20th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090122126 | Web flow path - An apparatus and method relating to a web flow path between print heads and a dryer are disclosed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122127 | INKJET RECEIVER - An inkjet receiver having upon a support an ink-receiving pack which comprises an image-receiving layer of a binder and 0.5 to 10 g/m | 2009-05-14 |
20090122128 | TACHOGRAPH FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, PAPER STRIP FOR A TACHOGRAPH AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING A LONGITUDINALLY DISPLACEABLE PAPER STRIP WITH RESPECT TO A PRINTING DEVICE IN A TACHOGRAPH - A paper strip ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090122129 | Line Head and Image Forming Apparatus Incorporating the Same - At least one light emission array includes a plurality of light emitting elements arrayed in a first direction. Each of the light emitting elements is an organic electroluminescence element. A monitor quantitatively monitors a light emitting state of at least one of the light emitting elements to obtain a monitored amount. A comparator compares the monitored amount and a reference amount. A controller performs a constant current control with respect to at least one of the light emitting elements in accordance with a result of the comparison performed by the comparator. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122130 | Video communication system, terminal, and image converter - Image input device ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090122131 | Method and Apparatus for Enabling the Display of a Text Service upon Audio Muting - A method for controlling two devices, separated from each other, during an audio muting mode operation. A control device causes an audio device to become muted during the audio muting mode. The control device also causes a video device to output a text service during the duration of the audio muting mode. Preferably, the text service corresponds to the audio portion of a media service. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122132 | Video Display Calibration System and Method - A video display system includes a video display environment having a video display, a display sensor, oriented to view the display, and a display control system. The control system is controllable from outside the video display environment, and is interconnected with the video display and the display sensor. The control system is configured to receive a signal from the display sensor, and to calibrate a display parameter of the display in response to the signal. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122133 | STEREO CAMERA HAVING 360 DEGREE FIELD OF VIEW - A stereo camera comprises at least one image sensor; a first surface configured to direct a first view of an area to the at least one image sensor, the first view comprising an approximately 360 degree view of the area; and a second surface configured to direct a second view of the area to the at least one image sensor, the second view comprising an approximately 360 degree view of the area; wherein the at least one image sensor is configured to capture the first and second views in at least one image. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122134 | METHOD OF RECORDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA - A method of storing 3D image data in a recording medium includes: loading, in a predetermined file type field, image type information indicating either one of a single stereoscopic image or a compound image including a monoscopic image and a stereoscopic image; loading, in a predetermined image configuration information container field, scene descriptor information indicating temporal and spatial relations between a plurality of media objects included in the three-dimensional image, object configuration information indicating attributes of each media object of said plurality of media objects and a configuration relation between encoded streams of the plurality of media objects, configuration information of the encoded streams; loading in an image data container field media data of an image to be stored; and loading, in a meta container field, metadata including information for playing the 3D image data. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122135 | ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope processor including a light source controller, an imaging device driver, and a gamma-correction block, is provided. The light source controller can order first and second light sources to alternately emit first and second lights, respectively. The imaging device driver orders an imaging device to generate first and second image signals by capturing an optical image of a subject while the firs and the second light are shone on the subject, respectively. The gamma-correction block carries out gamma correction on the first and second image signals using first and second color gamma coefficients, respectively. The first and second color gamma coefficients are predetermined according to the wavelength band of the first and second lights. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122136 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - An in-vehicle object detecting apparatus for detecting a distance equivalent (a distance itself, a disparity with stereo cameras, or the like) to an object, which includes first detecting devices for detecting a distance equivalent to an object; a second detecting device for detecting a distance equivalent to an object by a detection principle different from that of the first detecting devices; a determining device for determining whether the first detecting devices and the second detecting device detected an identical object; and a judging device for, when it is determined that an identical object was detected, judging whether the distance equivalent detected by the second detecting device is to be used for evaluation of a detection error of the distance equivalent detected by the first detecting devices. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122137 | Surveillance Systems, Methods and Products Thereby - A surveillance system and a computer readable medium is provided. The surveillance system includes a video capture device and a processor. The processor configured to write video from the video capture device to a first memory card, configured to determine when a capacity of the first memory card is reached, and configured to automatically write to a second memory card when the capacity of the first memory card is reached. The computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, which when executed by a computer having a processor and memory, cause the computer to perform operations, including writing data to a first storage medium, determining when a capacity of the first storage medium is reached, and automatically writing to a second storage medium when the capacity of the first storage medium is reached. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122138 | Scattered Light Diaphragm For Reducing The Scattered Light Incident Into A Camera - A camera module having a scattered light diaphragm installed in front of a lens of the camera module. The scattered light diaphragm is in contact with the inside of a windshield, the scattered light diaphragm having a structure on its inside for reducing the incident light. The structure for reducing the incident scattered light includes at least one secondary ramp-shaped structure which is oriented perpendicular to the optical axis of the camera system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122139 | Display System for a Motor Vehicle - In a display system for a motor vehicle ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090122140 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW IMAGE - An obstacle detecting unit detects whether an obstacle exists in an area surrounding a vehicle in the direction a camera installed on the vehicle is pointed. If the obstacle is determined to have a portion at a predetermined height above a road surface with which the vehicle may make initial contact when the vehicle moves toward the obstacle, a virtual projection surface is set to the height of the predicted contact portion and viewpoint conversion processing is performed so as to project pixels of an image captured by the camera onto the virtual projection plane. In this way, the height of the projection plane and the height of the predicted contact portion match each other and the distance between the predicted contact portion and the vehicle is accurately expressed on a bird's-eye view image resulting from the viewpoint conversion. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122141 | CAMERA MOUNTING STRUCTURE, CAMERA MOUNTING METHOD AND EXTERIOR PANEL COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE - A camera mounting structure for mounting an on-vehicle camera on a vehicle, in which the on-vehicle camera includes an imaging module having a lens and an imaging element, and in an exterior panel component making up an exterior of the vehicle, a bracket part for attaching the imaging module is molded integrally with the exterior panel component as a portion of the exterior panel component. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122142 | Distributed mobile surveillance system and method - A method of gathering evidence of a crime or terrorist incident comprises surveilling an area with one or more cameras and, optionally, one or more audio pick-ups (e.g., microphones) installed in or on a large number of automobiles, trucks, buses, and other vehicles. Evidence of an incident may be collected and processed for use by law-enforcement officials in identifying perpetrators and may be used before a grand jury or court-of-law. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122143 | Security system and network - A security system and network used to detect and deter adverse events in an area to be secured. The security system may include an operator for supervising the area, and a wireless communication system for transceiving data indicative of detection events received from the secured area, wherein the operator can determine if a deter device is to be actuated based on the data. The security system may include an intelligence system for distinguishing between false alarms and actual alarm events, for also actuating a deter device, and for notifying operators. The security system and network may also include a plurality of areas to be secured, wherein each area is serviced by a different wireless hub within the wireless communication system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122144 | Method for detecting events at a secured location - A method for detecting events/activities at a secured location in which the security method may include an operator and/or determination application for supervising the location, and a transmission network for transceiving data indicative of determined activities of the secured location, wherein the determination application and the operator can initiate a deter device in response to adverse activities. The determination application of the security method may include an intelligence system for distinguishing between normal and adverse conditions. The method may also include an application for the transfer of activity data to a storage device in which operator(s) may access the stored data. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122145 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR RESTRICTING EXECUTABLE PROCESSING - In order to eliminate an unauthorized action trying to find out authentication information, a mobile phone 1ncludes a processing execution portion ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090122146 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOVEMENTS OF AN OBJECT USING A DEPTH SENSING CAMERA - A controller ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090122147 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information-processing apparatus processes information obtained by shooting an image of a subject and by collecting ambient sound of the subject. The apparatus contains an image-and-sound-recording unit that shoots the image of the subject to output image information on the image and collects the ambient sound of the subject to output sound information on the ambient sound and an information output unit that detects living-body information showing emotion of living-body of an operator who operates the image-and-sound-recording unit to output the living-body information. The apparatus also contains an information-processing unit that establishes correspondence between the living-body information outputted from the information output unit and at least one of the image information of the subject and the sound information of the ambient sound of the subject, the image information and the sound information being outputted from the image-and-sound-recording unit. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122148 | DISJOINT LIGHT SENSING ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS THEREFOR - Imaging is carried out using multiple views (e.g., from a single monolithic device) to generate an image. According to an example embodiment, a scene is imaged using disjoint sensors beyond a designated focal plane to obtain multiple views of common points in the focal plane. For the common points, the multiple views are processed to compute a depth of field, and the computed depth of field to generate an image. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122149 | DIGITAL CAMERA SECURITY - An image capture device, includes a body; an image sensor in the body; a lens configured to focus a scene onto the image sensor; a communications interface in the body; an image processor coupled to receive device information from an external device; a controller coupled to the communications interface and configured to control operations of the digital camera; and executable code embodied in a computer readable medium and configured to cause the controller to configure operational parameters of the digital camera based on information received from the external device. Examples of operational parameters that can be configured include locking and unlocking of the image capture device, encryption or other encoding of captured images, and device settings and configuration. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122150 | Imaging system with improved image quality and associated methods - An imaging system includes an optical system for projecting an object onto a detector, and a phase element between an entrance pupil of the optical system and the detector, the phase element adapted to provide a more uniform modulation transfer function over a range of focus than the optical system alone, wherein an effective focal length of light output from the phase element is a function of an angular component on which the light is incident on the phase element. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122151 | Program Creation Apparatus For Image Processing Controller - There is provided a program creation apparatus capable of displaying a camera image showing a measurement result in accordance with a position of an object to be tested, the apparatus including: a flow chart generating section for arranging processing units on an execution flow, to generate a flowchart; a program generating section for generating a control program for an image processing controller based upon the flowchart; and a display pattern generating section for associating screen components with processing units inside the flowchart and also arranging the screen components on an editor screen, to generate a display pattern in order to display a result of image processing. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122152 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an image capturing system including an image capturing section that includes a plurality of first light receiving elements for receiving light of a first wavelength region and a plurality of second light receiving elements for receiving light of a second wavelength region, a control section that causes to be generated, from a subject, light of a different spectrum at a different timing for each of the first wavelength region and the second wavelength region, and an image generating section that generates an image from light of a first spectrum from the subject received by the first light receiving elements at a predetermined timing, and light of a second spectrum from the subject received by the second light receiving elements at a timing other than the predetermined timing. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122153 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus comprises image processing units adapted to process image data obtained from an image input unit, a first memory that stores image data that has been processed by the image processing units, a first bus that transfers the image data between the image processing units and the first memory, a second memory that stores image data transferred from the first memory, a second bus connected to the first memory and the second memory; and a control unit adapted to control the transfer of the image data stored in the first memory to the second memory via the second bus based on a signal from the image processing units indicating that image processing is not currently performed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122154 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL - An image signal processing apparatus and a method thereof which can simplify design of a circuit for controlling each of camera modules when a terminal has two camera modules therein, the image signal processing apparatus includes: first and second camera modules for capturing a subject; a digital signal processor for controlling each operation of the first and second camera modules and processing image signals captured by the first and the second camera modules; and a switch module for supplying control signals inputted through the digital signal processor to the first and second camera modules, and selectively outputting the image signals captured by the first and second camera modules to the digital signal processor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122155 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND FLICKER DETECTION METHOD THEREFOR - An image pickup apparatus capable of accurately detecting a flicker in a short time period without regard to a state of object and a photography scene. A signal processing circuit reads out an n-th line of an image subjected to collective reset/collective transfer readout, reads out an n-th line of an image subjected to rolling readout, and subtracts an output of a pixel section of a particular column of the n-th line of the image subjected to the rolling readout from an output of a corresponding pixel section of the image subjected to the collective reset/collective transfer readout. The signal processing circuit determines that a flicker is generated, if there is a differential value not less than a predetermined threshold value between each pair of outputs from the pixel sections of the same line and if there is a periodicity in an image vertical direction. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122156 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING BRAGBOOK IMAGES - A device, system, method and software product for storing, maintaining, sharing and displaying of digital images in a common designated collection on at least one portable storage and display device. The device has a first memory section designated for storing images and a second memory section for storing digital images of the designated collection. The second memory section has a protected mode that prevents the digital images in the second memory section from being deleted or overwritten. When the protected mode of the second section is disabled, the device will overwrite the digital images of the second memory section with newly captured digital images. These digital images are restored to the second memory section when the digital display and storage device is in communication link with a database that has information for restoring overwritten digital images after newly obtained images in the second memory have been removed from the device. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122157 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus configured to attach sound information to image data while relating the sound information to the image data includes a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image represented by the image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire sound information while the display unit is displaying the image, a detection unit configured to detect whether a speech is included in the sound information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a storage unit configured to store the sound information while relating the sound information to the image data if the detection unit detects a speech included in the sound information. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122158 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image capturing device includes a taking lens, a plurality of focus modes for capturing object with different distances, and a processing unit. The processing unit includes a receiving module, a focusing module, a determining module, a selecting module, and an image capturing module. The receiving module is configured for receiving a focus mode selected by a user. The focusing module is configured for performing auto-focus processing within the range of a focus mode selected by the user or the image capturing device automatically. The determining module is configured for determining whether the image is in focus in the selected focus mode. The selecting module is configured for selecting a correct focus mode automatically according to the auto-focus processing performed before, when the image is judged out focus. The image capturing module is configured for capturing an image in a correct focus mode. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122159 | IMAGE FILE REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FILE REPRODUCTION METHOD - A method of reproducing an image file from a recording medium that stores an image file of a first type and/or an image file of a second type includes reproducing the first type of image file or second type of image file, detecting whether each of a predetermined number of image files stored on the recording medium is the first type of image file or the second type of image file during the reproduction of an image file, and converting the second type of image file to the first type of image file by reading the main image data from the second type of image file, generating display-image data (image data for display use) based on the read main image data, and storing the generated display-image data in the original image file if the image file is determined to be the second type of image file based on the detection result. The first type of image file is an image file containing a header, main image data, and display-image data, and storing the display-image data in an area other than an area storing the header. The second type of image file is an image file containing a header and main image data, and storing no display-image data in an area other than an area storing the header. The image files of predetermined number being image files that can be reproduced when reproduction is done in the forward and/or reverse direction from the image file being reproduced. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122160 | HIGH DENSITY ROW RAM FOR COLUMN PARALLEL CMOS IMAGE SENSORS - A readout circuit of an imager that enables analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) to be shared between columns of the imager is provided. Groups of ADCs share a single block of memory for storing signals processed by the ADCs. The ADCs process signals received from one group of columns of pixels and, at a different time, the ADCs process signals from another group of columns of pixels. While one of the signals processed from a column is being stored in a first memory bank, signals previously processed and stored in a second memory bank are being readout of the storage locations and provided downstream for further processing. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122161 | IMAGE TO SOUND CONVERSION DEVICE - A device for creating a sound map of a three dimensional view area is provided. The device comprises a first camera configured to capture and transmit a first image and a second camera positioned a predetermined distance from the first camera configured to capture and transmit a second image. An image processing system is connected to the first camera and the second camera and is configured to create a three dimensional topographic plan of the three dimensional view area based on a comparison of the first image with the second image and the predetermined distance between the first camera and the second camera. The image processing system is further configured to transform the three dimensional topographic plan into a sound map comprising volume gradients and tone gradients. The present invention further provides methods of creating a sound map of a three dimensional view area. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122162 | Imaging system with multi-state zoom and associated methods - An image capturing device may include a detector including a plurality of sensing pixels, and an optical system adapted to project a distorted image of an object within a field of view onto the sensing pixels, wherein the optical system expands the image in a center of the field of view and compresses the image in a periphery of the field of view, wherein a first number of sensing pixels required to realize a maximal zoom magnification {circumflex over (Z)} at a minimum resolution of the image capturing device is less than a square of the maximal zoom magnification times a second number of sensing pixels required for the minimum resolution. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122163 | Electronic camera - an electronic camera includes: an image-capturing unit that creates an image by capturing an image of a subject; an enlarged image generating unit that creates an enlarged image by enlarging a portion of the image created by the image-capturing unit; an optical viewfinder that enables verification of a subject range corresponding to a range of the image created by the image-capturing unit; and a warning output unit that issues a warning when the enlarged image generating unit is in operation. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122164 | ROI SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC CAMERA APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An ROI setting apparatus including an ROI recognition unit and an ROI control unit is provided. In one embodiment, the ROI recognition unit contains multiple ROI recognition modules for recognizing an ROI of image data according to various methods to obtain a recognition result. The ROI control unit selects one ROI recognition module out of the ROI recognition modules and sets ROI information based on the recognition result. The ROI recognition module may be selected according to an instruction from a user input via an operation unit, or a scene type selected by a scene selection switch of an image capture unit. The ROI control unit may perform operations such as selecting, enlarging, or reducing the ROI recognized by the ROI recognition module, or changing the ROI recognition conditions according to the respective instructions from the user input via the operation unit. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122165 | Image Pickup Apparatus, Method of Correcting Captured Image Data, and Program - An image pickup apparatus includes a solid-state image pickup device sharing a circuit necessary for a pixel structure between multiple pixels composing each set including a certain number of pixels having the same arrangement pattern; a pixel mixture correcting unit correcting leakage of light that should be incident on each pixel of the solid-state image pickup device from the pixel into adjacent pixels and/or leakage of light that should be incident on the adjacent pixels into the pixel in accordance with a correction parameter; a correction parameter generating unit generating multiple correction parameters corresponding to the multiple pixels composing the set; and a correction parameter selecting unit selecting the correction parameter from the multiple correction parameters in accordance with which pixel in the multiple pixels composing the set a pixel to be corrected corresponds to and supplying the selected correction parameter to the pixel mixture correcting unit. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122166 | Imaging device performing color image data processing - A color image sensor has a first, second, and third color component pixels. The third color component pixel includes more intensity information than the first and second color component pixels. A difference estimating section estimates difference in a signal level exerted on a pixel signal of the third color component pixel, using the pixel signal of a pixel peripheral to the third color component pixel. A correcting section corrects the pixel signal of the third color component pixel on the basis of the estimated difference. Accordingly, when the third color component is green in a Bayer array, a pixel signal of a green pixel in a row of red pixels becomes equal to the pixel signal of a green pixel in a row of blue pixels. Therefore, line crawling can be suppressed without smoothing an image. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122167 | Method And Apparatus For Removing Noise By Dark Current Of Image Sensor - The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for removing noise in an image sensor, more specifically to a method and an apparatus for removing noise caused by a dark current. Through the method for removing noise caused by a dark current that comprises initializing a frame and receiving a digital image signal and converting a value of a clamp bit among bits of the pixel data, included in the digital image signal, to a predetermined value, wherein the clamp bit is a bit stream of sequential digits having a predetermined size comprising a least significant bit among the bits of the pixel data, clearer and shaper images can be displayed through the image sensor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122168 | METHOD FOR RESETTING IMAGE SENSING AND IMAGE SENSING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for resetting image sensing and an image sensing device using the same are provided. The method for resetting image sensing includes generating a plurality of reset signals and a plurality of control signals, and using the reset signals and the control signals to control a pixel array to reset and expose. The pixel array has a plurality of pixel blocks, each of the pixel blocks has a plurality of pixel sensing units. When the plurality of pixel sensing units of one of the pixel blocks expose to acquire a plurality of sensing signals sequentially, the plurality of pixel sensing units of another one of the pixel blocks are reset. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122169 | HIGHLY MINIATURIZED, BATTERY OPERATED, DIGITAL WIRELESS CAMERA USING PROGRAMMABLE SINGLE CHIP ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR (APS) DIGITAL CAMERA CHIP - A miniaturized camera which is programmable and provides low power consumption. An active pixel image sensor used in the highly miniaturized camera provides improved imaging functionality as well as reduced power consumption, extending the possible life time of the camera system. The spread spectrum nature of transmission and reception improves data integrity as well as data security. The ability of the highly miniaturized wireless camera to receive commands as well as transmit image data provides improved functionality and a variable rate of power consumption to be set according to the application and needs of the situation. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122170 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes: a solid-state imaging device including a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements provided in the semiconductor substrate and a spectral element which is provided over the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are consecutive in a straight-line manner, in which a trapezoidal opening longitudinal in a direction from a bottom side into which light incident on the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements is introduced to a top side is provided, and which makes a spectral separation occur in the longitudinal direction by interference between the incident light and light reflected from an inner side surface of the trapezoidal opening; and a polarizing element which is provided on an optical path from a photographic subject to the solid-state imaging device and which allows polarized light to be transmitted therethrough. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122171 | Solid-state image sensor and image-capturing device - A solid-state image sensor includes: a plurality of image-capturing pixels, each equipped with a first micro-lens used to condense light; and a plurality of focus detection pixels engaged in focus detection, each equipped with a second micro-lens used to condense light; the plurality of image-capturing pixels and the plurality of focus detection pixels being disposed in a two-dimensional array. The first micro-lens and the second micro-lens are formed so that a light condensing position at which light is condensed via the second micro-lens is set further toward a micro-lens side than the light condensing position at which light is condensed via the first micro-lens. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122172 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a pixel region including a plurality of pixels, each including a photoelectric conversion element, arranged in matrix, and a reset switch for discharging electric charge of the photoelectric conversion element; and a first scanning circuit for supplying a reset control signal for controlling an operation of the reset switch, the pixel region and the first scanning circuit being formed on a semiconductor substrate, in which the pixel region includes a first pixel region and a second pixel region, and the first scanning circuit includes a first decoder for controlling the operation of the reset switch arranged in the first pixel region, and a second decoder for controlling the operation of the reset switch arranged in the second pixel region. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122173 | LOW NOISE READOUT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CMOS IMAGE SENSORS - A low noise readout apparatus and method for CMOS image sensors having a complementary metal oxide semiconductor with a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a charge-generating unit configured to release a charge, a potential well for receiving the released charge from the charge-generating unit, a first gate, a second gate and a floating gate, in series and adjacent the potential well, the first gate transfers the charge from the potential well to the second gate, the second gate transfers the charge to the floating gate to generate a first corresponding readout voltage, the first gate, the second gate and the floating gate transfer the charge back and forth, at least once, to generate at least a second corresponding readout voltage, and a readout circuit coupled to the floating gate, the readout circuit measures a voltage corresponding to the charge transferred to the floating gate. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122174 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A solid-state imaging device includes: an effective pixel area in which a plurality of pixels having photodiodes (PD) are provided in row and column directions, the effective pixel area being capable of allowing light from outside to be incident in each PD and generating electric signals by photoelectric conversion; and a non-effective pixel area in which a plurality of pixels covered with a light-shielding film are provided, and a reference area and a failure-detection pattern area are formed as sub-areas. Each pixel in the reference area has a PD. The failure-detection pattern area has a configuration such that pixels with PD and pixels without PD are arranged in combination in a predetermined arrangement pattern. Each of pixels in the effective pixel area is driven so as to output a pixel signal, and each of pixels in the non-effective pixel area including the failure-detection pattern area also can be driven so as to output a pixel signal. A failure such that a signal from an image sensor is not outputted at all can be detected even in a dark environment. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122175 | Imaging device and lens array used therein - An object of the present invention is to provide: a thin imaging device in which a high image resolution is obtained and in which the resolution does not uniformly vary even when the shooting distance is changed; and a lens array used therein. The present invention relates to an imaging device comprising: a lens array | 2009-05-14 |
20090122176 | IMAGING MODULE PACKAGE - An exemplary imaging module package includes a lens module and an imaging sensor module. The lens module includes a housing having a hollow top portion and a hollow bottom portion coaxially aligned with the hollow top portion. The imaging sensor module is received in the hollow bottom portion. The imaging sensor module includes an imaging sensor connected to the substrate and secured to the bottom portion, a substrate spaced from the bottom portion and defining at least one recess therein, and a plurality of passive components received in the at least one recess and wholly disposed below the imaging sensor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122177 | IMAGING DEVICE - In the present imaging device, a cassette cover | 2009-05-14 |
20090122178 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A camera module includes an image sensor chip, a lens structure, a transparent substrate, an adhesive portion, and a light blocking layer. The image sensor chip includes a light receiving area and a circuit area. The lens structure is positioned on the image sensor chip and configured to allow light to enter the image sensor chip. The transparent substrate is positioned between the image sensor chip and the lens structure, the transparent substrate allowing light from the lens structure to enter the light receiving area. The adhesive portion attaches the image sensor chip and the transparent substrate, and covers the circuit area. The light blocking layer is attached to the transparent substrate to block light from entering the circuit area. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122179 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a housing including first and second photographing apertures which are open toward opposite directions; an image pickup device provided in the housing; a main optical system forming incident light from the first photographing aperture onto an imaging surface of the image pickup device; and an insertable optical element movable between an insertion position in an optical path of a main optical system and a removed position out of the optical path of the main optical system, the insertable optical element constituting at least a part of a sub-optical system which forms incident light from the second photographing aperture onto the imaging surface when at the insertion position. When the insertable optical element is positioned in the insertion position, the sub-optical axis is offset from the main optical axis toward the removed position of the insertable optical element in the inserting/removing direction. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122180 | Imaging system with relaxed assembly tolerances and associated methods - An imaging system includes an extended depth of field (EDOF) optical system, a sensor on a sensor substrate, and a securing mechanism adapted to secure the EDOF optical system directly to the sensor substrate. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122181 | Photographic illumination device, image-capturing system, camera system and camera - An image-capturing system includes: an image-capturing device that captures an image of a subject; and an illumination device that illuminates the subject. The image-capturing device includes a control unit that calculates a light quantity needed to illuminate the subject based upon at least, either an exposure time or an aperture value and image-capturing sensitivity. The illumination device includes a current-controlled light emission unit that emits light used to illuminate the subject and a light emission control unit that controls the light emission unit so as to emit light in the light quantity calculated by the control unit. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122182 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A signal processing device ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090122183 | PROVIDING VIDEO PROGRAMS WITH IDENTIFIABLE AND MANAGEABLE VIDEO STREAMS - Methods and systems for the efficient and non-redundant transmission of a single video program in multiple frame rates, optionally employing a combination of video coding standards, in a way that is backwards-compatible with legacy receivers only supportive of some subsection of frame rates or of some subsection of video coding standards. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122184 | PROVIDING IDENTIFIABLE VIDEO STREAMS OF DIFFERENT PICTURE FORMATS - Methods and systems for the efficient and non-redundant transmission of a single video program in multiple frame rates, optionally employing a combination of video coding standards, in a way that is backwards-compatible with legacy receivers only supportive of some subsection of frame rates or of some subsection of video coding standards. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122185 | PROVIDING VIDEO STREAMS OF A PROGRAM WITH DIFFERENT STREAM TYPE VALUES CODED ACCORDING TO THE SAME VIDEO CODING SPECIFICATION - Methods and systems for the efficient and non-redundant transmission of a single video program in multiple frame rates, optionally employing a combination of video coding standards, in a way that is backwards-compatible with legacy receivers only supportive of some subsection of frame rates or of some subsection of video coding standards. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122186 | ADAPTIVE PROCESSING OF PROGRAMS WITH MULTIPLE VIDEO STREAMS - Methods and systems for the efficient and non-redundant transmission of a single video program in multiple frame rates, optionally employing a combination of video coding standards, in a way that is backwards-compatible with legacy receivers only supportive of some subsection of frame rates or of some subsection of video coding standards. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122187 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A field pair correlation acquisition part obtains a correlation for six or more fields which are continuous in time series for each field pair formed of two adjacent fields having the same attribute. A first determination part determines an input image as a 2:2 pull-down image based on a determination condition, the determination condition being that a pattern in which the correlation of each of the field pairs of one attribute changes along with a time direction matches a pattern in which the correlation of each of the field pairs of the other attribute changes along with the time direction. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122188 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - An image display device comprising a frame rate converting (FRC) portion can prevent image degradation at a screen boundary part attributed to the FRC processing when displaying an image obtained by combining a plurality of screens. The image display device comprises an FRC portion | 2009-05-14 |
