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20090173893 | Semiconductor device and its manufacturing method - It is an object of the present invention to provide laser irradiation apparatus and method which can decrease the proportion of the microcrystal region in the whole irradiated region and can irradiate a semiconductor film homogeneously with a laser beam. A low-intensity part of a laser beam emitted from a laser oscillator is blocked by a slit, the laser beam is deflected by a mirror, and the beam is shaped into a desired size by using two convex cylindrical lenses. Then, the laser beam is delivered to the irradiation surface. | 07-09-2009 |
20090189173 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - To provide a liquid crystal display device having high quality display by obtaining a high aperture ratio while securing a sufficient storage capacitor (Cs), and at the same time, by dispersing a load (a pixel writing-in electric current) of a capacitor wiring in a timely manner to effectively reduce the load. A scanning line is formed on a different layer from a gate electrode and the capacitor wiring is arranged so as to be parallel with a signal line. Each pixel is connected to the individually independent capacitor wiring via a dielectric. Therefore, variations in the electric potential of the capacitor wiring caused by a writing-in electric current of a neighboring pixel can be avoided, whereby obtaining satisfactory display images. | 07-30-2009 |
20110114964 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - To provide a liquid crystal display device having high quality display by obtaining a high aperture ratio while securing a sufficient storage capacitor (Cs), and at the same time, by dispersing a load (a pixel writing-in electric current) of a capacitor wiring in a timely manner to effectively reduce the load. A scanning line is formed on a different layer from a gate electrode and the capacitor wiring is arranged so as to be parallel with a signal line. Each pixel is connected to the individually independent capacitor wiring via a dielectric. Therefore, variations in the electric potential of the capacitor wiring caused by a writing-in electric current of a neighboring pixel can be avoided, whereby obtaining satisfactory display images. | 05-19-2011 |
20140021476 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - To provide a liquid crystal display device having high quality display by obtaining a high aperture ratio while securing a sufficient storage capacitor (Cs), and at the same time, by dispersing a load (a pixel writing-in electric current) of a capacitor wiring in a timely manner to effectively reduce the load. A scanning line is formed on a different layer from a gate electrode and the capacitor wiring is arranged so as to be parallel with a signal line. Each pixel is connected to the individually independent capacitor wiring via a dielectric. Therefore, variations in the electric potential of the capacitor wiring caused by a writing-in electric current of a neighboring pixel can be avoided, whereby obtaining satisfactory display images. | 01-23-2014 |
20150049278 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - To provide a liquid crystal display device having high quality display by obtaining a high aperture ratio while securing a sufficient storage capacitor (Cs), and at the same time, by dispersing a load (a pixel writing-in electric current) of a capacitor wiring in a timely manner to effectively reduce the load. A scanning line is formed on a different layer from a gate electrode and the capacitor wiring is arranged so as to be parallel with a signal line. Each pixel is connected to the individually independent capacitor wiring via a dielectric. Therefore, variations in the electric potential of the capacitor wiring caused by a writing-in electric current of a neighboring pixel can be avoided, whereby obtaining satisfactory display images. | 02-19-2015 |
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20090073853 | OPTICAL PICKUP AND DISC DRIVE APPARATUS - An optical pickup includes a movable base and an objective lens driving mechanism mounted on the movable base. The objective lens driving mechanism includes a fixed block affixed to the movable base; a movable block having an objective lens and a lens holder holding the objective lens, the movable block moving in focusing, tracking, and tilting directions; supporting springs connecting the fixed block and the movable block; a focusing magnetic circuit including a focusing coil and a focusing magnet; a tracking magnetic circuit including a tracking coil and a tracking magnet; and a tilting magnetic circuit including a tilting coil and a tilting magnet. The lens holder includes a body holding the objective lens, and a thin segment projecting from the body and serving as a dynamic damper that absorbs vibration occurring in the movable block. The tilting coil or the tilting magnet is attached to the thin segment. | 03-19-2009 |
20090073854 | OPTICAL PICKUP AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - An optical pickup has an objective lens drive device which includes a fixed block fixed to a movement base, a movable block having an objective lens and a lens holder that holds the objective lens, a plurality of support springs that couples the fixed block with the movable block, and a focusing magnetic coil that operates the movable block in a focusing direction. A distance between the fixed block and a recording surface of a disk recording medium is larger than a distance between the movable block and the recording surface. The support springs are inclined with respect to the recording surface. The support springs have a longitudinal direction orthogonal to a direction of a thrust generated at the focusing magnetic circuit to the movable block during a focusing operation. | 03-19-2009 |
20110181731 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an image pickup apparatus, including: an image pickup element having a plurality of pixels; and a radiation/shielding portion configured to radiate/shield an electromagnetic wave for the image pickup element in such a way that a partial pixel selective radiation state in which the electromagnetic wave is radiated to a part of the pixels in the image pickup element and the electromagnetic wave is shielded for the pixels other than the part of the pixels is obtained in a time division manner while the part of the pixels to each of which the electromagnetic wave is radiated is successively changed. | 07-28-2011 |
