20th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130120600 | Methods and Apparatus for Subspace Video Stabilization - Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for subspace video stabilization. A subspace video stabilization technique may provide a robust and efficient approach to video stabilization that achieves high-quality camera motion for a wide range of videos. The technique may transform a set of input two-dimensional (2D) motion trajectories so that they are both smooth and resemble visually plausible views of the imaged scene; this may be achieved by enforcing subspace constraints on feature trajectories while smoothing them. The technique may assemble tracked features in the video into a trajectory matrix, factor the trajectory matrix into two low-rank matrices, and perform filtering or curve fitting in a low-dimensional linear space. The technique may employ a moving factorization technique that is both efficient and streamable. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120601 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING CODED LIGHT, AND METHOD THEREOF - A photographing apparatus includes a light source to continuously emit a light, a photographing unit to photograph an object, a control unit to control radiation of the light by turning the light source on and off according to a light control code during a shutter time of the photographing unit, and an image processing unit to restore an image of the object using a frequency component value of the data captured at the photographing unit during the shutter time. Accordingly, efficient de-blurring is provided. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120602 | Taking Photos With Multiple Cameras - Various embodiments utilize multiple built-in cameras on a mobile device, e.g., a phone, to capture images, individuals of which include a portion from each of the cameras. The ratio and layout of the portions from different cameras can be adjusted before the image is captured and stored. In at least some embodiments, individual cameras face different directions, and images captured by one of the cameras can be incorporated into images captured by another of the cameras. For example, in at least some embodiments, particularly those in which a user's image is captured, the user's image can be extracted from the view of a first camera, such as a front-facing camera on a mobile device, and displayed to a user in the foreground of the image captured by a second camera, such as a landscape image captured by a back-facing camera on the mobile device. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120603 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS WITH INCLINATION GUIDE DISPLAY - An image pickup apparatus is disclosed which provides an appropriate inclination guide display in accordance with an aspect ratio of a picked-up image and the like. The image pickup apparatus includes an inclination detector which detects an inclination of the image pickup apparatus, a display device capable of superimposedly showing an inclination guide display corresponding to a detection output from the inclination detector, on a picked-up image, and an aspect ratio setter which sets the aspect ratio of a picked-up image. The apparatus includes a display controller which controls whether or not to show the inclination guide display on the display device on the basis of the aspect ratio set by the aspect ratio setter. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120604 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - To enable satisfactory simultaneous and widely varied pictures to be obtained, for example, by allowing a common user to obtain an overall picture while the common user performing desired image capturing, or the like. A first image capturing device image-captures a subject to record this image, and also transmits a trigger signal to a second image capturing device. The second image capturing device image-captures an image to record this image in accordance with the trigger signal. Thus, the first and second image capturing devices enable both of an overall image and a zoomed image to be obtained with simultaneous timing. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120605 | Methods, Apparatus, and Computer-Readable Storage Media for Blended Rendering of Focused Plenoptic Camera Data - Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for rendering focused plenoptic camera data. A rendering with blending technique is described that blends values from positions in multiple microimages and assigns the blended value to a given point in the output image. A rendering technique that combines depth-based rendering and rendering with blending is also described. Depth-based rendering estimates depth at each microimage and then applies that depth to determine a position in the input flat from which to read a value to be assigned to a given point in the output image. The techniques may be implemented according to parallel processing technology that renders multiple points of the output image in parallel. In at least some embodiments, the parallel processing technology is graphical processing unit (GPU) technology. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120606 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING CAPTURED IMAGES TO A TERMINAL VIA A NETWORK - An image pickup apparatus according to the present invention includes image pickup means; holding means for holding a coordinate system used to represent an image capturing direction of the image pickup means or a region in an image capturing range of the image pickup means; reception means for receiving a first command for rotating a captured image obtained by the image pickup means or a captured image cut out from the region in the image capturing range by a certain angle, a second command for rotating the coordinate system held in the holding means about the origin by the certain angle, and specification information for specifying the image capturing direction in the coordinate system; and change control means for executing control to change the image capturing direction of the image pickup means to the image capturing direction specified by the specification information. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120607 | IMAGE COMPOSITION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - An image composition apparatus | 2013-05-16 |
20130120608 | LIGHT SOURCE ESTIMATION DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE ESTIMATION METHOD, LIGHT SOURCE ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A light source estimation device includes: a light-source-estimation area setting section configured to detect a background in an image and to set a light-source-estimation area on the basis of a result of the background detection; and a light source estimation section configured to estimate a type of a light source when the image is captured on the basis of the light-source-estimation area. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120609 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device of the present invention comprises an image sensor provided with phase detection pixels for focus detection at some of its pixels, a contrast information detection section for detecting contrast information of a formed image from pixels, among pixel data output from the image sensor, positioned close to the phase detection pixels, a phase detection pixel correction determination section for determining whether or not to correct data of the phase detection pixel based on the detected contrast information, a weighting determination section for determining a weighting for neighboring pixels to the phase detection pixels based on the detected contrast information, a pixel correction section for carrying out weighted correction of the phase detection pixels based on the determined weighting, and a color conversion processing section for carrying out conversion processing for display of the image data or to create an image for storage, after the pixel correction. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120610 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The number of images to be composited used to generate a dynamic range-extended image, and exposure conditions for respective images to be composited are determined. A proper exposure condition is determined for a subject corresponding to a moving object region, and one of the exposure conditions of the images to be composited is changed to the proper exposure condition. An image capture apparatus specifies a moving object region for a plurality of images to be composited, which are captured under the exposure conditions of the images to be composited including the proper exposure condition. A dynamic range-extended image is generated using pixels of the image to be composited, which is captured under the proper exposure condition, as those of the moving object region, which is specified for the plurality of images to be composited. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120611 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A system, method and computer program product for arranging digital data in a file in an apparatus-implemented system, is disclosed. One or more pages are generated, where each page includes: i. a mode field containing a camera operation mode, ii. an image data field containing image data, iii. an offset field containing an offset to a next page in the file, and a total size field containing a page size. Each page is recorded in the file using the same format. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120612 | Content Storage Management in Cameras - An embodiment of the invention includes a method for managing media files created by a digital camera. More specifically, a content analyzing module tags a media file with one or more location media tags, event media tags, and/or content media tags. The location media tags are indicative of the geographic location where the media file was created. The event media tags are indicative of an event where the media file was created; and, the content media tags are indicative of individual(s) in the media file. A priority analyzing module connected to the content analyzing module determines a priority of the media file based on priority rules and the location media tags, event media tags, and/or the content media tags. A storage management module connected to the priority analyzing module stores the media file based on the determined priority. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120613 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE CAPTURING PROGRAM, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An exemplary image capturing device includes: a camera, an upper display device for enabling a user to see an image capturing target (a background and an object) of the camera, and a save data memory. The image capturing device generates moving image data using captured-images continuously captured by the camera, and stores the moving image data in the save data memory. Based on a predetermined set of frame data out of a plurality of sets of frame data constituting the moving image data stored in the save data memory, the image capturing device displays on the upper display device a predetermined static image to enable the user to see the image capturing target. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120614 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a luminance saturation position detection unit which detects a luminance saturation position to produce a light source image; a flare model production unit which produces a flare model image based on the light source image and optical characteristics data of the optical system; a flare position setting unit which sets, as a flare position, a predetermined image position in the captured image and located near the luminance saturation position and on a side of an optical axis relative to the luminance saturation position; a flare model luminance adjustment unit which produces the estimated flare image by adjusting luminance gain of the flare model image, based on a relationship between a luminance value of the captured image at the flare position and a luminance value of the flare model image at the flare position; and an unnecessary light subtraction unit which subtracts the estimated flare image from the captured image. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120615 | IMAGING DEVICE - In an imaging device with a wide dynamic range function by combining images, focus is controlled to establish an in-focus state for each image to enlarge the dynamic range with reducing blur, thereby improving visibility. The device includes an imaging unit with a variable focal distance focus lens, an exposure controller for controlling the imaging unit's exposure to implement several shooting operations for a subject with different sensitivity, a processing unit for processing a signal outputted from the imaging unit to generate an image signal and a focus evaluation value indicating focus degree, an image combining unit for combining signals generated by the processing unit and outputting the combined signal, the processing unit generates a focus evaluation value for each outputted signal and the focus controller controls the focus lens for shooting operations of the imaging unit with mutually different sensitivity values, based on focus evaluation values respectively associated therewith. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120616 | IMAGE SYNTHESIZING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image capturing unit | 2013-05-16 |
20130120617 | ZOOM CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A zoom control method and apparatus. The zoom control method allows a subject to be photographed by automatically performing a zooming operation with a proper composition and resolves a problem where a subject disappears from a screen due to the zooming operation. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120618 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device including a control unit that, based on a specific subject that is an imaging target of a during-exposure zoom imaging operation, performs control decide control details for a zoom lens in the during-exposure zoom imaging operation. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120619 | ANALOG ROW BLACK LEVEL CALIBRATION FOR CMOS IMAGE SENSOR - A CMOS image sensor includes an image pixel array, a dark pixel array, data bit liens, reference bit lines, a driver, comparators, and analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”) circuits. The image pixel array generates analog image signals in response to incident light. The dark pixel array generates analog black reference signals for analog black level calibration of the analog image signals. In one embodiment, the data bit lines each coupled to a different column of image pixels of the image pixel array and the reference bit lines each coupled to a different column of black reference pixels within the dark pixel array. The driver is coupled to the reference bit lines to drive an analog black reference signal. The comparators each couple to one of the data bit lines and each coupled to an output of the driver and offset the analog image signals with the analog black reference signals in an analog domain. The ADC circuits each coupled to an output of a comparator. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120620 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus has an input unit for inputting an image captured by an image sensor, a shading correction amount calculation unit for calculating per pixel a shading correction amount to be applied to the image inputted from the input unit, a γ correction gain calculation unit for calculating a γ correction gain depending on the shading correction amount and pixel values of the image sensor pixels, and a gain correction unit for applying gain correction to the pixel values based on the γ correction gain, wherein shading correction and γ correction are performed simultaneously by the gain correction with the gain correction unit. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120621 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR FORMING COLOR CAMERA IMAGE - An apparatus, and an associated method, for creating a color image at a camera module. A plurality of lenses is positioned to receive incident light energy of a target. An optical filter is associated with one or more of the lenses. Different filters exhibit different optical characteristics. Incident light is filtered and then focused by the lenses towards respective focal points of the lenses. A monochrome sensor element senses light intensity of focused light, focused by the lenses. Sensed indications are utilized to form a color image. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120622 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - In a solid-state imaging device which includes column analog-to-digital conversion circuits (ADCs) for converting pixel signals output from pixels into digital signals, each of the column ADCs includes a comparator which outputs a result of voltage comparison (comparison result signal) between the voltage of the pixel signal and an analog ramp voltage; a column counter which counts a column counter clock signal, which is either a clock signal or a phase-shifted clock signal, and stores a value represented by upper bits of a count value at a time of change in the comparison result signal; and a first latch unit which stores a value represented by lower bits of the count value. A second latch unit stores the value stored in the first latch unit. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120623 | IMAGE METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed is an imaging sensor. The image sensor may comprise a plurality of pixels. At least one of the plurality of pixels may comprise a plurality of photo-diodes, wherein the plurality of photo-diodes share a portion of a detecting. The detecting circuit may comprise at least one of a reset transistor, a source follower, a selective transistor and a Floating Diffusion (FD) node. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120624 | METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A signal for focus detection is generated by a first operation, in which a signal of at least one photoelectric conversion element included in a photoelectric conversion unit is read to an input node of an amplification unit and the signal is supplied to a common output line by the amplification unit and signals for forming an image are generated by a second operation, in which a signal of another photoelectric conversion element included in the same photoelectric conversion unit as that including the at least one photoelectric conversion element from which the signal has been read in the first operation is read to the input node of the amplification unit while holding the signal read in the first operation using the amplification unit and the signals are supplied to the common output line by the amplification unit. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120625 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes pixels, vertical signal lines, a high-order AD converter configured to convert M bits, a low-order AD converter, and first and second selection circuits. The first selection circuit is configured to output, in a normal mode, voltage of the selected vertical signal line and to output correction voltage in a correction mode. The high-order AD converter calculates 2 | 2013-05-16 |
