03rd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140015979 | Imaging Systems and Related Methods - Imaging systems and related methods are provided. A representative system includes: a network identification system operative to identify image capturing devices operating within a vicinity of each other; an image cataloging system operative to receive image data, via a communication network, from at least a first image capturing device and a second image capturing device identified as operating within the vicinity of each other, the image cataloging system being further operative to automatically catalog the received image data; and a content feed system operative to receive, via the communication network, a request for a compilation of image data and, responsive thereto, create the compilation of image data such that the compilation of image data includes at least a portion of the image data received from each of the first image capturing device and the second image capturing device. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015980 | AUTOMATIC FAILOVER VIDEO COVERAGE OF DIGITAL VIDEO SENSING AND RECORDING DEVICES - Failover system for video surveillance. A video coverage area for each camera in the system is calculated by combining sensory information and optical specifications of each corresponding camera. The video coverage area information is embedded in a corresponding file of each camera and is used to autonomously re-orient operating cameras to cover a failed coverage area due to a non-operating camera. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015981 | Surveillance System And Associated Methods of Use - A remote observation or surveillance device for simultaneous 360 degree imaging comprising a housing defining an internal chamber wherein each side wall includes a viewing window, a means for mounting having a slot, configuration of slots, track or combination thereof, a plurality of camera mounting brackets slidably and/or adjustably affixed to the mounting means through the slot or track, each bracket being adjustably affixed to a camera, wherein the cameras are configured to provide simultaneous 360 degree live or recorded imaging. The cameras can be configured to provide any combination of viewing angles and degrees of magnification or zoom. The device may also comprise a processor or server in operable communication with the cameras, which is configured to control the cameras and/or store and archive video, imaging, and/or audio data. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015982 | INFRARED RESOLUTION AND CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT WITH FUSION - The present disclosure relates to combination of images. A method according to an embodiment comprises: receiving a visual image and an infrared (IR) image of a scene and for a portion of said IR image extracting high spatial frequency content from a corresponding portion of said visual image. The method according to the embodiment further comprises combining said extracted high spatial frequency content from said portion of the visual image with said portion of the IR image, to generate a combined image, wherein the contrast and/or resolution in the portion of the IR image is increased compared to the contrast and/or resolution of said received IR image. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015983 | MONITORING APPARATUS FOR TELEVISION - A monitoring apparatus includes a detection circuit, a filter circuit, an amplifying circuit, a regulation circuit, a delay and charging circuit, and a driving circuit. The detection circuit receives a video signal, and performs an operation to obtain an image signal from the video signal. The filter circuit obtains an average intensity of a luminance signal corresponding to the image signal. The delay and charging circuit charges an input capacitor when receiving a low level regulated signal from the amplifying circuit. The driving circuit activates an alarm when a charging voltage of the chargeable capacitor exceeds a predetermined value. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015984 | DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO AN OUT-OF-FOCUS CAMERA IN A VIDEO ANALYTICS SYSTEM - Techniques are disclosed for detecting an out-of-focus camera in a video analytics system. In one embodiment, a preprocessor component performs a pyramid image decomposition on a video frame captured by a camera. The preprocessor further determines sharp edge areas, candidate blurry edge areas, and actual blurry edge areas, in each level of the pyramid image decomposition. Based on the sharp edge areas, the candidate blurry edge areas, and actual blurry edge areas, the preprocessor determines a sharpness value and a blurriness value which indicate the overall sharpness and blurriness of the video frame, respectively. Based on the sharpness value and the blurriness value, the preprocessor further determines whether the video frame is out-of-focus and whether to send the video frame to components of a computer vision engine and/or a machine learning engine. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015985 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A method of distributing digital images includes capturing a first digital image using the first digital camera and converting, using the first digital camera, the first digital image into lossless code. The lossless code is displayed on the display of the first digital camera and is captured using a second digital camera. The lossless code captured from the display of the first digital camera is converted, using the second digital camera., into a copy of the first digital image, and the copy of the first digital image converted from the lossless code is displayed on the display screen of the second digital camera. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015986 | WIRELESS IMAGE TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A wireless image transmission device includes an image processing main body; an image display unit electrically connected to the image processing main body; a first switching unit electrically connected to between the image processing main body and the image display unit; an image shooting control unit electrically connected to the first switching unit; and a wireless transmission unit electrically connected to the image shooting control unit. With these arrangements, images to be wirelessly transmitted from the wireless image device need not be converted in file type, so that the wireless image transmission device can have high transmission efficiency and simplified overall configuration to overcome the drawback of complicated configuration in the prior art wireless image transmission device. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015987 | CONTEXT BASED MANAGEMENT FOR SECURE AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATIONS - An example system that allows a camera enabled application, such as an augmented reality application, to run in a protected area may include a first device including a camera, the camera including a secure mode of operation and a display, an image processing module configured to convert image data from the camera to encoded data when the camera is in the secure mode and protect image data stored in the system, an encryption module configured to encrypt encoded data from the image processing module, and a protected audiovisual path mechanism configured to securely send augmented encoded data to the display. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015988 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device including: a first substrate having a first communication device; a second substrate having a solid-state imaging device and second communication device to exchange signals with the first substrate; a shake correction section adapted to detect the shake of an enclosure and correct the shake based on the detection result by moving the first substrate in the plane vertical to the optical path; and a millimeter wave signal transmission line that permits transmission of information in the millimeter wave band between the first and second communication devices, wherein a signal to be transmitted between the first and second communication devices is converted into a millimeter wave signal first before being transmitted via the millimeter wave signal transmission line. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015989 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus including an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject to output image data, an optical system that includes a focus lens and is configured to form an image of the subject on the imaging unit, a finder that allows a user to view the subject, a proximity sensor configured to sense proximity of an object to the finder, and a controller configured to perform a focus operation to drive the focus lens to focus on the image of the subject when the proximity sensor senses proximity of an object, and fix the position of the focus lens after completion of the focus operation until a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015990 | INTERACTIVE IMAGING SYSTEM AND REMOTE CONTROLLER APPLIED THERETO - An interactive imaging system includes an image system and a remote controller. The image system includes at least one reference beacon, a receiving unit and a host. The at least one reference beacon emits light in an emission pattern. The receiving unit is configured to receive a packet data. The host controls an enable time of the at least one reference beacon according to the packet data. The remote controller includes an image sensor and a transmission unit. The image sensor captures the light emitted from the at least one reference beacon at a sampling period. The transmission unit sends the packet data corresponding to the sampling period of the image sensor. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015991 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE, AND DIGITAL APPARATUS - The imaging optical system has a first positive lens element convex toward the object side, a second negative lens element concave toward the image side, a third lens element having both surfaces with a region, in which the lens section is located on the object side than the intersection with the optical axis, a fourth positive lens element convex toward the image side with at least one surface having an aspherical shape and inflection points, and a fifth negative lens element concave toward the image side. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015992 | Specular Edge Extraction Using Multi-Flash Imaging - A method and system extract features from an image acquired of an object with a specular surface by first acquiring an image while illuminating the object with a hue circle generated by a set of lights flashed simultaneously. The lights have different colors and are arranged circularly around a lens of a camera. Then, the features correspond to locations of pixels in the image within a neighborhood of pixels that includes a subset of the colors of the lights. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015993 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and a plurality of signal processing units each associated with a respective one of columns of the pixel array and including an A/D conversion unit configured to convert a signal generated based on the pixels into a digital signal. The photoelectric conversion device further includes a plurality of groups each including a plural ones of signal processing units out of the plurality of signal processing units and a block output unit configured to receive outputs of the plural ones of signal processing units, and a driving signal transmission unit configured to transmit a driving signal for driving a plurality of the block output units. The driving signal transmission unit supplies, to one of the block output units and another of the block output units, the driving signal at respective different timings. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015994 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING CHROMATIC ABERRATION - A method of processing a polychromatic image is disclosed. The method comprises, for each of at least a portion of the picture elements, assigning to the picture element a new color value for each individual color, and storing the new values in a computer readable medium. The new values are assigned by: processing each of a first and a second colors of the picture element, based, at least in part on first and second colors of peripheral picture elements, to respectively provide a first processed color value and a second processed color value; employing optimization for reducing error and for assigning to the picture element a new color value for each of the first and second colors; and assigning to the picture element a new color value for a third color calculated based, at least in part, on the new color values for the first and second colors. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015995 | Image Capture Accelerator - An image capture accelerator performs accelerated processing of image data. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator includes accelerator circuitry including a pre-processing engine and a compression engine. The pre-processing engine is configured to perform accelerated processing on received image data, and the compression engine is configured to compress processed image data received from the pre-processing engine. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator further includes a demultiplexer configured to receive image data captured by an image sensor array implemented within, for example, an image sensor chip. The demultiplexer may output the received image data to an image signal processor when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in a standard capture mode, and may output the received image data to the accelerator circuitry when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in an accelerated capture mode. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015996 | Image Capture Accelerator - An image capture accelerator performs accelerated processing of image data. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator includes accelerator circuitry including a pre-processing engine and a compression engine. The pre-processing engine is configured to perform accelerated processing on received image data, and the compression engine is configured to compress processed image data received from the pre-processing engine. In one embodiment, the image capture accelerator further includes a demultiplexer configured to receive image data captured by an image sensor array implemented within, for example, an image sensor chip. The demultiplexer may output the received image data to an image signal processor when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in a standard capture mode, and may output the received image data to the accelerator circuitry when the image data is captured by the image sensor array in an accelerated capture mode. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015997 | IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes an imaging device and a signal processing circuit for performing signal processing on an output signal of the imaging device. The imaging device includes one group of lenses, and an imaging element on which an image is formed through the lenses, and the lenses include a first lens having an object side surface in a convex shape projecting to an object side, a transparent body, and a second lens, the first lens, the transparent body, and the second lens being arranged in order from the object side to an image surface side without an air being interposed between the first lens, the transparent body, and the second lens, and the imaging element is curved so as to have a concave surface facing the object side. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015998 | IMAGE CAPTURE POSITION AND IMAGE CAPTURE DIRECTION ESTIMATION DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURE POSITION AND IMAGE CAPTURE DIRECTION ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image capture position and direction estimation device includes a region determination unit that determines a plurality of regions to be associated between a query image and an image with position and direction, a depth estimation unit that estimates a depth of each region, and an image capture position and direction estimation unit that estimates a direction in the region with a large depth estimated by the depth estimation unit and estimates a position in the region with a small depth estimated by the depth estimation unit. | 2014-01-16 |
20140015999 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens consists of a negative first-lens, a first-cemented-lens of a second-lens and a third-lens, a stop, a positive fourth-lens, and a second-cemented-lens of a fifth-lens and a sixth-lens in this order from an object-side. The first-lens has a plano-concave or meniscus shape with a concave image-side surface. One of the second-lens and the third-lens is a positive lens and the other one is a negative lens. An object-side surface of the fourth-lens is a flat surface or a surface with a curvature radius the absolute value of which is greater than that of its image-side surface. One of the fifth-lens and the sixth-lens is a positive lens and the other one is a negative lens. Formulas about the ratio of a back focus to a focal length in the entire system, and refractive indices and Abbe numbers of the positive and negative lenses in the first-cemented-lens are satisfied. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016000 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes generating means for generating image data, transmitting means for transmitting predetermined image data to an external device, the predetermined image data being generated by performing a predetermined process for pixel range conversion on the image data, and control means for performing control such that predetermined data relating to the predetermined image data generated by the predetermined process and the predetermined image data are transmitted to the external device. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016001 | IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image-pickup apparatus includes an exposure condition calculator configured to calculate an exposure condition of an image sensor determined by accumulation time of the image sensor, an amplification amount and an aperture value of an image signal, and an image generator configured to generate a high dynamic range image. When the plurality of exposure conditions have equal exposure differences, the exposure condition calculator changes the accumulation time so as to follow a change of the object brightness from a first value to a second value, and the exposure condition calculator calculates the plurality of exposure conditions by fixing the accumulation time and by changing the amplification amount so as to follow a change of the object brightness from a third value smaller than the first value to a fourth value smaller than the second value. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016002 | METHOD TO CONTROL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FILE - A method to control an image processing apparatus includes obtaining linkage information representing a relation between a plurality of image files and recording the linkage information as metadata in each of the plurality of image files. This method ensures that a large number of image files are more easily and conveniently classified since linkage information representing relations between a plurality of image files is recorded as metadata in each of the plurality of image files. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016003 | MEMORY CARD DEVICE - Provided is a method capable of performing bi-directional communication by only a memory card device and without depending on the environment of the connecting device and the like. This memory card device has a housing in which a wireless communication module and memory module are mounted, and in the this memory module are provided a system area that cannot be access by a digital device in which the memory card device is mounted, and a user area that can be accessed by the digital device; wherein an operation system (OS), a file server program that operates together with the operation system to control data that is stored in the user area, and a communication module that connects the server program to a virtual network by way of a relay server on the Internet, and makes it possible to control the data that is stored in the user area from the Internet side by way of the server program are installed in the system area. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016004 | Abstract Camera Pipeline for Uniform Cross-Device Control of Image Capture and Processing - A system for acquiring digital images for a device having an integrated camera includes an Application Program Interface (API). The API is adapted to receive preprocessing and other instructions from a discrete application operating on the device. The API is also adapted to process multiple image capture requests using a pipeline configuration. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016005 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: an image obtaining section configured to obtain a RAW image, the RAW image being taken by an imaging unit, the imaging unit including an image sensor; and a controller configured to cause the imaging unit to preliminarily photograph a preliminary photographing object, and to obtain the RAW image as a first RAW image, to specify a defective pixel of the first RAW image based on the amount of difference between a value of a target pixel and a value of a neighboring pixel around the target pixel, and to create defective position data, to cause the imaging unit to actually photograph an actual photographing object, and to obtain the RAW image as a second RAW image, and to correct a luminance value of the second RAW image based on the defective position data. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016006 | DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A driving method for an image pickup apparatus that includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion portion includes performing photoelectric conversion in each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions during a period between first time and second time, generating a plurality of first signals, each being a signal deriving from electric charge generated through the photoelectric conversion in the photoelectric conversion portion, which is a plurality of signals to be generated for each of the plurality of pixels, and generating a plurality of second signals by performing moving average processing on the plurality of first signals. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016007 | READOUT CIRCUIT, SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING READOUT CIRCUIT - A readout circuit includes: an amplifier ( | 2014-01-16 |
20140016008 | Wide Dynamic Range Imaging Sensor And Method - A system and method for sensing an optical input having a wide dynamic range includes providing a semiconductor material extending along a reference axis away from an optical input surface and having more than one substantially planar photodetecting regions disposed therein at different respective depths. The substantially planar photodetecting regions are configured to be overlapping and at least partially transverse to the reference axis, such that more than one of the regions absorb the optical input received through the optical input surface. Each of the photodetecting regions has an associated responsivity representative of the absorption of the incident optical signal. Preferably, the responsivity of each of the photodetecting regions is different for each of the photodetecting regions. A wide dynamic range sensor signal is produced by combining electrical output signals obtained from each of the more than one photodetecting regions. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016009 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - One exemplary embodiment is a method of driving an image pickup apparatus including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units. A driving method of the present exemplary embodiment includes a generating step of generating electric charges in the photoelectric conversion unit during a period from a first time to a second time; and a transferring step of transferring electric charges generated in the generating step of generating into at least two electric charge reception units in parallel. Then, electric charges transferred from different photoelectric conversion units are added in at least one electric charge reception unit. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016010 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image sensor comprises a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a row direction and a column direction. An A/D conversion circuit, arranged for each column, which compares an input signal with a ramp signal that changes with temporal unidirectionality, and converts the input signal into digital data. The sensor comprises an amplitude control unit configured to compare the pixel signal with a predefined reference voltage, and input, to the A/D conversion circuit, the pixel signal if the pixel signal has a voltage less than the reference voltage, or a signal obtained by reducing an amplitude of the pixel signal if the pixel signal has a voltage of not less than the reference voltage, and a data expansion unit configured to add a predetermined number of bits to an A/D-converted data | 2014-01-16 |
20140016011 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME IN SOLID-STATE IMAGING PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME IN A NUMBER OF MODES - A system and method for driving a solid-state image pickup device including a pixel array unit including unit pixels. Each unit pixel includes a photoelectric converter, column signal lines and a number of analog-digital converting units. The unit pixels are selectively controlled in units of rows. Analog signals output from the unit pixels in a row selected by the selective control though the column signal lines are converted to digital signals via the analog-digital converting units. The digital signals are added among a number of unit pixels via the analog-digital converting units. The added digital signals from the analog-digital converting units are read. Each unit pixel in the pixel array unit is selectively controlled in units of arbitrary rows, the analog-distal converting units being operable to performing the converting in a (a) normal-frame-rate mode and a (b) high-frame-rate mode in response to control signals. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016012 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate having an element isolating layer and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements each formed in a respective one of a plurality of pixel regions that are isolated from each other by the element isolating layer, an interlayer dielectric layer having wires formed on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a color filter layer having pigmented films of a plurality of colors, formed on a second surface of the semiconductor substrate and in the pixel regions. The element isolating layer has a part projecting from the second surface, and at least part of the pigmented films is formed in a space defined by the second surface and the projecting part of the element isolating layer. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016013 | IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD - The present disclosure provides an image capturing method including: detecting whether a first trigger signal has been received; performing a first facial recognition process on a preview image captured by an image capture device to produce a first facial recognition result, when the first trigger signal has been received; determining whether a number of people indicated by the first facial recognition result is equal to a predetermined number of participants indicated by an input signal; and activating an output device to display a correct signal when the number of people indicated by the first facial recognition result is equal to the predetermined number of participants. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016014 | VIBRATION-TYPE ACTUATOR, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STAGE - A vibration-type actuator includes a supporting mechanism functioning such that a reaction force from a base against a pressing force from a driven member to an elastic member is dispersed to a vibrating portion and a supported portion of the elastic member. The supported portion is supported by the base with a vibration-isolating member interposed therebetween. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016015 | IMAGING DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF DEPTHS OF FIELD - An imaging device includes an image sensor that includes a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels disposed on a semiconductor die. The first group of pixels are arranged to capture a first image and the second group of pixels are arranged to capture a second image. The imaging device also includes a first lens configured to focus image light from a first focus distance onto the first group of pixels. The imaging device further includes a second lens configured to focus the image light from a second focus distance onto the second group of pixels and not the first group of pixels. The first lens is positioned to focus the image light from the first focus distance onto the first group of pixels and not the second group of pixels. The first focus distance is different than the second focus distance. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016016 | System And Method For Effectively Implementing A Lens Array In An Electronic Device - A system for implementing and utilizing a lens array in an electronic device includes a sensor array coupled to the electronic device for capturing image data corresponding to a photographic target. The lens array includes a plurality of lenses that each has a different respective principal focal length to transmit reflected light from the photographic target to the sensor array. The sensor array captures a set of MFP images that each corresponds with a respective one of the lenses in the MFP lens array. The electronic device may further include an image processor that performs one or more digital signal processing procedures on the captured MFP images to thereby generate a rendered final image. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016017 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCSSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a generator and a processor. The generator is configured to generate, from a plurality of unit images in which points on an object are imaged by an imaging unit at different positions according to distances between the imaging unit and the positions of the points on the object, a refocused image focused at a predetermined distance. The processor is configured to perform blurring processing on each pixel of the refocused image according to an intensity corresponding to a focusing degree of the pixel of the refocused image. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016018 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image pickup apparatus includes a controller configured to perform an autofocus processing and an image pickup processing, the image pickup processing including a display of a live-view image, an exposure for recording of the image pickup element and a generation of a recording image from an image signal acquired by the exposure. The controller moves the image pickup element to a specific position closer to a center of the predetermined movable range of the image pickup element than the position of the image pickup element detected by the position detector, and subsequently performs a correction movement in which the focus lens moves so as to decrease generation of defocus for the image pickup element due to the movement of the image pickup element to the specific position after the exposure for recording before the display of the live-view image in the image pickup processing. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016019 | Video Refocusing - The present invention operates in connection with refocusable video data, information, images and/or frames, which may be light field video data, information, images and/or frames, that may be focused and/or refocused after acquisition or recording. A video acquisition device acquires first refocusable light field video data of a scene, stores first refocusable video data representative of the first refocusable light field video data, acquires second refocusable light field video data of the scene after acquiring the first refocusable light field video data, determines a first virtual focus parameter (such as a virtual focus depth) using the second refocusable light field video data, generates first video data using the stored first refocusable video data and the first virtual focus parameter, wherein the first video data includes a focus depth that is different from an optical focus depth of the first refocusable light field video data, and outputs the first video data. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016020 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A video signal processing apparatus, comprises: an image pickup unit, having a focus lens; an evaluation value calculator unit, specifying a region, in which brightness higher than a predetermined value lies, from within a region to be a target, for which a focal point estimation value is calculated to be used for moving the focus lens to a focal point, and to calculate the focal point estimation value by excluding the region, in which the brightness higher than the predetermined value lies, from a focal point estimation value calculation target; and a system controller unit, to be focused upon basis of the focal point estimation value calculated by the evaluation value calculator unit, wherein the system controller unit controls the focus lens to move to a position, which is determined in advance. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016021 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - During a period before focusing is instructed, contrast detection is used to detect positions at which focus evaluation values reach a peak in regard to detection regions obtained by dividing a region containing a region in which phase-difference detection pixels of an imaging element are disposed; when focusing is instructed, focus evaluation value peak positions of each of the detection regions are acquired; if an optical system is in a focused state, the number of detection regions whose deviation in focus evaluation value peak position is within a threshold value is counted; if the number of applicable detection regions is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, focus position detection and focus control are performed by phase-difference detection, and if the number of detection regions is less than the predetermined value, focus position detection and focus control are performed by contrast detection. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016022 | CAMERA MODULE, EXPOSURE ADJUSTING METHOD OF CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - According to one embodiment, a camera module has an exposure control unit. When an exposure error has reached within a coring range by first exposure control, the exposure control unit switches exposure control from the first exposure control to second exposure control. The exposure error shows a deviation of an exposure evaluation value to an exposure target value. In the second exposure control, an exposure change amount is reduced than at the time of the first exposure control. When the exposure error has reached a zero level by the second exposure control, the exposure control unit stops the exposure control. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016023 | SHUTTER DRIVING SYSTEM AND CAMERA DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A shutter driving system and a camera device having the same, and a driving method thereof are provided. The shutter driving system includes a base plate including an opening part, a front-curtain and a rear-curtain, a front-curtain link and a rear-curtain link supporting respective folding and unfolding operations of the front-curtain and the rear-curtain, a front-curtain drive lever and a rear-curtain drive lever controlling respective drives of the front-curtain link and the rear-curtain link for opening and closing the opening part, a front-curtain electromagnet and a rear-curtain electromagnet selectively and respectively stopping the front-curtain and rear-curtain drive levers, a cam gear mechanically closing the opening part of the front curtain and mechanically opening the opening part of the rear-curtain, a motor rotating the cam gear, and a reduction gear train including at least one gear disposed between the cam gear and the motor. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016024 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus is provided which includes an image pickup device; a display unit configured to perform a control operation to display a signal output from the image pickup device on a monitor; a first photometry section configured to measure luminance of an image of an object based on the signal output from the image pickup device; a second photometry section configured to measure luminance of the image of the object using a photometric sensor mounted at a position different from the image pickup device; and a controller configured to control exposure based on photometric information obtained from the second photometry section in a case where, before photometric information is obtained from the first photometry section, a request is made by a user to capture an image for recording an output of the image pickup device. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016025 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING APERTURE STOP - A lens apparatus includes an aperture stop unit that adjusts light intensity, a terminal configured so that a voltage is applied in a state of connecting to an image pickup apparatus, a drive circuit that drives the aperture stop unit, and a controller that controls the drive circuit, the controller controls the drive circuit in a drive mode that drives the aperture stop unit from a first position to a second position without driving the aperture stop unit to an open position. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016026 | CAMERA FLASH MITIGATION - Techniques are generally described for an image capture system that may include an image sensor, a flash for providing illumination, a data storage, and a processor operatively associated with the data storage. The processor may be adapted to execute computer implemented instructions to pre-store one or more image capture device characteristics in the data storage, acquire data in a pre-capture phase, model shadow effects based on either or both of the pre-stored data and the acquired data, modify one or more image capture device settings based on the modeled shadow effects, and record image data with the image sensor. Illumination may be provided substantially coincident with recording of the image data. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016027 | CTIA In-Pixel Correlated Double Sampling With Snapshot Operation for IR Readout Integrated Circuits - An image sensor array that has a buffer amplifier, having a capacitor which receives photogenerated energy from a photodetector, and stores the photo generated energy in a capacitor of the buffer amplifier. Reset across the buffer amplifier which is sufficient to allow the amplifier to settle transiently prior to applying said clamp voltage. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016028 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ACTIVATION METHOD THEREFOR - An image capturing device includes a first controller operable to control image capturing; an operation section including a switch; a detector operable to detect a change to an image capturing mode and to send a signal representing the change; a second controller operable to monitor and process the sent signal, the second controller having a power consumption less than that of the first controller; and a power supply operable to supply power to the first controller, the second controller, and a functional section of the device. When the second controller receives the signal sent from the detecting section in a power saving state in which power is supplied from the power supply to the second controller, the power saving state is changed to a power supplying state capable of image capturing by supplying power from the power supply to portions of the device including the first controller. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016029 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND MASK STRUCTURE THEREOF - This invention discloses an image capture device and a mask structure thereof. The image capture device comprises a casing, a hinge module and an adapter. The hinge module is disposed in the casing. One end of the hinge module sticks out of the casing. One end of the adapter is disposed on the end of the hinge module, and a tripod tapped hole is disposed near another end of the adaptor. When the adaptor moves from a first position to a second position, the image capture device is set on a tripod by the tripod tapped hole. By such arrangements, the invention can effectively reduce volume, in order to achieve the objective of the product miniaturization. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016030 | PROMPTING APPARATUS - The invention provides a prompting apparatus comprising a prompting box and a mounting and adjusting assembly. The prompting box houses a two-way mirror and the lens of the camera. The prompting box includes a shell frame and a coupling means which enables a user to slide in a tablet device. The tablet device runs a prompting software application and the pre-designed text is displayed on the screen at a speed that the speaker feels comfortable to read. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016031 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device including a first body and an image capturing module is provided. The first body has a housing with an opening. The image capturing module is movably disposed in the housing, and includes a circuit board, an image capturing unit and a driving mechanism. The image capturing unit is disposed on the circuit board. The driving mechanism is configured to drive the circuit board. When the driving mechanism is operated in a first state, the driving mechanism drives the circuit board to move towards a predetermined direction relative to the housing, so that the image capturing unit moves to a first position aligned to the opening and is exposed. When the driving mechanism is operated in a second state, the driving mechanism drives the circuit board to move towards another direction, so that the image capturing unit leaves the opening and is shielded at a second position. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016032 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT - A video signal processing circuit includes a graphics processing unit (GPU) and an optical transmitter. The GPU receives an electrical video signal having a standard format, and transforms the electrical video signal into an electrical control signal for controlling a display device. The optical transmitter electrically connects to the GPU for receiving the electrical control signal, so as to transform the electrical control signal into an optical signal and emit the optical signal. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016033 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that includes an interlacing determination unit and a deinterlacing unit is provided. The interlacing determination unit determines whether or not a frame is an interlaced image by performing image processing on body data of the frame. An interlaced image is an image that includes a top field image and a bottom field image at different times on a timeline. If it was determined that the frame is an interlaced image, the deinterlacing unit deinterlaces the frame and generates a new frame. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016034 | HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO EXTENDER AND METHOD - HDMI extenders based on HDBaseT technology are disclosed for extending HD signals from a video source to a display over a twisted pair cable. The extenders include local and remote units. The local unit receives HD signals from the video source; converts them into differential multimedia signals based on HDBaseT technology communicated over the cable to the remote unit which recovers the HD signals for the display. The local and remote units can also facilitate exchange of USB information, and/or digital or analog audio as differential common mode signals, and/or power as common mode signals along with the differential multimedia signals through the twisted pair cable. The remote unit can also receive IR commands, generate modulated signals preserving the IR carrier frequency of the commands; and transmit the modulated signals over the cable to the local unit for recovery of the IR commands to communicate to the video source. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016035 | COORDINATING DISTRIBUTED GRAPHICS RENDERING IN A MULTI-WINDOW DISPLAY - Multi-window display operations may be optimized in an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a screen that may be operable to provide a multi-window display by enabling configuring of a plurality of display regions, where video content corresponding to one or more of the plurality of applications is displayed in each of the plurality of display regions. Optimizing multi-window display operations may comprise monitoring updates of video content for each of the plurality of display regions of the screen, and generating a frame comprising video content for all of the plurality of display regions when one or both of the following occurs: all pending video content updates are completed and a frame generation deadline is reached. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016036 | CONTENTS PLAYBACK DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, INFORMATION PROVISION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A television ( | 2014-01-16 |
20140016037 | INTEGRATED MOBILE DESKTOP - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to an integrated mobile desktop. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a display chip to receive graphical data and produce video display signals; and a logic chip to receive data from a mobile device and the video display signals from the display chip to generate a display including at least a portion for a representation of a display of the mobile device. The logic chip provides for integration of operations for the apparatus and the mobile device using the generated display. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016038 | HEURISTIC METHOD FOR DROP FRAME DETECTION IN DIGITAL BASEBAND VIDEO - A video detector for detecting dropped frames in a video according to embodiments of the invention may include a quality measurer structured to generate a quality measure of a transition between a current frame and a previous frame, a dynamic threshold generator structured to generate a threshold value based on a comparison of blocks within the current frame, and an identifier structured to indicate the video as having a dropped frame based on a comparison between the difference value and the threshold value. Methods of performing dropped frame detection in a video stream are also described. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016039 | ELECTRONIC UNIT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to electronic units, communication systems and methods, information processing terminals and methods, and information processing apparatuses and methods which allow easy and quick communications. When a link pin | 2014-01-16 |
