41st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130265453 | Virtual Shutter Image Capture - In accordance with some embodiments, no shutter or button needs to be operated in order to select a frame or group of frames for image capture in “buttonless frame selection”, as used herein. This frees the user from having to operate the camera to select frames of interest. In addition, it reduces the amount of skill needed in order to time the operation of a button to capture exactly that frame or group of frames that are really of interest. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265454 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus configured to connected via a network to a one or a plurality of remote apparatuses each of which processes information. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting that an imaging apparatus is connected thereto, a determination unit for determining, according to processing to be performed on media data photographed by the imaging apparatus, whether the processing is performed by the information processing apparatus, an execution instruction unit for issuing, when the determination unit determines that the processing is not performed by the information processing apparatus, an execution instruction to the remote apparatus capable of performing the processing to perform the processing on the media data, and a media data receiving unit for receiving from the remote apparatus to which the execution instruction is issued, the media data on which the processing is performed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265455 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING IMAGES - A method of providing an image of an image capture apparatus including receiving a first input instructing the image capture apparatus to photograph a sequence of images, photographing the sequence of images, in response to receiving the first input, storing, by a control unit of the image capture apparatus, the sequence of images in a memory of the image capture apparatus, receiving a second input, and providing a plurality of images from among the sequence of images, in response to receiving the second input. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265456 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION MODE OF MEDIA DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for controlling an operation mode of a media device, and a recording medium for storing a program source of the method are provided. The method includes acquiring detection information according to a grasp of a user by at least one detector located on at least one side of the media device, determining whether the acquired detection information satisfies a set image capturing mode switching condition for switching to the image capturing mode, and switching to the image capturing mode when a result of the determination indicates that the acquired detection information satisfies the image capturing mode switching condition. Therefore, it is possible to simply and easily switch between operation modes by recognizing the grasp of a user. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265457 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING IDENTIFICATION OF A DISPLAYED IMAGE - An application control system and method is adapted for use with an entertainment system of a type including a display such as a monitor or TV and having display functions. The control device may be conveniently held by a user and employs an imager. The control system and method images the screen of the TV or other display to detect distinctive markers displayed on the screen. This information is transmitted to the entertainment system for control of an application or is used by the control device to control an application. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265458 | CAMERA IMAGE EDITING USING A TELEVISION - Images stored in a camera are edited using a television. Television remote control output signals are received at the camera. The television remote control output signals are converted to camera image editing commands. An image stored in a memory associated with the camera is edited based upon the camera image editing commands. The edited image is output to the television. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265459 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR USE WITH AN ARRAY CAMERA - A variety of optical arrangements and methods of modifying or enhancing the optical characteristics and functionality of these optical arrangements are provided. The optical arrangements being specifically designed to operate with camera arrays that incorporate an imaging device that is formed of a plurality of imagers that each include a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager having a second imaging characteristics. The images generated by the plurality of imagers are processed to obtain an enhanced image compared to images captured by the imagers. In many optical arrangements the MTF characteristics of the optics allow for contrast at spatial frequencies that are at least as great as the desired resolution of the high resolution images synthesized by the array camera, and significantly greater than the Nyquist frequency of the pixel pitch of the pixels on the focal plane, which in some cases may be 1.5, 2 or 3 times the Nyquist frequency. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265460 | JOINT VIDEO STABILIZATION AND ROLLING SHUTTER CORRECTION ON A GENERIC PLATFORM - In one embodiment, a video processing system | 2013-10-10 |
20130265461 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When various reverse operations are performed using a scan reverse function that reverses an image vertically or horizontally, there is a problem in that color information of the first pixel of an image after being reversed is different from color information of the first pixel of a Bayer image before interpolation processing. An image processing apparatus performs interpolation processing on a first image of a Bayer pattern, generates a second image in which colors are arranged in an order reverse to the predetermined order from an interpolated image, and stores the second image in a memory. The image processing apparatus reverses the second image when reading the second image from the memory. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265462 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image capture apparatus generates a developed image by generating a signal intensity of an inexistent color component for an image signal of each pixel read from an image sensor having a Bayer pattern. The image capture apparatus corrects a color dispersion caused by the image sensor for the developed image and outputs the corrected developed image. And the image capture apparatus generates a Bayer image having the Bayer pattern from the corrected developed image. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265463 | TITLING APPARATUS, A TITLING METHOD, AND A MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM STORING THEREON A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TITLING - A titling apparatus for giving a title to a captured image includes a captured image storing unit, an image capturing time storing unit, an image capturing period judging unit, a period terminology storing unit and a titling unit. A title to a captured image group is determined by using terminology corresponding to a period and a season. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265464 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS FOR COMBINING IMAGE FRAMES - An imaging apparatus including an imaging unit configured to acquire an image signal of an object includes a first image combining unit configured to align and synthesize a plurality of image frames generated from the signal output from the imaging unit at a predetermined accuracy to acquire a synthesized image for focus detection evaluation, and a second image combining unit configured to align and synthesize a plurality of image frames generated from the signal output from the imaging unit at an accuracy lower than the accuracy by the first image combining unit to acquire a synthesized image for recording. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265465 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is a provided an image processing apparatus comprising an image generation unit to generate a processed image using an image group having a plurality of images captured from multiple view points, a first image recognition unit to recognize a particular object from the processed image, a second image recognition unit to recognize respective objects which appear in the image group, a determination unit to compare the results by the first and second image recognition units and to determine an object of interest and an object of noninterest, and an attribute generation unit to generate attribute information including the result of determination by the determination unit, in the processed image. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265466 | TERMINAL HAVING CAMERA AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGES AT VARIOUS FOCAL LENGTHS IN THE SAME - A terminal having a camera and a method of processing an image in the camera are disclosed. The method includes collecting, using a camera, a user image captured at a user focal length and a link image captured at a selective focal length, and storing the user image and the link image by linking the link image with the user image. Using this method, a user can capture a subject and circumstances around the subject when the image is captured. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265467 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a display unit, an interested-position obtaining unit, a zoom operation obtaining unit and an image-processing unit. The imaging unit is configured to image an image of an object through a lens. The display unit is configured to display the image imaged by the imaging unit. The interested-position obtaining unit is configured to obtain specification of an interested position in the image displayed on the display unit. The zoom operation obtaining unit is provided for the lens and is configured to obtain a zoom operation. The image-processing unit is configured to perform, on the image, an electronic zoom processing of enlarging the interested position, in accordance with the zoom operation. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265468 | CAMERA, DISTORTION CORRECTION DEVICE AND DISTORTION CORRECTION METHOD - An electronic zoom and distortion correction processing unit ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265469 | IMAGING APPARATUS - There is provided an imaging apparatus including a generating unit for generating a first and a second moving image signals, each at 30 frames per second, from 60-frames-per-second moving image signals output from an image capture unit, a plurality of output units for outputting moving image signals in accordance with a Serial Digital Interface format, and a control unit for controlling an output operation by a first output unit and a second output unit such that the second moving image signal is output by the second output unit in parallel with an output of the first moving image signal by the first output unit, wherein the control unit controls output timings of the first and the second moving image signals such that a frame included in the first moving image signal and the second moving image signal is output at an identical timing. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265470 | CAMERA MODULE FOR PORTABLE DEVICE - A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a camera device and a support ring. The camera device includes a substrate, an image sensor device on the substrate, and a holder for covering the image sensor device, wherein the holder includes a side portion placed around the image sensor device. The support ring is fixed to and laterally extends from the side portion of the holder, and is attached onto a wall portion of the chassis. A portable device with the camera module is also disclosed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265471 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device is capable of simplifying the pixel structure to reduce the pixel size and capable of suppressing the variation in the characteristics between the pixels when a plurality of output systems is provided. A unit cell ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265472 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING PIXEL CELL NOISE - Circuitry to reduce signal noise characteristics in an image sensor. In an embodiment, a bit trace line segment is located between neighboring respective segments of a source follower power trace and an additional trace which is to remain at a first voltage level during a pixel cell readout time period. In another embodiment, for each such trace segment, a smallest separation between the trace segment and the respective neighboring other one of such trace segments is substantially equal to or less than some maximum length to provide for parasitic capacitance between the bit line trace and one or more other traces. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265473 | IMAGING APPARATUS, FOCUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus which includes a range-finding region arrangement unit which arranges range-finding regions of which region sizes are different by hierarchizing thereof, a range-finding region selection unit which selects the range-finding region in a predetermined order from the arranged range-finding regions, and a control unit which performs a focusing operation by generating an evaluation value which denotes degree of focusing with respect to the range-finding regions which are selected in the range-finding region selection unit, and controlling a position of a focus lens based on the evaluation value. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265474 | IMAGING APPARATUS, LENS UNIT, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An imaging apparatus according to the present invention can generate an image from an output of an image sensor to record the image as an image file, and record first information and second information onto the image file as additional information. Accordingly, the imaging apparatus can provide a user or a staff person of a repair center with useful information regarding a failure, repair, and replacement that conventionally could not be provided. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265475 | Reflecting Telescope Optical System, Optical Unit, and Image Pickup Apparatus Using the Same - A reflecting telescope optical system comprises, a main reflecting mirror, a sub reflecting mirror which is disposed at a position facing a reflecting surface of the main reflecting mirror, and a plurality of lens units which is disposed at a position facing a reflecting surface of the sub reflecting mirror. The reflecting surface of the main reflecting mirror is a concave surface, and a reflecting area is formed to be ring-shaped. The reflecting surface of the main reflecting mirror and the reflecting surface of the sub reflecting mirror are mutually facing. The first operation is a movement for focusing at an object positioned between infinity and a near position, and the second operation is a reciprocating movement for changing the focused state after focusing. An amount of movement in the first operation is larger than an amount of movement in the second operation. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265476 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device is configured such that the device includes an inorganic light-transmissive base material and an organic antireflection layer, which is provided on a principal surface of the light-transmissive base material and contains an organosilicon compound, an epoxy group-containing organic compound, and hollow silica, and the light-transmissive base material and at least one of the organosilicon compound and the epoxy group-containing organic compound are covalently bonded to each other. Since dirt, dust, etc. do not adhere to a principal surface of the light-transmissive base material during film formation, the occurrence of a defect in the organic antireflection layer can be prevented. The organic antireflection layer has a larger contact angle than an antireflection layer made of an inorganic material, and therefore has a higher dust-proof effect than an inorganic antireflection layer, and thus, dirt, dust, etc. hardly adhere thereto. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265477 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes an inorganic light-transmissive base material, a hard coat layer, which is provided on a principal surface of the light-transmissive base material and is harder than the light-transmissive base material, and an organic antireflection layer, which is provided on a principal surface of the hard coat layer and contains an organosilicon compound, an epoxy group-containing organic compound, and hollow silica. The hard coat layer and at least one of the organosilicon compound and the epoxy group-containing organic compound are covalently bonded to each other. The occurrence of a defect in the organic antireflection layer can be prevented. The organic antireflection layer has a higher dust-proof effect than an inorganic antireflection film, and therefore, dirt, dust, etc. hardly adhere thereto. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265478 | CAMERA OBJECTIVE LENS WITH INFRARED FILTER AND CAMERA MODULE WITH CAMERA OBJECTIVE LENS - A lens system having an infrared filter for a compact camera module is provided. The lens system is an achromatic lens system and has two lenses. The first lens has a positive focal length, and the second lens has a negative focal length. The first lens is made of copper ion containing glass which absorbs infrared light and functions as an infrared filter. The second lens has an Abbe number that is smaller than that of the first lens with a difference between the Abbe numbers of the first lens and the second lens being at least 15. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265479 | Miniature Camera Module with MEMS-Actuated Autofocus - A miniature MEMS autofocus camera module includes a MEMS actuated movable lens group and at least one fixed lens group defining an optical axis within a camera module housing. Objects disposed an arbitrary distance from the camera module are automatically focused at a determined zoom to an image sensor. MEMS actuation of the movable lens group is performed to accomplish autofocus functionality. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265480 | AUTO-FOCUS IMAGE SYSTEM - An auto-focus image system that includes a pixel array coupled to a focus signal generator. The pixel array captures an image that has a plurality of edges. The generator generates a focus signal that is a function of a plurality of edge-sharpness measures, each being measured from a different one of the plurality of edges. The edge-sharpness measure is a quantity that has a unit that is a power of a unit of length. It may be a distance in the edge. It may be an area. It may be a central moment. The generator may reduce a relative extent to which an edge contributes to the focus signal on basis of detecting that the edge does not have sufficient reflection symmetry in a sequence of gradients of an image signal across the edge according to a predefined criterion. The edge may be prevented from contributing altogether. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265481 | WAFER LEVEL CAMERA MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A method includes forming optical lenses on an ICD at the wafer level, rather than attaching a separate lens assembly. The lenses may be formed as an array of individual lenses or as multiple, e.g., two, arrays of individual lenses. The array of lenses may be coupled to an array of ICDs. The ICDs and individual lenses in the array assembly may be singulated to form individual digital camera modules. Additionally or alternatively, the ICDs and individual lenses may be singulated in separate steps. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265482 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed is an image capture apparatus that has a subject tracking functionality of sequentially detecting a predetermined subject in images that are continuously shot, and a method for controlling the same. During tracking of the subject, degrees of reliability of tracking are determined. When the detected face is set as a template image, the template image is not changed until it is determined a predetermined plurality of times in succession that the degrees of reliability of tracking are low. It is thus possible to achieve a subject tracking functionality that is hardly affected by false detections. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265483 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A focus detection apparatus which performs a center-of-gravity adjustment of a pair of image restoration filters for restoring the pair of image signals, on the basis of an image shift amount which is calculated from a pair of image signals of an object which are formed by focus-detecting pixels of an image pickup element having a plurality of focus-detecting pixels for respectively receiving light which passes through different exit pupil areas of a photographing lens; calculates the image restoration filters; generates a pair of restored image signals by restoring the pair of image signals by the calculated pair of image restoration filters; and detects a defocus amount of the photographing lens by using the pair of restored image signals. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265484 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image capturing apparatus includes: a first detection unit that, based on feature amounts of an image obtained by an image sensor, detects a position of a certain subject in the image and a position of a certain part of the certain subject; and a second detection unit that detects a position of a region of the certain subject in the image obtained by the image sensor with a smaller calculation amount than the first detection unit. A focus detection area corresponding to the certain part is selected from among a plurality of focus detection areas based on a relationship between the position of the region of the certain subject detected by the second detection unit and the positions of the certain subject and the certain part detected by the first detection unit. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265485 | PLENOPTIC CAMERA APPARATUS - A plenoptic camera apparatus includes a main lens unit configured to collect rays emitted from a subject. The plenoptic camera apparatus includes an image sensor unit adapted to capture images formed from the collected rays through one or more convertible lens device units. The convertible lens device units are positioned between the main lens unit and the image sensor unit and configured to provide individual curvature adjustment. The plenoptic camera apparatus includes a control unit configured to control the convertible lens device units to switch to a high-resolution imaging lens or a plenoptic imaging lens array, based on a user's selection, and control driving of the convertible lens device units to compensate for a partial aberration caused by the main lens unit. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265486 | MOLDED IMAGE SENSOR PACKAGE HAVING LENS HOLDER - An image sensor package includes an image sensor, a window, and a molding, where the molding includes a lens holder extension portion extending upwards from the window. The lens holder extension portion includes a female threaded aperture extending from the window such that the window is exposed through the aperture. A lens is supported in a threaded lens support. The threaded lens support is threaded into the aperture of the lens holder extension portion. The lens is readily adjusted relative to the image sensor by rotating the lens support. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265487 | VIDEO PLAYBACK SYSTEM AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR JOINTLY DISPLAYING VIDEO WITH MULTIPLE SCREENS - A video playback system for jointly displaying video with multiple screens, includes multiple portable communication devices each comprises at least one screen; a location detection circuit for dynamically detecting respective portable communication device's spatial location and orientation; and a multi-screen display controlling server for dynamically generate multiple partitioned videos respectively corresponding to multiple non-overlap image areas of a target video according to detection results of the location detection circuit. The multi-screen display controlling server respectively transmits the multiple partitioned videos to the multiple portable communication devices. The multi-screen display controlling server controls the multiple portable communication devices to respectively display the multiple partitioned videos on the multiple screens to jointly display at least a portion of a visible area of the target video. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265488 | MULTI-SCREEN VIDEO PLAYBACK SYSTEM AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A multi-screen video playback system includes: a video playback device having a main display to playback a target video; a portable communication device having a screen; and a multi-screen display controlling server configured to operably establish a device group relationship between the video playback device and the portable communication device, to transmit the target video to the video playback device via a network, and to transmit an auxiliary video to the portable communication device via the network. The multi-screen display controlling server receives a notice information generated by the video playback device while the video playback device playbacks the target video, and instructs the portable communication device to begin displaying the auxiliary video on the screen according to the notice information. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265489 | VIDEO PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND RELATED METHOD FOR MERGING VIDEO OUTPUT STREAMS WITH GRAPHICAL STREAM FOR TRANSMISSION - A video processing circuit includes a video generating unit for generating a video output stream, a graphic generating unit for providing a graphical stream, and a communication interface circuit. The communication interface circuit has a first mode provided for mixing the video output stream and the graphical stream to transmit a mixed video output stream through a channel and a second mode provided for merging the video output stream and the graphical stream to transmit a first merged signal through the channel. In the second mode, the communication interface circuit merges the video output stream and the graphical stream by increasing a working frequency of the communication interface circuit to increase bandwidths of the channel, using positions for transmitting a portion of video control signals in the video output stream to transmit the graphical stream, and compressing the video output stream. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265490 | Video Analytic Encoding - An encoded media file or stream may include video analytics data. There data may include information about the objects depicted in the media. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265491 | Electronic Apparatus and Display Control Method - An electronic apparatus includes terminals, each being based on a specific standard and being used for communicating with an external device. The electronic apparatus includes a transmission module, an acquisition module and a display control module. The transmission module simultaneously transmits a power-on signal to external devices connected to the terminals, upon turn on of the electronic apparatus. The acquisition module acquires a physical address from one or more first external devices of the plurality of external devices by switching video input among one or more first terminals of terminals. The one or more first external devices are turned on and the one or more first terminals being connected to the one or more first external devices. The display control module displays device information of the one or more first external devices and terminal numbers of the one or more first terminals. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265492 | MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM, RELEVANT MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD - A multimedia system includes a multimedia content providing device, a multimedia information providing device, and a multimedia information display device. The multimedia content providing device and the multimedia information providing device respectively provide the multimedia content and the related multimedia information. The multimedia information display device comprises a display device, a wireless communication device, and a signal processing device. The wireless communication device receives the multimedia content and the related multimedia information. The signal processing device configures the display device to display the multimedia content and the related multimedia information synchronously. Moreover, the signal processing device may also configure a multimedia content display device to display the multimedia content and configure the display device of the multimedia information display device to synchronously display the related multimedia information. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265493 | IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There are provided an image processing unit, an image processing method, a display, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of enhancing image quality. The image processing unit includes: a region acquiring section determining a region shape of a picture region, based on a predetermined number of frame pictures of a series of frame pictures; and an image processing section performing predetermined image processing based on the region shape. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265494 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF DATA STREAMS IN DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING SYSTEMS - A wireless communication unit comprising a transmitter and a signal processor are provided. The signal processor is arranged to map service data onto a first set of multiple Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs), map the first set of PLPs onto a first set of logical frames, and form a first logical channel comprising the first set of logical frames. A structure of the logical frames is composed of PLPs of a plurality of different data types. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265495 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a video communication device and a method thereof, the method comprises: obtain a current battery energy level of a device; load information of the battery energy level to a ready-to-send video; execute video encoding to the ready-to-send video and sending the same. The present invention can display the information of the energy level of one party's device on the video communication image of another party's device, so that another party can realize the actually current battery energy level of one party's device, tempos of the video communication can be controlled well, effects of the video communication can be raised. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265496 | MOVEMENT-ADAPTIVE NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE INPUTTING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MOVEMENT-ADAPTIVE NOISE REDUCTION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a movement-adaptive noise reduction apparatus, including a memory, a mixing control section, a movement component extraction section, a low-pass filter section, and a movement decision control section. In the apparatus, the movement decision control section and the low-pass filter section receive, from the outside, information regarding the gain value upon an amplification process to which the image signal is subjected before inputted to the mixing control section to control at least one of the threshold value and the filter characteristic in response to the information. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265497 | FILTERING METHOD FOR REMOVING BLOCK ARTIFACTS AND/OR RINGING NOISE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265498 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a light modulation part modulating light generated by a light source part, a video signal processing part processing a video signal to be input, and a projection optical system projecting the light modulated by the light modulation part onto an external projection target to obtain a projected video image. The video signal processing part includes a blue light effect alleviating part alleviating effects of blue light on retinas. In a case where only a ratio of a blue signal included in the video signal is high, the blue light effect alleviating part performs control to reduce the brightness of the projected video image as a whole by reducing signal values of the blue signal, a green signal, and a red signal. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265499 | VIDEO SEQUENCE PROCESSING - In for example the assignment of motion vectors, an array of pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity values is analysed to identify a pixel which has a low pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity value and which has neighbouring pixels which have a low pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity value. The pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity values are filtered with a filter aperture decomposed into two or more sectors with partial filters applied respectively to each sector. Outputs of the partial filters are combining by a non-linear operation, for example taking the minimum from diametrically opposed sectors. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265500 | MEDIA PLAYER INCLUDING RADIO TUNER - A media player device including a tuner for receiving audio or television broadcast signals (or both) is described herein. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention the media player device comprises a data storage unit which includes a file system. The file system includes a plurality of files, each of which represents a broadcast frequency. The media player device further includes a user interface, a tuner which is tunable to a selectable broadcast frequency, and a controller unit that is coupled to the tuner as well as to the file system and the user interface to enable a user to select a file. The controller unit is configured to tune the tuner to a broadcast frequency corresponding to a selected one of the files. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265501 | REMOTE TOUCH GESTURES - A remote control (RC) has a touch pad and user touches on the pad are correlated to pad positions. The positions are sent to a remote display device and mapped to corresponding locations on the display of the display device as though the user were touching the display of the display device, not the touch pad of the RC. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265502 | CONNECTING VIDEO OBJECTS AND PHYSICAL OBJECTS FOR HANDHELD PROJECTORS - A handheld projecting device that illuminates a visible image comprised of one or more video objects that appear to interact, connect, and/or form paths with physical objects and/or other video objects within a user's environment. In at least one embodiment, a projecting device animates and projects one or more video objects that appear to responsively adapt to the position and orientation of at least one physical object for unique graphic and tactile effects. In some embodiments, a projecting device may connect together physical objects and video objects to form a user-defined object path, such as a racetrack or adventure trail. Video objects may be rendered and illuminated as three-dimensional objects to simulate real world objects. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265503 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE - The backlight device | 2013-10-10 |
