35th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130222684 | 360.degree. IMAGING SYSTEM - A 360 degree camera imaging system comprising a first horizontal boom having a first end, a second end, and a middle section; a second horizontal boom having a first end and a second end; a first vertical arm having a first end and a second end; a second vertical arm having a first end and a second end; and a mounting bracket. The first horizontal boom is connected to the first end of the second horizontal boom by a first rotatable pivot proximate the middle section of the first horizontal boom, and the second end of the second horizontal boom is connected to the mounting bracket. The first end of the first vertical arm is affixed to the first end of the first horizontal boom, and the first end of the second vertical arm is affixed to the second end of the first horizontal boom. A camera is mounted to the first vertical arm, and a backdrop is mounted to the second vertical arm. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222685 | CAMERA APPARATUS - In a camera apparatus, two SMA actuator subsystems each comprise two SMA wires connected between a camera unit and a support structure, hooked over a pivot element defining pivot axes that lie in a common plane along the optical axis. Differential contraction of the SMA wires drives rotation. The SMA actuator subsystems are opposed, but the SMA wires of each subsystem are fixed respectively to the camera unit and the support structure, reducing the height. A non-conductive substrate supporting conductive tracks electrically connected to the SMA actuator system is configured as a flexure arrangement between the camera unit and the support structure. The flexure arrangement is connected to the camera unit at a position in the common plane reducing lateral resistance to tilt. Use of an intermediate connector element allows the circuit board to be arranged in front of the intermediate connector inside the height of the lens system. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222686 | CAMERA MODULE, TERMINAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A terminal includes a first board including an accommodation portion, the accommodation portion being disposed in a first groove of the first board, and a camera module mounted in the accommodation portion. A method for manufacturing a terminal includes obtaining a first board including an accommodation portion, the accommodation portion being disposed in a first groove of the first board, obtaining a camera module to be mounted in the accommodation portion, and mounting the camera module in the accommodation portion. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222687 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a cam follower, a first cam ring with a cam slide protrusion in which a cam groove engages with the cam follower, a second cam ring so supported by the first cam ring that both are unrotatable around an axis parallel to an optical axis, a rectilinear guide ring so supported by the second cam ring that the second cam and rectilinear guide rings are rotatable around the axis and unmovable in the optical axis direction, a rectilinear guide guiding the rectilinear guide ring in the optical axis direction, a rectilinear cam ring in which a cam slide groove engages the cam slide protrusion and which guides the rectilinear guide in the optical axis direction, and a rotary ring so supported by the rectilinear cam ring that the rectilinear cam and rotary rings are rotatable around the axis and unmovable in the optical axis direction. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222688 | High-Definition Multimedia Interface Copper Adapter - Techniques are provided for communications between high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) devices. The techniques describe a system comprising a first or transmitter adapter device that is electrically connected to a source HDMI device. The first adapter device is configured to receive one or more source HDMI signals from the source device across a first HDMI link and to convert the source HDMI signals to corresponding one or more 10GBase-T data signals configured to be transmitted across a data link. A second or receiver adapter device electrically connected to the first adapter device across the data link. The second adapter device is configured to receive the 10GBase-T data signals from the first adapter device across the data link, convert the 10GBase-T data signals to corresponding one or more destination HDMI signals and send the destination HDMI signals to a destination HDMI device electrically connected to the second adapter device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222689 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - The present invention discloses a system and method of transforming a sample of content data by utilizing known samples in a learning phase to best determine coefficients for a linear combination of non-linear filter functions and applying the coefficients to the content data in an operational phase. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222690 | DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS, DATA TRANSCEIVING SYSTEM, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DATA RECEIVING METHOD - Disclosed is a data transmitting apparatus, which includes a packet generating unit which generates a metadata packet for multi-channel audio data; and a transmission unit which transmits the generated metadata packet to a receiving apparatus, wherein, the generated metadata packet includes an Audio Channel Allocation Standard Type (ACAT) field which indicates channel allocation standard type information of the multi-channel audio data. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222691 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222692 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222693 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222694 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED AUDIO SERVICE - The server of a system for providing augmented audio service according to the present invention includes a video data server for providing video data to a display device and an audio data server for providing a plurality of audio output devices with augmented audio data corresponding to video outputted based on the video data from the display device, wherein the plurality of audio output devices output different frequencies for augmenting audio of the video based on the augmented audio data. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222695 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING PICTURE IN PICTURE IN HOME NETWORK - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for implementing picture in picture in a home network. The method for implementing picture in picture in a home network includes: obtaining a video stream of a video main window from a video network and decoding and playing the video stream of the main window; receiving a picture in picture activation signal sent by a user; sending a transcoding request message to a control device, where the transcoding request message carries a number of a picture in picture video sub-window channel; receiving a video stream of the video sub-window channel, where the video stream has been transcoded and then sent by the control device; and decoding and playing the video stream of the video sub-window channel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222696 | SELECTING BETWEEN CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A method of operating at least one computing device. The method selects between a first clustering process and a second clustering process based on whether at least one condition is satisfied. If the first clustering process is selected, the first clustering process is performed on a first plurality of images to obtain a first clustering result. The first clustering process uses first coordinate axes that were used in a previous clustering process. If the second clustering process is selected, the second clustering process is performed on a second plurality of images to obtain a second clustering result, wherein the second clustering process uses second coordinate axes different from the first coordinate axes used in the previous clustering process. Some embodiments are directed to an apparatus capable of performing the above method. Some embodiments are directed to a computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform the above method. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222697 | Video Decoder Block - A video decoder block provides a common pathway for processing video signals encoded using different video formats. The video decoder block passes the video signals through the same processing components in order convert the signals to a common format for display or storage. Each processing component cat be disabled or by-passed to enable or disable the function performed by the component. This reduces the number of components and signal processors required in devices that need to accommodate signals of different formats. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222698 | Cable with Video Processing Capability - In an embodiment, a host computing device includes an internal display and also includes a connector to connect to an external display. A cable is provided to connect to the connector and to connect to the external display. The cable includes video processing capabilities. For example, the cable may include a memory configured to store a frame buffer. The frame buffer may store a frame of video data for further processing by the video processing device in the cable. The video processing device may manipulate the frame in a variety of ways, e.g. scaling, rotating, gamma correction, dither correction, etc. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222699 | CUSTOMIZED BUFFERING AT SINK DEVICE IN WIRELESS DISPLAY SYSTEM BASED ON APPLICATION AWARENESS - This disclosure describes techniques to improve a user experience in a Wireless Display (WD) system. The WD system includes a source device that provides media data to one or more sink devices. The techniques are directed toward reducing end-to-end latency in the WD system while improving video playback quality at the sink devices. More specifically, the techniques include customized buffering at the sink devices based on application awareness for the media data. The techniques include learning the type of application for the media data, and adjusting the size of buffers in the processing pipeline to achieve an appropriate balance between smoothness and latency for the application type. For example, when the media data is for a video playback application, the techniques include increasing the buffer size to increase smoothness in the video playback application. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222700 | Scanning Algorithm for Embedded Network Devices - A system and method is provided for selective filtering of transmissions based on information received from a tuner. An embedded diplexer in a consumer electronic device allows the device to be used in a variety of different signal environments. For example, a television with an embedded switching filter coupled to the television tuner is operable in environments where television signals are transmitted on frequencies up to 1 GHz and in environments where MoCA signals are transmitted on 1 GHz frequencies. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222701 | SYSTEM WITH FUNCTION OF SWITCHING CHANNELS AND METHOD THEREOF - A system with a function of switching channels of a television (TV) is provided. The system includes a processing unit and a plurality of modules to be executed by the processing unit. The plurality of modules include a collecting module, a comparing module, and a channel switching module. The collecting module collects a voice frequency of a channel being watched by user at a sampling period. The comparing module compares the voice frequency at a prior sampling period with the voice frequency at a current sampling period. The channel switching module switches the channel being watched to another channel when the voice frequency at the prior sampling period is lower than the voice frequency at the current sampling period. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222702 | HEADSET, CIRCUIT STRUCTURE OF MOBILE APPARATUS, AND MOBILE APPARATUS - A headset, a circuit structure of a mobile apparatus, and a mobile apparatus are provided. The headset includes at least one earphone, a microphone, an audio plug, and a headset cable. The audio plug includes a connector having a plurality of contacts. The microphone and the at least one earphone is coupled to the corresponding contacts of the audio plug through the headset cable. The headset cable includes a ground line, a microphone line, at least one audio line, and an antenna for receiving a television broadcasting signal. The antenna is coupled to one of the contacts coupled to the ground line, the microphone line, and the at least one audio line. The one of the contacts to which the antenna is coupled further serves as a radio frequency contact to provide the television broadcasting signal and an audio broadcasting signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222703 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - To provide an electronic apparatus that can, in operating the electronic apparatus using a remote control (and especially, a touch remote controller), identify the content of operation by adding an interpretation on the basis of rules held outside the remote control instead of uniquely identifying the content of operation by a transmission signal from the remote control. Provided is an electronic apparatus which has display output means, means for acquiring gesture information acquiring gesture information indicating a user's finger action, etc. from the remote control, means for acquiring apparatus status information for distinguishing apparatus status by a combination of a plurality of operations allowed for the user;
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20130222704 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130222705 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - An object is to prevent or reduce uneven brightness in a direct-type lighting device. A lighting device according to the present technology includes LEDs | 2013-08-29 |
20130222706 | TELEVISION - According to one embodiment, a television includes a first member and a second member. The second member is configured to be temporarily mounted at a first position of the first member, and to be moved from the first position to a second position and to be fixed to the first member at the second position. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222707 | TELEVISION - A television may include a main body, an additional electronic unit installed at an outside of the main body, at least one port allowing which is configured to connect a connector of a cable for communication with the an additional external electronic unit to the main body be connected thereto; and at least one heat transfer member to receive which is configured to receive and transfer heat transferred from the at least one port. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222708 | Optical Mixing and Shaping System for Display Backlights and Displays Incorporating the Same - A backlight for a display comprises a plurality of independently controllable light sources and inclined surfaces inclining in a radially outward direction from each light source for shaping the distribution of emitted light. The light sources may each comprise a group of differently-colored light emitters. The backlight may include light integrators configured to mix light of the differently-colored light emitters. Inclined surfaces for shaping the distribution of emitted light may be arranged around exits of the light integrators. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222709 | Stereoscopic projection system employing spatial multiplexing at an intermediate image plane - Projection systems and methods for providing stereoscopic images viewed through passive polarizing eyewear. The systems relate to projectors that create left and right eye images simultaneously and often as side-by-side images on the image modulator. The systems act to superimpose the spatially separated images on a projection screen with alternate polarization states. The embodiments are best suited to liquid crystal polarization based projection systems and use advanced polarization control. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222710 | OPTICAL-CHARACTERISTICS ADJUSTING SYSTEM FOR SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES AND SUNGLASSES AND GOGGLES EQUIPPED THEREWITH - The present invention relates to sunglasses and goggles, and more particularly relates to a system for adjusting optical characteristics such as the color or the optical transmittance of sunglasses or goggles lens and relates to sunglasses and goggles equipped with the adjusting system. Provided is an optical characteristics adjusting system for sunglasses or goggles lenses, the system comprising: lenses equipped with an LCD panel; a lens drive unit equipped with an LCD drive unit for applying a driving voltage to the LCD panel; an illuminance detecting sensor for sensing the ambient illuminance; and a control unit for controlling the action of the lens drive unit in response to a signal from the illuminance detecting sensor. Also provided are sunglasses and goggles equipped with the optical characteristics adjusting system. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222711 | 3D DISPLAY PANEL AND 3D DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention provides a 3D display panel and a 3D display system. The system comprises the 3D display panel and polarizer glasses. A first optical retardation value of a quarter wave (λ/4) retarder film of the 3D display panel can be designed according to a second optical retardation value of the polarizer glasses. The present invention can improve a narrow viewing angle problem existing in the conventional 3D display. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222712 | 3D DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING 3D DISPLAY SHEET - The present invention provides a 3D display panel and a method for manufacturing a 3D display sheet. The method comprises the following steps: providing a polarizing film; and bonding a protective film and a quarter wave film to both sides of the polarizing film, respectively, wherein an outer surface of the quarter wave film is directly in contact with a medium, and the medium has an optical retardation value of zero. The present invention can improve the narrow viewing angle problem existing in the conventional 3D display. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222713 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes a display panel which receives light and displays an image, a liquid crystal lens panel which refracts the light exiting from the display panel, a lens driver which drives the liquid crystal lens panel, a timing controller which controls the lens driver, a power supply unit which provides the liquid crystal lens panel with a driving voltage in response to a control of the timing controller, and a driver data value storage unit which stores a driver data value and applies the driver data value stored therein to the lens driver when the data driver storage unit is turned on, where the lens driver operates the liquid crystal lens panel using the driving voltage and the driver data value in response to the control of the timing controller. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222714 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical apparatus includes a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate having a first major surface and first electrodes provided on the first major surface to extend along a first direction, and arranged in a direction non-parallel to the first direction. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate having a second major surface opposing the first major surface and a second electrode provided on the second major surface to oppose the first electrodes. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. One of the first electrodes includes a first main body portion and a first tip portion. The first main body portion extends along the first direction, and the first tip portion is provided at a tip of the first main body portion. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222715 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical apparatus includes first and second substrate units, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate and first electrodes. The first electrodes are provided on the first substrate to extend along a first direction, and arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and a second electrode. The second substrate opposes the first substrate. The second electrode is provided on the second substrate to oppose the first electrodes. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. At least one of the first electrodes is provided with a recess formed on a surface of the at least one of the first electrodes. The surface opposes the second electrode. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222716 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, a liquid crystal layer, and spacers. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, first electrodes, and second electrodes. The first substrate has a first major surface. The first electrodes are provided on the first major surface. One of the second electrodes is provided in a space between the first electrodes. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate, and an opposing electrode. The second substrate has a second major surface opposed to the first major surface. The opposing electrode is provided on the second major surface and opposed to the first and second electrodes. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. The spacers are in contact with the liquid crystal layer and define a distance between the first and second substrate units. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222717 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical element includes first and second substrate units, a liquid crystal layer, and spacers. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate and first electrodes. The first substrate has a first major surface. The first electrodes are provided on the first major surface, extend along a first direction, and have a first width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and an opposing electrode. The second substrate has a second major surface opposed to the first major surface. The opposing electrode is provided on the second major surface. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. The spacers are in contact with the liquid crystal layer. A diameter of each spacer is larger than the first width. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222718 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel, a liquid crystal panel superimposed on the display panel for enabling naked-eye stereoscopic view by separating a left-eye image and a right-eye image displayed on the display panel, and a flexible wiring substrate attached to the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel has a substrate and a substrate opposed to each other. The substrate has a projection part that projects from the substrate. The flexible wiring substrate is attached to a surface of the projection part of the substrate at the substrate side. The substrate is formed to be thinner than the substrate and provided at a side of the display panel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222719 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A three-dimensional display device includes an image display panel that has an alignment mark and a parallax formation panel that has an alignment mark and separates a left-eye image and a right-eye image displayed on the image display panel to enable autostereoscopic vision. At least one of the image display panel and the parallax formation panel has a pair of substrates placed on top of each other, and the alignment mark is formed between the pair of substrates. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222720 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH FRONT PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH FRONT PLATE - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal device having no wrinkles and distortion between a hard coat layer and a base material film, and no peeling of the hard coat layer. This method stacks a sealing layer having an ultraviolet curable adhesive; a front plate composed of a glass or an acrylic resin; an adhesive layer; and a base material film, which has a resin layer containing an adhesion improving agent, and a hard coat layer on the film surface. The resin layer contains 0.005-0.5 parts of the per 100 parts of a binder resin. The adhesive improving agent has an absorption maximum peak at a wavelength of 260-400 nm at the time of curing the sealing layer by applying ultraviolet rays from the hard coat layer side. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222721 | OPTICAL FILTER FOR A STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical filter for a stereoscopic display device separating left-view and right-view images includes a substrate, an alignment layer formed on the substrate in a predetermined pattern and having a partition wall part on an edge of the alignment layer, and a liquid crystal layer formed on the alignment layer, wherein a height of the partition wall part is two to ten times greater than a thickness of a center part of the alignment layer. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222722 | Display Method, Information Processing Method, Electronic Device, And Display System - A display method is applied in a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein, the first electronic device includes a first display unit having a plurality of edges, and the second electronic device includes a second display unit also having a plurality of edges. The method includes the first electronic device and the second electronic device are tiled and placed in alignment, with a first edge as a first tiling shaft; a predetermined display content is displayed on the first display unit and the second display unit after tiling; when the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device is/are changed in position and re-tiled, a second edge is re-determined as a second tiling shaft; and according to the second tiling shaft, a third display content is displayed on the first display unit, and a fourth display content is displayed on the second display unit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222723 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a thin film transistor (TFT) in each pixel region, a first inorganic protective film on the first substrate including the TFT, color filters on the first inorganic protective film in each pixel region excluding the TFT, a common electrode on the color filters, a second protective film over the entire first inorganic protective film including the common electrode, a pixel electrode on the second inorganic protective film with the pixel electrode connected to a drain electrode of the TFT exposed by selective removal of the first and second inorganic protective films, the pixel electrode forming a fringe field with the common electrode such that the second inorganic protective film is interposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a column spacer on the second inorganic protective film with the column spacer covering the TFT. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222724 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display device, a liquid crystal capacitive element is sandwiched between a pixel electrode and an opposite electrode. The pixel electrode, one end of a first switch circuit, one end of a second switch circuit and a first terminal of a second transistor form an internal node. The other terminals of the first switch circuit and the second switch circuit are connected to a source line. The second switch circuit is a series circuit composed of a first transistor and a diode. A control terminal of the first transistor, a second terminal of the second transistor and one end of a boost capacitive element form an output node. The other end of the boost capacitive element and the control terminal of the second transistor are connected to a boost line and a reference line, respectively. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222725 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display panel | 2013-08-29 |
20130222726 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes a gate line and a gate electrode on the first substrate; a first insulating layer over the first substrate; an active; a source electrode and a drain electrode on the active layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode including a first conductive layer, a transparent conductive layer and a second conductive layer being sequentially formed; a data line formed by the transparent conductive layer and the second conductive layer; a pixel electrode formed by the transparent conductive layer; an organic insulating layer on the data line; a second insulating layer over the entire upper surface of the first substrate; a common electrode overlap with the pixel electrode and the organic insulating layer, and the common electrode and the pixel electrode generating a fringe electric field. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222727 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates with a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, a display region and a peripheral region, a gate signal line and an image signal line, an insulating layer formed over the gate signal line and the image signal line, a pixel electrode formed in the display region, a counter electrode formed over the insulating layer and formed by a first transparent conductive layer, and a second transparent conductive layer and an external connection terminal. The second transparent conductive layer and the external connection terminal are disposed in the peripheral region, and the second transparent conductive layer is formed over the insulating layer and is electrically connected to the counter electrode and the external connection terminal. A part of the gate signal line is covered by the second transparent conductive layer in the peripheral region. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222728 | LCD Device - The invention relates to the field of LCDs, and more particularly to an LCD device, including: a backplane, and wall mounting holes; the wall mounting holes are distributed in the four corners of the back of the backplane. The LCD device of the invention has the advantages that the conventional wall mounting position is changed, the wall mounting holes are arranged in the four corners of the back of the backplane and are relatively staggered to the position of the PCB, so that the backplane, especially the structure in the middle of the back of the backplane becomes simple, and the cost of the backplane is reduced, favoring to the light and thin design of LCD devices. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222729 | FIXING STRUCTURE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a fixing structure and a liquid crystal display device. The fixing structure comprises: a front frame with a rectangle shape has four lateral sides, each lateral side includes a flat first extending part, and the four first extending part form four corners. Each corner is formed with a first mounting hole, and the first mounting hole is used for fixing the front frame from the corner by a fastening member passing through the first mounting hole The liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal panel and the above fixing structure for installing the liquid crystal panel. The fixing structure and the liquid crystal display device reduce the influence of the fastening members on visible area, decrease the working hour for assemble the device, and lower the material cost. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222730 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a backlight part including a backlight unit and a panel part including a display panel. The panel part is operated in a first state in which the display panel is substantially aligned with the backlight part or in a second state in which the display panel is not substantially aligned with the backlight part. The display panel receives the light from the backlight unit in the first state and receives an external light in the second state. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222731 | ARRAY-TYPE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND APPARATUS THEREOF - The application discloses an array-type light-emitting device comprising a substrate, a semiconductor light-emitting array formed on the substrate and emitting a first light with a first spectrum, wherein the semiconductor light-emitting array comprises a first light-emitting unit and a second light-emitting units, a first wavelength conversion layer formed on the first light-emitting unit for converting the first light into a third light with a third spectrum, and a circuit layer connecting the first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit in a connection form to make the first light-emitting and the second light-emitting unit light alternately in accordance with a predetermined clock when driving by a power supply. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222732 | Backlighting System Including A Specular Partial Reflector And A Circular-Mode Reflective Polarizer - A backlight that includes an illumination device that has at least one light source, a circular-mode reflective polarizer, and a specular partial reflector is disclosed. The specular partial reflector is disposed between the illumination device and the circular-mode reflective polarizer. Furthermore, the specular partial reflector is in substantially direct polarization communication with the circular-mode reflective polarizer. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222733 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device includes one or more light emitting devices emitting a plurality of monochromatic light to a liquid crystal display panel, and first and second reflectors respectively attached on first and second surfaces of the light emitting devices to reflect the light emitted from the light emitting device to a lateral surface of the light emitting devices, the first surface facing the liquid crystal display panel and the second surface facing a direction opposite to the liquid crystal panel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222734 | DUAL-VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM - Disclosed is a dual-view display system. The dual-view display system includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight unit outputting a light to the liquid crystal display panel, and an optical device alternately guiding image lights output from the backlight unit in left and right directions of the liquid crystal display panel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222735 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A backlight module includes a frame, at least one optical film and a flexible fixing-element. The frame includes a bottom plate and a sidewall connected to the bottom plate. The frame has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface has an accommodation fillister. The frame further has a hole disposed between the accommodation fillister and the bottom plate and configured to connect the inner and outer surfaces to each other. The optical film(s) is disposed in the frame and includes a main body and a lug. The lug is inserted in the accommodation fillister and has a first opening. The flexible fixing-element has a first end and a second end. The flexible fixing-element is suitable to pass through the hole and the first opening. The first end of the flexible fixing-element is fixed on the outer surface. A display device adopting the backlight module is also provided. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222736 | Electronic Device with Illuminated Logo Structures - An electronic device may have a liquid crystal display with backlight structures. The backlight structures may produce backlight that passes through the liquid crystal display. A reflector may be used to enhance backlight efficiency. The electronic device may have a housing in which the display is mounted. The housing may be formed from an opaque material such as metal. An opening may be formed in the housing. Transparent housing structures such as a transparent logo structure may be mounted in the opening of the housing. During operation, a light source may produce light that passes through the transparent logo structure. A light guide structure may be used to guide light from the light source to the transparent logo structure. The reflector may be formed from a coating of metal on the light guide structure. Light from the light source may be used to form the backlight for the backlight structures. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222737 | THIN DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device that economically improves light entry efficiency and non-uniformity of luminance of a light guide plate includes a plurality of light sources arranged at specified intervals so as to face a plane of incidence of the light guide plate to illuminate a liquid crystal module from the rear such that the light guide plate is illuminated with light from the light sources passing through the plane of incidence of the light guide plate. An optically anisotropic member is disposed on the plane of incidence and is configured such that a refractive index along a vertical direction with respect to the plane of incidence of the light guide plate is relatively small and a refractive index along a parallel direction with respect to the plane of incidence is large compared to the relatively small refractive index. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222738 | COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A color liquid crystal display device having high color reproduction is provided, which includes a liquid crystal display element and a backlight unit. The liquid crystal display element includes a color filter having a blue filter segment, a green filter segment, and a red filter segment. The blue filter segment is prepared from a blue photosensitive resin composition which includes a blue pigment combination, a red dye component, an alkali-soluble resin, a compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, a photoinitiator, and a solvent. The blue pigment combination includes a copper phthalocyanine-based blue pigment. The backlight unit is coupled to the liquid crystal display element and has a color temperature ranging from 8,000 K to 20,000 K. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222739 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY UNIT - An embodiment of the present invention discloses a transparent display unit with improved transmittance. The transparent display unit comprises: an upper substrate comprising an upper transparent electrode and an upper alignment film in sequence from top to bottom; a lower substrate comprising a lower transparent electrode and a lower alignment film in sequence from bottom to top; and at least a colorful holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal (H-PDLC) layer located between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222740 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that includes a horizontal alignment film, stabilizes liquid crystal alignment by the PSA technique, can suppress the increase in power consumption, reduction in contrast, and image sticking in display, and has long-term reliability. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, a horizontal alignment film formed on at least one of the pair of substrates, and a polymer layer which is formed on the horizontal alignment film and controls the alignment of adjacent liquid crystal molecules, wherein the polymer layer is formed by the polymerization of at least one or more kinds of monomers added into the liquid crystal layer, and at least one of the one or more kinds of monomers is polymerized by itself functioning as a polymerization initiator by being irradiated with light. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222741 | OPTICAL FILM, AND POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an optical film having a large phase difference value, small moisture-induced fluctuation in the phase difference value, small photoelastic coefficient and excellent bondability with a polarizer. The optical film includes a cellulose ester (A) which satisfy formulae (1) and (2) below and a vinyl-based polymer (B). A content ratio of the cellulose ester (A) and the vinyl-based polymer (B) is from 95:5 to 50:50 by mass, the vinyl-based polymer (B) is composed of a non-aromatic vinyl-based monomer having a solubility parameter of 17.5 (MPa | 2013-08-29 |
20130222742 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - In an embodiment, an optical device includes a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer; a plurality of first electrodes; a second electrode; and a light shielding portion. The liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. The plurality of first electrodes is provided on the first substrate and arranged in a first direction, extending in a second direction. The second electrode is provided on the second substrate. The light shielding portion is configured to be provided at a position between the first substrate and the second substrate to overlap with the first electrodes when viewed from the third direction. The light shielding portion covers a less space than the first electrodes. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222743 | PRIVACY DISPLAY - A display device can include a housing, a processor, and a display assembly. The processor can be arranged within the housing. The display assembly can be operably coupled to the processor and arranged within the housing. The display assembly can include a first display, a privacy filter, and a second display. The first display can output a first portion of the display. The second display can output a second portion of the display. The privacy filter and the first and second displays can be arranged such that the first portion of the display assembly is filtered by the privacy filter to be viewable in a first viewable arc. The second portion of the display assembly can be viewable in a second viewable arc that is different than the first viewable arc. The first and second displays can be LCD's. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222744 | PIXEL STRUCTURE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL THEREOF - The present invention provides a pixel structure including a substrate, a common line, a first transparent electrode, an insulating layer, a drain, and a second transparent electrode. The common line is disposed on the substrate, and the first transparent electrode is disposed on the substrate and the common line and electrically connected to the common line. The insulating layer covers the substrate and the first transparent electrode, and the drain is disposed on the insulating layer. The second transparent electrode is disposed on the insulating layer and overlaps the first transparent electrode, and the second transparent electrode is in contact with the drain. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222745 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING PERIODICALLY CHANGED PERMUTATIONS OF AT LEAST TWO TYPES OF ELECTRODE-PATTERN PAIRS - A liquid crystal display device comprises a plurality of pixels arrayed in a first direction and a second direction, each of the pixels having a reflective area in at least a portion thereof. The reflective area comprises a surface-irregularity film that is a film having a plurality of surface irregularities, a light reflecting film disposed as an upper layer over the surface-irregularity film, and an electrode group disposed as an upper layer over the light reflecting film. The electrode group in each of the pixels that are arrayed in at least the first direction comprises at least two types of electrode patterns having different layouts. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222746 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display panel which can prevents roughness of the displayed image and reduction in the contrast ratio accompanying a use of four or more color filters of different colors. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel comprising a color filter substrate provided with four or more color layers of different colors and a light shielding layer, each pixel including a repeating unit composed of the four or more color layers, the four or more color layers partially overlap the light shielding layer, the liquid crystal display panel having a region where color layers of the same color in different pixels are arranged in the same rows or the same columns, and of the four or more color layers of different colors in one pixel, a color layer of a color with higher brightness overlaps a portion of the light shielding layer that is positioned between the color layer and another color layer of the same color with an overlapping width smaller than that with which a color layer of a color with lower brightness overlaps a portion of the light shielding layer that is positioned between the color layer and another color layer of the same color. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222747 | DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention provides a display panel capable of suppressing display unevenness caused by the capacitance change due to misalignment when four primary colors are used. The display panel of the present invention includes: signal lines; pixel electrodes; and a common electrode. In the display panel, a single pixel is constituted by picture elements of four or more colors. Each of the pixel electrodes is connected to each one of the signal lines. The pixel electrodes, which are included in the single pixel, are arranged in a squared shape, and include a pixel electrode having larger area and a pixel electrode having smaller area. Both of a signal line connected to the pixel electrode having the larger area and a signal line connected to the pixel electrode having the smaller area overlap with the pixel electrode having the larger area. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222748 | TRANSFLECTIVE ELECTROCHROMIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is disclosed a transflective electrochromic liquid crystal display device, comprising a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer and an electrochromic layer and a liquid crystal layer, wherein the electrochromic layer is located between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The present invention can achieve a good display effect in each of a reflective mode and a transmissive mode; and production costs are low, and resolution and aperture ratio can be increased. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222749 | REFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A reflective liquid crystal display device includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a plurality of isolation structures, and a plurality of photoreactive liquid crystals. The lower substrate is disposed opposite to the upper substrate. The isolation structures are disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate for forming a plurality of channels between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. Each of the photoreactive liquid crystals is disposed in each of the channels. The upper substrate is used to block ultraviolet. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222750 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY PANEL - A display substrate includes a first electrode and a first alignment layer disposed on the first electrode. The first alignment layer includes first and second alignment parts. The first electrode has a first opening portion formed therethrough. The first and second alignment parts are disposed at two sides of the first opening portion. The first and second alignment parts have the different alignment directions from each other. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222751 | OPTICAL COMPENSATED BENDING MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides an optical compensated bending (OCB) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The method comprises the following steps: forming alignment layers on substrate, respectively; forming a liquid crystal layer between the alignment layers to form a liquid crystal cell; applying an electrical signal across the liquid crystal cell; and irradiating light rays to or heating the liquid crystal cell, so as to form a first polymer alignment layer and a second polymer alignment layer, respectively. The present invention can reduce a phase transition time of liquid crystal molecules from a splay state to a bent state. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222752 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL APPARATUS, DRIVE DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical apparatus includes first and second substrate units, a liquid crystal layer, and a drive unit. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate having a first major surface, a plurality of first and second electrodes. The first electrodes are provided on the first major surface to extend in a first direction. The second electrodes are provided on the first major surface to extend in the first direction. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate having a second major surface opposing the first major surface and an opposing electrode. The opposing electrode is provided on the second major surface. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. The drive unit is electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, and the opposing electrode and forms a refractive index distribution in the liquid crystal layer. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222753 | OPTICAL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An optical device includes: at least two protrusions on a first substrate; a sealing material filled between the two protrusions; a second substrate attached so as to face and touch the first substrate through the sealing material; and a liquid crystal material injected between the first substrate and second substrate. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222754 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device that includes: a display panel ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130222755 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of the nematic phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, a large negative dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat, and so forth. To provide an AM device having a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having a polymerizable group as a first component and a specific compound having a large negative dielectric anisotropy and a low minimum temperature as a second component, and may contain a specific compound having a small viscosity or a large maximum temperature as a third component, and a liquid crystal display device includes the composition. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222756 | Electroactive Lens with Multiple Depth Diffractive Structures - Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, composition of matter, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising machine-implementable instructions for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, switch a diffractive first electro-active lens from a first power state corresponding to a first optical power to a second power state corresponding to a second optical power that differs from said first optical power. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222757 | ERGONOMIC VERTICAL VISION REDIRECTION - An ergonomic vertical redirection vision system comprises glasses or goggles with lenses modified to include a fresnel prism that vertically redirects light. The curved fresnel prism is a novel curved refractive element with unique advantages compared to a flat fresnel prism. The curved fresnel prism may be achromatized by the addition of an appropriate diffractive surface thereby creating a hybrid achromat or diffractive/refractive optical element (DROE). Looking through the modified eyewear will redirect the user's visual field up or down, depending on the configuration. Upward vision redirection improves ergonomics and aerodynamics for several sports including bicycle riding, swimming, downhill ski racing, and motorcycle racing. Downward vision redirection improves the ergonomics of reading a book, working on a laptop or pad computer, or taking notes in a class. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222758 | GLASSES HAVING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE ILLUMINATION - A pair of glasses having LED illumination has a bridge, two temples, at least one cover and at least one LED controller. Each one of the at least one LED controller is mounted between a corresponding cover and a corresponding temple, and has a switch mounted on and protruding from an outside of a corresponding cover. The switch is pressed to control an LED bulb of the LED controller to emit light through a front end of the glasses. Each cover and a corresponding temple have multiple snap-fit type joints respectively formed thereon. Each temple has retaining protrusions to hold a corresponding LED controller. Accordingly, assembling and fixing the present invention requires no bolts. The present invention is advantageous in easy assembly, convenient replacement of battery, intuitive operation and more safety protection. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222759 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FORM ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY ON OPHTHALMIC DEVICES - This invention discloses an energized Ophthalmic Device with incorporated low energy consuming modes. In some embodiments, media inserts with incorporated low energy consuming modes are described. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222760 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE OF ENERGIZED OPHTHALMIC DEVICES HAVING AN ELECTRICAL STORAGE MODE - This invention discloses methods of manufacture and use of an energized Ophthalmic Device with an incorporated Storage Mode for a power source, the method of manufacturing said device, and a method of activation that may restore the power source to an operational mode. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222761 | MULTI-AXIS LENS DESIGN FOR ASTIGMATISM - A toric contact lens utilizes concentric annual rings, a continually varying lens design as a function of distance from the lens center or any other function to create a range of cylinder axis zones on a single lens. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222762 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MOTION OF A SUBJECT USING A SERIES OF PARTIAL IMAGES FROM AN IMAGING SYSTEM - A line scan imager is used to determine the motion of a subject. Each line of image data from the line scan imager is compared with a reference image. The location of a matching line in the reference image reveals the displacement of the subject. The current subject displacement can be determined based on each line of image data. The resulting displacement information can be used to correctly place other optical beams on the subject. The method can be applied to tracking the human eye to facilitate measurement, imaging, or treatment with a beam of optical radiation. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222763 | FUNDUS CAMERA WITH STRIP-SHAPED PUPIL DIVISION, AND METHOD FOR RECORDING ARTIFACT-FREE, HIGH-RESOLUTION FUNDUS IMAGES - A fundus camera for the recording of high-resolution colour images of the fundus of non-dark-adapted eyes, and without the use of a mydriatic. The fundus camera has a strip-shaped pupil division, and includes a coherent or incoherent illumination source with illumination optics, a deflection mirror and an ophthalmoscope lens for illuminating the eye, detection optics and a detector for detecting the light reflected by the eye, and a control and evaluation unit. The deflection mirror has a strip shape, and the spatially resolving detector can be activated and read out in sectors. The control and evaluation unit connects the data read out in sectors in the form of a bright image from the detector and produce a resulting fundus image. The fundus camera records images of the fundus when the eyes are not dark-adapted for this purpose and no mydriatic has been used. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222764 | VISION TESTING SYSTEM - A vision testing system comprises a image wavefront modulator, eye tracking system, focusing system using a spherical concave mirror, and a patient station. In various embodiments, the image wavefront modulator and the patient's eyes are positioned off axis with respect to the optical axis of the focusing mirror. Thus, optical elements in the wavefront modulator may automatically adjust to correct for aberrations introduced by the focusing system. Moreover, the optical elements may also be used to automatically correct for magnification errors introduced by movement of the patient within the patient testing station. Furthermore, the eye tracking system may be used to determine the errors introduced by movement of the patient eyes. Finally, the wavefront modulator may be used to produce an image on the patient's retina that accurately emulates an image that result if the patient was looking through a spectacle lens of a particular design during various gaze angles. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222765 | CONTACT LENS OPTIMIZER - Vision testing methods and apparatuses are disclosed, the methods including measuring the modulation to a wavefront of light imparted by a contact lens, determining the wavefront modulation necessary to emulate the optical properties of the lens as worn on a patient's eye, generating a static or dynamic image viewable by a patient, modulating the wavefront of the image remote from the patient to attain the wavefront necessary to emulate the optical properties of the lens as worn on a patient's eye, and relaying the wavefront to a plane nearby, on, or within the patient's eye. The apparatuses include devices for measuring the modulation to a wavefront of light imparted by a contact lens, determining the wavefront modulation necessary to emulate the optical properties of the lens as worn on the patient's eye, generating a static or dynamic image viewable by a patient, modulating the wavefront of the image remote from the patient to attain the wavefront necessary to emulate the optical properties of the lens as worn on the patient's eye, and relaying the wavefront to a plane nearby, on, or within the patient's eye. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222766 | KIT OF HIGHER ORDER ABERRATION CONTACT LENSES AND METHODS OF USE - This application describes a kit of contact lenses comprising two or more contact lenses having a known higher order aberration for each given lens power. By way of example, the higher order aberration may comprise a spherical aberration, a coma aberration, or a trefoil aberration. A practitioner selects a lens from the kit and applies the lens to a patient's eye and measures a residual higher order aberration of the lens-eye system. In cases where the residual higher order aberration exceeds a predetermined magnitude, the practitioner selects a second lens from the kit, applies the second lens to the patient's eye and measures the residual higher order aberration of the lens-eye system. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222767 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PERIPAPILLARY ATROPHY - A method is presented for deciding whether an eye exhibits peripapillary atrophy (PPA). It includes a preliminary step of extracting from an image of the eye a region-of-interest which would be affected if the eye exhibits peripapillary atrophy, which is a region which surrounds the optic disc, and then processing the region in a way which mimics the processing of the cortex, to derive a plurality of numerical measures (biologically-inspired features, BIF). A decision step is then performed using the BIF, for example using an adaptive system which has been subject to a supervised learning process. Preferably, the region-of-interest is partitioned into a plurality of sub-regions, and the BIF are derived as a corresponding plurality of numerical measures for each of the sub-regions. The BIF preferably include intensity units which take values indicative of centre-surround intensity difference; and colour units which take values indicative of centre-surround difference in a parameter characterizing colour in the image. Further, the BIF preferably include direction-specific units. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222768 | SHAPED REAR PROJECTION SCREEN WITH SHAPED FRESNEL LENS SHEET - A system for projecting content onto a shaped screen. The system includes a projector configured for projecting content having a particular shape and a rear projection screen with an optically active light redirecting film, such as Fresnel lenses, for receiving and displaying the projected content. The rear projection screen and the optically active light redirecting film each have a shape substantially conforming to the particular shape of the content. The optically active light redirecting film, such as a Fresnel lens sheet, provides for brightness uniformity and a wide view angle. The rear projection screen can include a turning film for displaying content received from the projector at an angle. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222769 | Projection Device for Effectively Performing the Light Utilization - A projection device capable of effectively performing the light utilization is disclosed, particularly comprising polarized beam components and reflective components regarded for controlling polarizing of light, reducing light missing during light transferring from a light source to a projection lens set, increase light utilization efficiency, wherein the polarizing beam components are regarded for separating the light into two orthogonal polarization waves; the present invention further comprises two modulated diaphragms regarded for controlling the strength of said two orthogonal polarization waves, equaling brightness of the polarization waves at final vision, keeping a good quality in final vision. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222770 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A light source unit includes LED 1 with an emission surface and polarizer | 2013-08-29 |
