according to the calculated combining ratio. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057046 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND PIXEL SIGNAL READOUT METHOD - An imaging system including a frame rate setter and an exposure evaluator. The frame rate setter sets a frame rate used in a focusing operation. The frame rate is set faster than a normal frame rate. The exposure evaluator evaluates the exposure of a focusing image based on pixel signals read out from a focusing image area at the frame rate. The frame rate is reduced when the exposure is evaluated as an underexposure and the focusing operation is carried out at a reduced frame rate. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057047 | Method of operating an image sensor having a digital exposure circuit - Automatic exposure adjusting device considers the image on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Each pixel is characterized according to its most significant bits. After the pixels are characterized, the number of pixels in any particular group is counted. That counting is compared with thresholds which set whether the image is over exposed, under exposed, and can optionally also determine if the image is seriously over exposed or seriously under exposed. Adjustment of the exposure is carried out to bring the image to a more desired state. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057048 | DIGITAL CAMERA CAPABLE OF CONTINUOUS SHOOTING - A digital camera of the present invention comprises: an imaging section, a read out section for reading out first image data for still picture storage from the imaging section, a storage section subjecting the first image data to image processing and storing the resultant data, an image data generating section for generating second image data that has fewer pixel data than the first image data, from the first image data, and a detection section for detecting at least one evaluation value based on the second image data, wherein a detection operation of the evaluation value by the detection section is executed in parallel to a still picture storage operation by the storage section. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057049 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE GENERATING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image generation device includes an image acquisition section for acquiring the first and second moving images having different resolutions and different frame rates or different exposure times; a light amount determination section for determining whether each pixel is saturated or blocked-up-shadowed; and an image processing section for generating, from the moving images, a new moving image having a frame rate which is equal to or higher than the frame rate of the moving images and having a resolution of each frame image which is equal to or higher than the resolution of the moving images. For a pixel not determined as being saturated or being blocked-up-shadowed, the image processing section generates a new moving image fulfilling a first condition; and for a pixel determined as being saturated or being blocked-up-shadowed, the image processing section generates a new moving image which does not fulfill the first condition. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057050 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE-BASED LIGHTING CONTROL AND SECURITY CONTROL - Lighting control systems are disclosed that enable a combination of functions comprising natural illumination based lighting control, occupancy-based lighting control, and security control. One or more processors are used in conjunction with one or more cameras and a plurality of luminaires, to perform a combination of functions comprising natural illumination based lighting control, occupancy-based lighting control, and security control. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057051 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures a subject to generate image data of the subject; a display unit that displays the image; an image separating unit that separates a subject image and a background image from the image displayed; a special effect input unit that receives information related to special effects respectively applied to the subject image and the background image; a special effect image generating unit that generates a special effect image of each of the subject and background images by applying special effects corresponding to information received by the special effect input unit; a storing unit that stores special effect information for assigning an advisability corresponding to a combination of special effects which the special effect image generating unit applies to the subject image and the background image; and a synthetic image generating unit that generates a synthetic image using the generated special effect image. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057052 | System and method for effectively optimizing zoom settings in a digital camera - A system and method for effectively optimizing zoom settings in a digital camera includes a digital zoom module that performs a digital zoom function, and an optical zoom module that controls a lens unit of the digital camera to perform an optical zoom function. A depth of field manager performs a zoom-setting optimization procedure to select optimal zoom values for the optical zoom module and the digital zoom module to thereby optimize image quality characteristics of images captured by the camera device. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057053 | METHOD FOR HIGH PRECISION LENS DISTORTION CALIBRATION AND REMOVAL - The present application relates to a high precision method for calibrating and removing distortion from a lens, and more particularly, a method for calibrating and removing distortion by arranging sensor readings to compensate for its presence and simultaneously optimize the resulting image magnification for best image quality. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057054 | ERROR DIFFUSION-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING - In an embodiment, a method includes receiving values of a first pixel and a second pixel of an image at an input processor element of an image signal processor and distributing fractional parts of a number of values from surrounding pixels to the first pixel and the second pixel non-serially using first and second accelerator units, respectively, of the image signal processor. The method further includes assigning output values to the first pixel and the second pixel based on the values of the first pixel and the second pixel and the fractional parts of the number of values from the surrounding pixels using an output processor element of the image signal processor and outputting the output values to an output device that has a color range that is less than a color range of the image using the output processor element. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057055 | Imaging device and imaging apparatus - An imaging device includes: an imaging area in which a plurality of pixels used to acquire an image are provided; a spectrum area in which a plurality of pixels used to acquire a color spectrum are provided; and a filter that is formed above the pixels provided in the spectrum area and allows an electromagnetic wave with a desired wavelength to pass, wherein the filter is formed of a plasmon resonator that is a conductive metal structure having an unevenness structure at a predetermined pitch, and the imaging area and the spectrum area are provided on a single chip. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057056 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging element includes a plurality of semiconductor layers stacked, a plurality of stack-connecting parts for electrically connecting the plurality of semiconductor layers, a pixel array part in which pixel cells that include a photoelectric conversion part and a signal output part are arrayed in a two-dimensional shape, and an output signal line through which signals from the signal output part of the pixel cells are propagated, in which the plurality of semiconductor layers includes at least a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, and, in the first semiconductor layer, the plurality of pixel cells are arrayed in a two-dimensional shape, the signal output part of a pixel group formed with the plurality of pixel cells shares an output signal line wired from the stack-connecting parts, and the output signal line has a separation part which can separate each output signal line. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057057 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus comprising an image sensor including image forming pixels each of which generates a signal for image generation, and focus detection pixels each of which generates a signal for phase difference detection, readout means for reading out the signal of each pixel of the image sensor, focus detection means for detecting a focus by a phase-difference detection method using the signals for phase difference detection from the focus detection pixels, and switching means for switching a combination of the focus detection pixels to be used for focus detection by the focus detection means between a case in which the readout means reads out the signals of the pixels of the image sensor after thinning-out and a case in which the readout means reads out the signals of the pixels of the image sensor without thinning-out. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057058 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA FOR SYNTHESIZING TWO IMAGES HAVING A WHITE BALANCE CORRECTION - An electronic camera for generating an image having a wide dynamic range by synthesizing two image pickup signals of different exposure amount generated by using an electronic shutter function and unit for shutting off light, shading of image pickup signals resulting from difference in charge accumulating time among the pixels of image pickup device due to operation from opened state to closed state of the unit for shutting off light being corrected by a shading correction unit to form a synthesized image without an occurrence of false color due to shading. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057059 | SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD - A single photon counting image sensor and method is provided. In one aspect, the method of an image sensor includes counting through a counter circuit a number of photons detected through a photodiode when a light is incident on the photodiode. The method also includes storing in a memory circuit a time a count of the number of photons take to match a reference count of the number of photons. In another aspect, an image sensor device includes a pixel circuit. The image sensor device also includes a photodiode circuit of the pixel circuit to detect photons when a light is incident on the photodiode circuit. The image sensor device further includes a counter circuit of the pixel circuit coupled to the photodiode circuit to count a number of photons detected when a light is incident on the avalanche photo diode. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057060 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - In order to stably detect a flicker under an illumination of a fluorescent lamp with an XY-addressed-scanning type image sensor used and to cancel the flicker, the present invention provides an image sensing device, wherein a video signal in any area on an imaging plane is first integrated per frame period, then an integrated value in a current frame is sequentially compared with a one-frame previously integrated value, next whether a variation pattern of the integrated value matches one of flicker patterns when the flicker occurs is determined, then an existence of the flicker is determined when an identical flicker pattern is seen more than two consecutive times. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057061 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device | 2012-03-08 |
20120057062 | FOCUSING APPARATUS - A focusing apparatus includes a focus area setting unit that sets a first focus area in a first captured image, an auto focusing control unit that performs focusing according to a first focus evaluation value that is calculated from the first focus area by automatically adjusting a focus lens, an information deriving unit that derives focus aid information corresponding to a second focus evaluation value that is calculated from a second focus area in a second captured image by manually adjusting the focus lens, and a storage unit that stores at least one of first focus area information about the first focus area and second focus area information about the second focus area, wherein the focus area setting unit sets a third focus area in a third captured image from among the first focus area information and the second focus area information stored during another focusing. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057063 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDHELD DEVICES - Image processing methods and systems for handheld devices are provided. First, an image effect is determined. Then, a plurality of preview images is continuously captured by an image capture unit of an electronic device. After the respective preview image is captured, the image effect is applied to the preview image, and the preview image applied with the image effect is displayed in a display unit of the electronic device. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057064 | CAMERA-BASED ORIENTATION FIX FROM PORTRAIT TO LANDSCAPE - A portable electronic device includes a camera and a display switchable between a portrait mode and a landscape mode in response to an inertial sensor. When it is determined that the display mode should be switched in response to movement of the device, a feature of a user of the device, such as the user's face, is imaged with the camera. If the imaged feature changes orientation with respect to the display by less than a threshold amount, then the switch in display mode is disabled and the display remains in its current mode. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057065 | FOCUSING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SAME - A focusing image display device is equipped with an autofocus processor, a spatial frequency detector, a magnification determiner and a focusing image display processor. The autofocus processor performs an autofocus operation using an image within a partial area of an effective pixel area. The spatial frequency detector calculates a spatial frequency of a focusing image within the partial area after the autofocus operation is completed. The magnification determiner determines the magnification of the focusing image in accordance to the spatial frequency. The focusing image display processor modifies the resolution of the focusing image with respect to the magnification. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057066 | VIBRATING DEVICE AND IMAGE EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A vibrating device includes a dust-screening member and a vibrating member. The dust-screening member is disposed in front of an image surface of an image forming element having the image surface in which an optical image is generated. The dust-screening member has a box shape with about the same small plate thickness as a whole, and includes, in a bottom surface portion of the box shape, a transparent part which spreads from the center of the bottom surface portion. The vibrating member is disposed outside the transparent part of the dust-screening member. The vibrating member is configured to generate, in the bottom surface portion of the dust-screening member, vibration having a vibrational amplitude which is vertical to the bottom surface portion thereof. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057067 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments include a digital photographing apparatus and a control method thereof. The digital photographing apparatus detects two or more face regions from an input image, calculates an aperture value for focusing on all face regions to notify a user of the calculated value, and photographs all focused faces by automatically changing the aperture value, when the subject to be photographed is a plurality of persons. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057068 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus equipped with same - An optical system includes, in order from its object side a negative first lens unit, a positive second lens unit, a negative third lens unit, and a positive fourth lens unit. The air gaps between the lens units are variable during zooming. The first lens unit includes one positive lens, the second lens unit includes one negative lens, the third lens unit consists of one or two lens components, and the fourth lens unit consists of one lens component, where the term “lens component” refers to a single lens or a cemented lens. The system satisfies the condition “02012-03-08 | |
