24th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100149381 | IMAGE DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - The shooting, recording and playback system | 2010-06-17 |
20100149382 | DRIVING METHOD FOR ZOOM LENS DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE USING THE METHOD, AND MOBILE INFORMATION DEVICE - When focal lengths are discretely set, zoom positions are set, relative to a focal length fr at a position at which a movement direction of a correction group, is reversed, such that a difference value between a focal length which is the closest to the focal length fr and falling between a focal length fw at a wide angle end and the focal length fr, and a next focal length is larger than a difference value between any remaining adjacent focal lengths. By moving from the zoom position of the closest focal length directly to the zoom position of the next focal length, a movement range of the correction group can be made smaller than a movement range in the case where the lens position of the focal length fr is set as the zoom position. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149383 | IMAGER FOR PHOTOGRAPHING A SUBJECT WITH A PROPERLY SIZE - An imager is provided having an image-capturing device, a display, and a view angle controller. The image-capturing device captures a subject image and outputs an image signal. The display displays a through image consisting of multiple images continuously displayed. The view angle controller controls a view angle of an image so that a ratio of an area of a subject in an area of an image is maintained at a certain value when the display displays a through image. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149384 | Image Processing Apparatus And Image Sensing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus outputs an output image by synthesizing a first image obtained by shooting, a second image obtained by shooting with an exposure time longer than the exposure time of the first image, and a third image obtained by reducing noise in the first image. The image processing apparatus has a noise reduction processing control portion which controls the contents of image processing for obtaining the third image from the first image according to the noise level in the first image. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149385 | NOISE-CANCELLING IMAGE SENSORS - An image sensor that has a plurality of pixels within a pixel array coupled to a control circuit and to one or more subtraction circuits. The control circuit may cause an output transistor coupled to a pixel to provide a first reference output signal, a common reset output signal, and a first sense-node reset output signal, between which a subtraction circuit may form a weighted difference to create a noise signal. The control circuit may cause the output transistor to provide a second sense-node reset output signal, a light response output signal and a second reference output signal, between which a subtraction circuit may form a weighted difference to create a normalized light response signal. The light response output signal corresponds to the image that is to be captured by the sensor. The noise signal may be subtracted from the normalized light response signal to generate a denoised signal. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149386 | PIXEL REPLACEMENT USING FIVE NEAREST NEIGHBORS - An image processing system is provided for replacing a value of a defective pixel located along a center row of a region in an image. The region includes a center row, a previous row located above the center row and a subsequent row located below the center row. The image processing system includes a buffer for storing values of pixels located in the previous row and the center row. The image processing system also includes a selector for selecting a plurality of pixel values located in the previous row and the center row that are adjacent to the location of the defective pixel, without selecting a pixel value on the subsequent row. The image processing system further includes a calculator for determining a replacement value for the defective pixel from values of the selected pixels located in the previous row and the center row. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149387 | Method and Apparatus for Imaging - According to one embodiment, a shading correction circuit, which corrects for the influence of ambient light quantity shading, for input image light from three CCD sensors of R, G and B, based on a distance from the center of a screen. A shading correction circuit does not make correction for a maximum correction area which is out of a circle with a distance a from the central part of a screen, and corrects for the influence of ambient light quantity shading for a minimum correction area with a distance b from the central part of a screen, after calculating a square L | 2010-06-17 |
20100149388 | CAMERA MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - An exemplary camera module includes a barrel, first and second lens assemblies, a circuit board, first and second image sensors. The barrel includes a first inner space, a first light incident opening in communication with the first inner space, a second inner space and a second light incident opening in communication with the second inner space. The first and second lens assemblies are received in the first inner space and second inner space, respectively. The circuit board is positioned between the first inner space and the second inner space, and has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first image senor is mounted on the first surface of the circuit board, and configured for detecting light from the first lens assembly. The second image sensor is mounted on the second surface of the circuit board, and configured for detecting light from the second lens assembly. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149389 | Image pickup device - An image pickup device includes an image pickup element that receives light of an object image formed by a picture-taking lens; and a focus detection filter section that is so disposed near the image pickup element and on the side of the picture-taking lens as to be able to be inserted or withdrawn. The focus detection filter section, from the side of the picture-taking lens, includes a field diaphragm that includes a plurality of openings; a condenser lens disposed near a focus detection area on the surface of the field diaphragm; a pupil division diaphragm that corresponds to the opening of the field diaphragm and includes a pair of openings arranged at such an interval as to secure focusing accuracy; and a re-imaging lens group that includes a plurality of re-imaging lenses that are so arranged as to correspond to the openings of each of the pupil division diaphragms. When the focus detection filter section is inserted into an picture-taking optical path, the light intensity distribution of two light beams that each pass through different areas of the picture-taking lens and the openings of the field diaphragm is received by the image pickup element. The detecting of focus is performed by detecting a phase difference of an output signal representing the light intensity distribution obtained from the image pickup element. When a picture is taken, the focus detection filter section withdraws from the optical path. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149390 | STAGGERED RESET IN CMOS DIGITAL SENSOR DEVICE - Systems and methods are provided that facilitate staggering resets of rows of pixels in a CMOS imaging iSoC sensor. Reset signals and select signals can be provided to pixels in a pixel array in a coordinated manner when employing full frame integration or sub-frame integration. Further, reset signals and select signals can be transferred to a first row of pixels, while reset signals can be transferred to a second row of pixels during a unique readout time interval when utilizing sub-frame integration. Within the unique readout time interval, reset signals can be transferred to the first row of pixels during a first time period, while reset signals can be transferred to the second row of pixels during a second time period, where the first and second time periods are non-overlapping. Accordingly, cross-talk between rows of pixels during reset can be mitigated, which leads to enhanced uniformity. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149391 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An apparatus includes a detection unit including a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a matrix and that are divided into at least first and second pixel groups, a signal processing unit including first and second readout circuits and first and second A/D converters, a power supply unit configured to supply the components included in the signal processing unit with respective biases, and a control unit configured to control at least one of the signal processing unit and the power supply unit. The control unit is configured to perform processing of altering an analog signal capable of being input into at least one of the first and second A/D converters or altering an A/D conversion characteristic of at least one of the first and second A/D converters. