28th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110169933 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CENTRALIZING CONSTRUCTION OF IMAGES - A method for centralising the construction of images including a step of acquiring at least one radiofrequency signal with a sensor of at least one local imaging device, a step of transmitting the radiofrequency signal emanating from the sensor to the centralised processing unit, a step of processing the radiofrequency signal with a view to constructing an image, and a step of transmitting the image constructed to a display of the acquisition device. The transmission between the sensor and the processing unit and the transmission between the processing unit and the display are performed via a telecommunications network Prior to the step of transmitting to the processing unit, the radiofrequency signal emanating from the sensor is converted into a format compatible with the telecommunications network. A system for the centralised construction of images implementing such a method is described. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169934 | VEIN PATTERN RECOGNITION BASED BIOMETRIC SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF - Individual authentication techniques are disclosed, which relate to a vein recognition based to biometric authentication system. Systems and methods to capture the subcutaneous vein pattern at the back of the palm and use it as the biometric identity of an individual are also disclosed. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169935 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING AN IMAGE OF AN OCULAR FEATURE - A method, apparatus and software containing instructions for obtaining an image of an ocular feature are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments include at least the steps of defining one or more selection criteria which are related to an ocular feature of interest. The selection criteria may relate to an ocular feature type, an ocular feature location, or other relevant matters. The method further includes capturing a stream of sequential ocular images and autonomously scoring some or all ocular images according to the selection criteria. Images that score above a defined score threshold may be selected as individual images more likely to include a suitable representation of the ocular feature of interest than other individual ocular images. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169936 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope comprising: an XY stage unit for moving a sample holding unit for holding a sample in an optional XY direction within an XY plane orthogonal to the optical axis of an image forming optical system; a display unit for displaying a sample image photographed by a photographing device for photographing a sample image formed by the image forming optical system; a rotating unit for rotating the sample holding unit around an axis perpendicular to the XY plane; and a control unit for controlling the XY stage unit and the rotating unit so that the sample image displayed on the display unit is rotated within a screen. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169937 | MODE OF ACTION SCREENING METHOD - Certain aspects of this disclosure relate to a screening method. In general terms, the screening assay comprises contacting test cells with a test compound to provide contacted test cells, obtaining values for a plurality of cytological attributes of the contacted test cells, and scoring the cells using the values to provide a likelihood score for at least one of a plurality of classifiers, where the plurality of classifiers are defined using values for cytological attributes obtained from cells that have been contacted with compounds of known mode of action. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169938 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION PROCESS UTILIZING MAGNETIC INSPECTION VEHICLE - An inspection vehicle configured to inspect steam generators includes a front chassis having two independently driven magnetic wheels, a rear chassis having two independently driven magnetic wheels, and a connecting member flexibly connecting the front chassis to the rear chassis to permit relative motion between the front chassis and the rear chassis along at least one axis. The connecting member, front chassis, and rear chassis collectively define a receiving area. The inspection vehicle also includes a navigation camera disposed on the front chassis and a pan and tilt inspection camera assembly including a first rotatable arm driven by a first motor, a second rotatable arm disposed on a distal portion of the first rotatable arm, the second rotatable arm being driven by a second motor, and an inspection camera rotatably disposed on a distal portion of the second arm, the inspection camera being driven by a third motor, the camera assembly being dimensioned to be received within the receiving area in a stowed position. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169939 | Bridge Inspecting Device And Method - The present invention relates to a bridge inspecting device for inspecting a structure of a bridge. The device includes a vehicle, a pendulum mechanism and at least one image sensing device. The vehicle has an arm and is stably parked at an edge of the bridge. The pendulum mechanism has an end movably secured to the arm and the pendulum mechanism has at least one pendulum element. The at least one image sensing device is connected to another end of the pendulum mechanism. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169940 | CAMERA MANIPULATING DEVICE FOR VIDEO INSPECTION SYSTEM - A camera manipulating device for a camera attached to a cable includes a first member, a second member, and a connecting member disposed therebetween. The first member is attached to the camera so that the camera moves with the first member. The second member is rotatably mounted over the cable. The camera is movable in a first plane when the connecting member defines an angle relative to the second member. The camera is movable in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane when the second member is rotated around the cable. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169941 | SENSOR FOR IMAGING INSIDE EQUIPMENT - A system for monitoring performance of a machine for detection of visible signs of failure, the system including: a machine enclosure housing a plurality of machine parts; a visual conduit for providing a view of an interior of the machine; an interface to the machine configured to receive images from the visual conduit; and a repair network for linking the interface to a monitoring center that provides for the repair of problems with the machine. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169942 | FILTERED SMOKING ARTICLE INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An inspection system and associated method are provided for inspecting a smoking article having a smokable rod and a filter element serially secured together by a tipping material circumscribing a longitudinal periphery of the filter element and a portion of a longitudinal periphery of the smokable rod adjacent to the filter element. A transport device is configured to transport individual as-formed smoking articles from a first to a second position such that the tipping material associated with each smoking article is accessible at least about the portion of the longitudinal periphery of the smoking article. An inspection device is configured to optically inspect each smoking article, at least about the portion of the longitudinal periphery of the smoking article having the tipping material, as the smoking article is transported between the first and second positions, and to automatically determine from the optical inspection whether the inspected smoking article is defective. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169943 | Utilizing Polarization Differencing Method For Detect, Sense And Avoid Systems - A system, method and computer program product provides for avoiding collision between a vehicle and a target object. Pluralities of images from the target object are sensed. Pluralities of polarized images are generated from the sensed images. One or more composite images are calculated from the two or more polarized images by performing an algebraic manipulation between the two or more polarized images. The target object is tracked based on composite images. A set of evasive maneuver instructions are established for the respective hazard associated with the target object. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169944 | Dark Field Inspection System With Ring Illumination - A dark field inspection system that minimizes the speckle noise due to sample surface roughness can include a plurality of beam shaping paths for generating a composite, focused illumination line on a wafer. Each beam shaping path can illuminate the wafer at an oblique angle. The plurality of beam shaping paths can form a ring illumination. This ring illumination can reduce the speckle effect, thereby improving SNR. An objective lens can capture scattered light from the wafer and an imaging sensor can receive an output of the objective lens. Because the wafer illumination occurs at oblique angles, the objective lens can have a high NA, thereby improving optical resolution of the imaging sensor, and the resulting signal level. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169945 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ESTIMATING AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER OF AN INTRUDER - A method for estimating, from a platform, at least one parameter of an intruder. The method includes generating consecutive frames of image data at different times of the intruder utilizing at least one passive sensor; determining a direction from the platform to the intruder based on the generated consecutive frames of image data; estimating a time period remaining until a potential collision between the platform and the intruder, estimating an angular extent of the intruder, as viewed by the passive sensor, based on the image data; and estimating a first relative location vector to a minimum intruder associated with the intruder, and/or estimating a second relative location vector to a maximum intruder associated with the intruder. An arrangement for generating input data to a sense-and-avoid system on-board a platform. A computer programme and a computer programme product. A platform carrying the arrangement. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169946 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING GEO-LOCATION(S) IN IMAGES - Determining GPS coordinates of some image point(s) positions in at least two images using a processor configured by program instructions. Receiving position information of some of the positions where an image capture device captured an image. Determining geometry by triangulating various registration objects in the images. Determining GPS coordinates of the image point(s) positions in at least one of the images. Saving GPS coordinates to memory. This system and method may be used to determine GPS coordinates of objects in an image. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169947 | IMAGE IDENTIFICATION USING TRAJECTORY-BASED LOCATION DETERMINATION - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to acquiring information regarding a target object using an imaging device of a handheld mobile device. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169948 | Electro-Optical Distance Measuring Device - An electro-optical distance measuring device having a photodetection unit comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined arrangement is disclosed. A signal processing unit has a storage unit for storing the detection result in correspondence with each of the pixels, wherein the signal processing control unit sequentially changes a position of the division for every cycle wave at which the photodetection amount is detected and continues detections until a detected range becomes at least one cycle or more. The arithmetic processing unit calculates a waveform for at least one cycle stored in the storage unit for each pixel, obtains a phase difference of the waveform with respect to the irradiated distance measuring light, and calculates the distance based on the phase difference. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169949 | System and Method for Orienting an Implement on a Vehicle - A system for determining an orientation of an implement on a vehicle is provided. The system includes a camera mounted to the vehicle, and a target object within a field of vision of the camera and mounted to the implement. The target object includes markings to enable a determination of the orientation of the implement with respect to the camera. A method of determining an orientation of an implement on a vehicle is provided. A system of orienting an implement is provided. A method of installing an implement orientation system is provided. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions is provided. The computer-executable instructions cause a processor to perform a method of determining an orientation of an implement when executed. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169950 | ARCHITECTURE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND MONITORING - An apparatus and a method for wireless communication and remote surveillance are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the apparatus includes a CMOS based high definition video camera with the structure to perform analytics. Furthermore, the same network access point that sends/receives audio-video signals from the video camera also sends/receives wireless broadband Internet data, which can comply with any wireless networking standard, including but not limited to WiMAX, Wi-Fi and LTE. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169951 | ESTIMATING STATES OF A PLURALITY OF TARGETS TRACKED BY A PLURALITY OF SENSORS - A method of estimating states of a plurality of targets tracked by a plurality of sensors. The method includes obtaining a plurality of data sets based on measurements taken by a plurality of sensors, each data set including information on states of a plurality of targets. The method then generates a plurality of target correlation data sets describing correlation of the targets within a first data set and at least one other data set. A Generalised Covariance Union (GCU) technique is used to merge at least some of the plurality of target correlation data sets to generate an estimate of the states of the plurality of targets. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169952 | VIDEO DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - When a main video data stream that is selected and decoded is changed, a video data processing device | 2011-07-14 |
20110169953 | Super resolution imaging sensor - A system and process for converting a series of short-exposure, small-FOV zoom images to pristine, high-resolution images, of a face, license plate, or other targets of interest, within a fraction of a second. The invention takes advantage or the fact that some regions in a telescope field of view can be super-resolved; that is, features will appear in random regions which have resolution better than the diffraction limit of the telescope. This effect arises because the turbulent layer in the near-field of the object can act as a lens, focusing rays ordinarily outside the diffraction-limited cone into the distorted image. The physical effect often appears as magnified sub-regions of the image, as if one had held up a magnifying glass to a portion of the image. Applicants have experimentally shown these effects on short-range anisoplanatic imagery, along a horizontal path over the desert. In addition, they have developed powerful parallel processing software to overcome the warping and produce sharp images. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169954 | MANEUVERING ASSISTING APPARATUS - A laser irradiator L_N (N: 1 to 4) is arranged in an automobile and radiates a laser beam obliquely downward. A camera C_N arranged on the automobile has a viewing field VW_N corresponding to a radiating direction of the laser irradiator L_N. A CPU determines whether or not a change amount of a reflection position of the laser beam radiated by the laser irradiator L_N exceeds a reference, based on output of the camera C_N. The radiating direction of the laser irradiator L_N is changed by the CPU when a determined result is updated from a negative result to a positive result. A manner of changing in the reflection position of the laser beam radiated by the laser irradiator L_N is detected by the CPU based on the output of the camera C_N parallel to a changing process for the radiating direction. The CPU outputs a different notification corresponding to the detected result toward a driver of the automobile. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169955 | VEHICLE SURROUNDING MONITORING DEVICE - A vehicle surrounding monitoring device includes a first capturing device provided at a side of a vehicle in order to capture a first image, a second capturing device provided at front relative to the first capturing device in order to capture a second image, a displaying device for displaying the first image and the second image and for monitoring a vehicle surrounding, an image process device by which a borderline between the first image and the second image is defined in a combined image of the first image and the second image so as to be identical with a straight line connecting a position of the first capturing device and a position of the second capturing device. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169956 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicular interior rearview mirror system includes an attachment element adhesively attached at an interior surface of a windshield of a vehicle and an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head including a reflective mirror element. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes circuitry disposed in the mirror head, and at least two electrical accessories of the interior rearview mirror assembly share at least one component of the circuitry. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes a portion that does not adjust when the driver of the vehicle, with the interior rearview mirror assembly attached to the attachment element, pivotally adjusts the mirror head to set the rearward field of view of the reflective mirror element to the driver's desired setting. The portion includes a video camera that has a field of view through the windshield of the vehicle. One of the at least two electrical accessories comprises the video camera. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169957 | Vehicle Image Processing Method - A method for processing an image of the exterior of a vehicle includes transmitting successive camera images from a camera to a processor. Optical flow vectors from the multiple camera images are estimated. The optical flow vectors are compared and objects located on the ground are separated from objects located above the ground. Vehicle motion is estimated. Data from the successive camera images is processed to create an estimated three-dimensional (3D) bird's eye view image, and the bird's eye view image is displayed. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169958 | Lane Determining Device and Navigation System - Provided is a lane determining device that is capable of quickly and accurately determining the lane traveled by a host vehicle traveling on a road with a plurality of lanes in each direction. A lane determining device that determines the lane traveled by the host vehicle traveling on a road with a plurality of lanes in each direction comprises: road geometry obtaining means that obtains road geometry; imaging means that images the road; division line recognition means that recognizes a division line from an image imaged by the imaging means; first path computation means that computes a path of the host vehicle by repeatedly computing a distance from the division line recognized by the division line recognition means to the imaging means; second path computation means that computes a path of the host vehicle based on the road geometry obtained by the road geometry obtaining means and on autonomous navigation; third path computation means that computes a path of the host vehicle based on a first path computed by the first path computation means and on a second path computed by the second path computation means; and traveled lane determination means that determines the lane traveled by the host vehicle based on a third path computed by the third path computation means. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169959 | Systems And Methods For Analyzing Event Data - A computer-implemented method for determining a target situation in an athletic event. Positional information including the relative positions of a group of selected participants is initially received from a tracking system, and the aggregate motion of the selected participants is detected in real-time using the positional information. The target situation may be determined to have occurred when a change in the aggregate motion occurs in accordance with a predetermined characteristic during an initial time interval. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169960 | VIDEO ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM - A video system includes first and second sensors generating respective primary and secondary video sequences of images of a scene. The first sensor is responsive to thermal infrared (IR) energy, and the second sensor is responsive to shorter-wavelength optical energy in a range from visible to near-IR wavelengths. The sensors are temporally and spatially registered. A motion estimation module generates an estimated motion vector field from the secondary video sequence, and a motion-based image processor applies one or more image-enhancement operations to the primary video sequence based on the estimated motion vector field. The video system may include an additional sensor motion estimation module operating on the primary video stream as well as a merging module that combines the estimated motion vector fields from the sensor motion estimation modules to produce a joint motion vector field having generally more precise motion estimation, further improving the quality of the enhanced video stream from the image processor. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169961 | INFRARED CAMERA - Taught is an infrared camera comprising an infrared detection device having an infrared optical lens with a center line, an infrared detector, and a shutter, and being enclosed by an enclosure | 2011-07-14 |
20110169962 | MULTISPECTRAL UNCOOLED THERMAL INFRARED CAMERA SYSTEM - A multispectral thermal infrared camera system is disclosed. An uncooled thermal imaging camera is equipped with an axially tilted, cooled spectral filter. The axially tilted, cooled spectral filter deflects the radiation emitted by the uncooled camera away from being reflected back into the camera. The axially tilted, cooled spectral filter emits a lesser amount of thermal radiation towards the camera. And the axially tilted, cooled tilted filter is enclosed in a cold radiation shield to minimize the thermal emission that would be reflected by the filter towards the camera and to absorb the radiation deflected by the tilted filter. The axially tilted, cooled spectral filter passes only the desired portion of the thermal infrared radiation from the scene onto the uncooled camera. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169963 | VIDEO ALIGNMENT AND CALIBRATION FOR VIDEO QUALITY MEASUREMENT - Video alignment and calibration, which is needed for video quality measurement in full-reference mode, is performed continuously on the videos being measured to account for alignment parameters that may change over time. With this technique, the quality of video files and/or live video streams can be measured in full-reference mode in real-time. During video alignment, the temporal and spatial offsets, as well as any spatial, luminance or color transformations between the two videos are measured; during video calibration, the video frames are adjusted for these offsets and transformations so that the video quality can be measured correctly. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169964 | Quality index value calculation method, information processing apparatus, video delivery system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium - A quality index value S′, such as a degree of block distortion or edge sharpness, of each frame constituting video data, an error region ratio Q as a ratio of an error region in which a packet error or the like occurs, and a pixel difference level N as a level of difference from color originally used in the video data are calculated, and a quality index value S is calculated based on the calculated quality index value S′, the error region ratio Q, and the video delivery system 2. Accordingly, it is possible to calculate the quality index value indicating quality of video data that is approximately the same as quality determined by a person. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169965 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DETECTING DIGITAL TELEVISION (DTV) COMMUNICATIONS SIGNALS - Embodiments of the invention may provide systems and methods for detecting the presence a DTV signal such as an ATSC DTV signal. The system and methods may be applied to a received RF signal that has been down-converted to a baseband or low-IF digitized signal. The systems and methods may detect a presence of a DTV signal by searching for its characteristic pilot signal, known to reside in a fixed frequency range for all valid DTV signals. This pilot signal may be extracted by processing the baseband or low-IF signal in multiple stages. The first stage may reduce the signal information to that pertaining to the frequency band covering all valid pilot frequencies and commensurately reduces the sampling rate, and hence computational complexity of subsequent operations. A second stage may then efficiently operate on this reduced rate signal to focus on a series of particular pilot frequencies for interrogation. For each such candidate frequency, the cyclostationarity of the signal may be measured and tested for statistical significance relative to the background energy to yield an effective test that is invariant with respect to the background noise level. In a simplified case, this can correspond to measuring the energy in a very tight candidate subband normalized against the energy from a larger subband. Furthermore, the energy in the candidate subband can be taken as the energy in a Fourier series coefficient. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DELAY WITHIN A COMPRESSED DIGITAL STREAM - There is provided a method of measuring delay variation between first and second elementary streams in a digital audiovisual data stream, comprising detecting and storing digital audiovisual data stream timestamp values, detecting and storing elementary stream timestamp values for the first and second elementary streams, interpolating the digital audiovisual data stream timestamp values and elementary stream timestamp values to form data sets having mutual sampling points, and subtracting the interpolated data set for the first elementary data stream from the interpolated data set for the second elementary data stream to form elementary stream difference values indicative of changes in delay over time between first and second elementary streams. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169967 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE FOR CONNECTION TO AN EXTERNAL RECORD DEVICE - Charging of a camera and backup of data are concurrently executed to enable picking up an image regardless of a remaining available memory. As the camera is attached to a cradle, image data for the image picked up by a camera module of the camera is directly transferred to and recorded in a HDD of the cradle. Image data, already recorded in the flash memory of the camera, is backed up by the HDD of the cradle. Further, the cradle allows a charging circuit to charge a rechargeable battery of the camera using electric power supplied via an AC cord. Also, the cradle has a tripod bore through which the camera is fixed to a tripod for picking up the image. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169968 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE FOR SELECTIVELY TRANSMITTING IMAGES OVER A CELLULAR PHONE NETWORK AND A WIRELESS LAN NETWORK TO A DESTINATION - A digital camera for capturing images and transmitting captured images over a wireless network includes a sensor for capturing images; a display for displaying at least one captured image; at least one user input for selection of at least one captured image and for selection of a wireless network; a communication interface capable of transmitting the at least one selected image over the selected wireless network; a memory for storing a password needed to utilize the selected wireless network; and a processor for controlling the transmission of the at least one selected image over the selected wireless network utilizing the stored password. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169969 | CAPTURED IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CAPTURED IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A captured image processing system includes a portable terminal apparatus and an image output apparatus. The portable terminal apparatus captures images consecutively more than once while detecting a change in position of the portable terminal apparatus during the image capture (S | 2011-07-14 |
