| 02nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
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| 20100007759 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processor performs blurring processing on an image acquired via a lens system and including a main subject image and a background image, and includes an image processing section having a reduction rate determiner part which determines a reduction rate of the background image based on at least one of a focal length of the lens system, a distance between the main subject image and the background image, level of the blurring processing, and an image size of the background image; an image reduction part which reduces the background image at the reduction rate determined by the reduction rate determiner part; a spatial filter processing part which performs spatial filter processing on the background image reduced by the image reduction part; and an image enlargement part which enlarges the background image processed by the spatial filter processing part at an enlargement rate as an inverse of the reduction rate. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007760 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprises: a plurality of pixels; a signal line; a holding block; an output unit; and a control unit, wherein the control unit selectively operates the holding block in a first mode or a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which a first signal is held in a first holding unit and then transferred from the first holding unit to a second holding unit via a first impedance conversion unit, and in which a second signal is held in a third holding unit and then transferred from the third holding unit to a fourth holding unit via a second impedance conversion unit, and the second mode being a mode in which the first signal is transferred to the second holding unit via the first impedance conversion unit and the second signal is transferred to the fourth holding unit via the first impedance conversion unit. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007761 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A chronological sequence of a plurality of images is obtained, and one of the plurality of images obtained is set as a reference image while remainders thereof are set as object images. A plurality of parameters for converting each of main subject portions of respective plurality of object images to be aligned so as to be superimposed on a main subject portion of the reference image are calculated. Images are combined such that the main subject portions are superimposed with alignment degrees of the parameters degrading as distance from a predetermined location increases. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007762 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A cut point detection unit segments a frame sequence including successive frames into one or more subframe sequences. A face discrimination unit identifies an image group in which an object registered in advance appears, of images of respective frames that form one subframe sequence, and a representative frame candidate extraction unit selects one image from the identified image group as a selection image. A representative frame display control unit controls a display unit to display selection images for respective subframe sequences as representative images of the frame sequence. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007763 | Image Shooting Device - An image shooting device has: an image sensing portion that, through repeated shooting, acquires a series of input images having a plurality of input images formed in chronological order; a face detection portion that, based on the image data of the series of input images, detects a human face from each input image and outputs position information representing the position of a detected face on the image; a priority face choice portion that chooses a priority face from one or more faces detected by the face detection portion; an identification portion that, based on the position information of the faces detected by the face detection portion, searches for the priority face in each input image to detect the priority face as distinguished from any other face; and a re-choice portion that, when the priority face is detected by the identification portion from a first input image acquired after choice of the priority face but the priority face is not detected by the identification portion from a second input image acquired after the first input image, retains retained information including position information of the priority face on the first input image, and then executes, using the retained information, re-choice processing to re-choose the priority face. In the re-choice processing, based on the retained information and position information of a face on a third input image acquired after the second input image, the re-choice portion searches, within the third input image, for a face to be re-chosen as a priority face anew under a condition different from the condition under which the identification portion searched for the priority face. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007764 | DETERMINING IMAGE QUALITY FOR IMPROVING OBJECT TRACKABILITY - A method and system are provided. In one embodiment, a video image is preprocessed from a video camera to separate objects to be tracked from the rest of the video image. Statistics for the tracked objects and the rest of the video image are computed. Further, a quality measure based on the statistics for the tracked objects and the rest of the video image are generated. The quality measure indicates the suitability of the video image for use by an object tracking system. The generating of the quality measure maximizes saturation of each of the tracked objects. Further, the video camera is tuned to increase the quality measure beyond a threshold. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007765 | Spectral improvement of digital camera color images - Systems and methods for modifying a color image of a scene are provided. The systems and methods involve illuminating at least a portion of the scene with a light having a known spectral power distribution, and detecting a finite number of spectral components of light received from the scene under such illumination. The detected values of spectral components of light received from the scene are used to modify the color image or rendition of the scene. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007766 | CAMERA DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a camera apparatus capable of picking up an image by which an entirety of a subject can be checked even if there is a significant difference in brightness between parts of the subject. A plurality of picked-up images by picking up images of one subject with different exposure times or with different diaphragms are obtained. Then, a part of a picked-up image whose light-receiving level is without a predetermined light-receiving level is replaced by a part of another picked-up image which is photographed as a part whose light-receiving level is within the predetermined light-receiving level. The picked-up image composited by the replacement is displayed as a monitor picture. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007767 | DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD - The data transfer apparatus according to the present invention includes a transfer portion that reads out image data stored in a first storage medium, and transfers the image data to a second storage medium; an identification portion that identifies image data stored in the first storage medium and image data stored in the second storage medium; a specification portion that, when transfer of image data by the transfer portion is terminated partway, determines the presence or absence of untransferred image data to the second storage medium among interrelated image data based on the identification result by the identification portion, and that, when the presence of untransferred image data is determined, specifies image data related to the untransferred image data among image data stored in the second storage medium; and a deletion portion that deletes the image data specified by the specification portion from the second storage medium. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007768 | WIRELESS STORAGE DEVICE - There is provided a storage device including: a wireless communication link to communicate between the storage device and a digital imaging device; a storage medium for storing a digital image from the digital imaging device; where the digital image is wirelessly transferred between digital imaging device and the storage medium in real-time. The storage device enables the real-time storage of a digital image captured from a digital imaging device using a wireless interface. The storage device provides standalone operation without the need for a personal computer. The digital images stored in the storage device can be transmitted to peripheral components either by a wire connection or wireless transmission to such peripheral devices as a printer or directly to a web site for image loading and sharing. There is also provided a method of storing a digital image in a storage device. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007769 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY MAGNIFYING FACE PORTION IN IMAGE AND MAGNIFYING METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing device includes a memory, a display unit, and a face-portion magnifying system. The memory stores an image including a matrix of image pixels. The display unit includes a screen. The face-portion magnifying system is configured for: recognizing any human face contained in the image and determining a face portion in the image if human face(s) is recognized, determining whether the number of the image pixels of the determined face portion is greater than the resolution of the screen, magnifying the determined face portion if the number of the image pixels of the determined face portion is greater than the resolution of the screen, and displaying the magnified face portion on the screen. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007770 | MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A memory access control apparatus includes a memory controller controlling a memory adopting a DDR format; a DDR-PHY adjusting the timing of an interface signal between the memory controller and the memory; a DDR-PHY controller controlling the DDR-PHY; and a clock controller controlling the frequency of a clock signal. A first request signal for controlling the operation of the memory in a self-refresh mode is supplied to the memory controller, a second request signal for resetting the DDR-PHY is supplied to the DDR-PHY controller, a third request signal for changing the clock frequency is supplied to the clock controller, a fourth request signal for setting a parameter for the DDR-PHY is supplied to the DDR-PHY controller, and a fifth request signal for canceling the operation of the memory in the self-refresh mode is supplied to the memory controller in order to change the clock frequency of the memory. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007771 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO EXECUTE THE METHOD - A digital photographing apparatus is provided including a lens unit, an imaging device, and a main mirror disposed between the lens unit and the imaging device, wherein the position of the main mirror can be changed so that the main mirror either reflects at least part of light which passed through the lens unit toward a first orientation or the main mirror is not positioned on a path of the light which passed through the lens unit such that the light can be incident to the imaging device. A prism unit, a viewfinder, and an image sensor for live view are also included in the apparatus. A method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a storage medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method are also provided. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007772 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device has a first image transfer method for storing a captured digital image on a storage medium and transferring the digital image to a communication device, and a second image transfer method for storing the digital image on the storage medium, reading the digital image from the storage medium and then transferring the digital image to the communication device. The first image transfer method or the second image transfer method is manually or automatically set. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007773 | Video Processing and Telepresence System and Method - A codec having a video input for receiving a continuous video stream, an encoder for encoding the continuous video stream to result in an encoded video stream, a video output for transmitting the encoded video stream, and switching means for switching the encoder during encoding between a first mode, in which the continuous video stream is encoded in accordance with a first encoding format, to a second mode, in which the continuous video stream is encoded in accordance with a second encoding format. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007774 | IMAGE PROCESSOR - From a moving image selected by a user, moving image information including a time length of the moving image and the number of change points of clips in the moving image is acquired. Layout data showing a design (the number, size, layout and the like of plural frame images configuring moving image) of a still image to be generated is selectively read from a memory based on the acquired moving image information. A still image in which predetermined frame images are arranged based on the layout data is generated and output. The predetermined frame images are automatically set in accordance with setting rules that are different depending on whether or not there is data concerning a highlight frame whose size is larger than that of other frame images in the layout data. The highlight frame may be also designated. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007775 | Areal Active Pixel Image Sensor with Programmable Row-specific Gain for Hyper-Spectral Imaging - An areal active pixel image sensor (AAPS) with programmable row-specific gain is disclosed for converting hyper-spectral light image into video output signal (VOS). The AAPS includes:
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| 20100007776 | IMAGE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image correction apparatus reduces an input image, for each area, at a reduction ratio corresponding to the area, generates a reduced luminance image, and extracts a low-frequency component image from the reduced luminance image. The image correction apparatus enlarges the extracted low-frequency component image, for each area, at an enlargement ratio corresponding to the area, generates correction data according to a size of the input image, and corrects the input image according to the correction data. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007777 | Method and apparatus for correcting defective imager pixels - A method and apparatus for correcting defective pixel signals, wherein pixel signals are corrected in accordance with correction information associated with operating conditions under which an image is acquired. A method for acquiring and storing correction information in an imager device is also provided. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007778 | Dynamic range extending method and apparatus using subsampling - A method and apparatus subsampling a plurality of signals from one frame of a pixel array, pixels within the pixel array belonging to one of at least two sets, each set configured to sense values of a same image parameter, includes controlling integration times for first and second signals for each set output from the pixel array, controlling including using a first integration time for the first signal of the set and using a second integration time, different than the first integration time, for the second signal of the set, and calculating a synthesized value for each set using the first and second signals having different integration times. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007779 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate having a pixel region including a photoelectric conversion portion, a wiring portion including a conductor line and disposed on the semiconductor substrate with an insulating film therebetween, a metal pad connected to the conductor line, a pad-coating insulating film coating the metal pad, and a waveguide material layer. The wiring portion and the pad-coating insulating film each have an opening therein over the photoelectric conversion portion, and the openings continue from each other to define a waveguide opening having an open side and a closed side. The waveguide material layer is disposed in the waveguide opening and on the pad-coating insulating film with a passivation layer therebetween. The pad-coating insulating film has a thickness of 50 to 250 nm and a face defining the opening. The face is slanted so as to diverge toward the open side of the opening. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007780 | Imaging device, camera, control method for imaging device, and computer program - An imaging device includes: plural pixel blocks with a predetermined number of pixel circuits of respective plural blocks set as one unit, the plural blocks being obtained by dividing a pixel area formed by arraying plural pixel circuits, which convert incident light into charges according to photoelectric conversion, in a matrix shape; and a selection control unit that selects desired ones of the pixel blocks and collectively executes reset control for discharging charges accumulated by the respective pixel circuits in the selected pixel blocks, wherein the selection control unit changes timing for executing the reset control for each of the selected pixel blocks and allocates different charge accumulating times to the pixel circuits. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007781 | Solid-State Image Capturing Device, Driving Method Thereof, Camera, Electric Charge Transfer Device, Driving Method and Driving Device for Driving Load, and Electronic Equipment - A solid-state image-capturing device which has built in an image-capturing area including a light receiving element provided on a semiconductor substrate, a substrate bias circuit, and a clamp circuit for receiving output of the substrate bias circuit and applying the output of the substrate bias circuit to the semiconductor substrate in accordance with a substrate pulse, comprises a substrate bias control circuit for controlling so as to reduce an electric current of the clamp circuit during a predetermined period. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007782 | Solid-state image-capturing device, driving method thereof, camera electric charge transfer device, driving method and driving device for driving load, and electronic equipment - A solid-state image-capturing device which has built in an image-capturing area including a light receiving element provided on a semiconductor substrate, a substrate bias circuit, and a clamp circuit for receiving output of the substrate bias circuit and applying the output of the substrate bias circuit to the semiconductor substrate in accordance with a substrate pulse, comprises a substrate bias control circuit for controlling so as to reduce an electric current of the clamp circuit during a predetermined period. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007783 | Imaging device and focusing screen replacement mechanism - Disclosed herein is an imaging device including a device main body, a focusing screen holding member configured to detachably hold a focusing screen, and a locking member configured to be provided between the focusing screen holding member and a lens attachment part of the device main body. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007784 | IMAGING APPARATUS - The imaging apparatus of the present invention is provided with an image-forming lens that images light from a photographic subject; an imaging part that accumulates a pixel signal that corresponds to an optical image formed by the image-forming lens, reads the pixel signal and outputs the pixel signal as an imaging signal; a lens magnification control part that controls a magnification of the image-forming lens; a read-out region control part that controls the size of a read-out region of the pixel signal; and a frame rate control part that controls a frame rate of the imaging signal. In the imaging apparatus of the present invention, the magnification of the image-forming lens, the size of the read-out region, and the frame rate are controlled so that an angle of view of an image based on the imaging signal is constant. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007785 | VSB TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A vestigial sideband (VSB) modulation transmission system and a method for encoding an input signal in the system are disclosed. According to the present invention, the VSB transmission system includes a convolutional encoder for encoding an input signal, a trellis-coded modulation (TCM) encoder for encoding the convolutionally encoded signal, and a signal mapper mapping the trellis-coded signal to generate a corresponding output signal. Different types of the convolutional encoders are explored, and the experimental results showing the performances of the VSB systems incorporating each type of encoders reveals that a reliable data transmission can be achieved even at a lower input signal to noise ratio when a convolutional encoder is used as an error-correcting encoder in a VSB system. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007786 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MASSIVELY SCALED DOWN VIDEO USING ICONIFICATION - Presented herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for simultaneously providing full size video and massively scaled down video using inconification. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for providing a video output. The method comprises decoding an encoded picture, thereby resulting in a decoded picture; reducing the decoded picture, thereby resulting in a reduced picture; storing the reduced picture; and encoding the reduced picture, thereby resulting in a synthetic picture. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007787 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD - Pixels extracted from each of an input video signal are thinned out in units of predetermined samples, and the thinned out samples are fetched in equal order frame by frame and mapped into active periods of first, second, third, and fourth sub-images conformable to the HD-SDI format. The mapped first, second, third, and fourth sub-images are each separated into a first-link transmission channel and a second-link transmission channel, and are thus mapped into eight channels. The mapped first, second, third, and fourth sub-images are converted in parallel. Parallel digital data items into which the sub-images are converted in parallel are then outputted. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007788 | Method and apparatus for managing non-used areas of a digital video display when video of other aspect ratios are being displayed - A system that intelligently manages the empty spaces on a digital television screen when video images other than the native aspect ratio of the screen are being displayed. These spaces are typically presented as black bars on either side and/or above and below a video image that is not the same aspect ratio as the aspect ratio that is native to the display screen. The invention allows for non-contrasting bars to minimize burning of the bar image onto screens that are susceptible to retention of a high contrast image. The invention also allows for the display of metadata such as current program related information and other data that may be of interest to the viewer. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007789 | IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - Deterioration of the image quality of a moving image which is deteriorated due to a motion-compensated frame rate conversion (FRC) processing is prevented. An image display device comprises an FRC portion ( | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007790 | REMOTE CONTROLLER, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A remote controller includes a base unit having a transmission section configured to transmit a remote control signal, a plurality of function operation units connected to the base unit and configured to operate different functions, and a priority setting section configured to set priorities of the plurality of function operation units. When each of the plurality of function operation units is operated, the transmission section of the base unit sends transmission data, the transmission data including operation data and priority data that indicates the priorities of the plurality of function operation units set by the priority setting section. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007791 | TELEVISION DISPLAY EDITOR - A system is disclosed that enhances television viewing by providing users the ability to selectively blank a portion of their screen. Broadcasters today often dedicate some percentage of display “real estate” to push additional content (e.g., scores from other games, regional weather forecasts, etc.) via a virtual “ticker tape”. More often than not, the average viewer will find the ticker tape a distraction if not an annoyance after a short period of time. The embodiments discussed herein allow the viewer a means by which to blank that portion of the screen. The user moves a cursor to designate a portion of the screen to be blanked. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007792 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ON-SCREEN-DISPLAY (OSD) ITEMS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - An on-screen-display (OSD) item displaying method and a display apparatus applying the OSD item displaying method. In the method an OSD menu containing a plurality of OSD items is displayed on an OSD menu display area, and when an event occurs, an event OSD item associated with the event may be displayed using the OSD menu display area and a content display area. Therefore, the display apparatus can selectively display the OSD menu on the content display area, which enables a user to more easily recognize important information. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007793 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CATEGORIZING POTENTIAL SHOT AND SCENE DETECTION INFORMATION - A method and apparatus are provided for categorizing pre-processing video information derived from video content prior to processing the video content. The apparatus includes a categorizer for identifying at least one of scenes and shots in the video content that have a likelihood of causing errors during subsequent processing based on at least the pre-processing video information. Moreover, the categorizer is for categorizing the identified scenes and shots into one or more respective categories based on at least the pre-processing video information. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007794 | Video Data Processing Circuits And Systems Comprising Programmable Blocks Or Components - The invention refers to a video data processing system and a video data processing circuit, comprising at least two functional blocks of which at least a first functional block is programmable so that different functions can be provided by said first functional block. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007795 | System and Method for Clock Offset Detection - A system and method for detecting a sampling clock offset of an analog-to-digital converter used to digitize an analog image signal. A method comprises buffering samples of an analog image signal, computing a value of an autocorrelation function using the buffered samples and a delayed version of the buffered samples, and repeating the computing a value for delays in a range of delays. The method also comprises computing a sampling frequency offset from the values of the autocorrelation function and changing a sampling frequency using the sampling frequency offset. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007796 | CONTENTS DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTENTS DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR STORING CONTENTS DISPLAY PROGRAM - A contents display device configured to enable one or more users to perform screen operations of an application, comprises: a plurality of operating units respectively that executes operations of a screen; a contents storing unit that stores contents to be displayed on the screen; an operation information acquiring unit that acquires operation information related to an operating situation of each operating unit by the one or more users; a screen dividing unit that divides the screen based on the operation information acquired by the operation information acquiring unit; a display unit that displays contents stored in the contents storing unit based on the operation information acquired by the operation information acquiring unit on the screen divided by the screen dividing unit; and a process executing unit that executes operations performed by each operating unit. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007797 | Digital Video Fingerprinting Based on Resultant Weighted Gradient Orientation Computation - Video sequence processing with various filtering rules is applied to extract dominant spatial features and generate unique set of signatures describing video content. Accurate active regions are determined for each video sequence frame. Subsequently, a video sequence is structured by tracking statistical changes in the content of a succession of video frames, and suitable frames are selected for further spatial processing. Selected video frames are processed for feature extraction and description, and compact representative signatures are generated, resulting in an efficient video database formation and search. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007798 | IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image projection device includes: an imaging section for capturing an image; and a projection section for projecting an image The image projection device detects a color in a captured image which is captured by the imaging section, and controls, based on the detected color in the captured image, contents of the image which is projected by the projection section at a position at which the captured image has been captured. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007799 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus acquires a time interval which is set in a display apparatus and at which the display screen is updated, determines a profile used for a color correction process based on the acquired time interval, and performs the color correction process using the determined profile to an input video signal. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007800 | Method for Managing a Viewing Set Comprising a Video Mixing Facility and a Cockpit Viewing System - The general field of the invention is that of methods for managing a cockpit viewing set comprising at least one video mixing facility, a cockpit viewing system, an interface for selecting the videos and a display screen. The method according to the invention relates to a method of generation by the cockpit viewing system of a graphical image comprising a display window comprising a video image. The main characteristic of this method is that the control of the video mixing facility is performed solely by the cockpit viewing system, the display instructions of the CDS coming from the selection interface. The method according to the invention is very suited to the protocols according to the ARINC 661 standard. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007801 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOGGLING BETWEEN SYSTEM POWER MODES BASED ON MOTION DETECTION - There is provided a system and method for toggling between system power modes based on motion detection. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a video unit, comprising a central processing unit, a low-power processor coupled to the central processing unit, and a motion detector coupled to the low-power processor, wherein the low-power processor is configured to initiate the central processing unit into a ready power mode as a result of motion detected by the motion detector. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007802 | FAST STREAM SWITCHING - A method of fast stream switching including receiving at least one first stream at a device corresponding to at least one first program, wherein the device employs dynamic power management and is operating at a first power level; activating a selection panel; receiving a plurality of streams corresponding to a plurality of programs; and adjusting to a second power level. After a stream is selected, the non-selected streams may be deactivated and the device may return to the first power level. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007803 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING A MICRODISPLAY IMAGER WITH LOW ETANDUE LIGHT - There is provided a system and method for illuminating a microdisplay with low etendue light. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a video unit comprising a microdisplay imager and a light engine comprising a light source configured to produce a low etendue beam of light, and a plurality of lenses configured to shape the low etendue beam of light to correspond to one or more dimensions of the microdisplay imager. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007804 | Image Construction Based Video Display System - A video display system based on constructing images through displaying orthogonal basis function components of the image is disclosed. The system is comprised of two display components aligned and driven concurrently. The first display component is a coarse pixel array. The second display component is a spatial light modulator whose geometric details are finer than the first pixel array. The overall system reconstructs the intended video to be displayed at the finer geometric details of the second display component at a minimal image quality loss through the use of time-domain display of orthogonal image basis function components. The resultant system has a considerably reduced interconnection complexity and number of active circuit elements, and also requires a considerably smaller video data rate if a lossy image reconstruction scheme is used. An embodiment with a LED based display and an LCD based spatial light modulator utilizing the concepts, and methods to drive the displays are described herein. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007805 | Inductively powered mobile entertainment system - A mobile entertainment system includes a video system designed for reducing energy consumption. The video system includes a battery permitting proximity charging of the video system. A supporting structure supports the video system within a vehicle. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007806 | Manufacture of a Birefringent Liquid Crystal Component - Manufacture of a birefringent liquid crystal cell is performed as follows. A layer of isotropic material having an outer surface which is shaped with a surface relief structure and is provided with a liquid crystal alignment property is formed. A flexible sheet having an outer surface provided with a liquid crystal alignment property is formed. A curable birefringent liquid crystal material is applied to one or both of the layer of isotropic material and the flexible sheet. The flexible sheet is applied over the layer of isotropic material with the outer surfaces of the layer of isotropic material and the flexible sheet facing one another with the liquid crystal material therebetween, thereby to form a liquid crystal cell. The liquid crystal material is cured and the flexible sheet is removed from the liquid crystal cell. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007807 | Optically hidden electromagnetic source for generation of spatially non uniform magnetic field and tunable devices made thereof - An electromagnetic source has an electrode structure coupled to a substrate. The electrode structure has interspaced electrodes, at least one of which is spiral-shaped. At least one electrical contact interconnects the electrodes of the electrode structure. The electrode structure is responsive to an applied electrical current to generate a spatially non-uniform magnetic field. This field can act on a LC layer such that optical properties of the layer are controllable. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007808 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - One or more embodiments of a display substrate include a base substrate and a pixel electrode. The base substrate has a pixel area defined thereon. The pixel electrode includes a low pixel electrode formed in the pixel area to receive a first voltage, a high pixel electrode spaced apart from the low pixel electrode along a first direction to receive a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage, and a liquid crystal molecule control part formed on at least one of the low and high pixel electrodes so as to control liquid crystal molecules disposed at an area corresponding to a boundary of the low and high pixel electrodes. The liquid crystal molecules disposed at a domain corresponding to a boundary between the low and high pixel electrodes may be controlled, so that the generation of stains or afterimages may be prevented at a boundary of domain areas. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007809 | METHOD OF DRIVING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE ARRAY SUBSTRATE - In a method of driving a liquid crystal display (“LCD”) apparatus, a common voltage is applied to a common electrode above a liquid crystal layer and pixel voltages are applied to pixel electrodes under the liquid crystal layer to form an electrical field with the common electrode to control movements of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer. Each of the pixel electrodes has slits. Then, a supplementary voltage is applied to a supplementary electrode between the slits of each pixel electrode to compensate the electric field formed by the pixel electrodes and the common electrode. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007810 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device with multiple pixels provided therein is disclosed comprising: a first sub-pixel provided for each of said pixels and including, a first liquid crystal capacitance formed with a liquid crystal sandwiched between a common electrode and a first pixel electrode, and a first auxiliary capacitance formed with a solid dielectric material sandwiched between said first pixel electrode and a first auxiliary capacitance electrode; a second sub-pixel disposed adjacent to said first sub-pixel for each of said pixels and including, a second liquid crystal capacitance formed with a liquid crystal sandwiched between said common electrode and a second pixel electrode, a second auxiliary capacitance formed with a solid dielectric material sandwiched between said second pixel electrode and a second auxiliary capacitance electrode, and a step-up capacitance formed with a solid dielectric material sandwiched between said second pixel electrode and a step-up capacitance electrode; a first voltage application means for applying a common first voltage to said common electrode, said first auxiliary capacitance electrode, and said second auxiliary capacitance electrode; and a second voltage application means for applying a second voltage, which is different from said first voltage, to said step-up capacitance electrode. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007811 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a colored subsidiary light blocking member covering a space between first and second pixel electrodes. First and third shield electrodes are placed under a data line. The first and third shield electrodes are disposed parallel to the data line and across the data line from each other. A second shield electrode connects the bottom end of the first shield electrode with the top end of the third shield electrode at an angle of about 30 degrees to about 150 degrees. With this structure, light leakage at a gap between the pixel electrode and a possible short between the shield electrodes are prevented. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007812 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND REPAIR METHOD OF PIXEL UNIT - An active matrix substrate including a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixel units is provide. All of the scan lines, the data lines, the pixel units are disposed on the substrate. Each of the pixel units is electrically connected with the corresponding scan line and data line. In addition, at least a part of the pixel units further includes a plurality of active devices and a pixel electrode. The active devices are respectively electrically connected with the corresponding scan lines and data lines and the pixel unit is electrically connected with one of the active devices. In summary, each of the pixel units of the active matrix substrate provided by the invention includes more than one active device. When an active device is damaged under normal operation, another active device may be employed for repairing the pixel unit. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007813 | Liquid crystal display module - A liquid crystal display (LCD) module includes a bottom case; a reflector on the bottom case; a plurality of lamps on the reflector; a driving voltage supply portion supplying driving voltages to the lamps and coupled with the bottom case using a screw; a side supporter crossing and covering one end portions of the lamps and including a protrusion facing a head of the screw, wherein a distance between the protrusion and the screw is less than a height of the screw; a plurality of optical sheets on the side supporter; a liquid crystal panel on the optical sheets; a main supporter surrounding the optical sheets and the liquid crystal panel; and a top case covering a peripheral region of the liquid crystal panel. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007814 | Liquid crystal display module - A liquid crystal display module, includes: a light guide plate having a side surface, a rear surface and a top surface opposite to the rear surface; a reflective sheet having a front side on the rear surface of the light guide plate for reflecting light into the light guide plate and also having a rear side opposite to the front side; a lead connected to a light emitting diode lamp adjacent to the light guide plate; and a bottom frame surrounding the side surface of the light guide plate and covering edges of a rear surface of the light guide plate such that a center of the rear side of the reflective sheet is exposed in an opening of the bottom frame, wherein the lead passes through the opening in the bottom frame such that an end of the lead is disposed outside of the bottom frame. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007815 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL WITH MICROLENS ARRAY, ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a liquid crystal display panel with microlenses in which deformation, peeling, and the like of an optical film are not likely to occur and which has a good displaying quality. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007816 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a light guide plate guiding light, light sources disposed adjacent to at least one side of the light guide plate, and a lower receptacle. The lower receptacle includes a bottom plate on which the light guide plate and the light sources are disposed, a lower receptacle side wall extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate and from an edge of the bottom plate, and an upper plate extended from the lower receptacle side wall and substantially parallel to the bottom plate. The upper plate does not overlap the light guide plate in a plan view of the liquid crystal display. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007817 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device having an LED flexible substrate which requires no bonding by making a simple structural change. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, an LED for providing a light to the liquid crystal display panel, and an LED flexible substrate having a seating portion for mounting the LED thereto, and first and second flat portions bent from the seating portion perpendicular thereto respectively, to form a flexible printed circuit (FPC). | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007818 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, ILLUMINATING METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source is arranged at a side face of a light guide plate, and a beam direction regulator and a reflection plate are sequentially arranged at a side of the light guide plate opposite to an illumination direction. Furthermore, a transmittance/scattering switching device is arranged at an illumination direction side of the light guide plate. Light from the light source entering the light guide plate emerges in a direction opposite to the illumination direction, passes through the beam direction regulator, and is reflected by the reflection plate. The reflected light once again passes through the beam direction regulator, passes through the light guide plate, enters the transmittance/scattering switching device, and then emerges as light in a transmitting state or a scattering state. Thus, the occurrence of moiré effects and uneven luminance are suppressed, and an illumination apparatus capable of controlling an emerging light angular distribution is obtained. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007819 | PLANAR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A planar light-emitting device enabling more precise local dimming has a plurality of light-emitting units each including a lightguide plate and a plurality of light sources disposed successively in the lateral width direction of the light-entrance surface and adjacently facing a light-entrance surface of the lightguide plate to emit light into the lightguide plate through the light-entrance surface. The light sources are divided into a plurality of groups successively arranged in the width direction, each group including at least one light source. The lightguide plates of the light-emitting units are mutually adjacently disposed with their light-exiting surfaces being flush with each other. The planar light-emitting device has a light source output control unit that controls the outputs of the light sources for each group. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007820 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING A COLD CATHODE FLUORESCENT LAMP AND CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a cold cathode fluorescent lamp, a container for receiving the same and a liquid crystal display device having the container. The lamp includes a lamp tube, a first electrode having a first end disposed inside the lamp tube and a second end disposed outside the lamp tube and a second electrode plated on an outer surface of the lamp tube. The cold cathode fluorescent lamp is easily coupled/separated to/from the container having a clip type power-supplying module in a clip-coupling manner. In addition, a shock absorbing member is installed at the clip type power-supplying module so as to absorb an impact applied to the cold cathode fluorescent lamp. A brightness non-uniformity between cold cathode fluorescent lamps can be prevented, a power consumption of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp can be reduced, and an assembling work and productivity are remarkably improved. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007821 | Diffuser prism sheet, LCD back light unit including the same, and LCD device including the same - A diffuser prism sheet, an LCD back light unit including the same, and an LCD device including the same, the diffuser prism sheet including a base film made of a transparent material, and a light refracting part on a surface of the base film, the light refracting part including a plurality of unit prisms arranged in one direction, having a predetermined cross-sectional shape and valley regions between adjacent unit prisms, and light diffusing elements in the valley regions between the adjacent unit prisms. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007822 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device of an in-plane switching mode comprises at least optically anisotropic members (A) and (B) and a liquid crystal cell disposed between a pair of polarizers having absorption axes disposed approximately perpendicularly to each other, wherein n | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007823 | BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a brightness enhancement film and a liquid crystal display device which has a high ability for enhancing a luminance, has a more excellent ability for improving a luminance unevenness than conventional ones and may reduce an occurrence of a color unevenness. The brightness enhancement film wherein a circular polarization separation element, an optically anisotropic element wherein a retardation in an in-plane direction Re is about one fourth of a transmitting light and a retardation in a thickness direction Rth is less than 0 nm and a periodic structure member having a repeating structure on a surface thereof are integrated in this order, and the liquid crystal display device comprising the same. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007824 | REFLECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A reflection-type display device ( | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007825 | Display Substrate, Method of Manufacturing the Display Substrate and Liquid Crystal Display Device Having the Display Substrate - A base substrate includes a transmissive area and a reflective area. An insulation layer is formed on the base substrate to have an embossed pattern in correspondence with the transmissive area. A first pixel electrode includes a first transmissive electrode formed on the insulation layer of the embossed pattern, and a first reflective electrode formed on the base substrate in correspondence with the reflective area. A second pixel electrode includes a second transmissive electrode formed on the insulation layer of the embossed pattern corresponding to the transmissive area, and a second reflective electrode corresponding to the reflective area. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007826 | Multidomain-Vertical-Alignment Transreflective LCD - A transreflective LCD has a TFT array plate, a color filter plate and a liquid crystal therebetween. A trench is in the overcoat layer of the TFT array plate and/or the color filter plate. The trench can be located in a transmission area or in a reflective area of a pixel. A conformal transparent electrode is located therein, and an overcoat material is filled up in the trench. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007827 | WIRE-GRID POLARIZER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE WIRE-GRID POLARIZER, RETARDATION FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE RETARDATION FILM - A method for producing a wire-grid polarizer includes the steps of preparing a resin film including a concave part formed thereon, the concave part having a submicron-sized grating pattern, the resin film having a visible light transmittance of 80% or more; filling the concave part with an electroconductive nano-material having an average diameter equal to or smaller than one-half of an average line width of the concave part; and removing the electroconductive non-material which has not been filled into the concave part. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007828 | TN-MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, OPTICAL COMPENSATORY FILM FOR USE THEREIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL COMPENSATORY FILM, AND POLARIZING PLATE - An optical compensatory film of a laminated structure comprising a first optically anisotropic layer having an Re(550) of 20 to 100 nm wherein retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm is never 0 nm along any direction and the direction along which the absolute value of retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm reaches minimum does not exist along the normal direction of the layer or on the in-plane of the layer; and a second optically anisotropic layer having an Re(550) of 20 to 150 nm and an Rth(550) of 40 to 110 nm with Re(450) Re(550)<−3 nm and Rth(450)−Rth(550)>3 nm. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007829 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flexible and highly reliable liquid crystal display device which is not easily damaged even if subjected to external pressure is provided. A method for manufacturing, with high yield, a flexible and highly reliable liquid crystal display device which is not easily damaged even if subjected to external pressure is also provided. A liquid crystal display device including a first structure body including a first fibrous body and a first organic resin, a second structure body including a second fibrous body and a second organic resin, a liquid crystal interposed between the first and second structure bodies, and a seal member for fixing the first and second structure bodies and for enclosing the liquid crystal. The first and second fibrous bodies are impregnated with the first and second organic resins, respectively, and the first structure body and the second structure body are in contact with each other. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007830 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a display panel, the method includes forming a display panel including a first substrate, the first substrate including a pixel electrode disposed thereon, a second substrate including a common electrode disposed thereon, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and the second substrates, the liquid crystal layer including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and a plurality of ultraviolet (“UV”)-curable particles; and curing a portion of the UV-curable particles by irradiating light on the display panel, wherein an exposure voltage, which is greater than a maximum data voltage corresponding to maximum grayscale data of the display panel, is applied between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. Also described is a display panel. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007831 | LIQUID CRYSTAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a liquid crystal apparatus that includes a display region in which electrodes are disposed in a matrix pattern and a non-display region provided at a periphery of the display region and has a liquid crystal disposed in the display region and non-display region, wherein the liquid crystal disposed in the display region is splay-aligned when a voltage is not applied and bend-aligned when the voltage is applied, the liquid crystal disposed in the non-display region is bend-aligned, an alignment film including an inorganic material is provided in at least one of a pair of substrates, and a thickness of the alignment film provided in the display region is smaller than a thickness of the alignment film provided in the non-display region. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007832 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display, using a ferroelectric liquid crystal exhibiting mono-stability, which makes it possible to control the direction of the spontaneous polarization of the ferroelectric liquid crystal. The liquid crystal display is produced by holding a ferroelectric liquid crystal between: an oblique vapor deposition-alignment layer of a first alignment treatment substrate, in which a first electrode layer and the oblique vapor deposition-alignment layer are formed in this order on a first substrate; and a fixed liquid crystal layer of a second alignment treatment substrate, in which a second electrode layer, an alignment layer for reactive liquid crystal and the fixed liquid crystal layer are laminated in this order on the second substrate. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007833 | Liquid Crystal Display - A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixel regions includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The second substrate has a patterned electrode layer having a plurality of complete coverage regions and at least one slit distribution region. Each of the complete coverage regions is located in a corresponding pixel region. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. Liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer have various slanting directions, and each of the complete coverage regions is located at a slanting center of the slanting directions of the liquid crystal molecules. The slit distribution region is used for stabilizing the slanting directions of liquid crystal molecules within the liquid crystal layer. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007834 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first insulating substrate with a top surface and a bottom surface. A pixel electrode is formed on the top surface of the first insulating substrate. The pixel electrode has a first opening pattern at each pixel area. The pixel electrode with the first opening pattern is substantially rectangular in shape with a first long side and a second long side, and first short side and a second short side. The pixel electrode is divided into an upper region defined by the first long side and the second long side and the first short side, and a lower region defined by the first long side and the second long side and the second short side. A second insulating substrate with a top surface and a bottom surface is arranged parallel to the first insulating substrate at a predetermined distance from the same such that the bottom surface of the second insulating substrate faces the top surface of the first insulating substrate. A common electrode is formed on the bottom surface of the second insulating substrate. The common electrode has a second opening pattern at each pixel area, which correspond to each pixel area of the pixel electrode. A liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate while contacting the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The first opening pattern and the second opening pattern each have a plurality of openings, the openings of the first opening pattern and the second opening pattern being alternately arranged parallel to each other. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007835 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS WHICH PERFORMS DISPLAY BY USING ELECTRIC FIELD IN DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH SUBSTRATE SURFACES TO CONTROL ALIGNMENT DIRECTION OF LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal layer which is disposed in a gap between first and second substrates with long axes of liquid crystal molecules being aligned in one direction, in substantially parallel to substrate surfaces. A plurality of thin film transistors are arranged in row and column directions on an upper side of the first substrate. Pixel electrodes are provided on the upper side of the first substrate to be electrically connected with the thin film transistors. A common electrode is formed on the upper side of the first substrate between the substrate and the liquid crystal layer to correspond to the pixel electrode through an insulating film, and generates an electric filed which controls an alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules in a plane substantially parallel with the substrate surfaces between itself and the pixel electrode. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007836 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method for fabricating the same - A liquid crystal display device includes a gate line on a substrate; a data line defining a pixel region by crossing the gate line; a thin film transistor formed at a crossing position between the gate line and the data line; a passivation layer protecting the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode connected with the thin film transistor; a common electrode generating an electric field with the pixel electrode; and a plurality of grooves on the passivation layer, wherein at least one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode is arranged at intervals in the pixel region, and the grooves are formed at intervals on the passivation layer disposed between the at least one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode arranged at intervals in the pixel region. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007837 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An array substrate includes a substrate, a switching element, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. The substrate includes a plurality of gate lines, data lines insulated from the gate lines, and the data lines extend in a direction crossing the gate lines. The switching element is connected to the gate lines and data lines. The pixel electrode is arranged in a pixel area which is defined on the substrate, and is connected to an output electrode of the switching element. The common electrode corresponds to the pixel area and is insulated from the pixel electrode, and the common electrode has at least one first slit corresponding to the data line. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007838 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An array substrate of a liquid crystal display device includes an insulating substrate, a gate line extending in a first direction on the insulating substrate, a first insulation film which is disposed to cover the gate line, pixel electrodes which are disposed on the first insulation film in respective pixels, a source line which is disposed on the first insulation film and extends between the pixel electrodes along a second direction, a second insulation film which is disposed to cover the pixel electrode and the source line, and a common electrode which is disposed on the second insulation film in a manner to face the pixel electrode of each of the pixels and to face the gate line, and includes a slit which is opposed to the pixel electrode. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007839 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - In a display substrate and a vertical alignment display panel having the same, the display panel includes an array substrate and an opposite substrate. A plurality of first slit portions are arranged through a pixel area of a common electrode on the array substrate, and the first slit portions extend in a slanted direction. A plurality of grooves and a plurality of protruding portions are alternately arranged at edges facing each other on the first slit portion, so that the first slit portions are patterned. A positive singular point is generated on a side surface of a protruding portion, and a negative singular point is generated between the positive singular points. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007840 | Method for forming pad electrode, method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device using the same, and liquid crystal display device manufactured by the method - A simplified method for forming a pad electrode without using an additional light-irradiation device is disclosed. The method includes forming a gate pad on a substrate, forming a gate insulating layer on a substrate surface, forming a data pad on the gate insulating layer, forming a passivation layer on the substrate surface, forming a first contact hole in the gate insulating layer and the passivation layer, forming a second contact hole in the passivation layer, coating a conductive photoresist on the substrate surface, and forming a gate pad electrode in the first contact hole and a data pad electrode in the second contact hole by ashing the conductive photoresist. The pad electrode is formed in a simple method of ashing the conductive photoresist, thereby decreasing costs. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007841 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a display panel includes forming a first display substrate including a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of test signal lines, and a plurality of test pads, forming a second display substrate including a common electrode, forming a short point at a position corresponding to the test pads, dividing the second display substrate into a plurality of regions insulated from each other, aligning and attaching the first display substrate and the second display substrate to each other, removing an edge portion of the first display substrate to expose an edge portion of the second display substrate, and applying a voltage to the first display substrate and the second display substrate through a voltage application portion of the exposed edge portion of the second display substrate. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007842 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a liquid crystal device in which a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other are adhered by a seal material, and liquid crystal is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate in a region surrounded by the seal material so as to configure a display region in the region, the liquid crystal device including: a first partition wall which is disposed on the first substrate at the second substrate side, is adjacent to the liquid crystal at one wall surface, is adjacent to the seal material at the other wall surface, and is disposed along the outer circumference of the display region; a second partition wall which is disposed on the first substrate at the second substrate side, has a wall surface facing the wall surface of the first partition wall adjacent to the seal material, and is disposed along the outer circumference of the first partition wall; and a connection portion which is disposed on the first substrate at the second substrate side with a height lower than that of the first partition wall and the second partition wall, and is disposed so as to connect the wall surface of the first partition wall adjacent to the seal material and the wall surface of the second partition wall facing the wall surface, wherein a concave groove portion is configured by the first partition wall, the second partition wall and the connection portion, and the seal material is filled in the groove portion such that the first substrate and the second substrate are adhered. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007843 | SPACER STRUCTURE - A spacer structure includes a first substrate, an overcoat layer, first spacers, second spacers, and a second substrate. The first spacers are disposed in a first region, and the overcoat layer has a first thickness in the first region. The second spacers are disposed in a second region, and the overcoat layer has a second thickness in the second region. The first spacers and the second spacers have the same height, and the first thickness is greater than the second thickness. Accordingly, no gap exists between each of the first spacers and the second substrate; however, a gap exists between each or the second spacers and the second substrate. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007844 | ELECTRICALLY VARIABLE FOCUS POLYMER-STABILIZED LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS HAVING NON-HOMOGENOUS POLYMERIZATION OF A NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL/MONOMER MIXTURE - A variable focus liquid crystal lens includes a nematic liquid crystal/monomer mixture having a spatially inhomogenous polymer network structure, and an electrode for applying a substantially uniform voltage to the nematic liquid crystal/monomer mixture. The lens is created within a cell by applying a substantially uniform electric field to the nematic liquid crystal/monomer mixture within the cell, while simultaneously irradiating the nematic liquid crystal/monomer mixture using a laser beam having a shaped intensity distribution, so as to induce formation of a spatially inhomogenous polymer network structure within the cell. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007845 | Strap lengthening arrangement for a retractable eyewear retaining strap - A strap lengthening arrangement for eyewear incorporating an extendable and retractable retaining strap in a hollow temple to form a part of and be attached to eyewear such as eye sight correction glasses, sunglasses, safety and protection goggles, and the like. The temple has a longitudinal passageway extending the length of the temple and an eyewear retaining strap, a moveable or traveling strap retaining block, and a block retractor are disposed within and along the length of the temple. The strap is arranged to fold back on itself first about a pivot positioned proximate the end of the temple and then again about a second pivot attached to or made part of the block effectively tripling the length of the strap within the temple. An improved block retractor and lock and release mechanism for the block are also disclosed. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007846 | Disk for Modification of the Power of an Optical Component - A disk enabling modification of the power of an optical component consists of a Fresnel lens. The disk is initially formed with a general rounded shape which corresponds to the shape of the optical component. In this way, the disk does not lose its shape or does not lose it very much when it is applied against the component. It does not cause image distortion or optical aberration when an object is observed through the component provided with the disk. Such a disk is particularly adapted to obtain correction of ametropia or to a solar mask initially lacking optical power | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007847 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A SERIES OF OPHTHALMIC LENSES AND SHEET OF FILM USED IN SUCH A PROCESS - According to a process for manufacturing a series of ophthalmic lenses, each lens consists of a substrate and a film portion ( | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007848 | Optical tomographic image photographing apparatus - An apparatus has an optical system detecting spectral information and having an optical scanner and a driving unit changing the optical path length by moving an optical member, a monitor, and a unit controlling the driving unit, obtaining a tomographic image by performing Fourier analysis on the information and displaying the obtained image, in which a front surface of an examined object is positioned on the back side of a depth position where optical path lengths of measurement light and reference light become equal to obtain a normal image of the tomographic image, the front surface of the examined object is positioned on the front side of the depth position to obtain an inverted image of the tomographic image, and at least one of dispersion correction processing corresponding to the information and image combining processing is performed on both normal and inverted images, and the images are displayed. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007849 | OPHTHALMOSCOPE - An opthalmoscope for examining a patient's eye includes an illumination device for generating an illumination beam Illumination imaging optics image the illumination beam onto the eye, and a scanning device scans the illumination beam over the eye. The opthalmoscope also includes an observation device and observation imaging optics for imaging an observation beam generated by reflection of the illumination beam from the eye onto the observation device. An electronic shutter excludes stray light from the observation beam. The observation device comprises an electronic sensor with an array of photosensitive pixels that can respectively be activated and/or read out in rows, and the scanning device includes an electronic drive circuit for reading out at least one pixel row of the sensor. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007850 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUBJECTIVE DETERMINATION OF THE REFRACTIVE ERROR OF THE EYE - The invention provides for a subjective refractor for determining refractive error of the eye comprising an optical system for presenting at least two targets to the eye, the difference of focus between the targets greater than the predicted depth of focus of the eye; —means for indicating target preference from the presented targets; and means for determining refractive error of the eye on the basis of target preference. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007851 | Methods and Devices for Rapid Measurement of Visual Sensitivity - The present invention relates to methods for efficient adaptive measurement and classification of contrast sensitivity functions and spatiotemporal contrast sensitivity surface by selecting the most informative stimulus before each trial. Also disclosed are devices for implementing such methods. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007852 | LASER ILLUMINATED MICRO-MIRROR PROJECTOR - A digital image projector includes a plurality of light modulation assemblies and a dichroic combiner. Each light modulation assembly includes at least one laser light source configured to provide an illumination beam, an optional a coated surface, and a spatial light modulator. If the coated surface is present, the respective laser light source is configured to direct the illumination beam to the coated surface, which directs the illumination beam toward the respective spatial light modulator. Otherwise, the respective laser light source is configured to direct the illumination beam directly toward the respective spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator redirects output modulated light back to the coated surface, if present, and out of the corresponding light modulation assembly. The dichroic combiner directs the output modulated light from each of the plurality of light modulation assemblies toward a projection lens for projection onto a display surface. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007853 | Projector apparatus and image synthesizing device for the same - An image synthesizing device for a projector apparatus includes first, second, third polarizing beam splitters respectively provided for red light, green light, and blue light; and a light combining unit configured to combine and output the red light, the green light, and the blue light passing through the first, second, and third polarizing beam splitters. The first, second, and third polarizing beam splitters respectively include first, second, and third polarizing films. The first and second polarizing films where the red light and the green light enter are each formed of an organic material, and the third polarizing film where the blue light enters is formed of an inorganic material. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007854 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL INTEGRATOR - In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, an illumination system includes a light source that emits an illumination light flux. A first lens array has a plurality of first small lenses arranged therein. The first small lenses divide the illumination light flux emitted from the light source into a plurality of segmental light fluxes. A second lens array has a plurality of second small lenses arranged therein. The second small lenses have a one-to-one correspondence with the first small lenses and are configured to receive the segmental light fluxes exiting from the first small lenses. At least some of the second small lenses each include a plurality of lens elements disposed in a surface direction that is the same as the second small lenses. A superimposing lens superimposes on an illuminated area the segmental light fluxes exiting from the plurality of second small lenses. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007855 | PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type image display apparatus that projects an image onto a screen and includes a laser light source, an optical engine, a projection lens, and a control unit. The laser light source includes a plurality of light source units that respectively emit laser beams of different wavelengths. The optical engine combines the laser beams received from the light source and forms an image. An optical sensor is arranged in the optical engine to detect a physical property of a uniformly-scattered laser beam and outputs a physical property signal indicative of the detected physical property to the control unit. The control unit controls output powers of the light source units based on the physical property signal. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007856 | Projection Image Display Apparatus - A projection image display apparatus including a detachably attachable light source unit includes: a storage means provided to the light source unit and having previously stored therein information that the light source unit is a genuine product; a determination means making a comparison with the information in the storage means to determine whether the light source unit is the genuine product; and a light source control means controlling an output of the light source unit in accordance with a result from the determination means. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007857 | Illuminating device and projecting apparatus using the same - An illuminating device adapted to a projecting apparatus including a lamp module, a power module, and a fan is provided. The lamp module is separately disposed in the projecting apparatus. The lamp module has a lamp, an igniting module and a plate. The igniting module is capable of generating a high voltage signal to drive the lamp. The plate is disposed between the lamp and the igniting module for shielding radiating heat generated by the lamp. The power module is capable of generating a low voltage signal transmitted to the igniting module through a low voltage power line. The igniting module transforms the low voltage signal into the high voltage signal to drive the lamp. The fan is disposed at a first side of the lamp for cooling the lamp. | 2010-01-14 |
| 20100007858 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a light source device; an exhaust fan configured to take air in the vicinity of the light source device in and discharge the same; a power supply device configured to supply electric power to components of the projector; an outer casing configured to accommodate the light source device and the power supply device in the interior thereof and provided with an exhaust port formed thereon; and a first duct configured to guide the air discharged from the exhaust fan to the exhaust port, and the power supply device includes a second duct configured to guide the air in the interior of the power supply device toward the first duct, and an air incoming port configured to take the air discharged from the second duct into the first duct is formed with the first duct. | 2010-01-14 |