20120057069 | AUTOFOCUS APPARATUS AND IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS - An autofocus apparatus includes a first focus detector configured to provide a focus detection by detecting a phase difference between a pair of image signals of an object, a second focus detector configured to wobble one of an image-pickup lens and an image-pickup element, to observe a variation of a contrast value of an image of the object, and to maintain an in-focus position, and a controller configured to make the first focus detector provide the focus detection in the wobbling by the second focus detector, and to correct a shift amount of an amplitude of wobbling by the second focus detector in the focus detection result by the first focus detector. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057070 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are an image processing method, a digital image processing apparatus, and a recording medium storing the image processing method. The method includes capturing a first image, a second image, and a third image, which are captured with different focuses for the same subject and background; setting a subject portion and a background portion by using the first and second images; and combining the first image for the subject portion and the third image for the background portion with each other to obtain an out-of-focus image. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057071 | IMAGING DEVICE AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL - An imaging device with a short length and small aberration is provided. A total length D of an image-forming optical system is less than 3.6 mm. A maximum incidence angle of a principle ray on an image forming plane exceeds 33°. Conditions f/fL<−1.50 or f/fL<−0.9, and D/f<1.10 are satisfied where f denotes a focal length of the entire image-forming optical system and fL denotes a focal length of a last lens. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057072 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A focus adjustment apparatus for performing focus adjustment using a captured image and a plurality of point spread functions prepared in advance for each defocus direction and defocus amount is provided. The apparatus includes a focus adjusting stop whose aperture does not have rotational symmetry about an optical axis. Focus adjustment is performed by comparing the plurality of point spread functions prepared in advance with a point spread function of an image captured using the focus adjusting stop and not having rotational symmetry about the optical axis, obtaining the defocus direction and the defocus amount, and performing the focus adjustment according to the obtained defocus direction and defocus amount. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057073 | Scene-Aware Automatic-Exposure Control - A scene-aware auto-exposure control process stabilizes changes in a camera's auto-exposure settings so as to reduce lighting and color flicker during image capture operations. A metric, referred to as the Modified Adjusted Luminance (MAL) metric, is defined to remain relatively constant as long as the lighting of the scene being captured remains relatively constant. Thus, scene changes such as an object moving into, out of, or around in a scene do not significantly affect the MAL metric's value and do not, therefore, trigger an exposure adjustment. Once the MAL metric indicates a scene's lighting is stable, the camera's auto-exposure operation may be suppressed. As long as incoming frames indicate a stable lighting condition (based on the MAL metric), auto-exposure operation may remain suppressed. When incoming frames result in a substantially different MAL over a specified number of frames, auto-exposure operation may be restored. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057074 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD AND CIRCUIT USING THEREOF - A video processing method enlarging and enhancing sharpness of input video data includes following steps. First, N sets of pixel row data of the input video data are respectively buffered in N linear buffers, N is a natural number. Next, I sets of enlarged pixel row data are generated by interpolation according to the buffered N sets of pixel row data in the N linear buffers and a currently inputted set of pixel row data, I is a natural number greater than N. Then, I sets of smoothed and enlarged pixel row data are generated according to the buffered N sets of pixel row data in the N linear buffers and the (N+1) | 2012-03-08 |
20120057075 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND REPEATER - Also in a video system in which a device responding to a multiple screen display function and a non-responding device are mixedly present, a communication message for a collaboration of the device which performs a multiple screen display operation is realized without exerting an influence on operations of the non-responding device. A video device including two or more video input ports and capable of simultaneously receiving videos output from multiple video source devices connected to the video input ports is configured so as to perform a predetermined filtering operation or message conversion when transmitting to the other video input ports a communication message for video device control to be converted through the video input ports. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057076 | FILTERING STRENGTH DETERMINATION METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD - A moving picture coding apparatus includes an inter-pixel filter having filters for filtering decoded image data so as to remove block distortion which is high frequency noise around block boundaries. The inter-pixel filter includes filters having different filtering strengths. The coding apparatus also includes a filter processing control unit for determining a filtering strength of the inter-pixel filter. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057077 | DEBLOCKING FILTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A deblocking filter includes a color resolution expansion unit, an edge filtering unit and a color resolution contraction unit. The color resolution expansion unit increases a color resolution of input video data to generate first video data. The edge filtering unit performs a blurring operation on a block edge of the first video data based on block size information to generate second video data. The color resolution contraction unit reduces a color resolution of the second video data to generate output video data, a color resolution of the output video data being the same as the color resolution of the input video data. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057078 | ELECTRONIC ADAPTER UNIT FOR SELECTIVELY MODIFYING AUDIO OR VIDEO DATA FOR USE WITH AN OUTPUT DEVICE - A standalone or integrated electronic unit for selectively modifying audio or video data for use with an output device. The electronic unit has one or more audio or video inputs and one or more audio or video outputs for outputting the modified audio or video source material. The unit may include sensors, selectors, and/or logic for selecting from among a plurality of modification profiles and applies the selected profile to the audio or video source material before conveying it to the output device. The modification profile may be used to adapt an audio or video source for a specific type of audio or video playback or output device. For audio, the modification profile may be used to modify audio quality by altering the transfer function, and for video, the modification profile may be used to modify video quality by altering the visual characteristics of the video source signal. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057079 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID INTEGRATION OF A TUNABLE LASER FOR A CABLE TV TRANSMITTER - A cable television transmitter includes a substrate including a silicon material, control electronics disposed in the substrate, and a gain medium coupled to the substrate. The gain medium includes a compound semiconductor material. The cable television transmitter also includes an optical modulator optically coupled to the gain medium and electrically coupled to the control electronics, a waveguide disposed in the substrate and optically coupled to the gain medium, a first wavelength selective element characterized by a first reflectance spectrum and disposed in the substrate, and a second wavelength selective element characterized by a second reflectance spectrum and disposed in the substrate. The cable television transmitter further includes an optical coupler disposed in the substrate and joining the first wavelength selective element, the second wavelength selective element, and the waveguide and an output mirror. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057080 | DTV RECEIVER AND METHOD OF PROCESSING BROADCAST SIGNAL IN DTV RECEIVER - A DTV receiver includes a tuner, a demodulator, a known sequence detector, and a frequency domain equalizer. The tuner initially receives a broadcast signal including valid data in which a known data sequence is periodically repeated. The demodulator demodulates the broadcast signal, and the known sequence detector detects the known data sequence from the demodulated signal. The frequency domain equalizer compensates channel distortion of the demodulated broadcast signal in a frequency domain using the detected known data sequence. In addition, the DTV receiver may further include a time domain equalizer which compensates channel distortion of the time domain signal, or a noise canceller which removes a predicted noise from the time domain signal. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057081 | Gesture-Based Control of IPTV System - Methods and apparatus for controlling an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system by gestures on a remote control involve determining a number of fingers touching a screen of the remote control; identifying at least one characteristic of movement by the fingers; based on the number determined and at least one characteristic identified, finding a corresponding predefined gesture in a set of predefined gestures; and based on the gesture found, generating a corresponding control command to be sent to the IPTV system. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057082 | System and Method for Remotely Identifying Display Components - A system and method for remotely-identifying the components and/or software revisions within an electronic display. An electronic storage device may be placed within an electronic display assembly and placed in electrical communication with a network connection. The electronic storage device may contain identification numbers for one or more components or software revisions within the display. A computing device may be in electrical communication with the network connection so that the identification numbers on the electronic storage device may be accessed remotely. If a particular component or software revision is desired, the computing device may be used to search the contents of each electronic storage device at each display to determine which displays contain the desired component or software revision. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057083 | PROJECTOR, MULTI-SCREEN SYSTEM, PROJECTOR CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A projector comprises a projection unit, an image pickup unit, a control unit, and a correction unit. The projection unit is configured to project a video based on a video signal. The image pickup unit is configured to pick up an image of a projection video projected by the projection unit and output the picked-up image. The control unit is configured to determine a projection video projected by the other projector based on the picked-up image received from the image pickup unit. The correction unit is configured to carry out correction of the video signal so that the projection video projected by the projection unit is aligned with the projection video projected by the other projector. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057084 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The liquid crystal panel displays a video in a display area by modulating light from the backlight including a plurality of light sources. The luminance value calculator calculates light source luminance values of the light sources based on an input video signal including signal values of pixels. The luminance distribution calculator calculates luminance distribution of light in illumination areas obtained by tentatively dividing the display area if the light sources emit light according to the light source luminance values. The representative value calculator calculates, based on the input video signal, a representative luminance value in each of divided areas obtained by dividing the display area. The signal corrector corrects the input video signal based on the luminance distribution according to a difference between a maximum value of the representative luminance values and an average value of the representative luminance values. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057085 | Television and Electronic Device - According to one embodiment, a television includes a housing includes a light-transmitting portion, a control part provided on an inner surface of the housing, a first light-emitting diode provided on the inner surface of the housing and configured to emit light towards the light-transmitting portion as controlled by the control part and a wiring provided on the inner surface of the housing and configured to connect the control part and the first light-emitting diode to each other. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057086 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL USING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER GLASSES - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal composition includes a liquid crystal material and a polymer. The liquid crystal material exhibits a blue phase. The polymer has a first repeating unit containing a fluorine atom and an acrylic group. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057087 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An autostereoscopic image display apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a plane display device including pixels arranged in a matrix form; and an optical plate provided in front of the plane display device to control light rays illuminated from the pixels. The optical plate includes: first and second substrates, each being transparent to light; liquid crystal sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; first electrodes arranged periodically on a first plane of the first substrate opposed to the second substrate; second electrodes disposed on the first plane of the first substrate and between the first electrodes adjacent to each other; a third electrode provided on a second plane of the second substrate opposed to the first substrate; and at least one spacer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate to hold a space between the first substrate and the second substrate. The spacer is disposed on the first electrode. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057088 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING THE SAME - In one embodiment, an array substrate includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a column direction. A lighting device includes a first lighting unit, a second lighting unit, and a lighting driver to light on and light off the first and second lighting units independently. The first lighting unit includes a first light source arranged on a scanning starting side of the gate lines. The second lighting unit includes a second light source arranged on a scanning terminating side of the gate lines. The lighting driver lights on the second lighting unit after lighting on the first lighting unit, and lights off the second lighting unit after lighting off the first lighting unit in a period between a starting time to write a first signal and a finishing time to write a second signal in the plurality of pixels. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057089 | WIRING STRUCTURE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A wiring structure of a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The wiring structure of the liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, plural electrical elements, and plural wirings. The electrical elements are disposed on the substrate to generate plural electrical signals. The wirings are coupled to the electrical elements to transmit the electrical signals. The wirings include inner wirings and an outermost peripheral wiring. The outermost peripheral wiring and the inner wirings have different wiring patterns. Each of the electrical elements is positioned at a side of the outermost peripheral wiring facing the center of the substrate. After the liquid crystal display device is cut and polished, by distinguishing the wiring patterns of both the outermost peripheral wiring and the inner wirings, the existence of the outermost peripheral wiring shows that the outermost peripheral wiring is not polished and removed. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057090 | ACTIVE DEVICE, PIXEL STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY PANEL - An active device, a pixel structure, and a display panel are provided. The pixel structure includes a scan line, a data line, an active device, a gate insulating layer, a pixel electrode, a capacitor electrode, and a capacitor dielectric layer. The active device includes a gate, a channel, a source, and a drain. The gate is electrically connected to the scan line. The source is electrically connected to the data line. The gate insulating layer is disposed between the gate and the channel. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the drain. The capacitor electrode is located on the gate insulating layer. The capacitor dielectric layer is located between the capacitor electrode and the drain. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057091 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - A liquid crystal panel ( | 2012-03-08 |
20120057092 | ACTIVE DEVICE ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - An active device array substrate including a substrate, a pixel array and a plurality of switching elements used for detection is provided. The substrate has a display area and a peripheral circuit area adjacent with each other. The pixel array is disposed in the display area. The switching elements are disposed in the peripheral circuit area. Each switching element includes a semiconductor layer, and a plurality of first and second electrode branches. The first and second electrode branches are disposed on the semiconductor layer. The first and second electrode branches form a plurality of first conductive channels in a first direction and a plurality of second conductive channels in a second direction via the semiconductor layer. A portion of the lengths of the first conductive channels are the same. A portion of the lengths of the second conductive channels are the same. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057093 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR FIXING CIRCUIT BOARD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display and a method for fixing a circuit board thereof are provided in the present invention. The liquid crystal display includes: a back plate having a back plate body, at least one elastic piece disposed at the back plate body, the elastic piece including at least one supporting portion; a circuit board having a grounding area, the circuit board located on the outside of the back plate body, and the grounding area contacting with the supporting portion of the elastic piece; a liquid crystal display panel electrically connected with the circuit board; and a plastic housing having a plurality of sidewalls and a top wall, the circuit board located on the inside of the sidewall, the sidewall having at least one hook, and the hook engaged with the elastic piece for elastically clipping and fixing the circuit board. The present invention has advantages of few parts, simple structure and convenient for assembly. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057094 | Liquid crystal display device - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel, a liquid crystal display protection panel set above the liquid crystal display panel so as to protect a display surface of the liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display protection panel being warped with its central portion being protruded, and a frame supporting the liquid crystal display panel and the liquid crystal display protection panel. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057095 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device of the present invention achieves power saving and provides illumination light without having local dark portions. A lighting device | 2012-03-08 |
20120057096 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight device | 2012-03-08 |
20120057097 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - It is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting device having a simple configuration and obtaining an almost uniform illumination brightness distribution as a whole. A lighting device | 2012-03-08 |
20120057098 | COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A color liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display element and a backlight unit. The liquid crystal display element includes a color filter having a red filter segment, a green filter segment, and a blue filter segment. The red filter segment is prepared from a red photosensitive resin composition which includes a pigment combination, an alkali-soluble resin, a compound having an ethylenic group, and a photoinitiator. The pigment combination includes an azo-based red pigment and an anthraquinone-based red pigment. A weight ratio of the azo-based red pigment to the anthraquinone-based red pigment ranges from 20/80 to 80/20. The backlight unit is coupled to the liquid crystal display element and has a color temperature ranging from 6,000 K to 20,000 K. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057099 | LED LIGHT SOURCE UNIT FOR BACKLIGHT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An LED light source unit for a backlight of a liquid crystal display is provided. The light source unit includes a plurality of LED chips, an insulating substrate, and a metal film covering a principal surface of the substrate. The LED chips are mounted on the metal film. With this arrangement, brightness of the light source unit is enhanced. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057100 | OPTICAL MEMBERS AND DEVICES EMPLOYING THE SAME - There are provided optical members having a microlens array structure that can be produced by a more simple process, as well as devices employing them. The optical members have on one main surface a microlens array formed using a replication process that employs a mold comprising a plurality of gas bubbles arranged on a replication surface. There are also provided devices that employ the optical members. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057101 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light emitting device ( | 2012-03-08 |
20120057102 | BACKLIGHT MODULE - The present invention discloses a backlight module, used for a liquid crystal display apparatus. The backlight module comprises a back plate, positioned at the bottom of the backlight module; a display area being in the liquid crystal display apparatus in accordance with the back plate and overlapping therewith, and the display area has a display area center line; and a plurality of LEDs classified to belong to several bright bins respectively and the display area center line has a center corresponding to the LEDs, wherein the LEDs belonging to a higher bright bin are positioned closer to the center and the LEDs belonging to a lower bright bin are positioned farther to the center. The LED backlight module of the present invention can raise the usage rate of LEDs and reduce the cost efficiently. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057103 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The backlight module is employed in a liquid crystal display apparatus having a back plate and a plurality of LEDs. The liquid crystal display apparatus has a display area in accordance with the back plate and overlaps therewith, and the display area has a display area center line. The display area center line has a center corresponding to the LEDs. The LEDs are classified to belong to several positive voltage bins respectively. The LEDs belonging to a lower positive voltage bin are positioned closer to the center and the LEDs belonging to a higher positive voltage bin are positioned farther to the center. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057104 | OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING POLARIZING FILM - Provided is an optical display device using a polarizing film which has a thickness of 10 μm or less and exhibits high optical characteristics. The optical display device comprises a continuous web of polarizing film which is made of a polyvinyl alcohol type resin having a molecularly oriented dichroic material, and formed through stretching to have a thickness of 10 μm or less and satisfy conditions expressed by the following formulas: P>−(10 | 2012-03-08 |
