21st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100128129 | Apparatus and method of obtaining image - An apparatus and method for obtaining an image. A first filter unit of the apparatus of obtaining an image may pass a light in a first wavelength band corresponding to visible light. Also, a second filter unit may pass a light in a second wavelength band corresponding to an Infrared ray (IR). A sensor unit may sense the light in the first wavelength band and the light in the second wavelength band. An operating unit may operate at least one of the first filter unit and the second filter unit | 2010-05-27 |
20100128130 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MONITOR VIDEO QUALITY - Systems, methods and graphical user interfaces monitoring video quality are provided. A particular method includes transmitting a video stream to an end user device of an ITV network for viewing at the end user device. The method also includes selecting the video stream for monitoring by a monitoring application. The method also includes transmitting the video stream to the monitoring application. The method also includes monitoring the video stream. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128131 | Providing camera-based services using a portable communication device - Camera-based services are provided to a user of a portable communication device by recognizing text contained in an image. An image of an environment is captured using a camera within the portable communication device so as to obtain image data. The image data is processed such that text data is recognized and extracted from the image data. Data related to the text data is then output in a form recognizable by a user of the portable communication device. The text data can be processed on the portable communication device to obtain the data related to the text data. Alternatively, the processing is performed by a processing unit external to the portable communication device. Translated and audio versions of the text data are output to the user. One camera-based service provides price and product information related to a product described in an image captured by the camera. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128132 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal includes a setting section and a communication control section. The setting section sets frame transmission intervals IFSh and IFSt (IFSh2010-05-27 | |
20100128133 | DIGITAL CAMERA FOR COORDINATING FOCUSING WITH COMPENSATION OF CAMERA SHAKE - In various embodiments, a digital camera may coordinate focusing with compensation of camera shake. The digital camera may include a shutter-signal generating unit which outputs a first shutter signal corresponding to a start of a focusing operation and a second shutter signal corresponding to a start of a photographing operation. The digital camera may also include a digital signal processor which performs a centering operation of a compensation lens in response to the first shutter signal, and which performs a compensation operation of the compensation lens for compensating for a camera shake in response to the second shutter signal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128134 | PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS WITH ANTI-SHAKE FUNCTION - A photographic apparatus with an anti-shake function includes an image sensing unit, a shake parameter detecting unit, a processor module, and a driving unit. The shake parameter detecting unit detects a shake parameter, and the shake parameter is digitized and calculated to produce a shake compensating signal through the processor module. Finally, the driving unit receives the shake compensating signal and to adjust a position of the image sensing unit according to the shake compensating signal. Whereby, the photographic apparatus can detect regular shake, such as a human heartbeat rhythm or a human muscle rhythm to predict the direction and magnitude of the shake. Also the detected shake parameter can be calculated and compensated to reduce failure rate of photographing indistinct photos due to the regular shake. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128135 | MODULAR NIGHT VISION GOGGLES WITH PELLICLE - A night vision goggle system is shown, including optical modules, a heads-up display (HUD) module, and a camera module. Each module may be added to and removed from the system without structural, electrical, or optical damage to itself or the remaining modules. Each optical module takes input light at one end and provides an intensified image at the other. A heads-up display module (HUD) can provide an informational display in any of at least two of the optical modules or both. A camera module is capable of recording both the intensified image produced by a particular optical module, as well as the HUD information shown through that module with substantially no offset from the original display. Both the camera module and the HUD module are installable onto the same optical module at the same time, and can be installed on either (or in some embodiments, any) optical module. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128136 | Passive crosswind profiler - A passive optical crosswind profiling system. The system includes at least one telescope defining two apertures separated at a distance and adapted to collect light along at least two separate paths from a field of view containing a target and at least one high-speed digital camera defining at least one many pixel sensor wherein pixels of said at least one many pixel sensor are identified as separate blocks of pixels. The system further includes an optical system for focusing light collected along said at least two separate paths by said at least one telescope onto said at least one many pixel sensor to produce at least two images of the target scene and a high-speed computer processor programmed to with a special block matching correlation algorithm to correlate image data collected the separate blocks of pixels in order to calculate a crosswind profile along a path between said system and said target. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128137 | EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELD FOR IMAGE SENSOR - A method for forming an image, implemented at least in part by a data processing apparatus, by obtaining a first image of a scene from a first subset of pixels in an image sensor array at a first f/# setting, adjusting the imaging optics that obtain light from the scene at a second f/# setting, obtaining a second image of the scene from a second subset of pixels in the image sensor array, and forming a composite image by combining image data from at least the first and second images. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128138 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An imaging device includes a main photography means for photographing a photographic subject and acquires a photographic image, a preparatory image acquisition means for performing preparatory photography before or after the main photography means acquires the photographic image and acquiring preparatory images, a photographic information acquisition means for acquiring photographic information related to a circumstance of photography when the preparatory images are acquired by the preparatory image acquisition means, and a recording means for recording the photographic information and the photographic image upon a recording medium in mutual correlation. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128139 | IMAGE EDITING METHOD AND AN IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image editing method and an image editing apparatus include dividing an entire image, generating representative images, and generating edited images. Accordingly, a user may edit photographed images, recorded images or reproduced images more easily and conveniently. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128140 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGING METHOD - The number of thermal sensors in an imaging device that requires temperature measurement is reduced. The imaging device includes: a lens array ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128141 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SIMILARITY BETWEEN IMAGES - A method and apparatus for determining a similarity between an input image and a template image may determine the similarity by using a difference in histogram degree between the input image and the template image, in a reduced period of time, which increases efficiency. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128142 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus comprises a white balance setting unit that performs a setting of white balance correction processing on an image data, a white balance correction unit that performs white balance correction processing corresponding to the setting by the white balance setting unit on each of a plurality of RAW image data obtained in a photography operation, and an image synthesizing unit that generates synthesized image data by synthesizing a plurality of image data subjected to the white balance correction processing. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128143 | Signal processing device, camera module, mobile terminal device and imaging method - A signal processing device is provided which includes, an input terminal to receive input of an imaging start instruction signal, and a signal processing unit to output an exposure start instruction signal when the imaging start instruction signal is input to the input terminal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128144 | AUTO-FOCUS IMAGE SYSTEM - An auto focus image system that includes a pixel array coupled to a focus signal generator. The pixel array captures an image that has at least one edge with a width. The focus signal generator may generate a focus signal that is a function of the edge width and/or statistics of edge widths. A processor receives the focus signal and/or the statistics of edge widths and adjust a focus position of a focus lens. The edge width can be determined by various techniques including the use of gradients. A histogram of edge widths may be used to determine whether a particular image is focused or unfocused. A histogram with a large population of thin edge widths is indicative of a focused image. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128145 | System of and Method for Video Refocusing - Certain systems and methods are directed to acquiring, generating, manipulating and/or editing (for example, focusing or refocusing) refocusable video data, information, images and/or frames. The refocusable video data, information, images and/or frames may be light field video data, information, images and/or frames, that may be focused and/or re-focused after acquisition or recording of such video data, information, images and/or frames. In one aspect, a method of generating video data of a scene using a video acquisition device which acquires refocusable light field video data is disclosed, the method comprising (a) acquiring first refocusable light field video data of a scene, (b) storing first refocusable video data which is representative of the first refocusable light field video data, (c) acquiring second refocusable light field video data of the scene after acquiring the first refocusable light field video data, (d) determining a first virtual focus parameter (for example, a virtual focus depth) using the second refocusable light field video data, (e) generating first video data using the stored first refocusable video data and the first virtual focus parameter, wherein the first video data includes a focus depth that is different from an optical focus depth of the first refocusable light field video data, and (f) outputting the first video data to, for example, memory, a video display, processing circuitry, and/or a recording device. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128146 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE STORAGE APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, STORAGE METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING IMAGING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING STORAGE PROGRAM - A still image focused on a desired subject is captured and stored in a more reliable manner without particularly increasing in size and complicating an apparatus and circuits. There are provided a photographing system including a lens optical system which has an autofocus function and captures a subject image, a motor and a CCD, a key input section including a shutter key to instruct photography, and a control unit which causes the photographing system to sequentially capture a still image by actuating the autofocus function and a still image with a fixed focus allowing a fixed depth of field to be obtained, in accordance with the operation of the shutter key. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128147 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING NOISE IN AN IMAGE - An image processing method and apparatus may effectively reduce noise in an image which represents an object photographed by a photographing apparatus. The method may include extracting a first low-frequency component and a first high-frequency component from first image data, and applying a noise reduction filter to the first low-frequency component and to the first high-frequency component to obtain a second low-frequency component and a second high-frequency component, respectively. The method may also include obtaining edge data from the second low-frequency component, and amplifying a portion of the second high-frequency component that corresponds to the edge data to obtain a third high-frequency component. The method may further include combining the second low-frequency component with the third high-frequency component to obtain second image data, and controlling the second image data representing the photographed object to be output to at least one of a storage medium and a display unit. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128148 | IMAGE PICKUP SENSOR, DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup sensor that can properly carry out correction processing on noise components at high speed without bringing about an increase in cost. In an effective pixel region, pixels for obtaining image pickup signals used as a picked-up image are arranged. A plurality of reference pixel regions in which pixels for obtaining reference signals for the image pickup signals are arranged are disposed adjacent to opposing sides of the effective pixel region. A holding unit holds the image pickup signals obtained from the effective pixel region and the reference signals obtained from the plurality of reference pixel regions, the image pickup signals and the reference signals vertically scanned on a row-by-row basis. A horizontal scanning unit that horizontally scans the image pickup signals and the reference signals held by the holding unit horizontally scans the reference signals held by the holding unit before the image pickup signals. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128149 | Color filter array, image sensor including the color filter array and system including the image sensor - A color filter array includes a plurality of white filters, a plurality of yellow filters, a plurality of cyan filters and a plurality of green filters. The plurality of white filters transmits incident light. The plurality of yellow filters transmits a green component and a red component of the incident light. The plurality of cyan filters transmits the green component and a blue component of the incident light. The plurality of green filters transmits the green component of the incident light. An image sensor including the color filter array has high sensitivity and high SNR by increasing transmittance of the incident light. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128150 | CLAMP CONTROL METHOD, CLAMP CORRECTION DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a clamp control method, a clamp correction device, an image sensor, and an electronic apparatus in which high-quality imaging without unnaturalness as a whole can be performed with low power consumption in an image sensor having a large number of pixels. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128151 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - There is provided an image pickup apparatus comprising two-dimensionally arrayed pixels, a plurality of read-out channels each including a read-out circuit and an amplifier circuit, a parallel-serial conversion circuit which sequentially selects pixel signals output via the plurality of read-out channels and outputs a series of pixel signals, and a clamp unit which clamps the reset level included a in an output signal from the read-out circuit in order to remove an offset generated in each read-out channel. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128152 | Image pickup apparatus - An image pickup apparatus allowed to obtain parallax information while preventing a decline in apparent resolution. An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup lens having an aperture stop; an image pickup device including a plurality of pixels and obtaining image pickup data based on light received on the plurality of pixels; and a microlens array arranged between the image pickup lens and the image pickup device so that one microlens is allocated to 2×2 pixels in the image pickup device. The plurality of pixels are disposed in a fashion of two-dimensional arrangement along two directions rotated a certain angle with respect to a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, respectively. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128153 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - A solid-state imaging device in which the potential of a signal line, which is obtained before a pixel has an operating period, is fixed to an intermediate potential between a first power-supply potential and a second power-supply potential. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128154 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE REFERENCE CURRENT WITH NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT - Systems and methods for providing one or more reference currents with respective negative temperature coefficients are provided. A first voltage is divided to provide a divided voltage, which is compared to a reference voltage (e.g., a bandgap reference voltage) to provide a control voltage. The first voltage and the one or more reference currents are based on the control voltage. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128155 | Image sensors and methods of manufacturing the same - Image sensors and methods of manufacturing image sensors, the image sensors including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units formed within active regions defined in a semiconductor substrate; and a plurality of light guides having structures for guiding light incident from an external source onto the semiconductor substrate and the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, the light guides having different widths. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128156 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of unit pixels. Each unit pixel has a photodiode, a reading transistor, a floating diffusion, a capacitance adding transistor, and a reset transistor. The reading transistor reads signal electric charges from the photodiode. The floating diffusion accumulates the signal electric charges read from the reading transistor. The capacitance adding transistor selectively adds capacitance to the floating diffusion. The reset transistor resets an electric potential of the floating diffusion. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128157 | SKIMMED CHARGE CAPTURE AND CHARGE PACKET REMOVAL FOR INCREASED EFFECTIVE PIXEL PHOTOSENSOR FULL WELL CAPACITY - An imaging device having pixels that store charge from a photosensor under at least one storage gate during a sampling period. A driver used to operate the at least one storage gate, estimates how much charge in the pixel exceeds a predetermined limit during a non-destructive pixel sensing operation. A specific voltage is stored on the pixel's floating diffusion region to flag how many times the pixel exceeded the limit. The final pixel signal and the stored information is readout at the end of integration period to create a sum that represents the pixel's final signal value. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128158 | IMAGE SENSORS HAVING NON-UNIFORM LIGHT SHIELDS - An image sensor includes a pixel array divided into two or more corresponding sub-arrays. The pixel array includes an imaging area having a plurality of pixels and one or more reference areas each having a plurality of reference pixels. A continuous non-uniform light shield overlies, or individual non-uniform light shields overlie, each reference pixel in a row or column of reference pixels. An image sensor can include one or more rows or columns of reference pixels. An output channel is electrically connected to each sub-array for receiving the signals generated by the plurality of pixels and reference pixels in each sub-array. The pixel signals generated by the reference pixel pairs in one or more rows or columns in corresponding sub-arrays are used to determine one or more correction factors that compensate for the differences or mismatches between the output channels. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128159 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND ITS DRIVE CONTROLLING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device and an imaging device driver. The imaging device includes first pixels and second pixels. The first pixels execute an imaging operation for a long exposure time. The second pixels execute an imaging operation for a short exposure time which overlaps with a part of the long exposure time. The first and second pixels are mixedly arranged in a two dimensional array. Plural different drive controlling modes each controlling operation timings of start and end of exposure of the first pixels and operation timings of start and end of exposure of the second pixels are prepared in advance. The imaging device driver selects one of the drive controlling modes in accordance with a shooting condition under which an object image is taken and drives the solid-state imaging device in accordance with the selected mode. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128160 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus including: data lines; scanning lines arranged to cross the data lines; pixel circuits arranged along the data lines and the scanning lines, such that each of the pixel circuits corresponds to each of intersections between the data lines and the scanning lines; image signal lines for transmitting image signal; and switches, each arranged correspondingly to each of the data lines, for connecting each of the data lines to each one of the image signal lines, wherein the data lines are arranged such that adjacent two data lines are close to each other, and are connected simultaneously by the switches to different two of the image signal lines. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128161 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes, on a semiconductor substrate, a pixel portion having a plurality of pixels provided with a photoelectric conversion portion, which photoelectrically converts incident light to obtain a signal charge and a pixel transistor portion, which converts the signal charge read from the photoelectric conversion portion to a voltage, wherein an element isolation region disposed in the pixel portion includes an insulating film buried in a trench disposed in the semiconductor substrate, and the insulating film includes an insulating film having a negative charge. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128162 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A photographing apparatus and method are provided that can reduce power consumption by detecting a high precision focusing position for a predetermined range and controlling light emission according to a driving mode when performing focus control. The photographing apparatus includes: a lens movable in an optical axis direction and that focuses a subject image on an imaging surface; a photoelectric converter that converting the subject image into an electric signal; a focusing position detector for detecting a focusing position of the focus lens when at least one main subject image of the subject images is focused on the imaging surface; a focus control unit for controlling a first drive of the focus lens and a second drive of the focus lens that is different from the first drive; a light emitting unit; and a light emitting control unit for controlling for different light emissions during the first and second drive. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128163 | Imaging device and imaging method - There is provided an imaging device which detects a focused position focused on a desired subject in an imaging range in response to a detection instruction, acquires the image data obtained by imaging the subject image at the focused position as saving image data in response to a release instruction, and sequentially changing a focal position with the focused position as a reference and acquiring the image data obtained by imaging the subject image at a plurality of changed different focal positions as saving image data. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128164 | IMAGING SYSTEM WITH A DYNAMIC OPTICAL LOW-PASS FILTER - A filter system for use with an image capture device having an imager with a plurality of imaging elements, the filter system having: a filter element for movably directing light to different imaging elements on the imager; and a manipulator for changing the orientation of the filter element during an exposure to achieve an optical low-pass filter. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING IMAGES - A vision system useful in acquiring images includes: a light dome having a window and a perimeter; an annular light curtain positioned within and radially inwardly from the perimeter of the light dome such that an annular gap is formed between the light dome and the light curtain; and a light ring positioned to illuminate the gap between the light dome and the light curtain. The light curtain and window are sized and positioned such that no direct light from the light ring reaches the window. The system further comprises a camera having a lens facing the window to acquire images of an object on a side of the window opposite the camera. The images acquired by the camera can then be compared to stored images to determine whether the identity of the objects (which may be pharmaceutical tablets) is as expected. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128166 | Camera for mounting - An apparatus includes housing, a camera lens, a video recorder, a mounting rail, and a mount. The video recorder is located within the housing for recording images captured by the camera lens. The mounting rail is located on the housing and is received by the mount. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128167 | Foldable picture-taking device with scanning function - The present invention relates to a foldable picture-taking device with scanning function including a picture-taking main body, a connecting module, and a supporting base module, wherein one end of the picture-taking main body is linked with a first revolving device and the supporting base module is linked with a second revolving device. The whole body can provide a support while taking the pictures and a convenient angle adjustment. While not being used it can be folded and carried conveniently and let the lens have a very good protection. The present invention is further cooperated with a scanning-system-software to have scanning and picture-taking functions through the connection between signal connecting interface in the picture-taking device and computer. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128168 | Apparatus and method for coding block boundary detection using interpolated autocorrelation - An apparatus and method for coding block boundary detection using interpolated autocorrelation is disclosed. Input video frames are processed to obtain a binary map of possible block boundary pixels including original and rescaled block boundaries. The boundary pixel map is converted to a boundary histogram. Then interpolated autocorrelation is applied to the boundary histogram to detect the block size and block size offset. The interpolated autocorrelation handles both integer sizes and non-integer sizes. A confidence measure is also determined that reflects the accuracy of the detection result. The output for the current video frame is also post processed with information from previous frames to provide better temporal stability. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128169 | Frame rate conversion apparatus and method for ultra definition image - A frame rate conversion apparatus and method for an Ultra-High Definition (UD) image. The frame rate conversion apparatus may store a previous frame and a current frame of an edge of an input image, divided into N images, and insert an interpolation frame between the current frame and the previous frame. Also, the frame rate conversion apparatus may convert a frame rate of each of the N images. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128170 | RESOLUTION INCREASING APPARATUS - A resolution increasing apparatus including: a motion image decoding unit that sets a reference frame and a pixel of attention; a provisional-high-resolution-image generating unit that generates a provisional high-resolution image having the number of pixels larger than that of the reference frame; a determining unit that determines whether correction of a pixel value of a corresponding position of the provisional high-resolution image corresponding to the pixel of attention should be performed; and a high-resolution-image correcting unit that performs, when the determining unit determines that the correction is performed, predetermined correction processing and outputs, when the determining unit determines that the correction is not performed, the pixel value of the corresponding position of the provisional high-resolution image as a high-resolution image. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128171 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a signal processing device and method, a program, and a recording medium configured so as to be able to detect 2-3 pulldown sequences, from various types of input, in a precise manner. A state estimation unit | 2010-05-27 |
20100128172 | Apparatus and method for motion adaptive deinterlacing - An apparatus and method for motion adaptive deinterlacing is provided. The apparatus includes a motion average unit, a check area defining unit, and a combing check unit. The motion average unit is configured to obtain a weighted mean motion of a target pixel by performing weighted mean for motions of the target pixel and a plurality of neighboring pixels according to similarity of the target pixel and the neighboring pixels. The check area defining unit is configured to search for a specific check area according to the weighted mean motion. The combing check unit is configured to check combing of the specific check area for a deinterlacing format determining unit to determine a deinterlacing method for the pixels within the specific check area. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128173 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOTION ADAPTIVE DEINTERLACING - An apparatus and method for motion adaptive deinterlacing are provided. According to the method, a mean motion of a target pixel is obtained according to the target pixel and multiple neighboring pixels. A specific check area is obtained by setting the target pixel as a center and extending toward both sides of a first direction when the mean motion is higher than a first threshold value. The specific check area stops extending in reaching a pixel with a motion lower than a second threshold value. The second threshold value is lower than the first threshold value. The specific check area stops extending on a tail side of the first direction by reaching a first specific number of pixels from the target pixel. Combing of the specific check area is checked to determine a deinterlacing method for pixels within the specific check area. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128174 | ATSC MOBILE RECEPTION THROUGH OPTIMAL PLACEMENT OF MOBILE SENSITIVE PACKETS - A method for producing data frames by the optimal placement of mobile sensitive data packets in the data frame that has particular application for transmitting mobile data to be received by portable consumer electronics devices and/or moving vehicles. The method includes forming the data frame by inserting the mobile data in the data frame just after a frame sync and before the broadcast data. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128175 | DATA DECODING DEVICES AND DECODING METHODS THEREOF - Data decoding devices avoiding data error from incorrect sampling points caused by serious interference are disclosed. The data decoding devices receive an analog signal carrying a reference clock and at least one digital data. In the data decoding device, a slicer slices the analog signal at different sampling points by first and second sampling clocks to obtain first and second bitstreams, and the first and second sampling clocks have the same frequency and a predetermined phase difference. A data check unit evaluates whether the first bitstream is erroneous according to an error checking code thereof, outputs the first bitstream if it is error-free, and evaluates whether the second bitstream is erroneous according to the error checking code if the first bitstream is erroneous. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128176 | RECEIVING DEVICE,DELAY-INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD IN RECEIVING DEVICE, AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE, AND DELAY-CONTROL METHOD IN AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE - A television receiver | 2010-05-27 |
20100128177 | SIGNAL PROCESSING UNITS CAPABLE OF PROVIDING PLUG-IN DETECTION - Signal processing units capable of providing plug-in detection without an external circuit occupying GPIO resource are provided, in which a switching element is coupled to a television signal output pad, a terminal resistor is coupled between the switching element and a ground voltage, and an interrupt signal generator generates an interrupt signal when a receiving port of a television signal receiver is coupled to the television signal pad. A control unit turns on the switching element to connect the terminal resistor to the television signal output pad when receiving the interrupt signal, wherein the switching element, the terminal resistor, the interrupt signal generator and the control unit are integrated in a chip. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128178 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HOT PLUG DETECT FUNCTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL USING HIGH DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE - An apparatus and method for supporting a Hot Plug Detect (HPD) function in a portable terminal using High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) are provided. The apparatus includes an HPD unit for generating an HPD signal using an operation voltage of a first modem upon connecting to a display apparatus through an HDMI cable, the first modem for enabling a second modem upon detecting the HPD signal, and the second modem for outputting video data upon being enabled by the first modem. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128179 | DISPLAY APPARATUS USING EXTERNAL DEVICE CONNECTION UNIT AND METHOD OF DETERMINING FORMAT OF INPUT IMAGE THEREOF - A display apparatus connected to an external device through a connection unit and a method of determining the format of an input image uses a connection unit to be connected to an external device and determines the format of a video signal input through the connection unit. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a slim display apparatus. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128180 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - A video display device including:
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20100128181 | Seam Based Scaling of Video Content - Methods and systems are provided for processing video data. In an embodiment, a method of scaling video data includes scaling one frame based on at least one seam of pixels of the one frame. The seam of pixels is selected based at least on information derived from at least one of: a previous frame and metadata relating to the one frame. In an embodiment, a method of processing video data includes determining whether a frame is to be scaled based on at least one seam of pixels based on at least one of information derived from the frame or metadata relating to the frame. The at least one seam of pixels is selected based at least on an energy associated with each pixel of the at least one seam of pixels. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128182 | INTERFACE CIRCUIT - A video signal and an audio signal are TMDS transmitted from a source device to a sink device. Through a reserved line and a HPD line provided separately from a TMDS transmission line, an Ethernet™ signal is bidirectionally transmitted, and also, a SPDIF signal is transmitted from the sink device to the source device. The Ethernet™ signal bidirectionally transmitted between Ethernet™ transmitter/receiver circuits is differentially transmitted by an amplifier and is received by the amplifier. The SPDIF signal from a SPDIF transmitter circuit is common-mode transmitted from an adder and is received by the adder to be supplied to the SPDIF receiver circuit. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128183 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCTION PROCESSING METHOD - In switching a channel or in switching an external input, a reduction in a psychological strain on a user is offered. An image generating unit | 2010-05-27 |
20100128184 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY - An apparatus includes a lamp, a power supply for supplying power to lamp, an image processing unit for displaying an image according to any one of a plurality of video signals applied externally, and a control unit for causing the power supply to start supplying power to the lamp when at least one of the plurality of video signals is applied in an initial state, checking whether or not any one of the plurality of video signals is applied within a predetermined period of time from the time when the applied video signal is stopped, making the power supply continue to supply power to the lamp if at least one of the plurality of video signals is applied, and making the power supply stop supplying power to the lamp if any one of the plurality of video signals has not been applied. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128185 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is capable of displaying a distortion-free projected image based on an image signal from a computer. The display apparatus receives an image signal from the computer and projects an image depending o the image signal onto a projection surface. The display apparatus includes a setting section which sets identification information representative of an aspect ratio of a display of the computer. The identification information set in the setting section can be changed by the user. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128186 | POLARIZATION CONVERSION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A polarization converting optical system and a liquid crystal projection apparatus including the polarization conversion optical system are provided. The polarization conversion optical system includes a light incident surface; a light exit surface having first and second light exit regions; a half-wave plate disposed on the first light exit region; and a plurality of polarization separating surfaces, between the light incident surface and the light exit surface, which divide light into first S-polarization and P-polarization components and second S-polarization and P-polarization components, deviating the second S-polarization component and the first P-polarization component in a direction inclined with respect to an optical axis, and emitting the S-polarization components through the first light exit region and emit the P-polarization components through the second light exit region. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128187 | STEREOSCOPIC 3D LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH GRADED LIGHT GUIDE LIGHT EXTRACTION FEATURES - A backlight for a stereoscopic 3D liquid crystal display apparatus includes a light guide having a light emission surface and an opposing light extraction surface, a first side extends between the light emission surface and the light extraction surface, and a second side extends between the light emission surface and the light extraction surface, the second side opposing the first side. A centerline extends parallel to the first side and second side and is equidistant from the first side and the second side. A center elongated prism extends along the centerline and forms a portion of the light extraction surface. A plurality of elongated prisms extend parallel to the center elongated prism wherein the prisms are progressively more canted for each subsequent elongated prism further from the center elongated prism. A plurality of light sources disposed along the first side and the second side. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128188 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a display device having an image-emitting panel and an image dividing sheet. The image-emitting panel includes a light-blocking layer, a lower substrate, an upper substrate and an electro-optic layer. The lower substrate includes pixel electrodes into which a first image signal and a second image signal having different viewing angles are applied in a spatial dividing method. The electro-optic layer reflects a circularly polarized light towards the upper substrate. The image dividing sheet includes a first optical element and a second optical element. The first optical element converts the circularly polarized light into a first light corresponding to the first image signal. The second optical element converts the circularly polarized light into a second light corresponding to the second image signal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128189 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device includes a plurality of pixel electrodes, a first common electrode arranged on an insulation layer which covers the plurality of pixel electrodes, the first common electrode being a comb-like electrode, and a second common electrode placed opposite the first common electrode across a liquid crystal layer, the second common electrode being voltage-controlled independently of the first common electrode. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128190 | Liquid Crystal Display and Manufacturing Method of the Same - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a thin film transistor formed on the first substrate and including a semiconductor layer, a convex pattern formed on the semiconductor layer and provided at a side surface thereof with a concave-convex section, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128191 | INCREASING LCD APERTURE RATIOS - A liquid crystal display includes an insulating substrate, a semiconductor, a gate insulating layer, a gate line, an interlayer insulating layer, a data line, a drain electrode, a passivation layer, and a pixel electrode. The semiconductor is formed on the insulating substrate and includes source, drain, and channel regions. The gate line is formed on the gate insulating layer over the semiconductor, and overlaps the channel region thereof. The data line is formed on the interlayer insulating layer and has a source electrode electrically connected to the source region and a drain electrode electrically connected to the drain region. The passivation layer is formed on the data line and drain electrode. The pixel electrode is formed on the passivation layer, and electrically connected to the drain electrode. The data line overlaps the drain region. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128192 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An LCD is manufactured to provide a wide viewing angle device and may reduce manufacturing costs according to an embodiment. The LCD includes a substrate, a gate line disposed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, a data line contacting the semiconductor layer, a drain electrode contacting the semiconductor layer and separated from the data line, a pixel electrode contacting the drain electrode, a passivation layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the passivation layer and including a branch electrode overlapping the pixel electrode. In one embodiment, the pixel electrode contacts an end portion of a thin film transistor. The LCD manufacturing process may be shortened and may save manufacturing costs because the LCD process need not make contact holes to connect the pixel electrode and the TFT. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128193 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display that can improve heat radiation properties of PCBs for light source as well as may comply with a slim trend of displays. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel; a PCB for light source that mounts a plurality of light sources and supplies operation power to the light sources; a bottom cover that includes a receiving unit and a seating space, receives the PCB for light source, and externally exposes a part of a rear surface of the PCB for light source through the receiving unit; a main PCB that supplies a driving signal to the liquid crystal panel and the PCB for light source; and a panel guide that includes a lamination unit and an insertion space, wherein the main PCB is inserted into the insertion space to be positioned within the seating space. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128194 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE, DISPLAY DEVICE SET INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) module includes a liquid crystal panel, a mold frame provided below the liquid crystal panel and supporting the liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate provided below the mold frame, and a light source assembly coupled to an outside of the mold frame to accommodate the light guide plate therein, the light source assembly partially inserted into the mold frame, and supplying light to the light guide plate. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128195 | Backlight Module and Liquid Crystal Display Device Using the Same - The present invention is a backlight module including a housing, a reflective sheet, and a light source module. The housing has an inner side surface, an outer side surface, and a plurality of first openings. The reflective sheet is disposed on the inner side surface and has a plurality of second openings corresponding to the first openings. The light source module has a plurality of light sources, wherein the light source module is disposed on the outer side surface, and each of the light sources may penetrate each of the first openings and the second openings. When the light sources are dimmed or have other problems, the light source module can be taken apart from the housing to repair them easily. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128196 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device, and more particularly, to a liquid crystal display device in which a shock-absorbing member is provided in a liquid crystal display device that is provided as an element of a mobile communication system, thereby ensuring the stability of a driver integrated circuit against an external shock. The present invention may be accomplished by providing a liquid crystal panel including a first substrate and a second substrate; a driver integrated circuit mounted on the second substrate of the liquid crystal panel for driving the liquid crystal panel; a backlight assembly arranged at a lower portion of the liquid crystal panel for providing light into the liquid crystal panel; a main support for accommodating the liquid crystal panel and backlight assembly; and a lower cover arranged to surround an outside of the main support, and provided with a shock-absorbing member in a form that is extended from an upper surface of a lateral portion thereof adjacent to the driver integrated circuit and folded in a direction of the driver integrated circuit. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128197 | Liquid crystal display module - A liquid crystal display module for preventing noise caused by friction between a support main and a light guide plate is provided. In the module, a hole is defined at a support main having at least one of a polygonal shape or a circular shape. A light guide plate is disposed on the support main. A protrusion which protrudes from a side surface of the light guide plate is inserted into the hole. The protrusion has at least one of said polygonal shapes and said circular shape. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128198 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display including a backlight assembly, panel guides and a liquid crystal panel. The backlight assembly includes a light guide plate, optical sheets disposed on the light guide plate, a reflective sheet disposed under the light guide plate, light sources disposed along at least one of first sides of the light guide plate, light source covers which cover the light sources, respectively, guide members disposed along at least one of second sides of the light guide plate, and a packing sheet in which the light guide plate, the optical sheets, the reflective sheet, the light source covers, and the guide members are wrapped. The panel guides are disposed on the packing sheet and coupled to the guide members, respectively. The liquid crystal panel is placed on the panel guides. An extension direction of the first sides crosses an extension direction of the second sides. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128199 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light emitting apparatus including a first light emitting device including a first light emitting diode chip configured to emit light of a first rank included in a first color gamut, and a second light emitting device including a second light emitting diode chip configured to emit light of a second rank included in the first color gamut, in which the first rank is different than the second rank. In addition, the first and second light emitting devices are arranged in relation to each other such that the light emitted by the first emitting device mixes with light emitted by the second light emitting device to form light of a third rank different than the first and second ranks. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128200 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIEWING ANGLE CONTROL PANEL - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128201 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel including short sides and long sides, a plurality of gate lines disposed on the liquid crystal panel and extending substantially in parallel with the short sides of the liquid crystal panel, a plurality of data lines insulated from the gate lines, intersecting the gate lines and extending substantially in parallel with the long sides of the liquid crystal panel, a printed circuit board disposed near one of the short sides of the liquid crystal panel and providing an image signal to the liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate overlapping the liquid crystal panel, a light source module providing light to the light guide plate and a circuit board on which the light source module is mounted. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128202 | PIXEL STRUCTURE - A pixel structure includes a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel. The red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel and the blue sub-pixel are suitable for providing a first white light, and a chroma coordinate of the first white light is (x | 2010-05-27 |
