39th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100245649 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME IN A NUMBER OF MODES - A system and method for driving a solid-state image pickup device including a pixel array unit including unit pixels. Each unit pixel includes a photoelectric converter, column signal lines and a number of analog-digital converting units. The unit pixels are selectively controlled in units of rows. Analog signals output from the unit pixels in a row selected by the selective control though the column signal lines are converted to digital signals via the analog-digital converting units. The digital signals are added among a number of unit pixels via the analog-digital converting units. The added digital signals from the analog-digital converting units are read. Each unit pixel in the pixel array unit is selectively controlled in units of arbitrary rows, the analog-distal converting units being operable to performing the converting in a (a) normal-frame-rate mode and a (b) high-frame-rate mode in response to control signals. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245650 | IMAGING DEVICES WITH COMPONENTS FOR REFLECTING OPTICAL DATA AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE - The present disclosure is directed to imaging device, systems, and methods for collecting optical data for use with spectrometers. An imaging device configured in accordance with one aspect of the disclosure includes a lens configured to introduce light into the imaging device along an optical path, and an image sensor spaced apart from the lens and configured to receive at least a portion of the light along the optical path. The imaging device further includes a filter assembly positioned between the lens and the image sensor, and a reflector or mirror carried by the filter assembly. The filter assembly is configured to move the reflector between first and second positions. In the first position the reflector is at least partially aligned with the optical path and reflects at least a portion of the light to a corresponding light input for a spectrometer. In the second position the reflector is positioned outside of the optical path. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245651 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes an operation receiving unit configured to receive a selection operation for selecting, in a case where index images for allowing selection of content to be reproduced are displayed in list form on a display unit, an index image from among the index images displayed in list form, an image processing unit configured to sequentially scale up an image related to content corresponding to the selected index image from a size of the selected index image to a certain size, and a control unit configured to cause the display unit to display the image that is being sequentially scaled up, with an arrangement position of the selected index image serving as a reference position, and cause the display unit to display the content corresponding to the selected index image when a size of the image that is being sequentially scaled up reaches the certain size. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245652 | IMAGE PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An image playback apparatus has a recording section which records shot images, and a display section which displays the images. The apparatus includes a motion detection section which detects a motion applied to the image playback apparatus in a state where hold of the image playback apparatus is detected, and a display control section which, when application of a particular motion set in advance is detected by the motion detection section, sorts and displays the images displayed on the display section. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245653 | Endoscope Objective Lens and Method of Assembly - A wide field video endoscope objective and method of assembly the objective including four groups with five lenses, a mechanical housing containing the entire image forming elements, a aperture stop, a centering member and a retainer sleeve. The centering member is at first centered over the photo sensitive area of the chip and bonded to the surface of the cover glass. The retainer sleeve slides over said centering member and is glued to the centering member and the housing of the video chip. The objective housing with the optical elements is screwed on the centering member to adjust for focusing. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245654 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - An image pickup device includes an image pickup unit including an n number of photodetectors and an n number of lenses, and outputting signals corresponding to the respective photodetectors, the lenses being provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the photodetectors and being provided so that light is incident upon only the respective photodetectors; a sensitivity coefficient storage section that stores information for determining sensitivity coefficients of the photodetectors; and an image reproducing section that reproduces an image using the signals that are output by the image pickup unit and the sensitivity coefficients that are determined on the basis of the information stored in the sensitivity coefficient storage section. In a model in which light from imaginary light spots is received by the respective photodetectors, using the output signals and the sensitivity coefficients corresponding to the respective photodetectors, the image reproducing section estimates light beams of the respective imaginary light spots, and using brightness values corresponding thereto as brightness values of respective pixels of an image corresponding to an image pickup area, the image reproducing section reproduces an image. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245655 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND AUTO-FOCUS METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image capturing device includes a taking lens, an image sensor, a driving device, an input device, and an auto-focus system. The input device is used for selecting a number of focus areas in a photographing area. The auto-focus system includes an auto-focus module, a calculating module, and a driving module. The auto-focus module controls the image capturing device to focus on each focus area alone to obtain a number of in-focus positions of the taking lens corresponding to the number of focus areas. The calculating module calculates distances between a predetermined starting position of the taking lens and the in-focus positions of the taking lens, and averaging the distances to obtain an average distance. The driving module controls the driving device to move the taking lens the average distance to arrive at an in-focus position of the taking lens corresponding to the plurality of focus areas. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245656 | Imaging device and focus detecting method - An imaging device includes an image pickup device having an arrangement of photoelectric converting units, the arrangement in which a plurality of pairs of photoelectric converting units are arranged along a predetermined direction, each pair of photoelectric converting units receiving light beams of a subject passing through partial areas in a pair that are lopsided in reverse to each other along the predetermined direction in an exit pupil of a shooting optical system, and a focus detector for performing focus detection of a phase-difference detecting technique according to data obtained from the pair of photoelectric converting units in the arrangement of the photoelectric converting units. The focus detector corrects the data according to a correction amount corresponding to a positional shift amount from the normalized position, and performs focus detection of the phase-difference detecting technique according to the corrected data. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245657 | FOCUS POSITION CONTROL APPARATUS AND CAMERA - A focus position control apparatus includes a lens for forming an image from light from a subject, an imaging element and an imaging controller for performing photoelectric conversion on the subject image, lights having at least two different wavelengths or wavelength bands, on an imaging plane to generate at least a visible-region image signal and an infrared-region image signal, a focus-position movement mechanism for moving the lens in a direction along an optical axis relative to the imaging plane, a focusing state evaluator for evaluating a focusing state in each wavelength or wavelength band based on the generated visible-region image signal and infrared-region image signal, and a movement controller for driving the focus-position movement mechanism based on the evaluation result from the focusing state evaluator. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245658 | SHUTTER FOR CCD IMAGER - A CCD sensor has a shutter to prevent frame shift smear during transfer of an image from the image region to a store region. The CCD sensor has an extended dynamic range, because each integration is in two parts, the second part of which has a different sensitivity than the first part. In order to avoid an asymmetry in the uncovering and covering of the image region, a two-bladed shutter is used. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245659 | BATTERY COVER STRUCTURE AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a battery cover structure and a photographing apparatus including the same. The battery cover structure includes a frame in which an antenna connection unit is disposed, and a battery cover installed on the frame, wherein the battery cover includes an installing unit installed on the frame, a first cover unit installed on the installing unit, and an antenna unit installed on the first cover unit, wherein electrical contact between the antenna unit and the antenna connection unit is maintained or released according to a location of the first cover unit. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245660 | Camera - According to one embodiment, a camera includes a camera head, an optical unit, a camera control unit (CCU), a camera head-side connector, and a CCU-side connector. The camera head has an imaging element. The CCU has an image processing circuit that processes image information acquired by the imaging element therein. The camera head-side connector is provided to protrude beyond an outer shape of the camera head. The CCU-side connector is opened in an outer wall of the CCU, and the camera head-side connector is inserted into the CCU-side connector. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245661 | STRUCTURE FOR FIXING CAMERA MODULE ON BIODRIVE - Provided is a structure for fixing a camera module on a biodrive. The structure includes a socket fixed on a top surface of a printed circuit board (PCB) of the biodrive. The camera module is combined with the socket. A holder member is disposed over the camera module and covers the camera module. A plurality of fixing units may fix the holder member to fix the camera module on the PCB. The structure can prevent distortion and deviation of the camera module due to external shock. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245662 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion element package, a chassis member arranged at a position opposite a rear surface of the photoelectric conversion element package, a wiring member electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion element package. The wiring member has an opening that exposes the rear surface of the photoelectric conversion element package. The wiring member is arranged between the rear surface of the photoelectric conversion element package and the chassis member. The imaging apparatus further includes a heat conduction member configured to contact the rear surface of the photoelectric conversion element package, exposed by the opening, and the chassis member. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245663 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND TRANSMITTER APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A semiconductor integrated circuit ( | 2010-09-30 |
20100245664 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE BLENDING MOTION COMPENSATION INTERPOLATION IN FRAME RATE UP-CONVERSION - An adaptive blending MCI method and device thereof are disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. The adaptive blending MCI method uses adjacent four motion vectors to get the corresponding pixels, and uses linear interpolation equation to blend four pixels to reduce block artifacts. The method uses adaptive weighting coefficient to favor reliable motion vector to avoid bad motion vector degrade image quality. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245665 | HYBRID DIGITAL MATRIX - A video switching and control system is described that provides compatibility with conventional analog cameras while also accepting network IP type cameras. The system offers reduced control latency, improved recording efficiency, and more flexible display features with greatly improved performance and update rates. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245666 | Subtitling Stereographic Imagery - There is disclosed a method and apparatus for subtitling stereoscopic imagery. The stereoscopic imagery consists of one or more stereo pairs of imagery which are stored on film, other physical means such as paper, or digitally and which when viewed or projected with appropriate systems, give the illusion of three-dimensional depth. By imprinting subtitle data onto a single eye view image of each stereo pair, the textual or graphical data may be seen by the viewer without fear of discomfort from misalignment of stereographic subtitling and without a loss of depth illusion from lost or improper visual depth cues caused by stereographic subtitle placement. The subtitle data may be physically imprinted onto a physical medium containing the image pairs or may be composited onto the single eye view image digital files. The subtitling may be created as an image or images separate from the stereo pair imagery with the intent that these monoscopic subtitles will be viewed or projected over the corresponding single eye view image or images at the time of viewing. The terms subtitling, titling and metadata display are considered to be equivalent and interchangeable and are taken to mean the addition of visual text, graphic characters or elements to imagery, in order to provide explanatory or additional information such as language translation, action cues, camera data, or scene information to the viewer of the imagery and which visual text, graphic characters or elements do not exist in the captured imagery nor in any computer generated portions of the imagery that comprise an elemental component of the photographic or cinematographic art of that imagery, regardless of the information content or end use of the visual text, graphic characters or elements. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245667 | NON-STANDALONE TV PC - A TV includes a TV processor and a TV display and a PC includes a PC processor but no PC monitor. A HDMI link is established between the processors for conveying multimedia content from the PC to the TV for display thereof on the TV display. Also, a link such as a USB link is established between the processors for exchanging control signals therebetween. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245668 | PC DOCK FOR TV - A computer dock communicates with a TV over a HDMI link and a USB and/or Ethernet link. The dock can include a keyboard and mouse and the user can select whether the keyboard/mouse signals are sent to the computer or the TV. The input devices of the computer in the dock and/or the input devices of the dock can be used to provide navigation input to the TV to navigate around user interfaces such as a cross-media bar (XMB). | 2010-09-30 |
20100245669 | TECHNIQUE FOR EFFECTIVELY UTILIZING LIMITED BANDWIDTH OF A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK TO DELIVER PROGRAMMING CONTENT - To effectively utilize the bandwidth of a cable TV network, which is limited, analog TV program material is digitized and compressed before its transmission over the network. The resulting signals consume only part of the analog TV band traditionally needed for transmission of the analog TV program material. The newly available bandwidth in the analog TV band may be utilized for other cable TV services, e.g., video-on-demand (VOD) services. A reception gateway is employed at a user location to frequency-translate any VOD signals, transmitted through the analog TV band, to another frequency band, thereby avoiding disturbing the normal operation of a set-top terminal in receiving the analog TV program material through the analog TV band at the user location. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245670 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE SPATIO-TEMPORAL FILTERING FOR IMAGE AND VIDEO UPSCALING, DENOISING AND SHARPENING - A method for adaptive spatio-temporal filtering is disclosed. Local motion vectors between a current video frame and other nearby video frames are determined. Local motion-aligned temporal confidence parameters are determined. Local spatial orientation parameters are determined. The local motion vectors, the local motion-aligned temporal confidence parameters, and the local spatial orientation parameters are used to adaptively determine spatio-temporal kernel weights. The spatio-temporal kernel weights are used to perform spatio-temporal filtering on input video data. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245671 | Apparatus and method for processing video signal - According to one embodiment, an MPEG noise reduction processing unit which performs a process of reducing a mosquito noise to a received video signal can be controlled in a setting state corresponding to a desired item selected on the setting screen in which the plural items to be set are displayed as an option. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING - The present invention relates to an image processing method. The method comprises a step of generating adaptive temporal filter coefficients. Then a recursive filter is applied at least once to an image frame using the generated temporal filter coefficients. The present invention further relates to an apparatus and a computer program product for performing image processing. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245673 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An illumination device comprising a display unit ( | 2010-09-30 |
