12th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110069166 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING PRINT PRODUCTS, A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention relates to a method and a device for checking print products of the same kind, more particularly printed sheets of paper of the same kind, which are transported by a conveying device. For this purpose, during a teach-in phase, test images are recorded at a plurality of points on the print product by means of a digital camera. The test images recorded, or parts thereof, are analyzed with respect to their characteristic information, and the test image having the most distinct characteristic information is selected as the reference image. For the purpose of checking print products of the same kind, the subsequent print products of the same kind are checked by recording at least one image at a position corresponding to the reference image and by comparing it with the image data of the reference image. Such checking is carried out by means of a device comprising a digital camera for recording test images of the print product, an illuminating device for illuminating the print product, an input for supplying a position signal, and a control and evaluation unit for controlling the digital camera and the illuminating device and for analyzing image data produced by the digital camera. The invention further relates to a computer program and to a computer program product. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069167 | Three-dimensional pointing sensing apparatus and method - A three-dimensional (3D) pointing sensing apparatus may be provided. The 3D pointing sensing apparatus may include an image generation unit that may photograph a first light source and a second light source in a light emitting unit, and generate an image including an image of the first light source and an image of a second light source. Also, the 3D pointing sensing apparatus may include an orientation calculation unit that may calculate an orientation of the light emitting unit, using a size difference between the image of the first light source and the image of the second light source in the image. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069168 | VEHICLE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR USE IN PARKING LOTS - A vehicle surveillance system for installation in a parking area includes an image capture device, a calculating unit and an alarm processing unit. The image capture device is provided for capturing image data from the parking area. The calculating unit is coupled to the image capture device for detecting whether an abnormal event of the vehicle occurs in the parking area or not. The alarm processing unit is coupled to the calculating unit and includes an alert notification module. The alert notification module is configured to be activated when the abnormal event of the vehicle is detected by the calculating unit. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069169 | VEHICLE PERIPHERAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The device is provided with an image acquisition unit for acquiring a peripheral image of a vehicle, the peripheral image being captured by an image pickup device provided to the vehicle; a display device for displaying the peripheral image, the display device being provided inside a vehicle cabin; and an indicator line output unit for causing an indicator line as a guide for a driver during a driving operation to be displayed superimposed on the peripheral image, at least one of a shadow portion and a side surface portion adjacent to the indicator line being added to the indicator line. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069170 | IN-TRAIN MONITOR SYSTEM - Included are: an information management system that manages monitoring-target condition information output from condition-monitoring target devices; cameras that are incorporated in respective train cars and take images of the condition-monitoring target devices; a transmission device that is connected to an in-train transmission channel and transmits imaging data from the camera; a camera-control central device that is connected to the information management system and the transmission device, monitors the monitoring-target condition information sent from the information management system, determines whether the condition-monitoring target devices are in a normal condition, and generates a frame-rate control signal for adjusting a frame rate of imaging data; and a camera-control terminal device that is connected to the transmission device and the camera and adjusts the frame rate of imaging data sent from the camera based on the frame-rate control signal. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069171 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VIDEO MONITORING - A method for autonomous monitoring includes the following steps. A plurality of video signals of a region to be monitored is collected by a video signal collecting module. A current image and a previous image of the region to be monitored are analyzed by an image processing module. A number of points of difference between the current image and the previous image is calculated by an image comparison module. The image comparison module stores a predetermined threshold value of different points and is capable of outputting an alarm signal when the number of different points exceeds the predetermined threshold value. An alarm condition is indicated by an alarm module when the alarm signal is received. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069172 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION-BASED MULTIMEDIA - Systems and methods for receiving location indications of a communication terminal engaged in a communication session with a communication network, and selecting from a plurality of cameras having different respective fields of view within a geographical region that contains the geographical location, at least one camera whose field of view covers the geographical location. Images are output of the geographical location captured during the session by the at least one selected camera. The images may be correlated with the location indications by a switch in the communication network. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069173 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CAMERA HAND-OFF USING LOCATION MEASUREMENTS - Systems and methods for receiving video images from a plurality of video cameras having respective fields of view that cover a geographical region. At a first time, first video images of an object may be output, where the images are captured by a first video camera selected from the plurality of video cameras. Location indications may be received, which specify a geographical location of the object in the geographical region and which are determined independently of the video images. At a second time subsequent to the first time, a second video camera from the plurality may be selected based on the location indications. The output may be switched to the second video images of the object, which are captured by the selected second video camera. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069174 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS FOR VALUE DOCUMENTS - A value document authentication apparatus and system that includes value document substrates having a uniform distribution of one or more phosphors that emit infrared radiation in one or more wavelengths, which can be measured at the same location on the value document that is illuminated by a phosphor exciting light source when the document passes the light source with a uniform velocity. The illumination and measurement locations on the value document can be offset. The measured infrared radiation as a series of overlapped measurements along a pre-selected track in the value document represents an intensity profile, which can be normalized after removing high variations. The normalized intensity profile of a test value document can be compared with normalized intensity profile from valid reference documents to authenticate the test value document. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069175 | VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION ADAPTIVE INTEGRATION OF IMAGE FRAMES - A night vision device and method for filtering a series of image frames that depict a moving subject, which thereby improves the signal-to-noise ratio of each image frame, is provided. A composite image is formed for each image frame by combining pixel values in a current image frame with pixel values in composite images corresponding to image frames acquired before the current image frame. Additionally, pixels values in image frames acquired subsequent to the acquisition of the current image frame are included when forming the composite image. A bi-directional recursive filter is used to weight the contributions from the previous composite images and subsequent image frames with a decay constant. Motion of the imaging system is optionally compensated for by establishing a moving reference frame and shifting the image frames to account for this motion; thus, registering the image frames before filtering the current image frame. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069176 | CAMERA MODULE AND TESTING METHOD THEREOF - A camera module includes an image capture unit used to capture at least one image of a subject. An image analysis unit is integrated in the camera module to analyze the quality of the image captured by the image capture unit to determine whether the camera module meets one or more preset requirements. The camera module further includes an output unit used to output one or more analysis results of the image analysis unit to determine whether the camera module meets preset capability requirements. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069177 | Policy-based Video Quality Assessment - A method to determine when to compare original data (such as the original image) to rendered data (such as the rendered image) for the purpose of determining the fidelity of without some of the disadvantages of the prior art is disclosed. This is done by assessing the quality of service of a network path at a given time or by assessing the conditions of the network path over time and deciding specific times at which to test. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069178 | MULTIMEDIA INTERACTIVE SIMULATOR - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device, including a centralized controller to: distribute multimedia content to permit a television (TV) emulator client at one or more retail store locations to simulate a plurality of features of a television system interactively by using a media controller; and periodically update the multimedia content distributed to the TV emulator client. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069179 | NETWORK COORDINATED EVENT CAPTURE AND IMAGE STORAGE - A system and method are disclosed for coordinating different image capture devices at an event so that images captured by the different devices may form a cohesive and consistent image set. The system includes a group of image capture devices, referred to herein as an event capture group, wirelessly communicating with a remote server. The image capture devices in an event capture group may consist of still image cameras, video recorders, mobile phones and other devices capable of capturing images. The server coordinates the devices in a group before images are taken, so that the resultant images from the different devices are consistent with each other and may be aggregated into a single, cohesive image set. Images from different devices in the group may be uploaded during an event and organized on a remote database into the image set which may be viewed during or after the event. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069180 | CAMERA-BASED SCANNING - Embodiments of camera-based scanning are described. In various embodiments, scanned documents can be created using images captured by a camera associated with a device. An image captured by the camera is processed to identify portions within the image that correspond to rectangular objects such as paper, business cards, whiteboards, screens, and so forth. One or more of these portions can be selected for scanning automatically based on a scoring scheme and/or semi-automatically with the aid of input from a user. One or more scanned documents are created from the selected portions by un-warping the selected portions to remove effects of perspective (e.g., rectify the portions to rectangles) and applying various image enhancements to improve appearance. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069181 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER WITH MULTI-IMAGE CAPTURING FUNCTION - A notebook computer with a multi-image capturing function is provided. The notebook computer includes an image pickup device and a mirror. The image pickup device is used for capturing a first image. The mirror is disposed beside the image pickup device and tilted by an angle with respect to the image pickup device. A second image reflected by the mirror is adjustable by changing the angle. The second image reflected by the mirror is also captured by the image pickup device, so that the first image and the second image are simultaneously captured by the image pickup device. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069182 | Two Stage Detection For Photographic Eye Artifacts - A digital image acquisition device is for acquiring digital images including one or more preview images. A face detector analyzes the one or more preview images to ascertain information relating to candidate face regions therein. A speed-optimized filter produces a first set of candidate red-eye regions based on the candidate face region information provided by the face detector. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069183 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO CAPTURE CONTENT - In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses identifying opportunities to capture content sense a user profile; determine a geographic location of a device; and transmit at least one suggestion to the device based on the geographic location of the device and the user profile wherein the suggestion indicates a photo opportunity. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069184 | PORTABLE REMOTE DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING PICTURE OF REAL OBJECT AND WRITTEN DATA, AND PRESENTATION METHOD USING THE SAME - There is provided a remote data transmission system that includes a hand-held remote device including a camera, a camera button, a wireless communication device for transmitting data obtained by the camera, and a storing device having one or more operating programs; and a computer comprising a display device, wherein the hand-held remote device obtains image data of an object and transmits the image data to the computer when the camera button is pressed, wherein the computer receives data from the hand-held remote device and displays the data on the display device, and wherein the computer displays the image data on the display device upon receipt of the image data. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069185 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH INTERNAL PRINTER - An image capturing device with internal printer includes a main body and a cover. The main body defines a receiving space with an opening on a surface thereof. The receiving space is configured for receiving printing papers, the size of the opening is larger than that of the printing papers. The cover is movable on the surface of the main body for covering the receiving space. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069186 | Detecting Red Eye Filter and Apparatus Using Meta-Data - A method of filtering a red-eye phenomenon from an acquired digital image including a multiplicity of pixels indicative of color, the pixels forming various shapes of the image, includes analyzing meta-data information, determining one or more regions within the digital image suspected as including red eye artifact, and determining, based at least in part on the meta-data analysis, whether the regions are actual red eye artifact. The meta-data information may include information describing conditions under which the image was acquired, captured and/or digitized, acquisition device-specific information, and/film information. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069187 | IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image output apparatus characterized by comprising: first communication control means for controlling communication using a first protocol; second communication control means for controlling communication relating to an image using a second protocol; image output means for executing image output | 2011-03-24 |
20110069188 | Policy-Based Controls For Wireless Cameras - A system and method of the present invention provide parental and corporate control for a wireless camera. An administration authority web site is provided that enables an owner of a wireless camera to log into a server and establish a set of control policies that specify what actions on the phone are authorized for what user. The control policies are downloaded to the wireless camera, and the wireless camera is then operated such that a user of the wireless camera is only able to perform actions authorized by the control policies. In a further embodiment, a control policy is provided that requires the wireless camera to upload captured images to the server for review by the wireless camera owner. In addition, the images may be quarantined until the wireless camera owner authorizes their release to the user. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069189 | CAPTURING AND PROCESSING OF IMAGES USING MONOLITHIC CAMERA ARRAY WITH HETEROGENEOUS IMAGERS - A camera array, an imaging device and/or a method for capturing image that employ a plurality of imagers fabricated on a substrate is provided. Each imager includes a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager having a second imaging characteristics. The images generated by the plurality of imagers are processed to obtain an enhanced image compared to images captured by the imagers. Each imager may be associated with an optical element fabricated using a wafer level optics (WLO) technology. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069190 | FAST FOCUSING METHOD FOR DIGITAL CAMERA - A fast focusing method for a digital camera is applied in the digital camera to judge whether a focusing focal length of the digital camera needs to be adjusted in an auto focusing stage. The fast focusing method includes capturing a target image at a reference focal length; performing a blur detection procedure on the target image to acquire a focus value; setting a focusing focal length range covering the reference focal length when the focus value is between a lower limit focusing threshold and an upper limit focusing threshold; capturing corresponding comparison images at different focusing focal lengths respectively in the focusing focal length range; calculating a contrast value of each comparison image; and calculating the contrast values and a target focal length through a quadratic curve approximation method, and adjusting lenses of the digital camera to the set target focal length to perform shooting. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069191 | Correlated double sampling circuit, image sensor including the same, and image processing system including the image sensor - A correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit is provided. The CDS circuit is configured to perform a CDS on a reset signal and an image signal during a CDS phase respectively. The CDS circuit includes a sampling circuit configured to output a difference between a correlated double sampled reset signal and a correlated double sampled image signal, and a feedback unit configured to feedback the difference output from the sampling circuit during a PGA phase to an input of the sampling circuit. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069192 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a determining unit, a modifying unit, a selecting unit, and a generating unit. The determining unit determines, with respect to a missing pixel position that does not have a signal of a specified color among colors forming an image, an interpolation process type indicating the type of an interpolation process of the signal of the specified color. The modifying unit modifies the determined interpolation process type based on interpolation process types of peripheral missing pixel positions located at the vicinity of the missing pixel position. The selecting unit selects a color-difference signal that is a difference between signal of a color except the specified color and the signal of the specified color in correspondence with the modified interpolation process type. The generating unit generates an interpolation signal of the signal of the specified color at the missing pixel position based on the color-difference signal. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069193 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - In image shooting using a self timer on an apparatus, the apparatus allows a user to control continuous shooting of a plurality of frames of images according to the user's desire. In image shooting using a self timer on the apparatus, the apparatus changes a timing of starting image shooting by self timer for a second image and beyond to be continuously shot according to detected faces of persons. The apparatus notifies the user that the timing for starting the image shooting by self timer is currently calculated. With this configuration, the user can control the timing of shooting images by continuous shooting. Accordingly, the user convenience in using the apparatus in shooting a plurality of frames of images of variable attitudes and objects is improved. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069194 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a closed-eye detection unit configured to detect a face from an image captured by the imaging unit and to detect whether the detected face has closed eyes, and a control unit configured to determine whether to issue a warning about a captured image to be recorded according to a detection result detected by the closed-eye detection unit for the captured image to be recorded and a detection result detected by the closed-eye detection unit for a preview image captured before the image to be recorded is captured. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069195 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a fetcher. A fetcher fetches an object scene image. A first adjuster adjusts a tonality of the object scene image fetched by the fetcher, corresponding to a property of a display device. An object scene image outputter outputs the object scene image having the tonality adjusted by the first adjuster, toward the display device. A second adjuster adjusts the tonality of the object scene image fetched by the fetcher, in parallel with the adjusting process of the first adjuster. A first searcher searches for an object image that coincides with a registered object image from the object scene image having the tonality adjusted by the second adjuster. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069196 | Viewfinder for shared image device - A technique includes receiving one or more captured shared image representations at a displaying shared image device from one or more shared image devices. At least one of the displaying shared image device and the one or more shared image devices configurable to capture one or more image representations. The technique further includes displaying a view-finder-based shared image representation over a viewfinder at the displaying shared image device. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CMOS IMAGE SENSING - A system is provided for determining a color using a CMOS image sensor. The system includes an input port for receiving a user command. The system further includes an image sensor, an optical device that forms an image on the image sensor, and a processor. The image sensor includes an n-type substrate and a p-type epitaxy layer overlying the n-type substrate. The image sensor includes a control circuit that applies a first voltage on the n-type substrate to obtain a first output. The control circuit applies a second voltage on the n-type substrate to obtain a second output. The control circuit also applies a third voltage on the n-type substrate to obtain a third output. The p-type epitaxy layer includes a silicon germanium material. The image sensor additionally includes an epitaxy layer interposed between the n-type substrate and the p-type epitaxy layer. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069198 | LENS UNIT - A lens unit according to the present invention includes: a barrel, which has first and second openings and an inner space defined along a center axis between the first and second openings; and lenses held in the inner space. In each pair of adjacent lenses, when projected parallel to their optical axis, one lens located closer to the second opening has a greater projection than the other lens located closer to the first opening. The barrel has inner side surface portions, which are arranged parallel to the center axis to define cross sections corresponding to the respective projections of the lenses. In each pair of adjacent inner side surface portions, one portion located closer to the second opening has a greater cross section than the other portion located closer to the first opening. The barrel has main grooves cut on the inner side surface portions to run from the first opening toward the second opening. Each of the lens units is bonded to an associated inner side surface portion with an adhesive that fills at least partially the main grooves on the inner side surface portion. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069199 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a light source section that can radiate light of the same wavelength onto the same region of a subject twice within a one-frame period making up one image, a brightness detection section that detects brightness of two returning light images when light has been radiated twice, and a synthetic image generation section that generates a synthetic image obtained by synthesizing the two returning light images using the light of the same wavelength and under the same exposure quantity based on the detection result of the brightness. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069200 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A high dynamic range (HDR) image generating apparatus and method is provided. The HDR image generating apparatus may set an auto-exposure time, a long exposure time, a short exposure time, and a reference exposure time. The auto-exposure time may be set to be shorter than the long exposure time, the short exposure time may be set to be shorter than the auto-exposure time, and the reference exposure time may be set to fall within a range between the auto-exposure time and the short exposure time. The image generating apparatus may obtain a first image with the long exposure time and a second image with the reference exposure time, may correct motion in the first image and adjust a dynamic range of the second image, and then may composite the resultant first and second images to generate a high dynamic range image. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069201 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An imaging device of the present invention comprises: an imaging mechanism; a sound acquisition unit operable to acquire sound data that includes information reflecting an imaging environment; and a setting unit operable to, based on the sound data acquired by the sound acquisition unit, select and set one or more setting values for controlling the imaging mechanism. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069202 | CAMERA, CAMERA SYSTEM AND LENS APPARATUS - A camera on which a lens apparatus is mounted is disclosed. The camera includes a controller which performs a focusing control corresponding to the mounted lens apparatus; a display unit which performs display process corresponding to an output of the controller; and a storage section which stores correction information for correcting a calculation result in the focusing control by the controller, in association with the mounted lens apparatus. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069203 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A method for processing an image includes acquiring a low frequency component of a luminance component of an image, correcting the luminance component of the image using the acquired low frequency component, determining a level correction amount of each pixel of the corrected image using a frequency distribution of low frequency components of the acquired image and a low frequency component of each pixel of the image, and performing level correction using the determined level correction amount and a luminance distribution of the corrected image. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069204 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE CORRECTION - A method and apparatus are provided for correcting image data of an image sensor. In on embodiment, a method includes receiving sensor data including image data having at least one artifact and smear sensitive data, detecting motion of one or more light sources associated with the artifact and characterizing the motion of the one or more light sources to provide a motion characteristic. The method may further include correcting at least a portion of the image data based on the smear sensitive data and the motion characteristic of the one or more light sources, wherein the correcting is responsive to vertical motion and non-vertical motion of the one or more light sources. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069205 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including: an image combination unit which generates combined images by combining photographed images having different exposure times; and a motion area detection unit which performs a comparison process on a plurality of the combined images generated by the image combination unit to acquire a pixel value difference and which performs a motion area detection process of comparing the pixel value difference with a predetermined threshold value and determining a pixel area, of which the pixel value difference is equal to or larger than the threshold value, to be a motion area where motion of a subject is estimated to have occurred. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069206 | HIGH RESOLUTION ZOOM: A NOVEL DIGITAL ZOOM FOR DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA - A camera system and a method for zooming the camera system is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating an electronic image by sensing an optical image received by the camera, the sensing including electronic cropping to a window size to establish an initial resolution for the electronic image, (B) generating a final image by decimating the electronic image by a decimation factor to a final resolution smaller than the initial resolution and (C) changing a zoom factor for the final image by adjusting both of the decimation factor and the window size. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069207 | Method of Determining PSF Using Multiple Instances of a Nominally Similar Scene - A digital image acquisition system includes a portable apparatus for capturing digital images and a digital processing component for detecting, analyzing and informing the photographer regarding motion blur, and for reducing camera motion blur in an image captured by the apparatus. The digital processing component operates by comparing the image with at least one other image, for example a preview image, of nominally the same scene taken outside the exposure period of the main image. In one embodiment the digital processing component identifies at least one feature in a single preview image which is relatively less blurred than the corresponding feature in the main image, calculates a point spread function (PSF) in respect of such feature, and de-convolves the main image using the PSF. In another embodiment, the digital processing component calculates a trajectory of at least one feature in a plurality of preview images, extrapolates such feature on to the main image, calculates a PSF in respect of the feature, and de-convolves the main image using the PSF. In another embodiment the digital processing unit after determining the degree of blur notifies the photographer of the existing blur or automatically invokes consecutive captures. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069208 | Two Stage Detection For Photographic Eye Artifacts - A digital image acquisition device is for acquiring digital images including one or more preview images. A face detector analyzes the one or more preview images to ascertain information relating to candidate face regions therein. A speed-optimized filter produces a first set of candidate red-eye regions based on the candidate face region information provided by the face detector. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069209 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SOLID- STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a defect correcting unit, a noise-reduction processing unit, and a selecting unit. The defect correcting unit executes defect correction on a target pixel. The defect correcting unit switches, according to the level of contrast determined concerning a plurality of peripheral pixels, a first correction value obtained through averaging processing for signal values of the peripheral pixels and a second correction value other than the first correction value. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069210 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus, for correcting a cross talk between adjacent pixels, includes: a memory unit for storing a correction parameter for reducing a cross talk signal leaked to an object pixel from an adjacent pixel, the correction parameter corresponding to a position of the object pixel; and a correcting unit for subtracting, based on the correction parameter stored in the memory unit, the cross talk signal from a pixel signal of the solid-state imaging apparatus correspondingly to a position of the pixel, wherein a number of the object pixel is at least two, and the at least two object pixels have different addresses in a horizontal direction, and different addresses in a vertical direction. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069211 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER FOR CONTROLLING GAIN BY CHANGING A SYSTEM PARAMETER, IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - Example embodiments are directed to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that controls a gain by changing a system parameter, an image sensor including the ADC and a method of operating the ADC. The ADC includes a sigma-delta modulator which receives an input signal and a clock signal and sigma-delta modulates the input signal into a digital output signal based on the clock signal and an accumulation unit which accumulates the digital output signal at each cycle of the clock signal according to an analog-to-digital conversion time and outputs an accumulation result. A system parameter is varied during the analog-to-digital conversion time to control a gain of the ADC. The method of operating the analog-to-digital converter includes sigma-delta modulating an input signal into a digital output signal in response to a clock signal input to the ADC; and accumulating the digital output signal at each cycle of the input clock signal according to an analog-to-digital conversion time and outputting an accumulation result. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069212 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS, IMAGE PICKUP MODULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE PICKUP LENS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE PICKUP MODULE - In order that an image pickup lens etc. may be realized which make it possible to easily realize an arrangement which reduces a possibility of deterioration of an optical characteristic, and which is suitable for a reduction in manufacturing costs and for mass-production, an image pickup lens of the present invention satisfies the following formulas (1) and (2); | 2011-03-24 |
20110069213 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid state imaging device including: a pixel portion having a plurality of pixels arrayed two-dimensionally and including an effective pixel portion and a dummy pixel portion; a timing generator for generating address information for reading signals of pixels of the pixel portion and timing signals for reading; a column decoder; a column selection circuit for generating transfer signals and reset signals used for control for reading signals of pixels in the column portions of the pixel portion by the plurality of line selection signals output from the column decoder based on the timing signals and selecting column portions of pixels in an effective portion and a dummy portion of the pixel portion; and a transfer circuit for reading signals of corresponding pixels based on the transfer signals and reset signals output from the column selection circuit, then transferring signals of read pixels by the row signal lines. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069214 | CAMERA, CAMERA SYSTEM AND LENS APPARATUS - A camera on which a lens apparatus is mounted is disclosed. The camera includes a controller which performs a focusing control corresponding to the mounted lens apparatus; a display unit which performs display process corresponding to an output of the controller; and a storage section which stores correction information for correcting a calculation result in the focusing control by the controller, in association with the mounted lens apparatus. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069215 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PICTURE USING IMAGE RECOGNITION - A picture control apparatus provides control of a picture displayed on a display of a mobile terminal according to an action detected through image recognition. A picture control method includes detecting an action from images captured by a camera, and controlling a picture displayed on a display if the detected action is a specific action. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069216 | WAFER-LEVEL LENS MODULE WITH EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELD AND IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE WAFER-LEVEL LENS MODULE - A wafer-level lens module with an extended depth of field (EDF) and an imaging device including the wafer-level lens module are provided. The wafer-level EDF lens module includes a plurality of wafer-scale lenses stacked with fixed distances therebetween. The plurality of wafer-scale lenses includes an effective lens having a profile which satisfies a corrected optimized aspheric function, wherein a profile of a center region of the effective lens is optimized for an infinity-focused image and a profile of an edge region of the effective lens is optimized for a macro-focused image. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069217 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING AUTOFOCUS FUNCTION, AND LENS UNIT - An image pickup apparatus includes a magnification information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on an image pickup magnification of an image pickup optical system, and a controller configured to select a first focus control that stops a focus control after an on-focus state of the image pickup optical system is obtained by the focus control, and a second focus control that continues the focus control even after the on-focus state of the image pickup optical system is obtained by the focus control. The controller sets the first focus control mode when the information on the image pickup magnification is information corresponding to image pickup magnification smaller than a predetermined value, and the controller sets the second focus control mode when the information on the image pickup magnification is information corresponding to image pickup magnification equal to or larger than the predetermined value. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069218 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image sensing apparatus has an image sensing element which accumulates received light as a charge, a mechanical shutter which travels to shield the image sensing element, and a scan unit which makes a scan for starting charge accumulation. The image sensing apparatus executes the scan for starting charge accumulation prior to traveling of the mechanical shutter and controls the scan for starting charge accumulation and traveling of the shutter to serve as a front curtain and a rear curtain of a shutter. Note that a scan pattern setting unit ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069219 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT ENABLES SHOOTING WITH LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image pickup apparatus that enables shooting with a light emission device. An image pickup unit accumulates electric charge corresponding to an incident light. A mechanical shutter runs from an impervious position that blocks the incident light to the image pickup unit to a pervious position. An accumulation control unit controls a start timing of the accumulation of electric charge by the image pickup unit. A determination unit determines whether a communication with the light emission device is possible. A control unit controls the mechanical shutter to start running from the impervious position to the pervious position before the determination unit determines that the communication with the light emission device is possible, and controls the accumulation control unit to start accumulation of electric charge after the determination unit determines that the communication with the light emission device is possible, when shooting with the light emission device. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069220 | Digital camera - A digital camera ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069221 | ALIGNMENT OF LENS AND IMAGE SENSOR - Embodiments related to the alignment of a lens with an image sensor in an optical device are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises an optical device including a printed circuit board, and an image sensor package mounted on the printed circuit board, wherein the image sensor package includes an image sensor. The optical system further comprises a lens holder including a lens, and one or more alignment features arranged on the lens holder. The one or more alignment features are configured to contact the image sensor package to mechanically align the lens holder with the image sensor package. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069222 | RELIABLE AND NON-MANIPULATABLE PROCESSING OF DATA STREAMS IN A RECEIVER - The invention provides a solution for secure and non-manipulatable processing of a data stream in a receiver, possibly in conjunction with a smartcard. A packet identity and a content type identifier associated with the packet identifier are received in encrypted form and securely processed within the receiver to allow an encrypted payload of the data stream to be processed without the possibility to manipulate the content type identifier in an attempt to intercept the payload after decryption. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069223 | VIDEO/AUDIO DATA OUTPUT DEVICE AND METHOD - A video/audio data output device includes a demultiplexing section, a video decoder that generates video data by decoding the video stream signal, an audio decoder that generates audio data by decoding the audio stream signal, a video output section that outputs the video data in synchronism with the system clock, an audio output section that outputs the audio data in synchronism with the system clock, a video adjusting section, and an audio output adjusting section. The demultiplexing section demultiplexes a video stream signal, an audio stream signal, and a system clock from an input signal, the video adjusting section processes a video frame that has been output from the video output section, and the audio output adjusting section delays the system clock to be supplied to the audio output section, in accordance with a length of time that the video adjusting section takes to process the video frame. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ART-DIRECTABLE RETARGETING FOR STREAMING VIDEO - An integrated system and method for content-aware video retargeting. An interactive framework combines key frame-based constraint editing with numerous automatic algorithms for video analysis. This combination gives content producers a high level of control of the retargeting process. One component of the framework is a non-uniform, pixel-accurate warp to the target resolution that considers automatic as well as interactively-defined features. Automatic features comprise video saliency, edge preservation at the pixel resolution, and scene cut detection to enforce bilateral temporal coherence. Additional high level constraints can be added by the producer to achieve a consistent scene composition across arbitrary output formats. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention provide a better visual result for retargeted video when compared to using conventional techniques. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069225 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND PROCESSING HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL VIDEO SIGNALS - A method of transmitting a digital video stream having a plurality of image frames and being characterized by a vertical resolution and a frame rate. A temporal multiplexing operation is applied to the image frames of the video stream in order to generate a compressed video stream having the same vertical resolution and half the frame rate of the video stream. This compressed video stream is then transmitted in lieu of the original video stream. At the receiving end, temporal de-multiplexing and pixel interpolation operations are applied to the frames of the compressed video stream in order to reconstruct the original video stream. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069226 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE - A video processing device includes a processor, a voltage conversion circuit, and a Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorécepteurs et Téléviseurs (SCART) chip. The processor is operable to process video signals, and control a GPIO (general purpose input output) pin to output different mode controlling signals according to different video signal formats. The voltage conversion circuit connected to the GPIO pin is operable to receive the mode controlling signals, and output different voltage signals according to the different format controlling signals. The SCART chip connected to the voltage conversion circuit is operable to receive the video signals and the voltage signals, and process the video signals according to the corresponding voltage signals. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069227 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus is provided for generating high-frequency emphasized image data emphasizing a high-frequency component and low-frequency interpolated image data using motion compensation, from image data input for each frame, and outputting the high-frequency emphasized image data and the low-frequency interpolated image data as sub-frames. The apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate an evaluation value of a motion vector detected during the motion compensation, and a control unit configured to control, based on the calculated evaluation value, luminance of the low-frequency interpolated image data to be lowered relative to the high-frequency emphasized image data. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069228 | VIDEO SIGNAL GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD MINIMIZING CROSSTALK BETWEEN LUMINANCE SIGNAL AND COLOR DIFFERENCE SIGNAL - Provided is a video signal generation apparatus and method that may minimize crosstalk between a luminance signal and color difference signals. The video signal generation apparatus may generate the luminance signal using a nonlinear Y signal and then generate color difference signals using a nonlinear XYZ signal to maximize a de-correlation characteristic between the luminance signal and the color difference signals. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069229 | AUDIO/VIDEO METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Audio and or video data is structurally and persistently associated with auxiliary sensor data (e.g., relating to acceleration, orientation or tilt) through use of a unitary data object, such as a modified MPEG file or data stream. In this form, different rendering devices can employ co-conveyed sensor data to alter the audio or video content. Such use of the sensor data may be personalized to different users, e.g., through preference data. For example, accelerometer data can be associated with video data, allowing some users to view a shake-stabilized version of a video, and other users to view the video with such motion artifacts undisturbed. In like fashion, camera parameters, such as focal plane distance, can be co-conveyed with audio/video content—allowing the volume to be diminished (or not, again depending on user preference) when a camera captures audio/video from a distant subject. Some arrangements employ multiple image sensors and/or multiple audio sensors—each also collecting auxiliary data. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069230 | Caption and/or Metadata Synchronization for Replay of Previously or Simultaneously Recorded Live Programs - A synchronization process between captioning data and/or corresponding metatags and the associated media file parses the media file, correlates the caption information and/or metatags with segments of the media file, and provides a capability for textual search and selection of particular segments. A time-synchronized version of the captions is created that is synchronized to the moment that the speech is uttered in the recorded media. The caption data is leveraged to enable search engines to index not merely the title of a video, but the entirety of what was said during the video as well as any associated metatags relating to contents of the video. Further, because the entire media file is indexed, a search can request a particular scene or occurrence within the event recorded by the media file, and the exact moment within the media relevant to the search can be accessed and played for the requester. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069231 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an Image Forming Apparatus Including: an Image Forming Unit Configured to receive print data and to form an image corresponding to the print data on a recorded material; a display unit configured to receive display data and to display a video corresponding to the display data; and a control unit configured to execute an image forming operation for outputting the print data with respect to the image forming unit and a display operation for periodically outputting the display data with respect to the display unit at a predetermined frame rate, wherein the control unit changes the frame rate according to a progress status of the image forming operation. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069232 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL - An apparatus for driving a display panel includes: a time variant signal (TVS) generator configured to generate a time variant signal group; a common pulse signal generator configured to generate a plurality of pulse signals; a selector configured to receive the time variant signal, the plurality of the pulse signals, and video data and select a grayscale voltage corresponding to the video data; and a buffer configured to buffer and transfer an output of the selector. Herein, the selector and the buffer are provided to each of a plurality of channels, and the time variant signal and the plurality of the pulse signals are inputted in common to the selector of each channel. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069233 | Method and Apparatus for Inducing and or Reducing Geometric Distortions in a Display via Positive Going Pulses - In certain flat screen TV sets, such as LCD monitors, geometric errors can be induced in a video signal by positive going pulses. That is, a shift in a display is provided when one or more positive going pulse is added to the video signal following one or more sync pulse. To illustrate, AGC pulses, generally used for content control and or copy protection in the last lines of an active video field, cause a shift (horizontal displacement) in the picture for these last lines in the active field. Alternatively, turning off or attenuating such positive going pulses in the last lines of the active field, eliminates or reduces the picture shift. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069234 | Excellently Operable Projection Image Display Apparatus - A image distortion correction unit which corrects a distortion of a projected image includes: a switching unit which operates in response to an operation signal from a Keystone remote controller button to switch correction by a trapezoidal distortion correction process and correction by a corner distortion correction process back and forth; a determination unit which determines whether any one of the correction by the trapezoidal distortion correction process and the correction by the corner distortion correction process has been performed; and a prohibition unit which prohibits switching the trapezoidal distortion correction process and the corner distortion correction process back and forth if the determination unit determines that any one of the correction by the trapezoidal distortion correction process and the correction by the corner distortion correction process has been performed and the operation signal is also received from the Keystone remote controller button. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069235 | Excellently Operable Projection Image Display Apparatus - A projector includes: an image signal processing circuit which receives and converts a first image signal to generate a second image signal representing an image to be projected; an image distortion correction unit which corrects the second image signal in response to a correction point on a projected image being changed by an operation done by a user; and an OSD circuit which operates, in response to an image distortion correction process being selected in response to an operation done by the user, to superpose a correction pattern used to allow the user to designate the correction point on the projected image, and thus display the correction pattern and the projected image on a single screen. The OSD circuit includes a switching control unit which switches a color used to display the correction pattern when the image distortion correction process is performed. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069236 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DC RESTORATION USING FEEDBACK - A feedback circuit for restoration of DC in video signals is presented. A sample pulse representing the back porch of an incoming video signal is generated from the horizontal sync signal. The sample pulse triggers a sample and hold circuit to acquire the correct offset voltage in the output signal during this back porch period. The offset voltage feeds back through a summing node upstream of either the circuit causing the offset or an input amplifier thereby restoring the video signal to the desired DC voltage level with respect to ground. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069237 | Image Interpolation for motion/disparity compensation - Methods of image interpolation disclosed herein include a method of irregular-grid expanded-block weighted motion compensation (IEWMC) and a method of block-wise directional hole interpolation (BDHI). The IEWMC can be used with unidirectional motion or disparity trajectories. The IEWMC can be applied in both forward and backward directions, and the interpolated images resulting from IEWMC application can be superimposed, or averaged, to reduce the blocking artifacts and handle the holes and overlaps. The BDHI takes into account the orientation of local edges and textures when filling the holes, which results in a sharper interpolated image. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069238 | EMBEDDED RECYCLE CIRCUIT FOR HARNESSING LIGHT ENERGY - In an LCD, the lamp that is used to illuminate the liquid crystals also illuminates a solar cell in the display chassis to minimize wastage of light. The solar cell can be used to charge a battery for a standby power supply. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069239 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - There is provided a backlight device with which it is possible not only to prevent an assembly process from being complicated and the number of components from being increased, but also to connect a light source to a connector member satisfactorily and electrically. In this backlight device ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069240 | Projector and Control Method Thereof - A projector control method for a projector in a standby mode is disclosed. The projector is connected to an active video source for image projecting, and the projector comprises at least one input port. The method comprises the follow steps of: connecting electronically the projector and the video source via a video signal cable; detecting whether a defining signal is produced from the input port of the projector, wherein the defining signal is selected from one of the following: a current variation, a voltage variation, an encoded signal, a clock signal, and a synchronous signal; and supplying power to the projector and igniting a lamp when the defining signal is detected, such that the projector enters an active mode. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069241 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND, POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL INFORMATION WRITING/READING DEVICE - A liquid crystal compound having a good durability against light, a polymerizable liquid crystal composition and an optically anisotropic material are provided. Further, an optical element having a good durability against light and an optical information writing/reading device employing such an element are provided. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069242 | PROJECTION DESPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069243 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL LENS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, LENS APPARATUS USING LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL LENS - A liquid crystal optical lens including a first and a second device substrate and a liquid crystal layer is provided. A first electrode layer and a plurality of first stacked layers are sequent stacked on the first device substrate. Each first stacked layer has a first opening exposing the first electrode layer and includes a first conductive layer and a first insulating layer located between the first conductive layer and the first electrode layer. A second electrode layer and a plurality of second stacked layers are sequent stacked on the second device substrate. Each second stacked layer has a second opening exposing the second electrode layer and including a second conductive layer and a second insulating layer located between the second conductive layer and the second electrode layer. A method for fabricating the liquid crystal optical lens and a lens apparatus using the liquid crystal optical lens are also provided. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069244 | VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A vertical alignment liquid crystal display device includes a number of pixel regions. Each pixel region includes a lower substrate unit and an upper substrate unit having an upper glass layer, a first protrusion and a second protrusion formed on the upper glass layer, and a conductive layer formed on the second protrusion. Each of the first and second protrusions includes two uneven sections. A first potential difference is applied between the upper glass layer and the lower substrate unit, and a second potential difference, being independent from the first potential difference, is applied between the conductive layer formed on the second protrusion and the lower substrate unit. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069245 | OPTICALLY ISOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM, AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - A liquid crystal medium having a wide temperature range of a liquid crystal phase, a large optical anisotropy, and a large dielectric anisotropy and having an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase is provided. The liquid crystal medium is characterized by containing a liquid crystal compound having a pyrimidine ring and a linking group —CF | 2011-03-24 |
20110069246 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) comprises an array substrate and a color filter substrate, which are assembled together and sandwich liquid crystal therebetween. The array substrate comprises a gate line, a first data line and a second data line, which define a pixel region, a first pixel electrode and a first thin film transistor (TFT) for controlling the first data line to provide a first data voltage to the first pixel electrode in the pixel region, and a second pixel electrode and a second TFT for controlling the second data line to provide a second data voltage to the second pixel electrode. The color filter substrate comprises black matrixes and a color resin unit. The position of the first pixel electrode corresponds to the position of the color resin unit between the black matrixes so as to display a first image on a side of the color filter substrate in a light transmission mode; the position of the second pixel electrode corresponds to the position of the color resin unit on the black matrixes so as to display a second image on a side of the array substrate in a light reflection mode. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069247 | TFT-LCD ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) array substrate comprises: forming a gate line and a gate electrode on a base substrate, and then depositing a gate insulating layer on the base substrate; forming an active layer, a data line, a source electrode, and a drain electrode on the gate insulating layer, and removing the gate insulating layer in the region other than the regions of the active layer, the data line, the source electrode and the drain electrode; forming a first via hole, a second via hole and a third via hole in a photoresist layer by an exposing and developing process; and forming a pixel electrode, a first connection electrode and a second connection electrode on the photosensitive resin layer. The pixel electrode is connected with the drain electrode through the third via hole. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069248 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes an outer cover, a backlight module, a liquid crystal panel, and a bezel. The backlight module includes a reflection sheet, a light guide plate (LGP), an edge reflector, and a light source. The reflection sheet is disposed on the outer cover and faces the outer cover. There is an interval between the outer cover and the reflection sheet. The LGP is stacked on the reflection sheet and the edge reflector is disposed on the outer cover, wherein a containing space is defined by the outer cover and the edge reflector. The light source is disposed in the containing space. The liquid crystal panel is stacked on the LGP. The bezel is assembled to the outer cover. The outer cover and the bezel enclose the backlight module and the liquid crystal panel and the bezel exposes the liquid crystal panel. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069249 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A backlight module includes a lighting unit and a brightness enhancement sheet. The brightness enhancement sheet is disposed beside the lighting unit. The brightness enhancement sheet includes a light-transmissive substrate, a plurality of lenses, a reflective layer, and a diffusion layer. The light-transmissive substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface is located between the second surface and the lighting unit. The lenses are disposed on the first surface. The reflective layer is disposed on the second surface. The reflective layer has a plurality of light-transmissive openings respectively located on the optical axes of the lenses. The diffusion layer is disposed on the reflective layer and covers the light-transmissive openings. The reflective layer is disposed between the diffusion layer and the second surface. A liquid crystal display apparatus is also provided. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069250 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight disposed to face the liquid crystal display panel, the backlight including at least a frame having a bottom surface facing the liquid crystal display panel, a reflector placed on the bottom surface of the frame, and a plurality of light sources disposed on the liquid crystal display panel side of the reflector and supported by the frame, wherein a recess protruding in the opposite direction to the liquid crystal display panel is formed in the bottom surface of the frame, the recess and the reflector constituting an air duct. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069251 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, BACKLIGHT MODULE, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A BACKLIGHT MODULE - A backlight module includes a first light source, a back plate unit, a reflector unit, and a light guide plate. The back plate unit includes a first back plate and a second back plate. The first back plate has a first plate body with a first side part structure defining a first receiving space for receiving the first light source, and the second back plate has a second plate body with a second side part structure. The second back plate is connected to the first back plate in a manner that the first and second side part structures are opposite to each other. The reflector unit is disposed on the first and second plate bodies, and has a portion extending into the first receiving space. The light guide plate is disposed on the reflector unit and is disposed between the first and second side part structures. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069252 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal panel assembly includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight module having at least one light emitting diode (LED) light source to irradiate light to the liquid crystal panel, and a housing which surrounds the liquid crystal panel and the backlight module. At least a portion of the housing adjacent to the at least one LED light source is formed of a thermal-conductive material. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069253 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - One of the objects is to improve the light utilization efficiency of a liquid crystal display panel with microlenses. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069254 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus that includes a light amount adjustment section includes a lens provided corresponding to a light receiving region of a photo-sensor element. The light amount adjustment section varies the focus position of the lens with respect to the light receiving region of the photo-sensor element to adjust the amount of light to be introduced to the light receiving region. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069255 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit that is easy to slim and simplify the configuration is disclosed. The backlight unit includes: a lower case with an opened upper surface; at least one light source unit disposed at an inner side surface of the lower case; and a modularized optical unit disposed parallel to the light source unit and configured to include a light guide plate and optical sheets which are accommodated into a reflection sheet. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069256 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting apparatus of side emission type includes disposing a light emitting device on a substrate having a predetermined electrode pattern. A side member is disposed on the substrate to be spaced apart from the light emitting device with a predetermined space. The light emitting device and the electrode pattern are electrically connected. A light reflecting member is disposed in the space between the side member and at least one side surface of the light emitting device so that the light reflecting member is in contact with the at least one side surface of the light emitting device. A light-transmitting sealing member is disposed to surround the light emitting device other than the at least one side surface that is in contact with the light reflecting member. A light-reflective ceiling member is disposed at least over the sealing member. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069257 | OPTICAL LAMINATE, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical laminate having layer A having a resin having a negative intrinsic birefringence and at least one layer B having a transparent resin, having substantially no orientation and laminated at least on one face of layer A and satisfies a relation |Re(A)|>|Re(B)|, wherein Re(A) and Re(B) represent in-plane retardations of layer A and layer B, respectively, measured with light having a wavelength of 400 to 700 nm, an optical element having a laminate of the optical laminate and a polarizer plate, and a liquid crystal display device using at least one sheet of the optical laminate. In the liquid crystal display device, optical compensation can be made in accordance with the mode of the liquid crystal display by the three dimensional control of the refractive index, and the liquid crystal display device provides an image display with liquid crystals exhibiting small change in the phase contrast depending on the viewing angle. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069258 | DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME - A display panel and a liquid crystal display device, in which one of a plurality of color filters is a net-shaped color filter and the other color filters are island-shaped color filters, are provided. According to this approach, a thickness uniformity of the display panel may be achieved. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069259 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes each having a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode that face each other in a diagonal direction; a plurality of gate lines; and a plurality of data lines that intersect the plurality of gate lines and at least partially overlap the pixel electrodes. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069260 | Display panel and repair method thereof - A method for repairing a display panel having a defect is provided, wherein a polarizer has been attached to a surface of the display panel, and the method includes following steps. First, a recess corresponding to the defect is formed at an outer surface of the polarizer. Afterward, a light-shielding material is filled into the recess. Besides, a display panel with a good display quality is also provided. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069261 | METHOD AND RESULTING STRUCTURE USING SILVER FOR LCOS DEVICES - An LCOS device includes a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of MOS transistors that is formed on a portion of the semiconductor substrate. The LCOS device includes a first dielectric layer overlying the plurality of MOS transistors and a patterned metal layer overlying the first dielectric layer. The patterned metal layer exposes portions of the first dielectric layer that form borders surrounding the patterned metal layer, wherein the patterned metal layer includes a plurality of electrodes. The LCOS device further includes a second dielectric layer overlying the exposed portions of the first dielectric layer. In an embodiment, the patterned metal layer comprises a silver bearing material. Each of the plurality of electrodes has an upper surface having a surface roughness of less than 5 Angstrom and a surface reflectivity of greater than 97% for a light having a wavelength of 500 nanometers and greater. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069262 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes a first panel including a first lower substrate, a first lower electrode formed on the first lower substrate, a first upper substrate facing the first lower substrate, a first upper electrode formed on the first upper substrate, and a first cholesteric liquid crystal injected between the first lower electrode and the first upper electrode, wherein the first lower electrode includes carbon nanotubes. The liquid crystal display including the first lower electrode made of the carbon nanotubes without a light absorption layer provides a simple structure capable of realizing a black state. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069263 | Liquid crystal display apparatus - Provided is a liquid crystal display apparatus including: a pair of substrates (SUB1 and SUB2); a medium (LC) which is sandwiched between the pair of substrates, is optically isotropic when no voltage is applied thereto, and exhibits optical anisotropy when a voltage is applied thereto; a pixel electrode (PX) and a common electrode (CT) which are formed on one of the pair of substrates , at least one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode being formed into a comb tooth shape; and a horizontal orientation film (AL) which is subjected to orientation treatment so as to orient the medium in a direction horizontal to the pair of substrates , and is formed on an interface of at least one of the pair of substrates with the medium, in which the medium has a selective reflection peak derived from a (110) plane at 400 nm or less. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069264 | LIQUID CRYSTAL IMAGER AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - The disclosed LCOS device comprises a transparent composite plate, a planar liquid crystal cell, a base plate which contains an active matrix driving circuitry. In the basic embodiment, the planar liquid crystal cell comprises a conductive seal ring which encloses liquid crystal filling and connects the transparent conductive layer underneath the transparent composite plate with the base plate and the active matrix driving circuitry. In the extended embodiment, the base plate further incorporates a set of thru-substrate via and backside bond pads. The set of thru-substrate via electrically connect a set of input-output pads of the active matrix driving circuitry to the bottom bond pads underneath the base plate. In addition, the conductive seal ring electrically connects the transparent conductive film placed underneath the transparent front plane plate, preferably made of glass, to the active matrix driving circuitry on the base plate. Electrostatically charged between the transparent conductive coating and an electrode array layer including a planar array of reflective pixel electrodes on top of the base plate, planar liquid crystal cell is operated to produce spatial light modulation to incident illumination. The method of wafer level process and packaging of the disclosed LCOS imagers is further disclosed. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069265 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION ELEMENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electrostatic discharge protection element, a liquid crystal display device having the same, and a manufacturing method. A first ESD organic TFT, a second ESD organic TFT, a third ESD organic TFT each have a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode in which the source electrode and drain electrode of the first and second ESD organic TFTs and the gate electrode of the third ESD organic TFT are electrically connected. The gate electrode and the source electrode of the first ESD organic TFT are electrically connected to a first array line and the gate electrode and the drain electrode of the second ESD organic TFT are electrically connected to a second array line. The source electrode of the third ESD organic TFT is electrically connected to a data line or a gate line and the drain of the third ESD organic TFT are electrically connected to a common voltage line. | 2011-03-24 |