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20100192081 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - An information processing apparatus including a display section to display a data, an input section to input user input information, a communication section to communicate with a server, and a control section. The control section controls a display of a received message on the display section in accordance with the input information input through the input section. The control section displays, on the display section, a post card in which information included in the received message is laid out on a template selected in advance by the server, and enables a user to judge whether the post card corresponds to a read message or an unread message by displaying the post card corresponding to the read message in different display forms from the post card corresponding to the unread message. | 07-29-2010 |
20110254691 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a display device including an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range in an image display direction, a moving body detection unit that detects whether or not a moving body is present in a predetermined range in the image display direction, an image analysis unit that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit to detect whether or not a face is present, and a power control unit that controls power consumption with different patterns according to a plurality of modes that are set by combining whether or not the face detected by the image analysis unit is present and whether or not the moving body detected by the detection unit is present. | 10-20-2011 |
20120293405 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD - An image display device and controlling method capable of optimizing a state of the image display device for a user at a desired position. The display device includes: an imaging section that takes an image of a predetermined range of a dynamic image with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzing section that analyzes the dynamic image taken by the imaging section and calculates a position of a user; a system optimization processing section that calculates system control information for optimizing a system based on the position of the user calculated by the image analyzing section; and a system controlling section that optimizes the system based on the system control information calculated by the system optimization processing section. | 11-22-2012 |
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20100165203 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO - A video display apparatus includes: a tuner configured to receive a digital broadcast signal; an accepting module configured to accept a power-on command; a display module configured to simultaneously display first information that is included in the digital broadcast signal and second information that is not included in the digital broadcast signal when the accepting module accepts the power-on command. | 07-01-2010 |
20100251294 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSOR AND MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a moving image processor includes a receiver, a storage module, a rendering module, an overlay module, and an output module. The receiver receives moving image data. The storage module stores image data as a template of a user interface screen. The rendering module generates bitmap data representing the user interface screen, through which input is received, based on the image data stored in the storage module. The overlay module overlays the bitmap data representing the user interface screen on the moving image data. The output module outputs the moving image data on which the bitmap data is overlaid. | 09-30-2010 |
20110283307 | BROADCAST TRANSMITTER, A BROADCAST TRANSMITTING METHOD AND A BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - In one embodiment, a broadcast transmitter includes: a viewer information memory configured to store viewer information regarding a viewer who signs up for a subscription; a generator configured to generate individual information regarding a conditional access of a content including a first expiration time indicating an expiration time of the individual information and a second expiration time set independently of the first expiration time for each the viewer who signs up for the subscription based on the viewer information; and a transmitter configured to transmit a broadcast signal including the generated individual information. | 11-17-2011 |
20130007797 | BROADCAST TRANSMITTER, A BROADCAST TRANSMITTING METHOD AND A BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - In one embodiment, a broadcast transmitter includes: a viewer information memory configured to store viewer information regarding a viewer who signs up for a subscription; a generator configured to generate individual information regarding a conditional access of a content including a first expiration time indicating an expiration time of the individual information and a second expiration time set independently of the first expiration time for each the viewer who signs up for the subscription based on the viewer information; and a transmitter configured to transmit a broadcast signal including the generated individual information. | 01-03-2013 |
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20080201497 | WIRELESS-INTERFACE MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A wireless-interface module is provided. The wireless-interface module includes a connection unit connected to a standardized connection-terminal unit of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor device having a function of performing internal processing on the basis of a predetermined signal input from the standardized connection-terminal unit. The wireless-interface module also includes a wireless signal-transmission-and-reception unit that transmits and/or receives a wireless signal to and/or from a wireless-interface module provided on the host-device side, where the host device makes the semiconductor device execute internal processing, and a control unit that controls an operation performed by the wireless signal-transmission-and-reception unit and that converts a signal transmitted and/or received between the connection unit and the wireless signal-transmission-and-reception unit. | 08-21-2008 |
20100039504 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CORRECTION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROVISION SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A three-dimensional image correction device includes when a displacement amount which is a difference between a convergence angle on a display surface and a convergence angle on a perceived three-dimensional surface based on image information for a three-dimensional image is set as a disparity amount, a width of a depth amount represented by pop-up and pull-in of the three-dimensional image is set as a dynamic range, and display device specification information is set as display device information, a disparity amount detection unit for inputting the image information to detect the disparity amount from the image information, a correction computation unit for adjusting the detected disparity amount on the basis of the display device information to correct the dynamic range, and a disparity amount correction unit for correcting the disparity amount in the corrected dynamic range while corresponding to the display device information. | 02-18-2010 |
