46th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090278932 | System and Method of Optical Sensing in an Aerial Vehicle - A system for optical sensing in an aerial vehicle has at least one camera, an electronically-controlled mirror configured to dynamically direct light from a region of interest into the at least one camera, and at least one electronically-controlled adaptive polymer lens disposed between the mirror and the camera. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278933 | DRIVE RECORDER, DRIVE RECORDER SYSTEM, VEHICLE-MOUNTED VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED VIDEO RECORDING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a drive recorder and a drive recorder system that can check the content of the image captured by an image capturing unit that outputs a video signal at a frequency not affected by LED traffic light flashing. More specifically, the invention provides a drive recorder includes an image converting unit for converting a received video signal into image information, and for outputting the image information in the form of a video signal, a storage unit for storing the converted image information, and a control unit for performing control so that the video signal is converted into the image information by using a first frequency not affected by LED traffic light flashing, and so that the image information stored in the storage unit is output in the form of a video signal by using a second frequency corresponding to a standard video signal; the invention also provides a drive recorder system comprising such a drive recorder. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278934 | System and method for predicting patient falls - A patient fall prediction system receives video image frames from a surveillance camera positioned in a patient's room and analyses the video image frames for movement that may be a precursor to a patient fall. In set up phase, the viewpoint of the camera is directed at a risk area associated with patient falls, beds, chairs, wheelchairs, etc. A risk area is defined graphically in the viewport. The patient fall prediction system generates a plurality of concurrent motion detection zones that are situated proximate to the graphic markings of the risk areas. These motion detection zones are monitored for changes between video image frames that indicate a movement. The pattern of detections is recorded and compared to a fall movement detection signature. One fall movement detection signature is a sequential detection order from the motion detection zone closest to the risk area in the frames associated with patient falls, to the motion detection zone farthest away from the risk area. The patient fall prediction system continually monitors the motion detection zones for changes between image frames and compiles detections lists that are compared to known movement detection signatures, such as a fall movement detection signature. Once a match is identified, the patient fall prediction system issues a fall warning to a healthcare provider. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278935 | Classroom monitor - A monitor for the remote observation of a child's behavior in a classroom. The classroom monitor includes a three-ring binder and a video camera that is releasably mounted upon the binder for producing a video signal. A microphone is affixed to the video camera for producing an audio signal. A central processing unit is connected to the video camera and the microphone for digitizing the video and audio signals. A digital memory is connected to the central processing unit for storing the video and audio signals digitized by the central processing unit. A USB port is connected to the digital memory for retrieving the video and audio signals stored in the memory. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278936 | METHOD FOR AUTOSTEREOSCOPICALLY PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE INFORMATION FROM SCANNED SUB-PIXEL EXTRACTS AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - A method for autostereoscopically producing three-dimensional image information from scanned subpixel extracts uses a multiplex track method (MTV) having a separating raster (TR) obliquely extended with respect to a matrix screen (MB) and an electronic tracking (TS) of viewing areas ibased on two separated image views (L, R), that adjacently disposes two or three subpixels (SP) of each pixel (P) of the two image views (L, R) in the actual subpixel extraction (SPA), continuously and alternatingly preserving each subpixel address and disposes said subpixels (SP) in an overlapping manner on each other with an offset, whereby the resolution loss effects the subpixels (SP) only. The crosstalk resulting from the inclination of the separating raster (TR) is reduced by a special structure of the subpixel extraction (SPA), wherein the resolution homogenisation in two directions of the screen is simultaneously preserved. The formation of the actual subpixel extraction (SPA) is carried out according to multiplex schemes (MUX | 2009-11-12 |
20090278937 | Video data processing - An embodiment of the present invention relates to systems and methods for dynamically detecting and visualizing actions and/or events in video data streams. In one embodiment, a method involves dynamically detecting and extracting objects and attributes relating to the objects from a video data stream by using action recognition filtering for attribute detection and time series analysis for relation detection among the extracted objects. In addition, the method may involve dynamically generating a multi-field video visualization along a time axis by depicting the video data stream as a series of frames at a relatively sparse or dense interval, and by continuously rendering the attributes relating to the objects with substantially continuous abstract illustrations. Finally, a method may also involve dynamically combining detection, and extraction of objects and combining with multi-field visualization in a video perpetuo gram (VPG), which may show a video stream in parallel, and which allows for real-time display and interaction. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278938 | Cognitive Change Detection System - A method of detecting a changed condition within a geographical space from a moving vehicle. Images of that geographic space are memorialized in conjunction with GPS coordinates together with its GPS coordinates. The same geographic space is traversed from the moving vehicle while accessing the route's GPS coordinates. The memorialized images are played back by coordinating the GPS data on a memorialized images with that of the traversed geographic space such that the memorialized images are viewed simultaneously with the geographic space being traversed. An observer traveling within the moving vehicle can compare the memorialized images with those being traversed in order to identify changed conditions. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278939 | QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPIRABLE OBJECTS - A quality monitoring system for an expirable object includes an image capturing unit capable of capturing an image of the expirable object, a setting unit capable of setting an expiring date and a warning date and associating the set dates with the captured image, a storage unit configured for storing the captured image and its associated dates, a date acquiring unit capable of acquiring the expiring date and the warning date, a processing unit capable of monitoring whether the warning date is due, and a display unit configured for displaying the captured image and the expiring day of the expirable object. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278940 | Method of Testing a Display and Related Apparatus - A method of testing a display is provided to save test time and cost. The method includes providing a system command set corresponding to the display and a flow control command set to select, generating a testing software application including an executing sequence according to the selected system command set, the selected flow control command set and at least a test pattern, and then executing the testing software application to generate commands corresponding to the executing sequence for the display for testing. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278941 | MULTI-CHANNEL STREAMING DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD - A multi-channel streaming device for transmitting audio/video signals or any data from a remote location to a server computer. The device may include an input for receiving a signal, a distribution module coupled to the input and operable to divide the signal into a plurality of packets and operable to distribute the packets and a plurality of transmission channels coupled to the distributor such that the distributor distributes packets amongst the plurality of channels, each channel having a bandwidth wherein the distribution module is operable to change the distribution to a channel based on the bandwidth. Such real-time analysis of each communication channel offers an advantage of customizing the use of each channel according to its ability to deliver signals. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278942 | Camera Incorporating Swipe Printer - A digital camera comprises a housing having a front surface, a rear surface, a base surface and an inclined surface adjoining the rear and base surfaces, the base surface being the surface on which the digital camera is supported at rest; an image sensor for capturing an image, the image sensor provided on the front surface; a digital storage device for digitally storing the image captured by the image sensor; a printer located within the housing for printing the captured image on media external to the camera as the camera traverses the media, a printhead of the printer being provided on the inclined surface and at an angle normal thereto; and a speed sensor for sensing a speed at which the camera traverses the media. The printhead of the printer is operated in accordance with the speed sensed by the speed sensor. The inclined surface is presented parallel to the media to effect printing. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278943 | Method Of Generating Manipulated Images With Digital Camera - A method of generating manipulated images with a digital camera is provided in which objects within a digital image produced by the digital camera utilising an autofocus unit of the digital camera are detected by processing the digital image with a processor of the digital camera utilising focusing settings of the autofocus unit as an indicator of positions of said objects, and a manipulated image is generated by applying a digital image manipulating process of the processor to the detected objects. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278944 | Camera Module - An image processor for a camera module having an image sensor that captures an image for transfer to a printer module of a compact printer system including a capture unit that captures the image from the image sensor and transforms it to planarized linear RGB form. The image processor also includes one or more interface units communicating with components of said camera module under control of the central processing unit and image processing units, being an application specific integrated circuits, in communication with said image storage memory to transform said image for transmission. A Serial Bus interface communicates with the Serial Bus of a compact printer system to transfer data and power between modules. In one application, the camera module captures an image, which is transferred to the image storage memory of a printer module for printing by a printhead. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278945 | Method and apparatus for image stabilization using multiple image captures - A method and apparatus for image stabilization while mitigating the amplification of image noise by using a motion adaptive system employing spatial and temporal filtering of pixel signals from multiple captured frames of a scene. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278946 | METHOD FOR DEACTIVATING AN IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WHEN PRESENT IN A RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED - The invention described is a method and system for preventing image capture and | 2009-11-12 |
20090278947 | Imager and Imaging Method for Digital Cinematography - The invention provides an imager and imaging method for forming, on a plurality of photo-elements, an optical image of an object lying in a viewing plane defined by horizontal and vertical viewing axes. The imager comprises at least first, second and third video image sensors. Each video image sensor comprises a corresponding array of photoelements. The photoelements are arranged in rows and columns to define a first pixel resolution for each array. A lens is configured to focus at least a portion of light from the object onto the arrays. The arrays are arranged with respect to the lens such that the rows are aligned along avertical axis of the viewing plane. The columns are aligned along a horizontal axis of the viewing plane. An optical image of the object is formed. The image comprises a second pixel resolution higher than the first pixel resolution. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278948 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method of presenting information, capable of displaying an image including one or more objects being in the vicinity of the ground, the method including the steps of: acquiring viewpoint information; acquiring visual line information; acquiring posture information; acquiring additional information related to the object position information; calculating horizon line information in the image; determining a reference line on the image on the basis of the horizon line information and the posture information; calculating distance information from the viewpoint position to the object; determining a display attribute of the additional information including a display mode of the additional information and a display position of the additional information in the image with respect to the reference line; and presenting the additional information on the basis of the display mode so as to reveal a relationship between the additional information and the object when displaying the image on the display unit. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278949 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON SUBJECTS DISPLAYED IN A CAMERA VIEWFINDER - An improved camera system for manipulating multiple images of similar subject matter is described. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for the analysis of subject matter depicted in the viewfinder of the camera. Subjects previously photographed may be recognized automatically. Before or after a picture is taken, for each recognized subject, a user may be presented with existing images of the subject already stored in a memory or database. The user may then invoke one or more manipulation operations as to the various images of the common subject. For example, a user may retain the new image in addition to previously stored images, discard the new and/or previously stored images, transfer the new and/or previously stored images to third parties, and the like. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278950 | LENS CLEANING WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Lens cleaning warning systems and methods. A system includes an image processing unit configured to analyze image data to determine whether the image data indicates lens flare and, if so, provide an indication to the user that the lens is contaminated. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278951 | Apparatus and methods for multi-sensor synchronization - Apparatus and methods for synchronizing a plurality of image sensors in a video camera system. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a video sync signal, and resetting at least one internal clock divider in each image sensor in synchronization with the video sync signal at the beginning of each video frame. Another embodiment of a method of synchronizing a plurality of image sensors in a video camera system includes detecting a phase state of a signal of at least one internal clock divider in each sensor, wherein the phase state is relative to a system sync signal, and selecting a video output signal for each sensor based on the detected phase state of the at least one internal divider. In a third embodiment, the method includes asserting an asynchronous reset signal, stopping the system clocks in the system, de-asserting the asynchronous reset signal, while the system clocks are stopped, and restarting the system clocks. Each method may be used individually, or the methods can be combined in any combination. A video camera apparatus is also described. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278952 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD AND VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM - A video processing method includes: storing a video data corresponding to a specific view angle range; selecting a plurality of target objects in the video data corresponding to the specific view angle range; generating a synthesized video data by combining each partial video data in the video data that corresponds to each of the target objects; wherein a view angle range of each partial video data is smaller than the specific view angle range. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278953 | PICTURE ENHANCING INCREASING PRECISION SMOOTH PROFILES - The apparatus ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090278954 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a color and polarization obtaining section | 2009-11-12 |
