21st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120127312 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - Provided is a vehicle periphery image generation apparatus for generating a vehicle periphery image which can provide a wide view of vehicle periphery at a time. The vehicle periphery image generation apparatus includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle periphery images photographed by a plurality of photographic cameras mounted on the vehicle, a display device provided in the vehicle interior for displaying the images, a viewing point position setting unit for setting the position as the viewing point of the image to be displayed on the display device to a viewing point from a perpendicularly upward direction, a fish-eye image generation unit for generating a fish-eye image with using the periphery images and the position set by the viewing point position setting unit, a self vehicle image generation unit for generating a self vehicle image, and a display image generation unit for generating an image to be displayed on the display device with using the fish-eye image and a self vehicle image, wherein the position of the viewing point of the fish-eye image can be changed. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127313 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE-BASED ILLUMINATION IN INSUFFICIENTLY ILLUMINATED TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENTS - In a method for a vehicle-based illumination of traffic environments, light is irradiated from a vehicle into a traffic environment to detect critical objects, with the intensity averaged over time being reduced when producing the light so as to prevent the human eye from being blinded. The light is irradiated intermittently into the traffic environment in accordance with ON periods and OFF periods. In an OFF period, no light is irradiated from the light source into the traffic environment, while during an ON period the light is irradiated in the traffic environment. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127314 | ITEM IDENTIFICATION USING VIDEO RECOGNITION TO SUPPLEMENT BAR CODE OR RFID INFORMATION - A method and system for confirming the identity of a product in a security system and for determining sales-related information pertaining to the products. One or more products are associated with a product identification element, such as a bar code or an RFID tag. A reader or a scanner within the system receives a signal from the product identification element containing product identity information about the product. The system further includes a camera that captures a video image of the product. Signals representing the product identity information and the video image of the product are forwarded to a data correlation unit that determines if the product associated with the product identity information matches the product in the video image. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127315 | SOFTWARE, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR VIDEO RECORDING OF A TRANSACTION INVOLVING PROTECTED DATA - Software, systems, and methods for recording a scene encompassing a transaction, such as a point-of-sale transaction, are presented. In one implementation of a method, the scene is recorded to a data storage system using a first video camera capable of capturing protected data associated with the transaction. While recording the scene using the first camera, and in response to receiving a first trigger, the recording of the scene is continued using a second video camera not capable of capturing the protected data. While then recording the scene using the second camera, and in response to receiving a second trigger, the recording of the scene is continued using the first video camera. The first and second timing triggers are initiated based on at least one event associated with the transaction. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127316 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY USING VIDEO ANALYSIS - A system detects a transaction outcome by obtaining video data associated with a transaction area and analyzing the video data to obtain at least one video transaction parameter concerning transactions associated with the transaction area. The transaction area can be a video count of items indicated in the video data as detected by an automated item detection algorithm applied to the video data. The system obtains at least one expected transaction parameter concerning an expected transaction that occurs in the transaction area, such as a scan count of items scanned at a point of sale terminal. The system automatically compares the video transaction parameter(s) to the expected transaction parameter(s) to identify a transaction outcome that may indicate fraudulent activity such as sweethearting in a retail environment. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127317 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO SECURELY OPEN AND CLOSE A PASSAGEWAY OR ACCESS POINT - An access control system for a passageway having a passageway barrier including an active infrared sensor device and a locking mechanism for selectively locking and unlocking the passageway barrier. The active infrared sensor device includes an infrared emitter, an infrared receiver having one or more position-sensing photodetectors operative for receiving infrared light and generating a signal corresponding to a position and/or intensity of the reflected infrared light, and a processing unit operative for detecting a change between a first signal generated by one or more position-sensing photodetectors after receiving reflected infrared light at a first location on one or more position-sensing photodetectors and a second signal generated by one or more position-sensing photodetectors after receiving infrared light reflected in response to the object moving into the surveillance area and for controlling an operation of a locking mechanism based on the change. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127318 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM USING WIRELESS NETWORK, MASTER SENSOR NODE, AND SERVER APPARATUS - A surveillance system includes a sensor node, a master sensor node and a server. The sensor node firstly determines whether an event occurs based on self-event information and supplementary event information received from the plurality of sensors. The master sensor node receives the occurrence of the event from the sensor node, and secondly determines whether the event occurred based on the self-event information and the supplementary event information. The server receives whether the event occurs from the master sensor node. The occurrence of the event can be autonomously detected and determined among the sensor node, the master sensor node, and the server. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127319 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A NETWORKED CAMERA - An apparatus for controlling a remote camera is described. The apparatus includes a housing and a processor positioned within the housing. A transceiver coupled to the processor communicates with a remote server. The remote server is coupled to the remote camera. A motion tracking component is mechanically coupled to the housing and electrically coupled to the processor. The motion tracking component generates a motion signal. The remote server controls a parameter of the remote camera in response to the motion signal. A display is coupled to the processor for displaying the output signal from the remote camera. The output signal is associated with the parameter of the remote camera. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127320 | Method And Apparatus For Displaying 3D Images - A method and an apparatus for displaying 3D images are disclosed. 2D images are projected from multiple points to a surface with narrow diffusion characteristics, thus it is possible to get a 3D light field with arbitrary angular dependence. According to the invention, the projectors ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127321 | WALL PLATE DIGITAL TELEVISION ANTENNA SIGNAL METER AND METHOD - A wall plate assembly having a television channel select switch, a channel display, and a signal strength display. A circuit board on the rear of the wall plate includes a television antenna connector, a television output connector, and control electronics. The control electronics displays the selected channel in the channel display, determines the signal strength for the selected channel in any signal on the television antenna connector and displays it in the signal strength display. The control electronics delivers the signal for the selected channel to the television output connector. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127322 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MANUFACTURE FOR CORRECTING COLOR SHADING IN CMOS IMAGE SENSORS - A device for color shading correction is provided. Local color matching is performed as follows. For each pixel of the image that is being color matched, the RGB value is treated as a one-by-three matrix, which is multiplied by a three-by-three matrix that is generated during factory calibration. The matrix product is a one-by-three matrix that is used as the RGB value for the pixel in the color matched image. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127323 | PROJECTION IMAGE AREA DETECTING DEVICE - A projection image area detecting device includes a projection image area detecting unit configured to detect marker image areas in a photographed image that is obtained by photographing a projection image area including a projection image. The marker image areas include marker images that are used for identifying four corners of the projection image area. The projection image area detecting unit detects the marker image areas by identifying a color included in the marker image areas that continues to change as time passes. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127324 | Method and System for Display Characterization or Calibration Using A Camera Device - In a class of embodiments, a method and system for characterizing a display device using a camera device (e.g., a consumer grade, mobile camera device) to sense light emitted by the display device during display of one or more test images, and to generate measurement data characterizing the display and/or calibration data useful for calibrating the display device. In some embodiments, the display device is adjusted or calibrated manually in response to such calibration data, for example by user actuation of display device controls in response to calibration data indicative of display setting recommendations. In some embodiments, the test image(s) are embedded in a video stream (e.g., overlaid on arbitrary video content). For example, test images including appropriate timing information and calibration sequences are embedded in a video stream for display by the display device. In some embodiments, the user is prompted to align the camera device (e.g., to position the camera device such that light emitted from a test image at least substantially fills the camera field of view). | 2012-05-24 |
20120127325 | Web Camera Device and Operating Method thereof - A web camera device includes a web camera and a micro processing unit (MCU). The web camera is operable to capture an image of a user. The MCU is electrically connected to the web camera and includes a distance calculating module and a comparing module. The distance calculating module is operable to receive a distance between the user and the web camera based on the calculating of the image. The comparing module is operable to compare the distance with a predetermined distance range, wherein when the distance is beyond the predetermined distance range, the comparing module outputs a warning signal for alarm the user to keep a proper distance from the display. An operating method of the web camera device is disclosed herein. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127326 | IMAGE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING IMAGES - In a system and method for optimizing images, a digital image of an object is captured by an image capturing device, and a standard image of the object is obtained from a storage system of a computing device. The system calculates an image average energy density (IAED) value of the digital image based on RGB (red, green, blue) channels of the digital image, and calculates an IAED value of the standard image based on RGB channels of the standard image. The system is further calculates a difference between the IAED value of the digital image and the IAED value of the standard image, and applies any difference to optimize every pixel point of the digital image to generate optimized pixel points. The system integrates all the optimized pixel points or original pixel points to generate an optimized image for display. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127327 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING PICTURES THEREOF - Digital photographing apparatus and methods of providing picture at the digital photographing apparatus are disclosed. An example digital photographing apparatus transmits a picture of an object to be captured to a server, acquires at least one pre-captured picture of the object and a captured position of the at least one pre-captured picture from the server, and presents the at least one pre-captured picture and the captured position. The digital photographing apparatus selectively provides the at least one pre-captured picture in consideration of whether the captured position of the object is the same capture position or a different capture position. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127328 | CAMERA USER CONTENT SYNCHRONIZATION WITH CENTRAL WEB-BASED RECORDS AND INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM - A camera and another device synchronization system, apparatus, signaling, processor-readable medium, and method are provided. As part of a system or as an apparatus, the camera may include a user content synchronization module for automatically synchronizing image data stored as camera records by the camera with central records stored for the user by a central node remote from the camera, the camera records and the central records comprising at least one of photo images or video files, such that changed central record and camera records are update using the most recent records from the other source. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127329 | STABILIZING A SUBJECT OF INTEREST IN CAPTURED VIDEO - A method of stabilizing a subject of interest in captured video includes identifying the subject of interest within a crop window and establishing a first subject bounding window that includes the subject of interest. The method continues with refraining from substantially changing the first subject bounding window while the subject of interest moves within the first subject bounding window and establishing a second subject bounding window within the crop window that includes the subject of interest when the subject of interest exits the first subject bounding window. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127330 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Provided is an image pickup device that enables distortion compensation with high precision. Exposure and reading are conducted on pixel rows that are discontinuous with respect to a vertical direction of an image pickup element, and multiple low resolution images are obtained. Each of these multiple low resolution images has a lower distortion than an ordinary image obtained by conducting an ordinary continuous exposure and reading. Therefore, output images with reduced distortion can be generated by using the low resolution images. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127331 | Imaging Geometries for Scanning Optical Detectors with Overlapping Fields of Regard and Methods for Providing and Utilizing Same - Imaging devices and techniques that utilize multiple optical detectors are described and, in particular, imaging geometries for imaging devices that include three or more optical detectors with overlapping fields of regard. The imaging geometries are determined and provided in consideration of one or more performance criteria evaluated over multiple different operating conditions for a process of generating a reconstructed image from the captured images. Imaging systems and methods utilizing the imaging geometries are also described. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127332 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital image processing apparatus, which displays a setting item designated by a user together with a setting status of a setting value for the setting item to allow the user to efficiently set items necessary for photographing and/or other operations, and a control method for the apparatus. The apparatus includes: a body; and a display unit on the body where setting information is displayed, wherein a display screen displayed on the display unit includes: a selection region where at least one setting item is displayed; and an adjustment region where a currently set current setting value is displayed together with candidate setting values that can be set for at least one of the at least one setting item. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127333 | CAMERA - A camera detects a face portion of a subject from a shot image to determine whether a shot image is a good shot candidate image from the features of the face portion and a face portion-related image portion. As examples, the features include, but not be limited to, (1) the shape and variation in contour ranging from the vicinity of the face portion, (2) the position of a hand or leg to be determined by similarity to the skin tone of the face portion, and (3) determination made from the detection result of the face portion as to whether the subject is a half-length or full-length figure. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127334 | ADAPTIVE SPATIAL SAMPLING USING AN IMAGING ASSEMBLY HAVING A TUNABLE SPECTRAL RESPONSE - Image capture using an image capture device which includes an imaging assembly having a spectral response which is tunable in accordance with a capture parameter. A default capture parameter is applied to the imaging assembly, wherein the default capture parameter has high spectral dimensionality. A sample image of a scene is captured. The sample image is analyzed to identify multiple different regions in the scene, wherein each such region shares similar imaging properties that are dissimilar from imaging properties in other regions of the scene. A spectral mask is derived based on the analysis, wherein the spectral mask is derived so as to achieve good image capture tailored to the imaging properties of each different region of the scene. The spectral mask is applied as the capture parameter to the imaging assembly. A final image of the scene is captured and stored. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127335 | IMAGE CAPTURE WITH REGION-BASED ADJUSTMENT OF CONTRAST - Image capture with an image capture device including an imaging assembly having a spectral response which is tunable in accordance with a capture parameter. A first capture parameter is applied to the imaging assembly. A preview image of a scene is captured using the imaging assembly whose spectral response is tuned in accordance with the first capture parameter. A user interface is displayed by which first and second regions of the preview image are designated, and by which a target range is set for contrast between the first and second regions. A second capture parameter is derived for the imaging assembly, by implementing the target range for contrast between the first and second regions. The second capture parameter is applied to the imaging assembly. A second image of the scene is captured by using the imaging assembly whose spectral response is tuned in accordance with the second capture parameter. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127336 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The present invention provides an imaging apparatus which, when a dynamic range is expanded, even if a subject is irradiated by a plurality of different light sources, can apply adequate white balances to respective light sources. The imaging apparatus captures two images from an image sensor at different exposures when a preview image, which is input from the image sensor but is not captured yet, includes an area which is irradiated by the different light sources and which comprises the different brightnesses. The imaging apparatus then composes a dark area of the one image captured at the over exposure and applied a white balance to and a bright area of the other image captured at the under exposure and applied a white balance to. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127337 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an image capture section | 2012-05-24 |
20120127338 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes an image sensor, a shutter, a memory, a temperature acquisition unit, a determination unit, and an acquisition controller. The image sensor includes an effective pixel region and an optical black region. The memory temporarily stores photoelectric-converted image data after the shutter is opened. The temperature acquisition unit acquires an ambient temperature when the temperature is determined to be equal to or more than a threshold value when the image data is stored in the memory. The acquisition controller makes control for shutting the shutter and for acquiring photoelectric-converted image data at that time when the temperature is equal to or more than the threshold value. The writing unit cuts out image data of the effective pixel region from the acquired image data. Difference in optical black level is corrected using the cut-out image data. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127339 | Album creating apparatus, album creating method and program therefor - An album creating apparatus is provided to insert a title appropriate for the timing at which the image stored in the album is captured. The album creating apparatus includes: an image acquiring section for acquiring a plurality of images in association with image capturing times; a reference time acquiring section for acquiring a reference time indicative of the time and date of a main event in an album; an image capturing timing specifying section for specifying an image capturing timing indicative of a period for the reference time acquired by the reference time acquiring section; a title determining section for determining a title to be inserted into the album; and an album creating section for creating the album by laying out the title determined. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127340 | PHOTOGRAPHY SYSTEM TO ORGANIZE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE SUBJECTS THEREIN - A photographic processing system in which subject and other data is stored in a database and such data is automatically linked to photographs taken using either a film or digital camera. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127341 | METHOD OF REMOVING AUDIO NOISE AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A method of removing an audio noise and an image capturing apparatus providing the same includes storing a specified audio signal included in a captured image as a noise signal, receiving an input audio signal included in an image, and removing a noise included in a transformed audio signal through a comparison between the input audio signal and the noise signal. Accordingly, the audio noise included in the input audio signal is removed, and thus the sound that is not desired by a user can be easily removed. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127342 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOUND PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A sound processing apparatus includes a sound input unit configured to input a sound signal, a signal processor having a band-limiting filter for limiting a passing band of the sound signal, and being configured to apply a predetermined signal processing on a sound signal output from the band-limiting filter, and a controller configured to control a band width of the passing band of the band-limiting filter. The controller changes the band width of the passing band according to a level of the sound signal, and makes a speed at the time of expanding the band width faster than a speed at the time of narrowing the band width. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127343 | Audio processing device, audio processing method, program, and audio acquisition apparatus - In an audio-accompanying moving-image taking apparatus, a noise period setting unit sets a second period with respect to an audio signal acquired by image-taking. The second period is a period between the endpoint of a first period which is a predetermined period starting from the timing when a drive instruction is made to a drive unit for driving a lens and the point in time when the drive unit stops driving according to the drive instruction. A noise level estimation unit estimates a noise level using the signal present in the second period set by the noise period setting unit. A noise suppression unit suppresses noise from the signal present in the second period using the noise level estimated by the noise estimation unit. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127344 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup device may include an image pickup unit that includes two-dimensionally arranged pixels, the image pickup unit generating image signals of a plurality of series based on light incident to the pixels, the image pickup unit outputting the image signals of the plurality of series in parallel, a memory that stores the image signals output from the image pickup unit, a reading unit that sequentially reads the image signals from the memory, the reading unit sequentially outputting the image signals of the pixels as an image signal of one series in the same order as an alignment order of the pixels in a line direction, and an evaluation value calculating unit that processes the image signals output from the reading unit, the evaluation value calculating unit calculating an evaluation value necessary for controlling image pickup. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127345 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR IMAGE CAPTURING - There is provided an image capturing method for use in an image capturing apparatus including an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object to output image data. The method includes performing a first position adjustment between the image data obtained under the first image capturing control and the image data obtained under the second image capturing control, thereby calculating a first displacement, performing a second position adjustment between the image data obtained under the second image capturing control and the image data obtained under the third image capturing control, thereby calculating a second displacement, and performing an image composition of obtaining image data representing a composite image, by performing a position adjustment between the image data obtained under the first image capturing control and the image data obtained under the third image capturing control, using the first and second displacements. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127346 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus according to this invention comprises: an image capturing unit which performs continuous image capturing; a storing unit which stores a plurality of first images captured by the image capturing unit before a shutter button is pushed, and a plurality of second images captured by the image capturing unit after the shutter button is pushed; and a generating unit which generates a background image which is an image of a background of a dynamic body included in the first images and second images based on at least the plurality of first images. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127347 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - There is provided an image processing apparatus and system for demosaicing. The image processing apparatus comprises an edge determination module configured to determine whether a target pixel is an edge pixel and a direction of an image edge if the target pixel is an edge pixel; and a demosaicing module configured to extract a luminance component value of the target pixel using a Bayer image pattern having the target pixel in a central portion of the Bayer image pattern, wherein the demosaicing module is configured to extract the luminance component value of the target pixel using the Bayer image pattern by a weighting process if the target pixel is determined as an edge pixel. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127348 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE SYNTHESIS METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing device and an image synthesis method thereof are disclosed. The image capturing device includes an image capturing module, an exposure module, and a processing module. The image capturing module captures a scene image corresponding to a scene. The exposure module meters the light of scene to generate a plurality of histograms. The processing module calculates a plurality of discrete values of the scene image in different exposure conditions according to the histograms. Further, based upon at least two highest discrete values, the processing module processes the scene image to generate at least two temporary images in at least two different brightness conditions, and synthesizes the temporary images to generate a high dynamic range image. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127349 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DELETING VIDEO EFFECT SUPERIMPOSED ON MOVING IMAGE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS, AND MOVING IMAGE-RECORDING APPARATUS, AS WELL AS STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus capable of deleting a video effect superimposed on a moving image, in timing desired by a user. A system controller of a video camera as the image pickup apparatus performs control such that a moving image taken by an image pickup section and a title superimposed on the moving image are recorded together in a storage medium. When a specific shooting condition has changed during taking of the moving image by the image pickup section, the system controller performs control to inhibit recording of the display item in the storage medium. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127350 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DE-NOISING A DIGITAL VIDEO SIGNAL, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method may denoise a digital video signal produced by a photoelectric sensor as a matrix of pixel signals affected by both thermal noise and impulsive noise. The method may include estimating the noise level associated to the pixel signals, and filtering the pixel signals with an attenuation factor that is a function of the estimated noise level. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127351 | MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGING - A multi-spectral camera comprises a blocking element ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127352 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a reading unit having a plurality of pixels connected thereto, holding signals from the pixels, and a control unit capable of controlling operations of the pixels and reading unit. The control unit controls the pixels and reading unit in a first operation mode without addition, in a second operation mode in which signals from aa of the pixels are added, aa being an integer greater than one, and in a third operation mode in which signals from bb of the pixels are added, bb being an integer greater than aa. The reading unit includes a holding unit having a capacitance value of C, and the holding unit includes a first capacitor having a capacitance value of C/bb and a second capacitor having a capacitance value of C/p, p being a common multiple of aa and bb. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127353 | IMAGE-PICKUP SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An image-pickup apparatus including a detector comprising a detecting unit and a reading circuit, the detecting unit including pixels, each of which including a conversion element, the reading circuit which includes a connecting unit that is electrically connected to a signal wire transferring an electric signal and that electrically connects the signal wire to a node, and which performs a reading operation to output the electric signal from the pixel. A control unit controls an operation of the reading circuit, and a sensing unit senses the end of radiation irradiation based on an output of the reading circuit, which is acquired during the period of an accumulation operation of the detector. The control unit starts establishing the electrical connection between the signal wire and the node through the connecting unit based on the sensed irradiation end, and retains the electrical connection until the start of the reading operation. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127354 | IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor for electronic cameras includes a plurality of light sensitive pixels arranged in rows and columns for generating exposure proportional signals, wherein the pixels of a respective column are coupled to at least one respective column read-out circuit via at least one respective column line, and wherein the respective column read-out circuit includes at least two column amplifiers which are connected in parallel, and includes a control device for controlling a read-out process of an image, wherein the read-out process for the respective pixel includes at least one read-out cycle. The gain factor of at least one of the two column amplifiers of the respective column read-out circuit is adjustable. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127355 | DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises a pixel portion including a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel including a photoelectric conversion portion, an accumulation portion for accumulating the charge, a first transfer portion connecting the photoelectric conversion portion to the accumulation portion, a second transfer portion connecting the accumulation portion to a floating diffusion portion, and a third transfer portion connecting the photoelectric conversion portion to a power source, and wherein, from a state where no potential barrier is formed in the second transfer portion, a potential barrier is formed in the second transfer portion under a condition that a potential barrier is formed in the first transfer portion and no potential barrier is formed in the third transfer portion, and then a potential barrier is formed in the third transfer portion, thereby the operation of accumulating charges in the pixels is started. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127356 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an analog-to-digital conversion circuit which subjects a first and a second pixel voltages from pixels to first and second signal processing, and outputs a digital value corresponding to a difference value between the first pixel voltage and the second pixel voltage, a reference voltage generation circuit which outputs reference voltages having first and second pulse waveforms to the analog-to-digital conversion circuit. The reference voltage generation circuit includes an integration circuit. In the first signal processing which compares the reference voltage with the first pixel voltage, the reference voltage generation circuit supplies a first current to the integration circuit, and generates the first pulse waveform, after the first signal processing, the reference voltage generation circuit supplies a second current to the integration circuit, and returns a voltage value of the first pulse waveform to an initial value. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127357 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital image processing apparatus, which displays a setting item designated by a user and a setting status of a setting value for the setting item together on a portion of a setting menu that is most visible to user's eyes to allow the user to efficiently set items necessary for a photographing operation and/or other operations, and a method of controlling the apparatus. The apparatus includes a body; and a display unit on the body where setting information is displayed, wherein a display screen displayed on the display unit includes a selection region where at least one setting item is displayed and an adjustment region where a currently set current setting value is displayed together with candidate setting values that can be set for at least one of the at least one setting item. The current setting value and the candidate setting values can be displayed on the adjustment region for a selection item selected from display items displayed on the selection region, and the selection item can be in a central part of the selection region. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127358 | MAGNIFYING PLAYBACK/DISPLAY - An image sensing apparatus which stores an image signal from an image sensing element and reads out and processes the stored image signal to magnify and display an image on a display device includes a designation unit that designates the magnification ratio of the image to be displayed, a storage unit that stores the magnification ratio designated by the designation unit, and a magnifying processing unit that executes magnifying processing for the stored image signal on the basis of the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit and outputs the image signal to the display device. The magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is updated when a different magnification ratio is designated by the designation unit, and the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is used for a plurality of images that are sequentially displayed. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127359 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM - An optical imaging system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with a positive refractive power, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element with a positive refractive power having an aspheric surface and a fifth lens element with a negative refractive power. An image-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave, and at least one of two surfaces of the fifth lens element is aspheric. The relationship between a sum of thicknesses of all lens elements with refractive powers on an optical axis and a distance on the optical axis between an object-side surface of the first lens element and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element in the optical imaging system can effectively reduce the total length as well as the sensitivity of the optical imaging system while gaining superior resolution. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127360 | IMAGE-CAPTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH TWO OPERATING MODES - The invention relates to a system for capturing at least one image of a scene. The system comprises: an optical system, a sensor, an autofocus module for adjusting the focus of the system, and a digital processing means. The system estimates at least one value representative of the sharpness in at least one area of at least one initial captured image of a scene. The autofocus module captures the initial image with a predefined focus. On the basis of at least the value representative of the estimated sharpness, the system selects a first operating mode or a second operating mode. In the first mode, the autofocus module controls the focus of the system to capture a sharper image of the scene. In the second mode, the initial captured image or another captured image is processed by the digital processing means, the other image being captured with the predefined focus. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127361 | Early Photographic Synchronization System and Method - A system and method for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera such that initiation of light emission of the photographic lighting device occurs after the first shutter blade of the camera begins to expose an image acquisition sensor of the camera to light and before X-sync associated with the first shutter blade stopping movement. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127362 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - An image-capturing device includes a fixing element, an image-capturing module, and a resilient friction element. The fixing element includes a fixed friction face. The image-capturing module includes a journal portion connected rotatably to the fixing element, and a main body connected to the journal portion and having a lens. The journal portion has an outer surface facing the friction face and rotatable relative to the friction face, and at least one accommodating groove formed in the outer surface. The resilient friction element is disposed on the outer surface of the journal portion, and includes at least one friction portion spanning the accommodating groove. The friction portion is in frictional contact with the friction face, and is deformed and compressed into the accommodating groove by the friction face. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127363 | Antenna System with Individually Addressable Elements in Dense Array - A method and system for capturing, storing, and streaming over the air broadcasts based on user requests is disclosed. The system and method utilize subarrays of antenna elements for receiving over the air broadcasts. Processing pipelines are used to demodulate, transcode and index the content transmissions to produce content data that are streamed to users. In this way, the feeds from antennas can be accessed by users over a network connection. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127364 | Color Space Conversion - A display pipe may include a video pipe outputting pixels of a video stream in a first color space, e.g. YCbCr color space. The display pipe may also include a first color space converter to convert the output pixels to a second color space, e.g. to RGB color space, producing a conversion output in which some of the converted output pixels have values that are invalid pixel values in the second color space. The display pipe may also include a blend unit that performs blending operations in the second color space on the converted output pixels to produce a blended conversion output that includes blended pixels in the second color space. A second color space converter in the display pipe may convert the blended pixels from the second color space to the first color space, and correctly display the converted blended pixels on a display screen. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127365 | Delay and Lip Sync Tracker - A delay tracker utilizes a special code on the tracked signal in order to recognize such signal and ascertain any delays associated therewith. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127366 | METHOD OF PICTURE CONTROL AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREOF - A picture control method and an image processing apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes setting a picture control mode; setting a picture control value in response to the picture control mode; and sensing a change of the picture control value; restoring the picture control value to a previous value if the change of the picture control value is maintained in excess of a certain amount of time. The image processing apparatus includes a picture controller which sets a mode and a value in response to the mode; a memory which stores an initial value of the value; and a controller which senses a change of the value and controls the picture controller to maintain the change of the value for a certain amount of time, and if the change of the value is maintained in excess of the certain amount of time, retrieves the initial value of the value, and controls the picture controller to change the picture control value to a previously unchanged value. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TEMPORAL IMAGE PROCESSING USING MULTI-STREAM FIELD INFORMATION - An apparatus and method provides temporal image processing by producing, for output on a single link such as a single cable or wireless interface, packet based multi-steam information wherein one stream provides at least frame N information for temporal imaging processing and a second stream that provides frame N−1 information for the same display, such as a current frame and a previous frame or a current frame and next frame. The method and apparatus also outputs the packet based multi-stream information and sends it for the same display for use by the same display so that the receiving display may perform temporal image processing using the multi-stream multi-frame information sent with a single link. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127368 | ANTI-BLUR APPARATUS FOR E.G. BACKLIGHT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A display control apparatus comprises a video source( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127369 | VIDEO PROCESSOR DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video processor and method for swiftly detecting swaps occurring between links during transmission of images by the dual-link system. A first image combiner unit combines an image D | 2012-05-24 |