20100245674 | INTERPOLATION FRAME GENERATION APPARATUS, INTERPOLATION FRAME GENERATION METHOD, AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an interpolation frame generation apparatus generates an interpolation frame image to be inserted between continuous frame images. The interpolation frame generation apparatus includes a motion vector detection module and a generation module. The motion vector detection module is configured to execute block matching processing in each of a plurality of blocks included in the continuous frame images and specify one motion vector on an interpolation frame. The generation module is configured to, for an interpolation block in which the motion vector detection module specifies one motion vector, generate an interpolation frame image based on the motion vector, and for an interpolation block in which the motion vector detection module does not specify one motion vector, generate an interpolation frame image based on the frame image containing no motion vector component. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245675 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO PARAMETER ANALYSIS AND TRANSMISSION - A system for analyzing video signals generated by an imaging modality is disclosed. The system includes a video signal input port to which a signal output of the imaging modality being can be connected. Additionally, there is a central processor that includes an analog input module, a signal analysis module, and a data communications module. A plurality of video signal parameters may be measurable from the video signal by the signal analysis module. The system also includes a data output port that is linked to the data communications module of the central processor, which is connectable to an external device for transferring the measure signal parameters thereto. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245676 | Radio vision electronic network / analog output / viewing system - A system and method bringing video to commercial FM and video to Sub-Carrier Authorization programming, the system would make use of a Double Sideband Suppress Carrier SCA frequency at 67 kHz, modulated by a Slow San Video Converter for providing minute by minute snap shots of video related to the audio program on the main FM channel such as if the main FM channel being listened to is 87.7 MHz then the related video channel would be 87.767 MHz, also, an additional audio/slow scan video FM station would be available as well and will be known as fm2, the audio portion of fm2 is an Independent Sideband Suppressed Carrier for providing audio in stereo at the SCA frequency at 92 kHz and the slow scan video portion of the station is again another Double Sideband Suppress Carrier SCA at the frequency of 114 kHz. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245677 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - A receiving apparatus includes: a deinterleaving device configured to perform a deinterleaving process on an LDPC-coded data signal having undergone an interleaving process, the LDPC representing Low Density Parity Check, by use of a memory which has columns capable of storing as many as “a” data, the “a” being an integer of at least 1; and a control device configured such that if the data signal is supplied in units of N data, the N being an integer smaller than the “a,” the control device controls the deinterleaving device to write the data signal to a predetermined address of the memory while reading previously written data from the predetermined address in a write period, the control device further controlling the deinterleaving device to stop writing the data signal to the predetermined address of the memory while reading the previously written data from the predetermined address in a write inhibit period. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245678 | TELEVISION APPARATUS - A television apparatus including a register for storing a plurality of events, each event indicating both a time and an operation to be conducted by the television apparatus at that time, a power supply operable to power the television apparatus selectively in a powered-up state or a standby state and a controller arranged so as, in response to a clock reaching a time stored for one of said events, to control the power supply to switch from the standby state to the powered-up state and to cause the respective operation to be conducted by the television apparatus. The television apparatus is arranged to store information indicating, for at least the stored event having the latest time, whether to switch to the standby state or a shutdown state, the power supply being shut down in the shutdown state. The controller is arranged so as, in response to completion of the respective operation of the stored event having the latest time, to control the power supply to switch from the powered-up state to, according to said information, either the standby state or the shutdown state. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245679 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, TELEVISION RECEIVER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - An active matrix substrate includes: storage capacitor line extended sections | 2010-09-30 |
20100245680 | TELEVISION OPERATION METHOD - A television operation method whereby a desired content screen can be easily shown on a TV receiver by control operation on the display of a remote terminal. When the TV display of the TV receiver shows a received program screen and the remote display of the remote terminal shows another received program screen, if the screen shown on the remote display is transferred to the TV display, a reception remote control screen to enable channel selection appears on the remote display. If buttons are operated so as to show a related web screen on the remote display and transfer the related web screen to the TV display, a web remote control screen for control of a cursor on the related web screen appears on the remote display. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245681 | Internet Browsing from a Television - A system for automatically using internet information which is contained within a commercial on an entertainment medium e.g. television. The system determines information indicative of the web address. This can be done automatically by optical character recognition or by storing information indicative of the web address in an interval of the television signal. Once obtained, the information is sent, either to a user's computer, or to a central office which sends an e-mail to the user. In this way, the information can be used to automatically jump to a web site of the advertiser. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245682 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device for a display device of the present invention includes a plurality of light sources | 2010-09-30 |
20100245683 | DATA INTERFACE FOR AN OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes an array of optical elements located over a package substrate. A controller is also located over the package substrate. The controller is operable to control an operational state of the array in response to an optical signal detected by an optical receiver. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245684 | Resolution Scalable View Projection - A projection system uses a transformation matrix to transform a projection image p in such a manner so as to compensate for surface irregularities on a projection surface. The transformation matrix makes use of properties of light transport relating a projector to a camera. If the resolution a camera is lower than that of a projector within said projection system, then the transformation matrix will have holes where image data corresponding to a projector pixel will have been lost. In this, case, new image are generated to fill-in the holes. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245685 | PROJECTION TYPE TABLE DISPLAY - In the usage of table projection of a projection type display, depending upon a sitting position of a participant of a conference, the participant views an image projected upon a table as an inversion image turned upside down, resulting in poor visual recognition. In order to improve visual recognition, images are rotated, synthesized and displayed in accordance with the viewing direction of each participant. More specifically, the projection type display is provided with a two-image synthesizing unit for synthesizing two images obtained by processing an input image by two image rotation units for rotating the input image by a first angle and a second angle different from the first angle, into one image on a screen. The projection type display is also provided with an image rotation unit and an image inversion unit for two-image display on a screen. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245686 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULAR LED ILLUMINATION - The present invention is directed to an illumination system of a video unit. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the illumination system comprises a module comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) adapted to emit light. The illumination system further includes a plurality of lens elements disposed subsequent to the LEDs. The plurality of lens elements is adapted to distribute intensity of the light emitted by the LEDs across an aperture. In addition the intensity of the light at the aperture directly corresponds to the location of the LEDs within the module. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245687 | CONTROL DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A control device controlling a display device which has an image forming area containing plural pixels to form an image on the image forming area according to inputted image information, includes: a memory unit which stores input/output characteristics measured at plural points on the image forming area in advance and indicating correspondence between applied voltage and emission luminance for each of the plural points; and a control unit which controls operation of the image forming area based on the respective input/output characteristics. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245688 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: an illumination device that emits an illumination light beam; a liquid crystal device that modulates the illumination light beam from the illumination device based on image information; a projection optical system that projects light modulated by the liquid crystal device; and at least one polarizing member that is disposed on a light exit side of the liquid crystal device and has in order a light-transmissive substrate, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a KE polarizer, an adhesive layer, and a support layer, the polarizing member being positioned so that the adhesive layer is closer to a light exit side than is the KE polarizer. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245689 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a light modulation device that changes the polarization state of incident light; and a polarization maintaining reflector provided along the outer edge of an effective pixel area in the light modulation device, the polarization maintaining reflector having a flat surface that reflects the incident light with its polarization state maintained. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245690 | POLARIZATION CONVERSION DEVICE, POLARIZED ILLUMINATION OPTICAL DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR - Polarizing split layers | 2010-09-30 |
20100245691 | POLARIZATION CONVERSION DEVICE, POLARIZED ILLUMINATION OPTICAL DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR - A polarizing split layer | 2010-09-30 |
20100245692 | LAMINATED WAVE PLATE, OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE, POLARIZATION CONVERTER, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A laminated wave plate includes a first wave plate with a phase difference of Γ | 2010-09-30 |
20100245693 | 3D Glasses - A viewing system for viewing video displays having the appearance of a three dimensional image. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245694 | Systems and Methods of All-Optical Fourier Phase Contrast Imaging Using Dye Doped Liquid Crystals - An assembly for converting a microscope into a phase contrast microscope includes a first optical Fourier element that Fourier transforms light from a coherent light source, a cell in the Fourier plane arranged to receive light from the first optical Fourier element, a second optical Fourier element arranged to receive light from the cell and inversely Fourier transform the received light to provide an image, an image sensor that detects the image and generates an electronic representation of the image, and an adaptor capable of coupling the first and second Fourier elements, the cell, and the image sensor to the microscope such that the first Fourier element Fourier transforms light collected by the microscope objective. The cell includes liquid crystal molecules having a phase transition temperature, wherein at temperatures exceeding the phase transition temperature, light transmitting through the liquid crystal molecules obtains a different phase than light transmitting through the liquid crystal molecules at temperatures below the phase transition temperature. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245695 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A liquid crystal display element includes a first substrate having a first electrode on one surface thereof, a transparent second substrate having a transparent second electrode on one surface thereof, a first liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal composition, a color filter, and a second liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal composition, and at least one of the first and second liquid crystal layers includes an additive having dielectric properties, and the dielectric constant of the first liquid crystal layer is different from that of the second liquid crystal layer. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245696 | Liquid Crystal Display and Driving Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display includes a gate driver, a data driver and a pixel matrix. The gate driver is for outputting a plurality of gate signals successively. The data driver is for providing a plurality of data signals. The pixel matrix includes a number of pixels. Each pixel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a voltage coupling device. The voltage coupling device is coupled between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel such that pixel voltages of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are different and have relevant variation. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245697 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device comprises a display area including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix. A driving unit to drive the plurality of pixels each having a pixel switch is connected to signal lines and scan lines. An auxiliary capacitance voltage is interposed to a pixel electrode connected to the pixel switch through auxiliary capacitance lines arranged along the pixels in a row direction. The driving unit includes an auxiliary capacitance line driving circuit to supply a first voltage, a second voltage smaller than the first voltage and a third voltage smaller than the second voltage to the auxiliary capacitance lines. The voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is smaller than that between the second voltage and the third voltage. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245698 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display has a lower panel including a first pixel area having a first pixel electrode and a first light leakage preventing member, a final pixel area having a second pixel electrode and a second light leakage preventing member, and middle pixel areas disposed between the first pixel area and the final pixel area, each of the middle pixel areas including a first middle pixel electrode and a second middle pixel electrode. Accordingly, light leakage may be effectively prevented at the first pixel area and the final pixel area that are disposed on the edge. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245699 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method thereof which can suppress chipping of an alignment film or the like are provided. A liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method thereof which can obviate the complication of manufacturing steps and the increase of a manufacturing cost are also provided. A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate; a counter substrate; and liquid crystal sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. A plurality of color filters are arranged on the counter substrate, and spacers are formed by stacking the plurality of color filters and by covering a surface of stacked color filters with an overcoat layer. Pedestals are formed on the TFT substrate in a state where the pedestal faces the spacer in an opposed manner. The pedestal is formed by stacking at least a semiconductor layer and a metal layer formed which are simultaneously with a thin film transistor on the TFT substrate. A width of a pedestal portion constituted of the semiconductor layer is substantially equal to a width of the spacer. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245700 | TFT-LCD ARRAY SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A TFT-LCD array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a liquid crystal display panel are provided in the invention. The TFT-LCD array substrate comprises a plurality of first gate lines and a plurality of first data lines, and a plurality of pixel regions are defined by intersecting the first gate lines and the first data lines with each other. A first pixel electrode and a first TFT are formed in each of the pixel regions, and a second TFT and a second pixel electrode are further comprised in each of the pixel regions. The second TFT is connected with the second pixel electrode, the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode form the voltage difference to drive the reversion of the liquid crystal molecules, and the first TFT and the second TFT are turned on or off simultaneously. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245701 | MIRROR WITH MONITOR FOR VEHICLE - To provide a mirror with a monitor for a vehicle that allows display light to pass through a region of a mirror surface thereof to be visually recognized by a viewer, in which the viewability of the display is improved while suppressing the cost increase. A region of a mirror element that transmits display light is formed of a wire grid having a polarization direction that agrees with the polarization direction of the display light. A region of the mirror element adjacent to the wire grid is formed of a reflective film formed of a reflective metal film or a dielectric multilayer film. The grid of the wire grid is formed of Al thin lines, for example. The reflective film is formed of a Cr half mirror, for example. A dark color mask is disposed on the back surface of the Cr half mirror. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245702 | METHOD OF FASTENING A CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY TO A LIGHT GUIDE IN A MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF A LCD-DISPLAY - The invention relates to a method of fastening a circuit assembly to a light guide in a manufacturing process of a LCD-display. The method comprises: a) providing the circuit assembly, comprising at least one light source; b) providing the light guide, arranged to guide light emitted by the at least one light source; c) positioning the light guide and the circuit assembly with respect to each other; and d) fastening the circuit assembly and the light guide to each other. The action d) is performed by laser welding or ultrasonic welding. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245703 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes an LCD panel, a backlight module, and a circuit board. The backlight module disposed under the LCD panel includes a back plate, a light emitting diode (LED) light source, a protrusion, and a light guide plate. The LED light source disposed in the back plate includes a substrate and LEDs. The protrusion and the LEDs are disposed on the substrate, and the protrusion has first power contacts. The light guide plate is disposed between the back plate and the LCD panel and has a light entering surface. A light emitting surface of each of the LEDs faces the light entering surface. The circuit board disposed under the back plate is electrically connected to the LCD panel. The circuit board has a circuit layout and second power contacts, and the second power contacts contact the first power contacts correspondingly. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245704 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device module including the same - A backlight unit includes a plurality of light emitting diodes as a light source; a board having a rectangular shape and including a plurality of metal lines each extending along a first direction, wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes are arranged on the board and respectively connected to the plurality of metal lines; a pad portion attached on a side, which is parallel to the first direction, of the board and including first to Nth pads respectively connected to the plurality of metal lines, wherein N is a positive integer; a driving circuit connected to the first to Nth pads and providing a driving signal into the plurality of light emitting diodes; and an optical member at a side of the light emitting diodes and for improving a light property. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245705 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device which prevents the occurrence of flaws on a printing layer formed on a cover thereof is provided. The display device includes a display panel, a light transmitting cover which covers a display screen of the display panel, a frame-shaped printing layer which is formed on a surface of the cover which faces the display panel in a state where the printing layer surrounds a center portion of the cover by avoiding the center portion, and a coating layer which covers at least a surface of the printing layer on a side opposite to the cover and is made of a material harder than a material of the printing layer. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245706 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a thin liquid crystal display device having a front window, a cushion material is interposed between a liquid crystal display panel and a mold in which a backlight is housed. When an external force is applied to the front window, the cushion material helps to avoid concentration of stress on a TFT substrate constituting the liquid crystal display panel. Thus, it is possible to prevent the TFT substrate from being cracked. Further, a peripheral wall portion is formed in the mold and is bonded to the front window, in order to prevent the phenomenon that the liquid crystal display panel is removed from the front window when an excess force is applied to a transparent adhesive material that bonds the front window and the liquid crystal display panel together. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245707 | PROTECTION PLATE INTEGRATED DISPLAY APPARATUS - A protection plate integrated liquid crystal display panel, including: a liquid crystal display panel having an optical sheet stuck thereto so as to be overlapped with the whole of a screen area; a protection plate arranged to be opposed to the optical sheet of the liquid crystal display panel; a spacer including a first layer arranged on an outside of the screen area between the optical sheet and the protection plate and a second layer arranged between the first layer and the protection plate; and a resin layer filled up and polymerized between the liquid crystal display panel and the protection plate in an area enclosed with the spacer. The first layer is formed to extend from an inner area of a periphery of the optical sheet to the external area of the same, and the second layer is discontinuously arranged on the first layer. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245708 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a frame for accommodating light emitting diode substrates, the frame including: a first surface opposed to the light emitting diode substrates; a second surface that erects from the first surface around the light emitting diode substrates; and a third surface on an opposite side to the first surface; a connector attached to each of the light emitting diode substrates; a circuit board disposed on the third surface of the frame; and at least one cable for electrically connecting the connector with the circuit board. The at least one cable extends from the connector in a direction approaching the circuit board on the first surface so as to detour around the light emitting diode substrates, passes through the frame from the first surface to the third surface, and is electrically connected to the circuit board on the third surface. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245709 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile terminal device includes a liquid-crystal portion that displays an image; a substrate that sandwiches another component between one surface of the substrate and the liquid crystal portion, and that has another surface that is provided with a control circuit; a connecting portion that connects the liquid-crystal portion and the control circuit; and a spacer member formed of an insulator and interposed between the another surface of the substrate and the connecting portion. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245710 | CHASSIS AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SAME - A chassis set includes a first chassis and a second chassis. The first chassis includes a first connecting portion having at least one guide protrusion. The second chassis includes a second connecting portion having at least one guide hole that receives the guide protrusion of the first chassis to combine the first and second chassis. Therefore, a manufacturing cost is reduced and productivity is enhanced. Additionally, the chassis can be made easily. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245711 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device having a direct-lighting backlight using LEDs as a light source, the number of LEDs is reduced without causing unevenness in brightness. An LED is disposed under a cylindrical lens to be closer to one end of the lens than a middle part of the lens. Light emitted from the LED is outputted, as diffused light, upward from an end diffusion surface of the lens. A portion of the top surface of the lens makes up a total reflection surface to reflect light emitted from the LED and thereby cause the reflected light to head for the other end of the lens. Diffusion surfaces formed on the top surface and the bottom surface of the lens radiate diffused light upward of the lens, causing uniform light to be radiated from the whole top surface of the lens. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245712 | Liquid crystal DISPLAY DEVICE having a pair of electrodes over an inner side of a substrate of a liquid crystal element in which a stack of polarizers on the outer side of a substrate are provided and arranged between a pair of protective layers such that no protective layer is located between the stacked polarizers - To provide a display device having a high contrast ratio by a simple and easy method and to manufacture a high-performance display device at low cost, in a display device having a display element between a pair of light-transmitting substrates, layers each including a polarizer having different wavelength distribution of extinction coefficient from each other with respect to the absorption axes are stacked and provided on an outer side of the light-transmitting substrates. Further, a retardation plate may be provided between the stacked polarizers. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245713 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, BACKLIGHT DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A light source device | 2010-09-30 |