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149392 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: an imaging unit which includes pixel units arranged in rows and columns; a row select unit which selects at least one row of the pixel units; column signal lines respectively provided for the columns, and transmit pixel signals from the selected at least one row of the pixel units; amplifier circuits respectively provided for the columns, and each includes an input terminal connected to a corresponding column signal line and an output terminal through which the amplifier circuit outputs an amplified pixel signal; switch circuits respectively provided for the columns, and each switches ON and OFF of a corresponding amplifier circuit; and bypass circuits respectively provided for the columns, and each allows a pixel signal to bypass from the input terminal to the output terminal of a corresponding amplifier circuit when the corresponding amplifier circuit is OFF. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149393 | INCREASING THE RESOLUTION OF COLOR SUB-PIXEL ARRAYS - Increasing the resolution of digital imagers is disclosed by sampling an image using diagonally oriented color sub-pixel arrays, and creating missing pixels from the sampled image data. A first method maps the diagonal color imager pixels to every other orthogonal display pixel. The missing display pixels can be computed by interpolating data from adjacent color imager pixels, and averaging color information from neighboring display pixels. This averaging can be done either by weighting the surrounding pixels equally, or by applying weights to the surrounding pixels based on intensity information. A second method utilizes the captured color imager sub-pixel data instead of interpolation. Missing color pixels for orthogonal displays can be obtained directly from the sub-pixel arrays formed between the row color pixels in the imager. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149394 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM USING THE SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to provide a solid-state imaging apparatus that outputs digital signals at high speed. A solid-state imaging apparatus is provided that includes plural analog-to-digital converters that convert analog signals obtained by photoelectric conversion into digital signals, plural digital memories that store the digital signals converted by the analog-to-digital converters, plural block digital output lines that are provided to correspond to blocks of the plural digital memories and to which the digital signals stored in the plural digital memories included in the blocks are output, a common digital output line that outputs the digital signals output from the plural block digital output lines, buffer circuits that buffer the digital signals output from the block digital output lines, and block selecting units that can switch the block digital output lines electrically connected to the common digital output line. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149395 | ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR WITH A DIAGONAL ACTIVE AREA - An imaging device formed as a CMOS semiconductor integrated circuit having two adjacent pixels in a row connected to a common column line. By having adjacent pixels of a row share column lines, the CMOS imager circuit eliminates half the column lines of a traditional imager allowing the fabrication of a smaller imager. The imaging device also may be fabricated to have a diagonal active area to facilitate contact of two adjacent pixels with the single column line and allow linear row select lines, reset lines and column lines. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149396 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH INLAID COLOR PIXELS IN ETCHED PANCHROMATIC ARRAY - An image sensor includes a substrate with a plurality of photosensitive elements. A transparent inorganic layer is situated over the substrate, and a plurality of openings is formed in the transparent inorganic layer. A color filter array has a plurality of panchromatic filter elements that are formed by the transparent inorganic layer, and a plurality of color filter elements are situated in the openings. The panchromatic filter elements and the color filter elements each include top surfaces that are essentially planar with the top surface of the transparent inorganic layer. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149397 | Solid-state image capturing apparatus, method for manufacturing same, and electronic information device - A solid-state image capturing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections; a charge accumulation section; and a charge readout section, the apparatus further includes: a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of diffusion layers formed thereabove, the diffusion layers constituting the photoelectric conversion sections, the charge accumulation section and the charge readout section; a readout gate electrode formed above the semiconductor substrate and constituting the charge readout section; an insulation sidewall formed on a side surface of the readout gate electrode; and a surface diffusion layer constituting the photoelectric conversion sections, which is positioned in a self-aligning manner with respect to the readout gate electrode by the insulation sidewall. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149398 | CAMERA - A camera for facilitating multi-positioned photography, wherein the camera includes a housing and a lens. The camera also includes a pair of control interfaces disposed on the top side and the bottom side of the housing. In addition, the camera includes a pair of flashes oppositely disposed on the front side of the housing. Furthermore, the camera may include a pair of display modules disposed on the front side and the back side of the housing. The camera includes an orientation module and a control module, configured to control an aspect of functionality of the camera according to the orientation information from the orientation module. The control module includes a self-shot module configured to automate a setting while taking a self photo. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149399 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDING SERVER, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FILTERING SYSTEM - Only landmark information desired by a user out of a plurality of landmark information transmitted from a map server is displayed. An image capturing apparatus ( | 2010-06-17 |
20100149400 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus has an optical system that forms an optical image of a subject field and can vary a magnification of the optical image; an imaging section that converts the optical image formed by the optical system, into an electrical image signal; a display section that displays an image taken by the imaging section; a subject detecting section that detects a main subject in the image taken by the imaging section; a framing controlling section that controls framing based on information about a position of the main subject detected in the subject detecting section; a controlling section that selectively executes one of a first framing support mode that presents on the display section a display that supports the framing based on the information about the position of the main subject detected in the subject detecting section, and a second framing support mode that operates the framing controlling section based on the information about the position of the main subject detected in the subject detecting section; and a switching section that switches between the first framing support mode and the second framing support mode. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149401 | IMAGING APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. In a reproducing mode, display posture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149402 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA BODY - An imaging apparatus includes an optical system to change a focus state of an image of a subject, an imaging unit to capture the image of the subject formed by the optical system and generate image data, an auto focus controller to control the optical system to focus on a partial area in the image indicated by the image data generated by the imaging unit, a manual focus changing unit to be operated manually by a user to change the focus state of the optical system, a display unit to display the image based on the image data generated by the imaging unit, and a display controller to control the display unit. When detecting that the manual focus changing unit is operated by the user while a focus state is maintained after the autofocus controller controls the optical system to the focus state, the display controller determines, as an enlarged area, an area including a partial area in the focused image by the autofocus controller and controls the display unit to display the image of the determined enlarged area. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149403 | AUTOMATIC WHITE BALANCING USING METER SENSORS - An image sensor system includes an image sensor that can be exposed with light from an illuminated scene to produce a secondary image, a meter sensor that can be exposed with light from the illuminated scene to produce a meter secondary image, and an image processor. The image processor can be configured to determine an average pixel color in the secondary image. The image processor can also be configured to determine a white balancing point in response to the secondary image average pixel color, the meter secondary image, meter calibration information for the meter sensor, and the image calibration information for the image sensor. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149404 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus equipped with same - An image forming optical system characterized by comprising a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, and third and subsequent lens groups having a positive composite refracting power, wherein the first lens group is composed of a cemented lens made up of one positive lens and one negative lens arranged in order from the object side, and the image forming optical system satisfies the following conditional expressions (1-1) and (2-1): | 2010-06-17 |
