38th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110228098 | AUTOMATIC MOTION TRACKING, EVENT DETECTION AND VIDEO IMAGE CAPTURE AND TAGGING - A method is provided to track an object, the method comprising: directing a video imager to perform image recognition to recognize a feature of the object within an imager field of view and to determine a position of the feature within the field of view; using an IR sensor to determine a position of an infrared (IR) transmitter; and automatically adjusting orientation of the imager as a function of the position of the recognized feature within the field of view and the determined position of the IR transmitter to follow movement of the object. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228099 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING COOPERATIVE, NON-INCANDESCENT SOURCES - A system and method for tracking a cooperative, non-incandescent source may include collecting scene images of a scene that includes the cooperative, non-incandescent source and background clutter. First and second scene images of the scene may be generated over distinct spectral bands. The first and second scene images may be imaged onto respective first and second focal plane arrays. In one embodiment, the imaging may be substantially simultaneous. The first and second scene image frame data respectively generated by the first and second focal plane arrays may be processed to produce resultant scene image frame data. The scene image frame data may result in reducing magnitude of scene image frame data representative of the background clutter more than magnitude of scene image frame data representative of the cooperative, non-incandescent source. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228100 | OBJECT TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE SAME - Disclosed is a technique for accurately tracking a tracking target object. A disparity map image in which the disparity of each pixel of an object is shown is generated from a three-dimensional object image. A detection range is determined such that an object disposed on the front side of a pedestrian, which is a tracking target object, in the depth direction is excluded from the generated disparity map image. The pedestrian, which is a tracking target object, is detected in the determined detection range. In this way, it is possible to prevent a bike driver disposed on the front side of the pedestrian in the depth direction from being tracked. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228101 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING CALIBRATION PARAMETERS OF A CAMERA - A method of determining calibration parameters of a camera comprises taking a first image of an object, taking a second image of the object, wherein the position of the camera with respect to the object is changed between the first and the second image, the calibration parameters of the camera being fixed between the first and the second image, determining a transformation that is adapted to transform a portion of the first into a corresponding portion of the second image, and determining the calibration parameters from the transformation. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228102 | SHAKE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, SHAKE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND IMAGING DEVICE - A shake measurement system ( | 2011-09-22 |
20110228103 | IMAGE CAPTURE ENVIRONMENT CALIBRATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a method of calibrating an image capture environment based on a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a physical space by an image capturing unit that captures the image of the physical space, an image of the physical space is captured using the image capturing unit, an index serving as a reference for calibration is detected from the captured image of the physical space, the position and orientation of the image capturing unit are calculated from the detected index, and image capturing unit unique information, geometric information associated with the physical space, or the relationship between the image capturing unit and the physical space is calibrated using the obtained data. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228104 | Multi-Projector Display System Calibration - A first Gray code technique and a second raster calibration technique can be combined to create a precise mapping between pixel locations of the camera and pixel locations of the projector(s). In one aspect the technique of using the raster calibration images is eliminated by interpolating the projector coordinate information decoded from the Gray code images. In another aspect camera images are processed to reduce errors caused by noise so that text can be displayed without any noticeable misalignment between projectors. In a third aspect, a scale factor is calculated based on the relative height/width of projector regions in the captured calibration images. Calibration images are recalculated using the scale factor to provide greater correspondence between the mapping of a low resolution camera to the high-resolution projectors. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228105 | DATA TRANSFER DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA - A reception section receiving a reference signal and a data signal of data which is to be transferred, a holding section holding a test signal of test data received prior to the data and the reference signal, a calculation section calculating a delay amount which occurs between the reception of the data signal and the reception of the reference signal by using the test signal and the reference signal held by the holding section, and a delay section relatively delaying the data signal from the reference signal based on the delay amount. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228106 | LENS APPARATUS - A lens apparatus includes: an optical system detachably attached to a camera, the optical system configured to form an image of a subject on an image pickup plane of the camera; and a communication device configured to perform data communication to and from an external apparatus connected to a predetermined communication connector provided in a casing of the lens apparatus, the communication device including: a communication port configured to perform data communication, the communication port being connected to a predetermined pin of the communication connector; a communication protocol selection device configured to select a communication protocol for data communication performed through the communication port, from among predetermined plural types of communication protocols; and a communication protocol setting device configured to set the communication protocol of the data communication performed through the communication port to a communication protocol selected by the communication protocol selection device. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228107 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and recording medium for electronic equipment including an electronic camera - A personal computer to which electronic equipment, such as, an electronic camera is connected reads recording units that are recorded in the electronic camera and displays a table consisting of recording information. In recording information such as a main image, a sub image and sound in the electronic camera, data within the electronic camera are inter-related by an index which indicates that the information is part of a common recording unit. The date having the same index are output and displayed in a same thumbnail area. When a recording unit for deletion is designated from the table; check boxes are displayed according to information contained in the recording unit. For example, an “x” is displayed in the check box of the information to be deleted, indicating that the information is a target of deletion. After the selection of information is completed and an “OK” button is pressed, the personal computer sends a control command to the electronic camera and deletes the designated information. Rather than deletion, the designated information can be read from the electronic camera into the personal computer. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228108 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CAPTURE IMAGE TRANSMITTING METHOD - A method of transmitting a capture image for an information processing apparatus comprising a communication module configured to execute close proximity wireless transfer. The method may include establishing connection between the communication module and an external device. The method may also include generating image data for a screen displayed on a display device and transmitting the generated image data to the external device when a “Get default object” command defined in a push protocol class of an object exchange (OBEX) protocol for requesting acquisition of a default object is received from the external device in a state where connection between the communication module and the external device is established, the “Get default object” command comprising a parameter for indicating an attribute of requested data as images. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228109 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus for displaying an image read from a recording medium has a mechanism capable of displaying an image for a desired page immediately after an instruction has been given by a user to change a page to be displayed. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228110 | Camera image editing using a television - Images stored in a camera are edited using a television. Television remote control output signals are received at the camera. The television remote control output signals are converted to camera image editing commands. An image stored in a memory associated with the camera is edited based upon the camera image editing commands. The edited image is output to the television. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228111 | IMAGING MODULE - An imaging module is provided with an image pickup device unit having an image pickup device; an optical unit to form a subject image on the image pickup device; and an image stabilization mechanism having a first drive unit to move an image stabilization object element that is at least one of the image pickup device and the optical unit in a first direction that is parallel with an imaging area of the image pickup device, and a second drive unit to move the image stabilization object element in a second direction that is parallel with the imaging area and intersects with the first direction, wherein the imaging module has a rectangular shape on a plane that is parallel with the imaging area, and the first drive unit and the second drive unit are respectively arranged around the optical unit and at two neighboring sides of the imaging module. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228112 | USING ACCELEROMETER INFORMATION FOR DETERMINING ORIENTATION OF PICTURES AND VIDEO IMAGES - A computing device, such as a mobile device, can capture pictures or video images using a digital camera and obtain associated orientation information using an accelerometer. The orientation information can be used to adjust one or more of the captured pictures or video images to compensate for rotation in one or more planes of rotation. The orientation information can be saved along with the captured pictures or video images. The orientation information can also be transmitted or streamed along with the captured pictures or video images. Image matching operations can be performed using pictures or video images that have been adjusted using orientation information. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228113 | ANTI-SHAKE CIRCUIT FOR AN IMAGING DEVICE - In an anti-shake circuit for an imaging device, a differential circuit receives an analog sensing signal and a target signal and then generates a difference signal. An analog mathematical circuit performs at least one mathematical operation on the difference signal, resulting in generation of at least one mathematical output signal. A driver receives the at least one mathematical output signal, and, accordingly, generates a driving signal and controls an actuator in order to correct the shaking movement. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228114 | SOLID-STATE ELECTRONIC IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - Signal charge that has accumulated in photodiodes of odd-numbered rows is read out one row at a time in turn in the column direction and represents an odd-numbered-row image. Signal charge that has accumulated in photodiodes of even-numbered rows is read out one column at a time in turn in the row direction and represents an even-numbered-row image. The even-numbered-row image is selected if a subject moves in the horizontal direction, and the odd-numbered-row image is selected if the subject moves in the vertical direction. An image in which rolling shutter distortion has been reduced is thus obtained. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228115 | Large Format Digital Camera - A camera system is described for a large format digital camera for taking images of at least one gigapixel resolution. The camera system may include a lens, a sensor, a rigid housing that provides for minimal movement of the camera and a translation stage. The translation stage may include a vertical stage, a horizontal stage and a perpendicular stage such that the sensor is moved to incremental positions by the translation stage in a planned sequence. At each incremental position, the sensor comes to a complete stop to capture a tile image and then moves to the next position. Each tile image may overlap adjacent tile images such that the tile images are combined or mosaiced together to create a final complete image. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228116 | Spectral imaging of moving objects with a stare down camera - A spectral imaging system for collecting spectral information of a two dimensional heterogeneous objects while in motion relative to the imaging system without the use of a spectrograph, filters or any dispersive optics. The system includes a pulsed light source tunable in wavelength for producing short pulses of wavelength tuned light at a plurality of selected narrow band wavelengths within a spectral range and one or more optical components for conveying or directing the short pulses of light to a two dimensional region that is substantially stationary with respect to the imaging system and through which the two dimensional target is moving. The system also includes a many pixel camera synchronized with the tunable pulsed light source. The camera is adapted to detect light in the selected narrow band wavelengths produced by the tunable pulsed light source and reflected from or transmitted through the two dimensional target in motion relative to the imaging system and to provide image frame information with each frame at a defined wavelength band. A processor processes information from said tunable light source and said camera and to produce multi-spectral images of the target. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228117 | FACE DETECTION APPARATUS - A face detection apparatus of the present invention includes a face detection apparatus for detecting a face contained in an input image, including: a face detection section for detecting a face contained in the input image, based on a predetermined frame rate and face detection throughput per frame; and an accuracy changing section for changing, when no face is detected by the face detection section, the accuracy in detecting a face by the face detection section by reducing the frame rate. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228118 | METHOD OF EXTRACTING A 3D IMAGE - The present invention discloses a method of extracting a 3D image having steps of providing a movable optical lens assembly on an imaging path between a single lens and a single image sensor; controlling the moveable optical lens assembly to move repeatedly to make the single image sensor obtain different 2D images with parallaxes through the moveable optical lens assembly; and combining the 2D images with parallaxes to extract a 3D image. Therefore, the present invention reduces cost of extracting 3D images and controlling complexity of extracting 3D images. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228119 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING MASKING FUNCTION - An image pickup apparatus includes adjustment processors | 2011-09-22 |
20110228120 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining part configured to obtain a first image and a second image. The first image is an image generated by image capturing or generated by expanding part of the captured image and includes a first object image. The second image corresponds to an image captured at a higher image capturing magnification than that for the first image and includes a second object image corresponding to part of the first object image. The apparatus includes a processing part configured to produce a third image whose resolution is higher than that of the first image by performing image processing on the first image using the second image as a constraint condition. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228121 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a representative image creation block configured to create, as a representative image, a union image with images of screens making up a predetermined scene linked with each other; and a symbol drawing block configured, on the basis of a full-screen movement of each screen in the predetermined scene, to draw a symbol indicative of the full-screen movement on a rim of the representative image created by the representative image creation block, wherein the symbol drawing block draws the symbol indicative of the full-screen movement in accordance with a display size of the representative image to be displayed on an output device. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228122 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - When a conventional circuit is used in an image sensor which employs a pixel sharing technique, selection of pixels is not properly performed, that is, an invalid operation may be performed. To address this problem, a first storage unit which stores an address of a reading row, a second storage unit which stores an address of a shutter row, and a third storage unit for controlling an element shared by a plurality of pixels are provided in a row selection unit. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228123 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - An imaging apparatus including a display section, a capturing section which captures an image at a first viewing angle, a capturing control section which performs a plurality of capturing operations by the capturing section, a generation section which generates a composite image reproducing an image captured at a second viewing angle that is wider than the first viewing angle by combining a plurality of images acquired by the plurality of capturing operations by the capturing control section, and a display control section which displays the composite image generated by the generation section on the display section. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228124 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION PREPROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed is a character recognition preprocessing method and apparatus for correcting a nonlinear character string into a linear character string. A binarized character string region is divided into character regions on a character-by-character basis. Upper and lower feature points of each character region are derived, and an upper boundary line, which is a curve connecting the upper feature points of the character regions, and a lower boundary line, which is a curve connecting the lower feature points of the character regions, are generated by applying cubic spline interpolation. Nonlinearity is corrected through adaptive region enlargement by using the maximum horizontal length and the maximum height of the divided character regions. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228125 | Digital camera that uses object detection information at the time of shooting for processing image data after acquistion of an image - A digital camera includes an object detecting unit which analyzes an analysis target image including a through image data taken in from an image pickup device to compose a shot of an object, a shot image, or a reduced image, based on a feature appearing in an image representing a subject of shooting, and detects at least one main object captured in the analysis target image, a subject information extracting unit which extracts, for each image of object detected by the object detecting unit, subject information including a position in a screen corresponding to the analysis target image and its expansion, and a tag data writing unit which writes the subject information, as a part of tag data corresponding to the shot image, to a storage medium, thereby enabling use of the information acquired by object detection at the time of shooting, also after the acquisition of the image. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228126 | Image Capture and Identification System and Process - A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228127 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor having a first pixel group that photoelectrically converts an object image from a first exit pupil region, a second pixel group that photoelectrically converts an object image from a second exit pupil region, and a third pixel group for capturing that photoelectrically converts an object image from overall exit pupil region; a focus detection unit that detects focus information by performing a defocus calculation with use of a first image signal obtained from the first pixel group and a second image signal obtained from the second pixel group; an image processing unit that converts captured image data into an image file for recording and saving; and a data recording unit that records, in association with the image file, signals obtained from the first pixel group and the second pixel group such that the defocus calculation can be performed. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228128 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - A focusing operation is started before desired exposure according to a second program diagram is obtained when a program diagram is switched from a first program diagram to be used in a first mode to the second program diagram to be used in a second mode based on a light metering value. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228129 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS PERFORMING AUTOMATIC PHOTOGRAPHING PROCESSING, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH PROGRAM THEREOF - Disclosed is an image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup section to pick up a subject image; and a central processing section to perform processing of arbitrarily setting at least one automatic photographing condition among a plurality of kinds of automatic photographing conditions, judging whether “the set automatic photographing condition” is satisfied or not, and instructing the image pickup section to pick up a recording subject image when “the set automatic photographing condition” is judged to be satisfied. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228130 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - There is provided a solid-state image sensing device including a pixel section in which cells are arrayed, each cell including a photoelectric conversion unit, a reading circuit reading out, to a detection unit, signal charges obtained by the photoelectric conversion unit, an amplifying circuit amplifying and outputting a voltage corresponding to the signal charges, and a reset circuit resetting the signal charges, an exposure time control circuit controlling an exposure time and controlling the exposure time to be equal for all cells, an A/D conversion circuit A/D-converting a signal output from the pixel section by changing a resolution of a signal level, line memories storing an A/D-converted signal, and a signal processing circuit processing output signals from the line memories to have a linear gradient with respect to an optical input signal amount by controlling an amplification factor in accordance with a resolution of a pixel output signal after A/D-conversion. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228131 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT CONTAINING IMAGE ANALYSIS COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image-capturing apparatus includes: a micro-lens array that includes a plurality of micro-lenses arrayed therein; an image sensor that includes arrayed therein a plurality of pixels that capture a plurality of pupil projection images, each corresponding to a pupil of an optical system projected via one of the plurality of micro-lenses as a light flux from the optical system passes through the micro-lens array; a photographic image generation unit that generates, based upon an output from the image sensor, a photographic image including a partial image corresponding to each of the plurality of pupil projection images; and an arithmetic operation unit that executes position calculation to determine a center position of the partial image by scanning the photographic image in reference to a reference image corresponding to the partial image. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228132 | CAMERA AND IMAGE COMPOSITION PROGRAM - A camera includes: an image-capturing unit; a storage unit; a positional deviation amount determination unit that determines an amount of positional deviation in each of a plurality of frame images; an image composition unit that positionally matches the frame images based upon the results of determination and performs additive composition; a decision unit that decides whether or not each of the frame images is suitable for a subject for the additive composition; and a control unit that, if a negative decision is reached for at least one of the frame images, selects as a source image a frame image decided as suitable, takes a duplicate image as a subject for the additive composition instead of the frame image decided to be negative, and controls the image composition unit so as to perform the additive composition while relatively shifting one of the duplicate and the source image by a predetermined amount. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228133 | ASSEMBLING METHOD FOR IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A method for assembling an imaging apparatus includes steps of: preparing an external cover, an image pickup device, and a tilt detection unit configured to output a tilt signal of the imaging apparatus, setting an orientation of the external cover to be a predetermined orientation, matching an orientation of the image pickup device with the orientation of the external cover in the state where the orientation of the external cover is the predetermined orientation, fixing the image pickup device in the imaging apparatus in a state where the orientation of the image pickup device is matched with the orientation of the external cover, storing a tilt signal output by the tilt detection unit in a state where the orientation of the external cover is set to be the predetermined orientation. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228134 | Two Stage Detection For Photographic Eye Artifacts - A digital image acquisition device is for acquiring digital images including one or more preview images. A face detector analyzes the one or more preview images to ascertain information relating to candidate face regions therein. A speed-optimized filter produces a first set of candidate red-eye regions based on the candidate face region information provided by the face detector. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228135 | Two Stage Detection For Photographic Eye Artifacts - A digital image acquisition device is for acquiring digital images including one or more preview images. A face detector analyzes the one or more preview images to ascertain information relating to candidate face regions therein. A speed-optimized filter produces a first set of candidate red-eye regions based on the candidate face region information provided by the face detector. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228136 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF TAKING IMAGE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - In an image taking system such as digital camera, especially when a predetermined objective body such as a face is included, an objective body detecting portion detects a predetermined objective body from an image taken by the image taking system. A storage portion stores a detection history including a past result of detection of the objective body and a newest result of detection of the objective body. A determination portion refers to the detection history and determines whether the objective body is to be handled as detected in the image obtained newest. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228137 | IMPROVED BINOCULAR VIEWING DEVICE - An optical device for viewing distant objects. The device includes an objective system and at least one ocular and achieves a magnifying power of greater than 0.6 mm | 2011-09-22 |
