20th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110115923 | DIGITAL CAMERA CONNECTED TO A COMPUTER USING RFID AUTHENTIFICATION - A wireless communication apparatus having a first wireless communication unit for performing RFID communication and a second wireless communication unit for performing data transfer executes authentication processing by providing authentication information using communication by the first wireless communication unit, and detects the result of authentication processing. Data transfer using the second wireless communication unit is allowed if authentication success is detected by the authentication processing, and supply of power for the second wireless communication unit is stopped if authentication failure is detected. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115924 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup device is connected with a computer. A video program is installed in the computer. The image pickup device includes an image pickup module and a monitor program. The image pickup module is controlled by the video program to capture an image. The image pickup module includes a lens and a shielding cover in front of the lens. When the monitor program detects an execution status of the video program, the shielding cover is driven to move to a position where the lens is not shielded by the shielding cover. When the monitor program detects a non-execution status of the video program, the shielding cover is driven to move to a position where the lens is shielded by the shielding cover. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115925 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus including a touch screen to which a touch input is applied by a user, the method includes: recognizing the touch input by the user in a photographing mode; setting a photographing condition by the recognized touch input; and performing a photographing, wherein the setting a photographing condition includes performing a plurality of auto focuses with time intervals, by which a focus change due to shaking occurring in the touch type photographing may be addressed. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115926 | OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION - An optical image stabilization (OIS) system may be used in a camera having an optical system which includes a motion compensating optical element driven by an actuator. The system may include a motion sensor providing a motion signal, a frequency detector for detecting a dominant frequency being that frequency within the motion signal which may produce the most significant motion blurring in the image produced by the camera, and a tunable high-pass filter for filtering the motion signal and supplying the filtered motion signal as an actuator control signal. The tunable high pass filter may be tuned based upon the dominant frequency to a filter characteristic which provides a phase lead substantially canceling a phase lag of the actuator at that frequency. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115927 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus includes a handshake correction module and a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus. As a first image and a second image that is input by minutely adjusting a photographing direction from the first image are captured by using a pre-mounted handshake correction module, the second image that is accurately continuous from the first image may be obtained. As such, highly reliable panorama shooting may be enabled and an ultra-wide-angle image having a viewing angle greater than that of a currently mounted lens may be obtained without exchanging the currently mounted lens for an expensive lens used in wide-angle shooting. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115928 | Image Acquisition Method and Apparatus - An image acquisition sensor of a digital image acquisition apparatus is coupled to imaging optics for acquiring a sequence of images. Images acquired by the sensor are stored. A motion detector causes the sensor to cease capture of an image when the degree of movement in acquiring the image exceeds a threshold. A controller selectively transfers acquired images for storage. A motion extractor determines motion parameters of a selected, stored image. An image re-constructor corrects the selected image with associated motion parameters. A selected plurality of images nominally of the same scene are merged and corrected by the image re-constructor to produce a high quality image of the scene. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115929 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An apparatus capable of capturing a still image in a moving image capturing mode includes an instruction unit configured to instruct still image capturing, a vibration detection unit configured to detect vibration applied to the apparatus, a control unit configured to control driving of a correction member in a driving range according to whether still image capturing or moving image capturing is performed, based on an output from the vibration detection unit, a position detection unit configured to detect a position of the correction member, and a determination unit configured to determine a reference position of a range in which the correction member is driven, wherein, if the instruction unit instructs image capturing in the moving image capturing mode, the detected position is set as the reference position. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115930 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELECTING AT LEAST ONE OF A PLURALITY OF CAMERAS - A media management system and method of selecting at least one of a plurality of cameras is described. The system includes a plurality of image-taking systems, each one including a camera having a plurality of control functions; and a camera control unit for controlling operation of the camera. The control unit includes a communication unit for communicating with the plurality of image-taking systems and a mobile communication device, the communication unit establishing an image capturing session with the mobile communication device in response to an initiation by the mobile communication device; and a processor that uses a location of the mobile communication device to select at least one image-taking system from the plurality of image-taking systems. The control unit transfers at least one of the plurality of control functions to the mobile communication device, and the mobile communication device operates the camera to capture at least one image. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115931 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An image management system and method of controlling an camera using a mobile computing device is described. The system includes a mobile computing device and an image taking system connected to a server. The image taking system includes a camera oriented towards distinguishing mark; and a control unit in communication with the mobile computing device such that the control unit transfers the control functions of the camera to the mobile computing device such that the mobile computing devices operates the camera to capture an image. The method includes establishing, by a mobile communication unit, an image capturing session with an image capturing system, the image capturing system having a control unit; transmitting, by the control unit, to the mobile computing device control functions for controlling operation of a camera; capturing, by the camera, an image in response to operation by the mobile communication unit; and creating, by the image capturing system, a media file. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115932 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMAGE IN CAMERA OR REMOTE-CONTROLLER FOR CAMERA - A method of providing an image, the method including receiving an image capture start signal from a remote controller of the camera, successively capturing images after the image capture start signal is received, receiving an image capture end signal from the remote controller, and selecting an image captured at a time which is a predetermined period of time prior to a time at which the image capture end signal is received. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115933 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus is disclosed which provides an appropriate inclination guide display in accordance with an aspect ratio of a picked-up image and the like. The image pickup apparatus includes an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image pickup apparatus, a display device capable of superimposedly showing an inclination guide display corresponding to a detection output from the inclination detector, on a picked-up image, and an aspect ratio setter which sets the aspect ratio of a picked-up image. The apparatus includes a display controller which controls whether or not to show the inclination guide display on the display device on the basis of the aspect ratio set by the aspect ratio setter. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115934 | INCREASING IMAGE RESOLUTION USING COMBINED DIFFERENTIAL IMAGE - A method for increasing the resolution of a digital image comprising: receiving an input digital image of a scene; interpolating a high-resolution image using an interpolation function; receiving a blur kernel associated with the interpolation function; initializing a candidate sharp high-resolution image; determining a plurality of differential images representing differences between neighboring pixels in the candidate sharp high-resolution image; determining a combined differential image by combining the differential images; repeatedly updating the candidate sharp high-resolution image responsive to the interpolated high-resolution image, the blur kernel, the candidate sharp high-resolution image and the combined differential image until a convergence criterion is satisfied; and storing the final candidate sharp high-resolution image in a processor-accessible memory system. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115935 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPHED VIDEO - A photographing apparatus and a method of providing a photographed video converts a photographed video into two types of formats, stores the converted video, and transmits the video wirelessly in real-time. Therefore, a user stores a high quality video photographed by a photographing apparatus as well as broadcasts the photographed video in real-time. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115936 | DIGITAL IMAGING PROCESSOR AND METHOD OF IMPROVING USER RECOGNITION IN THE DIGITAL IMAGING PROCESSOR - A digital image processor and method of improving user recognition in the digital image processor are provided. The digital image processor includes a view finder for a user to view a subject and a display unit on which an image is electrically realized, the digital image processor includes: a sensing unit for sensing rotation of the digital image processor; a detecting unit disposed at one side of the view finder and comprising an emission unit for emitting light and a light receiving unit for receiving light reflected by the user; and a control unit for increasing time for emitting light from the emission unit when the rotation is sensed by the sensing unit and controlling power supply to the display unit based on an output value corresponding to an amount of incident light onto the light receiving unit. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115937 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - An information processing apparatus includes an estimation unit estimating a group to which a subject shown in the registration images belongs in accordance with the frequency with which the subject is shown together in the same image; and a selection unit selecting an image showing a subject which is estimated to belong to the same group as a subject shown in a key image given as search criteria from the plurality of the registration images in a situation where a group to which the subject belongs is estimated. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115938 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING LENS DISTORTION AND CHROMATIC ABERRATION - An apparatus, computer readable medium, and method of processing an image of a data format having a plurality of color components, the method including generating a plurality of color component images corresponding to the plurality of color components; correcting lens distortion (LD) and chromatic aberration (CA) for each of the plurality of color component images; and generating a corrected image by integrating the corrected plurality of color component images. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115939 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus are provided. The digital photographing apparatus stores an image signal in a memory at the same time with the calculation of a horizontal AF evaluation value with respect to the image signal, and calculates a vertical AF evaluation value by using the stored image signal. Accordingly, exact AF detection may be performed with respect to images of all patterns. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115940 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AUTOMATIC FOCUSING METHOD, AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE METHOD, ELECTRONIC FLASH CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image pickup device provided with an automatic focusing function includes an image pickup unit, a face detection unit, a receive unit, and an automatic focusing control unit. The image pickup unit is configured to input image data corresponding to a subject. The face detection unit is configured to separately detect eyes, a nose, and a mouth of a human face from the image data input from the image pickup unit. The receive unit is configured to receive from a user a selection of any one of the eyes, the nose, or the mouth as a ranging area. The automatic focusing control unit is configured to perform automatic focusing control based on the ranging area selected by the user. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115941 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BALANCING COLOR OF FLASHED IMAGE USING DEPTH ESTIMATION - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for balancing the color of a flashed image using depth estimation. The apparatus includes a depth value measurement unit, a region identification unit, a color impression estimation unit, and a color balancing unit. The depth value measurement unit measures the depth values of the respective regions of an image to be captured using a camera preview image. The region identification unit identifies the regions of the preview image as a region influenced by camera flash or a region not influenced by camera flash using the depth values measured by the depth value measurement unit. The color impression estimation unit estimates the color impression of actual illumination in the region not influenced by camera flash. The color balancing unit corrects the color of the region influenced by camera flash. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115942 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes an image correction unit which receives a synthesized image and pseudo color pixel information indicating a pseudo color pixel position included in the synthesized image and executes pixel value correction. The image correction unit selects non-pseudo color pixels as reference pixels from a reference region set in a surrounding region of the pixel to be corrected, sets a similarity weight coefficient in which a large weight is set as a pixel value of the reference pixel that is close to a pixel value of the pixel to be corrected and a pixel position weight coefficient in which a large weight is set as the pixel value of the reference pixel that is near a pixel position of the pixel to be corrected, with respect to the reference pixels, and determines a correction pixel value of the pixel to be corrected by a weighted summation process. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115943 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - An information processing apparatus which selects a predetermined number of images from a plurality of images captured at an event. The apparatus includes: an image analyzing section analyzing and calculating individual evaluation values of the images; on the basis of differences in shooting date and time and distance of adjacent images when the plurality of images are rearranged in order of shooting date and time, a first and a second clustering sections determining a first and a second boundary groups, respectively, including a plurality of boundaries for sorting the plurality of images rearranged in order of shooting date and time into a plurality of sub-events, a sorting section sorting the plurality of the images into the plurality of sub-events in accordance with the determined boundary groups; and an image selecting section determining images to be selected by excluding images having small evaluation values. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115944 | Digital camera - A digital camera, which photographs a subject, generates image data, and records the image data on a recording medium, includes: an image processing device that performs a plurality of image processing to the recorded image data, in response to a user's operation; a history creating device that creates, for each image data, history information that indicates a history of image processing performed by the image processing device; and a display unit that displays the history information thus created. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115945 | AUTOFOCUS SYSTEM - An autofocus system which can prevent erroneous tracking of an unintended tracking target, is provided. In a recognition and tracking mode which uses an AF frame to automatically track a face of a specific person for which certification data is previously stored, a face of a specific person designated by an operator is detected by face authentication processing from a captured image obtained from a television camera. Thereafter, the face is detected from the captured image by a pattern matching processing in which an image of the face is used as a reference pattern for object tracking processing, and the AF frame is moved to the detected position. The face recognition processing is executed each time when the object tracking processing is executed a predetermined times, thereby preventing erroneous tracking by the object tracking processing. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115946 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a negative refractive power; a second lens unit having a positive refractive power; and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, all the lens units moving during zooming; and a secondary aperture having a constant aperture diameter disposed on the image side of the second lens unit, in which the second lens unit includes lens components having a positive refractive powers disposed at a position closest to the object side and a position closest to the image side, and a distance (dd) on an optical axis between a lens surface closest to the image side in the second lens unit and the secondary aperture, and a focal length (fw) of the entire zoom lens at a wide angle end are appropriately set. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115947 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM TO EXECUTE METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A digital photographing apparatus, a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium for storing a program to execute the method, in which a scale of an image displayed on a display unit is changed by a touch operation performed on a touchscreen, and simultaneously an optical or digital zooming operation is performed. The method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus including a touchscreen includes displaying an image on the touchscreen, recognizing a touch operation in which the image is swiped from a first point to a second point on the touchscreen, and changing an image scale so as to correspond to the recognized touch operation and displaying the image. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115948 | CAMERA APPARATUS WITH MAGNIFIED PLAYBACK FEATURES - An embodiment of a camera apparatus includes transferring a compressed playback streaming signal output from a recording medium to a map defined in a memory circuit, decoding the transferred playback streaming signal by a decoder, converting the decoded signal to a YUV signal in an image processing unit, transferring the converted signal to the map as a YUV signal, generating a magnified or reduced image from the YUV signal in the image processing unit, and storing the image on the map, overlaying a magnified or reduced image prepared on the map according to a magnified playback request, and outputting the overlaid image for seeking an output position. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115949 | Two Stage Detection for Photographic Eye Artifacts - An image acquisition device includes a first speed-optimized filter for producing a first set of candidate red-eye regions for an acquired image; and a second analysis-optimized filter for operating on the first set of candidate red eye regions and the acquired image. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115950 | Advanced Imaging Systems And Methods Utilizing Nonlinear and/Or Spatially Varying Image Processing - A method, associated systems, and apparatus are described for imaging a scene to produce electronic image data representing the scene and having at least one improved characteristic. Encoding optics image and encode electromagnetic energy radiated or reflected from a scene, including its objects and features, and a detector receives the encoded electromagnetic energy to produce electronic image data which is at least partially decoded by a pre-processing operation to produce pre-processed electronic image data, having at least one improved characteristic as a result of cooperation between the encoding and decoding. A subset of the pre-processed image data may include artifacts as a result of the encoding and decoding; the artifacts are further processed by applying a nonlinear post-processing operation that identifies the artifacts in the pre-processed imaged data and compensates the associated image data values while retaining the improved image characteristics in the balance of the pre-processed image data. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115951 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE NOISE COMPENSATION WITH IMAGE ENHANCEMENT | 2011-05-19 |
20110115952 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensor configured to convert an optical image of a subject into image signals by photoelectric conversion. The image sensing apparatus acquires information for estimating a magnitude of a dark current in the image sensor, and, on the basis of the acquired information, selects any one of vertical linear noise correction processing, black subtraction processing, and normal readout processing in which neither the vertical linear noise correction processing or the black subtraction processing is carried out. Then, the image sensing apparatus carries out the vertical linear noise correction processing to correct a vertical linear noise in an image if the vertical linear noise correction processing is selected, or the black subtraction processing to correct a vertical linear noise and a fixed pattern noise in an image if the black subtraction processing is selected. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115953 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - A solid-state image sensing device comprising, light-receiving regions and a color filter which transmits red light, a color filter which transmits blue light, and a color filter which transmits green light is provided. The color filters are arranged on a one-to-one basis above the light-receiving regions. Above the light-receiving region where the color filter which transmits red or blue light is arranged, a light-transmitting film, an antireflection film, a light-transmitting film, an antireflection film, and a light-transmitting film are arranged, in this order from the light-receiving region, between the light-receiving region and the color filter. Above the light-receiving region where the color filter which transmits green light is arranged, a light-transmitting film, an antireflection film, and a light-transmitting film are arranged, in this order from the light-receiving region, between the light-receiving region and the color filter. The antireflection films are higher in refractive index than the light-transmitting films. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115954 | SPARSE COLOR PIXEL ARRAY WITH PIXEL SUBSTITUTES - An image sensor is disclosed for capturing a color image, including a two-dimensional array of pixels having a plurality of minimal repeating units wherein each repeating unit is composed of eight pixels having four panchromatic pixels, three pixels having different color responses, and one substitute pixel. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115955 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a solid-state image device that can effectively dissipate heat. In order to attain the object, the solid-state image device of the present invention includes non-through heat dissipation portions ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110115956 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus which prevents distortion of an image captured using an image pickup element employing an XY reading method and which suppresses degradation of the captured image caused by light leakage to pixel circuits is provided. Transfer transistors and reset transistors in all rows are turned on and photodiodes and FDs are reset before exposure of the photodiodes is started. Then, after a predetermined exposure time has been elapsed, the transfer transistors in all the rows are turned on and signal charges of the photodiodes of all pixels are transmitted to the FDs. When the exposure is terminated, a mechanical shutter is closed so as to block leakage light, and voltages corresponding to the signal charges transmitted from the photodiodes are successively read from the FDs on a row-by-row basis. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115957 | BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGE SENSOR WITH REDUCED DARK CURRENT - A backside illuminated image sensor comprises a sensor layer implementing a plurality of photosensitive elements of a pixel array, and an oxide layer adjacent a backside surface of the sensor layer. The sensor layer comprises a seed layer and an epitaxial layer formed over the seed layer, with the seed layer having a cross-sectional doping profile in which a designated dopant is substantially confined to a pixel array area of the sensor layer. The doping profile advantageously reduces dark current generated at an interface between the sensor layer and the oxide layer. The image sensor may be implemented in a digital camera or other type of digital imaging device. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115958 | Solid-State imaging device and load current source circuit - Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging device including: a plurality of pixel circuits each of which converts an optical signal into a pixel signal; a load current source circuit adapted to supply a load current, used to read out the pixel signal from the plurality of pixel circuits, to the pixel circuits on a column-by-column basis; a signal readout circuit adapted to read out a reference signal and the pixel signal from the pixel circuits on a row-by-row basis and output the difference between the reference and pixel signals that have been read out; and a control signal generation circuit adapted to generate a maintenance control signal used to maintain the load current constant during a readout period that lasts from when the reference signal is read out by the signal readout circuit to when the pixel signal is read out by the signal readout circuit. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115959 | Solid-state imaging device, method of driving the device, and camera system - A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel section formed by pixels performing photoelectric conversion arranged in a matrix; a pixel signal readout section capable of column-parallel processing including an A/D conversion function for reading out a pixel signal from the pixel section and performing analog-digital conversion of the signal, the pixels being read in groups; a voltage sampling section sampling a bias voltage generated by an internal or external voltage generating circuit for a period in accordance with a control signal and supplying the sampled bias voltage to the pixel signal readout section; and a control section controlling the signal readout operation of the pixel signal readout section and the voltage sampling operation of the voltage sampling section. The pixel signal readout section includes a functional portion. The control section exercises control such that the voltage sampling operation is performed in a period other than at least either of a period in which an analog signal is read out or in which A/D conversion is carried out. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115960 | ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR WITH MIXED ANALOG AND DIGITAL SIGNAL INTEGRATION - An active pixel sensor includes mixed analog and digital signal integration on the same substrate. The analog part of the array forms the active pixel sensor, and the digital part of the array does digital integration of the signal. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115961 | ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Light is prevented from being emitted from a region that overlaps a contract hole in a structure in which light emitting devices are stacked. A stacked organic electro-luminescent display apparatus includes a contact hole that electrically connects a first electrode or a second electrode to a driving circuit. The first or second electrode and a second organic compound layer are provided in the contact hole, and the second organic compound layer existing in the contact hole does not emit light. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115962 | IMAGE-CAPTURING LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention provides an image-capturing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power; a third lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface on which at least one inflection point is formed, the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; and a stop disposed between an imaged object and the first lens element; wherein there are four lens elements with refractive power. Such an arrangement of optical elements can effectively reduce the size of the lens assembly, mitigate the sensitivity of the optical system and enable the lens assembly to obtain a higher resolution. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115963 | Image pickup lens and image pickup apparatus - An image pickup lens includes: a first lens group including a single negative lens and a single positive lens disposed in order from the object side to the image side and having a positive refracting power; and a second lens group having a positive refracting power. The first and second lens groups are disposed in order from the object side to the image side. The first lens group is fixed, when the image pickup object distance varies from the infinity to the proximity, with respect to an image surface while the second lens group is moved from the image side to the object side to carry out focusing. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115964 | DICHROIC APERTURE FOR ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICE - A dichroic filter that for use with an electronic imaging device, such as a camera. The dichroic filter is located in the main imaging lens, and may permit all light to pass through a first portion and be measured by a photosensor, while restricting at least some portions of visible light from passing through a second portion thereof. In this manner, only the non-restricted portions of visible light passing through the second portion may be measured by the associated pixels of the photosensor. The filter may be formed from a first aperture permitting a first set of wavelengths to pass therethrough and a second aperture adjacent the first aperture, the second aperture permitting only a subset of the first set of wavelengths to pass therethrough. The second aperture may be a dichroic mirror or it may be an optical filter of some other type. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115965 | FIXED FOCAL LENGTH OPTICAL LENS ARCHITECTURE PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED DEPTH OF FOCUS OPTICAL SYSTEM - Providing for a fixed focus optical system exhibiting extended depth of field is provided herein. By way of example, a compact and fast optical system that yields an asymmetric modulation transfer function (MTF) is disclosed. In some aspects, the asymmetric MTF results in extended depth of field for near field objects. Such a response can be particularly beneficial for small handheld cameras or camera modules having high resolution. According to some disclosed aspects, the resolution can be about 8 mega pixels. Additionally, the optical system can comprise four lenses in one aspect and five lenses in another, while remaining below about 5.3 mm total track length (TTL) for the respective systems. In at least one application, the disclosed optical systems can be employed for a high resolution compact camera, for instance in conjunction with an electronic computing device, communication device, display device, surveillance equipment, or the like. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115966 | IMAGE PICKING-UP DEVICE - In an image pickup device of the present invention, in the case where a mode switch | 2011-05-19 |