20100149405 | ZOOM ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND CAMERA - A zoom adjustment system, comprising a touch panel, a course detector, and a first zoom adjuster, is provided. The touch panel has an input surface. The touch panel detects a certain location on the input surface when it is touched. The touch panel detects a touched location. The course detector detects a course traced on the input surface by the touched location when the touched location is moved about on the input surface while maintaining continuous contact with the input surface. The first zoom adjuster adjusts a magnification of a photographic optical system according to the traced course detected by the course detector. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149406 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus using the same - A zoom lens comprises, in order from an object side, a first lens group with a negative refracting power; a second lens group with a positive refracting power; a third lens group with a positive refracting power; and a fourth lens group with a refracting curved surface. Upon zooming from a wide-angle end to telephoto end, at least the first lens group, second lens group, and third lens group move, and a spacing between the respective lens groups are changed. The first lens group comprises; in order from the object side to an image side, a negative lens component with a negative refracting power and a positive lens component with a positive refracting power which are arranged on an optical axis with a predetermined spacing therebetween. The total number of the lens components in the first lens group is two. The second lens group comprises at least three lenses including at least one negative lens and at least one positive lens and comprises a plurality of cemented surfaces, at least two of which are obtained by cementing two face-to-face refracting surfaces of two lenses each having different curvature on the object side surface and image side surface. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149407 | Range Finder and Method for Finding Range - Provided is a range finder. The range finder comprises a light-emitting unit, a light-receiving unit, a reflection mirror, an actuator, and a controller. The light-emitting unit emits a light pulse, and a light-receiving unit detects reflected light incident thereto. The reflection minor reflects the light pulse emitted from the light-emitting unit to a measurement space, and reflecting the reflected light reflected by an object in the measurement space so that the reflected light is incident to the light-receiving unit. The actuator allows the reflection minor to move. The controller obtains distance information from a signal detected by the light-receiving unit, and obtains location information from the actuator. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149408 | ACCESSORY AND ACCESSORY FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An accessory and an accessory for an image pickup apparatus are provided and are advantageous in reducing cost by reducing the number of parts. A retaining ring is engaged in an annular groove formed in an outer circumference of a cylindrical part of a wide-angle converter lens. Each of retaining ridges has a bottom wall extending from the inner circumference of the annular part in the direction of the width of the annular part in a recess, and a protruded wall extending radially outward of the annular part from the end of the bottom wall, spaced from the annular part, and protruding radially outward from the first outer circumference. When the parts, provided with the retaining ridges, of the annular part are depressed radially inward of the annular part, the protruded wall sink radially inward from the first outer circumference. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149409 | IMAGE SENSOR HOLDER - An image sensor holder includes a frame, first and second slidable holders, first and second driving devices, first and second driving arms, and at least two elastic members. The first slidable holder is slidably mounted on the frame. The second slidable holder is slidably mounted on the first slidable holder. The first and second driving devices are separately mounted on the frame. The first driving arm is mounted on the frame and contacts to the first slidable holder and the first driving device by opposite ends thereof. The second driving arm is slidably mounted on the frame extending from the second slidable holder, and contacts the second driving device by an end thereof. The two elastic members are separately positioned between the first holder and the frame and between the first holder and the second holder. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149410 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT APPARATUS - An electronic component apparatus includes a wiring board | 2010-06-17 |
20100149411 | IMAGING-DEVICE CLEANING APPARATUS - An imaging-device cleaning apparatus is attached to a camera by engaging with a lens mount of the camera typically used for attaching a camera lens. The imaging-device cleaning apparatus includes a nozzle for removing dust and dirt in the vicinity of an imaging section of the camera, and a motor and a fan for supplying air to the nozzle to remove the dust and dirt from the vicinity of an image sensor of the camera. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149412 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE, SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE, AND SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD - For example, samples included in a frame constituted by a 3840×2160/24P,25P,30P/4:4:4,4:2:2,4:2:0/10,12-bit signal are mapped into first to fourth sub-images specified in the HD-SDI format, in units of two adjoining samples. Thus, it is possible to transmit through a transmission constitution for the HD-SDI format. The signal can be converted into serial digital data permitting a bit rate of 10.692 Gbps or the like and transmitted, and the receiving side can accurately reproduce original data. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149413 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a detection unit configured to detect a start of a reproducing of a motion picture to be displayed on a display unit; a change unit configured to change a refresh rate of the display unit when the start of the reproducing of the motion picture is detected, the refresh rate being changed not by changing an operating frequency of the display unit, the refresh rate being changed by changing a blanking period, the blanking period being a period during which a drawing operation of a screen on the display unit is not performed; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the motion picture based on the changed refresh rate. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149414 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Video - In the specification and drawing a method for processing video is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: at least one frame rate of the video is detected, and a refresh rate of a display is adjusted to about 96 Hz when the frame rate is about 24 fps. Moreover, an apparatus for processing video is also disclosed in the specification and drawing. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149415 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF DE-INTERLACING OF SCALED VIDEO - A system, apparatus, and method are provided for a video detector that computes a measure of how much a given video content resembles one of a de-interlaced video content or a progressive video content. More particularly, the present invention determines the position of original and interpolated lines and the scaling factor of an input content whenever that content was scaled after de-interlacing. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149416 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE, TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER - A signal transmitting device includes a transmitter, a receiver, and four optical fibers. The transmitter includes a first electro-optical converter electro-optically converting original electrical red video signal into optical red video signal in original video signal, a second electro-optical converter electro-optically converting original electrical green video signal into optical green video signal a third electro-optical converter electro-optically converting original electrical blue video signal into optical blue video signal, a parallel/serial converter converting original electrical parallel signal having a lower transfer rate than a transfer rate of the original video signal into original electrical serial signal, and a fourth electro-optical converter electro-optically converting the original electrical serial signal transmitted from the parallel/serial converter into optical serial signal. The receiver includes a first optical-electro converter, a second optical-electro converter, a third optical-electro converter, a fourth optical-electro converter, a clock signal generator, and a serial/parallel converter. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149417 | DETACHABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A detachable liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal module and a cradle. The liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal panel, an optical sheet provided on a rear surface of the liquid crystal panel, an interface disposed on a rear surface of the liquid crystal panel, a power receiver disposed on the rear surface of the liquid crystal panel, a memory card and a timing controller for receiving second image data from external devices and permitting the first image data stored in the memory card to be displayed in the liquid crystal panel. The cradle includes a lamp emitting light, an inverter for supplying alternating current to the lamp, a connector for receiving third image data from external equipment, and an interface converter for applying the third image data to the interface of the liquid crystal module. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149418 | VIDEO IMPROVEMENT PROCESSOR - A video device includes a video processor operable to upgrade a video image. The video device is capable of displaying video images. The video device includes a video input configured to receive a composite video signal. The composite video signal includes synchronization information, both vertical and horizontal, a luminance and a chrominance. The video device includes a video processor configured to separate the composite signal into separate paths. The video processor is configured to perform video functions on the separate paths individually and combine the separate paths to produce an upgraded video image. The video device also includes a video output configured to receive the upgraded video imaged from the video processor and output the upgraded video image to a display. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149419 | MULTI-VIDEO SYNTHESIS - Embodiments that provide multi-video synthesis are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, multi-video synthesis includes breaking a main video into a plurality of main frames and break a supplementary video into a plurality of supplementary frames. The multi-video synthesis also includes assigning one or more supplementary frames into each of a plurality of states of a Hidden Markov Model (HMM), where each of the plurality of states corresponding to one or more main frames. The multi-video synthesis further includes determining optimal frames in the plurality of main frames for insertion of the plurality of supplementary frames based on the plurality of states and visual properties. The optimal frames include optimal insertion positions. The multi-video synthesis additionally includes inserting the plurality of supplementary frames into the optimal insertion positions to form a synthesized video. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING AUTOMATIC WHITE BALANCE WITH SCENE INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for automatic white balancing of an image. The method includes retrieving scene analysis of the image, determining at least one of the type of the scene and a scene content map utilizing the scene analysis of the image, performing scene adaptive white balance, if overall scene category type is used, perform white balance by applying global R, G, B gains optimized for the global scene type, and if scene segmentation map is used, perform locally adaptive white balance by applying an R, G, B gain map optimized for each scene content. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149421 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR DETERMINING MOTION VECTORS OF INTERPOLATED PICTURE AND RELATED APPARATUS - An image processing method for determining a motion vector of an interpolated block in a covered/uncovered area of an interpolated picture. The method comprises determining image difference values of successive blocks according to original motion vectors of the successive blocks; determining first and second motion vectors for the successive blocks according to the image difference values, wherein the first and the second motion vector of one of the successive blocks are the original motion vectors of two blocks located in both side of a block having a maximum image difference value; determining a starting point of the interpolated block according to the first and the second motion vectors of the successive blocks; and selecting one of the first and the second motion vectors of the interpolated block as the motion vector of the interpolated block according to the starting point and a starting point in a previous interpolated picture. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149422 | IMAGE BLOCK CLASSIFICATION - An image processing method involves determining a global motion between a reference frame and a current frame in a frame sequence. A reference block is identified in the reference frame for a current block based on the global motion. A classification parameter is calculated based on the pixel values of the current block and the reference block. The parameter can be used for classifying the block as belonging to the background or foreground of the current frame. The parameter is preferably also utilized in frame rate-up conversion when extrapolating or interpolating new frames. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149423 | Apparatus and method of estimating motion using block division and coupling - Provided are an apparatus and method of estimating a motion using block coupling and block division. In the apparatus, a block having a motion estimation error greater than a predetermined value may be coupled with a neighbor block, and motion estimation is performed through the coupled block to improve a frame rate, thereby reducing an artifact phenomenon in an interpolated image. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SCENE CHANGE - The present invention relates to a system for scene change detection including a decoder decoding input digital video data into video data compressed by a single codec or uncompressed video data in a codec-independent format, a normalizer normalizing the video data decoded by the decoder in a temporally and spatially uniform format, and a scene change detector computing a mode ratio for each frame of the normalized video data through a mode determination, and determining, when a frame has a mode ratio higher than a preset threshold value, that a scene change has occurred at the frame. The decoder decodes video data compression-coded by various video codecs into uncompressed video frames. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149425 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSOR - An exemplary embodiment of an image processing system is provided, comprising an off-chip memory and an image processor. In the off-chip memory, a plurality of field buffers and frame buffers buffer intermediate data associated with an input image, and the image processor processes the input image and the intermediate data to generate an output image. The image processor processes three stages. In a pre-processing stage, the field buffers are read to perform a pre-process, and the pre-processing results are stored in the field buffers. In a de-interlacing stage, a plurality of first line buffers buffer the pre-processed results read from the field buffers, and a de-interlacing process is performed on the pre-processed results to generate a de-interlaced results. In a post-processing stage, a post-process is performed on the pre-processed results and the de-interlaced results to generate the output image. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149426 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BANDWIDTH OPTIMIZED MOTION COMPENSATION MEMORY ACCESS - In one exemplary embodiment, methods and systems are disclosed for providing access to video data. The disclosed methods and systems comprise providing a memory device having a plurality of memory areas, and receiving a data sequence containing the video data of a plurality of blocks of a video image frame. The methods and systems also comprise storing the video data in the memory device by allocating a plurality of pixel data groups along a frame-width direction in consecutive memory-addressing areas, and allowing access to the video data in response to a data access request. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149427 | APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING RECEPTION MODES OF A MOBILE DTV RECEIVER IN RESPONSE TO SIGNALING - Implementation of Fast Information Channel (FIC) signaling when Chunks of FIC information span more than one sub-Frame of an M/H Frame is described. FIC signaling is advanced further at the digital television (DTV) transmitters than originally proposed, thereby eliminating need for substantial amounts of delay memory for coded M/H data in receivers for such data. Each FIC-Chunk includes a bit indicating when it is not applicable only to M/H Frames yet to be received but is also applicable to an M/H Frame being currently received. This facilitates reception being more quickly established after a change in DTV channel selection. Transmission Parameter Channel (TPC) signaling pertaining to the M/H Frame being currently received continues to the conclusion of the M/H Frame, so the total number of M/H Groups in each M/H sub-Frame is signaled to facilitate de-interleaving of the FIC signaling. Code combining of FIC Chunks is described. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149428 | Backlight Device, Display Device, and Television Receiver - In one embodiment of the present invention, a backlight device includes six light source units including cold-cathode tubes (linear light sources) and driving circuits for driving the respective cold-cathode tubes. The light source units are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cold-cathode tubes. In one embodiment of the backlight device, an inverter controller (control portion) turns on the cold-cathode tubes included in each of two light source units that are adjacent in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction while phases of on-time/off-time cycles of PWM dimming of the two adjacent light source units are shifted from each other. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149429 | BACKLIGHT APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight apparatus can avoid a situation where a light source cannot be turned on and includes a light source having a base portion, a connector member including a contact portion having a recessed shape and electrically connected to the base portion of the light source, and a contact correcting portion arranged to contact with the contact portion of the connector member, wherein the light source is arranged inside a recessed portion, having the recessed shape, of the contact portion, and the contact correcting portion is arranged to press the contact portion of the connector member toward the base portion of the light source so as to close the recessed portion on a side of open ends of the contact portion. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149430 | Active Inductor Circuits for Filtering in a Cable Tuner Circuit - An integrated front-end filter for a tuner provides an array of from several to a multitude of passbands, each for passing at least one but less than all channels designated in a band of frequencies. Each passband is exclusively selectable. The integrated front end filter includes at least one active filter unit with an active reactance element in either of fixed and variable filter configurations and a decoder coupled to said at least one active filter unit and being responsive to a control signal for selecting a one of the passbands. In one example a multitude of active filter units of fixed filter configuration provide the multitude of passbands. Each data is stored at a predetermined location and reproduced in response to a corresponding control data signal from a tuner controller. Each data characterizes one of the plurality of passbands. The filter element is switchable from one passband to another in response to the control data signal. Lower power dissipation and lesser requirements of an on-following integrated circuitry tuner permit a reduction of “off chip” connections and cost. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149431 | Active Inductor Circuits for Filtering in a Cable Tuner Circuit - An integrated front-end filter for a tuner provides an array of from several to a multitude of passbands, each for passing at least one but less than all channels designated in a band of frequencies. Each passband is exclusively selectable. The integrated front end filter includes at least one active filter unit with an active reactance element in either of fixed and variable filter configurations and a decoder coupled to said at least one active filter unit and being responsive to a control signal for selecting a one of the passbands. In one example a multitude of active filter units of fixed filter configuration provide the multitude of passbands. Each data is stored at a predetermined location and reproduced in response to a corresponding control data signal from a tuner controller. Each data characterizes one of the plurality of passbands. The filter element is switchable from one passband to another in response to the control data signal. Lower power dissipation and lesser requirements of an on-following integrated circuitry tuner permit a reduction of “off chip” connections and cost. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149432 | INTERACTIVE REMOTE CONTROL - A remote control that includes buttons on the side or bottom may be used to control television viewing provided through a set-top box. In one particular implementation, a method may include receiving, by the set-top box, a signal from the remote control indicating entry to an interactive input mode and receiving another signal from the remote control indicating motion of the remote control. The set-top box may identify an intended command based on the second signal and control television programming in response to the command. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149433 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A signal processing apparatus includes: a communication unit; an audio processing unit; a video processing unit; and a controller which controls communication unit to transmit command to prepare for output of audio data and/or video data to external apparatus when mode for output to the external apparatus is selected, controls the audio processing unit and/or the video processing unit to interrupt output of the audio data and/or the video data when the external apparatus has been ready to output the audio data and/or the video data, and controls the communication unit to transmit the audio data and/or the video data to the external apparatus. With this configuration, it is possible to minimize a sound confusion state caused by simultaneous operation of the signal processing apparatus and an external apparatus or a mute state caused by non-operation of both apparatuses at the time of switching an output to the external apparatus. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149434 | MULTIBEAM DIGITAL PROJECTION VIDEO MOTOR HAVING STATIC OR DYNAMIC POINTING CORRECTION WITH OR WITHOUT DEVIATION PERISCOPE - The invention relates to a device (FIG. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149435 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device uses a field sequential color scheme. Assume that a panel video writing period defines a period from the start of writing image data into a display panel to the completion of displaying the image on the basis of the image data in a sub-frame. A light source driving circuit generates a driving signal for gradually increasing the luminance of a light source of a color corresponding to a displayed image in the present sub-frame from zero to a predetermined value within the panel video writing period of the present sub-frame and for gradually decreasing the luminance of the light source from the predetermined value to zero within the panel video writing period of the next sub-frame. A light source driver drives the light source to emit light in accordance with the driving signal. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149436 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING COORDINATE OF BRIGHT SPOT - A projector for acquiring a coordinate of a bright spot includes a half transparent and half reflecting mirror ( | 2010-06-17 |
20100149437 | Portable Communication Device with Embedded Projector - The portable device comprises a control IC and a projection display module for the data projection. The portable communication device with embedded projector includes a RF module embedded in the portable communication device for wireless vocal communication; a built-in display embedded in the portable communication device for display; wherein the portable communication device comprises: a control IC; red, green and blue illuminations coupled to the control IC to illuminate a pre-determined light, respectively; a color combiner coupled to the red, green and blue illuminations, wherein the red, green and blue illuminations respectively positioned corresponding to the color combiner which is introduced to combine illuminations from the red, green and blue illuminations for each display color combination; and two-dimension reflector coupled to the color combiner to reflect a pre-determined color illumination on a pre-determined location defined by the control IC to enlarge projection image. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149438 | MONITOR APPARATUS - A monitor apparatus includes a monitor main body and a monitor stand pivotably connected with the monitor main body. A pair of rolling members is attached to a base of the monitor main body. The monitor stand and the rolling members are seated on a same plane for supporting the monitor main body. The monitor main body is capable of rotating about an axis parallel or vertical to the plane. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149439 | Display apparatus - A display apparatus includes: an outer case having a first surface and a second surface which constitute an angular section; a display monitor; and a monitor movement mechanism which includes a monitor support section to support the display monitor, and a guide section to guide movement of the monitor support section to cause the monitor support section to rotate while a rotation center is changed, and moves the display monitor from the first surface of the outer case to the second surface and from the second surface to the first surface. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149440 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - The present invention discloses a flat panel display includes a main body having a cabinet that forms a display window on a front side and a display panel contained in the cabinet, a stand located beneath said main body, and a supporting member that is fixed with said stand and supports said main body by fixing a back of said display panel at a position above said stand. The supporting member has a stand fixation part that is fixed with said stand. The supporting member has a back fixation portion to fix the back of said display panel at a position above said stand fixation part. The supporting member is formed to protrude upward from said stand and shift a center of gravity of said display panel rearward. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149441 | POLARIZING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY - A polarizing element includes a substrate; a plurality of protruded threads formed on one of surfaces of the substrate in a rough stripe pattern when viewed two-dimensionally, each of the protruded threads having a side surface forming a slope inclined with respect to the one surface of the substrate; and a plurality of metal thin wires each formed on the slope of the each protruded thread so as to be cantilever-supported by the slope and each extended in an extension direction of the protruded thread. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149442 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MICROLENS SUBSTRATE, AN OPPOSED SUBSTRATE FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, A LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND A PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a microlens substrate | 2010-06-17 |