20110228138 | FOCUS-ADJUSTMENT SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD, WITH MANUAL FOCUS ADJUSTMENTS - A focus-adjustment signal generating apparatus includes a filter to extract a high-frequency component at a specific frequency or higher from a luminance signal of an input video signal, a comparator to compare an absolute value of the high-frequency component with a specific reference value, to output a first detection signal when the absolute value is equal to or larger than the reference value whereas a second detection signal when the absolute value is smaller than the reference value, an extender to extend an output period of the first detection signal according to a period indicated by a period-length setting signal, to output an extended first detection signal, and a selector to select a first chrominance difference signal indicating a specific color in response to the extended first detection signal whereas a second chrominance difference signal indicating an achromatic color in response to the second detection signal, the first or the second chrominance difference signal being output as a focus-adjustment signal. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228139 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND DIGITAL CAMERA - A method of controlling an image capturing system comprising an interface for receiving an external trigger to capture an image, and an image capturing device provided with a photosensitive area and an array of pixel cells, each pixel cell including a device for generating a signal indicative of the intensity of light falling on an associated part of the photosensitive area, which image capturing device is further provided with readout circuitry for generating an array of pixel values to capture an image frame at a set spatial resolution, such that each pixel value represents an integral of the signal or signals generated in at least one of the pixel cells in an associated one of a number of areas over an exposure time interval, the number of areas being determined by the set spatial resolution, the areas together covering a region of the photosensitive area corresponding to a region in the image, comprises receiving an external trigger to capture an image, and, in response to the external trigger, directing the image capturing device to capture at least two image frames by generating respective arrays of pixel values representing integrals over respective consecutive exposure time intervals. The spatial resolutions of at least two of the captured image frames are set to different values. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228140 | Electronic camera having electronic zoom indicator - an electronic camera includes: an image-capturing unit that creates an image by capturing an image of a subject; an enlarged image generating unit that creates an enlarged image by enlarging a portion of the image created by the image-capturing unit; an optical viewfinder that enables verification of a subject range corresponding to a range of the image created by the image-capturing unit; and a warning output unit that issues a warning when the enlarged image generating unit is in operation. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228141 | DISTANCE ACQUISITION DEVICE, LENS CORRECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD APPLYING THE DISTANCE ACQUISITION DEVICE - A distance acquisition device is for acquiring a first rounded distance from a reference point to a basis point, and for subsequently acquiring a second rounded distance from an adjacent point to the basis point. The reference, adjacent, and basis points are disposed on a plane. The adjacent point is adjacent to the reference point. The distance acquisition device includes: a reference distance acquisition unit for acquiring a precise distance from the reference point to the basis point, and for subsequently performing rounding upon the precise distance so as to obtain the first rounded distance; a reference error acquisition unit for obtaining a first reference error corresponding to a difference between the precise distance and the first rounded distance; and a distance estimating unit for setting the second rounded distance based on the first rounded distance and the first reference error. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228142 | DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL IMAGING - An optical device for imaging is disclosed having at least one micro lens field with at least two micro lenses and one image sensor with at least two image detector matrices. The at least two image detector matrices each include a plurality of image detectors and there is an allocation between the image detector matrices and the micro lenses, so that each micro lens together with an image detector matrix forms an optical channel. The center points of the image detector matrices are shifted laterally by different distances, with respect to centroids, projected onto the image detector matrices, of the micro lens apertures of the associated optical channels, so that the optical channels have different partially overlapping detection areas and so that an overlapping area of the detection areas of two channels is imaged onto the image detector matrices offset with respect to an image detector raster of the image detector matrices. Further, an image processing device and a method for optical imaging are described. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228143 | IMAGING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In an imaging device, a cooling unit cools an imaging element. A storage unit stores table data representing correspondence relationships between signal values based on luminescences of detection targets, cooling temperatures, exposure times, and S/N ratios. A S/N calculating unit calculates a S/N ratio at a time when pre-imaging has been performed. A determination unit determines, from the table data and as a cooling temperature and an exposure time for the imaging, a combination of a cooling temperature and an exposure time with which the S/N ratio becomes equal to or greater than the reference S/N ratio on the basis of a result of comparison between the calculated S/N ratio and a predetermined reference S/N ratio. A control unit controls the imaging element and the cooling element such that a subject is imaged at the cooling temperature and in the exposure time that are determined. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228144 | DARK CURRENT REDUCTION IN IMAGE SENSORS VIA DYNAMIC ELECTRICAL BIASING - In various embodiments, an image sensor and method of using an image sensor are described. In an example embodiment, the image sensor comprises a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of pixel regions with each pixel region comprising an optically sensitive material over the substrate and positioned to receive light. There is a bias electrode for each pixel region, with the bias electrode configured to provide a bias voltage to the optically sensitive material of the respective pixel region. Also included is a pixel circuit for each pixel region with each pixel circuit comprising a charge store formed on the semiconductor substrate and a read out circuit, the charge store being in electrical communication with the optically sensitive material of the respective pixel region. The pixel circuit is configured to reset the voltage on the charge store to a reset voltage during a reset period, to integrate charge from the optically sensitive material to the charge store during an integration period, and to read out a signal from the charge store during a read out period. The pixel circuit includes a reference voltage node to be coupled to the charge store during the reset period and the read out circuit during the read out period where a reference voltage is applied to the reference voltage node and is configured to be varied during the operation of the pixel circuit. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228145 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A camera has a focus detection sensor that includes a plurality of first focus detection pixels and a plurality of second focus detection pixels, and that has a plurality of focus detection pixel pairs each including a first focus detection pixel and a second focus detection pixel, and stores defect information indicating a defective pixel. The camera corrects a value of the defective pixel and a value of one of the first focus detection pixel and the second focus detection pixel that forms the focus detection pixel pair with the defective pixel based on a value of a focus detection pixel of the same type that is not the defective pixel. The camera detects focusing status based on a phase difference between a first focus detection image obtained from the first focus detection pixels and a second focus detection image obtained from the second focus detection pixels after the correction. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228146 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device configured to convert an optical image generated via an optical system to an image signal, an extracting unit configured to extract a characteristic area including a predetermined characteristic from an image which is based on the image signal, an aperture correction unit configured to perform an aperture correction based on an aperture correction characteristic determined for each of predetermined positions on the image based on the image signal, and a controller configured to determine the aperture correction characteristic based on a position of the characteristic area on the image based on the image signal. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228147 | Image pickup apparatus and camera - At least some of the pixels on which color filters that give the largest weight to a brightness signal or color filters that have the highest transmittance among the plurality of color filters are provided are pixels for focus detection that are designed in such a way that the direction of incidence of light beams incident thereon is restricted, the pixels other than the pixels for focus detection are pixels for image picking-up that are designed in such a way that the degree of restriction placed on light beams incident thereon is smaller than that placed on light beams incident on the pixels for focus detection, the pixels for focus detection output at least a signal for ranging, the pixels for image picking-up output at least a signal for an image, and there are at least three pixels for focus detection in an area defined between a circle having its center at the center of any one of the pixels for focus detection and having a radius equal to 3.1 times the pixel pitch and a circle having its center at the center of the aforementioned any one of the pixels for focus detection and having a radius equal to 5.9 times the pixel pitch. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228148 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM STACK-TYPE SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion film stack-type solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a conductive light shield film. A signal reading portion is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The photoelectric conversion layer is stacked above the semiconductor substrate and includes a photoelectric conversion film formed between a first electrode film and a second electrode films which is divided into a plurality of regions corresponding to pixels respectively. The first light transmission layer is stacked above the light incidence side of the photoelectric conversion layer and made of a material that transmits light at least partially. The conductive light shield film is formed in the same layer level as the first light transmission layer and covers an outside of an effective pixel region. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228149 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a photodiode module in which first photodiodes corresponding to high-sensitivity pixels and second photodiodes corresponding to low-sensitivity pixels are alternately arranged at preset pitch P in a semiconductor substrate, high-sensitivity pixel interconnection lines formed at preset pitch C on the substrate, low-sensitivity pixel interconnection lines that are formed at preset pitch D on the substrate, high-sensitivity pixel color filters formed at preset pitch A on the opposite side of the respective interconnection lines with respect to the substrate, and low-sensitivity pixel interconnection lines that are formed at preset pitch B on the other side of the interconnection lines with respect to the substrate. The relationship between the above pitches is set to D=B | 2011-09-22 |
20110228150 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM STACK-TYPE SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion film stack-type solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a conductive light shield film. A signal reading portion is formed on the semiconductor substrate. The photoelectric conversion layer is stacked above the semiconductor substrate and includes a photoelectric conversion film formed between a first electrode film and a second electrode films which is divided into a plurality of regions corresponding to pixels respectively. The conductive light shield film is stacked above a light incidence side of the photoelectric conversion layer and is electrically connected to the first electrode film at an outside of an effective pixel region. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228151 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM-STACKED SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITHOUT MICROLENSES, ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - There are provided a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion film stacked on a layer that is disposed on the light incidence side of the semiconductor substrate; signal reading unit formed in a surface portion of the semiconductor substrate, for reading out, as shot image signals, signals corresponding to signal charge amounts detected by the photoelectric conversion film according to incident light quantities; a transparent substrate bonded to a layer that is disposed on the light incidence side of the photoelectric conversion film with a transparent resin as an adhesive; and electric connection terminals which are connected to the signal reading unit by interconnections and which penetrate through the semiconductor substrate and are exposed in a surface, located on the opposite side to the side where the photoelectric conversion film is provided, of the semiconductor substrate. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228152 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - There is provided a solid-state image sensing device including a pixel section in which cells are arrayed, each cell including a photoelectric conversion unit, a reading circuit reading out, to a detection unit, signal charges obtained by the photoelectric conversion unit, an amplifying circuit amplifying and outputting a voltage corresponding to the signal charges, and a reset circuit resetting the signal charges, an exposure time control circuit controlling an exposure time and controlling the exposure time to be equal for all cells, an A/D conversion circuit A/D-converting a signal output from the pixel section by changing a resolution of a signal level, line memories storing an A/D-converted signal, and a signal processing circuit processing output signals from the line memories to have a linear gradient with respect to an optical input signal amount by controlling an amplification factor in accordance with a resolution of a pixel output signal after A/D-conversion. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228153 | CMOS IMAGER WITH INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY - A CMOS imager is integrated on a single substrate along with logic and support circuitry for decoding and processing optical information received by the CMOS imager. Integrating a CMOS imager and peripheral circuitry allows for a single chip image sensing device. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228154 | CAMERA MODULE BACK-FOCAL LENGTH ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND ULTRA COMPACT COMPONENTS PACKAGING - The present invention relates to methods of manufacturing ultra-compact camera modules, adjusting them, post production, to precise focal point settings, and sealing the precisely aligned assembly to maintain the focal point. Also, the invention specifically relates to ultra-compact camera module apparatuses. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228155 | COSMETIC MIRROR AND ADJUSTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A cosmetic mirror includes a mirror, a camera, a touch screen, and a processing unit. The mirror reflects a first image of a user. The camera captures a second image of the user. The processing unit detects the second image to locate a face region in the second image, and transmits a third image of the face region of the user to the touch screen. The touch screen displays the third image. The processing unit further controls the camera and the touch screen according to operations applied on the touch screen. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228156 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera of the present invention has: a lens group reflecting photographic object light entering along a first optical axis to a second optical axis direction perpendicular to the first optical axis and forming an image of light flux thereof on an image pickup device located on the second optical axis; and a driving force generating member blocking or allowing entering light flux along the first optical axis by driving a barrier member, and has a camera body having an optical housing, a containing portion containing the optical housing and the barrier member, and having a transmitting member transmitting driving force of the driving force generating member to the barrier member, wherein the coupling relation between the driving force generating member and the driving force transmitting member is maintained. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228157 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL SYSTEM - This invention provides a photographing optical system comprising: in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; a third lens having at least one inflection point formed thereon and both surfaces thereof being aspheric. A stop is positioned between an imaged object and the first lens element. The photographing optical system further comprises an electronic sensor on which an object is imaged, and there are three lens elements of the photographing optical system with refractive power. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228158 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A zoom lens system, in order from the object side to the image side, comprising a first lens unit, a second lens unit, a third lens unit and subsequent lens units including at least a fourth lens unit, wherein an aperture diaphragm is either included in the third lens unit or located on the image side relative to the third lens unit, at least two among the first to third lens units and the subsequent lens units are movable lens units which individually move along an optical axis at the time of zooming, at least two of the movable lens units are focusing lens units which move along the optical axis at the time of focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition in at least one zooming position, and at least the second lens unit and one of the subsequent lens units are the focusing lens units; an interchangeable lens apparatus; and a camera system are provided. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228159 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of movable lens units which individually move along an optical axis at the time of zooming, wherein a lens unit located closest to an object side is fixed relative to an image surface at the time of zooming, at least two of the movable lens units are focusing lens units which move along the optical axis at the time of focusing in at least one zooming position, and the condition: 0.12011-09-22 | |
20110228160 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of movable lens units which individually move along an optical axis at the time of zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit during image taking, wherein at least two of the movable lens units are focusing lens units which move along the optical axis at the time of focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition in at least one zooming position, and among the focusing lens units, a lens unit having the absolute value, which is not the greatest absolute value, of a wobbling value at a wide-angle limit is a wobbling lens unit which senses a moving direction of the focusing lens units at the time of focusing by wobbling itself in a direction along the optical axis; an interchangeable lens apparatus; and a camera system are provided. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228161 | FOCUS-ADJUSTMENT SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD, WITH MANUAL FOCUS ADJUSTMENTS - A focus-adjustment signal generating apparatus includes a filter to extract a high-frequency component at a specific frequency or higher from a luminance signal of an input video signal, a comparator to compare an absolute value of the high-frequency component with a specific reference value, to output a first detection signal when the absolute value is equal to or larger than the reference value whereas a second detection signal when the absolute value is smaller than the reference value, an extender to extend an output period of the first detection signal according to a period indicated by a period-length setting signal, to output an extended first detection signal, and a selector to select a first chrominance difference signal indicating a specific color in response to the extended first detection signal whereas a second chrominance difference signal indicating an achromatic color in response to the second detection signal, the first or the second chrominance difference signal being output as a focus-adjustment signal. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228162 | FOCUS ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND FOCUS ADJUSTING METHOD - There is provided an apparatus that includes a receiving unit configured to receive instructions for focus adjustment; an image-pickup unit configured to perform image-pickup of an object image input through a focus lens; a setting unit configured to set a focus detecting area to be used at a time of detection of a focus state of the focus lens; a light control unit configured to control an amount of light incident on the image-pickup unit; and a focus adjusting unit configured to detect a focus signal representing the focus state in the focus detecting area to move the focus lens based on the focus signal and a position of the focus lens corresponding to the focus signal. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228163 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CAMERA BODY AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS - An imaging apparatus includes an optical system configured to collect subject light, an imaging device having an electronic front curtain function, configured to receive the subject light to generate an image signal, a data storage unit configured to store an exit pupil distance of the optical system and a correction amount of the exit pupil distance, a mechanical shutter capable of cutting off the subject light passing through the optical system to the imaging device, and a correction unit configured to obtain the exit pupil distance of the optical system and the correction amount of the exit pupil distance from the data storage unit, obtain a corrected exit pupil distance using the obtained exit pupil distance of the optical system and a correction amount of the exit pupil distance, and correct brightness unevenness of the image signal based on the corrected exit pupil distance. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228164 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS IN WHICH IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT IS MOVABLE IN OPTICAL AXIS DIRECTION - An image pickup apparatus includes lens barrels | 2011-09-22 |
20110228165 | SYNCHRONOUS SIGNAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT, SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING IT, AND SYNCHRONOUS SIGNAL CONVERSION METHOD - A synchronous signal conversion circuit converts a first synchronous signal, which is transmitted with a data signal, to a second synchronous signal conforming to a predetermined standard. In the synchronous signal conversion circuit, a transition detection circuit detects transition of the first synchronous signal. A synchronous signal generation circuit generates a second synchronous signal in response to a detection result by the transition detection circuit. An output timing control circuit delays the second synchronous signal generated by the synchronous signal generation circuit so that the second synchronous signal synchronizes with the data signal. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228166 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE VALUE OF A DELAY TO BE APPLIED BETWEEN SENDING A FIRST DATASET AND SENDING A SECOND DATASET - The invention relates to a method and to a device for determining the value of a delay to be applied between sending a first dataset and sending a second dataset, the data being representative of a sequence of coded images, the datasets consisting of data subsets, the coded images being coded according to a first level of resolution and at least a second level of resolution higher than the first level of resolution, the data subsets containing data of a first level of resolution. According to the invention:
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20110228167 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An object is to perform effective noise reduction and to minimize a drop in resolution. The invention includes a recording unit for recording a processing target frame image and previous and future frame images relative to the processing target frame image; a first pixel-extracting section for extracting a plurality of pixels in a prescribed region in the processing target frame image; a second pixel-extracting section for extracting a plurality of pixels in a region corresponding to the prescribed region in the previous and future frame images; a first distance calculating section for calculating temporospatial distances between a target pixel in the prescribed region and both the plurality of pixels in the prescribed region and the plurality of pixels in the region corresponding to the prescribed region; a second distance calculating section for calculating inter-pixel-value distances between the pixel value of the target pixel in the prescribed region and both pixel values of the plurality of pixels in the prescribed region and pixel values of the plurality of pixels in the region corresponding to the prescribed region; and a noise reduction section for performing noise reduction processing of the processing target frame image on the basis of the temporospatial distance and the inter-pixel-value distance. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228168 | Real-Time image processing circuit capable of enhancing brightness contrast and color saturation - A real-time image processing circuit includes: a first converting unit for converting an input image frame into hue data, first saturation data and first luminance data; a saturation processing unit operable to adjust the first saturation data based on saturation mapping information to generate second saturation data corresponding to the input image frame and having a saturation distribution range larger than that of the first saturation data; a luminance processing unit operable to adjust the first luminance data based on luminance mapping information to generate second luminance data corresponding to the input image frame and having a luminance distribution range larger than that of the first luminance data; and a second converting unit for converting the hue data, the second saturation data and the second luminance data into an output image frame corresponding to the input image frame and outputting the output image frame. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228169 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS - A video processing apparatus includes: a subfield conversion portion ( | 2011-09-22 |