20130222771 | Projector - This projector is configured to allocate a first projection laser beam corresponding to a first image signal and a second projection laser beam corresponding to a second image signal different from the first image signal to a first area and a second area not overlapping with the first area, respectively, to project the first projection laser beam and the second projection laser beam. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222772 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, LIGHTING APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes excitation light sources; a phosphor unit; a dichroic mirror that reflects excitation light supplied from the excitation light sources toward the phosphor unit and that transmits fluorescent light emitted from the phosphor unit; and a collimator lens that is provided between the dichroic mirror and the phosphor unit and whose focal distance varies according to the wavelength. The phosphor unit is arranged at a position determined by the focal distance of the collimator lens for the fluorescent wavelength. The collimator lens includes low-dispersion lenses and a high-dispersion lens. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222773 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - In one embodiment, a light source device comprises a container with a duct unit disposed above an arc tube and extends along the center axis of light reflected by a reflection surface such that cooling air can flow in a direction opposite to the traveling direction of light reflected by the reflection surface. The duct unit includes a first opening disposed at a position shifted toward the traveling direction side from an opening end of the first reflection mirror, a wall portion which forms the edge of the first opening on the side opposite to the traveling direction side as a final end of the duct unit, and an inclined portion disposed in the vicinity of the edge of the first opening on the traveling direction side to bend the flowing direction of the cooling air toward an upper surface opposite to the surface having the first opening. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222774 | Image Display Device - The image display device resolves inconsistency in the brightness of the image while effectively reducing local speckle noise that remains due to the laser scanning of which the scanning speed fluctuates. A waveform pattern (PT | 2013-08-29 |
20130222775 | IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD - An image projection device includes a number-of-times measurement section that measures the number of passage times that the scanned laser light has passed through the light radiation members, a time measurement section that is triggered to measure an elapsed time when the number-of-times measurement section measures the number of passage times, an arithmetic section that calculates an initial timing at which the laser light source section starts outputting the laser light based on the measurement results of the number-of-times measurement section and the time measurement section, and a signal generation section that generates the switch signal at the initial timing calculated by the arithmetic section. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222776 | IMAGE PROJECTOR, METHOD OF IMAGE PROJECTION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE IMAGE PROJECTION - An image projector includes a pattern image generator generating image data of a pattern image which specifies a position of a grid point by a flat portion as an intermediate tone level of a background image, a high tone portion higher than the intermediate tone level and a low tone portion lower than the intermediate tone level; a projection device projecting the pattern image on a screen; an image for correction input device inputting an imaged image for correction; a geometric distortion detector detecting geometric distortion information of the grid point which divides the imaged image for correction into blocks based on an imaged image for correction where the pattern image projected on the screen has been imaged and inputted by the image for correction input device; and a geometric distortion corrector correcting geometric distortion of a projected image projected on the screen based on the geometric distortion information. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222777 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND EXPOSURE METHOD - According to one embodiment, there is provided an exposure apparatus including an acquisition unit, and a calculation unit. The acquisition unit obtains a plurality of measured values. The plurality of measured values is measured for a plurality of focus offset quantities different from each other. Each of the plurality of measured values represents positional deviation distribution within a shot area. The calculation unit calculates a plurality of distortion errors from the plurality of measured values and obtains a correlation between the focus offset quantity and alignment compensation value to compensate for the distortion error, in response to the plurality of focus offset quantities and the plurality of distortion errors. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222778 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY PROJECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING POLARIZATION-MODULATING OPTICAL ELEMENT - A polarization-modulating optical element consisting of an optically active crystal material has a thickness profile where the thickness, as measured in the direction of the optical axis, varies over the area of the optical element. The polarization-modulating optical element has the effect that the plane of oscillation of a first linearly polarized light ray and the plane of oscillation of a second linearly polarized light ray are rotated, respectively, by a first angle of rotation and a second angle of rotation, with the first angle of rotation and the second angle of rotation being different from each other. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222779 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a phase adjuster to adjust a phase of an optical wave traversing an optical element of the phase adjuster during exposure of a pattern on a substrate. In use, the pattern is illuminated with an illumination mode including an off-axis radiation beam. This beam is diffracted into a number of first-order diffracted beams, one associated with a first pitch in the pattern, along a first direction, another associated with a second pitch along a different, second direction. An area is identified where the first-order diffracted beam associated with the first pitch traverses the optical element. An image characteristic of an image of the pattern is optimized by calculating a desired optical phase of this first-order diffracted beam in relation to the optical phase of the other first-order diffracted beam. The phase adjuster is controlled to apply the desired optical phase to the first order diffracted beam. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222780 | EUV microlithography projection exposure apparatus with a heat light source - The disclosure relates to an EUV microlithography projection exposure apparatus having an exposure light source for producing radiation in a first spectral range from 5 nm-15 nm, and a heat light source for producing radiation in a second spectral range from 1-50 μm. The apparatus also includes an optical system having a first group of mirrors for guiding radiation from the first spectral range along a light path such that each mirror in the first group can have a first associated intensity distribution applied to it in the first spectral range during operation of the exposure light source. The heat light source is arranged such that at least one mirror in the first group can have a second associated intensity distribution in the second spectral range applied to it during operation of the heat light source. The first intensity distribution differs from the second intensity distribution essentially by a position-independent factor. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222781 | METHOD FOR DRIVING SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR, METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERN FOR EXPOSURE, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A method for driving a spatial light modulator includes setting a plurality of mirror elements in a first region into a state of phase | 2013-08-29 |
20130222782 | SUBSTRATE HOLDING APPARATUS, PATTERN TRANSFER APPARATUS, AND PATTERN TRANSFER METHOD - According to one embodiment, a substrate holding apparatus includes a main unit and a plurality of first support units. The main unit has a major surface. The main unit has a plate configuration. The first support units are disposed on the major surface. Each of the first support units includes a suction-holding unit capable of holding a substrate by suction. The suction-holding unit is movable along a first direction perpendicular to the major surface and a second direction parallel to the major surface. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222783 | METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING AN ECHO SIGNAL - Method for suppressing an echo signal in a range finder device, which has at least one light-sensitive receiver and at least one laser light source as transmitter, characterized in that at least one counter signal corresponding to the echo signal is generated and which counter signal is super-imposed to a signal generated by the transmitter. | 2013-08-29 |