20110115967 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FOCUSING ON SUBJECT IN DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An method and apparatus focus on a subject in a digital image processing device, the apparatus including a digital signal processor (DSP) for focusing on a subject based on an eye detected from a face of a subject having a greater ratio than a predetermined ratio in a picture. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115968 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system of the present invention includes a storage unit which stores an operated position of an operation unit and a position of an optical member. When the power supply to the optical system terminates and then restarts, a control unit compares the stored operated position and the operated position detected by a first sensing unit upon restart. If they are different, the control unit controls a driving unit such that the position of the optical member detected by a second sensing unit can be a target position. If they are the same, the control unit controls the driving unit such that the position of the optical member detected by the second sensing unit can be the stored position of the optical member. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115969 | DISTRIBUTED AGILE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A distributed agile illumination system and method associated with multiple coordinated illumination sources for projecting a large amount of illumination on a subject at a distance and with an eye safe level of illumination at a close range. An entire scene may be imaged via an image capturing device and a targeted subject with respect to the scene may be detected and prioritized. An initial calibration may be performed to determine a relative geometric location of the illumination sources and the image capturing device with respect to each other. The subject's predicted location and the geometric location may be employed to determine an offset position for each of the independent illumination sources. A pan/tilt device and optional mirror associated with each illumination source utilizes the offset position to point each illumination source towards the subject to acquire better imagery at varying subject distances. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115970 | 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. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115971 | IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention provides an image capture device that can omit calculating a pulse signal that should otherwise be used to get a flash fired during a flash-ON sequential shooting operation. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115972 | HEATING DEVICE FOR HEATING A GLASS SURFACE, PARTICULARLY A PROTECTICE GLASS OF AN OUTDOOR CAMERA, AND ELECTRONIC AND/OR OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING A PROTECTIVE GLASS - At least one heating element is applied to a glass surface as a material layer to provide a heating device for heating the glass surface. Due to such direct heating of the glass surface, such as a protective glass, in that the material layer applied in a positive, bonded and non-positive manner, the energy input necessary for heating is low, and the heating is carried out in a uniform manner free of interferences. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115973 | CAMERA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE ORIENTATION OF THE WINDOW OF A CAMERA COVER - A camera device ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110115974 | Integrated lens and chip assembly for a digital camera - A integrated camera module ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110115975 | IMAGING DEVICE - To produce a subject's image on an imager as accurately as possible, a technique that is effectively applicable to the process of assembling an optical system is provided. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115976 | REMOTE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A virtual broadband receiver includes a receiving unit to receive a multiplicity of media data streams and an assembly engine to assemble them. The receiving unit receives the data streams from a multiplicity of data connections, wherein each media data stream was transmitted along one of at least one wireless communication network accessible from a remote reporting location to one of the data connections. The assembly engine assembles the data streams into a single media stream forming a live media transmission from the remote reporting location. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115977 | System and Method for Enhanced Television and Delivery of Enhanced Television Content - Provided is an enhanced television system and method including a television receiver in communication with a broadcast reception tuner. The television receiver is configured to receive and display video data from a video stream and enhancement data from the reception tuner. The video stream includes embedded base programming identification metadata, and the television receiver is further configured to extract a base identification tag from the embedded base programming identification metadata, and combine enhancement data received from the reception tuner associated with the base identification tag with the video stream. The video stream may then be displayed. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115978 | COORDINATED VIDEO FOR TELEVISION DISPLAY - Apparatus and methods for generating coordinated video content for display. The apparatus takes video signals from independent sources and allows a user to select portions of the video signals, corresponding to desired portions of video content to be displayed, and combines those video signal portions into a single composite video signal. The composite video signal may be displayed, for example, on a television screen showing the desired portions of video content. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115979 | ADDITIONAL DATA GENERATION SYSTEM - An additional data generation system is provided which can produce an output based on additional data to impart an information conveying effect to an output based on output data. The additional data generation system includes a source unit | 2011-05-19 |
20110115980 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF VISUAL PARAMETERS IN VIDEO PROCESSING - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system and method for controlling visual parameters of a capturing device to minimize clipping and saturation according to predefined parameters. The method may include processing pixel values of a current input frame of a received video signal captured by a capturing device; accumulating processing results of the current input frame to processing results of one or more previous input frames and calculating a desired dynamic range based on pre-determined user parameters. The processing may further include checking if the accumulated results are within the desired dynamic range and determining if adjustment is desired. If the accumulated results are not within the desired dynamic range, adjusting visual parameters for a subsequent input frame, by controlling the capturing device and if the accumulated results are within the desired dynamic range maintaining current visual parameters of the current input frame for the subsequent input frame. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115981 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A CT processing unit as an example of a video signal processing apparatus includes: a CT canceling unit which calculates, for each of a first color component and a second color component of each of pixels, a crosstalk component that is produced by a first image and subtracts the crosstalk component from the corresponding one of the signal levels of the pixels of a second image, to generate a modified second image represented as a combination of a signal level of a modified first color component and a signal level of a modified second color component; and a saturation modifying unit which updates the negative signal level of the modified first color component to a value of 0 or larger from among a modified first color component and a modified second color component, and modifies the signal level of the modified second color component according to this update. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115982 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - In an X-Y conversion chart, a threshold Th is defined as Y=0, that is, the threshold Th is defined on the X axis, a range from −Th to +Th is defined as a range in which smoothing (noise elimination) processing is performed, and a range outside the range from −Th to +Th is defined as a range in which sharpening processing is performed. As shown in equations in drawings, among equations denoted by Y | 2011-05-19 |
20110115983 | Image Display Apparatus to Which Multiple Image Sources Can Be Connected - A projector has a single-screen display mode in which an image based on a single image signal is displayed and a dual-screen display mode in which images based on two respective image signals are displayed. When an image signal is input only to one input terminal and an image signal is not input to the other input terminal, the projector is set to the single-screen display mode and an image based on an image signal from a PC is displayed in a main screen. When input of an image signal to the other input terminal is confirmed during execution of the single-screen display mode, the projector switches from the single-screen display mode to the dual-screen display mode, so that an image based on an image signal from a PC | 2011-05-19 |