20090278955 | Camera - A camera includes: an information creation device that creates association information for associating a plurality of image files created by the first image file creation device based on a plurality of image data acquired by the image device as a set of image data and recorded in the recording medium, with each other as a set of individual image files when the camera is set to a first photography mode in which data of a plurality of image files are combined to create one integrated image file; a second image file creation device that combines a plurality of the individual image files based on the association information in response to an instruction by a user to create one integrated image file; and a second recording control device that records the integrated image file created by the second image file creation device in a recording medium. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278956 | METHOD OF DETERMINING PRIORITY ATTRIBUTES ASSOCIATED WITH DATA CONTAINERS, FOR EXAMPLE IN A VIDEO STREAM, A CODING METHOD, A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES - A method of determining priority attributes respectively associated with a plurality of containers defining at least one image at a plurality of spatial resolution levels comprises the following steps:
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20090278957 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, including a region setting unit for setting regions on a processing target image in which each pixel of the image is included according to a level of each pixel, a low frequency image generation unit for generating a low frequency image of the processing target image, a gain calculation unit for calculating a gain for each pixel of the processing target image such that the lower the level the greater the gain, wherein the unit calculates the gain such that pixels in each of the regions in which each pixel of the processing target image is included have substantially the same gain based on a region setting result and a level of each pixel of the low frequency image, and a processing unit for generating a processed image by performing dynamic range compression on the processing target image based on the gain. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278958 | Method and an apparatus for detecting a composition adjusted - A method for capturing a composition adjusted image. The method comprises receiving a base image, processing the base image to derive coordinates of a composition adjusted image having a composition matching with at least one predefined composition rule, and capturing the composition adjusted image according to the coordinates. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278959 | Camera - A camera includes an imaging unit that generates image data, an inserting-image setting unit that sets an inserting image to be inserted into an image of the image data, a first detecting unit that detects a main subject area in a subject image, a second detecting unit that detects a background area in the subject image based on the main subject area, an inserting-area selecting unit that selects an inserting area into which an inserting image is inserted from the background area, and a magnification determining unit that determines a magnification for enlargement or reduction of the inserting image in accordance with a size of the inserting area and a size of the inserting image, and thereby inserts an inserting image of an appropriate size. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278960 | Method Of Processing Digital Image In A Digital Camera - A method of processing a digital image in a digital camera is provided in which structures within a digital image produced by the digital camera utilising an adjustable focusing technique of the digital camera are detected by processing the digital image with a processor of the digital camera utilising focusing settings of the adjustable focusing technique as an indicator of positions of said structures, and image effects are applied to the detected structures with the processor. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278961 | METHOD FOR DIGITAL NOISE REDUCTION IN LOW LIGHT VIDEO - A system and method for filtering video noise is provided. Video generated under low lighting conditions is susceptible to increased noise and graininess, which increases the required storage space required for recording the noisy video. The provided system and method for filtering video noise reduces noise in low-light video by estimating the noise profile associated with at least one video frame; discriminating between chrominance noise and luminance noise in said noise profile; applying predetermined filter criteria to said chrominance noise to estimate the parameters for luminance noise filtering; applying said luminance noise filtering parameters to filter the luminance noise; and generating a first filtered output of a frame by logical combination of outputs obtained from luminance noise filter and chrominance noise filter. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278962 | Method for fixed pattern noise (FPN) correction - A method for correcting column Fixed Pattern Noise (FPN) in an image sensor offers a compromise between speed and precision for calculating column FPN offsets. The present correction technique is digital, and is applied after the pixel signal voltages have been digitized by an ADC. A first Optical Black (OB) pixel is sampled and compared to a target level. An offset is stored, and an appropriate push-size is determined. Additional OB pixels are sampled and the offset is applied. The push-size is increased or decreased depending upon whether the pixel signal with the applied offset is above or below a target value. This new offset value is written to memory, and the push-size is reduced, and the process is repeated until the last OB pixel has been processed. The resulting offset is applied to the signal pixels in a column. The primary advantage of this approach is that within a single frame, a good estimate of the column offset is made which is not as affected by outlier pixels (such as “hot” or “flashing” pixels). | 2009-11-12 |
20090278963 | Apparatus and method for column fixed pattern noise (FPN) correction - An apparatus and method for fixed pattern noise (FPN) correction in an image sensor utilizes at least one row of test pixels. An external voltage is applied to each pixel circuit in the at least one row. Thus, the output of the test pixels does not depend on the photo or dark current signals. The applied voltage is used to determine a column offset error for each column in the image sensor. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278964 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING HIGH QUALITY LONG EXPOSURE IMAGES WITH A DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera captures high quality long exposure images by capturing and summing several images of the same scene. The effective ISO of the camera is reduced by scaling the summed image, thus reducing image noise and improving long exposure quality. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278965 | HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS USING PLURAL CAMERAS - Disclosed herein is a high-speed photographing apparatus comprising a first camera for acquiring an image of an object, a second camera for acquiring the same image as the image acquired by the first camera, reflection means for reflecting the image of the object so that the first camera and the second camera obtain the same image with respect to the object, a controller for alternately providing a photographing signal to the first camera and the second camera at a speed higher than intrinsic photographing speeds of the first camera and the second camera such that the first camera and the second camera alternately capture images of the object, and an image synthesis section for synthesizing the alternately captured images. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278966 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image sensor | 2009-11-12 |
20090278967 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state image pickup device includes a semiconductor substrate having a light-incident surface, a plurality of pixels arranged on the light-incident surface, a photodiode arranged in each of the pixels, an insulating film arranged on the semiconductor substrate and configured to cover the photodiodes, wirings embedded in the insulating film, an etching stopper film distant from the lowermost wiring among the wirings, arranged adjacent to the semiconductor substrate, configured to cover at least a region where each of the photodiodes is arranged, and composed of silicon carbide, a trench arranged above each of the photodiodes so as to reach the etching stopper film, and an optical waveguide with which each of the trenches is filled, the optical waveguide having a higher refractive index than the insulating film. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278968 | SOLID STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE DRIVING METHOD AND CAMERA - A solid state imaging apparatus includes a solid state imaging device and a control circuit for performing control such that a first clock signal applied to transfer signal charges for a time period from after a preceding signal charge has been read out from a light sensing unit to when the preceding signal charge is transferred to a horizontal transfer unit and a second clock signal applied for a time period from after the preceding signal charge has been transferred to the horizontal transfer unit to when a succeeding signal charge is read out from the light sensing unit have almost the same amplitude and a high level potential of the first clock signal is set higher than that of the second clock signal. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278969 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state image pickup device and a camera system in which: (1) counters are organized into a counter group and a memory group on a column-by-column basis; (2) in each column, the individual counters are cascade-connected between individual bits; (3) switches are provided at bit output portions of the individual counters; (4) connecting sides of the individual switches are commonly connected to a column-signal transfer line, and output sides of the switches are shared with the other individual bits; (5) inputs of memories (latch circuits), which store digital data for horizontal transfer, share the column-signal transfer line; and (6) outputs of the memories corresponding to the individual bits are connected via switches to data transfer signal lines wired so as to be orthogonal to the column-signal transfer line. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278970 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND REDUCTION METHOD - An image sensing apparatus has an image sensor including two-dimensionally arranged photoelectric conversion elements, a VCCD for transferring in a vertical direction electric charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion elements, and a HCCD for transferring in a horizontal direction the electric charge transferred from the VCCD, the image sensor for carrying out transfer of electric charge by the VCCD during transfer of electric charge by the HCCD; a noise reduction unit for reducing noise including noise caused by driving the VCCD from an image signal output from the HCCD; and a control unit for controlling whether or not noise reduction is to be carried out based on at least one of the sensitivity, shutter speed, and temperature of the image sensor. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278971 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRAINING RESIDUAL CHARGE FROM CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD) SHIFT REGISTERS IN IMAGE SENSORS HAVING RESET DRAINS - One or more charge storage regions in a charge-coupled device (CCD) shift register can contain residual charge that did not transfer to a reset drain during a reset operation. An image sensor drains the residual charge from each charge storage region by shifting the residual charge to an adjacent charge storage region and resetting the CCD shift register one more time. The process of resetting the CCD shift register, shifting the residual non-image charge to an adjacent charge storage region, and resetting the CCD shift register again can be repeated any number of times. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278972 | Solid-state image sensing device - When a signal output by a solid-state image sensing device is clamped to a predetermined reference potential, a high voltage generated in a transfer suspension period after the clamping as generally supplied to an A/D converter is generated. A sample/hold output Va is clamped to a clamp level Vref over a period of time between a halfway point of time of a signal of a picture element preceding ahead by one line and the end of an inhibit period of transfer clocks of a signal output by an empty transmission unit via a first clamp pulse and a sample/hold output for the second picture element, or a subsequent one of an OPB unit is clamped to the clamp level via a second clamp pulse to prevent a signal output from exceeding a reference voltage from being supplied to an A/D converter at a later stage. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278973 | Electronic apparatus - An electronic apparatus includes: a display at which a photographic image and a map image are displayed; a display control unit that controls the display so as to display identifiers each indicating a specific photographing location at which the photographic image among a plurality of photographic images was captured, over the map image displayed at the display; and an instruction unit that issues an instruction indicating a display mode for the identifier. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278974 | Hand-held imaging apparatus and storage medium storing program - A hand-held imaging apparatus | 2009-11-12 |
20090278975 | Method of correcting perspective deformation of a lens system - The present invention relates to a method for the correction of perspective deformation in a lens system ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090278976 | Drive control unit, drive control method and program thereof - A drive control unit of the present invention includes: a first external force detecting section for detecting that an external force is applied to a first moving object body movable back and forth in a single direction; and a second initialization processing section which when it is detected that the external force is applied to the first moving object body by the first external force detecting section, moves at least one of second moving object bodies movable back and forth in the single direction to a predetermined second initial position and when it is not detected that the external force is applied to the first moving object body, does not move the second moving object body. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278977 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING PRE-DISTORTED SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSORS FOR LENS DISTORTION COMPENSATION - Pixels in an imaging array are configured and arranged to compensate for various geometric distortions caused by a lens with which the array is used. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278978 | CAMERA MODULE COMPRISING THREE MEMBERS - A camera module includes an actuator body movably supporting a lens assembly along the direction of an optical axis of a lens, a sensor board on which an image pickup device is mounted, a base member disposed between the actuator body and the sensor board. The base member consists of one member which acts as an actuator base and a sensor base. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278979 | Method, apparatus, system and software product for using flash window to hide a light-emitting diode - A method, apparatus, and software are devised for providing an enable signal indicative that an illuminating element of an apparatus will be illuminated. In response to that enable signal, a light transmission property of an electrically switchable material is increased, the electrically switchable material being located at an exterior of the apparatus. Also, the illuminating element is activated, so that it shines through the electrically switchable material, at least after the light transmission property of the electrically switchable material has been increased. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278980 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - An image capture apparatus connects to a first battery unit and a second battery unit. The image capture apparatus includes a counting unit and a calculation unit. The counting unit counts the number of shots (PN). The calculation unit divides the number of shots (PN) to PN | 2009-11-12 |
20090278981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBUST SUPER-RESOLUTION VIDEO SCALING - A method and apparatus for scaling video images, which applies more particularly to techniques for converting video sequence formats and deinterlacing. The invention comprises a parameterized interpolation ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090278982 | COLOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND COLOR CONVERSION DEVICE - A color image display device is provided to reproduce colors determined by an input video signal in a color space of the display device while keeping a wide color reproducing region of the display device with natural hues. On the assumption that a color space is hypothetically considered so that an input signal is originally in hue in a first color range while an increasing saturation is reproduced with hues changed gradually to a widening direction of color reproduction in a second color range or more, the color converting portion | 2009-11-12 |