20110228170 | Video Summary System - The invention video summary system ( | 2011-09-22 |
20110228171 | AUTOMATICALLY SETTING AN OPERATIVE STATE OF A WIDEBAND AMPLIFIER - A multi-channel receiver ( | 2011-09-22 |
20110228172 | ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE COVER ADAPTED AGAINST INFRARED RADIATION - A cover of an electronic appliance capable of receiving infrared type signals from a remote monitoring device, the cover including a receiving area intended to be placed facing an infrared receiver of the electronic appliance, wherein the receiving area includes, placed at least partially in or on the receiving area, a filtering element configured to reduce the intensity of infrared signals received by the electronic appliance, the filtering element being constituted of an ink covering at least partially other areas of the cover. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228173 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A projection apparatus including an illumination system, a light valve, and a color filtering module is provided. The illumination system is capable of emitting an illumination beam. The light valve is disposed in the transmission path of the illumination beam and capable of converting the illumination beam into an image beam. The color filtering module is disposed in the transmission path of the illumination beam between the illumination system and the light valve and includes a plurality of colored filters and a gray filter. The gray filter is capable of reducing the intensity of the illumination beam passing through the gray filter. An image adjustment method is also provided. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228174 | LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL METHOD OF PROJECTOR - A light source control method of a projector is provided. The light source control method includes the following steps. A frame data of a frame period is received. Gray distributions of a plurality of colors in the frame data are obtained by analyzing the frame data. Whether to shut all or a portion of a plurality of color light sources of the projector is determined according to the gray distributions of the colors. Therefore, the power consumption of the projector can be reduced. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228175 | Projection System and Corresponding Method - An image projection system ( | 2011-09-22 |
20110228176 | TELEVISION, PEDESTAL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television includes a display, a supporting member, a cover member and an attaching member. The display has a display screen which displays an image. The supporting member supports the display. The cover member is attached the supporting member. The attaching member consists of parts different from those of the supporting member. The attaching member is attached to the cover member at a position that is different from a position at which the supporting member is attached. And an anti-topple restraint is attached to the attaching member. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228177 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal device including a liquid crystal panel where a liquid crystal layer having liquid crystals with negative dielectric constant anisotropy is interposed between a first substrate and a second substrate, liquid crystal molecules are tilted in a predetermined direction with regard to an inner surface of the first substrate and an inner surface of the second substrate, and a reflective layer reflects light incident, is provided in the second substrate; a C plate provided on an outer side of the first substrate; and an O plate provided on the C plate side opposite to the liquid crystal panel. The O plate is formed by oblique evaporation of an inorganic material and is arranged with regard to the liquid crystal panel so that the tilt direction of columns formed from the inorganic material is typically at 135 degrees with regard to the tilt direction of the liquid crystal molecules. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228178 | POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTER AND OPTICAL SYSTEM - A polarization beam splitter (PBS) includes a first prism, a second prism, an alignment layer, and a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) layer. The first prism has two first surfaces adjacent to each other and a first slanted surface that forms a first included angle with the two first surfaces, respectively. The second prism has two second surfaces adjacent to each other and a second slanted surface that forms a second included angle with the two second surfaces, respectively. The second slanted surface is opposite to the first slanted surface. The alignment layer is disposed on the first slanted surface of the first prism. The CLC layer is disposed between the alignment layer and the second slanted surface of the second prism. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228179 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes a first optical modulation device and a second optical modulation device configured to emit linearly polarized lights whose polarization directions are perpendicular to each other, first pixels and second pixels are arranged in each of the first optical modulation device and second optical modulation device, retardation layers are disposed on the light emission side of the first pixels or second pixels, the retardation layers configured to convert one linearly polarized light of the linearly polarized lights into the other linearly polarized light. Either arrangements of the first pixels and the second pixels or arrangements of the retardation layers is set so as to be the same in the first optical modulation device and the second optical modulation device, and the other is set so as to be the reverse in the first optical modulation device and the second optical modulation device. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228180 | 3D liquid crystal display system - A viewing system has a parallax separation device placed in front of a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid display panel can be used to display a composite image that has many display segments, with each segment having two or more elongated image sections of different images. Each image section may occupy one or more columns of color pixels. The parallax separation device has a plurality of parallax separation elements, each aligned with a display segment for separating the different image sections as seen in a viewer's eyes. The parallax separation device has a barrier axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongated image sections. The color sub-pixels in each pixel are arranged along a direction parallel to the barrier axis. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228181 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING DIFFRACTIVE LENS - The present invention relates to an image display device using a diffractive lens. An image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel displaying an image, and a diffractive lens for the image of the display panel to be recognized as a two-dimensional (2D) image or a three-dimensional (3D) image, wherein the diffractive lens modifies a path of light by using an optical principle of a Fresnel zone plate. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228182 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic image display device comprises: a liquid crystal panel for time-divisionally displaying left-eye image frame data and right-eye image frame data; a backlight unit being divided into a plurality of blocks, and sequentially scanned for each block to provide light to the liquid crystal panel; and shutter glasses comprising a left-eye filter transmitting only the light of the left-eye image and a right-eye filter transmitting only the light of the right-eye image, wherein the time period of sequentially lighting the first to the last blocks of the backlight unit is shorter than the period of addressing the left-eye image frame data or the right-eye image frame data from the first line to the last line of the liquid crystal panel. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228183 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: an image display means for displaying left-eye images and right-eye images alternately; a light-shielding means for generating an effect of binocular parallax in images displayed by the image display means; and a detection means for detecting a position of an observer, wherein the light-shielding means includes an image transmitting portion through which images of the image display means are transmitted and an image non-transmitting portion through which images are not transmitted, which moves a position of the image transmitting portion by ½, ¼ or ⅛ of a light-shielding portion pitch prescribed by an arrangement interval of the image transmitting portion based on a detected result of the detection means. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228184 | PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR INCORPORATING 3D LENSES FOR USE WITH A 3D VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - Protective eyewear for protecting the eyes of a user, the protective eyewear comprising:
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20110228185 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: an image display unit having a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels with colors different from one another, the sub-pixels displaying an image for a right eye and an image for a left eye; and a light shielding unit configured to cause parallax to be generated between the two eyes. In the image display unit, each of the sub-pixels is substantially square and arranged in such a manner as to correspond to a corresponding lattice point of a triangular lattice. In the light shielding unit, a shape of a light shielding barrier in a state in which a display device body is oriented in a vertical direction is different from a shape of the light shielding barrier in a state in which the display device body is oriented in a horizontal direction. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228186 | DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING TRANSFORMERS - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a transformer disposed under the display panel and including a primary winding and a secondary winding which are separated from each other and an insulating section between the primary winding and the secondary winding, and a lower housing member on which the display panel is placed and to which the transformer is fixed. A first region corresponding to the insulating section of the transformer is defined in the lower housing member, and at least one hole is disposed in the first region of the lower housing member. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228187 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND RELATED DEVICE - A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, an isolating layer, and a conductor. The first electrode is disposed between the first substrate and the isolating layer, on which the conductor is disposed. Each of the second and third electrodes is disposed on the second substrate and includes a contact surface. The second and third electrodes are not in contact with each other and are separated by a gap. The conductor is disposed in accordance with the location of the gap. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228188 | TOUCH SENSING TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch sensing type liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate including a first substrate, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, and a touch sensing unit; a color filter substrate including a second substrate and facing the array substrate; an anti-static layer on an outer side of the second substrate and including a conductive polymer, a UV-setting binder and transparent silica and having a sheet resistance of several tens of Mega ohms per square (Ω/sq) to several Giga ohms per square (Ω/sq); and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and an inner side of the second substrate. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228189 | TOUCH SENSING TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch sensing type liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate including a first substrate, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, and a touch sensing unit; a color filter substrate including a second substrate and facing the array substrate; an anti-static layer on an outer side of the second substrate, the anti-static layer having a sheet resistance of about 10 | 2011-09-22 |
20110228190 | CURVED DISPLAY PANEL - A curved display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium, spacers, and padding-islands. The second substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface faces toward the first substrate, and the second surface faces against the first substrate. The display medium and the spacers are disposed between the first and the second substrates. The padding-islands are disposed on a plurality of regions of the first surface of the second substrate. The padding-islands on the different regions have different thicknesses. Another curved display panel includes two substrates, a display medium, and spacing pillars. The display medium and the spacing pillars are disposed between the substrates. Bottom areas of the spacing pillars decrease from the center to the outside of the substrates along at least one first direction. Cross-sections of the substrates along the first direction are curved. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228191 | DISPLAY DEVICE - This invention discloses a display device. The display device includes a first panel, a second panel, and an elastic ring. The second panel is disposed over the first panel. The elastic ring includes a first portion and a second portion. An inner side of the first portion has a concave. The second portion extends from the concave of the inner side of the first portion. The elastic ring surrounds and tightly wraps outer edges of the first panel and the second panel with the concave of the inner side, and the second portion is sandwiched between the first panel and the second panel to allow a gap to be formed between the first panel and the second panel. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228192 | Waterproof touch screen panel with protective film - A waterproof touch screen user interface panel constructed in such a way that readily available LCD displays and touch screen switches can be used in a wet environment. A thin plastic film is placed over the top of a touch screen/LCD assembly using moisture resistant adhesive to protect the assembly from the panel's top side and a specially constructed housing allows the use of silicon gel to protect the panel from the bottom side. The plastic film, typically a polycarbonate film, is thin enough to allow activation of the touch screen switches with a soft touch, yet rigid enough to prevent false activations of the switches until touched. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228193 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light generating device which may be used as a backlight unit and a display device including the light generating device are discussed. According to an embodiment, the light generating device can include a first layer; a plurality of light source devices disposed on the first layer and configured to emit light, each at least one of the light source devices including a light emitting unit diode for generating the light; a second layer covering the light source devices; and first and second light shielding layers disposed on the second layer and configure to selectively control transmit a propagation of the light emitted from the light source devices, the first and second light shielding layers being composed of a same material or different materials, the first and second light shielding layers being disposed to correspond with the light source devices. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228194 | Backlight Device and Display Device - It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable backlight device with less color unevenness and less luminance unevenness, and a high-performance and highly reliable display device including the backlight device, which can display a high quality image. A light emitting diode (LED) is used as a light source of a backlight device and thermoelectric elements are provided in a chassis for holding the light emitting diode so as to surround the light emitting diode (the thermoelectric elements are provided under the light emitting diode and on the four sides thereof). A temperature in the backlight device is adjusted by cooling and heating by the thermoelectric elements. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228195 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY BACKLIGHT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - An LCD backlight ( | 2011-09-22 |
20110228196 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention enables a liquid crystal display device using LEDs as a light source to reduce uneven brightness, increase efficiency of heat discharged from the LEDs, and provide area brightness control. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight. The backlight includes a light guide panel and a plurality of LEDs arranged on a line. The light guide panel includes a concave portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the light guide panel. A large number of LEDs are placed in the concave portion of the light guide panel. The plurality of LEDs arranged on a line emit light alternately in opposite directions. This configuration allows for uniform brightness distribution without forming a large number of concave portions in the light guide panel. Further, this configuration also allows for area brightness control by controlling a large number of LEDs by group. | 2011-09-22 |
20110228197 | DISPLAY WIRING SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a drive circuit provided to the display panel, and a wiring substrate. The wiring substrate includes a proximal end portion joined to the display panel, an extended portion extended from the proximal end portion, a first fixed portion extended from the extended portion in one direction inclined from an extending direction of the extended portion, and a second fixed portion extended from the extended portion in the other direction inclined from the extending direction. The extended portion is folded back to face the proximal end portion. The first fixed portion and the second fixed portion are folded back so as to straddle side surfaces of the display panel and so that their end portions are arranged on a side of the display panel opposite to a side of the same on which the proximal end portion is arranged. | 2011-09-22 |