20100245714 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF LIGHT SCATTERING FILM, LIGHT SCATTERING FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSIVE/SEMI-TRANSMISSIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for producing a light scattering film is provided and includes: casting onto a support a dope containing at least a thermoplastic resin and light transmitting particles to provide a casted film, and peeling and drying the casted film to prepare a light transmitting base material; applying an coating solution containing at least a curable compound, a polymerization initiator, and a solvent onto the light transmitting base material and drying the solvent; and curing the curable compound to form a cured layer. At least one surface of the light transmitting base material has an asperity shape, the light transmitting particles have an average primary particle size greater than 2.5 μm but not greater than 12 μm, the cured layer has an average thickness of 0.1 μm or greater but not greater than 10.0 μm, and the cured layer satisfies the specific formulae. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245715 | METHOD OF MAKING ANTIGLARE FILM, ANTIGLARE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSIVE/SEMI-TRANSMISSIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - In a method for making an antiglare film including the casting, the releasing, the drying, the applying and the curing as defined herein, the transparent particles have an average primary particle size of greater than 2.5 μm and not greater than 12 μm, the transparent base has on at least one side thereof flat portions substantially parallel to a film-forming plane and rounded protrusions arising from the transparent particles, the protrusions having a maximum height Rt from the flat portions of from 1 to 15 μm, and the cured layer has an average thickness of from 1 to 15.0 μm and a surface profile with an arithmetic average roughness Ra, a mean spacing between peaks Sm, and an average slope θa, all as measured in accordance with JIS B0601, satisfying the relationships (1) to (3) as defined herein. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245716 | Display Device and Backlight Module with Thermal Isolating Layer - A display device and a backlight module thereof are provided. The display device further includes a display panel having a display area. The backlight module is disposed under the display panel and includes a light source holder, a light source, and a light guide plate. The light source holder has a sidewall, a top plate, and a bottom plate, wherein the bottom plate partially overlaps the display area of the display device. The light guide plate is disposed corresponding to the display area of the display device and has one end located in an opening between the top plate and the bottom plate. A thermal isolating layer is interposed between the light guide plate and a portion of the bottom plate which corresponds to the display area. The perpendicular distance between the light guide plate and the portion of the bottom plate overlapping the thermal isolating layer is greater than a perpendicular distance between the light guide plate and the other portion of the bottom plate. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245717 | PRISM SHEET, AND BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING PRISM SHEET - Provided is a prism sheet which has high effects of suppressing Moiré fringes, high front luminance and reduced number of components when it is used as a prism sheet for a backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device. The prism sheet has a prism row having ridges formed in parallel to each other at equivalent intervals on one surface and a light diffusion layer containing porous particles on the other surface. The prism sheet preferably has the prism row on one surface and the light diffusion layer on the other surface by having a light-transmissive substrate in between. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245718 | LCD APPARATUS - An LCD apparatus includes an LCD panel having a color filter for a plurality of color components and having a plurality of pixels each associated with one of the color components of the color filter, and a side lighting-type backlight unit disposed under the LCD panel. The backlight unit includes a light guide and a light source disposed at least at one lateral end of the light guide, and further includes a reflecting layer on a side opposite to a side facing the LCD panel to reflect light coming towards the reflecting layer from the light guide. The color filter is configured to compensate a change in color spectrum in the ambient light that has passed through the LCD panel and the light guide and that has been reflected by the reflecting layer back to the light guide and the LCD panel so that the color temperature of white display of the LCD panel by the ambient light remains substantially the same as the color temperature of the original ambient light. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245719 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A wavelength conversion device includes a laser light source that emits a fundamental wave; a wavelength conversion element that converts the fundamental wave into a second harmonic wave; and an optical system including a wavelength selective mirror that reflects the fundamental wave transmitted through the wavelength conversion element without being converted into the second harmonic wave, while transmitting therethrough the second harmonic wave generated by wavelength conversion, wherein the optical system makes the fundamental wave transmitted through the wavelength conversion element without being converted into the second harmonic wave enter the wavelength conversion element again to be subjected to wavelength conversion once or more than once, while being focused by the wavelength selective mirror, and the conversion efficiency in at least one of the second stage and stages subsequent to the second stage is higher than the conversion efficiency in the first stage, where the conversion efficiency in each stage is defined as: (a second harmonic wave generated in one stage)/(a square of the fundamental wave entered in the one stage). | 2010-09-30 |
20100245720 | Backlight Device and Display Device - It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable backlight device with less color unevenness and less luminance unevenness, and a high-performance and highly reliable display device including the backlight device, which can display a high quality image. A light emitting diode (LED) is used as a light source of a backlight device and thermoelectric elements are provided in a chassis for holding the light emitting diode so as to surround the light emitting diode (the thermoelectric elements are provided under the light emitting diode and on the four sides thereof). A temperature in the backlight device is adjusted by cooling and heating by the thermoelectric elements. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245721 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ANTI-FREEZE METHOD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE USING THE SAME - A liquid crystal module comprises at least a liquid crystal panel with a display side and a liquid crystal side corresponding to each other, wherein at least one portion of the liquid crystal side is a heating portion, such that the heating portion can be driven to heat the liquid crystal side when the temperature of the environmental is under a liquid crystal working temperature. In addition, a liquid crystal anti-freeze method for the liquid crystal module is disclosed. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245722 | LIGHT-TRANSMITTING SUBSTRATE, OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A light-transmitting substrate has an uneven profile on at least one surface thereof, the light-transmitting substrate contains a thermoplastic resin and a flat translucent particle; a tilt angle of the uneven profile on at least one surface of the light-transmitting substrate has the following distribution:
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20100245723 | LCD PANEL HAVING IMPROVED RESPONSE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) having a liquid crystal layer is provided. In one embodiment, the liquid crystal layer includes a nematic liquid crystal material having liquid crystal molecules in an untwisted state. A chiral dopant is dispersed within the liquid crystal layer and configured to bias the liquid crystal molecules toward a twisted state. Furthermore, a polymer network is disposed among the liquid crystal molecules and configured to bias the liquid crystal molecules toward the untwisted state. Various additional devices and methods are also provided. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245724 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An object is to provide a highly reliable liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal layer exhibiting a more stable blue phase. Another object is to provide a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device with high yield. Polymer stabilization treatment is performed as follows: a photocurable resin is added to a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase, and the photocurable resin is selectively polymerized by scanning a liquid crystal layer provided between a first substrate and a second substrate with light in a certain direction. Thus, a first region where the light irradiation treatment is performed and a second region where the light irradiation treatment is not performed are formed in the liquid crystal layer. Since polymerization of the photocurable resin proceeds in the first region, the polymerization degree of the photocurable resin in the first region is higher than that in the second region. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245725 | ACRYL-BASE POLYMER FILM, OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - The invention relates to an optical compensation film for IPS or FFS-mode liquid crystal display devices, having the tilt angle β[°] not equal to zero, β[°] being defined as φ giving the minimum value of retardation R[φ] which is retardation measured for incident light coming in a direction tilted by φ° from a normal line relative to the film-plane, the direction being in a plane including the direction perpendicular to the in-plane slow axis thereof and the normal line; and having retardation along the thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm, Rth(550), not equal to zero. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245726 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal panel having a cell | 2010-09-30 |
20100245727 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLARIZER, POLARIZER, POLARIZING PLATE, OPTICAL FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for producing a polarizer of the present invention includes: subjecting a polyvinyl alcohol film to at least a dyeing process, a crosslinking process and a stretching process, then subjecting the film, in which all of the processes have been performed, having a water content of 25 to 55% by weight to a drying process, wherein in the drying process, the water content of the film is reduced by at least 15% by weight, so that the film has a water content of 5 to 35% by weight, and the drying process has a quick drying stage in which the water content of the film is reduced by at least 10% by weight in a time period of ½ to 1/30 of the total drying time of the drying process. The polarizer obtained by the production method has durability and has good optical properties over a wide band. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245728 | CELLULOSE ACYLATE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose acylate film, containing an acyl-modified compound of a reduction product of a ketone compound-formaldehyde polymer, a polarizing plate containing the film as transparent protective film, and a liquid crystal display device having the polarizing plate. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245729 | GLUCOSE COMPOUND, CELLULOSE COMPOSITION, CELLULOSE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A glucose compound represented by Formula (I): | 2010-09-30 |
20100245730 | CELLULOSE ACYLATE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, RETARDATION FILM, POLARIZER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for producing a cellulose acylate film, comprising casting a polymer solution that comprises a plasticizer having a number-average molecular weight of 200-10000 and a cellulose acylate to form a web; stretching the web having a residual solvent amount of 100-300% by mass in one direction at from −30° C. to 30° C.; drying the stretched web to reduce the residual solvent amount from 6-120% by mass to less than 12% by mass while controlling the surface temperature of the web so as not to reach 200° C. or higher; and stretching the resulting film at 60-200° C. in a direction different form the stretching direction of the first stretching. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245731 | INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention describe a photovoltaic cell integrated into a display device. The photovoltaic cell is designed with an absorption spectrum that does not include a range of wavelengths corresponding to a particular color of visible light. Besides having the capability to harvest light, the photovoltaic cell can also function as a color filter and a photodetector. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245732 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE - A color filter substrate is provided. In the color filter substrate, transparent protective films are formed on respective sub-pixels of a color filter. The color filter substrate has improved electric field characteristics without the need for additional optical or circuit compensation to achieve an improvement in contrast and a reduction in color difference. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245733 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device can properly maintain a distance between a TFT substrate and a counter substrate even when an organic film which constitutes color filters or the like is formed on a TFT substrate and pedestals are formed on the organic film. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a TFT substrate, a counter substrate and liquid crystal sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate, support columns SOC which project toward a TFT substrate are formed on the counter substrate, thin film transistors, an insulation film PAS | 2010-09-30 |
20100245734 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a light-shielding film, a plurality of subpixels on the first substrate, a first electrode for each of the subpixels, a second electrode for each of the subpixels, and a color filter formed on the second substrate for each of the subpixels. The second electrodes each include a plurality of linear portions, wherein the subpixels include first and second subpixels that are adjacent to each other. A signal line forms between the first subpixel and second subpixel, and the color filter is formed across the signal line in the same color, and the second electrodes of the first and second subpixels are formed separately, and the second electrode of the first subpixel is disposed to an area of the second subpixel beyond the signal line. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245735 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An array substrate comprises a substrate; a plurality of pixel regions in a matrix arrangement on the substrate, and a plurality of signal lines disposed on the substrate and extended parallel to each other. Each pixel region comprises a pixel electrode and a drive switch. At least part of a first signal line and a second signal line of the plurality of the signal lines connected to pixel electrodes in adjacent lines of the pixel region matrix are formed between the pixel electrodes in adjacent lines of the pixel regions matrix. The first signal line and the second signal line are at least partially overlapped in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. An insulating layer is disposed between the overlapped portion of the first and second signal line. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245736 | LIGHT DIFFUSION SHEET AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light diffusing layer | 2010-09-30 |
20100245737 | LIGHT DIFFUSION SHEET AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light diffusing layer | 2010-09-30 |
20100245738 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel, and a light diffusing layer which has first and second major surfaces and which is arranged such that the first major surface opposes a viewer side surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The light diffusing layer includes a first region formed of a first substance which has a first refractive index N | 2010-09-30 |