20110115984 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A liquid crystal panel includes: an active matrix substrate ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110115985 | Associating a Control Device with an Electronic Component - A method and device for associating a remote with a component. The method and system may include receiving a control command from the remote. Upon receiving the control command, an identification signal may be transmitted to a display. The identification signal may include information for identifying the component. The remote may be associated with the component based on the identification signal. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115986 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes an interface module, a first wireless communication module, a second wireless communication module, and a power controller. The interface module configured to exchange content data and device control data with a first device. The first wireless communication module configured to wirelessly exchange the content data with a second device with consuming first power. The second wireless communication module configured to wirelessly exchange the device control data with the second device with consuming second power which is lower than the first power. The power controller configured to turn off power of the first wireless communication module when the first device does not exchange the content data. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115987 | SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, DISPLAY APPARATUS, RACK, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A sound signal processing apparatus ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110115988 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY OUTPUTTING AUDIO - A method for remotely outputting audio in a display apparatus includes outputting Audio/Visual (AV) data, if a command to remotely output audio is input while the AV data is being output, stopping outputting audio of the AV data while outputting video of the AV data, and transmitting at least one of compressed audio data separated from the AV data and information regarding a time when transmission of the compressed audio data starts to an external apparatus. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115989 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display system comprising a light source and a plurality of switchable elements, wherein each element is switchable at an element switching frequency in accordance with an element control signal between an “on” state in which light is directed from the light source onto a display, and an “off” state in which light is not directed onto a display. The light source being configured to generate a pulsed light source output at a light source pulse frequency. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115990 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - According to at least one exemplary embodiment, a display, such as a flat panel display, may be positioned or oriented in one or more non-traditional environments. The display may be such that video or image data may be shown on a front portion, a back portion or both a front and back portion. Additionally, the display can include capabilities to be updated to show any desired type of data at any time, including dynamic data that may act to conceal, camouflage or otherwise hide content located behind a display. Additionally, the display may receive its input data from any of a variety of sources, for example a computer or a camera. Additionally, the display may be formed, positioned or utilized with any desired number of additional displays. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115991 | POLARIZATION ELEMENT AND PROJECTOR - A polarization element includes: a substrate; a plurality of thin metal wires provided to the substrate in a striped manner; and a plurality of protruding sections made of metal provided to each of the thin metal wires, and arranged in a longitudinal direction of the thin metal wire at a pitch shorter than a wavelength of incident light. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115992 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - Projection display apparatus | 2011-05-19 |
20110115993 | LIQUID CRYSTAL GLASSES, PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A projection display system includes a glasses system, a driving unit and a projection apparatus. The driving unit is electrically connected to the glasses system for repeatedly applying or removing a voltage to/from the glasses system. The projection apparatus includes an illumination system and a color wheel. The color wheel is in a transmission path of a light beam provided by the illumination system. The color wheel has a compensation zone and a plurality of color zones. When the color wheel is rotated, the compensation zone and the color zones sequentially pass through the light beam. The compensation zone has first, second and third sub compensation zones. A time for the first sub compensation zone passing through the light beam is substantially equal to a time for the third sub compensation zone passing through the light beam. A liquid crystal glasses and a control method are also provided. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115994 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display device comprises a liquid crystal panel alternately displaying a first image and a second image, the first and second images being changed at first transition durations every frame, a polarization control panel disposed on the liquid crystal panel and changing polarization states at second transition durations, polarization glasses enabling the displayed first and second images to be viewed via the polarization control panel, and a backlight unit providing light to the liquid crystal panel and having black durations where the light is not provided to the liquid crystal panel. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115995 | BEND ALIGNMENT TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal layer sealed between a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other. Inner surfaces of the first and second substrates have been subjected to aligning treatment to splay-align liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal display further includes electrodes formed on the inner surfaces of the first and second substrates to generate an alignment transition electric field to cause the liquid crystal molecules to transit from splay alignment to bend alignment. The alignment transition electric field includes a vertical electric field in the thickness direction of the liquid crystal layer, and a horizontal electric field in a direction parallel to the inner surfaces of the first and second substrates to twist the liquid crystal molecules between the substrates. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115996 | Transflective liquid crystal display with gamma harmonization - In a transflective liquid crystal display having a transmission area and the reflection area, the transmissive electrode is connected to a switching element to control the liquid crystal layer in the transmission area, and the reflective electrode is connected to the switching element via a separate capacitor to control the liquid crystal layer in the reflection area. The separate capacitor is used to shift the reflectance in the reflection area toward a higher voltage end in order to avoid the reflectance inversion problem. In addition, an adjustment capacitor is connected between the reflective electrode and a different common line. The adjustment capacitor is used to reduce or eliminate the discrepancy between the gamma curve associated with the transmittance and the gamma curve associated with the reflectance. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115997 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - In a liquid crystal display panel, an array substrate includes a plurality of pixels that each having a switching device, a first pixel electrode, a coupling electrode, and a second pixel electrode. The switching device outputs a data voltage in response to a gate signal, and the first pixel electrode and the coupling electrode are connected to an output electrode of the switching device to receive the data voltage. The second pixel electrode faces the coupling electrode and receives a voltage lower than the data voltage. The resistance between the second pixel electrode and the coupling electrode is less than the resistance between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115998 | Liquid crystal display panel with charge sharing scheme - A LCD panel in which a pixel has a first sub-pixel area and a second sub-pixel area, each area having a storage capacitor. Each pixel has a first gate line for providing a first gate-line signal for charging the first and second storage capacitors, and a second gate line for providing a second gate-line signal for removing part of the charges in the second storage capacitor to a third capacitor after the first gate-line signal has passed. The width of the first and second gate-line signals and their timing can be varied so that the first gate-line signal provided to a row can be used as the second gate-line signal to one of the preceding rows. In some embodiments, a pixel in each row has a duplicate pixel arranged to similarly receive the first and second gate-line signals, but data signals are received from different data lines. | 2011-05-19 |