20100149443 | POLARIZING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY - A polarizing element includes a substrate; a plurality of protruded threads formed on one of surfaces of the substrate in a rough stripe pattern when viewed two-dimensionally, each of the protruded threads having a side surface forming a slope inclined with respect to the one surface of the substrate; a plurality of metal thin wires each formed on the slope of the each protruded thread so as to be cantilever-supported by the slope and each extended in an extension direction of the protruded thread; and a protection film covering the protruded threads and the metal thin wires. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149444 | BEAM-SHAPING DEVICE - A beam shaping device ( | 2010-06-17 |
20100149445 | Array substrate for in-plane switching mode liquid crystal display device - An array substrate for IPS mode LCD device includes first and second gate lines on a substrate including first and second pixel regions; a first common connection pattern in an upper side of each of the first and second pixel regions; first and second outmost common electrodes extending from the first common connection pattern; first and second data lines crossing the first and second gate lines, the first and second pixel regions adjacent to each other along the first and second data lines; a TFT connected to the first gate line and the first data line pixel electrodes; a pixel connection pattern connected to the drain electrode common electrodes alternately arranged with the pixel electrodes; and a second common connection pattern at a lower side of the pixel regions and connected to the second outmost common electrode. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149446 | POLYMER-STABILIZED LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to obtain a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal composition which can suppress dependency of a driving voltage on a temperature by decreasing the driving voltage. To a low-molecular liquid crystal compound, a chiral compound, and a specific acrylate and a polymerizable liquid crystal compound as polymerizable acrylate compounds are added, to prepare a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal composition. By subjecting the polymer-stabilized liquid crystal composition to ultraviolet exposure while maintaining a desired alignment state to form a polymer chain in a liquid crystal phase, a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal display device containing a low-molecular liquid crystal in a stabilized alignment state is obtained. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149447 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL THEREFOR - A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: an insulating substrate; a gate line formed on the substrate and including a gate electrode; a gate insulating layer formed on the gate line; a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer opposite the gate electrode; a data line formed on the gate insulating layer and including a first source electrode located on the semiconductor layer; first and second drain electrodes formed on the semiconductor layer, separated from each other and overlapping the gate electrode; a passivation layer formed on the data line and the first and second drain electrodes; and first and second pixel electrodes electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, respectively, wherein an overlapping area between the gate electrode and the first drain electrode is different from an overlapping area between the gate electrode and the second drain electrode. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149448 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a gate line, a data line crossing the gate line, a transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a first pixel electrode connected to a first output electrode of the transistor and a second pixel electrode connected to a second output electrode of the transistor. The first pixel electrode includes cutting grooves which define a first domain on the first pixel electrode off-axis image quality. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149449 | VIEWING ANGLE-CONTROLLABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A viewing angle controllable liquid crystal display device including red, green and blue color pixels and a control pixel of an electrically controlled birefringence (ECB) mode and its fabrication method are disclosed. A gate insulating layer and a passivation layer at a pixel area of the ECB control pixel are removed by using a half-tone mask to additionally secure a cell gap to thus maximize efficiency of the ECB control pixel to improve a viewing angle control effect. In addition, a light leakage is prevented by reducing a step in the vicinity of the pixel area of the ECB control pixel. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149450 | LENS SHEET AND DISPLAY PANEL - To suppress malshaping in a lenticular lens sheet formed by using ultraviolet curing resin, which is caused due to an increase in the aspect ratio of cylindrical lenses and anisotropy of curing contraction. Notch sections are provided to the cylindrical lenses for sectioning the cylindrical lenses in a pseudo manner in the major axis direction (extending direction) of the cylindrical lenses so as to suppress the anisotropy of the curing contraction of the resin. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149451 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE - A liquid crystal module includes a rear frame, a light source, an optical sheet, a liquid crystal panel and a bezel. The bezel includes first and second bezel pieces. The first bezel piece has a first recess portion and a first tab portion that protrudes from a first bottom portion of the first recess portion toward the second bezel pieces. The second bezel piece has a second recess portion and a second tab portion that protrudes from a second bottom portion of the second recess portion toward the first bezel pieces. The first bottom portion and the first tab portion of the first bezel piece are superposed with the second tab portion and the second bottom portion of the second bezel piece, respectively. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149452 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel having a substrate to which an optical sheet is affixed, a protective plate disposed so that the optical sheet intervenes between the protective plate and the substrate and so that a predetermined space is formed between the protective plate and the optical sheet, a spacer that has a predetermined thickness and that is disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the protective plate, and a resin layer that is filled into the space corresponding to a region enclosed by the spacer and that is polymerized after filling. The area of the substrate is greater than the area of the optical sheet. The spacer is formed into a frame shape corresponding to the outer shape of the optical sheet. The edge of the optical sheet is located between the outer shape and the inner shape of the frame. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149453 | Liquid crystal display device - An LCD device adapted to prevent a malfunction due to static electricity is disclosed. The LCD device includes: a liquid crystal display panel; a panel guider configured to support edges of the liquid crystal display panel; a bottom cover combined with the panel guider; and at least one conductive tape attached to the liquid crystal display panel and the bottom cover, and configured to include: a plurality of slit trains formed in a pattern, the positions of slits in one of the slit trains are shifted from those in adjacent slit trains along a first direction, along the first direction. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149454 | Backlight module with lamp end covers and liquid crystal display device using same - An exemplary backlight module includes a frame including a light-emitting opening, light tubes accommodated in the frame and disposed corresponding to the light-emitting opening, and covers. Each light tube includes a bent portion, and the covers are fitted on the corresponding bent portions of the light tubes. A liquid crystal display device using the backlight module is also provided. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149455 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH WATERPROOF SHEET - The present invention prevents the corrosion of a printed circuit board which is connected to a lower side of a display panel in a liquid crystal display panel. In a display device which includes a display panel and a frame member which supports an outer peripheral portion of a display screen of a display panel, a water absorbing member is adhered to a surface of the frame member which faces the display panel in an opposed manner. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149456 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2010-06-17 |