20100245739 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can reduce the difference in brightness between an image obtained from a reflection region and an image obtained from a transmission region. The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode and a counter electrode in each pixel region on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of respective substrates which are arranged to face each other with liquid crystal therebetween. The pixel region includes a transmission region and a reflection region. A gap between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode in the reflection region is set larger than the gap between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode in the transmission region. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245740 | Transflective Liquid Display Panel and Manufacturing Method for Lower Substrate Thereof - A transflective LCD panel and a manufacturing method for lower substrate thereof are provided. The transflective LCD panel includes an upper substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a lower substrate. The liquid crystal layer, including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, is disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The lower substrate includes an active array structure layer, a plurality of transparent pixel electrodes and a cushion layer. The active array structure layer includes a plurality of transparent bottom electrodes, transistor structures and an insulation layer. The insulation layer covers the transparent bottom electrode. The transparent pixel electrodes are formed on the active array structure layer, wherein each transparent pixel electrode partially overlaps the corresponding transparent bottom electrode and the overlap is located at the transmissive region. The cushion layer formed on the active array structure layer has a reflective metal layer for reflecting the environment light. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245741 | Liquid Crystal Display Panel, Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The invention provides a liquid crystal display panel, a liquid crystal display apparatus and a method for manufacturing the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are opposite to each other and a liquid crystal layer between the two substrates. On one side of the first substrate which is opposite to the second substrate, there is a solar battery unit and a Thin Film Transistor; and the solar battery unit includes a first electrode layer, a photoelectric conversion layer and a second electrode layer which are sequentially disposed in stack. In the invention, the solar battery is configured between the two substrates, and therefore the size of the panel is not increased and the structure is simple. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245742 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIEWING ANGLE COMPENSATION METHOD - An image display apparatus includes: a light source; a light modulator that modulates the light flux emitted from the light source, the light modulator including a liquid crystal panel in which liquid crystal molecules are sealed, the liquid crystal panel having a modulation area where an incident light flux is modulated, and a pair of polarizing elements disposed on opposite sides of the liquid crystal panel, on the light flux incident side and the light flux exiting side thereof; and a compensating element disposed between at least one of the pair of polarizing elements and the modulation area, the compensating element compensating an optical phase difference resulting from birefringence associated with the liquid crystal molecules, wherein the compensating element is sized to be smaller than the modulation area and disposed based on the viewing angle characteristics of the modulation area. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245743 | LIQUID CRYSTAL FRESNEL LENS - The present invention is directed to the provision of a liquid crystal Fresnel lens that achieves high focusing performance. The liquid crystal Fresnel lens according to the present invention includes a concentrically segmented ring-shaped electrode group, a common electrode disposed opposite the ring-shaped electrode group, a liquid crystal layer provided between the ring-shaped electrode group and the common electrode, a first lens segment region which includes a first plurality of ring-shaped electrodes from the ring-shaped electrode group, and which forms a first retardation distribution by utilizing the first plurality of ring-shaped electrodes, and a second lens segment region which includes a second plurality of ring-shaped electrodes from the ring-shaped electrode group, the second plurality of ring-shaped electrodes being located outwardly of the first plurality of ring-shaped electrodes, and which forms a second retardation distribution by utilizing the second plurality of ring-shaped electrodes, wherein a Fresnel lens-like retardation distribution is formed across the first and second lens segment regions, and the number of the second plurality of ring-shaped electrodes is made smaller than the number of the first plurality of ring-shaped electrodes. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245744 | CELLULOSE COMPOSITION, OPTICAL FILM, RETARDATION SHEET, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose composition, containing:
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20100245745 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - Liquid crystal is sandwiched between a first substrate in rectangular form and a second substrate in rectangular form, pixel electrodes and a first alignment film are formed on the first substrate, a counter electrode and a second alignment film are formed on the second substrate, the second alignment film is rubbed in a direction at an angle in a range of 45°+/−3° relative to one side of the second substrate, the counter electrode is provided with a protruding pad portion, and the direction in which the pad portion extends is to an angle of 15° or more and 35° or less with the side of the second substrate. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245746 | Pixel Element of Liquid Crystal Display and Method for Producing the Same - The present invention provides a method for forming a pixel element. The method comprises: forming a first patterned metal layer within the pixel area; forming an insulation layer on the first patterned metal layer; forming a semiconductor layer on the insulation layer; patterning the semiconductor layer to form bend seed generation portion; and forming a second metal layer to connect the semiconductor layer. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245747 | Array Substrate for Liquid Crystal Panel and Liquid Crystal Panel - An array substrate for a liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixel electrodes corresponding to a plurality of pixels, and a common electrode provided common to the plurality of pixel electrodes. An alignment of liquid crystal is controlled by each electric field between each of the plurality of the pixel electrodes and the common electrode. The array substrate further includes a pixel selecting circuit, a line group for pixel selecting circuit, a potential applying circuit, a line group for potential applying circuit, and a common electrode line. The pixel selecting circuit sequentially selects pixels among the plurality of pixels. The line group for pixel selecting circuit is connected to input terminals of the pixel selecting circuit. The potential applying circuit applies a potential to the pixel electrode of a selected pixel. The line group for potential applying circuit is connected to input terminals of the potential applying circuit. The common electrode line is connected to the common electrode. The common electrode line extends in a region between the pixel selecting circuit and the potential applying circuit and in a region between the line group for pixel selecting circuit and the line group for potential applying circuit. | 2010-09-30 |
20100245748 | SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - The invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device provided with the same, and a manufacturing method of the same, and provides a substrate for a liquid crystal display device in which a manufacture process can be cut down and manufacturing cost is reduced, a liquid crystal display device provided with the same, and a manufacturing method of the same. The substrate for the liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode formed in each of pixel regions, a plurality of gate bus lines which are formed on a base substrate in parallel with each other and in each of which a plurality of formation materials are laminated and at least a lower layer part is formed of a same formation material as the pixel electrode, a plurality of drain bus lines intersecting with the plurality of gate bus lines through an insulating film and formed to be in parallel with each other, and a thin film transistor formed in each of the pixel regions and including a gate electrode connected to the gate bus line, a drain electrode connected to the drain bus line, and a source electrode connected to the pixel electrode. | 2010-09-30 |