20140016040 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A wireless output unit of a remote controller | 2014-01-16 |
20140016041 | IMAGE CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-PROJECTION - The present invention provides an image correction system and method for multi-projection, the image correction system including a plurality of projection surfaces which are installed in a single theater and a projection device which projects images on the plurality of projection surfaces, in which the images projected by the projection device on the plurality of projection surfaces are corrected based on relative differences in properties of the plurality of projection surfaces. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016042 | SCREEN AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A screen including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules and polymers different from the liquid crystal molecules, wherein a twist angle of the polymers is equal to or larger than 0° and smaller than 180°, and, when an electric field does not act on the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer, the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer changes to a first state in which the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer transmits light made incident on the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer and, when an electric filed acts on the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer, the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer changes to a second state in which the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer scatters light made incident on the polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016043 | Touch Screen Display with Transparent Electrical Shielding Layer - A polarizer includes a polarizer component having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface. The bottom surface is configured to couple to a color filter layer for a liquid crystal display. The polarizer also includes a transparent conducting layer disposed over the top surface. The transparent conducting layer being configured to electrically shield the LCD from a touch panel. The polarizer further includes a coating layer disposed over the transparent conducting layer. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016044 | TOUCH-SENSING PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a touch-sensing panel including a polarization plate and a patterned sensing electrode layer. The polarization plate has a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface and the second surface are disposed opposite to each other. The first patterned sensing electrode layer is disposed on the first surface, and the first patterned sensing electrode layer is directly attached on the first surface of the polarization plate. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016045 | Touch panel and manufacturing method - A touch panel includes a liquid crystal unit, a lower polarizer, an upper polarizer and a touch sensing structure. The lower polarizer is installed under the liquid crystal unit, the upper polarizer is installed above the liquid crystal unit, and the touch sensing structure is installed under the upper polarizer. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016046 | OPERATING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC APPLIANCE - An operating device for an electric appliance has a plurality of display elements, a plurality of operating elements below a translucent operating surface in order to operate by applying a finger and drawing the finger over the operating surface. The operating elements are flat capacitive sensor elements and together with the display elements have common accommodation housings. The sensor elements are placed on top of the accommodation housings and the display elements are arranged in through-holes in the housings. The operating device has at least two accommodation housings that are arranged next to each other. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016047 | CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE AND TOUCH SCREEN HAVING SAME - The present invention relates to a conducting substrate and a touch screen comprising the same, and the conducting substrate according to the present invention comprises a board, and an electric conducting pattern provided on at least one surface of the board, wherein the electric conducting pattern comprises a border structure of closed figures continuously connected and does not comprise the closed figures having the same shape in a predetermined unit area (1 cm×1 cm), and the number of vertexes of the closed figures is different from the number of vertexes of quadrangles having the same number as the closed figures. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016048 | CAPACITANCE TYPE TOUCH SCREEN - A capacitance type touch screen includes a cover lens and a film sensor. The film sensor includes a base film, first transparent electrodes arranged side by side extending in an A direction, second transparent electrodes insulated from the first electrodes and arranged side by side extending in B direction while crossing the first electrodes, a plurality of first lead wirings connected to the first electrodes and drawn to connection terminals, and a plurality of second lead wirings connected to the second electrodes and drawn to connection terminals. The first and second wirings are hidden by the cover lens decorated area. The film sensor includes a top-plate-corresponding-portion facing the cover lens top plate rear surface, and rising portions facing a rear surface of at least one of the first and second side plates. All or most of the second wirings is positioned in the rising portions. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016049 | DISPLAY UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a light-ray control section including first structures, the first structures being arranged at a first pitch; a liquid crystal display section including second structures, the second structures being arranged at a second pitch; and a backlight, in which one in which a structure arrangement pitch is smaller of the liquid crystal display section and the light-ray control section is disposed between the other one of the liquid crystal display section and the light-ray control section, and the backlight. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016050 | Slit Grating And Display Device - There are provided a slit grating and a display device. The passive slit grating according to embodiments of the invention comprises a plurality of grating structures. Each of the grating structures is symmetric about its axial line in a length direction, and an edge in the length direction for each of the grating structures has a non-linear shape. Among adjacent edges of any two of the grating structures that are adjacent, the position of a protrusion at one edge corresponds to the position of a recess at another edge. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016051 | COMBINED LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE FOR TRACKING USERS - For comfortable viewing of a 3-D scene at various viewing angles, a display having a large tracking range for a variable viewer distance is required. A controllable light-influencing element deflects light in coarse steps in a viewer range. Within said steps, the light is deflected by a further controllable light-influencing element continuously or with fine gradation. The light modulation device is suitable in holographic or autostereoscopic displays for guiding the visibility ranges of the image information to be displayed so as to follow the eyes of the viewers. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016052 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE CONTAINING THE SAME - A liquid crystal panel, a driving method thereof, and a liquid crystal display device containing the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal panel of the present invention comprises: a first substrate having a first electrode layer; a second substrate having a second electrode layer opposite to the first electrode layer; a blue-phase liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a light-shielding region disposed on the second substrate. When a bias voltage is applied to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, a refractive gradient is formed in the blue-phase liquid crystal layer, and thereby an incident light passing through the blue-phase liquid crystal layer focuses on the light-shielding region. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016053 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention has a pixel which includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first liquid crystal element, and a second liquid crystal element. A pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a signal line through the first switch. The pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element through the second switch and the first resistor. The pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a Cs line through the third switch and the second resistor. A common electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a common electrode of the second liquid crystal element. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016054 | DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICES - A display device includes a substrate having a pixel region and a peripheral circuit region, peripheral circuits disposed in the peripheral circuit region, an insulation layer covering the peripheral circuits, a first electrode disposed on the insulation layer in the pixel region, at least one protection structure disposed on the insulation layer in the peripheral circuit region, and a light emitting structure or a liquid crystal layer disposed on the first electrode. The protection structure can prevent damage to the peripheral circuits caused by static electricity generated in manufacturing processes, so that the display device can have improved reliability while reducing defects of pixels in the display device. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016055 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL WITH THE SAME - An array substrate includes a substrate, a number of parallel data lines disposed on the substrate each which has a first end and a second end, a signal inputting module for inputting an alignment signal; and at least one transmitting line with one end thereof connected to the signal inputting module and the at least one transmitting line being further connected to the first end and the second end of each of the data lines. When there is an open defect in one of the data lines, the alignment signal is capable of being transmitted to the corresponding data line from the first end and the second end thereof through the transmitting line, which allows the alignment signal to be applied to the corresponding data line except the open defect. This improves the alignment consistence of liquid crystal molecules and reduces the scrap rate of the liquid crystal panel. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016056 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device whose power consumption is reduced while image quality is prevented from being degraded is provided. Further, a method for driving a liquid crystal display device whose power consumption is reduced while image quality is prevented from being degraded is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a transistor whose leakage current in an off state is reduced and a liquid crystal element. The capacitance of a pixel satisfies the formula (1) and the formula (2). | 2014-01-16 |
20140016057 | DISPLAY - An embodiment of the present invention provides a display including: a first substrate; gate lines and data lines; transistors respectively located in pixel areas, wherein each of the transistors includes: an active layer on the first substrate and having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a necked-down portion connecting the first and the second end portions; a second substrate on the first substrate; and a display medium between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016058 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes first and second gate lines and first and second data lines, on a first substrate, a first thin film transistor connected to the first gate and data lines and including a first source and drain electrode, a second thin film transistor connected to the second gate and data lines and including a second source and drain electrode, first and second pixel electrodes contacting a portion of the first and second drain electrodes, respectively, a passivation layer on the first and second pixel electrodes and the first and second thin film transistors, and a reference electrode on a passivation layer and overlapping the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The reference electrode includes a plurality of branch electrodes. The first thin film transistor is right of the first data line and the second thin film transistor is left of the second data line. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016059 | POLARIZER, DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A polarizer includes a substrate, and a first metal layer and a second metal layer disposed on the substrate. The first metal layer includes a plurality of protrusions of a wire grid pattern. Each protrusion has a first width and adjacent protrusions are spaced apart by a second width. The second metal layer is disposed on each of the protrusions of the first metal layer, and includes molybdenum (Mo) and/or titanium (Ti). | 2014-01-16 |
20140016060 | Backboard for Display and Liquid Crystal Display - The present invention provides a collapsible backboard for liquid crystal display device which comprises first and second trusses each configured with an L-shaped configuration with a first elongated beam having a longitudinal end and a second short beam perpendicular to the elongated beam and having a lateral end. First and second linkages each has an elongated configuration with a first end and a second end, wherein the first linkage has its first and second ends pivotally hinged to the lateral end of the second short beam of the first truss, and the longitudinal end of the first elongated beam of the second truss, and wherein the second linkage has its first and second ends pivotally hinged to the longitudinal end of the first elongated beam of the first truss and the lateral end of the second short beam of the second truss. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016061 | Splice Type Display Back Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides a splice type display back plate and a liquid crystal display device. The splice type display back plate includes at least two stents spliced together, each stent being disposed with enhancing ribs respectively, enhancing ribs including: at least two first enhancing parts disposed separately with interval at splicing locations of stents and second enhancing part connecting the at least two first enhancing parts; the first enhancing parts of two spliced stents overlapping and engaged chimerically. The display back plate of the present invention is formed by splicing two stents so as to reduce the weight of the back plate and material cost. Also, with enhancing ribs disposed on the two stents respectively, the enhancing ribs are located at splicing positions and connected in overlapping and chimerical manner to enhance the mechanical strength. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016062 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided with: a liquid crystal display panel ( | 2014-01-16 |
20140016063 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, LIGHT-EMITTING UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a light guide plate, a light-emitting unit having the light guide plate and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having the light-emitting unit. The light guide plate includes a pattern-forming ink composition that is coated and dried on a bottom surface of the light guide plate, so as to form dot patterns as a light guide layer. The pattern-forming ink composition includes an acrylate-based resin (A), a yellow pigment (B), a filling material (C) and a solvent (D). A LCD device including the aforementioned light guide plate can achieve the requirements of high brightness and low color temperature. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016064 | CONTINUOUS WAVE DIRECTIONAL EMISSION LIQUID CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND DEVICES - A light emitting photonic bandgap (PBG) material, and devices uses the same, having (a) a polymer network exhibiting a non-uniform pitch; (b) a small molecule liquid crystal material with a birefringence >0.04; and (c) one or more light emitting dyes having a low triplet state absorption. The light emitting PBG material has a defect-induced density of states enhancing feature at a wavelength that overlaps the emission spectrum of the light emitting dye. Excitation of the light emitting PBG material by a light source causes a directional electromagnetic emission from the light emitting material. The PBG material, and device, are capable of emitting continuous wave laser light as a result of excitation by a low-power incoherent light source. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016065 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH SAPPHIRE SUBSTATE - A liquid crystal displays includes a common electrode layer, a pixel electrode layer, a liquid crystal layer, an upper polarizer, a lower polarizer, a color filter, and a protection glass. The liquid crystal layer is positioned between the common electrode layer and the pixel electrode layer. The upper polarizer is positioned above the common electrode layer. The lower polarizer is positioned under the pixel electrode layer. The color filter is positioned between the upper polarizer and the common electrode layer. The protection glass is positioned above the common electrode layer and made of sapphire. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016066 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - In a liquid crystal display device, liquid crystal molecules are oriented in a vertical direction to the first substrate and the second substrate by the first molecule orientation film and the second molecule orientation film, respectively, in a non-driving state. A structural pattern is formed so as to extend in a first direction parallel to a surface of the liquid crystal layer and so as to form, in a driving state, an electric field periodically changing in a second direction that is parallel to the liquid crystal layer and vertical to the first direction. The liquid crystal molecules substantially tilt in the first direction in the driving state. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016067 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION - A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is provided. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition shows stable antistatic performance, and in particular, stably maintains its antistatic performance even when the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is kept for an extended time under extreme conditions or conditions in which environmental changes are severe, and also has excellent general physical properties such as pressure-sensitive adhesive properties, durability and workability. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016068 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL FILM - A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for an optical film, a method of preparing a pressure-sensitive adhesive for an optical film, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display are provided. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition may be effectively coated even when a coating solid content is controlled to be high. Therefore, productivity in formation of a pressure-sensitive adhesive or manufacture of an optical film such as a polarizing plate may be significantly increased, and excellent durability and reliability and re-workability may be exhibited after the pressure-sensitive adhesive is prepared. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016069 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION (As Amended) - A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is provided. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition can show stable antistatic performance, and in particular can stably maintain its antistatic performance even when the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is kept for an extended time under extreme conditions or conditions in which environmental changes are severe, and also has excellent general physical properties such as pressure-sensitive adhesive properties, durability and workability. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016070 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes first and second substrates facing each other, each of the first and second substrates having a first substrate having a display region, a non-display region, and a seal pattern region disposed in the non-display region; a protection layer on the first substrate and having a first seal pattern groove in the seal pattern region; first and second dams on the second substrate and respectively disposed at both ends of the first seal pattern groove, the first and second dams configured to form a second seal pattern groove corresponding to the first seal pattern groove; a pixel electrode on the first substrate; a common electrode on one of the first and second substrates; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; and a seal pattern having one end inserted into the first seal pattern groove and the other end inserted into the second seal pattern groove. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016071 | Displays with Optical Fiber Layers - An electronic device may have a display such as a liquid crystal display. The display may have multiple display layers for generating display light such as a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. The display may include first and second layers of optical fibers formed over the display layers. The first and second layers of optical fibers may guide display light generated in the display layers to an outer surface of the display. The first layer of optical fibers may include optical fibers having a first numerical aperture. The second layer of optical fibers may include optical fibers having a second numerical aperture. The first numerical aperture may be smaller than the second numerical aperture. The second layer of optical fibers may include vertical and angled optical fibers. The angled optical fibers may help reduce the size of an inactive region around the center of the display. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016072 | METAL AZO PIGMENTS AND PIGMENT PREPARATIONS PRODUCED THEREFROM - The new metal azo pigments comprising the adduct of
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20140016073 | Pixel Electrode and LCD Device - The present invention provides a pixel electrode structure and a LCD device. The pixel electrode contains linear backbone electrodes, a first backbone electrode and a second backbone electrode, whose centers cross each other, thereby forming four display regions. Each display region is configured with a number of linear spine electrodes at intervals, and the edges of the outer ends of the spine electrodes in the same display are aligned. Yet, the edges of the outer ends of the backbone electrodes are not aligned with those of the spine electrodes. Through the present invention, the display quality at the outer ends of the backbone electrodes is enhanced. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016074 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An array substrate includes a pixel electrode having a contact portion, a pair of main pixel electrodes extending in a first direction from the contact portion, and a sub-pixel electrode arranged between the contact portion and an end of the main pixel electrode so as to connect the main pixel electrodes. A counter substrate includes a common electrode having first, second and third main common electrodes. The third main common electrode is arranged substantially in the center between the pair of main pixel electrodes. A sub-common electrode is arranged between the contact portion and the sub-pixel electrode in the first direction. The third main common electrode includes a cutout portion, and the sub-pixel electrode crosses the third main common electrode at the cutout portion. The first sub-common electrode includes cutout portions, and the pair of main pixel electrodes cross the first sub-common electrode at the cutout portions, respectively. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016075 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus that features sufficiently fast response and are excellent in transmittance performance. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each of the first substrate and the second substrate includes electrodes. The electrodes of the second substrate include a pair of comb substrates and a planar electrode. The liquid crystal display panel is configured to align liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer in a direction horizontal to a substrate main surface in response to an electric field generated between the pair of comb electrodes or an electric field generated between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016076 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL GASKET FOR ELECTROOPTICAL DISPLAY - A method of making an electrooptical display comprises providing a first substrate and a second substrate. A first layer of electrically conductive material is disposed on the first substrate and a second layer of electrically conductive material is disposed on the second substrate. A bead of adhesive gasket material is formed over the first substrate. Light modulating material is flowed onto the first layer of electrically conductive material and over the bead. The second substrate is positioned in contact with the light modulating material in proximity to the first substrate. The gasket material is cured. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016077 | Display Apparatus - A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display panel. The display panel includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a main sealant, and at least one supporting sealant. The display panel includes an active area and a peripheral circuit area adjacent to the active area. The main sealant is disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The main sealant is disposed out of the active area to form a sealed area. The sealed area covers the active area and a part of the peripheral circuit area. The at least one supporting sealant is disposed in the sealed area and out of the active area. The distance between at least one side of the main sealant and the active area is different from the distances between the other sides of the main sealant and the active area. | 2014-01-16 |
20140016078 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal molecule layer, a first liquid crystal cell layer and a second liquid crystal cell layer is provided. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal molecule layer has a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first liquid crystal cell layer has a plurality of first liquid crystal cells and disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal molecule layer. The second liquid crystal cell layer has a plurality of second liquid crystal cells and disposed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal molecule layer. Moreover, a liquid crystal composition used to make the liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method of liquid crystal panel are also provided. | 2014-01-16 |