20120127370 | ADAPTIVE FILTER FOR LOW-LIGHT NOISE REDUCTION - In general, in one embodiment, low-light noise is removed from an image by separately filtering luma and chroma components of the image, by adaptively filtering the image based at least in part on a Gaussian distribution of the image, and/or by dividing the image into separate regions and filtering each region separately. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127371 | GRADATION ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - A video processing section comprises a gradation adjustment device for correcting a gradation of an image to be displayed on a television receiver. The video processing section includes, a gradation correcting section, an intermediate brightness region determining section, a brightness difference determining section, a brightness difference threshold determining section, and a gradation adjusting section. The video processing section corrects brightnesses of adjacent pixels, so as to reduce brightness difference between adjacent pixels. The invention provides a gradation adjustment device for realizing an image displaying device that keeps an excellent quality of an original image. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127372 | 2K MODE INTERLEAVER WITH ODD INTERLEAVING ONLY AND PER OFDM SYMBOL PERMUTAION CODE CHANGE IN A DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING (DVB) STANDARD - A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127373 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A signal processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The signal processing apparatus includes a signal processor which processes a video signal and/or an audio signal; a power supply which generates a power signal; a first connector configured to be connected with an external second connector; and a control circuit which outputs the video signal and/or audio signal and the power signal if the external second connector is connected to the first connector, and performs a shutoff operation to not output the power signal if the first connector is not connected to the external second connector. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127374 | System and Method for Providing Network Access to Antenna Feeds - A method and system for capturing, storing, and streaming over the air broadcasts based on user requests is disclosed. The system and method utilize subarrays of antenna elements for receiving over the air broadcasts. Processing pipelines are used to demodulate, transcode and index the content transmissions to produce content data that are streamed to users. In this way, the feeds from antennas can be accessed by users over a network connection. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127375 | REMOTE CONTROL - A remote control includes a top surface, a bottom housing connectable to the top surface, a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the top surface, a plurality of buttons associated with the plurality of protrusions such that pressure applied to the protrusions is transferred to the buttons to generate one or more actuation signals, and a transmitter connected to the buttons to receive the actuation signals and generate transmission signals. The transmission signals provide control instructions to a device associated with the remote control. The top surface includes an antimicrobial material, such as 3-Trimethoxy silyl propyl dimethyl octadecyl ammonium chloride. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127376 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO INFORMATION PROCESSINSG DEVICE USING THE SAME - A display device including a light emitting element array composed of a plurality of light emitting elements includes a micro lens array composed of a plurality of micro lenses provided on the light emission surface side of the light emitting element array and a light shielding member provided on the light emission surface side more than the micro lens array. The light shielding member includes a light shielding member in which a light absorption wall and a medium arranged alternately along the light emission surface, wherein the light absorption rate of the medium is lower than that of the light absorption wall. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127377 | Television and Electronic Device - According to one embodiment, a television includes a display unit with a display screen, a casing, a connection member with a first hole and a second hole, projections accommodated in the first hole and the second hole, and a support. The casing houses the display unit and includes a first face with an opening through which the display screen is exposed, a second face opposite to the first face, and a bottom wall. The connection member is made from metal and provided to the bottom wall of the casing. Each projection has a concave portion on the second face side of the projection, with at least a portion of the concave portion making contact with the peripheral edge portion of the first hole or the peripheral edge portion of the second hole. The support is configured to support a bottom wall of the casing. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127378 | Television and Electronic Device - According to one embodiment, a television includes a display unit with a display screen, a casing with first and second holes, a connection member, projections accommodated in the first and second holes, a support, and a base connected to the support. The casing includes a first face provided with an opening through which the display screen is exposed, a second face opposite to the first face, and a bottom wall. The connection member is made from metal and provided to the bottom wall of the casing. Each projection has a concave portion, with at least a portion of the respective concave portion making contact with a peripheral edge portion of the first hole or the second hole. The projections are detachably fixed to the support. The base includes different design between the display screen side of the base and the opposite side of the base to the display screen. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127379 | MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYERS - An apparatus and a method that allow users to mount digital media players to screens. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127380 | TUNABLE LIQUID LENS WITH REDUCED ABERRATION - A tunable optical imaging system uses a fixed lens and a tunable liquid crystal lens that is operated only outside of an operational range of high aberration. A voltage range applied to change the optical power of the liquid crystal lens is limited to a continuous tunable range of low aberration. The relative positioning between the lens and a corresponding photodetector, and the relative lens powers of a fixed lens and the tunable lens, may be selected to compensate for any optical power offsets resulting from the limitation of the voltage range of the tunable lens. The lens may be operated in either positive tunability or negative tunability mode. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127381 | Wide-angle head-up display - The wide-angle Head-Up display design allows the increase in horizontal peripheral field of view and is based on two, three or more unified informational channels with each of them containing axis-symmetric lens collimating optical system and visualizer comprised of more than one LCD-projectors with each of them containing LCD-matrix and tricolor illuminator, projection lens and integrated for all projectors the transparent-diffusive screen intended for representation of primary images and is located at the object-side focal plane of channel collimating optical system and moreover the primary images are located on the screen so that their adjacent horizontal boundaries are stitched with small overlap in order to ensure the uninterrupted representation of resulting image. The channels' axes are horizontally shifted relative to each other so that adjacent boundaries of peripheral fields of view for the neighboring channels are coincided. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127382 | LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER GLASSES - Provided is liquid crystal shutter glasses in which light leakage at the time when a liquid crystal shutter is closed is suppressed. The liquid crystal shutter glasses includes a first substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase provided therebetween, a first electrode with a comb shape and a first common electrode with a comb shape which are provided between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and a second electrode with a comb shape and a second common electrode with a comb shape which are provided between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode overlaps with the second electrode. The first common electrode overlaps with the second common electrode. The first electrode is connected to the second electrode. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127383 | Three Dimensional Image Display Device - A three-dimensional image display device includes a display and a polarization switching panel. The display includes a signal transmitter, and is configured to alternately display a left eye image and a right eye image. The polarization switching panel includes a signal receiver, an upper substrate, an upper electrode disposed on the upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a lower electrode disposed on the lower substrate. The signal transmitter and the signal receiver are synchronized by a 3D synchronization signal. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127384 | DRIVING METHOD OF STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device capable of high-quality stereoscopic display without decreasing resolution is provided. A pixel portion including a plurality of pixels arranged in matrix is divided into plural regions, lighting of backlight units each emitting light of different hues is controlled in each region, and the backlight units of the plural regions are turned off simultaneously at a regular interval so as to display black. The right-eye image and the left-eye image are alternately displayed with black display interposed therebetween, and light incident on the right eye of a viewer is blocked when a left-eye image is displayed, and light incident on the left eye of the viewer is blocked when a right-eye image is displayed. An image signal is written into a pixel in a black display period during which the backlight units are turned off. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127385 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes a first liquid crystal layer where first liquid crystal regions and second liquid crystal regions are alternately arranged, and a second liquid crystal layer stacked on the first liquid crystal layer where third liquid crystal regions and fourth liquid crystal regions are alternately arranged. With respect to an area per pixel, the first liquid crystal region is larger than the second liquid crystal region, and the third liquid crystal region is larger than the fourth liquid crystal region. The first liquid crystal region overlaps part of the third liquid crystal region and the fourth liquid crystal region. The first, the second, the third and the fourth liquid crystal regions cause changes in reflectance of light at respective wavelength regions in response to applied voltage. The respective wavelength regions are different from one another. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127386 | MULTI-CHANNEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - A multi-channel semiconductor device comprises a plurality of buffer groups each comprising at least one output buffer, a plurality of pad groups each comprising at least one output pad, and a channel switching portion that controls connection between the plurality of buffer groups and the plurality of pad groups. One of the pad groups outputs an output signal of one of the buffer groups in a first operation mode and sequentially outputs output signals of all of the buffer groups in a second operation mode. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127387 | ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel including: first electrode patterns provided on a transparent substrate and extending in a first direction; and second electrode patterns provided on the substrate and extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction, each of the first electrode patterns being constituted by transparent electrodes and conductive connecting sections via which the transparent electrodes are connected to each other, and each of the second electrode patterns being constituted by transparent electrodes and conductive connecting sections via which the transparent electrodes are connected to each other, each of the second electrode patterns intersecting the first electrode patterns via an insulation layer at the respective conductive connecting sections of said each of the second electrode patterns, and in at least one of the second electrode patterns, at least one of the conductive connecting sections of said at least one of the second electrode patterns being a metal wire. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127388 | Liquid Crystal Display Device, Display Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127389 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention seeks to decrease the number of pixel defects in an IPS liquid crystal display device. A gate electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, while a gate insulating film is overlaid on the gate electrode. A pixel electrode which is divided into segments is formed on the gate insulating film. The segments of the pixel electrode are normally interconnected by a source electrode. An inter-layer insulating film, on which a common electrode including slits is formed, is overlaid on the pixel electrode. In a case where the common electrode and one of the segments of the pixel electrode are conductively interconnected by a conductive foreign substance, the other segments of the pixel electrode are allowed to operate by disconnecting the conducted segment of the pixel electrode from the source electrode. Thus, one pixel is prevented from lapsing into a full pixel defect. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127390 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device has an improved end reinforcing structure of a chassis. The liquid crystal display device comprises: a liquid crystal panel for realizing an image; a backlight unit for irradiating a backlight on the liquid crystal panel; a mold frame for storing the backlight unit; a first chassis for supporting the mold frame and including a hemming processor which is bent at an end of the first chassis so as to have a double thickness; and a reinforcing member installed so that the thickness of the hemming processor is increased. Accordingly, the intensity of the end of the first chassis may be increased, thereby guaranteeing strong durability against an external shock. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127391 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE - A liquid crystal module includes a display panel having an active area; a case top configured to surrounds an edge of an upper surface and edges of a display panel, and having first through holes; a cover bottom configured to support a light guide plate disposed under the display panel; a supporter main configured to support the display panel and the cover bottom; a light source circuit board on which light emitting diodes (LEDs) emitting light to at least one of both sides of the light guide plate are mounted, wherein the light source circuit board is disposed on the supporter main; and fasteners configured to pass through the first through hole of the case top and to couple the case top with the supporter main, wherein at least two of the LEDs are disposed between the fasteners. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127392 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A flexible printed circuit board is pulled out to the outside from an end portion of the bottom surface portion. A notch is formed on a tip end of the end portion of the bottom surface portion such that an inner edge of the notch and an outer edge which projects from the notch are contiguously formed. A side of the flexible printed circuit board is arranged so as to overlap the notch. The outer edge of the bottom surface portion which projects overlaps the flexible printed circuit board. An angle made by a straight line which connects an intersecting point between the side of the flexible printed circuit board and the inner edge and a point of inflection between the inner edge and the outer edge and the side of the flexible printed circuit board is set to 45° or less. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127393 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device configured to prevent its size from becoming large. The display device includes a case member ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127394 | LIQUID CRYSTAL APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal apparatus includes a first liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates, and a dispersed liquid crystal held between the pair of substrates, and an active mirror placed behind the first liquid crystal panel, and configured to switch a first state in which linearly polarized light whose polarizing direction is a second direction is transmitted, and a second state in which the linearly polarized light whose polarizing direction is the second direction is absorbed or reflected. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127395 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - It is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting device realizing reduction in cost and suppression of power consumption and suppressing generation of a lamp image. A lighting device | 2012-05-24 |
20120127396 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - An active matrix substrate is provided with a lead wire led from a switching element to a surrounding region; a pad portion formed in the lead wire and positioned in surrounding region; an insulation film including a planarization film positioned uppermost, and a passivation film and a gate insulation film positioned under planarization film, formed so as to cover the pad portion, and having a contact hole formed so as to reach pad portion; and an ITO film positioned in contact hole, and formed on pad portion. ITO film is formed so as to be spaced from planarization | 2012-05-24 |