20100149457 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ITS ILLUMINATOR - A liquid crystal display module in which its color shift is reduced. The liquid crystal display module comprises a liquid crystal panel having such wavelength dependency that the transmittance to incident illumination light is different depending on both the incident angle and the wavelength of the illumination light and its anisotropy is different in the lateral direction and the vertical direction, and a plurality of single color light sources having different light distribution characteristics of emission wavelength and illuminating the liquid crystal panel from the back, wherein the plurality of single color light sources emit illumination light having light distribution characteristics for relaxing the wavelength dependency and the anisotropy. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149458 | INVERTER APPARATUS - A switching circuit includes multiple transistors connected to the primary winding of a transformer, and alternately applies an input voltage and a ground voltage to the primary winding according to the ON/OFF operations of the transistors. Multiple ballast capacitors are respectively provided to multiple fluorescent lamps. One terminal of each ballast capacitor is connected to the secondary winding so as to form a common terminal. The other terminal thereof is connected to the fluorescent lamp. A first capacitor and a second capacitor are arranged in this order in series between an connection node that connects the fluorescent lamp to be monitored and the corresponding ballast capacitor and the ground terminal. An abnormal state judging unit compares the voltage at the connection node that connects the first capacitor and the second capacitor with a predetermined threshold voltage. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149459 | VIEW ANGLE CONTROL ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A view angle control element capable of limiting a view angle without degrading image quality (front quality) when seen from a front side and a display device provided with the view angle control element are provided. A liquid crystal display device ( | 2010-06-17 |
20100149460 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A liquid crystal display device may include a first substrate; a second substrate; a first polarizing plate on the first substrate; a second polarizing plate arranged on the second substrate, and so that a direction of an absorption axis of the second polarizing plate being perpendicular to a direction of an absorption axis of the first polarizing plate; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate; a color filter layer arranged between the liquid crystal layer and the first or the second substrate, the color filter layer having a plurality of pixels of two or more colors. The retardation thin film has in-plane birefringence index satisfying 0.75≦Δn[fr]/λd[fr]≦1.35 for a region corresponding to a reflection part of a pixel and satisfying Δn[t]<1.2×10 | 2010-06-17 |
20100149461 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device uses a first quarter-wave retardation film and a hybrid aligned nematic film to reduce light leakage in dark state for reaching high contrast ratio, and uses multiple-gamma IC to provide different gamma-curve signals for pixels of different colors to solve color shift problem. In addition, the liquid crystal display device may use a second quarter-wave retardation film to reduce light leakage when viewed in a wide angle so as to further provide higher contrast ratio. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149462 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal element that has a liquid crystal layer sealed in a space between a first substrate and a second substrate arranged face to face, a protective plate that is disposed so that the first substrate intervenes between the protective plate and the second substrate, a first polarizing plate that is disposed between the protective plate and the first substrate to be in close contact with the protective plate, and a first quarter-wavelength retardation plate that is disposed between the first substrate and the first polarizing plate to be in close contact with the first polarizing plate. The protective plate is greater in area than the first substrate. The first polarizing plate has an absorption axis and the first quarter-wavelength retardation plate has a slow axis in a direction intersecting with the absorption axis of the first polarizing plate at an angle of 45°. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149463 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DIVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME, AND BONDING SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - The invention relates to a liquid crystal display panel | 2010-06-17 |
20100149464 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate including a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, a transistor layer including, formed in the display area of the substrate, at least one transistor connected to a gate line and a data line, at least one color filter formed in a plurality of pixel regions on the transistor layer, a light blocking member disposed between the color filters, at least one pixel electrode formed on the color filter, an opaque spacing part formed on the color filter corresponding to the transistor so as to maintain a cell gap between the first and second substrates. The light blocking member in some embodiments of the invention is not formed on the first and second transistors to allow for inspection of a channel in the transistor. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149465 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a first substrate, a pixel array, a peripheral circuit, a first protection layer, a second protection layer, a display medium, and a second substrate. The first substrate array has a display area and a peripheral area, wherein the pixel array is disposed in the display area, the peripheral circuit is disposed in the peripheral area, and the pixel array and the peripheral circuit are electrically connected. The first protection layer is disposed on the display area and the peripheral area to cover the pixel array and the peripheral circuit. The second protection layer is at least disposed on the first protection layer within the peripheral area. Here, the second protection layer includes a color filter material layer, a black matrix material layer, a photo spacer material layer, or a combination thereof. The second substrate is disposed above the first substrate to expose the peripheral area. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149466 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A COLOR FILTER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THEREOF - A color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a base substrate having a transmissive portion and a reflective portion. The transmissive portion has a groove, a color filter layer on the substrate, and a black matrix on the color filter layer. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149467 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A normally-black active-matrix-type liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate having color layers of three or more colors and a second substrate on which an active-matrix array is formed. The first substrate has a structure, which is devoid of a black matrix, in which the color layers are stacked in a frame portion surrounding the display area. A first light-shielding layer in which color layers of three of more colors are stacked is formed on the frame portion on a side of the display area from which scanning lines are led out and on a side of the display area from which data lines are led out, from among four sides of the display area. A second light-shielding layer in which color layers of two colors are built up is formed on the frame portion on at least one side of the other remaining sides of the display area. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149468 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2010-06-17 |