20110169970 | System and Method for Data Acquisition and Processing - A system and method for data acquisition and processing is described which can form the basis of online gaming. Encoded datagram images are captured from a computer screen or a printed document using a mobile phone or PDA or fixed line device and processed relative to a stored profile and then transmitted to a remote server to be decoded. The received datagram is read and compared with one of a plurality of stored datagram images and or decoded according to specific attributes of the datagram image. The method makes possible the capture and transmission and processing of datagrams to access services such as to cause the download of specific software such as a software application. In one embodiment this may comprise an online casino application where a player receives the software to play as well as a certain amount of credit. In a separate gaming application, the datagrams may be unique such that a player captures and transmits a datagram to find whether it is a winning datagram. The datagrams may be black and white or colour in which case they may comprise hidden colour codes which can be extracted by the decoding algorithms in the image-capturing device or in the remote server. In a separate embodiment, the method may be combined with television advertising such that viewers need only capture a displayed datagram from the television screen and send it to a published or encoded IP address or phone number so that they can access information about advertised products. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169971 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The imaging device has an imaging surface and a sensor, wherein the imaging surface is illuminated and reflects at least some of the illumination to the sensor to detect an image. The imaging device has a width and an optical path passing therethrough, wherein the optical path exhibits distortion as a result of the width of the device and the nature of the optical path. The imaging device includes an optical element which in use compensates for the distortion by generating a magnification profile across a tangential plane of the device at the sensor. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169972 | Steadycam - Is a camera stabilizer design based on pendulum system, in where the camera hangs in the lower extremity of the pendulum and the counterbalances are situated in the upper position of the center pendulum centered, the system of the pendulum is adjoined to the support arm by a universal union point, it has two gearmotors for palm and tilt function controls. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169973 | Shooting lens having vibration reducing function and camera system for same - The invention includes a vibration reduction mechanism, a vibration detecting part, a reference signal generating part, a target drive position calculating part, and a driving part. The vibration reduction mechanism reduces a vibration of a subject image. The vibration detecting part outputs a vibration detection signal. The reference signal generating part estimates a reference signal of the vibration detection part. The target drive position calculating part obtains a vibration component from a difference between the vibration detection signal and the estimated reference signal to obtain a target position to which the vibration reduction mechanism is driven. The driving part controls the vibration reduction mechanism to follow the target position. Particularly, the reference signal generating part corrects the reference signal according to a motion signal obtained from a captured image. An accurate reference signal can be obtained by the correction, thereby improving the performance of the vibration reduction. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169974 | IMAGE CAPTURING LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE-CAPTURING LENS - An image-capturing lens has, in order from an object, an object side lens group G | 2011-07-14 |
20110169975 | IMAGE-SCANNING COMPUTATIONAL PIXEL RESOLVING CAMERA - A method comprises: receiving a first light beam carrying a visual image; generating a plurality of second light beams based on the first light beam, wherein each of the plurality of second light beams is a subset of the first light beam; determining an energy level for each of the plurality of second light beams; and determining a single possible set of pixels that comprises the visual image carried by the first light beam based upon the determined energy level. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169976 | EFFICIENT, USER-FRIENDLY SYSTEM TO STREAM SCREENS INSIDE VIDEO USING A MOBILE DEVICE - A system helps filter and correct video captured and streamed from a mobile device. In particular, the system detects and streams content shown on screens, allowing anyone to stream screen content immediately without needing to develop hooks into external software (i.e. without installing a screen recorder software in the computer). The system can use a variety of user-selectable techniques to detect the screen, and utilizes the mobile device's touchscreen to allow users to manually override detected corners. However, some of these approaches could potentially be applied to other types of content, such as identifying TV screens, appliance LCD screens, other mobile devices' screens, multifunction devices. (e.g. a remote technician could help troubleshoot a malfunctioning MFD by having the end-user point his cellphone to the LCD screen of the MFD). | 2011-07-14 |
20110169977 | IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEM, IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAMS - The present invention evaluates the quality of an image shot by a terminal device in a state closer to that seen with the eye. A computer evaluates the quality of an image obtained by shooting a photographic subject including a periodic pattern that fluctuates periodically in one direction. A Fourier transform unit accomplishes a two-dimensional Fourier transform on the image to obtain two-dimensional spatial frequency spectrum components. An analysis unit analyzes the resolution of the image on the basis of spectrum components of spatial frequencies included in the periodic pattern, among the two-dimensional spatial frequency spectrum components obtained by the Fourier transform unit, and analyzes the deterioration of the image on the basis of spectrum components other than these. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169978 | FUNCTIONAL OPTICAL COHERENT IMAGING - The present invention relates to a functional optical coherent imaging (fOCI) platform comprising at least one active camera unit (ACU) comprising a coherent and/or a partially coherent light source, and means for spectral filtering and imaging a selected body area of interest; an image processing unit (IPU) for pre-processing data received from an ACU; at least one stimulation unit (STU) transmitting a stimulation to a subject; at least one body function reference measurement unit (BFMU); a central clock and processing unit (CCU), with interconnections to the ACU, the IPU, the STU, for collecting pre-processed data from the IPU, stimuli from the STU body function reference data from the BFMU in a synchronized manner; a post-processing unit (statistical analysis unit, SAU); and an operator interface (HOD. Further the invention relates to a process for acquiring stimuli activated subject data comprising the steps of aligning a body function unit at a subject and monitoring pre-selected body function; selecting a stimulus or stimuli; imaging a body area of interest; exerting one or a series of stimuli on the subject; imaging the body area of interest synchronous with said stimuli and the preselected body functions; and transferring said synchronized image, stimuli and body function data to a statistical analysis unit (SAU) and performing calculations to generate results pertaining to body functions. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169979 | PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS BASED ILLUMINANT ESTIMATION - An image apparatus for providing an estimated illuminant of a scene and subsequently providing an adjusted image of the scene includes a capturing system and an illuminant database. The capturing system captures information for an input image of the scene. The input image is defined by a plurality of input colors. The illuminant database includes a separate subspace of information for a plurality of possible illuminants. The subspaces can be created from multi-dimensional color information from its respective possible illuminant that is computed using Principal Components Analysis. This allows for more accurate illuminant estimation of the scene and the use of Principal Components Analysis to generate the one or more subspaces allows for accurate and relatively easy generation of the subspaces. Additionally, the image apparatus can include a control system that compares the input colors to the subspaces in the illuminant database. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169980 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE - Provided is an apparatus and method for obtaining a high dynamic range (HDR) image. The apparatus includes an image sensor generating a first image by applying different exposure times for units of different predetermined regions, an image separating unit separating the first image into images, each of which is composed of regions having an identical exposure time, an image restoring unit restoring the separated images in such a way that each of the separated images has a resolution that is the same as a resolution of the first image, and an image synthesizing unit synthesizing the restored images into a second image. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169981 | CAMERA WITH AUTOMATIC FLUORESCENT LIGHTING MODE - A novel method and apparatus for controlling operation of a photosensor array in a portable electronic device to reduce flicker resulting from fluorescent light having a periodic intensity. The method comprises selecting a time zone in which the device is to be operated, correlating the time zone with a corresponding frequency of the fluorescent light, and signaling the photosensor array to operate in accordance with a mode optimized to reduce flicker based on the selected time zone. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169982 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image management apparatus which makes it possible to classify picked-up images according to the occasion of going-out without burdening a user. An information processing apparatus manages a plurality of image files obtained through shooting processing by an image pickup apparatus, and acquires GPS information indicative of a location of the image pickup apparatus and a time when the location was detected. The information processing apparatus sets one record of the GPS information as reference start time information, and retrieves a GPS information record indicative of a location identical to the location indicated by the reference start time information, as reference end information. The information processing apparatus classifies image files of respective shooting times occurring between a time indicated by the reference start time information and a time indicated by the reference end time information, into the same group. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169983 | FLASH DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING SAME - A flash device includes a stationary frame, a light emitting portion, a driving unit and a resilient plate. The light emitting portion is moveably received in the stationary frame and is spaced from the stationary frame. The driving unit includes a first magnetic assembly and a second magnetic assembly. The first magnetic assembly is positioned on the stationary frame. The second magnetic assembly is positioned on the light emitting portion and faces the first magnetic assembly. The driving unit is configured for driving the light emitting portion to move relative to the stationary frame through magnetical interaction between the first magnetic assembly and the second magnetic assembly. The resilient plate interconnects the stationary frame and the light emitting portion. The resilient plate is configured for moving the light emitting portion relative to the stationary frame. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169984 | IMAGING DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT FOR THE IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention switches to and from generation of a luminance signal based on a visible light pixel signal and generation of a luminance signal based on a near infrared light pixel signal depending on a result of comparison of signal levels of the visible light pixel signal and the near infrared light pixel signal. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169985 | Method of Generating Seamless Mosaic Images from Multi-Axis and Multi-Focus Photographic Data - A system and method for generating seamless mosaic images from multi-axis and multi-focus photographic data of at least one subject is disclosed. The system is for capturing photographic data from at least one subject and to provide an array of photographic data in at least three dimensions. The method comprises the steps of performing axial capture of a plurality of images of the at least one subject, sorting the plurality of images into a plurality of folders for easier processing of the plurality of images, performing focus stacking process for analysis of images, performing depth calculations, extracting data and rendering a focus stacked image, performing post processing of the focus stacked images to enhance the images, performing photo mosaic stitching process for rendering a seamless image and performing post processing of the seamless image to correct errors of the seamless image and to add any desired enhancements to the seamless image. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169986 | PERSPECTIVE IMPROVEMENT FOR IMAGE AND VIDEO APPLICATIONS - A system and method for reducing distance-based distortion in a camera image of an object, where the distanced-based distortion is due to differences in distance from the camera to different parts of the object. In one approach, the distortion is reduced by estimating distances to different parts of the object and then generating a reprojected image of the object dependent upon the estimated distances and upon a virtual viewpoint that is more distant than the camera from the object. In a further approach, the image is warped such that points in the image match corresponding points in one or more stored templates. In a still further approach, if excessive distortion is present in the image, the camera zoom is increased and a magnified image is displayed, prompting a person to move farther from the camera thereby reducing the distortion. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169987 | Minimally Processing Displayed Images Captured From A Burst - One embodiment minimally process a burst of images captured with an image capture device. The images are displayed, and maximum processing is performed on one of the images. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169988 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - In a solid-state imaging device, each of a plurality of switches is connected between a pulse output terminal of each delay unit and a pulse input terminal of the next-stage delay unit. Each of a plurality of switches is connected between the pulse output terminal and the pulse input terminal of each delay unit. A plurality of switches is turned on and a plurality of switches is turned off in conjunction with an oscillation operation, and a plurality of switches is turned off and a plurality of switches is turned on in conjunction with a holding operation. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169989 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus capable of suppressing blooming and color mixing includes a plurality of pixels, each including a photoelectric converting portion and a transferring portion for transferring signal electrons from the photoelectric converting portion, wherein a plurality of the photoelectric converting portions is formed in a first conductivity type well region formed on the semiconductor substrate; a second conductivity type first impurity region is arranged between the adjacent photoelectric converting portions; a first conductivity type second impurity region having an impurity concentration higher than that of the well region is arranged between the first impurity region and each of the photoelectric converting portions; and a first conductivity type third impurity region having an impurity concentration higher than that of the well region and decreasing from the semiconductor substrate toward the surface direction of the apparatus between the semiconductor substrate and the first impurity region. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169990 | CURRENT GENERATION CIRCUIT, AND SINGLE-SLOPE ADC AND CAMERA USING THE SAME - A linear relationship is established between a gain control signal and an amplification factor (value in dB). Described is a current generation circuit including a first current output section which outputs a first current, a second current output section which outputs a second current proportional to the first current, and a variable-current control section which generates a third current proportional to the first current, divides the third current into a fourth current and a fifth current according to a first control signal, and outputs the fourth and the fifth currents. The current generation circuit outputs a sum of the first and the fourth currents as a reference current, and a sum of the second and the fifth currents as an output current. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169991 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH EPITAXIALLY SELF-ALIGNED PHOTO SENSORS - An image sensor pixel includes a substrate doped to have a first conductivity type. A first epitaxial layer is disposed over the substrate and doped to also have the first conductivity type. A transfer transistor gate is formed on the first epitaxial layer. An epitaxially grown photo-sensor region is disposed in the first epitaxial layer and has a second conductivity type. The epitaxially grown photo-sensor region includes an extension region that extends under a portion of the transfer transistor gate. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169992 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes: an image area including pixels arranged in a matrix; two row memories each of which alternatively (i) stores at a time pixel signals for each of rows, and (ii) sequentially provides each of the stored pixel signals; a reading control unit, during a horizontal period, sequentially reading the stored pixel signals one by one from a first line memory to cause the first line memory, the first line memory representing one of the two row memories; a holding control unit causing, during the horizontal period, a second line memory to hold pixel signals provided from one of the rows in the image area, the second line memory representing another one of the two row memories; and a reading suspending unit causing the reading control unit to suspend reading out the pixel signals from the first line memory during a noise occurrence predicted period. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING CMOS IMAGER DEVICE PIXEL WITH TRANSISTOR HAVING LOWER THRESHOLD VOLTAGE THAN OTHER IMAGER DEVICE TRANSISTORS - A transistor of a pixel cell for use in a CMOS imager with a low threshold voltage of less than about 0.4 V is disclosed. The transistor is provided with high dosage source and drain regions around the gate electrode and with the halo implanted regions and/or the lightly doped LDD regions and/or the enhancement implanted regions omitted from at least one side of the gate electrode. The low threshold transistor is electrically connected to a high voltage transistor with a high threshold voltage of about 0.7 V. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169994 | SUPER LIGHT-FIELD LENS - Light field imaging systems, and in particular light field lenses that can be mated with a variety of conventional cameras (e.g., digital or photographic/film, image and video/movie cameras) to create light field imaging systems. Light field data collected by these light field imaging systems can then be used to produce 2D images, right eye/left eye 3D images, to refocus foreground images and/or background images together or separately (depth of field adjustments), and to move the camera angle, as well as to render and manipulate images using a computer graphics rendering engine and compositing tools. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169995 | IMAGE PICKUP LENS, IMAGE PICKUP MODULE, AND PORTABLE INFORMATION DEVICE - In order to provide an image pickup lens, an image pickup module, and a portable information device that make it possible to reduce the risk of deterioration in optical characteristic by achieving satisfactory resolving performance in an area surrounding a shot image, an image pickup lens includes a first lens having an Abbe number of greater than 45 and second lens having an Abbe number of greater than 45 and satisfies mathematical expression (1): | 2011-07-14 |
20110169996 | IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICK-UP SYSTEM - An output level difference in the case of using a joint line as a boundary, a bright line, a black bar, or the like is suppressed. A solid-state image pick-up apparatus in which, on a substrate having a plurality of photoelectric converting areas (photodiodes), a solid-state image pick-up element provided with at least one pattern layer formed by divisional exposure and a lens for introducing light into the plurality of photoelectric converting areas of the solid-state image pick-up element are formed. By setting a center of an optical axis of the lens to an approximate joint position between the pattern layers where the pattern layers have been joined by the divisional exposure, the output level difference of a pixel output of the solid-state image pick-up element on the right and left sides of the joint position is suppressed. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169997 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING ELEMENT AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image sensor that output a signal for detecting a focus state of a photographing lens. The image sensor includes a microlens; a light-receiving pixel; a first focus state detection pixel pair for outputting a focus state detection signal, in which aperture areas of the first focus state detection pixel pair are small in comparison to the light-receiving pixel; and a second focus state detection pixel pair for outputting a focus state detection signal, in which aperture areas of the second focus state detection pixel pair are small in comparison to the light-receiving pixel, wherein the second focus state detection pixel pair is arranged at a position that is shifted by a predetermined amount relative to each aperture position, with respect to the microlens of the first focus state detection pixel pair. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169998 | DYNAMIC CAMERA FOCUSING - Apparatus for focusing a camera having an optic axis, an optic center and a field of view, to image a scene, the apparatus comprising: an illumination system controllable to illuminate substantially any region of interest (ROI) of the scene in the field of view of the camera with a relatively small fiducial spot of light; a ranging system configured to determine a range for the fiducial spot relative to the camera; and a controller that focuses the camera to a distance responsive to the determined range. | 2011-07-14 |
20110169999 | TERMINAL HAVING PLURALITY OF OPERATING MODES - There is set forth herein a terminal having an image sensor array and a plurality of operator selectable operating modes. The image sensor array can have an associated light source bank. The operator selectable operating modes can include at least one camera operating mode and at least one flashlight operating mode. In the at least one camera operating mode the image sensor array and light source bank can be controlled for optimization of frame capture. In the at least one flashlight operating mode the image sensor array and the light source bank can be controlled for optimizing illumination of an operators viewing area with reduced average power consumption. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170000 | CAMERA DEVICE ADAPTING TO DIFFERENT LENS SENSORS - A camera device includes a lens cover defining a lens opening. Two positioning posts extend from the lens cover. The two positioning posts are arranged at two opposite sides of the lens opening, for selectively mounting a first circuit board having a first lens or a second circuit board having a second lens different from the first lens. The first and second circuit boards are operable to be installed on the lens cover at different positions through being mounted on different positions of the two positioning posts. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170001 | Method of Predicting Motion and Texture Data - The invention relates to a method for generating for at least one block of pixels of a picture of a sequence of progressive pictures at least one motion predictor and at least one texture predictor from motion data, respectively texture data, associated with the pictures of a sequence of low resolution interlaced pictures. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170002 | Recording medium having data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses - In the data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data, a recording area stores a main file and at least one separate text file. The main file includes multiplexed audio and video data streams, and the text subtitle file includes a single text subtitle stream. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170003 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes the following elements. A generation unit generates a multiplexed video frame having a predetermined screen size. A dividing unit divides input audio data into audio data items each having samples for one frame period of the multiplexed video frame. A multiplexing unit multiplexes audio data items obtained by dividing each stream of input audio data and number-of-samples information representing the number of samples thereof. A processing unit processes audio data items multiplexed in a multiplexed video frame input from an input video port, and outputs from an output video port thereof a multiplexed video frame in which the resulting audio data items and the number-of-samples information thereof are multiplexed. An extraction unit extracts the audio data items multiplexed in the multiplexed video frame output from the processing unit in accordance with the number-of-samples information. A transmission unit outputs the extracted audio data items to outside. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170004 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN AUDIO COMPONENT OF A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT DISPLAYED ON AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE TO ONE OR MORE WIRELESS COMPUTING DEVICES - A system and method for providing an audio component of a multimedia content playing on an electronic display device to one or more wireless computing devices utilizes a synchronization player application of the electronic display device to display a visual component of the multimedia content on a display of the electronic display device and to extract the audio component from the multimedia content. The extracted audio component of the multimedia content is packetized into data packets and broadcast into a network so that the data packets can be received by the wireless computing devices to play the audio component of the multimedia content in synchronization with the visual component of the multimedia content being displayed on the display of the electronic display device. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170005 | AUTOMATIC SWITCHING BETWEEN SIMULCAST VIDEO SIGNALS IN A MOBILE MEDIA DEVICE - A mobile media device may preemptively switch from a terrestrial video signal of a simulcast to a mobile video signal of the same simulcast upon detecting displacement motion. In one example, an apparatus includes a display configured to display video data, and a signal selection unit configured to determine whether the apparatus is moving, wherein the signal selection unit is configured to cause the display to display video data from a terrestrial signal of a simulcast broadcast when the apparatus does not detect displacement motion, and wherein the signal selection unit is configured to cause the display to display video data from a mobile signal of the simulcast broadcast when the signal selection unit detects displacement motion. In this manner, the apparatus may avoid loss of data from the terrestrial video signal that may be caused while moving. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170006 | Strategies for Processing Image Information Using a Color Information Data Structure - Strategies are described for processing image information using a data structure which conveys color information. The color information describes color-related formatting applied to the image information. The data structure can be passed down a video processing pipeline, which includes a video mixing renderer module, a device driver, and a graphics module. Each functional component in the pipeline can draw color information from the data structure to improve the accuracy of its processing. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170007 | Image processing device, image control method, and computer program - There is provided an image processing device that includes an information superimposition portion, a display format acquisition portion, and a superimposition control portion. The information superimposition portion superimposes specified information on an input image and outputs the image with the superimposed information. The display format acquisition portion acquires information about a display format of an image that is currently being displayed. The superimposition control portion, based on the information that the display format acquisition portion has acquired about the display format of the image that is currently being displayed, performs control that relates to the superimposing of the superimposed information on the input image by the information superimposition portion. This configuration makes it possible to correctly superimpose information on an image irrespective of the image format. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170008 | Chroma-key image animation tool - The present disclosure provides a software method and application for creating and displaying image animations based on chroma-key video and image overlay effects, including image import, image processing, and video rendering of single images, in addition to the ability of sound, music, and text insertion, for use in computerized systems. The present disclosure furthermore provides a system and method to hide the complexity of multimedia processing steps by means of an intuitive, easy-to-use graphical user interface enabling the non-professional general public to enhance photos with multimedia animations in a fast and effective way and to make them publicly available on multimedia devices, such as smart phones, and web sites on the Internet. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170009 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video processing apparatus in which image quality degradation, such as burn-in, is prevented while reducing motion blurs by implementing pseudo-impulse driving. By combining high-frequency image data and low-frequency image data at the immediately preceding sub-frame at a first composite ratio α, image data is generated as first-sub-frame image data. By combining low-frequency image data and high-frequency image data at a second composite ratio 1−α, image data is generated as second-sub-frame image data. Then, the second-sub-frame image data is output with their polarity inverted with respect to the first-sub-frame image data. The ratio α is gradually decreased frame by frame at the first frame group, and the ratio α is gradually increased frame by frame at the second frame group subsequent to the first frame group. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170010 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONTENT ADAPTIVE DETAILING FILTERING FOR DIGITAL PICTURES - According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed. The method includes receiving video data performing pre-filtering on the data, performing content analysis is applied to identify an area of the data, applying a two-dimensional (2-D) 2 | 2011-07-14 |
20110170011 | TRANSMISSION AND DETECTION OF MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNALS IN REDUCED CHANNEL FORMAT - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to transmission and detection of multi-channel signals in reduced channel format. An embodiment of a method for transmitting data includes determining whether a first type or a second type of content data is to be transmitted, where the first type of content data is to be transmitted at a first multiple of a base frequency and the second type of data is to be transmitted at a second multiple of the base frequency. The method further includes selecting one or more channels from a plurality of channels based on the type of content data, clocking a frequency on the first or second multiple of the base frequency according to the type of content data in the selected channels, modifying the content data to fit within a single output channel, and transmitting the modified data via a single output channel at the chosen multiple of the base frequency. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170012 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO BY USING PATTERN INFORMATION IN HIERARCHICAL DATA UNIT - Video encoding using pattern information of a hierarchical data unit includes splitting a picture into a coding unit of a predetermined maximum size, performing encoding that is accompanied by transformation based on at least one transformation unit of every coding unit for at least one depth, for regions reduced by hierarchically splitting maximum coding units according to depths, with respect to each of the maximum coding units, determining a coding unit of at least one coded depth to output an encoding result, determining an encoding mode with respect to a coding unit of the at least one coded depth including information regarding a size of the at least one transformation unit, and outputting pattern information indicating whether texture related information is encoded based on a hierarchical structure of the maximum coding units, the coding units, and the transformation units according to the encoding mode, information regarding the encoding mode, and encoded video data, for each of the maximum coding units. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170013 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER - Respective broadcast program videos from a plurality of broadcast reception units | 2011-07-14 |
20110170014 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A plurality of groups each of which includes a plurality of scanning signal lines are sequentially selected; a polarity of the data signal electric potentials in one (first group) of sequentially-selected groups is set to be different from that of the other (second group) of the two groups; two pieces of dummy scan periods are put between (i) a horizontal scan period corresponding to a last horizontal scan in the first group and (ii) a horizontal scan period corresponding to a first horizontal scan in the second group; dummy signal electric potentials are supplied to the data signal line in the dummy scan periods; and a time period from when a scanning pulse which corresponds to the last horizontal scan in the first group becomes nonactive to when the dummy scan period is started is set to be longer than a time period from when a scanning pulse corresponding to one of consecutive two horizontal scans becomes nonactive in the first group to when a horizontal scan period corresponding to the other of the consecutive two horizontal scans is started. This makes it possible to enhance display quality in a case where the data signal line is subjected to the block-reversal driving. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170015 | DTV RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DTV SIGNAL - A digital television (DTV) receiving system includes an information detector, a resampler, a timing recovery unit, and a carrier recovery unit. The information detector detects a known data sequence which is periodically inserted in a digital television (DTV) signal received from a DTV transmitting system. The resampler resamples the DTV signal at a predetermined resampling rate. The timing recovery unit performs timing recovery on the DTV signal by detecting a timing error from the resampled DTV signal using the detected known data sequence. The carrier recovery unit performs carrier recovery on the resampled DTV signal by estimating a frequency offset value of the resampled DTV signal using the detected known data sequence. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170016 | Speaker System - The invention relates to a speaker system of a type which can be provided to operate in conjunction with a display screen, monitor, television set or the like. The system includes one or more speakers and can be mounted and located with the television set. Typically the system utilises an amplifier provided in the television set or other apparatus connected thereto and therefore receives the amplified audio signal to operate the speakers from the television set or other apparatus. The invention therefore allows an amplified speaker system to be provided to be used in conjunction with existing television apparatus and therefore improves the audio effect to the user with respect to any speakers already provided within the television set, but without the need to provide the speaker system itself with an amplifier. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170017 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A display device includes a display panel | 2011-07-14 |
