52nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100328468 | Adaptive Video Processing Circuitry and Techniques - Video processing circuitry to adaptively process input video data which corresponds to a plurality of video frames of a selected channel which is one of a plurality of channels of a broadcast spectrum. In one aspect, the video processing circuitry includes spatial adaption circuitry to generate and output spatially adapted video data corresponding to the plurality of video frames, temporal adaption circuitry to generate and output temporally adapted video data corresponding to the plurality of video frames, and video manipulation circuitry, coupled to the spatial adaption circuitry and the temporal adaption circuitry, to generate output video data corresponding to the plurality of video frames, using the input video data, the spatially adapted video data and the temporally adapted video data. Methods of adaptively processing input video data which corresponds to a plurality of video frames of a selected channel which is one of a plurality of channels of a broadcast spectrum are also disclosed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328469 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CAPTURE IMAGE TRANSMITTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a communication module which performs close proximity wireless transfer, a connection establishing module which establishes connection between the communication module and an external device, and a capture image transmission module which transmits screen capture image data to the external device when a command for requesting data transmission is received from the external device in a state where connection between the communication module and external device is established. The command is determined in a protocol for transmitting and receiving data between the communication module and the external device, and is added a parameter for specifying the attribute of requested data as images. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328470 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND PRINTING DEVICE - A digital camera ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100328471 | Wearable Multi-Channel Camera - A multi-channel camera system for capture of still or video images includes multiple fixed focal length lenses and multiple digital sensors in a compact package. A preferred embodiment of the invention is wearable, and is intended to be head-mounted near a user's eye to capture, in real time, the user's perspective view of a scene. The multi-channel lens system sub-assembly preferably includes three fixed focal length lenses—a wide angle lens, a standard lens, and a telephoto lens,—each providing a different field of view. Lens elements are arranged in a monolithic integrated structure, and optionally separated from each other by light-absorbing baffles to minimize cross-talk between the channels. The camera system includes circuitry to select one or more lenses, capture and compress a series of images, and transfer the images for storage on a remote device. Standard communication protocols may be used for wireless image data transfer. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328472 | Method of Notifying Users Regarding Motion Artifacts Based on Image Analysis - A digital image acquisition system includes a portable apparatus for capturing digital images and a digital processing component for detecting, analyzing and informing the photographer regarding motion blur, and for reducing camera motion blur in an image captured by the apparatus. The digital processing component operates by comparing the image with at least one other image, for example a preview image, of nominally the same scene taken outside the exposure period of the main image. In one embodiment the digital processing component determines the degree of artifacts and whether to inform the user that the image is blurred by identifying at least one feature in a single preview image which is relatively less blurred than the corresponding feature in the main image. In another embodiment, the digital processing component calculates a trajectory of at least one feature in a plurality of preview images, extrapolates such feature on to the main image, calculates a PSF in respect of the feature, and informs the user based on the calculated PSF. In another embodiment the digital processing unit after determining the degree of blur notifies the photographer of the existing blur or automatically invokes consecutive captures. In another embodiment, the digital processing unit determines whether the image quality is acceptable from real time analysis of the captured image and provides this information to the user. Such real time analysis may use the auto focusing mechanism to qualitatively determine the PSF. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328473 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEALING WITH SHAKE - Provided is a digital photographing apparatus and method of obtaining data of a clear image even though the digital photographing apparatus shakes. The digital photographing apparatus includes: a lens; an imaging device generating data from light incident through the lens; an imaging device base on which the imaging device is disposed; a light diode integrated circuit disposed on the imaging device base; and an imaging device base actuator moving the imaging device base and controlling a position of the imaging device. The method comprises generating data from light incident through a lens; detecting a direction of shake of the digital photographing apparatus according to a difference in the amount of light detected in each of four regions of the surface of a light diode integrated circuit; and changing a position of the imaging device in the opposite direction to the detected direction of the shake. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328474 | WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAMERAS - A remote control system is used to control a plurality of cameras. The remote control system includes a frequency identification (RFID) reader and a plurality of RFID tags. Each tag has a unique code and is embedded in a corresponding camera. Each tag stores information of the corresponding camera. The RFID reader reads the information in the tag to control the corresponding camera. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328475 | Infrared-Aided Depth Estimation - Systems and methods are disclosed for creating image maps. Some embodiments include a method comprising the steps of: capturing a first image illuminated by natural light and capturing a second image illuminated by infrared light. The second image may be captured at the same time as the first image. The R, G, and B values for each pixel in the first image may be determined. The intensity for each pixel in the first image may be calculated. An IR intensity for each pixel in the second image may be calculated. A depth value may then be estimated for each pixel using the ratio of the IR intensity and the intensity of corresponding pixels in the first and second images. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328476 | OPTICAL PROCESSING OF SURFACES TO DETERMINE CLEANLINESS - Techniques are described for determining cleanliness of various surfaces by processing images of the surfaces. The surfaces may comprise, for example, drinking glasses, dishes, fabric swatch arrays, Tosi plates, ceramic tiles, or stainless steel coupons. In one example, a system includes a camera to capture a digital image of a surface, a light source to illuminate the surface, a housing to enclose the surface, the camera, and the light source in a light-tight environment, and an analysis computer to receive the digital image, calculate a luminosity value for the surface from the digital image, and determine a cleanliness value for the surface from the calculated luminosity value. The analysis computer may automatically configure an environment in which to capture the digital image such that the environment is suited for the particular surface to be analyzed. The analysis computer may also cause the camera to automatically capture the digital image. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328477 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DIGITAL CAMERA, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image processor ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100328478 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a photoelectric conversion device having unit pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the unit pixels including: a photoelectric conversion element; a source follower readout transistor configured to receive a signal charge arising from photoelectric conversion by the photoelectric conversion element by a gate, and read out an electrical signal dependent on the signal charge; and a correction circuit configured to reset gate potential of the readout transistor to Vref+Vth prior to signal readout by the readout transistor, if a reference potential given to the gate of the readout transistor is defined as Vref and threshold voltage of the readout transistor is defined as Vth. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328479 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera includes an image sensor having a plurality of pixels and a control section that sets an imaging sensitivity at a time of imaging. Each of the pixels includes a first light receiving element that generates a first image signal, a second light receiving element that generates a second image signal higher in the sensitivity than the first image signal under a same condition, and an output circuit capable of adding the first image signal and the second image signal. The control section specifies an output signal of each of the pixels from the first image signal, the second image signal, and an additional image signal of the first image signal and the second image signal in accordance with an SN ratio at the imaging sensitivity. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328480 | LENS-INTERCHANGEABLE CAMERA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Image processing parameters including the sensor pitch, optical low-pass filter, and spectral transmittances of color component filters of an image sensor are transmitted to a photographing lens. After the start of image capturing, it is determined whether to send a transmission request of recovery filters to the photographing lens. To send the transmission request, capturing parameters set for image capturing are sent to the photographing lens. Recovery filters corresponding to the capturing parameters, which is created by the photographing lens based on the image processing parameters, are received from the photographing lens, and stored in a memory. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328481 | Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and image capturing program - An image capturing apparatus previously captures a calibration image that serves as a reference when a distance to an object is calculated, and calculates, when an image of the object is captured using a monocular camera, the distance from the lens of the camera to the object using the calibration image and the distance from the lens of the camera to the calibration image. In this case, the image capturing apparatus measures the distance from the lens of the camera to one or more arbitrary points on the object, calculates the diffuse reflection coefficient of the object using the measured distance, the luminance on each of one or more arbitrary points, the distance to the calibration image, and the luminance, and calculates the distance to the object from the lens of the camera to the object using the calculated diffuse reflection coefficient. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328482 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT THE METHOD - A digital photographing apparatus capable of acquiring data about an image having a wide dynamic range and a high grayscale resolution, a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium storing a program to implement the method are provided. An embodiment includes an imaging device that acquires a reference image and additional images at different exposures and a multi-level threshold map generation unit that classifies the pixels of the images into levels according to brightness. The embodiment further includes a motion data acquiring unit that acquires motion data for each pixel based on its respective brightness level and a first weight data acquiring unit that acquires first weight data based on the motion data of each pixel. In addition, the embodiment includes a final image data acquiring unit that synthesizes the pixels of the reference image and the additional images based on first weight data. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328483 | Circularly Symmetric Aspheric Optics Providing Non-Monotonic Wavefront Phase Profile and Extended Depth of Field - Systems and methods include imaging optics having one or more optical elements for modifying a wavefront of electromagnetic energy incident thereon. The wavefront, modified by the optical elements, exhibits a non-monotonic wavefront phase profile. The imaging optics are characterized by a modulation transfer function that is substantially invariant over a range of misfocus. The system optionally includes a detector for receiving the electromagnetic energy from the imaging optics. A method of maintaining modulation transfer invariance over a range of misfocus in an optical imaging system includes modifying a wavefront of electromagnetic energy incident to the optical imaging system such that the wavefront exhibits a non-monotonic wavefront phase profile and a substantially invariant modulation transfer function over the range of misfocus. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328484 | SHAPE MEASURING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a shape measuring device that can improve measurement accuracy. A liquid crystal element | 2010-12-30 |
20100328485 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING MODULE, ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA, AND ELECTRONIC MOVIE CAMERA - An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels each configured to convert incident light to an electric charge signal and output the electric charge signal as a pixel signal, and a pixel binning unit configured to bin pixel signals from pixels adjacent to each other and output the binned pixel signal. The pixel binning unit performs first pixel binning operation of binning pixel signals from pixels on the same column and second pixel binning operation of binning pixels on the same row. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328486 | Foreground/Background Segmentation in Digital Images with Differential Exposure Calculations - A digital segmentation method and apparatus determines foreground and/or background within at least one portion of a captured image. The determining includes comparing a captured image to a pre-captured or post captured reference image of nominally the same scene. One of the images is taken with flash and the other without. The system can be implemented as part of a digital camera acquisition chain having effective computation complexity. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328487 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - An image capture apparatus has an image capture unit to capture an object image, an acquisition unit to acquire a developing parameter for image data captured by the image capture unit, an analysis unit to analyze RAW image data generated by the image capture unit, an image composition unit to compose a plurality of RAW image data generated by the image capture unit and generate composite RAW image data, a composition ratio determination unit to determine a composition ratio for a plurality of developing parameters respectively for development of the plurality of RAW image data acquired by the acquisition unit, a parameter composition unit to compose the plurality of developing parameters and generate one composite developing parameter, and a development unit to develop the composite RAW image data using the composite developing parameter. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328488 | Apparatus, methods and computer readable storage mediums - A method including receiving an image from an image sensor, the image including a portion corresponding to an object; determining distance of the object from the image sensor using the received image; and controlling exposure of the image sensor using the determined distance. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328489 | Lighting Control for HDR Camera - A method for matching the sensitivity characteristic of an image converter to the light-intensity distribution of an optical image which is projected onto the photosensitive surface of the image converter. There are provided steps for creating a frequency distribution of the image signal values in the optical image converted by the image converter, for determining one or more quantiles of the frequency distribution of the image signal values, and for creating a adapted parameter set of setting values of the image converter on the basis of the specific quantile or quantiles of the frequency distribution. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328490 | IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD - An imaging control apparatus includes an HDR signal processor and a frame memory. The HDR signal processor obtains pixel data S | 2010-12-30 |
