| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090010129 | Optical Disc Judgment Method and Optical Disc Device - An optical disk apparatus according to the present invention is an optical disk apparatus for performing at least one of: recording data to a plurality of types of optical disks including a recordable optical disk and a read-only optical disk which are produced according to the BD specifications; and reproducing data from the optical disks. This apparatus includes: a means ( | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090022021 | Optical Disk Drive - After an optical disk drive according to the present invention has been loaded with an optical disk and before the operation of recognizing the type of the given disk is finished, the drive presumes one of multiple types of candidate optical disks, from/on which data is readable and writable using a light beam with the shortest wavelength among the candidate disks, to be the disk being driven by the motor now and gets the beam for the presumed type of disk radiated from a light source (Step (A)). Next, the drive gets the disk spun at a rotational velocity that realizes a linear velocity equal to or higher than a standardized normal velocity when data is read from the presumed type of disk (Step (B)). Thereafter, the drive starts a focus control in a situation where the spot of the beam being formed on the disk is moving on the disk at the linear velocity equal to or higher than the normal velocity (Step (C)). And then the drive performs the operation of recognizing the type of the disk by the light beam reflected from the disk under the focus control (Step (D)). | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090109820 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - An optical disc drive according to the present invention can read data from any of multiple types of optical discs, of which the information storage layers are located at mutually different depths under their surface. When this drive is loaded with an optical disc, the servo controller of the drive changes a first type of drive signal to adjust a focus position by changing distances from the lens to the disc and/or a second type of drive signal to adjust tilt of the lens by changing the angles defined by the lens with respect to the disc a number of times, thereby changing settings to be determined by a combination of the focus position and the tilt. A signal quality rater measures multiple index values to rate the quality of a reflected light signal as the settings are changed. Then, the optical disc drive recognizes the type of the given optical disc based on those index values and reads data from the optical disc recognized. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090147639 | OPTICAL DISK UNIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - An optical disk drive according to the present invention has the ability to read data from multiple types of optical disks, each of which includes at least one information storage layer. The drive includes: a driving mechanism | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090190449 | OPTICAL HEAD TRANSFER DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR OPTICAL HEAD TRANSFER DEVICE, FOCUSING LENS DRIVING DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR FOCUSING LENS DRIVING DEVICE - When transferring an optical head in a radial direction of an optical disc, the optical head is initially transferred with a speed profile of a larger acceleration, and when abnormality is detected by an abnormality detection circuit which detects abnormality of a focus control system, the optical head is again transferred with a speed profile of a smaller acceleration, whereby preventing a movable part of a lens actuator from colliding with a fixed part when transferring the optical head in the radial direction of the optical disc, resulting in an optical head transfer device, an integrated circuit for the optical head transfer device, a focusing lens driving device, and an integrated circuit for the focusing lens driving device which can avoid an increase in the start-up time of the device, a reduction in the data reading speed from the optical disc, and the like. | 07-30-2009 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090041009 | IP TELEPHONE TERMINAL, IP TELEPHONE SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An IP telephone terminal outputs a call request for communication with a prescribed terminal and, if it is determined that connection failed, records the input voice. Thereafter, the IP telephone terminal determines that the prescribed telephone terminal has reached a state connectable through IP network, outputs a call request for communication with the prescribed terminal and if connection is determined to be established, transmits the recorded voice to the prescribed terminal. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20110010166 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CONNECTABLE TO NETWORK - A mobile communication terminal includes a first communication unit connectable to a first communication apparatus via a first network using a first wireless communication protocol, a second communication unit connectable to a second communication apparatus via a second network using a second wireless communication protocol different from the first wireless communication protocol, a controller configured to control the first and second communication units, a microphone, and a speaker. The controller transmits first data, addressed to the second communication apparatus, to the second network, transmits second data, addressed to the first communication apparatus, to the first network, causes the speaker to convert into corresponding voice a second voice signal addressed to the mobile communication terminal, and transmits a first voice signal. | 01-13-2011 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080252973 | POLARIZING PLATE, OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A polarizing plate of the present invention comprises a polarizer; an adhesive layer; and a transparent protective film bonded to at least one side of the polarizer with the adhesive layer interposed therebetween, wherein the adhesive layer is formed from an active energy ray curing adhesive containing at least one curable component, and the adhesive layer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 60° C. or more, and a thickness of 0.01 μm to 7 μm. The polarizing plate has sufficient durability in a severe environment at high temperature and high humidity. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090103017 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal panel | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090153965 | Polarizer Protective Film, Polarizing Plate, and Image Display Apparatus - Provided are: a polarizer protective film having excellent optical properties and mechanical strength, with the productivity and reworking property enhanced; a polarizing plate with less defects in an outer appearance, using a polarizer formed of the polarizer protective film and a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin; and an image display apparatus of high quality using the polarizing plate. The polarizer protective film of the present invention includes as a main component a (meth)acrylic resin, which is stretched by longitudinal stretching and/or lateral stretching. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100231831 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, LAMINATED POLARIZING PLATE AND POLARIZED LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - This invention relates to a transmissive liquid crystal display including a light source (BL), a reflective linearly-polarizing layer (Pr | 09-16-2010 |
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090167905 | Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus includes:
| 07-02-2009 |
| 20100073516 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An image capturing apparatus including: an image sensor generating an image signal; a photographing control section performing a photographing operation in which an exposure of the image sensor is divided into a plurality of exposures in accordance with a predetermined exposure time; an addition section adding sequentially the image signals obtained at each exposure; an amplification ratio calculation section calculating an amplification ratio of the added image signal on the basis of the predetermined exposure time; an amplification section amplifying the added image signal by using the amplification ratio to compensate for insufficient exposure for the predetermined exposure time; and a display control section displaying information related to the amplified image signal; wherein the photographing control section ends the photographing operation when instructed by a user, and determines that the amplified image signal is a captured image obtained by performing the photographing operation with the predetermined exposure time. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100079616 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device generating an image signal on a subject image; a shooting control mechanism dividing an exposure to be made to the imaging device in an exposure period into a plurality of times of exposures; an adding mechanism adding individual image signals obtained by the plurality of divided exposures in sequence to generate a sum image signal; an amplification control mechanism amplifying the sum image signal using a predetermined amplification factor in a first period in the exposure period to generate an amplified image signal; and a display control mechanism displaying, on a display section, the amplified image based on the amplified image signal in the first period, and displaying, on a display section, an image based on the sum image signal in a period other than the first period in the exposure period. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100182451 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGING CONTROL PROGRAM - Imaging signal obtained through exposure for divided exposure times is A/D converted to digital imaging signal. Dark current component is subtracted from the digital imaging signal. The result of subtraction is accumulated and stored in a first memory. Next, exposure for divided exposure times is performed with the imaging device shielded from light. The obtained imaging signal is A/D converted to digital imaging signal. Dark current component is subtracted from the digital imaging signal. The result of subtraction is accumulated and stored sequentially in a second memory. The digital imaging signal stored in the second memory is subtracted from the digital imaging signal stored in the first memory. Then the result of subtraction is output. The word length allocated to one pixel in the first and second memories is longer than the word length of one A/D converted pixel. | 07-22-2010 |