20100091098 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display apparatus includes: a video display unit that converts a video signal containing information indicating the magnitude of disparity between left-eye and right-eye video images into video images and displays the video images on a screen; a projection distance detector that detects a projection distance that is the distance between the video display unit and the screen; a display size calculator that calculates the size of the video images displayed on the screen using the projection distance detected by the projection distance detector; a disparity magnitude detector that detects the information indicating the magnitude of disparity from the video signal; and a disparity magnitude adjuster that adjusts the magnitude of disparity using the size of the video images displayed on the screen and the information indicating the magnitude of disparity detected by the disparity magnitude detector. | 04-15-2010 |
20100118120 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transmitter is provided. When a three-dimensional image signal including a two-dimensional image signal and depth information of the two-dimensional image signal is transmitted to a receiver using a two signal transmission lines, the three-dimensional image signal including the two-dimensional image signal and the depth information of the two-dimensional image signal is input. Also, signal separation of the two-dimensional image signal is performed. In addition, one signal-separated part of the two-dimensional image signal is transmitted to a first signal transmission line and the other signal-separated part of the two-dimensional image signal is combined with the depth information and then transmitted to a second signal transmission line. | 05-13-2010 |
20100220178 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an adjustment amount setting section to set an adjustment amount of a parallax amount with respect to a two-dimensional image for left eye and a two-dimensional image for right eye; a difference calculation section to calculate a difference between brightness values of the two-dimensional image for left eye and the two-dimensional image for right eye in which the parallax amount is changed using the adjustment amount set by the adjustment amount setting section; a smallest value judgment section to determine an optimum adjustment amount by judging the adjustment amount at which a calculation amount using the difference between brightness values is smallest; and a parallax amount adjustment section to adjust the parallax amount of the two-dimensional image for left eye and the two-dimensional image for right eye, based on the optimum adjustment amount determined by the smallest value judgment section. | 09-02-2010 |
20120162212 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a three-dimensional image display apparatus in which an image for each of a plurality of view points in each of a plurality of observation areas can be observed. The three-dimensional image display apparatus displays one or two images pertaining to a pair of images put in a reverse-view relation in the vicinity of an edge of the observation areas by making use of data different from image data for the view points. Also, the three-dimensional image display apparatus creates one or two images pertaining to a pair of images put in a reverse-view relation in the vicinity of an edge of the observation areas by displaying pieces of image data having a variety of types on a time-division basis. | 06-28-2012 |
20120182290 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An autostereoscopic image display device in which an image of each viewpoint can be observed in each one of a plurality of observation areas, wherein one or both of a pair of images having relationship of a reverse view near an end portion of the observation area are displayed by using first image data and added image data acquired by weighting values of the first image data and second image data based on relationship of parallax between the second image data different from the first image data and the first image data and adding the weighted values. | 07-19-2012 |
20120281067 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided an image processing method which includes obtaining a first original image and a second original image, and determining, in accordance with magnitude relationship between parallactic information about an original image of one of the first original image and the second original image and parallactic information about an interpolation image of the first original image and the second original image, whether video information about the original image of the one of the first original image and the second original image is drawn onto the interpolation image. | 11-08-2012 |
20120327200 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CORRECTION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROVISION SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A three-dimensional image correction device includes when a displacement amount which is a difference between a convergence angle on a display surface and a convergence angle on a perceived three-dimensional surface based on image information for a three-dimensional image is set as a disparity amount, a width of a depth amount represented by pop-up and pull-in of the three-dimensional image is set as a dynamic range, and display device specification information is set as display device information, a disparity amount detection unit for inputting the image information to detect the disparity amount from the image information, a correction computation unit for adjusting the detected disparity amount on the basis of the display device information to correct the dynamic range, and a disparity amount correction unit for correcting the disparity amount in the corrected dynamic range while corresponding to the display device information. | 12-27-2012 |
20130021332 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An image processing method is provided that includes: acquiring an original image; and with respect to pixels in an area which is within the acquired original image and from which parallax information is not extracted or acquired, generating the parallax information of the pixels in the area in accordance with a magnitude relation of the parallax information of at least two pixels which are adjacent or close to the pixels in the area and which are included among pixels from which the parallax information is extracted or acquired. | 01-24-2013 |