20120044557 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided a display apparatus and an optical apparatus by which the generation of interfering pattern can be reduced while achieving miniaturization. The optical apparatus includes an optical device through which laser light passes; one or more holding members holding the optical device; and a driving section allowing the optical device to vibrate in a plane orthogonal to a light path of the laser light. Each of the holding members has an opening or a cutout through which the optical device passes at the time of vibration. | 02-23-2012 |
20120229522 | ILLUMINATION UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - There are provided an illumination unit and a display apparatus which are capable of improving convenience for users. The illumination unit includes a light source section including a laser light source, an optical device allowing a laser beam from the laser light source to pass therethrough, a drive section allowing the optical device to oscillate, and a control section performing one or both of control of decreasing brightness of emitted light from the light source section and control of outputting to the outside information that oscillation of the optical device has been stopped when the oscillation of the optical device has been stopped during drive operation by the drive section. | 09-13-2012 |
20130016136 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICEAANM Yasui; ToshifumiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Yasui; Toshifumi Kanagawa JPAANM Isobe; HiroshiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Isobe; Hiroshi Kanagawa JPAANM Takahashi; KazuyukiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Takahashi; Kazuyuki Kanagawa JP - An illumination device includes: a light source section including a laser light source, and allowing a laser light beam emitted from the laser light source to be outputted intermittently at a predetermined frequency; an optical element through which the laser light beam passes; and a driver section changing a coherency of the laser light beam by driving the optical element at a predetermined drive frequency. Expressions (1) |2×f2−n1×f1|≧20 or (2) |2×f2−n2×f1|≦3, (3) f2≧20 or (4) f2≦3, and (5) |f2−n1×f1|≧20 or (6) |f2−n3×f1|≦3 are satisfied, where f1 denotes the frequency in Hz, f2 denotes a variation frequency of luminance in illumination light outputted from the optical element in Hz, the variation frequency being generated by the driving of the optical element, n1 denotes an arbitrary integer of 0 to 10 both inclusive, and n2 and n3 denote respective predetermined integers of 0 to 10 both inclusive. | 01-17-2013 |
20130077061 | ILLUMINATOR AND DISPLAY UNIT - An illuminator includes: a light source section including a laser light source; an optical element through which a laser beam from the laser light source passes; a driving section oscillating the optical element; and a control section controlling, in a driving operation performed by the driving section, the driving operation to allow an oscillating amplitude value of the optical element in a startup period of the optical element to be equal to or less than the oscillating amplitude value of a steady-state operation period of the optical element that is subsequent to the startup period. | 03-28-2013 |
20130099097 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - Provided is an imaging apparatus including an imaging element section, an imaging optical system, a transmission/block section, an actuator, and an output section. The imaging element section includes a plurality of pixels, and the imaging optical system forms an image on the imaging element section, the image being formed by an electromagnetic wave from the outside. The transmission/block section transmits and blocks the electromagnetic wave to/against the imaging element section, the transmission/block section being disposed at an aperture stop position in the imaging optical system. The actuator drives the transmission/block section to move back and forth to be changed in state between transmission and blocking. The output section produces an image signal output being differential signaling between a pixel output from the imaging element section when the transmission/block section is in the transmission state, and a pixel output from the imaging element section when it is in the blocking state. | 04-25-2013 |
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20090046679 | Access Router Device, Mobility Control System, and Mobility Control Method - In a network configuration in which a mobility control node is placed in the network, a packet is forwarded from a communication partner to the mobility control node by a basic IP mobility protocol for supporting movement in a local network managed by the mobility control node, a movement of a mobile terminal device across local networks formed by mobility control nodes is achieved without adding a function to the mobile terminal device. A mobility control node to be provided to the mobile terminal device is identified by a trigger reporting a movement has been performed to the network from the mobile terminal device, and, in the case of HO across between mobility control nodes, network information before the movement is reported instead of network information to be originally reported. Thus, the mobile terminal device determines that the movement is in the same network and can continue communication without performing an address generation procedure. | 02-19-2009 |
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20110093272 | MEDIA PROCESS SERVER APPARATUS AND MEDIA PROCESS METHOD THEREFOR - A media process server apparatus has a speech synthesis data storage device for storing, after categorizing into emotions, data for speech synthesis in association with a user identifier, a text analyzer for determining, from a text message received from a message server apparatus, emotion of text, and a speech data synthesizer for generating speech data with emotional expression by synthesizing speech corresponding to the text, using data for speech synthesis that corresponds to the determined emotion and that is in association with a user identifier of a user who is a transmitter of the text message. | 04-21-2011 |
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20090201286 | Light emitting period setting method, driving method for display panel, driving method for backlight, light emitting period setting apparatus, semiconductor device, display panel and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a light emitting period setting method for a display panel wherein the peak luminance level is varied through control of a total light emitting period length which is the sum total of period lengths of light emitting periods arranged in a one-field period, including a step of setting period lengths of N light emitting periods, which are arranged in a one-field period, in response to the total light emitting period length such that the period lengths of the light emitting periods continue to keep a fixed ratio thereamong, N being equal to or higher than 3. | 08-13-2009 |