20100149469 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention describes a display comprising a liquid crystal layer, an illumination system and a reflective layer, where the reflective layer is arranged below the liquid crystal layer, where the reflectivity of the layer is adjustable. In this way the amount of ambient light passing through the display and being reflected by the reflective layer can be altered. Moreover, the present invention describes a method and computer program for controlling reflectivity of a flat display panel in a portable electronic device. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149470 | PRECURSOR FILM FOR RETARDATION FILMS, RETARDATION FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a film that is made of a propylene-based copolymer selected from among propylene-based random copolymers and propylene-based block copolymers, the film being useful as a precursor film for the production of a retardation film by stretching. The propylene-based copolymer forming the film contains crystals containing smectic crystals, wherein the percentage of smectic crystals to all the crystals of the propylene-based copolymer. The film has an in-plane retardation of 50 nm or less and a thickness falling within the range of 30 to 200 μm. The propylene-based copolymer is a copolymer that has a parameter (A) falling within the range of from 0.0007 to 0.1, the parameter (A) being calculated from Formula (1) defined for a stress-strain curve produced as a result of stretching a film made of the polymer at a tensile rate of 100 mm/minute at a temperature at which a stress of 0.8±0.1 MPa is produced at a strain of 200%: | 2010-06-17 |
20100149471 | Compensated In-Plane Switching Mode Liquid Crystal Display - An in-plane switching type liquid crystal display comprising (a) first and second polarizing plates facing each other and spaced from each other; (b) a liquid crystal cell situated between said first and second polarizing plates; and (c) a compensation structure located between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizing plate; wherein the director orientation of the liquid crystal layer being controlled by an electric field parallel to the polarizing plates; one said compensation structure is positioned between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizing plate; the polarizing plates have transmission axes perpendicular to each other, and the compensation structure comprises at least one retardation layer of supramolecules involving at least one polycyclic organic compound with a conjugated π-system and functional groups which are capable of forming non-covalent bonds between said supramolecules. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149472 | RETARDATION ELEMENT AND DISPLAY - A retardation element allowing a reduction in ghosts caused by optical anisotropy of a base film, and a display including the retardation element are provided. A retardation element includes: a base film having optical anisotropy; and a retardation layer formed on the base film and having optical anisotropy, in which the retardation layer includes retardation regions of two or more kinds of which slow axes are oriented in different directions from one another, the retardation regions of two or more kinds are arranged regularly adjacent to one another in an in-plane direction of the base film, and each of the retardation regions has a slow axis in a direction intersecting with a slow axis of the base film at an angle larger than 45°. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149473 | PIXEL ARRAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel array includes a substrate, scan lines, data lines, active devices, first pads, second pads, first wires, second wires, an insulating layer, an organic planarization layer, first pad electrodes, second pad electrodes and pixel electrodes. The substrate has a display area and a non-display area. The scan lines and the data lines are disposed in the display area. The active devices are disposed in the display area and electrically connected to the scan lines and the data lines. The first and second pads are disposed in the non-display area. The first and second wires are disposed in the non-display area and respectively connected to the first and second pads. The organic planarization layer covers the insulating layer. The first and second pad electrodes are disposed on the organic planarization layer in the non-display area. The pixel electrodes are disposed on the organic planarization layer in the display area. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149474 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a picture element region defined by a first electrode | 2010-06-17 |
20100149475 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED ALIGNMENT OF LIQUID CRYSTALS - A liquid crystal display device provides for improved alignment of its liquid crystal molecules by having an alignment layer with polymer branches that are cured so as to reinforce a predefined orientation of the liquid crystal molecules even when no voltages are applied to the pixel-electrodes and/or common electrode of the device. Bruising of the screen can thus be rapidly repaired. In one embodiment, the device includes: first and second substrates opposed to each other; a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules interposed between the substrates; a gate line formed on the first substrate; first and second data lines formed on the first substrate and connected for transmitting first and second data voltages having different polarities; a first and second switching elements respectively connected to the gate line and the first or second data line; first and second pixel electrodes that are connected to the first and second switching elements, respectively; an alignment layer formed on the first and second pixel electrodes; and a polymer layer including a plurality of cured prepolymers that are cured so as to prearrange the liquid crystal molecules in a desired orientation. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149476 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display substrate includes; a base substrate, a deformation preventing layer disposed on a lower surface of the base substrate, wherein the deformation preventing layer applies a force to the base substrate to prevent the base substrate from bending, a gate line disposed on an upper surface of the base substrate, a data line disposed on the base substrate, and a pixel electrode disposed on the base substrate. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149477 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a seal portion of a liquid crystal display device, column spacers are formed on a counter substrate side, organic passivation films are formed so as to face the column spacers on a TFT substrate side, and the gap between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate is controlled by the column spacers and the organic passivation films. A sealing material covers the column spacers and the organic passivation films and is in contact with an inorganic film formed on the TFT substrate on the TFT substrate side. Therefore, the adhesive force of the sealing material is improved to ensure the reliability of the seal portion. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149478 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a switching element connected to a gate line and a data line crossing each other, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element. The pixel electrode includes a first domain-dividing portion extending in a direction. The second substrate is spaced apart from the first substrate to have a cell gap of about 3.1 μm to about 3.3 μm. The second substrate includes a common electrode including a second domain dividing portion formed in a region between the first domain-dividing portions adjacent to each other. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal composition having a refractive anisotropy (Δn) of about 0.1010 to about 0.1030. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149479 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display comprises a liquid crystal panel including subpixels formed in a matrix, each of the subpixels comprising: a first area, a second area, and a third area partitioned off in a long-axis direction; a first pixel electrode arranged in the long-axis direction of the first area; second pixel electrodes extending from the first pixel electrode in a central area of the long-axis direction and arranged in the first to third areas; third pixel electrodes extending from the first pixel electrode, divided into third pixel electrodes on one side and third pixel electrodes on the other side with respect to the second pixel electrodes, and arranged in plural number in the first to third areas, the slope of the electrodes arranged in the first and third areas being steeper than the slope of the electrodes arranged in the second area with respect to a virtual horizontal line passing through the central area; a first common electrode disposed on the same layer as the first to third pixel electrodes and arranged in the long-axis direction of the third area; a second common electrode extending from the first common electrode in the central area and arranged between the second pixel electrodes; and third common electrodes extending from the first common electrode, divided into third common electrodes on one side and third common electrodes on the other side with respect to the second pixel electrodes, arranged in plural number in the first to third areas, and having the same slope as the third pixel electrodes. | 2010-06-17 |
20100149480 | DISPLAY DEVICE PRODUCING DISPLAY BY CHANGING SHAPE OF REFRACTIVE INDEX ELLIPSOID OF MEDIUM BY APPLYING ELECTRIC FIELD TO MEDIUM - A display element according to the present invention is provided with a pair of substrates, at least one of which is transparent; a medium between the substrates, wherein optical anisotropy magnitude of the medium is changeable by and according to an electric field applied thereon; at least one pair of electrodes for applying, on the medium, the electric field substantially parallel to the substrates; and a shielding electrode overlapping at least a display portion of at least one of the substrates, and used for shielding the display element from static electricity. | 2010-06-17 |