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20090221157 | Electrical connector - A connector to be connected to a mating connector includes a housing having a receptacle recess portion for receiving the mating connector, and a terminal retained in the housing. The housing includes a containing groove extending in a connecting direction for containing a fitting portion of the terminal. The fitting portion of the terminal includes an engaging portion at a side end edge thereof. The containing groove includes a regulating wall portion extending in the connecting direction and located inner side than a position of an edge surface of the engaging portion at the containing groove. The regulating wall portion includes a regulating surface extending in the connecting direction and a width direction of the terminal. When the mating connector is extracted, the regulating surface regulates an elastic deformation of the fitting portion by abutting against and engaging with the engaging portion. | 09-03-2009 |
20110045708 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a housing to be disposed on a circuit board, a receiving recess portion formed in the housing for receiving a mating connector, and a terminal arranged in the housing. The terminal includes a U-shape portion, an extending portion extending outside the receiving recess portion a first sidewall facing outside, and a connecting portion. The U-shape portion includes a first arm portion and a second arm portion. The first arm portion is fitted along the sidewall and the second arm portion is fitted along a second sidewall. The first arm portion and the second arm portion include locking portions for being fixed against an inner surface of the receiving recess portion, respectively. The extending portion is arranged to be away from the first sidewall to form a space in between. | 02-24-2011 |
20120196486 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing. The housing includes a bottom wall and a protruding wall. The terminal includes a held portion for being held in the housing, a base portion, a transition portion, an elastic arm portion and a contact portion. The protruding wall includes a plurality of vertical wall portions and a displacement receiving recess. The housing has an opening penetrating the bottom wall at least at a lower side of the displacement receiving recess. The displacement receiving recess communicates with the opening. Further, the base portion and the transition portion of the terminal are situated outside of the displacement receiving recess. | 08-02-2012 |
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20080253265 | OPTICAL HEAD APPARATUS - The present invention provides an optical head apparatus having: a light source emitting a linearly-polarized light; an objective lens focusing a light source light emitted from the light source on an optical recording medium; a light detector receiving a return light generated by reflecting the light source light by the optical recording medium; and a variable diffraction device having: a first polarized light diffraction grating; and a second polarized light diffraction grating, the variable diffraction device: diffracting an incident light of the linearly-polarized light by one of the first polarized light diffraction grating and the second polarized light diffraction grating; and transmitting the incident light without diffraction by the other thereof, the first polarized light diffraction grating having: first stripes including an anisotropic transparent material; and second stripes including an isotropic transparent material, the first stripes and the second stripes being alternately arranged in a first direction and in a first pitch to fill each space; the second polarized light diffraction grating having: third stripes including an anisotropic transparent material; and fourth stripes including an isotropic transparent material, the third stripes and the fourth stripes being alternately arranged in a second direction and in a second pitch to fill each space; the first polarized light diffraction grating and the second polarized light diffraction grating being different in at least one of the pitches and the directions, the variable diffraction device being capable of switching: either the first polarized light diffraction grating or the second polarized light diffraction grating diffracting the incident light; and the other thereof transmitting the incident light without diffraction by changing refractive indices sensed by the incident light with respect to the first polarized light diffraction grating and the second polarized light diffraction grating by an externally applied electric signal. | 10-16-2008 |
20090016191 | OPTICAL HEAD DEVICE - It is provided an optical head device which includes: a light source; an objective lens, configured to converge light emitted from the light source to an information recording surface of an optical disk; a beam splitter, configured to deflect returned light reflected by the optical disk into an optical path which is different from an optical path of the light emitted from the light source; a photo detector, configured to detect the returned light deflected by the beam splitter; and a depolarizing element, disposed on an optical path between the beam splitter and the photo detector, and configured to cause the returned light to transmit through while reducing a degree of polarization of the returned light. | 01-15-2009 |
20120075539 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device is provided with: a light source portion including at least one light source that emits coherent light; an image light generation portion that generates image light by modulating the light emitted by the light source portion; a projection portion that projects the image light; a liquid crystal scattering element that is disposed on an optical path between the light source portion and the image light generation portion and temporally changes scattering state for passing light; a transparent electrode formed on each of opposing surfaces of a plurality of transparent substrates of the liquid crystal scattering element; and a liquid crystal layer that is sandwiched between the transparent electrodes and has liquid crystal of a smectic phase having spontaneous polarization in voltage applied state, and is characterized in that an AC voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer through the transparent electrode. | 03-29-2012 |
20130163399 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT FILM, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, OPTICAL ELEMENT USING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT FILM, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION WRITING/READING DEVICE - To provide a liquid crystal alignment film having a sufficient alignment-regulating power and high resistance against blue laser beam and having, at the same time, excellent adhesion, and an optical element using it. A liquid crystal alignment film obtainable by bonding, by chemisorption to a substrate, an alignment-regulating precursor which undergoes anisotropic decomposition by irradiation with polarized ultraviolet light, and irradiating the alignment-regulating precursor bonded to the substrate, with polarized ultraviolet light, to let it undergo anisotropic decomposition and exhibit an alignment-regulating power. | 06-27-2013 |