20120057105 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE PACKAGE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A light emitting device includes a light emitting structure comprising a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a first electrode arranged on the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; an ohmic layer arranged on a predetermined area of the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; a silicide layer arranged on the ohmic layer, with contacting with the second conductivity type semiconductor layer; and a conductive supporting substrate arranged on the silicide layer. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057106 | POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Provided are a polarizer and a liquid crystal display (LCD) in which wire grid polarizers are formed on a thin film transistor substrate and a color filter substrate, respectively, so that it is possible to reduce fabrication cost and the number of processes and decrease the thickness of the LCD. An LCD includes a thin film transistor substrate, a color filter substrate opposite to the thin film transistor substrate, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the thin film transistor substrate and the color filter substrate. In the LCD, wire grid polarizing patterns are formed on the thin film transistor substrate and the color filter substrate, respectively. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057107 | OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING POLARIZING FILM - Provided is an optical display device using a polarizing film which has a thickness of 10 μm or less and exhibits high optical characteristics. The optical display device comprises a continuous web of polarizing film which is made of a polyvinyl alcohol type resin having a molecularly oriented dichroic material, and formed through stretching to have a thickness of 10 μm or less and satisfy conditions expressed by the following formulas: P>−(10 | 2012-03-08 |
20120057108 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display unit; a barrier unit including a plurality of transmissive sections; and a filter having a transmittance distribution in which transmittance of light passing through a central portion of the transmissive section of the barrier unit is lower than transmittance of light passing through a circumferential portion of the transmissive section of the barrier unit. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057109 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE THEREOF - The present invention provides a liquid crystal panel and a color filter substrate thereof. The color filter substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of color filtering units, a display-area black matrix, an edge black matrix, and the color filtering units; the display-area black matrix, the edge black matrix and a transparent conductive layer are formed on the substrate in turn; the edge black matrix surrounds a display area of a liquid crystal panel and then forms an edge light-shielding area corresponding to a periphery of the display area, and the color filter substrate further has a plurality of photo spacers formed on the transparent conductive layer, arranged on the periphery of the display area, and are extended into the edge light-shielding area formed by the edge black matrix; and each of the photo spacers is separated from the adjacent photo spacer at a distance to form a slit therebetween, liquid crystal material in the display area flows through the slit to the edge light-shielding area by capillarity, so as to prevent liquid bubbles from being formed at the edges of the display area and to enhance production yield of the liquid crystal panel. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057110 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A flat, solid counter electrode is formed on an organic passivation film. Before forming an interlayer insulating film on the counter electrode, plasma ashing is performed. A surface of the organic passivation film is trimmed by the plasma ashing, forming an overhang. The plasma ashing not only trims a surface of the organic passivation film but also roughens a surface of the counter electrode. This increases a contact area between the interlayer insulating film and the organic passivation film or counter electrode, increasing the adhesiveness therebetween. Further, the plasma ashing eliminates the remainder of a resist on the counter electrode, increasing the adhesiveness of the interlayer insulating film. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057111 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is a liquid crystal display device provided with a liquid crystal display panel having; a first substrate; a second substrate; a sealing material provided between the first substrate and the second substrate so that the first substrate and the second substrate are pasted together; and a liquid crystal layer sealed in the region surrounded by the sealing material between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the second substrate has a color filter and a protective film for covering the color filter on the surface of the second substrate on the liquid crystal layer side, and an end of the protective film is located inside an end of the second substrate and between the two sides of the sealing material, which are opposite to each other (outer wall surface and inner wall surface). | 2012-03-08 |
20120057112 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT - A liquid crystal display unit including a pixel unit and a quasi-isotropic liquid crystal layer with Kerr effect is provided. The pixel unit includes sub-pixel units, each sub-pixel unit at least has a first transmissive region and a second transmissive region. Each sub-pixel unit includes a switch, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. Each pixel electrode has first stripe patterns. The common electrode has second stripe patterns, wherein the first stripe patterns and the second stripe patterns are arranged alternately. In the first transmissive region, width of each first stripe pattern is L | 2012-03-08 |
20120057113 | Liquid Crystal Display - An active matrix type liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, a plurality of pixel regions formed by image signal lines and scan signal lines, a semiconductor layer, a pixel electrode, a counter electrode formed on the first substrate in a pixel region, and a metal layer and a transparent conductive layer. The metal layer is completely covered by the transparent conductive layer when viewed in cross-section. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057114 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY STRUCTURE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) structure is provided. A first alignment layer and a first electrode layer are disposed on a liquid crystal layer. A second electrode layer and a second alignment layer disposed under the liquid crystal layer. The first alignment layer and the second alignment layer respectively have a plurality of alignment areas with different aligning directions. At least one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer includes a substrate material and a plurality of openings, and at least includes a plurality of electrode areas. The boundaries of the electrode areas correspond to the boundaries of the alignment areas. The directions of the openings in the electrode areas are between the aligning directions of the corresponding alignment areas of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057115 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An IPS liquid crystal display device intended to prevent generation of second image sticking after generation of initial DC image sticking. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057116 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an LCD device comprising: a substrate; gate and data lines intersecting each other on the substrate; a thin film transistor at the intersection of the gate and data lines; a pixel electrode electrically connected with the thin film transistor; a common electrode forming an electric field with the pixel electrode; and a reflection control layer on at least one of the pixel electrode and common electrode. At this time, at least one electrode of the pixel electrode and common electrode is formed of the opaque metal material, to thereby improve black luminance and contrast ratio. Simultaneously, the reflection control layer is formed on the at least one electrode of the opaque metal material so that it is possible to adjust the reflectivity of external light, and to prevent the problem of rainbow-colored image. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057117 | MULTI-DOMAIN VERTICALLY ALIGNED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display (MVA LCD) includes an active component array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The active component array substrate has a plurality of pixel units, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active component array substrate and the opposite substrate. The liquid crystal layer proximal each pixel unit is divided into plural domain sets. Each domain set has plural domains. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057118 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device in which transmittance can be enhanced. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device provided with a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates. One of the substrates has a comb-shaped first electrode and a comb-shaped second electrode. The first electrode includes a first trunk portion and a first branch portion obliquely connected to the first trunk portion. The second electrode includes a second trunk portion and a second branch portion obliquely connected to the second trunk portion. The liquid crystal layer includes a p-type nematic liquid crystal that is vertically aligned with respect to the surfaces of the substrates when no voltage is applied. Each pixel has a blank portion of the second electrode having an acute angle-shaped blank portion and an obtuse angle-shaped blank portion that are mutually adjacent. The first branch portion has a specific branch portion disposed within the blank portion of the second electrode. The spacing between the specific branch portion and the second electrode at a portion that extends along the extension direction of the specific branch portion and that forms the acute angle-shaped blank portion is narrower, at least at the tip region of the specific branch portion, than the spacing between the specific branch portion and the second electrode at a portion that extends along the extension direction of the specific branch portion and that forms an obtuse angle-shaped blank portion. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057119 | TOUCH-TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH BUILT-IN CONTACT - A touch-type liquid crystal display apparatus with a built-in contact, includes a substrate support structure supporting a first substrate and a second substrate respectively. The substrate support structure includes a pillar-shaped spacer formed on an opposing surface of the second substrate, and a base region formed on an opposing surface of the first substrate and having a front end with which a front end of the pillar-shaped spacer is in contact. A contact point protrusion is also formed on the opposing surface of the second substrate by using the same material as that of the pillar-shaped spacer. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057120 | NOSEPAD CONNECTOR FOR EYEWEAR - The present disclosure generally relates to eyewear, and more particularly, to a nosepiece for an eyeglass frame configured to avoid entanglement or interference with external objects while raising or lowering the eyewear to or from a viewing position. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057121 | ORTHOKERATOLOGY LENS WEAR COMBINED WITH CHEMICAL TREATMENT TO CORRECT MYOPIA, HYPEROPIA OR ASTIGMATISM - Methods of treating a refractive error of the eye are disclosed comprising applying a treatment that induces swelling of the corneal tissue and applying an orthokeratology lens configured to correct the refractive error that provides a controlled distribution of the corneal tissue. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057122 | SPECTACLE LENS PROVIDING OPHTHALMIC VISION AND AN ADDITIONAL VISION - The invention relates to a method for producing a spectacle lens that provides both ophthalmic vision and an additional type of vision, said method comprising two consecutive steps consisting of calculating a rear surface (FP) and a front surface (FA) of the lens. The additional vision type corresponds to the perception of a light (VS) that is conveyed between the front and rear surfaces by an insert ( | 2012-03-08 |
20120057123 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COST-OPTIMIZED SPECTACLE LENSES WITH ESPECIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS PROPERTIES FOR THE USER - The invention relates to a method for the production of spectacle lenses from raw lenses prefabricated in a non-cutting manner. The raw lenses have a front side that is not to be reworked and an opposing back side to be reworked with a CNC machine, which sides have at least one optical focal point in common. In order to rework the back side a prescription surface is calculated on the basis of a prescription describing a visual error and of the geometry of the front side. This surface forms a prescription lens in common with the front side, the focal points of which lens correct the visual error. The front side is shaped in such a manner that it is a convex and rotationally symmetrical first freeform surface. This freeform surface is composed in a rotationally symmetrical manner about a middle axis by at least two spherical sections with different radii, whereby the spherical sections border each other tangentially. Furthermore, the spectacle lens has an optical center through which an eyeglass wearer looks when looking straight ahead (zero view direction). The spectacle lens is manufactured in such a manner by an adaptation of the raw lens to an eyeglasses frame that the middle axis of the raw lens lies outside of the optical center of the spectacle lens. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057124 | Low inventory method of making eyeglasses - A low inventory method of making eyeglasses. Two lens elements having special complementary surfaces are provided. These lens elements can be positioned relative to each other to provide wide ranges of focus correction and astigmatism correction. Various preferred embodiments of the invention are described. In one embodiment the required inventory is only identical sets of two complementary lenses for providing correction for almost all needed eye correction for a typical population. In this embodiment, the lens units are first adjusted relative to each other to provide a desired focusing power. Astigmatism may be corrected by a small adjustment in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction followed by a rotation of the two lenses about the axis of the two lenses. When the adjustments have been made the two lenses are fixed with respect to each other and installed in eyeglass frames. Cutting to the shape of the eyeglass frames can occur either before or after the fixing. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057125 | Adaptive optics ocular fundus observation device - An adaptive optics ocular fundus observation device that utilizes adaptive optics in observing ocular fundus, which is characterized by further comprising a judging means for judging whether an arrangement of the retinal locations devoid of nerve cells reflects a retinal nerve fiber tract. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057126 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING TEAR FILM THERMOGRAPH OF CONTACTLESS TEAR FILM THERMAL IMAGER - A method for analyzing tear film thermograph of contactless tear film thermal imager has steps of sequentially loading multiple thermographs of a tear film, recording a maximum and a minimum of temperatures for a region of interest of each one of the thermographs, dividing the thermograph into at least one temperature zone in accordance with the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in the last step, and recording a size, a location and a bordering temperature of each one of the at least one temperature zone, analyzing a pattern and temperature variation of each one of the at least one temperature zone, and classifying stability of the tear film. The patterns of the temperature zones can be identified through circularity computation, mosaic and temperature gradient analysis. Accordingly, tear film break up patterns can be classified with the method to facilitate doctors to diagnose a dry eye patient. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057127 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus has an acquisition unit which acquires a second tomogram related to a first tomogram of an eye to be examined based on position information of an eye fundus of the eye to be examined according to a predetermined rule; and a display control unit which displays the first tomogram and the second tomogram on a display unit. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057128 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - When an observation state by an infrared LED | 2012-03-08 |
20120057129 | EYE TRACKING APPARATUS - An eye tracking apparatus for monitoring the movement of a user's eye, the apparatus including: a display for displaying an image; an eye imaging sensor for monitoring the user's eye and for providing an output indicative of the user's point of regard in the user's field of vision; an optical combiner arranged, in use, in optical communication with the display, the eye imaging sensor and the user's eye: said optical combiner arranged to receive the displayed image from the display, to project said image into the user's field of vision, to receive electromagnetic radiation reflected from the user's eye and to pass said reflected radiation to the eye imaging sensor; wherein the optical combiner is adapted to substantially correct for aberrations in the reflected radiation introduced therein by the optical combiner. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057130 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS - Provided is an ophthalmologic apparatus capable of measuring a refractive state in a state where a pupil diameter dimension varies with respect to an eye to be examined, the ophthalmologic apparatus including a measurement optical system capable of measuring distribution of an optical characteristic within a pupil diameter of the eye to be examined, the ophthalmologic apparatus including a visible light illuminator for illuminating the eye to be examined with visible light along an optical axis of the measurement optical system. The visible light illuminator is configured to be capable of changing an illuminating light intensity in a range including at least from a light intensity capable of exposing the eye to be examined to brightness equivalent to that, in a nighttime environment to a light intensity capable of exposing the eye to be examined to brightness equivalent to that in a daytime environment. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057131 | FULL PARALLAX THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention discloses a full parallax three-dimensional display device. It comprises a projector array and an orthogonal cylinder raster screen. The orthogonal cylinder raster screen comprises the first cylinder raster and the second cylinder raster. The projector array and the orthogonal cylinder raster screen are put in order. The projector array projects images on the orthogonal cylinder raster screen. The raster directions of the first cylinder raster and the second cylinder raster of the orthogonal cylinder raster screen are parallel to the x-axis and the y-axis, respectively. The advantage of the present invention is that it can generate 3D images of high image resolution and high view-field resolution. The extremely tiny view field intervals can bring completely continuous and jumping-free 3D perception for the viewer, reduce the fatigue caused by discontinuous view field in conventional 3D display, and achieve full parallax 3D display including horizontal parallax and vertical parallax. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057132 | DEVICE FOR PROJECTING IMAGES - The invention relates to a device for projecting images, comprising an optical element serving as projection surface and at least one projector ( | 2012-03-08 |
20120057133 | THREE DIMENSIONAL (3-D) POLARIZED DISPLAYS - A display system includes a driver configured to create command signals for generating a pair of images along two different optical paths; a pair of polarized sources, each polarized source configured to produce a polarized image of one of the pair of images along a respective optical path at substantially the same time based on a command signal from the driver, the first of the pair of polarizer sources configured to produce a different polarization than the second of the pair of polarizer sources; a polarization co-alignment element configured to optically align the polarized images from the respective polarizer along a common optical path; and a display screen configured to display the co-aligned polarized images. Depending on the mode of the display system, 3-D polarized glasses may be worn by the viewers for observing the displayed images. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057134 | POLARIZATION CONVERSION SYSTEM AND STEREOSCOPIC PROJECTION SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME - A stereoscopic projection system includes an optical engine, a relay lens group, a polarization conversion system and two identical projection lenses. The optical engine is used for outputting a non-polarized image light. The non-polarized image light is imaged into the polarization conversion system through the relay lens group to produce an intermediate image. The polarization conversion system includes a polarization beam splitter, a polarization rotating element and a polarization switch. The polarization beam splitter is used for splitting the non-polarized image light into a first-state first polarized beam and a second-state second polarized beam, which have the same total optical length. By the polarization switch, the first output polarized beam and the second output polarized beam are alternately switched between the first state and the second state. The projection lenses are located in the first optical path and the second optical path for projecting the intermediate image. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057135 | Low power and low cost projection system - A system comprising of low cost and low power projection engine comprising of means of producing non-coherent light source, means of condensing non-coherent light into narrow beams, means of focusing and scanning narrow beam light on screen where as image is projected on screen by producing light for each pixel of image. Source of non-coherent light can be LED. | 2012-03-08 |
20120057136 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image display apparatus that includes a case having an air inlet port and an exhaust port; a cooling air passage that is formed by connecting the air inlet port and the exhaust port; and an optical unit that is provided within the case. The optical unit includes a red color laser light source, a green color laser light source, and a blue color laser light source, and these laser light sources are positioned in the cooling air passage. Further, the image display apparatus has an air blower that cools the laser light sources of the respective colors by introducing air from the air inlet port and exhausting air from the exhaust port; and a lens that is provided on the light-emitting side of the laser light sources. The red color laser light source is positioned closer to an upstream side of the cooling air passage than the green color laser light source and the blue color laser light source. With this, the temperature of the red color laser light source apparatus is not increased by a long period of use, and thereby image quality deterioration is prevented. | 2012-03-08 |