20090278983 | DIGITAL VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER AND INCLUDING SYSTEM - A digital video signal transmitter is provided that comprises a digital video supplier, a synchronization signal generator, and a signal generator. The digital video supplier supplies a digital video signal including effective pixel signals comprised of pixel data from an effective pixels area and blanking signals comprised of data from a blanking area. The synchronization signal generator outputs a synchronization signal which is synchronized with the digital video signal. The signal generator generates a compound video signal in which a plurality of synchronization-indication signals that indicate the timing of the synchronization signal is incorporated into the blanking signals with respect to the digital video signal and the synchronization signal. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278984 | Communication system, transmission apparatus, receiving apparatus, communication method, and program - The present invention relates to a communication system capable of performing efficient data transmission in HDMI(R) and the like, a transmission apparatus, a receiving apparatus, a communication method, and a program. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278985 | VIDEO CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE AND VIDEO CONTROLLING METHOD - The present invention generally relates to a video control system, more particularly to a video control system, a display system control device and a video controlling method thereof. The video control system comprises a display system control device for processing all signals in the system and a display device assembly, which is composed of at least one and above intellectual display devices having independent addresses each, which are from 1A to M×N. The display system control device comprises a video bridge, which further comprises at least a video bridge unit, a video switch, an embedded micro-processing module and a storage device. The video controlling method comprises the steps of transmitting video inputs to respective video bridge units, which convert the video inputs to the video format of a video switch and outputting the converted video signals to the video switch; enabling the video switch to receive the video signals and output video output stream to the display device assembly. The video bridge and the video switch of the present invention are applied to adjust the ways of providing video sources, enabling the display device assembly to perform more flexibly and efficiently; the present invention further reduces the whole system and maintenance costs. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278986 | CLOSED CAPTION PRODUCTION DEVICE, CLOSED CAPTION PRODUCTION METHOD AND CLOSED CAPTION PRODUCTION PROGRAM - In a closed caption production device, video recognition processing of an input video signal is performed by a video recognizer. This causes a working object in video to be recognized. In addition, a sound recognizer performs sound recognition processing of an input sound signal. This causes a position of a sound source to be estimated. A controller performs linking processing by comparing information of the working object recognized by the video recognition processing with positional information of the sound source estimated by the sound recognition processing. This causes a position of a closed caption produced based on the sound signal to be set in the vicinity of the working object in the video. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278987 | USER INTERFACE FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONIC PRODUCT - Example systems and methods of a television user interface include a channel list vertically disposed on a television screen, an input device for receiving inputs for selecting a channel on the channel list, and an information bar horizontally disposed on the television screen in correspondence with a selected channel, wherein the information bar provides information about programming on the selected channel. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278988 | Adaptive pixel-based filtering - In an implementation, a pixel is selected from a target digital image. Multiple candidate pixels, from one or more digital images, are evaluated based on values of the multiple candidate pixels. For the selected pixel, a corresponding set of pixels is determined from the multiple candidate pixels based on the evaluations of the multiple candidate pixels and on whether a predetermined threshold number of pixels have been included in the corresponding set. Further for the selected pixel, a substitute value is determined based on the values of the pixels in the corresponding set of pixels. Various implementations described provide adaptive pixel-based spatio-temporal filtering of images or video to reduce film grain or noise. Implementations may achieve an “even” amount of noise reduction at each pixel while preserving as much picture detail as possible by, for example, averaging each pixel with a constant number, N, of temporally and/or spatially correlated pixels. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278989 | SHARPNESS ENHANCING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A sharpness enhancing apparatus include: an edge analyzing unit configured to receive image data separated into brightness signals and color signals, and analyze an edge state by using brightness signals and color signals of cells contained in a specific area; and a sharpness correcting unit configured to calculate a sharpness correction amount by performing a mask operation on a sharpen mask, which is set according to the edge state, and the brightness signals of the cells, sum the calculated sharpness correction amount and the brightness signals of the cells, and correct sharpness of the brightness signals of the cells. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278990 | ERROR DETECTION METHOD AND CIRCUIT, AND ERROR REDUCTION METHOD AND CIRCUIT - An error reduction apparatus includes a combing absence detector to detect absence of combing from a luminance signal, a combing presence detector to detect presence of combing from a color-difference signal, a vertical low-pass filter to receive the color-difference signal, and a selector to select one of the color-difference signal and a color-difference signal to which the vertical low-pass filter is applied based on detection results of the combing absence detector and the combing presence detector, and if combing is absent in the luminance signal and combing is present in the color-difference signal, the error reduction apparatus applies the vertical low-pass filter to the color-difference signal and outputs the signal. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278991 | METHOD FOR INTERPOLATING A PREVIOUS AND SUBSEQUENT IMAGE OF AN INPUT IMAGE SEQUENCE - A method for interpolating a previous and subsequent image of an input image sequence, including: determining fidelity information for at least one motion vector that is descriptive for motion between a previous and subsequent image, wherein the fidelity information is descriptive for the level and accuracy of the motion, determining classification information for the at least one motion vector, wherein the classification information depends on the fidelity information, the classification information being descriptive for the motion type of the motion, and selecting an interpolation method in dependence of the determined classification information. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278992 | System and method for selecting a signal input - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for selecting a signal input. More specifically, there is provided a receiver comprising an Ethernet input, a video input, and a selection device coupled to the Ethernet input and the video input and configured to select either the Ethernet input or the video input based on the application of a selection rule, wherein the receiver is configured to utilize the selected input to receive a signal for display. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278993 | Wireless Transmission System for Wirelessly Connecting Signal Source Apparatus And Signal Sink Apparatus - In an adapter apparatus, a wireless communication circuit wirelessly transmits an audio-visual signal to an adapter apparatus, and receives an HPD pulse signal from the adapter apparatus. A controller controls a DVD player to execute a predetermined initialization processing, by converting the HPD pulse signal into an HPD signal and outputting the HPD signal to the DVD player. In the adapter apparatus, a wireless communication circuit receives the audio-visual signal from the adapter apparatus, and wirelessly transmits the HPD pulse signal to the adapter apparatus. A controller controls the DVD player to execute the predetermined initialization processing, by controlling the wireless communication circuit to wirelessly transmit the HPD pulse signal to the adapter apparatus. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278994 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN INTEGRATED MULTI-STANDARD AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVER - Aspects of a method and system for an integrated multi-standard audio and/or video receiver are provided. In this regard, a single audio/video receiver chip may be enabled to receive and process signals adhering to plurality of terrestrial digital audio and/or video standards, and the chip may be configurable based on a format of a desired signal. Exemplary standards may comprise FM broadcast, FM HD, DAB, DAB+, DVB-H, ISDB-T, and DMB-T. One or more RF processing paths and/or one or more baseband processing paths may be configured based on, for example, a frequency of a received signal, a geographical location in which the chip is operated, a modulation scheme of a received signal, and/or the type of information being received. The chip may be configured via software, firmware, and/or manually. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278995 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING - An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed, by which the audio signal can be efficiently processed. The present invention includes obtaining start position information of a sub-frame from a header of the main frame and processing an audio signal based on the start position information of the sub-frame, wherein the main frame includes a plurality of sub-frames. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278996 | Method and system for selecting a broadcast-signal in a multi-user environment - There is disclosed a system comprising, a source-tuner having a receiver for receiving external broadcast-signals, and a transmitter for broadcasting internal broadcast-signals to a network that communicatively links the source-tuner to a number of tuners. The source-tuner is adapted to receive control-signals from the tuners and to select external broadcast-signals as the source of the internal broadcast-signals, on the basis of the control-signal received from the tuner. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278997 | Image display device, image display method, and image display program - An image display device includes: a storing section configured to store associating information that associates information indicating one or more providing sources of image data with each of one or more display areas set within a display screen; an obtaining section configured to obtain image data from a providing source corresponding to each of one or more display areas on the basis of the associating information stored in the storing section; a forming section configured to form display image data of a display image to be displayed on the display screen on the basis of the image data being obtained by said obtaining section for each of one or more display areas; and a display processing section configured to display the display image corresponding to the display image data formed by the forming section on the display screen. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278998 | Quantum Photonic Imagers and Methods of Fabrication Thereof - Emissive quantum photonic imagers comprised of a spatial array of digitally addressable multicolor pixels. Each pixel is a vertical stack of multiple semiconductor laser diodes, each of which can generate laser light of a different color. Within each multicolor pixel, the light generated from the stack of diodes is emitted perpendicular to the plane of the imager device via a plurality of vertical waveguides that are coupled to the optical confinement regions of each of the multiple laser diodes comprising the imager device. Each of the laser diodes comprising a single pixel is individually addressable, enabling each pixel to simultaneously emit any combination of the colors associated with the laser diodes at any required on/off duty cycle for each color. Each individual multicolor pixel can simultaneously emit the required colors and brightness values by controlling the on/off duty cycles of their respective laser diodes. | 2009-11-12 |
20090278999 | Video Projector - A video projector includes a display device which receives an image signal and generates image light projected onto a projection surface. A scaling processor scales the input image signal. An OSD processor generates and corrects an adjustment pattern image in accordance with a correction instruction on the projection surface. An image signal synthesizer combines the image signal processed by the scaling processor with an OSD image signal generated and corrected by the OSD processor to generate a combined image signal. A trapezoidal distortion corrector performs trapezoidal distortion correction on the combined image signal from the image signal synthesizer based on the correction of the adjustment pattern image on the projection surface. The adjustment pattern image generated by the OSD processor includes a reference quadrangle pattern and downsized quadrangle patterns, which are reduced in size from the reference quadrangle pattern. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279000 | DISTORTION CORRECTION FOR PROJECTOR - An image processing device for a projector including an image formation section that emits light of an image, and a projection system that projects the emitted light onto a projection surface. The image processing device has a distortion correction technique for images displayed on the projection surface. The image processing device has a target display area determination section that determines, in a display area serving as a reference on the projection surface, based on a current value of a parameter, any of target display areas set for values possibly taken by the parameter within an allowable range to be targeted on a distortion-free image for display on the projection surface; a reference formation area determination section that determines a reference formation area to be formed with a virtual distorted image and a correction application section that generates corrected image data for supply to the image formation section. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279001 | MULTI-PROJECTION DISPLAY - A multi projection display includes a plurality of projector units to modulate light from an LED light source according to image information to project, a unit image information generating unit to generate unit image information to be inputted to each of the plurality of projector units, and a unit image information correcting unit to correct the unit image information based on a result of capturing projection images projected onto a transmissive screen. For this reason, a shutter, which results in complicating the construction, is not needed and further it is possible to further reduce the adjustment time. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279002 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A flat panel display capable of being repaired more easily is disclosed. The flat panel display comprises a main display body having a display panel and a backplate; a connection box having connectors; wherein the main display body is provided with a cavity for disposing the connection box and conversion connectors electrically connected with a main control board, the cavity has an opening facing towards a side of the main display body, the connectors are connected with the conversion connectors after the connection box is inserted into the cavity along a direction parallel to the backplate. The flat panel display is convenient for repairing, and reduces the repair costs. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279003 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL PROJECTION SYSTEM - A liquid-crystal projection system includes a light source emitting unpolarized light, a polarizing beam splitter, a single liquid crystal panel receiving polarized light P from said polarizing be m splitter, a projection lens, and a pre-polarizer placed between said light source and said polarizing beam splitter for polarizing said unpolarized light. The pre-polarizer includes a plurality of prisms combined together in succession, in which a plurality of inclined planes formed and connected continuously with each other, and a polarizing beam splitting film attached to said inclined plane configuring a polarizing beam splitting surface. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279004 | GLAZING - A laminated glazing comprises two plies of glass having an interlayer structure laminated therebetween. The interlayer structure comprises a first sheet of an interlayer material framing a liquid crystal film incorporated therein. Preferably, the interlayer material does not contain plasticizers, or contains a plasticizer which does not diffuse into the liquid crystal film structure. In addition, the interlayer material preferably resists the migration of mobile liquid crystal film components. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279005 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a parallax barrier DV (Dual View) display apparatus, a TN (Twisted Nematic) liquid crystal display panel is adopted as a display device for display images. The TN liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of opposing substrates, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, orientation films arranged to orient liquid crystal molecules constituting the liquid crystal layer, and electrodes arranged to independently apply electric fields to areas of the liquid crystal layer which correspond to respective pixels. The orientation films are oriented in such a manner that liquid crystal molecules in the aforesaid areas are oriented so that display directions of the pixels are parallel or substantially parallel to a viewing angle direction. This arrangement improves image separation capability in all display directions, in a DV (Dual View) display apparatus displaying different images in respective display directions, by a single display screen. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279006 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND RELATED DRIVING METHOD - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device essentially includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a first liquid-crystal capacitor, a second liquid-crystal capacitor, a first switch and a second switch. The first liquid-crystal capacitor of a pixel unit is charged via the first switch of the same pixel unit. The second liquid-crystal capacitor of a pixel unit is charged via the second switch of the same pixel unit and the first switch of a different pixel unit. The sub-pixel voltages corresponding to the first and second liquid-crystal capacitors of the same pixel unit have the same polarity. Furthermore, disclosed is a liquid-crystal display driving method for writing two data signals having same polarity respectively into the first and second liquid-crystal capacitors of a pixel unit via the same date line during two intervals partly overlapped. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279007 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a first and a second scan lines and a first and a second data lines crossing each other for defining a first pixel having a first and a second switches and a second pixel having a third switch; a first, a second and a third storage capacitors, each of which has a first and a second electrodes; and a conducting line, coupled to the second electrodes of the first, the second and the third storage capacitors. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279008 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING ESD PROTECTION FUNCTIONALITY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device having electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection functionality is disclosed. The LCD device includes a flexible printed circuit board, an LCD panel, a lighting module, a first ESD protection unit, and a second ESD protection unit. The lighting module is disposed on the flexible printed circuit board. The first ESD protection unit is disposed in the LCD panel and is coupled between the first end of the lighting module and the ground of the flexible printed circuit board. The second ESD protection unit is disposed in the LCD panel and is coupled between the second end of the lighting module and the ground of the flexible printed circuit board. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279009 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A lateral electric field liquid crystal display panel is provided which includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal enclosed between the pair of substrates, liquid crystal-drive electrodes provided on one of the pair of substrates, a translucent electrostatic shielding layer provided on an exterior surface of at least one of the pair of substrates, and a polarizer disposed on the translucent electrostatic shielding layer, and in this liquid crystal display panel, the translucent electrostatic shielding layer has properties not to disappear by a chemical reaction with a material forming the polarizer. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279010 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a liquid crystal display. A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes formed on the first substrate and arranged in a matrix, a common electrode facing the pixel electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of domains having different alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules, and areas of effective display regions where the alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules are uniform in the respective domains are the same as each other among the plurality of domains. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279011 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including gate pads connected to gate lines and data pads connected to data lines; at least one driving circuit mounted on a circuit substrate including poly-silicon thin-film transistors, formed by a low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) process, and including circuit pads to be connected to the gate pads or data pads; and a conductive film to electrically connect the driving circuit and the gate pads or data pads. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279012 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - It is conceivable that the problem that a signal is delayed by resistor of a wiring in producing a display which displays large area becomes remarkable. The present invention provides a manufacturing process using a droplet discharge method suitable for a large-sized substrate. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279013 | Display device and method of manufacturing the same - A display device includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other on a first substrate, to define a pixel; a first thin film transistor in a portion where the gate lines and the data lines cross each other; a plurality of position detection lines on the first substrate, the position detection lines spaced a constant distance from the data lines and crossing the gate lines; a second thin film transistor for detecting a position, in a portion on the first substrate where the gate lines and the position detection lines cross each other; a protrusion pattern protruding from a second substrate and corresponding to a drain electrode of the second thin film transistor; and a transparent conductive layer on the protrusion pattern, electrically connected to the drain electrode when touching. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279014 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, A LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, A DISPLAY DEVICE, A TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND METHODS OF CORRECTING AND PRODUCING THE SUBSTRATE AND PANEL - An active matrix substrate in which wherever a short between adjacent pixel electrodes of a liquid crystal panel is located in peripheral portions of the pixel electrodes, the short can be efficiently corrected without forming both short-circuited pixels into black dots, and a liquid crystal panel having the active matrix substrate, as well as methods of correcting the AM substrate and the liquid crystal panel. Each of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix in an active matrix substrate is divided into a plurality of minute regions, and the minute regions are integrally connected by electrically connecting portions. A plurality of lines arranged to transmit signals to each of the pixel electrodes are placed so as not to coincide with the electrically connecting portions of each of the pixel electrodes. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279015 | RECEIVING CONTAINER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF - A receiving container includes a frame member and a first reinforcing member. The frame member is formed of a plastic material. The frame member includes a bottom part of which a center portion is opened and sidewalls respectively extending from peripheral edges sides of the bottom part. The first reinforcing member is separably disposed internally within at least one of the sidewalls, and disposed substantially parallel to a length direction of the at least one of the sidewalls, the first reinforcing member reinforcing a strength of the at least one of the sidewalls. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279016 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device including a backlight module, a liquid crystal display device panel and a second frame is provided. The backlight module has a first frame. The first frame has a first body, first fasteners and baffles, wherein the first fasteners and the baffles are integrally formed on the first body, and the first fasteners have opening. The liquid crystal display device panel is arranged on the backlight module. The second frame is assembled with the first frame for fixing the liquid crystal display device panel. The second frame has a second body and second fasteners integrally formed on the second body, and the second fasteners lodge in the openings of the first fasteners to limit the relative displacement between the first and second body, and the baffles are adapted for limiting the relative displacement between the first body and second body. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279017 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MODULE, LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, BACKLIGHT LIGHT SOURCE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING DEVICE - A wavelength conversion module includes: a first fundamental wave propagation optical fiber for propagating a fundamental wave emitted from a laser light source; a first wavelength conversion element, optically connected to the first fundamental wave propagation optical fiber, for converting the fundamental wave emitted from the first fundamental wave propagation optical fiber into a harmonic wave; and a first harmonic propagation optical fiber, optically connected to the first wavelength conversion element, for propagating the harmonic wave emitted from the first wavelength conversion element, wherein the core diameter of the first harmonic propagation optical fiber is 0.5 to 0.9 times as large as the core diameter of first fundamental wave propagation optical fiber. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279018 | Optical device having light diffusing paper incorporated therewith - An optical device includes a light diffusing paper as integrally formed, secured, bonded or adhered to a surface of an optical element, which includes: an optical film, a brightness enhancement film (BEF), a display, a light guide, to thereby form an optical device with increased light uniformity. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279019 | Backlight Device and Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - Disclosed is a backlight device comprising: a light emitting section including a plurality of surface light emitters which are arranged and disposed so as to have a predetermined gap; and a diffuser plate which is disposed in front of the light emitting section to diffuse a light irradiated from the light emitting section, wherein an angle between two light irradiation surfaces in the adjacent surface light emitters is smaller than 180 degrees. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279020 | SURFACE-AREA LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a surface-area light source device, a light entrance side surface of a light guide plate of a surface-area light source device has a staircase shape having steps in the vertical direction, and light emission diodes are provided at each step. The structure enables the distance between a light emission diode provided at one step and light emission diodes provided at an adjacent step to be maintained greater even if the thickness of the light guide plate is reduced so as to decrease intervals of the light emission diodes in the direction of the thickness of the light guide plate. As a consequence, the amount of transmission and reception of heat produced by the light emission diodes is reduced to prevent an increase in the temperature of the diodes. This allows a reduction in the thickness of the light guide plate with the brightness of light emitted from the light guide plate maintained, enabling the surface-area light source device to be thinned. As a result, a large number of light emitting diodes are provided, so that the brightness of the surface light source device is increased. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279021 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device having the same - A backlight unit is provided and includes a light source emitting light, a light guide plate disposed parallel to the light source, and a reflective sheet disposed at a bottom of the light guide plate. One side of the reflective sheet is slanted toward the light guide plate. A reflective member includes three sides surrounding the light source and a slanted fourth side supporting a slanted bottom of the reflective sheet. A bottom cover contacts the three sides of the reflective member. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279022 | MICRO REFLECTION-TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention discloses a micro reflection-type liquid crystal display (LCD) using a step difference resulting from the existing array processing and a liquid crystal cell comprising liquid crystal molecules being aligned in parallel to perform optical compensation according to the difference between optical slow axes on orthogonal optical compensation films. In a compensation system comprising orthogonal polarizers, an equivalent retardation is acquired according to the differences between the slow axes on the optical compensation films and the alignment orientation of the liquid crystal molecules when the liquid crystal cell is driven or not to determine the optimal dark/bright state. Moreover, the optimal dark state can be achieved at the same driving voltage under both the reflection mode and the transmission mode. Thereby, the present invention achieves improved image contrast and reflectivity without additional processing steps. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279023 | LIQUID CRYSTAL CELL AND A DISPLAY - A liquid crystal cell ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090279024 | PROTECTION OF A CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cholesteric liquid crystal display device ( | 2009-11-12 |
20090279025 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display panel is divided into a plurality of regions and a plurality of regions extending in respective striped shapes. The plurality of regions and the plurality of regions are arranged so as to alternately align. A plurality of sub-pixels are assigned to a first group and a second group, three sub-pixels of the first group constitute a pixel, and three sub-pixels of the second group constitute a pixel. Each pair of regions adjacent to each other constitutes each set, and parallax barriers are formed in a portion on a black matrix between adjacent sets and portions on the black matrix on outer sides of the regions positioned at ends, respectively. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279026 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - [Means for Solving the Problems] A liquid crystal display substrate includes an insulating substrate | 2009-11-12 |
20090279027 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device which can provide bright display by both of reflective display and transmissive display without having a multi-gap structure and which can reduce a difference in response time between the reflective region and the transmissive region. The display device of the present invention is a display device including: a pair of substrates; a display medium interposed between the pair of substrates; and a pixel having a reflective region for performing reflective display and a transmissive region for performing transmissive display, wherein the display device includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode on one of the pair of substrates, a voltage is applied to the display medium through the pixel electrode and the common electrode, the pixel electrode is provided with a slit, and a shield electrode is arranged between the pixel electrode and the common electrode in the reflective region. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279028 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A transflective LCD panel includes a substrate, a first polycrystalline silicon pattern disposed in a reflection region, a second polycrystalline silicon pattern disposed in a peripheral region, an insulating layer disposed on the first and second polycrystalline silicon pattern and the substrate, a gate electrode disposed on the insulating layer in the reflection region, a common electrode disposed on the insulating layer in the peripheral region, a first inter-layer dielectric disposed on the insulating layer, the gate electrode and the common electrode, a reflection electrode disposed on the first inter-layer dielectric, a second inter-layer dielectric disposed on the first inter-layer dielectric and the reflection electrode, and a transmission electrode disposed on the second inter-layer dielectric and electrically connected to the reflection electrode through an opening of the second inter-layer dielectric. The second polycrystalline silicon pattern, the common electrode, and the insulating layer disposed therebetween form a storage capacitor. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279029 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel including, a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to said first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between said first substrate and said second substrate, a plurality of pixels being arrayed in a first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to said first direction in a pixel area provided in a plane where said first substrate and said second substrate are opposed. | 2009-11-12 |
20090279030 | LAMINATED FILM - A laminated film includes a polarizing plate, a retardation film, and a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided in this order, wherein the polarizing plate includes a polarizer, a first protective layer placed on a side of the polarizer where the retardation film is provided, and a second protective layer placed on another side of the polarizer which is opposite to the side where the retardation film is provided, the retardation film is a stretched film comprising a norbornene resin,
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20090279031 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided, in which excellent viewing angle compensation is conducted, and which is highly excellent in a contrast in an oblique direction and can be reduced in thickness. A liquid crystal panel of the present invention includes a first polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, a liquid crystal cell, a second optical compensation layer, and a second polarizer in the stated order. Each of the first optical compensation layer and the second optical compensation layer contains at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polyimide, polyamide, polyester, polyetherketone, polyamideimide, and polyesterimide, and have a refractive index profile of nx>ny>nz. | 2009-11-12 |