20120127397 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light guide plate ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127398 | BACKLIGHT SYSTEM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A backlight system includes: a light-emitting section ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127399 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHTGUIDE - A lightguide to be used in a liquid crystal display device includes a light exit surface, a reflection surface opposed to the light exit surface, and a light entrance surface, which is one side surface. In a region of the light exit surface or the reflection surface, which is on a front side of an intermediate portion between two light sources when viewed from the light entrance surface, a plurality of local-area line-shaped protrusions are arranged, which are extending in a first direction. Each of the local-area line-shaped protrusions reflects the entered light so that a component of the entered light which is orthogonal to the first direction is weakened. A length of a local-area line-shaped protrusion farthest from the two adjacent light sources, is larger than a length of a local-area line-shaped protrusion closest to any one of the two adjacent light sources. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127400 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - It is an object of the invention to provide a technique capable of suppressing variations in luminance in the vicinity of a light entrance surface of a light guide plate. An illumination device includes a point light source, and a light guide plate having a side surface serving as a light entrance surface opposed to the point light source, and a main surface serving as a light exit surface. The light entrance surface of the light guide plate is provided with unevenness formed by arraying at predetermined pitches a plurality of protrusions each projecting from the light entrance surface and extending in a direction perpendicular to the light exit surface. Each of the top surface and the bottom surface of the unevenness is provided with a plurality of micro protrusions each extending in the direction perpendicular to the light exit surface and having a height smaller than the above protrusion. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127401 | HYBRID DAYLIGHT-COUPLED BACKLIGHTS FOR SUNLIGHT VIEWABLE DISPLAYS - An daylight-coupled display includes a plurality of passive backlights cascaded in a stack for backlighting of LCD panels or static display panels. The display includes a diffuser to transmit light to multiple cascaded curved reflectors, each of which reflects light for backlighting of the display. A polarization rotator is located within the backlight such that the reflectors provide the correct polarization of light to the LCD panel for backlighting of it. One daylight-coupled display can include an active light source to provide light to the reflectors A secondary light source can provide light to at least one of the reflectors to provide backlighting of the display in low lighting conditions. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127402 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention mechanically protects a surface of a miniaturized liquid crystal display device for mobile phone or the like without deteriorating image quality or increasing a thickness of the device. In the present invention, a liquid crystal display panel has a TFT substrate, a color filter substrate, a lower polarizer adhered to a TFT substrate's lower surface, and an upper polarizer adhered to an color filter substrate's upper surface. A face plate is adhered to the upper polarizer using an acrylic adhesive material cured by ultraviolet rays. For enhancing strength and adhesion of the face plate, corners and side portions of the face plate are chamfered. By making the face plate's profile smaller than the upper polarizer's profile, the adhesion properties of the face plate are enhanced. The present invention protects the liquid crystal display panel's surface without deteriorating image quality or substantially increasing the display device's thickness. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127403 | Image Display Device and Manufacturing Method of the Same - Disorder in the initial orientation (pretilt angle) and active orientation of liquid crystal molecules associated with higher resolution can be reduced to achieve high image quality displays. A layer having a drive element is bonded into an adhesive layer above color filters provided on the inner surface of a rear panel. The layer with the drive element, a drive electrode (pixel electrode), and a counter electrode are buried in the adhesive layer, so that the surface on the liquid crystal layer side is smooth. An orientation film is formed on the smooth surface to have a liquid crystal orientation control capability (orientation capability). A front panel includes a transparent substrate formed of glass or resin, with a smooth surface on the liquid crystal layer side. An orientation film is formed on the smooth surface of the front panel also to have liquid crystal orientation control capability (orientation capability). | 2012-05-24 |
20120127404 | LIQUID CRYSTAL APPARATUS, COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, AND ARRAY SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal apparatus including a plurality of dot regions. The liquid crystal apparatus includes a pair of transparent substrates disposed with a gap, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by the pair of transparent substrates, and a polarizer formed by disposing, on at least one of surfaces of the pair of transparent substrates which are opposed to each other, a polarization layer group constituted of a plurality of polarization layers including an inorganic fine particle layer having a shape anisotropy, the polarization layer group corresponding to one of the dot region and the plurality of dot regions. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127405 | Array Substrate for Multi-Vision and Liquid Crystal Display Device Including the Same - An array substrate for a multi-vision liquid crystal display device includes a display region; and first to fourth non-display regions surrounding the display region, wherein the first and second non-display regions are opposite to each other and each include a data pad portion connected to a data line, and the third and fourth non-display regions are opposite to each other and each include a gate pad portion connected to a gate line, and wherein the display region is divided into two or four active regions with a seam region between the adjacent active regions, and the seam region has a first width. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127406 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY - A reflective display includes a display cell having a light incident wall, a second wall, and a reflective layer. A cholesteric liquid crystal fluid is disposed within the display cell between the light incident wall and the reflective layer and a plurality of pigment particles are movably suspended within the cholesteric liquid crystal fluid. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127407 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes an alignment sustaining layer formed of a photopolymerized material on each of surfaces of a pair of alignment films which are closer to a liquid crystal layer. The alignment sustaining layer is configured to regulate a pretilt azimuth of a liquid crystal molecule of the liquid crystal layer during absence of an applied voltage. A nematic liquid crystal material of the liquid crystal layer comprise a liquid crystal compound having a terphenyl ring system as an indispensable component, and the liquid crystal layer further comprises part of a photopolymerizable compound. A content of the photopolymerizable compound relative to the nematic liquid crystal material is less than 0.015 mol %. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127408 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In an MVA liquid crystal display device of the present invention, each pixel includes at least one electrode ( | 2012-05-24 |
20120127409 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a thin film transistor substrate; a counter substrate which is arranged to face the thin film transistor substrate in an opposed manner; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the thin film transistor substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the thin film transistor substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode for applying an electric field in a substrate in-plane direction, the first electrode includes a plurality of strip portions which extend in a predetermined direction, and a chiral dopant which imparts the rotation in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of liquid crystal induced by an electric field applied between the strip portions and the second electrode is added to the liquid crystal layer. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127410 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer. | 2012-05-24 |
20120127411 | PIXEL UNIT, LCD PANEL, AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a pixel unit, a liquid crystal display panel and method for forming the same. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a common line, a first shading line, and a second shading line, all of which are under the pixel electrode and are formed by a metallic layer. A lateral side of the first or second shading line, which is not covered by the pixel electrode is a curve edge. The curve first or second shading line expands an area of the common line, resulting in an increase of a storage capacitor. Even if a G/D overlay tolerance exists during the process of forming an LCD panel, a problem of uneven display brightness occurring in the LCD panel is still being improved. | 2012-05-24 |