20090122189 | Method of Identifying Target Synchronization Point Pair through Scan-line Image Matching Scheme - A method of identifying a target synchronization point pair including a source synchronization point corresponding to a source end and a destination synchronization point corresponding to a destination end is provided. The method includes receiving a source scan-line image corresponding to a first video source from the source end; selecting at least a comparing frame out of the source scan-line image; providing a destination scan-line image corresponding to a second video source at the destination end; and determining the target synchronization point pair by comparing the comparing frame and the destination scan-line image. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122190 | PROVIDING COMPLEMENTARY STREAMS OF A PROGRAM CODED ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT COMPRESSION METHODS - Methods and systems for the efficient and non-redundant transmission of a single video program in multiple frame rates, optionally employing a combination of video coding standards, in a way that is backwards-compatible with legacy receivers only supportive of some subsection of frame rates or of some subsection of video coding standards. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122191 | Method and Apparatus for Replaying a Video Signal and One or More Audio Signals Related to Audio/Video Data That are Based on a 24Hz Frame Frequency Video Signal - Movies are produced in 24 Hz frame frequency and progressive scanning format (denoted 24p) for projection in film theatres, adhering to a worldwide standard for 35 mm film. However, the major TV systems in the world use interlaced scanning and either 50 Hz field frequency (denoted 50i) or 60 Hz field frequency (denoted 60i). Content providers would prefer providing single-picture-frequency single-audio-speed AV discs that can be replayed in most parts of the world. According to the invention, For a 50 HZ output mode, in the media player either audio signal frames are dropped adaptively or video fields or frames are repeated adaptively, depending on the current video and audio content. Thereby the less perceptible stream controls the synchronisation. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122192 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLING THE PRESENTATION SPEED OF DIGITAL VIDEO FRAMES AND DIGITAL AUDIO SAMPLES - A digital receiver contains a local video clock that controls the video presentation speed and a local audio clock that controls the audio presentation speed separately and independently of the video presentation speed. To control the video presentation speed, a comparator compares a program clock reference in a video packet with a local time. A video clock controller then speeds up or slows down the video clock as needed to be back on schedule. To control the audio presentation speed, a comparator compares a program clock reference in an audio packet with the local time. An audio clock controller then speeds up or slows down the audio clock as needed to be back on schedule. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122193 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A video processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The video processing apparatus includes a plurality of connectors to connect to a video signal source, a decoding part which decodes a video signal provided from the video signal source, a switching part which selectively connects any one of the plurality of connectors to the decoding part, and a controller which outputs a control signal to transmit the video signal from the video signal source to the decoding part when the connector connected to the video signal source is connected to the decoding part by the switching part. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122194 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PICTURE - Provided are a method and apparatus for reducing picture, which can obtain a reduced picture by previously creating a picture reduction map that stores effective-pixel locations selected according to a picture reduction scale and a picture reduction algorithm, and then matching an input picture with the picture reduction map. The method for reducing picture includes constructing a picture reduction map according to a size of an incoming picture, and generating a sub-picture for reduction of an input picture by using the picture reduction map. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122195 | System and Method for Combining Image Sequences - A system and method combines videos for display in real-time. A set of narrow-angle videos and a wide-angle video are acquired of the scene, in which a field of view in the wide-angle video substantially overlaps the fields of view in the narrow-angle videos. Homographies are determined among the narrow-angle videos using the wide-angle video. Temporally corresponding selected images of the narrow-angle videos are transformed and combined into a transformed image. Geometry of an output video is determined according to the transformed image and geometry of a display screen of an output device. The homographies and the geometry of the display screen are stored in a graphic processor unit, and subsequent images in the set of narrow-angle videos are transformed and combined by the graphic processor unit to produce an output video in real-time. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122196 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSOCIATING METADATA WITH SCENES IN A VIDEO - Systems and methods for associating metadata with scene changes are described. At least one embodiment includes a system for associating metadata with a video. The system comprises an input module for reading a first video, wherein the input module is configured to receive special effects specified by a user and an insertion point in which to insert the special effects. The system further comprises a key frame module for identifying at least one key frame preceding the specified insertion point, the key frame comprising at least one of a scene change and a particular scene identified by the user. The system also includes a metadata module for calculating time differences between the insertion point and the one or more key frames, the metadata module further configured to store the special effects input by the user, the insertion point, the time differences, and key frames as metadata. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122197 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTO-GENERATION OF HORIZONTAL SYNCHRONIZATION OF AN ANALOG SIGNAL TO A DIGITAL DISPLAY - A method, apparatus, and system for determining a horizontal resolution and a phase of an analog video signal arranged to display a number of scan lines each formed of a number of pixels is described. A number of initialization values are set where at least one of the initialization values is a current horizontal resolution and then a difference value for each immediately adjacent ones of the pixels is determined. Next, an edge flag value based upon the difference value is stored in at least one of a number of accumulators such that when at least one of the accumulators has a stored edge flag value that is substantially greater than those stored edge flag values in the other accumulators, then the horizontal resolution is set to the current resolution. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122198 | AUTOMATIC IDENTIFYING - A method includes storing a picture or video that includes a first person. The method also includes automatically identifying the first person using speaker recognition or image recognition and tagging the picture or video with information indicating that the first person is in the picture or video. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122199 | MULTIPLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - In a signal transmitter for a multiple differential transmission system including the signal transmitter, a signal receiver, and a signal transmission path including first to third signal lines, first to third differential driver transmit first to third output signals and inverted first to third output signals from the first to third output signals responsive to first to third bit information signals, the first output signal and the inverted third output signal are combined and transmitted to the first signal line, the second output signal and the inverted first output signal are combined and transmitted to the second signal line, and the third output signal and the inverted third output signal are combined and transmitted to the first signal line. The first to third differential drivers of the signal receiver detect polarities of terminal voltages generated across terminal resistances connected between adjacent signal lines and output bit information signals. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122200 | APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING PART OF BROADCAST TS - An apparatus comprises means ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090122201 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SWITCHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WIRELESS VIDEO MODULES - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of switching between frequency channels in wireless communication. An apparatus may include, for example, a wireless video source module capable of automatically switching from performing wireless video communication with a first wireless video destination module to performing wireless video communication with a second wireless video destination module. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122202 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM UTILIZING MULL PACKET AND TRS CODE TO IMPROVE RECEIVING PERFORMANCE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A digital broadcasting transmission and/or reception system having an improved reception performance and a signal-processing method thereof. A digital broadcasting transmitter comprises a TRS encoder for to TRS-encode a MPEG-2 transmission stream having null data for inserting a Known data and a TRS parity at predetermined positions, randomizer to input and randomize data stream from the TRS encoder, a null packet exchanger to replace the null data for inserting the Known data to the known data, and an encoder for encoding a data streams to which the Known data is inserted. Accordingly, the present invention detects the known data from a signal received from a reception side and uses the detected known data for synchronization and equalization and further uses the TRS parity for correcting error of the received signal, so that the digital broadcasting reception performance can be improved at poor multipath channels. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122203 | DEMODULATOR, METHOD AND RECEIVER FOR DEMODULATION - Demodulator for demodulating an input signal, comprising a complex-valued equalizer configured to equalize complex valued echoes within said input signal, wherein said complex-valued equalizer outputs a complex valued equalized signal; and a PLL circuit ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090122204 | Receiving devices - A network includes a service provider, a plurality of transmitters and a receiving device. The receiving device identifies the frequencies at which broadcast services are provided by a transmitter local to the receiving device. A search is carried out until a signal is received by the receiving device (S | 2009-05-14 |
20090122205 | Method and Apparatus for Performing a Channel Search - A receiver, such as an HDTV receiver or a Personal Video Recorder (PVR), includes a plurality of tuners. Each tuner is adapted to receive television signals (RF | 2009-05-14 |
20090122206 | REMOTE CONTROLLER FOR SETTING MODE ACCORDING TO STATE OF BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - A remote control apparatus for setting a mode according to a state of a broadcast receiving apparatus is provided. The remote control apparatus sets operation modes based on information regarding a state of a broadcast receiving apparatus received from the broadcast receiving apparatus. The operation mode of the remote control apparatus is automatically set based on information regarding a state of a broadcast receiving apparatus, so less power is consumed in the remote control apparatus. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122207 | Image Display Apparatus, Image Display Monitor, and Television Receiver - In the first display mode, a first tone converting circuit and a second tone converting circuit of a control LSI divide one frame period of an input image signal into a plurality of sub-frame periods to perform output to a display panel, thus realizing image display performed by time-division driving (pseudo-impulse driving). In the second display mode, the control LSI directly outputs an input image signal to the display panel, thus realizing image display performed by hold driving. In at least one embodiment, switching between the first display mode and the second display mode is performed by changing output of an output data selector according to a mode switching signal. This realizes an image display apparatus which effectively obtains the effect of suppressing blurring of a moving image and alleviates the problem of flickers caused by pseudo-impulse driving. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122208 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: a main information receiver which receives main information; a video processor which processes a main video corresponding to the received main information; a display unit which displays the main video thereon; a sub information communicator which receives sub information comprising at least one of a video, an audio and text through Internet Protocol; and a controller which controls the video processor to process a sub video corresponding to the sub information received through the sub information communicator and display the sub video on the display unit. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122209 | SUBSTRATE FOR A REFLECTION TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, REFLECTION TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light leakage is suppressed, and the effect of interference is reduced. A substrate for a reflection type liquid crystal display apparatus disposed opposite to a transparent substrate by sandwiching the liquid crystal and including a semiconductor substrate constituting the reflection type liquid crystal display apparatus, including a plurality of reflection electrodes disposed above the semiconductor substrate so as to be opposed to the transparent substrate, and a metal layer disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the reflection electrodes in order to reflect upward the light entering through a gap of the plurality of reflection electrodes from the above, wherein the metal layer has a concave portion in a region corresponding to the gap. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122210 | Electrically-driven liquid crystal lens and stereoscopic display device using the same - An electrically-driven liquid crystal lens, which can achieve not only a gentle parabolic lens plane when being realized via alignment of liquid crystals based on a changed electrode configuration, but also a reduced cell gap of a liquid crystal layer and a stable profile even in a large-area display device, and a stereoscopic display device using the same are disclosed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122211 | TRANSFLECTIVE LCD UNIT - A transflective LCD unit includes a liquid crystal (LC) layer: first and second substrates sandwiching therebetween the LC layer to define an array of pixels each including a reflective area and a transmissive area; an electrode assembly for driving the LC layer such that the LC layer in the reflective area is driven in a longitudinal-electric-field mode and the LC layer in the transmissive area is driven in a lateral-electric-field mode; and a reverse-tilt control member for controlling a reverse tilt area in which a reverse tilt of LC molecules occurs near the boundary between the reflective area and the transmissive area. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122212 | LCD driving device having plural TFT channels connected in parallel with either increasing channel widths or decreasing channel distances from central part to edges of the device - There is disclosed a liquid crystal display device that is adaptive for preventing the driving device defect of a driving circuit part and a method of fabricating the same. A liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a driving device of a structure that a plurality of thin film transistor having a channel of poly silicon are connected in parallel, in a driving circuit, and wherein at least one of widths of the channels and distances between the adjacent channels is different in accordance with their location. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122213 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR FOR DRIVING GATE LINE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A thin film transistor for driving a gate line and a liquid crystal display having the same are provided. The thin film transistor for driving a gate line includes a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate electrode, a drain electrode formed on the semiconductor layer, a source electrode formed on the semiconductor layer and separated from the drain electrode and being coupled to the gate line, and a ripple-prevention electrode formed on the drain electrode which overlaps at least a part of the drain electrode. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122214 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DISPLAY SUBSTRATE OF THE DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes n gate lines, a data line, a first pixel and a second pixel. The gate lines extend in a first direction. The data line extends in a second direction transverse to the first direction. The first pixel includes a first pixel electrode connected to one of the (n−1) gate lines to receive a data voltage through the data line. The second pixel includes a second pixel electrode and a light-blocking pattern. The second pixel electrode is connected to the (n)-th gate line to receive the data voltage through the data line. The light-blocking pattern obscures the second pixel to possibly reduce a luminance difference between the first and second pixels. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122215 | Repair line framework of liquid crystal display - A repair line framework of liquid crystal display is provided. By disposing part of the repair line inside the integrated circuit chip so that the routing of part of the repair line will penetrate through the integrated circuit chip before returning to the panel, or by routing part of the repair line disposed on the substrate within the display region so that the routing is positioned under the black matrix of the color filter, the routing length of the repair line is shortened and the impedance of the repair line is reduced. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122216 | HOUSING STRUCTURE FOR LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND BACKLIGHT DEVICE USING SAID STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a housing structure for a lighting device, including a molded product having a thickness of 1.5 to 3.5 mm produced from a polycarbonate-based resin composition containing 20 to 60% by mass of titanium oxide, and a method of producing a housing structure for a lighting device, including: subjecting a polycarbonate-based resin composition containing 20 to 60% by mass of titanium oxide into a sheet; and subjecting the sheet to vacuum forming or pressing to produce a box-type molded product in which a fixing portion of a terminal of a light source is molded integrally to an inner side portion of the molded product. Also provided are a housing structure for a lighting device, which is lightweight and requires small man-hour for assembling, a method of manufacturing the same, a backlight device using the housing for a lighting device, and a liquid crystal display member. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122217 | LCD AND BACKLIGHT MODULE, FRONT FRAME, AND BACK BEZEL THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a backlight module, a cell module installed in front of the backlight module, and a front frame which includes a frame body with holes and buffer material. The buffer material has a first part disposed in the holes and fixed to the cell module and backlight module through the front frame, and a second part sandwiched between the frame body and cell module. A method for manufacturing a LCD device is also provided, including forming a buffer material on a frame body by injection molding, firmly connecting the frame body, a cell module, and a backlight module, and locating the buffer material between the frame body and cell module. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122218 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display module displaying an image using power and a control signal, the display module having a first surface including at least one power supply unit for supplying the power and a control board for supplying the control signal, and a heat radiation cover portion covering a part of the first surface of the display module including the power supply unit and the control board, wherein the heat radiation cover portion forms an air passage between the first surface of the display module and the heat radiation cover portion. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122219 | Display Device and Display Device Stand - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display module and a stand having a tilt mechanism which adjusts an upright angle of the display module. The tilt mechanism includes a fixed portion provided on the stand, a movable portion provided on the display module, a hinge shaft which pivotably couples the fixed portion and the movable portion together, and a lock member which limits pivoting of the movable portion with respect to the fixed portion. The lock member is movable between a lock position where the lock member engages with the movable portion so as to prevent the display module from falling down through at least a predetermined angle and a release position where the lock member leaves the movable portion so as to allow the display module to pivot freely. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122220 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An LCD device includes an LCD panel for displaying images, a printed circuit board connected to one side of the LCD panel and supplying a driving signal to the LCD panel, and including a connection hole, a bottom chassis and a middle mold receiving the LCD panel, and a top chassis protecting the LCD panel and the middle mold, wherein the bottom chassis includes a hook fixing the source PCB. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122221 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display module and an assembling method thereof are disclosed. The liquid crystal display module includes a panel guide for supporting a liquid crystal panel, the panel guide including a first fastening portion, support side members for holding opposite sides of a lamp irradiating light to the liquid crystal panel, respectively, each of the support side members including a second fastening portion having a foreign substance shield, and a bottom case including a third fastening portion having a case hole formed through a side surface of the bottom case, to receive the foreign substance shield. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122222 | Display - This display includes a display portion for displaying images and a housing mounted with a mounting portion of the display portion, while the housing is so formed as to warp in a recessed shape concaved rearward along the longitudinal direction in plan view, and so structured as to have a flat shape in plan view when the display portion is fixed. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122223 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel displays an image on a curved display surface, in which light leakage through a space between pixel electrodes is reliably prevented. The liquid crystal display panel includes an active matrix substrate having the pixel electrodes, an opposed substrate having a common electrode arranged to generate a potential difference between the common electrode and each pixel electrode, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the substrates and arranged to control a light transmission state in accordance with the potential difference, and a black matrix arranged to prevent light leakage through a space between the pixel electrodes. The black matrix is provided on a liquid crystal layer side on the active matrix substrate. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122224 | Display device and method of assembling the display device - A display device includes: a reflection plate; plural light sources disposed above the reflection plate; an optical member disposed above the plural light sources; a support member disposed standing on a bottom surface of the reflection plate; a frame member that houses the reflection plate and the light sources; and a display panel disposed above the optical member. The support member includes: a standing support portion that is disposed standing on and supports the reflection plate; an optical member support portion that supports the optical member; and a leg portion that protrudes downward of the reflection plate and the frame member and is bent in a direction along the standing support member. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122225 | Light concentrating sheet, backlight unit including the light concentrating sheet and liquid crystal display module including the backlight unit - A light concentrating sheet for a liquid crystal display module includes a first base film having flat inner and outer surfaces; a first light concentrating film on the first base film and having a first thermal expansion coefficient; a second light concentrating film on the first light concentrating film and having a second thermal expansion coefficient; and a second base film on the second light concentrating film and having flat inner and outer surfaces. | 2009-05-14 |