20130120626 | CMOS IMAGE SENSOR WITH SHARED MULTIPLEXER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A CMOS image sensor includes a pixel array unit, a row selection unit, and a logic circuit. The pixel array unit is used for sensing an object. The pixel array unit includes M pixels and P multiplexers and each of the M pixels is electrically connected to one of the P multiplexers, wherein M is a positive integer and P is a positive integer smaller than M. The row selection unit and the logic circuit are electrically connected to the P multiplexers. The row selection unit is used for generating a row selection signal. The logic circuit is used for determining a sensing region corresponding to the object wherein the sensing region includes N of the M pixels. Furthermore, the logic circuit controls Q multiplexers, which are electrically connected to the N pixels, to transmit the row selection signal to the N pixels. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120627 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging device includes an imaging section having multiple pixels laid out in a matrix form for performing photoelectric conversion and multiple vertical transfer sections that vertically transfer signal charges of the multiple pixels in columns, a control section that controls the transfer, hold and addition of signal charges transferred from each of the vertical transfer sections, at least two horizontal transfer sections that horizontally transfer signal charges output from the control section, and a horizontal-horizontal transfer section that transfers the signal charges of one horizontal transfer section that has received the signal charges transferred from the control section to the other horizontal transfer section. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120628 | CONFIGURATION OF A DEVICE BASED UPON ORIENTATION - An application for a device that includes an image sensor, an orientation sensor and image capture capabilities. Operation of the device is based upon a detected orientation of the device by the orientation sensor. In one embodiment, when the device is in a horizontal orientation, the image capture operates as a digital still image camera and when the device is in a vertical orientation, the image capture operates as a digital video camera. Other orientations are anticipated including upside down as well as other operating modes such as flash enabled and flash disabled. Optionally, a control is provided to lock the operation in one of the modes irrespective of changes in the orientation of the device. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120629 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - A photographing apparatus including a main body; an imaging unit installed in the main body configured to convert light incident on a subject into a signal representing an image; a first display unit comprising a first region formed of a transparent material, wherein the first region is configured to transmit light incident to the subject passing through the first region and configured to display the image overlapped with the transmitted light if a signal is applied, and disposed on the main body to be movable between a protruding position where the first region protrudes from the main body and a receiving position where the first region is received in the main body; and a control unit installed in the main body configured to control the imaging unit, and configured to apply the signal to the first display unit to display the image overlapped with the transmitted light. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120630 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE IN MOBILE DEVICE - A temperature control system of a mobile device is provided. The system includes a memory for storing a set temperature value and a release temperature value, a temperature sensor for sensing an internal temperature of the mobile device; at least one module that emits heat, and a controller. The controller compares the output of the temperature sensor with the set temperature value in a normal mode in order to determine whether the mobile device is overheated, and controls, if the mobile device is overheated, the at least one module to operate in a heat generation suppressing mode, compares the output of the temperature sensor with the release temperature value in the heat generation suppressing mode in order to determine whether to release the heat generation suppressing mode, and executes the normal mode if the heat generation suppressing mode is released according to the comparison result. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120631 | METHOD OF OPERATING CAMERA INCLUDING INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT FUNCTION AND TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of operating a camera including an information supplement function which supports to write a specific type of information desired by a user during a camera operation, and a terminal for supporting the same are provided. The method includes activating the camera module, and outputting to a display unit, an information editing area having an information supplement function together with at least one of a preview area for outputting the preview image, a photographed image area according to completion of photographing, and an on-photographing area according to a state of on-photographing of at least one of time points when a preview image of an object for photographing at least one of a picture and a moving picture by the activated camera module is output, when a photographing for one of a picture and a moving picture is complete, and when a moving picture is being photographed. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120632 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a determining unit operable to determine whether a subject indicated by a feature quantity information extracted by an extracting unit is a same face indicated by a feature quantity information stored in a storing unit as the registration candidate, and a display unit operable to display a screen for prompting a user to perform an operation concerning registration in accordance with number of times the determining unit determines that the subject indicated by the feature quantity information extracted by the extracting unit is the same subject indicated by the feature quantity information stored in the storing unit as the registration candidate. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120633 | SWITCHER SYSTEM, AND VIEW FINDER - Relating to a switcher system that is capable of reducing time and trouble of setting video equipment. According to the present invention, there is provided a switcher system having a switcher and a plurality of view finders. The switcher outputs a digital video signal having a tally signal superimposed thereon. Each of the view finders has an external digital video input unit, which receives input of the digital video signal, and a tally display control unit, which controls tally display based on the tally signal superimposed on the digital video signal. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120634 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR SELECTING IMAGE DATA USING A DISPLAY - An image recording apparatus includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a subject, a recording unit configured to record one of still image data and video image data captured by the image capturing unit on a storage medium in the form of an image file, a generating unit configured to generate a management file used for managing the image file recorded on the storage medium, and a registering unit configured to register an identifier of the image file recorded on the storage medium in the management file on a capture date basis in the order of capture time. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120635 | SUBJECT DETECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A subject detecting method and a subject detecting apparatus, by which face detection may be efficiently performed in a digital photographing apparatus having a flippable display unit, and when an image input via an image sensor of the digital photographing apparatus is different from an image displayed on the display unit due to rotation of the digital photographing apparatus, a face detection coordinate may be corrected to increase the reliability of face detection. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120636 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - A method for capturing an image with an image capture device, such as a camera or mobile electronic device. The method includes initiating a master-slave relationship between the image capture device and at least one secondary device. Once the master-slave relationship is initiated, remotely activating one of an at least one light source of the at least one secondary device. As the light source is activated, capturing a test image of a scene illuminated by the at least one light source by the image capture device. Then, analyzing the test image to determine if an illumination of the scene should be adjusted and if the illumination of the scene is to be adjusted, providing a control signal to the at least one secondary device including at least one of a position instruction, an intensity level, or timing data. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120637 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH LENS BARREL, AND ASSEMBLY METHOD OF LENS BARREL - It is an object of the present invention to provide a lens barrel in which operability for a user is increased and a reduction in parts is achieved while provided with a manual operating member. There is provided the lens barrel that is provided with an imaging optical system for forming an optical image of an object, a focus lens unit which is included in the imaging optical system and capable of changing an object distance by moving in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the imaging optical system, moving means for moving the focus lens unit in the direction parallel to the optical axis, driving means for driving the moving means, a focus ring which is of a cylindrical shape coaxial to the optical axis of the imaging optical system and manually operated in a rotational manner in order to drive the driving means to thereby move the focus lens unit by the moving means, and a focus mode switching button which is integrally provided in the focus, and operated in order to switch between a state of allowing a manual rotating operation of the focus ring and a state of preventing the manual rotating operation. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120638 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING ZOOM LENS - An image pickup apparatus includes a zoom lens having a first positive lens unit, and a first negative lens unit disposed on an object side of the first positive lens unit. A distance between the first positive lens unit and the first negative lens unit is narrowed at the time of zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end. The zoom lens includes an aperture stop disposed between a lens nearest to an image side in the first negative lens unit and a lens nearest to the image side in the first positive lens unit, and a light-amount reducing filter made of a resin material which is disposed on the image side of the lens nearest to the image side in the first positive lens unit, and which can be inserted in an optical path and withdrawn from the optical path. The zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120639 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DIAPHRAGM - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a first information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a focal length of a lens unit configured to guide light to the imaging unit, a second information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on an amount of light incident on the imaging unit, and a control unit configured to control a diaphragm configured to adjust the amount of light incident on the imaging unit, wherein the control unit is configured to determine a maximum opening value, which is used for diaphragm control of the diaphragm, based on the information on the focal length acquired by the first information acquisition unit and the information on the amount of incident light acquired by the second information acquisition unit. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120640 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes a negative lens unit having a negative refractive power and a positive lens unit having a positive refractive power arranged in order from an object side to an image side. For focusing from infinity to a closest distance, the negative lens unit moves towards the image side and the positive lens unit moves towards the object side. Predetermined mathematical conditions are satisfied to obtain high optical performance over the entire focusing range. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120641 | IMAGING DEVICE - The imaging device includes: a first optical system; a second optical system; a first imaging element configured to convert an optical image of a first shooting range formed by the first optical system into an electrical signal; a second imaging element configured to convert an optical image of a second shooting range formed by the second optical system into an electrical signal; a first focus driving section configured to shift a focus lens of the first optical system to a focus position of a first object in the first shooting range; and a movement prediction section configured to predict movement of an image of a second object in the second shooting range. The first focus driving section shifts the focus lens of the first optical system to a position different from the focus position of the first object, according to a result of the prediction of the movement prediction section. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120642 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. According to the method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus, when an image of a portion of an area is expanded for display for manual focusing, an image of the entire area and the expanded image are displayed simultaneously so that the user is able to determine which part of the entire image is currently being focused on. Thus, user convenience may be improved. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120643 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The focus detection apparatus includes an image pickup part | 2013-05-16 |
20130120644 | IMAGE CAPTURE ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE - In a second image sensor | 2013-05-16 |
20130120645 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to sequentially acquire an imaging signal while a focus lens is moving, a generation unit configured to generate a focus signal by using the imaging signal, and a control unit configured to control movement of the focus lens. The control unit performs a first operation for driving the focus lens in one direction in a range including a first area and a second area which is farther from a peak position of the focus signal than the first area. In the first operation, the control unit sets a focusing speed to a first speed when the focus lens is in the first area. When a predetermined condition is satisfied in the first operation, the control unit sets a focusing speed to a second speed faster than the first speed when the focus lens is in the second area. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120646 | LENS UNIT - A 3D adapter ( | 2013-05-16 |
20130120647 | IMAGING MODULE - An imaging module includes: a hollow lens holder open at both ends; a lens assembled in the lens holder and collecting light input from one end of the lens holder; a hollow imaging holder having an opening into which the light output from the lens is input; an optical member assembled in the imaging holder and transmitting or deflecting the light input from one end of the imaging holder; and an image sensor assembled in the imaging holder and having a light-receiving region configured to receive the light transmitted or deflected by the optical member and to perform photoelectric conversion of the received light, wherein an optical axis center of the lens and a center of the light received by the light-receiving region of the image sensor are aligned with each other by fitting a light-output-side end portion of the lens holder and the imaging holder to each other. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120648 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module is disclosed, the camera module including a lens barrel including more than one sheet of lens receiving an optical image of an object, an actuator moving the lens barrel, a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) formed with an image sensor at a bottom surface of the lens barrel for converting the optical image to an electrical signal, and a holder for supporting the lens barrel and the actuator and formed with a terminal electrically connected to the actuator, wherein an electrical contact point between the actuator and the terminal is formed with two or more tiers of coated layers. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120649 | CAMERA MODULE AND MOBILE TERMINAL UNIT - A camera module of the present invention includes a wiring substrate having a connection pad, and on which an imaging device is mounted, on an upper surface side thereof, and a lens unit provided on the wiring substrate and equipped with a lens portion arranged over the imaging device, an actuator (voice coil motor) for driving the lens portion, and projected connection terminal protruding downward and connected to the actuator. The projected connection terminal of the lens unit is arranged on the connection pad of the wiring substrate, and the connection pad and the projected connection terminal are joined mutually by a conductive adhesive agent. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120650 | ADAPTIVE PAL FIELD COMBER - A video decoder includes an adaptive comber to generate a combed video image, and the adaptive comber selectively combs using 2D combing, frame combing, and field combing. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120651 | Real-time Cloud-Based Video Watermarking Systems and Methods - A video generation system is configured to provide streaming video as a cloud processed service to viewers over a computing network. In response to a request from a viewer, a video source is configured to provide video and an identifier source is configured to provide an identifier for inclusion in the video. A video encoder is configured to convert the video from a first format to a second format, apply the identifier to the video, and otherwise encode the video in real-time while streaming the encoded video to the viewer. The identifier may be stored in association with the account information of the viewer and used for identifying the viewer a source of an unauthorized video copy. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120652 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING TIME DELAY OF MOBILE VIDEO SERVICE - Embodiments of the invention provide method and apparatus for evaluating a time delay in a video service. The method includes: the data packet in a first collection point is matched with the data packet in a second collection point, wherein, the first collection point and/or the second point divides the transmission path of the service flow of the data packet into at least two segments; if the data packet in the first collection point and the data packet in the second collection point are matched, then the time delay in the service flow of the data packet between the first and the second collection point is calculated. By matching the data packets in the collection points, these embodiments can evaluate the distribution situation of the time delay in the video service in each network segment, and precisely locate the network segment or network element in which the time delay occurs. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120653 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus, equipped with a common input terminal inputting different video signals, can discriminate the type of an input video signal entered from the common input terminal. The display apparatus includes the common input terminal inputting different video signals. A synchronizing signal separation unit separates a synchronizing signal from a video signal entered from the common input terminal. A frequency measurement unit measures a frequency of the synchronizing signal. An input signal discrimination unit discriminates the video signal entered from the common input terminal based on a type of the synchronizing signal separated by the synchronizing signal separation unit and a measurement result obtained by the frequency measurement unit. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120654 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Video Descriptions - Provided in some embodiments is a computer implemented method that includes receiving time-aligned script data including dialogue words of a script and timecodes corresponding to the dialogue words, identifying gaps between dialogue words for the insertion of video description content, wherein the gaps are identified based on the duration of pauses between timecodes of adjacent dialogue words, aligning segments of video description content with corresponding gaps in dialogue, wherein the video description content for the segments is derived from corresponding script elements of the script; and generating a script document including the aligned segments of video description content. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120655 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR USING BACKCHANNELS FOR CONTROLLING AND CONFIGURING DISPLAYS AND PERIPHERAL DEVICES - A method, apparatus and system of the present invention include a controller for identifying an available backchannel and for communicating data to an output device over an available backchannel, such as a secondary bi-directional radio backchannel, the data intended to control or configure the output device or an associated peripheral device in communication with the output device. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120656 | Display Management Server - A display management unit configured to provide a modified video signal for display on a target display over an electronic distribution network. The unit may access information regarding the target display and at least one input. The unit comprises a database interface configured to retrieve display characteristics corresponding to the information regarding the target display from a characteristics database, and a mapping unit configured to map at least one of tone and color values from the at least one input to corresponding mapped values based at least in part on the retrieved display characteristics to produce the modified video signal. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING ANTI-ALIASED TEXT TO A VIDEO SCREEN - Text is rendered to a television screen using only the alpha channel. This is accomplished by delaying blending with underlying video until the end of the process to thereby preserve the alpha channel information. Glyphs are used to graphically represent character data in the text to be rendered. Glyphs can be stored in a character texture. In addition, the glyphs can be contained in rectangles having identifiable locations in the character texture. The rectangles can have sizes dependent upon the glyph the rectangle contains. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120658 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BAND TRANSLATION - A band translation method and device for selecting two or more desired frequency bands of data and bandstacking the two or more desired frequency bands of data into a single output. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120659 | GAMMA CORRECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A gamma correction system and method for a display device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the gamma correction system includes a display panel configured to display an image, a measuring unit configured to acquire optical characteristic information from the image displayed on the display panel, and a display panel driver configured to convert a gamma data result value obtained after performing optical compensation for at least two sample gray values among a plurality of reference luminance values into a corresponding data voltage and calculate a data voltage for the rest of the luminance values for which optical compensation is not performed. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120660 | VIDEO-DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - In a video display control device, a control data generating section allocates a part of a dynamic range of a high gradation region of a video signal to a low gradation region, and a backlight controlling section controls a light emission luminance of a backlight so as to cancel an increase or decrease of a mean luminance of a video displayed on a screen in accordance with an increase or decrease of the mean luminance of a video signal after correction with respect to a mean luminance of the video signal. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120661 | PORTABLE VIDEO-AUDIO SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND PORTABLE VIDEO-AUDIO SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS - A portable video-audio signal transmitting apparatus receiving a first video-audio signal and transmitting the first video-audio signal to a portable video-audio signal receiving apparatus includes an input module and a wireless transceiving module. The input module has a signal input circuit board and at least two signal input terminals disposed on the signal input circuit board. The first video-audio signal is transmitted to the signal input circuit board through the signal input terminals. The wireless transceiving module has a wireless transceiving circuit board, which is electrically connected to the signal input circuit board, receives the first video-audio signal and transmits a wireless signal in a wireless manner, wherein the wireless signal is received by the portable video-audio signal receiving apparatus. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120662 | METHOD OF DIGITAL CONTENT VERSION SWITCHING AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - The present invention relates to the field of management of digital content switching and in particular to the optimization of digital content version switching in order to ensure smooth switching between different versions of digital content during rendering. Different versions are for example: an uncensored version and a censored version, a cinema version and a TV-series adaptation version of a same digital content, a version with inserted publicity and a version without, a trailer version and a cinema version, different language-dubbed versions. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120663 | INTERFACE CIRCUIT FOR IMAGE RECEIVING APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSPOTING METHOD THEREOF - An interface circuit for an image receiving apparatus is disclosed. The interface circuit includes a plurality of signal transporting units, and each of the signal transporting units has a first signal receiving terminal and a second signal receiving terminal for receiving a first input signal and a second input signal respectively. Each of the signal transporting units compares the first input signal and the second input signal to generate a compare result. Each of the signal transporting units outputs the first input signal and the second input signal and/or the compare result according to a setting mode. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120664 | APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT DUAL CHANNEL DISPLAY - An aircraft cockpit display includes among other things an LCD panel having a liquid crystal matrix, and an LED backlight having an array of LEDs for illuminating the liquid crystal matrix. The remainder of the display allows for single point failures within the architecture without impacting the primary display functions of the LCD panel. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120665 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-PATH VIDEO AND NETWORK CHANNELS - Methods and systems for multi-path video and network channels may comprise a communication device comprising a wideband path (WB) and a narrowband path (NB), wherein the WB may be operable to receive a plurality of channels and the NB may be operable to receive a single channel. Video channels and a network channel may be received in the WB when the device is operating in a first stage. Video channels and a network channel may be received in the WB and the network channel may also be received in the NB when the device is operating in a second stage. The network channel may be received in the NB when the device is operating in a third stage. The reception of the network channel from both the WB and the NB may enable a continuous reception of the network channel in a transition between the first and third stages. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120666 | METHOD OF USING A MOBILE DEVICE WITH A TELEVISION DISPLAY - A method and system for micro-cloud computing is described. An application serving node, which is a specifically configured piece of customer premises equipment such as a set-top box, is the server for a micro-cloud network. Various user devices that form part of the micro-cloud network, such as television sets and smart phones, communicate with the application serving node. The application serving node is configured with software that allows various heterogeneous types of data to be obtained and streamed to the user devices in multiple ways. The application serving node performs much of the processing necessary for such content streaming itself and thus represents an edge-based network architecture. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120667 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a remote control apparatus includes a first input module, a second input module, a transmit/receive module and a controller. The first input module is configured to input a gesture pattern. The second input module is configured to input starting of an application. The transmit/receive module is configured to transmit information on the gesture pattern and to transmit or receive a command. The controller is configured to activate the first input module if starting of a particular application is input via the second input module, to transmit a command requesting specification of an operation mode for the starting of the particular application after touch-on via the first input module, and to set the operation mode based on reception of a command specifying the operation mode. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120668 | IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM - In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, an image projection system includes an image supply device and a projector. The image projection system projects an image of a figure adapted to represent a predetermined record in a competition on a floor or a ground of a stadium. The image supply device further includes a storage section adapted to store record information representing the predetermined record, and an image data output section adapted to output image data based on the record information to the projector. The projector includes an image data input section adapted to receive input of the image data, and an image projection section adapted to project the image of the figure based on the image data input to the image data input section. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120669 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - An edge light-type lighting device with which uneven brightness on a display surface hardly occurs or is less likely to occur even though a positioning structure for positioning a light guide plate is included is provided. A backlight unit | 2013-05-16 |
20130120670 | Liquid Crystal Display Panel with Multi-domain Pixel Layout - The invention provides a liquid crystal display panel with a multi-domain pixel layout, including: a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix formed by columns and rows, wherein each pixel unit is divided into a plurality of domains; a first alignment layer aligned to directions along the columns; and a second alignment layer aligned to directions along the rows. For two adjacent pixel units arranged in the column direction, the domains adjacent to a boundary between the two adjacent pixel units are defined with the same directions which liquid crystal molecules tilt toward by the first and second alignment layers. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120671 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display panel wherein: dummy pixels are created at locations surrounding an effective pixel area; and if the dummy pixels include same-column dummy pixels provided on the same pixel column as pixels provided in the effective pixel area, at least, a pixel transistor employed in each of the same-column dummy pixels is electrically disconnected from a signal line. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120672 | POLARIZER, POLARIZER PRODUCING PROCESS, PROJECTOR, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A polarizer includes a first grating and a second grating. The second grating contains at least one of chromium nitride, tungsten nitride, and tantalum nitride. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120673 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a liquid crystal substrate in which a matrix of reflecting electrodes is formed on a substrate, a transistor is formed corresponding to each reflective electrode and a voltage is applied to the reflective electrode through the transistor. A silicon oxide film having a thickness of 500 to 2,000 angstroms is used as the passivation film and the thickness is set to a value in response to the wavelength of the incident light to maintain a substantially constant reflectance. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120674 | DISPLAY DEVICE OF ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - A display device for an electronic appliance includes: a touch screen panel; an LCD panel; and an intermediate member provided between the touch screen panel and the LCD panel. The intermediate member has an air passage for allowing air to flow into and out of an interior space defined by the intermediate member between the touch screen panel and the LCD panel. The air passage has a plurality of paths oriented in different directions. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120675 | POLARIZATION ASSEMBLY AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A polarizing assembly includes a polarizing substrate which transmits a specific linearly-polarized light of a light incident thereto and a patterned retarder. The patterned retarder includes first retarder patterns which convert the light for a left-eye image transmitted by the polarizing substrate into a first polarized light and second retarder patterns which convert the light for a right-eye image transmitted by the polarizing substrate into a second polarized light. The first retarder patterns have a light axis substantially perpendicular to a light axis of the second retarder patterns. The polarizing substrate includes a polarizing plate which transmits the specific linearly-polarized light of the light incident thereto and a glass fiber reinforced plastic substrate which is attached to the polarizing plate. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120676 | STEREO IMAGE PRINT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a stereo image print observable without polarized glasses, having a transparent support; first and second laminate disposed on a surface, respectively, of the transparent support, each laminate having an image layer satisfying condition (1) and a protective layer having at least one layer satisfying condition (2), the image layer and the protective layer being disposed in this order from the transparent support side: (1) each image layer has a dichroic image including pixels for a left eye and pixels for a right eye arranged in a predetermined array, each pixel having at least one kind of horizontally aligned dichroic dye, and absorption axes of the dichroic images in the first and the second laminates are orthogonal to each other, (2) the protective layer has an in-plane retardation value (Re) 10 mm or less for visible light. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120677 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A temperature control method for light emitting diode (LED) is disclosed, and the method comprises the following steps: acquiring the present temperature of the LED during the light emission of the LED; obtaining a driving electric current corresponding to the present temperature based on the present temperature of the LED; and driving the LED based on the driving electric current. This invention further discloses a temperature control device for the LED and a liquid crystal display. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120678 | COLOR REGULATING DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATION AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF REGULATING COLOR - There is provided a color regulating device for illumination. The color regulating device includes a light-valving structure for adjusting a flux ratio of outgoing light through the light-valving structure to incident light entering the light-valving structure, and a color-adjusting structure having a wavelength-band converting element for changing incident light with a wavelength band into outgoing light with a different wavelength band through the element. Wherein, the light-valving structure and the color-adjusting structure at least partially overlap on the traveling path of light, forming at least one overlapping structure. Mixing the outgoing lights of the light source passing through light-valving structure, the color-adjusting structure, and the overlapping structure to obtain a different wavelength band (or color temperature) from that of the light source. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120679 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device comprises a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate, a color filter (CF) substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate, a pixel electrode and a common electrode. Both of the pixel electrode and the common electrode are provided on the TFT substrate and the CF substrate in a same manner, the pixel electrode on the TFT substrate and the pixel electrode on the CF substrate oppose to each other and are applied with a same voltage signal, and the common electrode on the TFT substrate and the common electrode on the CF substrate oppose to each other and are applied with a same voltage signal. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120680 | TFT ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is disclosed a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate comprising a sub-pixel units the sub-pixel unit comprises a thin film transistor device, a common electrode, a first pixel electrode layer and a second pixel electrode layer; one of the first pixel electrode layer and the second pixel electrode layer is connected to the common electrode, the other one is connected to a source electrode or a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, and the first and second pixel electrode layers are separated by an insulating layer; the second pixel electrode layer is located over the first pixel electrode layer; and the strip-like pixel electrodes make a tilt angle with an initial orientation of liquid crystals, and a gate line or a data line is parallel to the strip-like pixel electrodes close to itself. According to the embodiment, a phenomenon of orientation disorder of liquid crystals will not occur at an edge of pixel from influence of disordered electric fields. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120681 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An exemplary liquid crystal display device includes a data line, a pixel, a first gate line, a second gate line, an additional electrode and an additional gate line. The pixel includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The first gate line is electrically coupled to the first sub-pixel. The second gate line is electrically coupled to the second sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel is electrically coupled to the data line to receive a signal provided from the data line. The second sub-pixel is electrically coupled to the first sub-pixel through the additional electrode and to receive a signal provided from the data line through the first sub-pixel. The additional gate line is arranged crossing over the additional electrode and whereby a compensation capacitance is formed between the additional gate line and the additional electrode. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120682 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes; disposing a gate line including a gate electrode on a substrate, disposing a gate insulating layer on the gate line, disposing a data layer including a data line, source electrode and a drain electrode facing the source electrode on the gate insulating layer, disposing a color filter on the gate insulating layer, disposing an overcoat layer on the color filter, disposing a planarization layer on a portion of the overcoat layer corresponding to the gate line, the data line and the drain electrode, and disposing a pixel electrode in contacted with the overcoat layer in a region corresponding to the color filter. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120683 | PIXEL STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY PANEL - A pixel structure including a substrate, at least one switch, at least one color filter, a passivation layer and at least one pixel electrode is provided. The substrate has at least one sub-area. The switch is disposed on the sub-area and has an gate insulator that covers the sub-area of the substrate. The switch is electrically connected to a scan line and a data line. The color filter is disposed on the gate insulator, wherein the color filter is in contact with the switch and the gate insulator. A contact via is formed in the color filter and the gate insulator such that a part of the switch is exposed thereby. The pixel electrode is disposed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the switch through the contact via. A display panel including the above-mentioned pixel structure is also provided. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120684 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a gate electrode formed on an upper surface of an insulating substrate, a gate insulating film laminated to cover the gate electrode, a drain electrode and a source electrode formed above the gate insulating film, a semiconductor layer laminated on an upper surface of the gate insulating film, and controlling a current between the source electrode and the drain electrode by an electric field developed by the gate electrode, a common electrode having an opening portion which is formed in a region corresponding to a channel region above the semiconductor layer, and an antistatic pattern arranged at a distance from the drain electrode and the source electrode. One end and the other end of the antistatic pattern are coupled to the common electrode. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120685 | THIN DISPLAY - A thin display for pivotally connecting a main body of notebook PC is provided. The thin display includes a back cover, a front frame and a display module. The front frame is assembled to the back cover. The display module is assembled to and between the back cover and front frame. The display module abuts against the back cover or keeps a gap equal to or less than 0.5 mm with the back cover. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120686 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel module, a backlight configured to illuminate the display panel module from behind, and a securing layer provided between the display panel module and the backlight to secure the display panel module to the backlight at their corresponding outer edges. The display panel module includes a light modulation panel including a pixel region having a plurality of pixels arranged therein, a pair of polarizing plates facing each other with the light modulation panel in between, and a reinforcing member provided between the one of the pair of polarizing plates disposed toward the backlight and the light modulation panel or the securing layer. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120687 | LED BACKLIGHT SOURCE DRIVE CIRCUIT, LED BACKLIGHT SOURCE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An LED backlight source drive circuit, an LED backlight source and a liquid crystal display device are provided. LED backlight source drive circuit includes a voltage input terminal, a coupling module, and a rectifier module. The coupling module is connected to the voltage input terminal for receiving a current complying with a total working voltage of two power consumption modules from the voltage input terminal, and converting the current into a current complying with a working voltage of one power consumption module. The rectifier module is connected to the coupling module for inputting the current complying with the working voltage of one power consumption module into two serially-connected power consumption modules, thereby supplying power to the power consumption modules. The LED backlight source and the liquid crystal display device include two power consumption modules and the above LED backlight source drive circuit. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120688 | COLOR REGULATING DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATION AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF REGULATING COLOR - There is provided a color-regulating device for illumination. The color-regulating device includes a light-valving structure for adjusting a flux ratio of outgoing light through the light-valving structure to incident light entering the light-valving structure, and a color-adjusting structure having a wavelength-band converting element for changing incident light with a wavelength band into outgoing light with a different wavelength band through the element. Wherein, the light-valving structure and the color-adjusting structure do not overlap on the traveling path of the light emitted from the light source. Mixing the outgoing light of the light source passing through the light-valving structure with the outgoing light of the light source passing through and at least a portion thereof converted by the color-adjusting structure with a different wavelength band yields a color-adjusted light of different color temperature from that of the light source. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120689 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The light emitting device radiates light at an optical axis A and around the optical axis A, and includes a light source and a lens radially expanding the light from the light source. The light source includes a light emitting element and a fluorescent material covering the light emitting element and has an emission surface orthogonal to the optical axis. The lens is configured such that a refractive power in a first direction orthogonal to the optical axis differs from a refractive power in a second direction orthogonal to the optical axis and the first direction. An incident surface of the lens may include an anamorphic curved surface in which a curved shape in the first direction differs from a curved shape in the second direction. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120690 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND CABLE CONNECTION DETECTION DEVICE - To reliably detecting cable connection errors such as a reverse insertion or an oblique insertion of a cable, an LED board and an LED driver circuit board are connected by an FFC, a voltage dividing resistor is mounted on the LED board. A connection detection section is connected to one end of the voltage dividing resistor via a first transmission line of the FFC, connected to another end of the voltage dividing resistor via a transmission line of the FFC, and connected to the dividing point of the voltage dividing resistor via a third transmission line of the FFC. At least the third transmission line is configured not to pass through a center of the FFC, or the resistance values of the resistor and the resistor are different. A connection state of the FFC based on a voltage of the dividing point is detected via the third transmission line. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120691 | BETA-SIALON, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to provide a phosphor that is combined with a blue LED to achieve white light at a low color temperature as if singly, has a broad fluorescence spectrum for excellent color rendering properties, has a high luminous efficiency, is thermally and chemically stable like conventional nitride-based phosphors, and has a small decrease in luminance at high temperatures. Another object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting device using such a phosphor. The present invention relates to a β-sialon that is expressed by the general formula, Si | 2013-05-16 |
20130120692 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal element with a high contrast ratio and a method for manufacturing thereof is provided. A liquid crystal element includes a structure body containing a liquid crystal through which diffracted light of the same or substantially the same wavelength is emitted in a blue phase, i.e., a structure body containing a liquid crystal which shows platelet texture which is not varied. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120693 | POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a protective film facing a surface of the polarizer, the protective film having a water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) of about 100 g/m | 2013-05-16 |
20130120694 | POLARIZER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A polarizer of a liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device using the same is disclosed. The polarizer includes a main body, a protection film on the main body, and a cutting line formed on the protection film. A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes providing a liquid crystal panel and a protection film having an active region and a dummy region, the protection film including at least a cutting line in the dummy region or a boundary area between the active region and the dummy region; attaching the protection film to a polarizer; attaching the polarizer to a liquid crystal panel; and, removing the dummy region of the protection film along the cutting line from the liquid crystal panel. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120695 | Tunable Flat-Top Liquid Crystal Optical Filter - An optical wavelength filter with flat-top pass-band and tunable center wavelength is presented. The filter uses birefringence wave plates, polarizers, and electrically controlled birefringent (ECB) liquid crystal cells. The filter employs a multistage structure which is composed of a cascade of filter units. Each stage includes two polarizers, two birefringent crystal wave plates and two ECB liquid crystal cells. The pair of the thinnest wave plates have a thickness of L, and the wave plates in the following stages have thicknesses of 2 L, 4 L, . . . , 2 | 2013-05-16 |
20130120696 | LCD Module and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) module is disclosed, which comprises: a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a color filter (CF) substrate disposed opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate. The TFT substrate comprises a plurality of wires including at least a first group of wires and a second group of wires, and the second group of wires comprises at least two wires. The CF substrate comprises first curing test units and second curing test units insulated from each other. The first curing test units are electrically connected with the first group of wires, and the second curing test units are electrically connected with all the wires of the second group of wires. A manufacturing method of an LCD module is further disclosed. The LCD module and the manufacturing method thereof of the present disclosure can avoid occurrence of arcing in the TFT substrate during the CVD process, thereby improving the product yield and reducing the manufacturing cost. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120697 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a color filter substrate, a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display. The color filter substrate comprises a plurality of elementary pixels. Each of the elementary pixels comprises sub-pixels in four colors. Among the sub-pixels in four colors, a sub-pixel in at least one of the colors has a number larger than or equal to 2. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120698 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING WIRE GRID POLARIZER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate. A plurality of fine metal lines is disposed on the first substrate. The plurality of fine metal lines including a plurality of small regions. A second substrate is aligned with the first substrate. A light blocking portion is disposed on the second substrate. The light blocking portion is disposed in a region between the small regions of the plurality of small regions of the plurality of fine metal lines. | 2013-05-16 |
20130120699 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - In order to shield the light incident from the chip side surface or chip rear surface of a semiconductor chip that forms an LCD driver, a light-shielding film is formed over the chip side surface and chip rear surface of the semiconductor chip itself, not using a light-shielding tape that is a component separate from the semiconductor chip. Accordingly, the light-shielding tape as a separate component is not used, and hence the trouble that the light-shielding tape may protrude from the surface of a glass substrate whose thickness has been made small can be solved. As a result, the thinning of a liquid crystal display, and the subsequent thinning of the mobile phone in which the liquid crystal display is mounted can be promoted. | 2013-05-16 |