20100328491 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC RANGE ESTIMATION OF IMAGED SCENES - A method, apparatus, and system for dynamic range estimation of imaged scenes for automatic exposure control. For a given exposure time setting, certain areas of a scene may be brighter than what a camera can capture. In cameras, including those experiencing substantial lens vignetting, a gain stage may be used to extend dynamic range and extract auto-exposure data from the extended dynamic range. Alternatively, dynamic range can be extended using pre-capture image information taken under reduced exposure conditions. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328492 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL ACCORDING TO VIEWER FACTORS AND RESPONSES - A device and system and a method for selecting and displaying images in accordance with attention responses of an image viewer. An image capture device captures a viewer image of a spatial region potentially containing a viewer of the image display device and a viewer detection mechanism analyzes the viewer image and determines whether a potential viewer is observing the display screen. A gaze pattern_analysis mechanism identifies a viewer response to a currently displayed image by analysis of the viewer's emotional response as revealed by the viewer's facial expression and other sensory inputs, and the selection of an image to be displayed is then modified in accordance with the indicated viewer's attention response. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328493 | REMOVABLE DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH INTERFACE TO RECEIVE IMAGE CONTENT FROM A CAMERA - Systems and methods of receiving image content in a first format and storing converted image content in a second format are disclosed. A method includes receiving image content in a first format from a camera at an interface of a data storage device that includes a controller coupled to a memory. The data storage device emulates a printer via the interface. The image content in the first format is converted to image content in a second format and stored at the memory of the data storage device. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328494 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A photographing apparatus and method. The apparatus including: an image pickup unit configured to capture an image of a subject to create image data; a image pickup unit controller configured to set a photographing time that is longer than an exposure time required for photographing the subject, and configured to divide the overall photographing time into a plurality of unit photographing times, and configured to control the image pickup unit to sequentially perform a plurality of unit photographing operations corresponding to the plurality of unit photographing times to create unit images; a storage unit; a user inputting unit; an image synthesis unit configured to sum up the image data of the unit images to create preparatory images and configured to sum up the unit images of a preparatory image to create a final image; and a display unit configured to display the preparatory images and the final image. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328495 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus is able to record a moving image in a first image capturing mode or a second image capturing mode. In the first image capturing mode, the apparatus starts recording of a moving image signal in response to an instruction to start recording and stops recording of the moving image signal in response to an instruction to stop recording. In the second image capturing mode, the apparatus starts recording of a moving image signal in response to the instruction to start recording, and automatically stops recording of the moving image signal when a predetermined period elapses after recording of the moving image signal starts. The apparatus controls so as to extract a moving image signal of the predetermined period from a moving image signal recorded in the first image capturing mode on a recording medium, and to record the extracted moving image signal on a recording medium. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328496 | ADVERTISING THROUGH RECYCLABLE DIGITAL CAMERAS - Data of updated or new advertising messages are loaded into a non-volatile memory of a digital camera in the course of it being recycled. The user of the camera therefore receives the updated or new advertising messages as a part of recycling the camera. There are a number of ways the advertising message can be displayed on a picture preview screen of the camera and/or reproduced by a loudspeaker on the camera. The advertising message can either be displayed along with a picture acquired by the camera or at separate times. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328497 | WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A memory control block performs in parallel a process of writing a current frame of image data captured by an image capturing device into a system shared memory, a process of reading out a previous frame of image data stored in the system shared memory, and a process of writing combined image data generated in an image combining block into the system shared memory. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328498 | SHOOTING PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR FACE DETECTION AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE FOR FACE DETECTION - A shooting parameter adjustment method for face detection includes (A) acquiring an image; (B) dividing the image into a plurality of blocks, and calculating a brightness value of each of the blocks; (C) selecting at least one of the plurality of blocks, and adjusting a shooting parameter according to the brightness value of the selected block; and (D) acquiring another image according to the shooting parameter, and performing a face detection procedure with the another image. The shooting parameter adjustment method can automatically adjust a shooting parameter of an image capturing device according to brightness of different blocks in an image. Therefore, by using this method, the brightness of a face, no matter being too high or too low, can be adjusted to a value suitable for face detection, so as to improve the accuracy of the face detection procedure. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328499 | Dual-Swath Imaging System - A portable, aerial, dual-swath photogrammetric imaging system comprising twin nadir pointing CCD cameras for simultaneously acquiring twin adjacent digital images for merging into a large panorama. A pair of lens shifters symmetrically shift twin images to the left and right sides of the focal points of two parallel lenses to extend imaging swathwidth. The twin adjacent images of the imaging system have a strip of narrow overlap at the center of the whole scene that are reserved for photogrammetric processing and stitching twin images into a seamless panorama. Each camera is connected to an embedded computer which controls imaging data acquisition, attaches GPS/IMU measurements, generates KML metadata files for its snapshots, and stores acquired images and metadata into removable SSDs. Direct geo-referenced panoramic digital stills are immediately registered on to Google™ Earth precisely. Its images can be further processed for advanced mapping, change detection and GIS applications. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328500 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system of the present invention has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power and composed of two lens elements; a second lens unit having positive optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit during image taking, the individual lens units are moved along an optical axis such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit should decrease and that an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit should increase, so that magnification change is achieved, and wherein on the image side relative to the second lens unit, an aperture diaphragm is arranged that moves along the optical axis integrally with the second lens unit during zooming. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328501 | IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY, AN INTENSIFIED IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY, AN ELECTRON BOMBARDED IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY DEVICE AS WELL AS A PIXEL SENSOR ELEMENT FOR USE IN SUCH AN IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY - The invention relates to an image sensor array having multiple pixel sensor elements along the surface area of said image sensor and outputting at a specified video frame rate subsequent video frames corresponding to the image, characterized in that each multiple pixel sensor element is arranged for generating one or more video frame segments, said segments each having a time duration being a fraction of the time equivalent to the video frame rate, and composing a single video frame from the multiple of said video frame segments. The invention also relates to said pixel sensor element for use with an image intensifier or in an electron bombarded image sensor array device according to the invention. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328502 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A frequency component comparing unit performs frequency component comparison for each of the image signals corresponding to the wavelength components subjected to resolution reconstruction. An image synthesizing unit performs image synthesis with an image signal that is selected according to a comparison result of the frequency component comparing unit as a component. The wavelength component that is subjected to frequency component comparison by frequency component comparing unit is selected according to the modulation transfer function characteristic of the optical system. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328503 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus capable of performing phase difference detection while allowing light to enter an imaging device is provided. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328504 | Adaptive method for processing digital images, and an image processing device - A method for providing an output image based on an input image, the method comprising determining a location of an output pixel with respect to an input image, determining values of elements of a filter array such that the effective width of the filter array depends on the density of exposed input pixels within the input image, and determining the value of the output pixel by performing a sum-of-products operation between non-zero values of the elements of the filter array and the values of input pixels of the input image located at respective positions, when the filter array is superimposed on the input image such that the center of the filter array corresponds to the location of the output pixel. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328505 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING MODULE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels which convert incident light to pixel signals which are electric charge signals and output the pixel signals, color filters which filter light incident to the respective pixels, and a pixel binning unit which bins pixel signals from pixels on adjacent lines and outputs a binned pixel signal. The color filters have a repeating pattern of a unit array corresponding to a unit of 16 pixels arranged in 4 rows×4 columns. In an image obtained from an output signal after pixel binning, the color filters constituting first pixels adjacent to each other in a row direction, and the color filters constituting second pixels having the same center-of-mass position in the row direction as that of the first pixels and being adjacent to each other in a column direction, have the same color component ratio. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CURRENT PULSES TO ILLUMINATION SOURCE IN IMAGING SCANNER - A method and apparatus for providing current pulses to the illumination source in an imaging scanner. The method includes: (1) sensing a current supplied from a current port to obtain a current-monitoring signal; (2) controlling a charge current provided to a storage capacitor based on the current-monitoring signal; (3) measuring a parameter related to a voltage across the storage capacitor; and (4) generating a driving current for the illumination source by the illumination driver circuit, if the parameter is above a predetermined threshold value, to provide a driving current for a illumination source in an imaging scanner. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328507 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel area section in which plural pixels having photoelectric conversion sections, in which signal charges are accumulated, are arranged along a horizontal direction and a vertical direction; a vertical scanning unit that selects the pixels of the pixel area section in row units and reads out the signal charges from the pixels in row units; and an electronic shutter unit that supplies a reset signal set in a valid state and a transfer signal set in a valid state to the pixels in row units to reset all the pixels and, then, supplies the transfer signal set in an invalid state to the pixels in row units to release the reset of the pixels and starts accumulation of the signal charges in the pixels. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328508 | Method for Processing Images Arising from a Photosensitive Detector and Photosensitive Detector - The present invention relates to a method of processing images arising from a photosensitive detector of the type in particular made by techniques of depositing semiconductor materials. The method consists in correcting an image acquired (INPUT(T)) by the detector by a gain image (Gain(T)). According to the invention, an image for correcting drifting gain in terms of temperature (C(T | 2010-12-30 |
20100328509 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - Each pixel has a photoelectric conversion unit configured to convert light into electrical charges and to store the electrical charges, an amplifying unit configured to amplify a signal based on the electrical charges stored in the photoelectric conversion unit and to output the signal to an output line, and a reset unit configured to reset a input part of the amplifying unit. A clip unit, which is configured to limit an electric voltage of the output line, includes an amplifying circuitry for amplifying a signal based on the electric voltage of the output line and an MOS transistor for limiting the electric voltage of the output line based on the difference in electric potential between the gate and source. The clip unit controls the electric potential of the gate of the MOS transistor by the amplifying circuitry. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328510 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - Unit cells each having a plurality of photodiodes | 2010-12-30 |
20100328511 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND READING METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus includes a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion unit and a pixel amplification unit for amplifying a signal transmitted from the photoelectric conversion unit and outputting an amplified signal, a sequential averaging unit configured to sequentially average signals read a plurality of times via the pixel amplification unit, and a memory configured to store a signal obtained by sequential averaging. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328512 | System and Method for a High Dynamic Range Sensitive Sensor Element or Array - A method is disclosed of a heterogeneous image sensor array comprising more than one image sensor structures that are interconnected. The final image sensor array image output for each image sensor structure or pixel is computed using single image sensor structure output data or output data from more than one image sensor structures. The heterogeneous array exhibits complexity, cost, power consumption, device yields and reliability benefits when compared to other image sensor array structures. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328513 | DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR RECORDING THE METHOD - A digital image signal processing apparatus having an angle of view preview function, a method of controlling the digital image signal processing apparatus, and a recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing the method. Accordingly, a display image displaying at least one piece of angle of view information that is different from angle of view information of a currently mounted interchangeable lens is generated by performing image signal processing, and the display image is displayed. Accordingly, a photographer is informed about angle of view information needed to capture a desired image, and the photographer may easily select an interchangeable lens having desired angle of view information. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328514 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND THUMBNAIL IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD - An imaging apparatus generates display data and index data. The display data includes compressed image data and thumbnail image data. The index data indicates the locations of the thumbnail image data in the display data. The imaging apparatus outputs the display data that is appended with the index data. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328515 | ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA WITH CAPABILITY TO PERFORM OPTIMAL FOCUS DETECTION ACCORDING TO SELECTED MODE - An electronic still camera includes a finder optical system for viewing a subject image. An imaging section obtains the subject image. A display section displays the subject image based on image data associated with the subject image obtained by the imaging section. A mode selecting section selects either a first mode in which the electronic still camera performs imaging operation using the imaging section while a user views the subject image through the finder optical system or a second mode in which the electronic still camera performs imaging operation using the imaging section while the user views the subject image on the display section. A first focus detection circuit performs a first focus detecting operation when the first mode is selected by the mode selecting section. A second focus detection circuit performs a second focus detecting operation when the second mode is selected by the mode selecting section. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328516 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a lens actuator which displaces a lens so as to slidingly move along a guide member, and a control circuit which controls the lens actuator. The control circuit supplies a driving signal for vibrating the lens in a second direction opposite to a first direction to the lens actuator before the lens is displaced in the first direction along the guide member. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328517 | SINGLE-LENS EXTENDED DEPTH-OF-FIELD IMAGING SYSTEMS - An extended depth of field (EDOF) imaging system that has a corresponding extended depth of focus (EDOF′). The imaging system has an optical system consisting of a single lens element and an objectwise aperture stop arrange substantially at a zero-coma axial position. The single lens element is configured so that the optical system has a select amount of spherical aberration (SA) in the range 0.2λ≦SA≦2λ, where λ is an imaging wavelength. The single lens element generates an amount of axial chromatic aberration that increases the EDOF while decreasing the average MTF of the optical system relative to the optical system having no chromatic aberration. The imaging system has an image sensor for forming a digitized raw image of an object. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328518 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE USING THE LENS - The present invention provides an imaging lens composed of three lenses that can be made compact (downsized, thinned), allows a reduction in cost and can be made compatible with a high pixel imaging element having a megapixel or more incorporated in a small mobile product such as a mobile phone. The imaging lens | 2010-12-30 |
20100328519 | AUTO FOCUSING APPARATUS AND CAMERA APPLYING THE SAME - Disclosed are an auto-focusing apparatus and a camera employing the same. The auto-focusing apparatus includes a pupil division unit including a plurality of holes of different sizes. The pencil of light ray entering through the photographing lens of the camera are divided into a plurality of pencils of light ray by being passed through the plurality of holes. The pupil division unit is arranged to focus the plurality of pencils of light ray onto an image capturing unit of the camera. The auto-focusing apparatus further includes a calculation unit that determines the focusing state of the camera based on combined images of the plurality of pencils of light ray captured by the image capturing unit. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328520 | CAMERA DEVICE, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR SUPPORTING FOCUS ADJUSTMENT - A camera device ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100328521 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING FOCUS - An apparatus for detecting a focus state has an optical image-forming system that forms an object image, a plurality of line sensors that is arranged on a projected area of the optical image-forming system; a plurality of monitor sensors that is arranged on the projected area along the direction of a line-sensor array, each monitor sensor being adjacent to a corresponding line sensor and monitoring an amount of light incident on the corresponding line sensor; and a signal processor that outputs image-pixel signals corresponding to the object image on the basis of electric charges accumulated in the plurality of line sensors. At least an endmost monitor sensor corresponding to an endmost line sensor is arranged on the center-facing side of the endmost line sensor. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328522 | OPTICAL UNIT AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical unit includes: a first lens group; and a second lens group, which are arranged in order from an object side toward an image surface side, wherein the first lens group includes a first lens element, a first transparent body, and a second lens element, which are arranged in order from the object side toward the image surface side, and the second lens group includes a third lens element, a second transparent body and a fourth lens element, which are arranged in order from the object side toward the image surface side. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328523 | Method of luminance compensation for a camera lens using multiline interpolation - Provided is a method of luminance compensation for a camera lens by performing a multiline interpolation algorithm. Preferably, a plurality of directional lines are radially arranged on a curved surface of the lens. Sampling dots are then designated along the directional lines in equal or variant distances. Steps including a step of determining the location of a target for luminance compensation, a step of obtaining adjacent directional lines by referring to a slope at the target, a step of calculating the correction values and the weights for interpolation are further introduced. The interpolation algorithm is used to restore a correction plane of a whole image. A polynomial equation is preferably used to obtain two correction values of two directional lines with the same radius. Alternatively, a lookup table is introduced to find the two correction values. It's featured that a symmetric or asymmetric compensation for the camera lens is achieved. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328524 | Movable-mechanical-section controlling device, method of controlling movable mechanical section, and program - A movable-mechanical-section controlling device includes a pan/tilt driving controlling unit configured to perform driving control on a movable mechanical section having a structure that moves so that an image pickup direction of an image pickup section that obtains an image-pickup image by performing an image pickup operation changes in a pan direction and a tilt direction. In the controlling device, unit pan operations that are performed in an angular range in the pan direction are performed for the respective two or more different tilt positions with decreasing angle of elevation at the tilt positions. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328525 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module and a method of manufacturing the camera module are provided. The camera module includes a substrate having an opening through which light passes, a circuit pattern for transmitting an electrical signal, and first and second terminals connected to the circuit pattern; an image sensor combined with the substrate so as to receive the light through the opening, and electrically connected to the first terminals; a lead frame disposed around the image sensor and electrically connected to the second terminals of the substrate; a housing combined on a surface of the substrate opposite to another surface on which the image sensor and the lead frame are combined; and a lens disposed in the housing. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328526 | MODULAR CAMERA SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A camera module includes a substrate with a cavity therein. A processor is located in the cavity, and wire bonding is for connecting the processor to the substrate. An imaging module is adapted to overlay the processor in the cavity and rest on at least part of the edge of the cavity. Wire bonding is for connecting the imaging module to the substrate and the processor. The cavity includes a longitudinal cutout section adapted to accommodate at least some wire bonding for connecting the processor to the substrate or associated surface mount components. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328527 | Fast Channel Switch Between Digital Television Channels - The invention relates to a method for outputting a first digital video stream (BTS′). The method comprises: i) receiving a first transport stream (TS | 2010-12-30 |