20130265504 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display, a rear cover, and a front mask. The rear cover is configured to cover a rear surface of the display. The front mask is configured to be exposed to an outside and includes an opening and a supporter. The opening is configured to expose a front surface of the display. The supporter is configured to support the display and includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to face a side surface of the display. The second portion protrudes from the first portion toward the rear cover. The second portion is closer to the rear cover than the rear surface of the display. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265505 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display, a rear cover, a supporter, and a front mask. The rear cover is configured to cover a rear surface of the display. The supporter is between the display and the rear cover. The supporter is configured to support the rear surface of the display. The front mask is exposed to an outside. The front mask includes an opening and a protrusion. The opening is configured to expose a front surface of the display. The protrusion is configured to support the display. The protrusion includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to face a side surface of the display. The second portion is configured to face a side surface of the supporter. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265506 | LIGHT-DIFFUSING ELEMENT, POLARIZING PLATE HAVING LIGHT-DIFFUSING ELEMENT ATTACHED THERETO, POLARIZING ELEMENT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THOSE COMPONENTS - There is provided a light diffusing element made of a thin film capable of realizing low back scattering and a high haze. A light diffusing element according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a first region having a first refractive index n | 2013-10-10 |
20130265507 | TELESCOPIC CONTACT LENS - Techniques, systems and apparatus are described for implementing a telescopic contact lens. In one aspect, a telescopic contact lens includes an inner lens including optical apertures and aspheric reflectors, an outer lens of a biocompatible material, and a switching device that rapidly switches between normal and telescopic vision. The optical apertures of the inner lens includes a center aperture that allows light to pass through for normal vision and an annular aperture located on the periphery of the inner lens that allows light to enter for telescopic vision, The aspheric reflectors are configured between the annular aperture and the center aperture to reflect the light and magnify a visual image for telescopic vision. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265508 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal composition including a first neutral liquid crystal, a second neutral liquid crystal, a first polar liquid crystal, a second polar liquid crystal, and a third polar liquid crystal. A liquid crystal display device includes a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display panel to form an image using light provided by the backlight unit. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first base substrate, an opposing second base substrate, and the liquid crystal composition disposed between the first and second base substrates. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265509 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS PANEL AND STEROSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal lens panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a common electrode. The second substrate includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes facing the common electrode. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second substrates and includes first and second liquid crystal molecules. The first liquid crystal molecules are aligned at a first pretilt angle with respect to the first substrate. The first liquid crystal molecules are adjacent to the first substrate. The second liquid crystal molecules are aligned at a second pretilt angle with respect to the second substrate. The second liquid crystal molecules are adjacent to the second substrate. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265510 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT THEREOF - A three-dimensional display device and an active optical element thereof are provided. The three-dimensional display device includes a display panel, a polarizing element, and an active optical element between the display panel and the polarizing element. The active optical element includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode structure layer disposed on the first substrate, a second electrode structure layer disposed on the second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first electrode structure layer includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes alternately arranged with the first electrodes, and a first insulating layer located between the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are extended along a first direction, and a first gap is formed between two adjacent second electrodes. An area of each first electrode fills one corresponding first gap. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265511 | MULTIPLE GLAZING HAVING VARIABLE DIFFUSION BY LIQUID CRYSTALS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A liquid-crystal multiple glazing including a first glass sheet and a second glass sheet that is sealed by a sealing gasket, first and second electrodes with first and second electricity supply zones, a liquid-crystal layer, between 15 and 60 μm, with spacers, the first glass sheet protruding by a first protruding side and including the first electricity supply zone, electrical cabling with a first cabling input with a first electrically insulating polymer material, a third glass sheet laminated with the second glass sheet, the third glass sheet protruding from the second glass sheet by a side covering the first electrically insulating material, referred to as the first covering side. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265512 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A lighting device including a light source, a light guide plate, a first prism sheet which is arranged over the light guide plate, and a second prism sheet which is arranged between the first prism sheet and the light guide plate. The first prism sheet includes first prisms which are formed parallel to each other in the first direction on a first surface which is opposite to the second prism sheet, and the second prism sheet includes second prisms. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265513 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided are a display device and a method of manufacturing same, whereby deterioration in image display quality due to display unevenness or shadowing is avoided. An open region is disposed in a source driver mounting region in a position thereof that corresponds to a remaining output region | 2013-10-10 |
20130265514 | PIXEL STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY PANEL - Disclosed herein is a pixel structure switchable between a wide viewing angle mode and a narrow viewing angle mode. The pixel structure includes a first substrate, a first and a second gate lines, a data line, a pixel unit, a second substrate and a display medium. The pixel unit includes a first active element, a second active element, a first sub-pixel electrode, a second sub-pixel electrode, and a common electrode. The first and second sub-pixel electrodes are respectively electrically connected to the first and second active elements. The common electrode is opposite to the first and second sub-pixel electrodes. The second substrate has a counter electrode disposed on a surface facing the first substrate. The counter electrode is corresponding to the first sub-pixel electrode. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265515 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In one embodiment, a first substrate includes a gate line, a source line, a switching element electrically connected with the gate line and the source line, and a pixel electrode including a sub-pixel electrode electrically connected with the switching element in the shape of a belt, and a main pixel electrode electrically connected with the sub-pixel electrode. A first alignment film covers the pixel electrode. A second substrate includes a common electrode having a pair of main common electrodes arranged on both sides sandwiching the main pixel electrode. A second alignment film covers the common electrode. A liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules is held between the first substrate and the second substrate. Volume resistivity values of the first and second alignment films are lower than that of the liquid crystal layer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265516 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME THEREOF - An array substrate, comprising a substrate, a multi-layer electrode and a switch element, is provided. The multi-layer electrode is disposed on the substrate and comprises an electric conductive layer and a first etch-stop layer. The electric conductive layer covers the first etch-stop layer. The switch element is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the multi-layer electrode, and has a second etch-stop layer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265517 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode spaced apart with a gap therebetween, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first and second subpixel electrodes include a plurality of branches, and each of the first and second subpixel electrodes includes a plurality of subregions. The branches extend in different directions in different subregions. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265518 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of manufacturing, with high mass productivity, liquid crystal display devices having highly reliable thin film transistors with excellent electric characteristics is provided. In a liquid crystal display device having an inverted staggered thin film transistor, the inverted staggered thin film transistor is formed as follows: a gate insulating film is formed over a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor film which functions as a channel formation region is formed over the gate insulating film; a buffer layer is formed over the microcrystalline semiconductor film; a pair of source and drain regions are formed over the buffer layer; and a pair of source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the source and drain regions so as to expose a part of the source and drain regions. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265519 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT FOR NARROW FRAMED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display unit for narrow framed liquid crystal display and a liquid crystal display using the liquid crystal display unit comprising a liquid crystal panel with a hole disposing on a non-display area; a middle frame with a protruding piece extended vertically to a display surface of the liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal panel being fixed by inserting the extended protruding piece into the hole of the liquid crystal panel; and a front frame. The front frame, the liquid crystal panel and the middle frame are overlapped each other at where jointed together. The liquid crystal panel, the middle frame and a backlight unit of the narrow framed liquid crystal display are accommodated and fixed by the front frame and a back frame of the narrow framed liquid crystal display. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265520 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight. The backlight has a light guide plate, LEDs as a light source, and a reflection plate within a lower frame formed of a metal, wherein the LEDs are arranged in the inside at a bottom of the lower frame. Light is emitted from the LEDs in a direction in which the liquid crystal display panel is arranged, reflected at the reflection plate, and is incident on a side surface of the light guide plate. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265521 | Displays with Low Reflectance Border Regions - An electronic device may have a display such as a liquid crystal display. A color filter layer may be formed on a display layer such as a transparent substrate layer of the display. The color filter layer may include an array of color filter elements on an inner surface of the transparent substrate layer. The color filter layer may include opaque masking material. In an inactive portion of the display, the opaque masking material may be formed over the color filter elements and interposed between the color filter elements. In the inactive portion of the display, the opaque masking material and the color filter elements may form a ring that serves as a border region surrounding an active portion of the display. In the active portion of the display, the opaque masking layer may be patterned to from an opaque matrix that separates the color filter elements. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265522 | FILM FOR BACKLIGHT UNIT AND BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING SAME - A film for a backlight unit including a semiconductor nanocrystal-polymer composite film including a semiconductor nanocrystal and a matrix polymer in which the semiconductor nanocrystal is dispersed, wherein the matrix polymer is a polymer produced by a polymerization of a multifunctional photo-curable oligomer, a mono-functional photo-curable monomer, and a multifunctional photo-curable cross-linking agent, the multifunctional photo-curable oligomer has an acid value of less than or equal to about 0.1 mg of KOH/g, and a content (A | 2013-10-10 |
20130265523 | Backlight Module and Liquid Crystal Display - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a backlight module thereof are proposed. The backlight module includes a light guide plate (LGP), a first prism sheet, and a second prism sheet. The first prism sheet is disposed on the LGP. The second prism sheet is disposed on the first prism sheet. The first and second prism sheets both include a plurality of prisms. The plurality of prisms of the first prism sheet are perpendicular to a longer side of the LGP. The plurality of prisms of the second prism sheet form an angle with the longer side of the LGP, and the angle measures between 15 and 45 degrees. Since the backlight module and the plurality of prisms of the second prism sheet both form the angle between 15 and 45 degrees with the longer side of the LGP, brightness at a frontal viewing angle is enhanced and a viewing angle becomes wider. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265524 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention discloses a backlight module and a liquid crystal display. The reflection surface and the light emitting surface of a light guide plate have two bottom surfaces and two lateral surfaces located therebetween. The two bottom surface comprises a supporting surface. The backlight module further comprises a support post. The supporting surface has an inclined contact surface disposed thereon. The support post is attached to the inclined contact surface. A gravitational force is in a direction parallel to a length of a light source. The force acting between the light guide plate and the support post is formed when a change of the light guide plate occurs along the gravitational force. The support post can push the light guide plate toward the light source under the acting force. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265525 | Lighting System for Transparent Liquid Crystal Display - Exemplary embodiments provide a lighting system for a transparent LCD having opposing vertical edges, the system having a mullion lighting assembly positioned adjacent to each vertical edge of the transparent LCD, each mullion lighting assembly having sidewalls defining a center channel. A plurality of LEDs are positioned along the sidewall of each mullion assembly and on a side of the sidewall that opposes the center channel. The LEDs are preferably placed in conductive thermal communication with the sidewall. A fan is positioned to draw cooling air through the center channel. A lens may be positioned adjacent to the LEDs to collimate the light. Louvers may be used to direct the emitted light away from the LCD, so as to reflect off the goods within a display case or the cavity within the display case. Some embodiments may use a flange to direct the emitted light away from the LCD. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265526 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight assembly and a display device including the backlight assembly include a light source which emits light, a light guide plate disposed adjacent to the light source and which receives the light emitted from the light source, a light source supporter including a bottom plane including a first region and a second region, and a first receiving unit including a bottom surface and a side wall. The light source and the light guide plate are disposed on the first region of the bottom plane, the second region extends from a portion of the first region on which the light source is disposed, the bottom surface is disposed opposite the light guide plate, and the side wall is disposed at an end portion of the bottom surface along a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by the bottom surface. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265527 | NOVEL LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND USEFUL LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION - Provided is a liquid crystal display device of VAIPS mode, which uses a liquid crystal material having negative dielectric anisotropy (Δ∈<0), and has a high response speed, a wide viewing angle, a high transmittance at the time of light transmission, a high black level at the time of light blockage, and an excellent contrast ratio. Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal composition layer having negative dielectric constant, which is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal display device being an electro-optical display device which has a plurality of pixels, and in which each of the pixels is independently controllable and has a pair of a pixel electrode and a common electrode, the two electrodes are provided on at least one substrate of the first substrate and the second substrate, and the long axis of the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal composition layer is in a substantial vertical alignment or a hybrid alignment with respect to the substrate surface. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265528 | Lenticular display systems with offset color filter array - Disclosed are various lenticular display systems that include either a color filter array (CFA) or a colored lens array that is spaced from the pixels of an underlying display panel. In an embodiment, the CFA of a lenticular display may be operable to provides a locally ‘static color’ reproduction of images as a function of viewing angle. It may also enable the resolution of the CFA to be relatively coarse. Both separating the CFA from the panel and reducing the resolution significantly may reduce the system cost and allow higher resolution to be realized. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265529 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - There is provided an optical film including: a transparent support; an optically anisotropic layer on the outermost surface at one side of the transparent support; a hardcoat layer; and a low refractive index layer, wherein the hardcoat layer and the low refractive index layer are provided at the other side of the transparent support, the transparent support, the hardcoat layer, and the low refractive index layer contains an organic fine particles A having a specific particle size, an organic fine particles B having a specific particle size, and a binder such that a refractive index of 1.20 to 1.40 and average film thickness of 50 to 120 nm, a content of the inorganic fine particles B is appropriately controlled, and arithmetic mean roughness Ra of the optical film surface at a side having the low refractive index layer is a specific value. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265530 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A display device includes a TFT substrate ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265531 | Display Device - The present invention is intended to control the color temperature of white exhibited by a liquid crystal display device. White is produced when light waves emitted through pixels associated with three colors of red, green, and blue have maximum intensities. The amounts of light emitted through the respective pixels are controlled by differentiating the shapes of the pixel electrodes disposed at the respective pixels from one another. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. Otherwise, the shapes of interceptive films disposed at the respective pixels are differentiated from one another in order to control light waves emitted through the respective pixels. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. The interceptive film may be shaped like the pixel electrode. Otherwise, the interceptive film may be realized with an interceptive pattern other than that of the pixel electrode or one of openings bored in a black matrix. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265532 | ALIGNMENT MATERIAL, ALIGNMENT LAYER, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate that has a first electrode formed thereon, a second substrate that faces the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer that is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a first alignment layer that is formed on the first substrate and is in contact with the liquid crystal layer. Here, the first alignment layer includes a first alignment base layer that is photoaligned, and a first alignment controlling layer that is extended from the inside of the first alignment base layer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265533 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a pixel electrode on the first substrate; a second substrate which faces the first substrate; a common electrode on the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a cross-shaped organic layer protrusion on the first substrate or the second substrate and overlapping the pixel electrode. The edge of the organic layer protrusion is protruded from the edge of the pixel electrode. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265534 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel structure provided with a large wall formed along a long side of a pixel with a rectangular plane, a small wall formed at a center of the pixel and extending in the same direction as the large wall, a wall electrode formed on a wall surface of the large wall, a plane electrode formed between the small and large walls, in which the wall electrode and the plane electrode form a pixel electrode, and a common electrode formed on a surface of the small wall. The large wall has a part with an increased thickness at an end part of the pixel. The wall electrode is bent toward the center of the pixel. This structure prevents decrease of reverse twist of liquid crystal at an end part of the pixel as well as generation of domain, thus improving the transmittance of the screen. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265535 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND PIXEL ELECTRODE STRUCTURE THEREOF - A pixel electrode structure including a first electrode and a second electrode is provided. The first electrode has a first stripe electrode extended along a first direction and pleural first branch electrodes connected to the first strip electrode. The first branch electrodes include pleural first branch domain electrodes extended along a second direction and pleural second branch domain electrodes extended along a third direction substantially perpendicular to the second direction. The second electrode has a second stripe electrode extended along the first direction and pleural second branch electrodes connected to the second stripe electrode. The second branch electrodes include pleural third branch domain electrodes extended along the second direction and pleural fourth branch domain electrodes extended along the third direction. The first and the third branch domain electrodes are alternated to each other. The second and the fourth branch domain electrodes are alternated to each other. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265536 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - The present invention is directed to the provision of a liquid crystal device constructed by sealing a liquid crystal material between substrates, wherein provisions are made to prevent reflections at the sealing, thereby achieving excellent transparency. The liquid crystal device includes a first substrate disposed on a viewing side, a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate, a sealing member disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and sealed by the sealing member, and a muslin structure or moth-eye structure placed between the first substrate and the sealing member. The muslin structure or moth-eye structure serves to form a smooth refractive index gradient between the sealing member and the first transparent substrate, thereby enhancing the transparency of the liquid crystal device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265537 | SAFETY EYEWEAR WITH LENS FRAME EYEWIRE HAVING RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION FOR IMPROVED LENS RETENTION - A lens frame for retaining a prescription lens in safety eyewear includes an eyewire having a rectangular cross-sectional shape. The lens has a continuous channel in a peripheral edge thereof and is received within the lens frame with the eyewire being received within the channel in the lens and the front and rear surfaces of the eyewire continuously engaging the front and rear walls of the continuous channel in the lens. The rectangular cross-sectional shape of the eyewire allows the lens frame to flex when the lens is impacted. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265538 | EAR-FREE EYEWEAR FRAMES - The inventive concept herein, entitled “Ear Free Eyewear Frames” is designed to allow users of any Over the Ear (OTE) and Behind The Ear (BTE) devices to wear these devices without interference from the temple or earpiece of the standard eyeglass frame. This includes devices such as hearing aids, earphones and hands-free phone devices similar to the commercial Blue Tooth. The inventive concept essentially comprises, on one side of a wearer's face, a short-lengthed temple or arm piece, having no bend, and no earpiece. For persons having discomfort issues or medical problems concerning both ears, the inventive concept also is fabricated with a matching pair of short temples and temple tips. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265539 | EYEWEAR - Eyewear which is suitable for routine wear and within masks which are sealed against noxious environmental gases or penetration by water is provided by a frame made up of resilient metal parts including wires to provide the frame with a shape, which facilitates the placement of the eyewear on the head of the user while limiting the movement of the eyewear when in use so as to avoid breaking the seal of a mask inside of which the eyewear is disposed when the mask is donned by the user. The eyewear has a lens holding frame for holding lenses adjacent the eyes of the user's head and connected by a bridge across the user's nose. Flexible members bent arcuately around and in conformance with the sides of the head of the user have a kink whereby to facilitate acceptance between the sides of the head and the seal of the mask with sufficient tightness against the side of the head to limit movement of the frame and the space between the seal and the head thereby avoiding breaking of the seal when the mask is in operation. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265540 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING A SPECTACLE LENS WITH IMPROVED NEAR ZONE - Optimization and production of a spectacle lens for a specific wearing situation for correcting at least one astigmatic refraction of an eye of a spectacles wearer, which in a reference viewing direction of the eye has a cylinder reference value and a cylinder reference axis, comprising: specifying an object distance for at least one evaluation point of the spectacle lens; determining a transformed astigmatic refraction for the at least one evaluation point of the spectacle lens from the cylinder reference value and the cylinder reference axis depending on the specified object distance; and optimizing the spectacle lens such that for the at least one evaluation point a correction of the transformed astigmatic refraction by the spectacle lens in the specific wearing situation is taken into consideration, wherein determining the transformed astigmatic refraction comprises determining a transformed cylinder value and/or a transformed cylinder axis depending on the specified object distance. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265541 | OPTIMIZING VISION CORRECTION PROCEDURES - In one embodiment, a wavefront sensor is combined with a slit lamp eye examination device so that real time aberration values of an eye being examined can be viewed during a slit lamp eye examination session. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265542 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF LENS MATERIAL FROM THE LENS OF AN EYE - There is provided a system, apparatus and methods for developing laser systems that can create a precise predetermined capsulotomy. The systems, apparatus and methods further provide laser systems that reduce the patient-to-patient variability and doctor-to-doctor variability associated with hand held apparatus for performing capsulorhexis and capsulotomies. There is further provided a precise predetermined shot pattern and shaped capsulotomy that is based at least in part on the shape of an IOL and in particular an accommodating IOL. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265543 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus acquires a tomographic image of an eye to be examined. The image processing apparatus quantifies a distortion in a region determined from the tomographic image. The region includes a photoreceptor layer or a retinal pigment epithelium. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265544 | INSTRUMENT FOR RAPID MEASUREMENT OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE EYE IN THE ENTIRE FIELD OF VISION - An instrument measuring optical properties of an eye in an entire field of vision, including refraction and aberrations, including: a frame mounted on an ophthalmologic table that can be oriented in three perpendicular directions X, Y, Z; a support surface for a head of the subject; a hot mirror; a long mirror; an illumination sub-assembly including a fiber optic head; a lens; a diaphragm; a beam splitter; and a measurement sub-assembly with two lens and two mirrors; a camera including a matrix of micro-lenses on the inlet of camera, the camera being placed on the focal plane of the micro-lenses; the frame including a motor, a shaft of which rotates in the Y direction, to which an arm is attached that can rotate on the shaft; components of the illumination sub-assembly, components of a measurement sub-assembly, and the camera with the matrix of micro-lenses being mounted on the arm. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265545 | Surgical Microscopes Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Related Systems and Methods - Some embodiments of the present inventive concept provide optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems for integration with a microscope. The OCT system includes a sample arm coupled to the imaging path of a microscope. The sample arm includes an input beam zoom assembly including at least two movable lenses configured to provide shape control for an OCT signal beam; a scan assembly including at least one scanning mirror and configured for telecentric scanning of the OCT signal beam; and a beam expander configured to set the OCT signal beam diameter incident on the microscope objective. The shape control includes separable controls for numerical aperture and focal position of the imaged OCT beam. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265546 | IMAGING METHOD AND IMAGING APPARATUS - To promptly take a high quality image of an object to be inspected, provided is an imaging method for taking an image of the object to be inspected by irradiating the object to be inspected with measuring light, in which an aberration generated in the object to be inspected is corrected by an aberration correction unit. The method includes the repeatedly performed steps of measuring the aberration generated in the object to be inspected, correcting the aberration by controlling the aberration correction unit in accordance with the measured aberration, and storing, in a storage unit, a control state of the aberration correction unit in association with the measured aberration. The aberration correction unit is controlled in a predetermined control state stored in the storage unit. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265547 | FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A fundus photographing apparatus includes a measurement unit including an optical coherence tomography system for obtaining a tomographic image of the fundus of an examinee's eye by detecting an interference state between measurement light from the fundus of the examinee's eye and reference light, a detection unit for detecting an alignment state perceived as a relative positional relationship between the measurement unit and the examinee's eye, and a controller for adjusting the optical coherence tomography system with respect to the fundus of the examinee's eye based on a detection result from the detection unit. The adjustment of the optical coherence tomography system includes at least one of an optical path length adjustment, which adjusts an optical path length difference between the measurement light and the reference light, and a focus adjustment. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265548 | LASER ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An ophthalmic endoillumination system comprises a self-contained power source and a laser light source powered by the self-contained power source to produce light. The system further comprises an elongated member sized for insertion into an eye and for conducting the light produced by the laser light source. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265549 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE DIAGNOSIS OR RISK ASSESSMENT PARAMETER RELATED TO AMD - A method for Determining at Least One Parameter for Diagnosis or Risk Assessment of a Disease, including AMD. The distribution of the macular pigment MP of an eye and at least one area A whose bordering line corresponds to a constant optical density MPD and/or concentration MPC of MP is determined by an analysis unit. The bordering line is subjected to a quantitative shape description. At least one parameter DP, suitable for diagnosing a disease and/or the risk of a disease is derived from the quantitative shape description of the bordering line of the areas A. The method is provided for diagnosis or risk assessment but may also be used in the context of treatment of macular pigment deficiency phenomena to select the required supplements. This method, based on the determination of the fractal dimension, is also suitable for diagnosing other diseases such as edemas, actinomycoses, atrophies or lesions. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265550 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - The present disclosure may provide an image projection apparatus including a light source configured to generate a light bundle, a display element configured to form an image using the light bundle, and a illumination system disposed between the light source and the display element, wherein the illumination system includes a plurality of lenses disposed to illuminate the light bundle to the display element, and a polarization forming unit disposed between the plurality of lenses to convert the light bundle into polarized light in the illumination system so as to implement stereoscopic images. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265551 | PROJECTION SYSTEM, SUPPORT, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A projection system includes a first projector and a second projector. The projection system superimposes images projected from the first and second projectors on a projection surface and displays a projected image. The projection system includes a support configured to support the first projector and the second projector. The support supports the first projector and the second projector in positions where projection distances from the first projector and the second projector to the projection surface are different. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265552 | DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING A WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LAYER - A display device is disclosed. Particularly, a display device including a wavelength conversion layer is disclosed. The display device includes a first light source including a substrate, a light emitting device disposed on the substrate and emitting light having a first wavelength band, and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light emitting device, at least partially absorbing the light having a first wavelength band, converting the absorbed light into a second wavelength band, and including at least two phosphors emitting substantially the same color. | 2013-10-10 |