20100128203 | LAMP, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A lamp according to one or more embodiments includes a tube which forms a light-emitting space, an electrode main body which is disposed in the tube, and an emitter surface metal layer which includes an alkali metal oxide and/or an alkaline earth metal oxide, and covers the electrode main body. The emitter surface metal layer may include cesium (Cs) and may further include at least one selected from the group consisting of beryllium oxide (BeO), magnesium oxide (MgO), calcium oxide (CaO), strontium oxide (SrO), barium oxide (BaO), cesium oxide (CsO) and radium oxide (RaO). Therefore, discharge may be easily activated because of a high secondary electron emission coefficient. Thus, a light-emitting efficiency may be enhanced and dark start characteristics may be improved. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128204 | DECORATIVE PLATE FOR CASING AND CASING - A decorative plate for a casing is attached to a casing, and utilized. The decorative plate is configured by a plate-shaped transparent base member, a color half mirror layer, placed on the lower face of the transparent base member, that is made of a metal thin film subjected to a tint treatment, a transparency-switching film, formed on the lower face of the color half mirror layer, that is capable of switching between transmitting and non-transmitting states, a transparent reflection-increasing film layer, placed on the lower face of the transparency-switching film, that is a composite film formed by alternately laminating a high refractive-index film and a low refractive-index film, and a backing layer that is formed on the lower face of the reflection-increasing film layer in a tightly contact state without having an air layer interposed therebetween, which are successively laminated. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128205 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a base substrate, a polarizing layer formed on the base substrate and including a polarizing pattern having a plurality of carbon nano-tubes arranged in a direction, and a pixel layer formed on the base substrate and including a plurality of pixel units. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128206 | OPTICAL FILMS, PHASE DIFFERENCE FILMS, AND LCD COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an optical film that includes a graft copolymer that includes two types or more of (meth)acryl based resins that have different glass transition temperatures, a retardation film, a method of producing the same, and a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device that include the optical film or the retardation film. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128207 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a gate in panel (GIP) type liquid crystal display (LCD) device in which a gate driver is directly mounted within a thin film transistor array substrate, a column spacer structure of a GIP circuit part has the same diamond structure as a gap spacer structure of an active region, and a dummy color filter pattern is formed at the GIP circuit part to have the same step as the active region where the cap spacers are positioned to thus prevent a cell gap deficiency between the GIP circuit part and the active region. The LCD device includes: an array substrate divided into an active region on which an image displayed and a GIP circuit part on which a gate driver is mounted; a color filter substrate attached to the array substrate in a facing manner; a color filter formed on an inner surface of the color filter substrate of the active region and including red, green and blue sub-color filters; a dummy color filter pattern formed at an inner surface of the color filter substrate of the GIP circuit part to correspond to the red sub-color filters; and a gap spacer formed at the active region to maintain a cell gap between the color filter substrate and the array substrate and a GIP column spacer formed on the dummy color filter pattern of the GIP circuit part. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128208 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate which face each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, in which a display sub-pixel and a viewing angle control sub-pixel are placed adjacently to each other for each of pixels, wherein the first substrate is provided with a pixel electrode and a common electrode driven by a lateral electric field mode in the display sub-pixel and is provided with a viewing angle control electrode in the viewing angle control sub-pixel, and in which the second substrate is provided with a transparent conductive electrode formed to overlap with both of the display sub-pixel and the viewing angle control sub-pixel on a liquid crystal layer side. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128209 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes an upper substrate on which barrier ribs are formed to limit a view angle within sub-pixels; a lower substrate facing the upper substrate; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128210 | Display device - The present invention is intended to control the color temperature of white exhibited by a liquid crystal display device. White is produced when light waves emitted through pixels associated with three colors of red; green, and blue have maximum intensities. The amounts of light emitted through the respective pixels are controlled by differentiating the shapes of the pixel electrodes disposed at the respective pixels from one another. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. Otherwise, the shapes of interceptive films disposed at the respective pixels are differentiated from one another in order to control light waves emitted through the respective pixels. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. The interceptive film may be shaped like the pixel electrode. Otherwise, the interceptive film may be realized with an interceptive pattern other than that of the pixel electrode or one of openings bored in a black matrix. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128211 | BIREFRINGENT FILM, LAMINATED FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a thin and light-weight birefringent film having a desired Nz coefficient, such that an index ellipsoid satisfies a relationship of nx≧nz>ny. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128212 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR ORIENTED FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ORIENTED FILM, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing an oriented film of a liquid crystal device holding a liquid crystal between a pair of substrates facing each other, comprising: a film formation chamber; an evaporation section having an evaporation source, evaporating an oriented film material on the substrate by a physical vapor deposition, and forming the oriented film in the film formation chamber; a shielding plate arranged between the evaporation section and the substrate, having an elongated opening for selectively evaporating the oriented film material, and covering an area of the substrate on which the oriented film is not formed; and a first regulating member arranged between the evaporation source and the shielding plate and at a position closer to the evaporation source than from the shielding plate, regulating a sublimating direction in which the oriented film material is sublimated. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128213 | MULTI-DOMAIN VERTICALLY ALIGNED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A multi-domain vertically aligned liquid crystal display (MVA LCD) includes an active component array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The active component array substrate has a plurality of pixel units, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the active component array substrate and the opposite substrate. The liquid crystal layer proximal each pixel unit is divided into plural domain sets. Each domain set has plural domains. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128214 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes; a first substrate, a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate, an alignment layer disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the alignment layer comprises a major alignment material and a vertical photo-alignment material, and the vertical photo-alignment material comprises a first vertical functional group, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128215 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The LCD includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate. At least two layers of cholesteric liquid crystal layers are disposed between the first and the second substrates, wherein chiral dopants with different optical activities are respectively added in the cholesteric liquid crystal layers, and the chiral dopants have the same chemical structure. The fabrication method includes providing a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate. A plurality of chiral dopants with different optical activities and having the same chemical structure are mixed into the same liquid crystal host respectively to form at least two kinds of cholesteric liquid crystal materials. Then, the cholesteric liquid crystal materials are disposed between the first and the second substrates to form at least two layers of cholesteric liquid crystal layers. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128216 | LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE COATING FLUID AND POLARIZING FILM - A liquid-crystalline coating fluid comprises: a lyotropic liquid crystal compound; a vinyl alcohol-based polymer; and a solvent, wherein 0.05 to 1.5 weight parts of vinyl alcohol-based polymer is contained with respect to 100 weight parts of the lyotropic liquid-crystal compound. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128217 | POLARIZED LENS AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a method of producing a polarized lens capable of obtaining a high-quality polarized lens used for sunglasses and the like. More specifically, the present invention is a method of producing a polarized lens, comprising the steps of obtaining a lens made of resin having a polarizing film on a convex surface thereof, masking the convex surface thereof, and dyeing a non-masked surface thereof. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128218 | Spring hinge between a bow cheek and a bow of a pair of spectacles - A spring hinge between a bow cheek and a bow of a pair of spectacles is described, having two hinge parts ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128219 | Spring hinge between a bow and a bow cheek of a pair of spectacles - A spring hinge between a bow cheek and a bow of a pair of spectacles is described, having two hinge parts ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128220 | METHOD OF MEASURING THE POSITION, IN A HORIZONTAL DIRECTION IN THE SAGITTAL PLANE, OF A REMARKABLE POINT OF AN EYE OF A SUBJECT - The present invention relates in general to taking geometrico-morphological measurements on a subject. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of measuring the position of a remarkable point of the subject's eye. The method includes amongst others, the steps of capturing images in different relative postures (APIV | 2010-05-27 |
20100128221 | LASER SCANNING DIGITAL CAMERA WITH PUPIL PERIPHERY ILLUMINATION AND POTENTIAL FOR MULTIPLY SCATTERED LIGHT IMAGING - A portable, lightweight digital imaging device uses a slit scanning arrangement to obtain an image of the eye, in particular the retina. In at least one embodiment, a digital retinal imaging device includes an illumination source operable to produce a source beam, wherein the source beam defines an illumination pathway, a scanning mechanism operable to cause a scanning motion of the illumination pathway in one dimension with respect to a target, an optical element situated within the illumination pathway, the optical element operable to focus the illumination pathway into an illumination slit at a plane conjugate to the target, wherein the illumination slit is slit shaped, a first two dimensional detector array operable to detect illumination returning from the target and acquire one or more data sets from the detected illumination, wherein the returning illumination defines a detection pathway, and a shaping mechanism positioned within the illumination pathway, wherein the shaping mechanism shapes the source beam into at least one arc at a plane conjugate to the pupil. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the digital retinal imaging device is operable to minimize at least one aberration from the optical element or an unwanted reflection from the target or a reflection from a device. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128222 | METHOD FOR VISUAL FIELD TESTING - A method of ocular testing is provided using a testing apparatus having a display ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100128223 | METHOD, ALGORITHM AND DEVICE FOR TESTING VISUAL ACUITY - This invention generally relates to a device and method for conducting visual acuity (VA) test and determining the size of a character presented during a VA test of a patient. The character size is selected from a predetermined allowed range of characters sizes. The method comprises steps selected inter alia from (a) obtaining minimal and maximal values; said minimal value is a size of which a character smaller than is unrecognizable for said patient; said maximal value is a size of which any character bigger than said maximal value is likely to be recognized by said patient; (b) obtaining a finite number, GAP, decreasing after each iteration so as to regulate the level of precision of the test; (c) predicting the patient's response; (d) presenting one or more characters and receiving the patient's response; (e) if the patient was correct, calculating character size in the range between the minimal value and the former character size; otherwise, calculating character size in the range between the maximal value and the form size; (f) updating said minimal and maximal values such that a new maximal value is decreased by a function of GAP and the minimal size; value is increased by a function of GAP; and, (g) terminating the test when GAP is smaller than a predetermined value and determine VA as the average between said updated minimal and maximal values. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128224 | CONTACT LENS FOR KERATOCONUS - The present invention is directed to a non-deforming contact lens for keratoconus patients comprising a central zone having a displaced central zone. In particular, the central zone is displaced from the geometric center of the lens. The shape of the central zone is egg or spoon-shaped and is rotationally asymmetrical with one semi-meridian that is shorter than a corresponding semi-meridian. An intermediate transition zone is formed integral with the periphery of the central zone, and a peripheral zone is formed integral with the periphery of the intermediate transition zone, forming a round contact lens. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128225 | Gamma correction for adjustable light source - The present invention provides a projection apparatus comprising: a light source; a light source control unit for controlling output of the light source; at least one spatial light modulator for modulating illumination light from the light source by a plurality of pixel elements; and an optical system for projecting, to a screen, the illumination light deflected by the spatial light modulator, wherein: the light source control unit modulates output of the illumination light from the light source during a modulation period of the spatial light modulator, and non-linearly controls gray scale of a projected image projected to the screen. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128226 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, PROJECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR ADJUSTING CHROMATICITY - A projection apparatus includes a plurality of light sources individually emitting light in a plurality of colors, a projection section using light from the light sources to generate images corresponding to respective plural color components of the light source light for each period, to sequentially project the images, a measurement section measuring a brightness of the light sources for each of the plurality of colors, an average brightness calculation section calculating, at each image projection term for the same color component, an average brightness of the brightness measured by the measurement section at the image projection term, and a light source control section adjusting the brightness of the light sources so that an average chromaticity based on the average brightness calculated by the average brightness calculation section and indicating the brightness is equal or approximate to a target chromaticity. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128227 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination system including a first light emitting chip, a chip package, a first dichroic film, and a second dichroic film is provided. The first light emitting chip emits a first light beam. The chip package includes a second light emitting chip and a third light emitting chip. The second light emitting chip emits a second light beam. The third light emitting chip emits a third light beam. The colors of the first, second, and third light beams are different from each other. The first dichroic film is disposed in the transmission paths of the first and second light beams. The second dichroic film is disposed in the transmission paths of the first, second, and third light beams. The first and second dichroic films are not parallel to and do not intersect each other. Besides, a projection apparatus employing the illumination system and another projection apparatus are provided. | 2010-05-27 |
20100128228 | PROJECTOR AND PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A projector that projects an image on a screen, includes: plural image generating units that generate an image lights representing the image; a main body housing that houses the plural image generating units; and plural projection optical units that are provided in the main body housing to respectively correspond to the plural image generating units and project the image lights generated by the image generating units on the screen. | 2010-05-27 |