20100328528 | TRANSMISSION CAPACITY PROBING USING ADAPTIVE REDUNDANCY ADJUSTMENT - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus configured to instruct a redundancy encoder to increase a level of redundancy of a media stream, an error rate determination to determine an error rate of a communication path conveying the media stream with increased redundancy, a comparator configured to compare a bandwidth used to convey the encoded media stream at the increased redundancy level with a bandwidth for conveying the encoded media stream at a second quality level greater than the first quality level, the apparatus being further configured to provide a switching signal to a media encoder to start encoding the media stream at the second quality level responsive to the used bandwidth being sufficient for conveying the media stream encoded at the second quality level and the determined error rate being less than a predetermined threshold value. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328529 | STILL SUBTITLE DETECTION APPARATUS, VISUAL DISPLAY EQUIPMENT, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, to detect a still subtitle part included as a part of an image in a video signal, the still subtitle detection apparatus detects in pixel units a subtitle part from a video frame formed of pixels. The apparatus includes a subtitle part determination module and a still subtitle detection module. The subtitle part determination module determines, as the subtitle part, a pixel or pixel group on the high-luminance region side (white peak) that neighbors the detection position of an image edge where a luminance level changes or on the low-luminance region side (black bottom) that neighbors the detection position of the image edge where the luminance level changes. When it is detected that the subtitle part remains unchanged by comparing two continuous video frames along the time axis, the still subtitle detection module detects the subtitle part as a still subtitle. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328530 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS - A video display apparatus is provided wherein even for ones, such as 32 pulldown and 22 pulldown, in which since the motion range of an original material is wide, there is a high probability of degradation of the precision of detected vectors, the processing time is effectively used to enhance the precision of detected vectors, thereby generating interpolated pictures having higher qualities. A liquid crystal display apparatus has a means ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100328531 | CONFIGURABLE FILTER FOR PROCESSING TELEVISION AUDIO SIGNALS - Television audio signal encoders include a matrix that sums a left channel audio signal and a right channel audio signal to produce a sum signal. The matrix also subtracts one of the left and right audio signals from the other to produce a difference signal. The encoders also include a configurable infinite impulse response digital filter that selectively uses one or more sets of filter coefficients to filter the difference signal and/or the sum signals. Each selectable set of filter coefficients is associated with a unique filtering application to prepare the difference signal for transmission. Decoders with the matrix are also disclosed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328532 | IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, STATIC TEXT DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An image generating device and a method thereof are disclosed in the present invention. The image generating device and method may find out true motion for static text strings. The image generating device and method detect static text angles from consecutive frames and use a 3D-static text filter to recover correct motion vector fields. After our Static Text Detector fixing, the static text strings like subtitles can get more accurate motion vector and improve video quality. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328533 | VIDEO SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE AND EYEGLASS DEVICE USED IN SAME - The present invention discloses a video system provided with a display device for displaying a video image including a first video image and a second video image and an eyeglass device for assisting a viewer in viewing the video image, wherein the display device includes: a display for displaying the first and second video images; a first generator for generating a synchronizing signal in synchronization with the first video image; and a transmitter for transmitting the synchronizing signal to the eyeglass device, and the eyeglass device includes: a receiver for receiving the synchronizing signal; a second generator for generating an internal signal in synchronization with the second video image, based on the synchronizing signal; an optical filter portion for adjusting amounts of incident light to left and right eyes, respectively; and a controller for controlling the optical filter portion based on the internal signal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328534 | PORTABLE MEDIA ENCODER - A portable media encoder is disclosed. The portable media encoder comprises a video input port configured to receive a video input from a video source, an audio input port configured to receive an audio input from an audio source, and a digital output port for providing a digitized output stream corresponding to the received video input and audio input. The encoder has an encoding processor that converts the video input and the audio input into a streamable digital output format for transmitting through the digital output port, a set of control buttons communicatively coupled to the encoding processor and operable to provide encoding parameters to thereto, and a housing enclosing the encoding processor and providing at least one access panel providing user access to the video input port, the audio input port, the digital output port, and the set of control buttons. The housing having a size and configuration that allows the encoder to be hand carried by a single individual. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328535 | VIDEO IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Brightness expression without solid white pattern is enabled, and video expression with an improved black level is achieved. A distortion module ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100328536 | Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Architecture For A Hybrid Television Tuner - According to one aspect, a mixed-signal tuner for analog and digital TV reception incorporates a demodulator for analog TV, employing various features for resolving limitations of the analog circuitry and for achieving compatibility with various global TV standards. Such features, which may be present in one or more embodiments, include the use of a variable sample rate in all digital clocks for frequency planning, and use of a microcontroller (MCU) to control various circuitry of the tuner. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328537 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BACKLIGHT AND LCD ADJUSTMENT - In one embodiment the present invention includes a display system for displaying video. The display system includes a backlight layer and an LCD layer. The display system controls the backlight layer and the LCD layer to emulate a cathode ray tube response. This emulation may be accomplished by applying a gamma function to a gamma corrected input signal. In this manner, the effects resulting from the “crushed blacks” phenomenon may be reduced. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328538 | PARALLEL THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECURSIVE SEARCH (3DRS) MEANDERING ALGORITHM - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related motion estimation unit for performing motion estimation on video data comprising a plurality of frames. The method may begin by reading a current frame of the plurality of frames from a memory of a motion estimation unit. The method may then select a motion vector for each respective block of pixels in a current row of the current frame. The step of selecting the motion vector may include, for each respective block, selecting, by the motion estimation unit, a candidate vector for at least one block directly surrounding the respective block based on a determination of whether the directly surrounding block has been processed for the current frame, calculating, for each candidate vector, a difference value, and selecting, as the motion vector, the candidate vector with the lowest difference value. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328539 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEMORY REUSE IN IMAGE PROCESSING - This invention relates to a method of reusing data in memory for motion estimation. Only additional data is required to prepare reference block so as to reduce the data transfer to the memory. The additional data will be arranged with the existing data in the memory to provide the reference block. Then the data in the memory is read in a specific way to retrieve the reference block. Using this invention, the bandwidth requirement and internal memory can be greatly reduced without any additional logic operation. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328540 | HDMI and displayport dual mode transmitter - A method and apparatus is disclosed that is capable of transmitting video signals and/or audio signals using the HDMI interface standard or the DisplayPort interface standard. A dual mode transmitter is disclosed that is configurable to transmit to a first sink device, configured in accordance with a HDMI display interface, in a HDMI mode of operation and/or a second sink device, configured in accordance with a DisplayPort display interface, in a DisplayPort mode of operation. The dual mode transmitter is configured to receive a biasing current from the first sink device in the HDMI mode of operation or to internally provide the biasing current in DisplayPort mode of operation by selecting impedances from selectable impedance networks. The dual mode transmitter is configured to transmit the video signals and/or audio signals by biasing one or more transistors using the biasing current. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328541 | UNIVERSAL TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION BANDS - A universal transmitter and a universal receiver for respectively transmitting and receiving orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signals using the international television bands respectively use fixed subcarrier spacing; fixed Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)/Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) period values; a fixed symbol duration for each cyclic prefix option; and fixed WRAN frame parameters, but a selectable channel bandwidth for transmission and reception. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328542 | Low-Noise Amplifier Suitable for Use in a Television Receiver - A low-noise amplifier includes a first resistor that receives a first signal of a differential input signal, and a second resistor that receives a second signal of the differential input signal. The amplifier includes a first transconductance device coupled to the first resistor that provides a first signal of a differential output signal, and a second transconductance device coupled to the second resistor, that provides a second signal of the differential output signal. The receiver also includes a first capacitor coupled between the first resistor input and a control electrode on the second transconductance device, and a second capacitor coupled between the second resistor input and a control electrode on the first transconductance device. The low-noise amplifier can include additional gain stages. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328543 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND TELEVISION APPARATUS - A conductive member is provided, surrounding a terminal, on a substrate so that a portion of the conductive member is positioned between wiring and the terminal. The conductive member includes, at an inner edge thereof, multiple portions whose distances from the terminal are different. The multiple portions include a portion whose distance from the terminal is shorter than that of a portion among the plurality of portions that is closest to the wiring. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328544 | Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Architecture For A Hybrid Television Tuner - According to one aspect, a mixed-signal tuner for analog and digital TV reception incorporates a demodulator for analog TV, employing various features for resolving limitations of the analog circuitry and for achieving compatibility with various global TV standards. Such features, which may be present in one or more embodiments, include the use of a variable sample rate in all digital clocks for frequency planning, and use of a microcontroller (MCU) to control various circuitry of the tuner. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328545 | RECEIVER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECEIVING A BROADCAST TO PROVIDE A CONTENT OUTPUT - A receiver system and method of receiving a plurality of channels to provide a content output are provided, the system including at least one antenna configured to receive a plurality of channels, each channel of the plurality of channels being at a different frequency. The receiver further includes a tuner in communication with the at least one antenna, wherein the tuner is configured to receive a first channel of the plurality of channels at a first frequency during a first period of time, at least a second channel of the plurality of channels at a second frequency during a second period of time, and provide a content output based upon only the first channel substantially without interruption during both first and second periods of time. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328546 | Tracking Filter For A Television Tuner - In one embodiment, a set of tracking filters to be coupled between an amplifier and a mixer is provided. The tracking filters may be differently configured depending on band of operation. For example, a first set of the filters can be configured to maintain a substantially constant Q value across their operating bandwidth while a second set of the filters can be configured to maintain a substantially constant bandwidth across their operating bandwidth. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328547 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SMART REMOTE-CONTROL DEVICES - Various embodiments provide a smart remote-control device. In one embodiment, a smart remote-control device includes a keypad and a display. The smart-remote-control device is configured to obtain information about other media devices, and to display that information upon the display. The smart remote-control device is further configured to establish master-slave relationships between itself and other media devices, including set-top boxes, presentation devices, and other remote-control devices. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328548 | UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL FOR EFFECTING THE SAME FUNCTION ON A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT DEVICES - A universal remote control device effects a same function on a plurality of different remotely controlled devices. The device has a housing, an actuator within the housing, a database of encoded signals for effecting the same function on the plurality of different remotely controlled devices; and a signal emitter configured to emit the encoded signals so as to effect the same function for each of the plurality of different devices in response to actuation of the actuator with no more than ½ second between each encoded signal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328549 | PROJECTION ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A projection electronic apparatus is presented. A movable keyboard component is disposed on a host of the electronic apparatus, and a projection component is disposed on the host. When the keyboard component is moved out from the host, a projection ray from the projection component is projected on a screen board outside the host, so as to display a projected screen picture. In addition, the screen board may also be pivoted to the host. When the screen board is opened from the host, the keyboard component is moved out from the host, and the projection ray from the projection component is projected on the screen board, so as to display a screen picture having a maximum scope. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328550 | PROJECTION SYSTEM BASED ON SELF EMITTING DISPLAY PANEL - A projection system based on self emitting display panels is described, in which the projection technology involves organic/inorganic electroluminescent display panels with spatially separated color segments. The color pictures are shown in three spatially separate segments. A color combination mechanism, such as dichroic mirrors, are used to merge the three color pictures to a color picture. One of the advantages of the present invention is that only the on state pixel is driven to a bright state that uses energy. The off state pixel need not be driven to a bright state and therefore the energy consumption is virtually nothing. Another advantage is that the system does not require a separate light source and display panel. Therefore the projection system can be made very compact, which is extremely useful for portable projection systems. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328551 | Display Apparatus - To provide a display apparatus which can use a general purpose projector, has a simple structure, and can be manufactured at low cost. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328552 | Projection-type display apparatus and control method for projection-type display apparatus as well as control program for Projection-type display apparatus - Exemplary embodiments provide a projection-type display apparatus, which can address or realize a reduction in weight and size, a reduction in power consumption, and a reduction in noise, and address or realize a reduction in price, and a control method for the projection-type display apparatus, as well as a control program for the projection-type display apparatus. The projection-type display apparatus includes a solid-state light source that emits light, a mirror device that controls an emitting direction of the incident light to thereby subject the incident light to temporal modulation, and a projecting device that projects the modulated light. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328553 | ELECTROOPTICAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electrooptical apparatus includes a plurality of first electrooptical panels which enable a color image to be displayed by combining output lights from the plurality of first electrooptical panels, a polarization axis correction unit through which the output lights from each of the plurality of first electrooptical panels are transmitted and which makes polarization axes of the transmitted output lights aligned, and a polarization axis switching section which switches a polarization axis of the output light from the polarization axis correction unit to a direction intersecting with the direction of the polarization axis at a predetermined timing. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328554 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, VIDEO PROJECTOR AND VIDEO PROJECTION METHOD - A light source device includes: a first light source configured to emit a first source light in a first wavelength range; a source light generator configured to generate, from the first light, a color-varying source light having time varying color; a second light source configured to emit a second source light in a second wavelength range that is different from the first wavelength range; and a light source controller configured to control driving timing for turning on and off each of the first light source and the second light source so as to cyclically select one of the color-varying source light and the second source light to be output as an output source light. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328555 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 2010-12-30 |