20110115999 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device which is a manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal alignment film to which an alignment regulating force is imparted by a photo-alignment treatment, including: a film forming step of forming a film containing a polymer whose main chain is cleaved by irradiation with light; a photo-alignment step of imparting an alignment regulating force to the film formed in the film forming step by irradiation of the film with light in an atmosphere of a temperature lower than 100° C.; and a removing step of removing a low-molecular weight component generated by cleaving the main chain of the polymer through the light irradiation after the light irradiation. Also disclosed is a liquid crystal display device manufactured by the manufacturing method. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116000 | THERMAL PLATE WITH OPTIONAL COOLING LOOP IN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - An electronic display having one or more thermal plates in thermal communication with an image assembly and a thermally-conductive housing (and optional door frame). In some embodiments, the thermal plate is in thermal communication with the door frame which is in thermal communication with the housing. A channel may be defined between a transparent plate assembly and the image assembly where a fan may force cooling air through the channel. The cooling air may also pass through apertures in the thermal plate(s). An exemplary image assembly may provide an LED edge-lit LCD or an OLED display. In some embodiments, two displays may be provided in a back-to-back orientation within a single housing. The display may dissipate heat without the need to ingest ambient air. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116001 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ASSEMBLY METHOD OF THE SAME - A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a rear bezel, a signal controlling board module, a light source module, a clipping frame, a display panel and a front frame. The rear bezel has a main portion, a receptacle and a plurality of carrying stages. The carrying stages surround the receptacle. The receptacle protrudes from the main body along a direction while the carrying stages protrude from the main portion toward the reverse of the direction. The main body, the receptacle and the carrying stages are formed in one piece. The signal controlling board module is fixed in the receptacle. The carrying stages carry the light source module. The clipping frame and the rear bezel clip the light source module together. The display panel is disposed on the clipping frame. The front frame and the clipping frame clip the display panel together. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116002 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY MODULE - A display module includes a planar display panel being a liquid crystal display panel, a frame disposed under the planar display panel, a lower bezel disposed outside the frame, an upper bezel disposed outside the planar display panel, and a back light module disposed inside the frame. The frame includes at least one side wall. The outer surface of the side wall includes a plurality of tenons and a fixing plate is coupled to the side wall. The fixing plate is contacted with a side of the planar display panel. The side wall of the lower bezel includes a first hole corresponding to a first tenon so that the first tenon can be engaged with the first hole. The side wall of the upper bezel includes at least one second hole corresponding to a second tenon so that the second tenon can be engaged with the second hole. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116003 | ELECTRIC CIRCUIT STRUCTURE - To provide an electric circuit structure with which the occurrence of sound generation caused by vibration of a circuit element mounted on a flexible substrate connected to a circuit board is suppressed. The electric circuit structure includes a mechanical member ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116004 | ELLIPTICAL POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An elliptical polarizer is provided having excellent viewing angle improving effects. The elliptical polarizer includes a polarizer, a first optical anisotropic layer, and a second optical anisotropic layer, laminated in this order. The first optical anisotropic layer satisfies the requirements of 0.8≦NZ1≦1.6 and 120≦Re1≦250 and is disposed so that the slow axis thereof is orthogonal to the absorption axis of the polarizer. The second optical anisotropic layer is a liquid crystal film having a retardation value in the plane of 30 to 150 nm with respect to a 550 nm wavelength light and fixed in a nematic hybrid alignment wherein the average tilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules of a liquid crystalline polymer exhibiting a positive optical uniaxiality, and is disposed so that the aligned direction thereof is parallel to the absorption axis of the first polarizer. The elliptical polarizer is used in a TN type liquid crystal display device so that the second optical anisotropic layer is disposed on the liquid crystal cell side. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116005 | LINEAR WHITE LIGHT SOURCE, AND BACKLIGHT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A linear white light source | 2011-05-19 |
20110116006 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116007 | BACK LIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND GAME MACHINE INCLUDING THE SAME - A game machine includes: a liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel and a back light unit disposed; and at least one reel which is disposed behind the back light unit and on which a plurality of symbols are disposed. The back light unit includes: a pair of transparent plates which are disposed to face each other, transparent electrodes being formed on corresponding predetermined areas the transparent plates; a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer which is formed in a space between the transparent plates; and a light source module including a frame which is disposed behind the transparent plates, an area of the frame corresponding to the predetermined area being empty or transparent, and a planar light source or a plurality of light sources which is mounted to the frame to be disposed at an area corresponding to the predetermined area of the transparent plates. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116008 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight (illumination device) ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116009 | LAMP SOCKET, BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE LAMP SOCKET, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY - A lamp socket includes a lamp connection unit which is electrically connected to a lamp, a power connection unit which is disposed below and adjacent to the lamp connection unit along a longitudinal axis and is electrically connected to an electric source which supplies power to the lamp, and a fastening member which is disposed on the power connection unit, wherein the power connection unit comprises at least one sub-component which has a surface area perpendicular to the longitudinal axis which is larger than the largest surface area of the lamp connection unit perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and wherein the sub-component of the power connection unit with the largest surface area perpendicular to the longitudinal axis is located proximate to the lamp connection unit. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116010 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device has: a light source, a light guide plate for causing light from the light source to enter from a side surface of the light guide plate and exit as illuminating light from one principal surface thereof; a liquid crystal panel which includes a reflective color filter having wavelength selectivity in transmittance and reflectance and a polarizing plate disposed on a side that is closer to the light guide plate than the reflective color filter, and which is disposed on a light path of the illuminating light; and a recycle part for reflecting the illuminating light that has been reflected by the reflective color filter toward the reflective color filter once again, wherein the light from the light source is configured to enter the light guide plate as approximately linear polarization, and the polarizing plate of the liquid crystal panel is configured so exhibit transmittance of 90% or higher. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116011 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - Provided is an illuminating device wherein replacement of a light source is facilitated and generation of luminance nonuniformity is suppressed. An illuminating device ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116012 | PASSIVE DAYLIGHT-COUPLED BACKLIGHT WITH TURNING FILM HAVING PRISMS WITH CHAOS FOR SUNLIGHT VIEWABLE DISPLAYS - A passive daylight-coupled display having an LCD panel, a diffuser, a turning film behind the LCD panel, and a curved reflector behind the turning film. For passive backlighting, the diffuser transmits daylight to the reflector, which reflects the daylight to the LCD panel through the turning film and provides for substantially uniform distribution of the daylight on the LCD panel for backlighting it. The turning film has prisms with chaos for an improved viewer experience. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116013 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A liquid crystal module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a liquid crystal panel, a transparent panel member configured to include a display section constituting a display image plane while overlapping the liquid crystal panel, and a step section connected to the display section and lower than an image plane position by one step, at least one light source disposed in the step section of the transparent panel member, and a diffusion mechanism provided in a part other than the display image plane of the display section and a face opposite thereto, and diffusing light from the light source. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116014 | OPTICAL LAMINATE FILM, BACKLIGHT UNIT INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical laminate film, a backlight unit, and a liquid crystal display module, the optical laminate film including a multilayer film composed of multiple layers including at least two polymers having different refractive indexes, the multilayer film transmitting only a light component vibrating in a direction parallel to one transmittance axis while reflecting other light components; an embossed diffusing film laminated on one side of the multilayer film, the embossed diffusing film having roughness on a surface thereof; and a microlens film laminated on another side of the multilayer film, the microlens film having microlenses arranged on a surface thereof. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116015 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - Provided is an illuminating device wherein generation of luminance nonuniformity is suppressed, while suppressing deterioration of light use efficiency. An illuminating device ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116016 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a highly reliable liquid crystal display device that prevents the penetration of a flying dust and dirt in the outside air. A liquid crystal display device ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116017 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLING THE VIEWING ANGLE OF A DISPLAY - Systems and methods for electronically controlling the viewing angle of a display using liquid crystal optical elements are provided. Each liquid crystal optical element may be associated with a respective scattering module and may selectively steer a device generated light beam to one of two or more scattering regions of its associated scattering module. When a scattering region receives a steered light beam, the steered light beam may be scattered into a viewing cone having at least one viewing angle defined by a characteristic of that scatter region. Each liquid crystal optical element may be made from one or more suitable liquid crystal materials that can be controlled electronically to vary the effective index of refraction of one or more different regions of the liquid crystal optical element, thereby steering incoming light towards a particular one of two or more scattering regions of an associated scattering module. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116018 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT - A liquid crystal display element includes: a first liquid crystal layer including a first liquid crystal, a second liquid crystal and a first electrode; and a second liquid crystal layer including a third liquid crystal, a fourth liquid crystal and a second electrode and laminated with the first liquid crystal layer, wherein the first liquid crystal reflects light in a first wavelength band, the second liquid crystal reflects light in a second wavelength band being different from the first wavelength band and has a threshold voltage for driving being different from that of the first liquid crystal, the third liquid crystal reflects light in the second wavelength band, and the fourth liquid crystal reflects light in a third wavelength band being different from the first wavelength band and the second wavelength band and has a threshold voltage for driving being different from that of the third liquid crystal. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116019 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, common voltage wiring disposed on the first substrate and transmitting a common voltage, a first insulating layer disposed on the common voltage wiring, a common electrode disposed on a whole surface of the second substrate, a first conductive member disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and electrically connecting the common electrode and the common voltage wiring to each other, and a sealant combining the first substrate and the second substrate. The first insulating layer includes a first contact hole exposing a first portion of the common voltage wiring and a plurality of a second contact hole exposing a second portion of the common voltage wiring, the second contact hole having a smaller area than the first contact hole. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116020 | SURFACE PROGRAMMING METHOD AND LIGHT MODULATOR DEVICES MADE THEREOF - A liquid crystal display or other light modulator is provide with an alignment layer with a pretilt that is better than is currently available with rubbing technology. The liquid crystal cell consumes less electrical power to operate. The pretilt can be programmed using suitable field and recorded in the alignment layer. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116021 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes light source sections | 2011-05-19 |
20110116022 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, AND POLARIZING PLATES AND LCDS UTILIZING THE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and a polarizer and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and more particularly, to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including (A) an acrylic copolymer and (B) a liquid optically-anisotropic compound having a mesogen core in its structure. The liquid optically-anisotropic compound having a mesogen core in its structure according to the present invention has superior solubility and compatibility with pressure-sensitive adhesive resin, and thus the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition including the liquid optically-anisotropic compound can relax stress caused by shrinkage of the polarizer and effectively compensate negative birefringence. Therefore, the polarizer and the LCD device using the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition can prevent light leakage originating from stress concentration in spite of long-term use. | 2011-05-19 |