20090207193 | Lighting period setting method, display panel driving method, backlight driving method, lighting condition setting device, semiconductor device, display panel and electronic equipment - Disclosed herein is a lighting period setting method for a display panel which permits control of the peak luminance level by controlling the total lighting period length which is the sum of all lighting periods per field period, the lighting period setting method including the steps of, calculating the average luminance level across the screen based on input image data, determining light emission mode based on the calculated average luminance level, and setting the number, arrangement and lengths of lighting periods per field period according to the setting conditions defined for the determined light emission mode so as to provide the peak luminance level which is set according to the input image data. | 08-20-2009 |
20100033461 | Display panel module, semiconductor integrated circuit, driving method of pixel array section, and electronic device - A display panel module includes: a pixel array section in which a sub-pixel formed by a self-luminous element of a current-driven type and a pixel circuit configured to drive and control the self-luminous element is arranged in a form of a matrix; a signal line driving section configured to drive a signal line; a writing control line driving section configured to control writing of a potential appearing in the signal line to the sub-pixel on a basis of a first scan clock; and a power supply controlling section configured to control supply of driving power to the sub-pixel and stop of the supply of the driving power, the power supply controlling section controlling timing of the supply of the driving power defining a lighting period of the self-luminous element on a basis of a second scan clock having a higher speed than the first scan clock. | 02-11-2010 |
20100033462 | Display panel module, semiconductor integrated circuit, driving method of pixel array section, and electronic device - A display panel module includes: a pixel array section in which a sub-pixel formed by a self-luminous element of a current-driven type and a pixel circuit configured to drive and control the self-luminous element is arranged in a form of a matrix; a signal line driving section configured to drive a signal line; a writing control line driving section configured to control writing of a potential appearing in the signal line to the sub-pixel; and a power supply controlling section configured to control supply of driving power to the sub-pixel and stop of the supply of the driving power; wherein when either of a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image is displayed, the signal line driving section, the writing control line driving section, and the power supply controlling section operate in common driving timing set such that display periods of adjacent frames do not overlap each other. | 02-11-2010 |
20100085341 | Semiconductor integrated circuit, self-luminous display panel module, electronic apparatus, and method for driving power supply line - Disclosed herein is a semiconductor integrated circuit including a power supply line drive circuit configured to drive power supply lines connected to pixels that are arranged in a matrix on a self-luminous display panel. | 04-08-2010 |
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20130127929 | LIGHTING PERIOD SETTING METHOD, DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD, BACKLIGHT DRIVING METHOD, LIGHTING CONDITION SETTING DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is a lighting period setting method for a display panel which permits control of the peak luminance level by controlling the total lighting period length which is the sum of all lighting periods per field period, the lighting period setting method including the steps of, calculating the average luminance level across the screen based on input image data, determining light emission mode based on the calculated average luminance level, and setting the number, arrangement and lengths of lighting periods per field period according to the setting conditions defined for the determined light emission mode so as to provide the peak luminance level which is set according to the input image data. | 05-23-2013 |
20140055509 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, SELF-LUMINOUS DISPLAY PANEL MODULE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING POWER SUPPLY LINE - A semiconductor integrated circuit and corresponding display panel and electronic apparatus. A pixel element includes a self-luminous element and a drive transistor connected to a power supply line. In an emission period of the self-luminous element, an active voltage and an intermediate voltage are sequentially applied between the power supply line and a potential line with a pulse-shaped waveform such that a predetermined luminance duration is obtained in the emission period. In a non-emission period of the self-luminous element, an off-state voltage is applied between the power supply line and the potential line so as to maintain the self-luminous element in a non-emission state. | 02-27-2014 |
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20150187277 | DISPLAY UNIT, DRIVING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a display section including a plurality of unit pixels; and a drive section configured to perform a first drive, a second drive, and a third drive on each of the unit pixels in this order, in which each of the first drive and the second drive includes an initialization drive, a writing drive of a pixel voltage, and a light emission drive based on the pixel voltage written by the writing drive, a part of a series of the initialization drive, the writing drive, and the light emission drive differs between the first drive and the second drive, and the third drive includes a light emission drive based on the pixel voltage written by the writing drive in the second drive. | 07-02-2015 |
20150243225 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: a display section that has pixels; and a driving section that drives the display section on the basis of luminance information including a plurality of sub-luminance information pieces. The driving section drives the pixels in a time-division manner on the basis of each sub-luminance information piece during a single display period or a plurality of display periods which is set in each sub-luminance information piece. One or both of a timing of start of each display period and the number of the display periods are changeable. | 08-27-2015 |