20100328556 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - An illumination device | 2010-12-30 |
20100328557 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 2010-12-30 |
20100328558 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - At least either a first substrate or a second substrate has regions corresponding to subpixels ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100328559 | Display device and drive control device thereof, scan signal line driving method, and drive circuit - An image displaying period of a 1 | 2010-12-30 |
20100328560 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are an illumination optical system allowing light beams to be condensed and enter an illumination area at different angles from each other, color separating elements that separate colors of the light beams from the illumination optical systems, liquid crystal light valves that modulate the color lights to form image light for the right and the left eyes, a color combining element that combines the color light beams, a wavelength-selective polarization rotating element that rotates the polarization direction of a predetermined color light so as to align the polarization direction with that of a light beam of another color, and a projection lens that magnifies and projects images. The liquid crystal light valves are provided with an incident side microlens array that causes the light beams for the right and the left eyes to pass respectively through the right and the left eye image pixels, and an exit side microlens array that condenses the light that has passed through the pixels. The projection lens is provided with a polarized light separating element that causes the polarization directions of image light for the right and the left eyes to be orthogonal to each other. Using one projection-type display apparatus, a highly efficient stereoscopic image can be displayed with little flicker and cross talk of image light for the right eye and for the left eye. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328561 | Stereoscopic projection system employing spatial multiplexing at an intermediate image plane - Projection systems and methods for providing stereoscopic images viewed through passive polarizing eyewear. The systems relate to projectors that create left and right eye images simultaneously and often as side-by-side images on the image modulator. The systems act to superimpose the spatially separated images on a projection screen with alternate polarization states. The embodiments are best suited to liquid crystal polarization based projection systems and use advanced polarization control. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328562 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of pixels. Each scan line has a signal-input end, and each pixel includes a gate electrode, a drain electrode, an extending electrode and a coupling capacitor. The extending electrode is an extending part of the drain electrode, and does not overlap the gate electrode. Each coupling capacitor is coupled between each extending electrode and the corresponding scan line. In each scan line, capacitances of the coupling capacitors between the extending electrodes and the corresponding scan line increase as distances between the extending electrodes and the corresponding signal-input end increase. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328563 | PIXEL SET - A pixel set including two scan lines parallel to each other, a data line intersected with the scan lines, and two pixels located between the scan lines is provided. The pixels are at two sides of the data line, respectively. Each pixel includes an active device disposed adjacent to the data line, a pixel electrode, a storage capacitance electrode partially overlapped with the pixel electrode, and a drain compensating pattern including a branch. The branch is located at a side of the pixel electrode away from the data line, and has a concavity located at a side of the branch adjacent to the data line. The drain compensating pattern is connected to a drain of the active device. A portion of the drain compensating pattern is located inside the concavity. The branch is not overlapped with the drain compensating pattern at a side of the concavity away from the gate. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328564 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including pixels, each having a transmissive area and a reflective area, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. Each of the pixels includes first and second thin film transistors which output a data signal in response to a first gate signal, a transmissive pixel electrode disposed in the transmissive area and electrically connected to the first thin film transistor to charge a first pixel voltage based on the data signal, a reflective pixel electrode disposed in the reflective area and electrically connected to the second thin film transistor to charge a second pixel voltage based on the data signal, and a voltage controller which controls the first pixel voltage and the second pixel voltage in response to a second gate signal, which is generated after the first gate signal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328565 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object is to provide a liquid crystal display device using a liquid crystal material exhibiting a blue phase, in order to enable a higher contrast. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal layer exhibiting a blue phase, a first structure body and a second structure body are provided over a first electrode layer (a pixel electrode layer) and a second electrode layer (a common electrode layer), respectively. The first structure body and the second structure body are insulators each having a higher dielectric constant than a liquid crystal material used for the liquid crystal layer, and are provided to project into the liquid crystal layer. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328566 | Liquid Crystal Panel with Conductive Carbon Line - A display unit comprises a first polarizer; a first transparent substrate is formed over the first polarizer; a first transparent electrode is successively formed over the first transparent substrate, the first transparent electrode is selected from a group consisting of conductive carbon, conductive polymer and the combination thereof. A TFT (thin film transistor) is next formed over the first transparent electrode; liquid crystals are formed over the TFT and a second transparent electrode is formed over the liquid crystals, the second transparent electrode is selected from a group consisting of the conductive carbon, conductive polymer and the combination thereof. A second transparent substrate formed over the second transparent electrode and a color filter is formed over the second transparent substrate. A second polarizer is successively formed over the color filter. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328567 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating an LCD device includes forming a gate line, a gate electrode, a gate pad electrode at an end of the gate line, and a common line on a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode; forming an active layer on the gate insulating layer; forming an etch stopper on the active layer; forming first and second ohmic contact layers spaced apart from each other on the active layer and an impurity-doped amorphous silicon pattern contacting the gate insulating layer therebelow, outer sides of the first and second ohmic contact layers being outside the active layer; forming a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, a data pad electrode at an end of the data line, and source and drain electrodes on the first and second ohmic contact layers, respectively; forming a pixel electrode and a common electrode in the pixel region to induce an in-plane electric field; and forming a gate pad terminal electrode on the gate pad electrode. At least one of the data line, the pixel electrode and the common electrode contacts the impurity-doped amorphous silicon pattern therebelow. | 2010-12-30 |