20110170018 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight unit | 2011-07-14 |
20110170019 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight unit | 2011-07-14 |
20110170020 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight unit | 2011-07-14 |
20110170021 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A projector includes: an OSD processing section that generates a synthesized image formed by synthesizing an OSD image on a main image; an image projecting section that projects and displays the synthesized image; a zoom adjusting section that adjusts a zoom state of the image projecting section; and a zoom state detecting section that detects the zoom state that is adjusted by the zoom adjusting section, wherein the OSD processing section adjusts a size of the OSD image with respect to the main image based on the detection result of the zoom state detecting section. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170022 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170023 | ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An on-vehicle display apparatus includes a display, a reflector, a rotation device, a manual operation device, an automatic operation device, a controller, and a memory. The manual operation device is capable of, during manual operation thereof, causing the rotation device to operate the reflector in a first rotation direction and a second rotation direction. The memory stores, in association with a rotation position stored in the memory, a rotation direction of the reflector rotated to the rotation position based on an input from the manual operation device. When the controller causes, based on an input from the automatic operation device, the rotation device to rotate the reflector and to stop the reflector at the rotation position stored in the memory, the controller causes the rotation device to rotate the reflector in the rotation direction stored in the memory in association with the rotation position. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170024 | MONITOR - A monitor includes a main body and a control circuit. The main body includes a display and a shield. The control circuit drives a motor mounted to the main body. The control circuit detects a power status of the main body and controls the motor to rotate in response to the power status of the main body, so as to wrap the shield to uncover the display when the main body powers on, or to cover the display when the main body is idle or powers off. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170025 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE BOTH USING THE SAME - The present invention is a liquid crystal panel substrate that comprises: pixel units each having a pixel electrode, to be used as a reflective electrode and arranged in a matrix pattern on a substrate, and a switching element controlling a voltage applied to the pixel electrode; wherein between the pixel electrode and a conductive layer forming a terminal electrode of the switching element, a contact hole is provided for connecting the pixel electrode and the terminal electrode. A light-shielding layer, having an opening surrounding the portion in which the contact hole is formed, and having no opening in regions between a plurality of adjacent pixel electrodes, is formed between the pixel electrode and the conductive layer. Harmful effects due to light leaking through a space between the pixel electrodes can thereby be prevented. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170026 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL LIQUID CRYSTAL PARALLAX BARRIER DEVICE - A multi-functional liquid crystal parallax barrier device is a liquid crystal parallax barrier device mainly formed by two independent barrier electrodes, which are individually driven to achieve the purpose of displaying 3D images bi-directionally with different barrier structures and different numbers of views. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170027 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is constituted of a TFT substrate and an opposing substrate which are arranged so as to be opposite to each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. In addition, in the liquid crystal layer, formed is a polymer into which a polymer component added to liquid crystal is polymerized, and which determines directions in which liquid crystal molecules tilt when voltage is applied. In the TFT substrate, formed are a sub picture element electrode directly connected to a TFT and a sub picture element electrode connected to the TFT through capacitive coupling. In each of these sub picture element electrodes, formed are slits extending in directions respectively at angles of 45 degrees, 135 degrees, 225 degrees and 315 degrees to the X axis. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170028 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The TFT substrate includes (i) gate lines and data lines which are provided in a matrix manner, (ii) a plurality of pixel electrodes each of which has a side which extends in parallel with the gate lines and a side which extends in parallel with the data lines and is shorter than the side, (iii) storage capacitor lines extending in parallel with the gate lines, and (iv) connection lines which are electrically connected to the respective pixel electrodes. In at least one embodiment, the number of the storage capacitor lines is smaller than that of the gate lines. A single one of the storage capacitor lines overlap a plurality of connection lines which are electrically connected to respective of the plurality of pixel electrodes which are arranged in a direction in parallel with the data lines. The single one of the storage capacitor lines and the plurality of connection lines overlap each other via the insulating film so as to form storage capacitor elements. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170029 | 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. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170030 | METHODS OF SWITCHING AND APPARATUS COMPRISING AN ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED VARIABLE TRANSMISSION MATERIAL - A method of switching an electrically actuated variable transmission layer is disclosed. The layer is between a first electrode and a second electrode, and when a sufficiently high frequency alternating electric field is applied between the first and second electrodes, a selective region of the layer in between the first and second electrodes is switched. Apparatus for use as a glazing pane having a sheet of glazing material and an electrically actuated variable transmission layer facing the sheet of glazing material is also disclosed. The layer is sandwiched between a first electrode and a second electrode. There is an electric field generator in electrical communication with the electrodes and being configured to produce an alternating electric field of sufficient strength and of a sufficiently high frequency to switch a selected region of the layer in between the first and second electrodes. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170031 | Switching device of active display device and method of driving the switching device - Example embodiments are directed to a switching device of an active display device and a method of driving the switching device, such that electrical reliability of the active display device is improved. The switching device of the active display device includes a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) that are connected in series. Except for a refresh time duration during which the plurality of TFTs of the switching device are simultaneously turned ON, a positive voltage is applied to at least one of the plurality of TFTs of the switching device so that a reliability of the switching device may be improved. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170032 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND PANEL THEREFOR - A flat panel display having an improved picture quality is disclosed. In on embodiment, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode are formed in each subpixel area. The electrodes enclose an open space (gap) such that their outer boundary has a substantially rectangular shape. The flat panel display may also include a capacitance electrode coupled to the second pixel electrode to form a coupling capacitor. | 2011-07-14 |