50th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130329083 | RECORDING OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR CAMERA - A recording operation control device for a camera, which can perform time-lapse photography at a predetermined time interval, comprises an external memory control unit and an image data writing unit. The external memory control unit opens or closes a file defined in the external memory, which is detachably attached to the camera body, when image data is recorded in the external memory. The image data writing unit can write image data to an internal memory and the external memory. The external memory control unit maintains the open state of the file, and the image data writing unit records image data in the external memory without storing it in the internal memory, when the time interval is shorter than the processing time. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329084 | Method and System of Image Capture Based on Logarithmic Conversion - Image capture based on logarithmic conversion. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including capturing an image by: reading a plurality of analog signals from an array of light sensitive elements; performing logarithmic analog-to-digital conversion on the plurality of analog signals which creates a corresponding plurality of digital values; and storing representations of the plurality of digital values to a storage medium. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329085 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a storage section configured to store a correction matrix correcting crosstalk generated by a light or electron leak from an adjacent pixel existing among a plurality of pixels for receiving light in an imaging device; and a processing section configured to carry out processing to apply the correction matrix stored in the storage section to an image signal generated by the imaging device for each of the pixels. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329086 | METHOD FOR VOICE COMMAND ACTIVATION, MULTI-MEDIA CAPTURE, TRANSMISSION, SPEECH CONVERSION, METATAGS CREATION, STORAGE AND SEARCH RETRIEVAL - This invention relates to a network interface device a first capture device interfacing with a first external information source to capturing first external information. A processor processes the captured first external information and storing it in a first media, the processor initiating the storage of the first captured information at an initial time and completes storage of the first captured information at a completion time, thus providing a stored defined set of first captured information. A transmitter transmits the defined set of stored captured information to a remote location on a network after the completion time. A remote processing system is disposed at the remote node on the network and includes a database and a receiver for receiving the transmitted defined set of first captured information from the transmitter associated with the network interface device as a received defined set of first captured information. A data converter is operable to convert the received defined set of first captured information to a second format as a set of converted first captured information, the second format different than the first media format, the second format being a searchable format. The database then stores the set of converted captured information. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329087 | High Dynamic Range Image Registration Using Motion Sensor Data - Motion sensor data may be used to register a sequence of standard dynamic range images for producing a high dynamic range (HDR) image, reducing use of computational resources over software visual feature mapping techniques. A rotational motion sensor may produce information about orientation changes in the imaging device between images in the sequence of images sufficient to allow registration of the images, instead of using registration based on analysis of visual features of the images. If the imaging device has been moved laterally, then the motion sensor data may not be useful and visual feature mapping techniques may be employed to produce the HDR image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329088 | IMAGE ENHANCEMENTS THROUGH MULTI-IMAGE PROCESSING - Embodiments of imaging devices of the present disclosure automatically utilize sequential image captures in an image processing pipeline. In one embodiment, control processing circuitry initiates a sequential capture of a plurality of images by an image sensor; and image processing circuitry generates a composite image comprising at least portions of the images. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329089 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is an imaging apparatus including a display device for suppressing a motion blur during a panning operation and displaying a picture with high simultaneity. An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit including a lens and an imaging element; a display device including a pixel whose light emission period is adjustable, for displaying an image of a target object to be imaged; an angular velocity sensor for detecting a movement of the imaging element; a panning speed detection unit for detecting a panning speed based on an output from the angular velocity sensor; a light emission period ratio determination unit for determining a light emission period ratio of the pixel based on the panning speed; and a display device driving unit for driving the display device by using the light emission period ratio determined by the light emission period ratio determination unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329090 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing unit is provided. A zoom control unit controls a zoom ratio during shooting. An image capture control unit controls the image capturing unit such that a plurality of images with different exposure conditions are captured in a predetermined period. A generation output unit generates a composite image from the plurality of images and outputs the generated composite image. A determination determines whether or not the zoom ratio is being changed during the predetermined period. In a case where it is determined that the zoom ratio is being changed, the generation output unit outputs one of the images captured by the image capturing unit during the predetermined period, instead of the composite image. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329091 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, METHOD FOR GENERATING COMPOSITE IMAGE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The image control unit ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130329092 | Intelligent Auto-Exposure Bracketing - Techniques to adaptively select bracket settings during auto-exposure bracket (AEB) operations are described. In general, AEB settings for a current image may be based on the evaluation of prior bracketed images. For example, the current exposure setting established by an auto-exposure mechanism (EV0) may be compared with a prior EV0 image. If the two are consistent, the prior image's lower and upper f-stop setting images (EV− and EV+) may be used to adaptively change the bracket settings for the current image's EV− and EV+ images. In another implementation, the most recently obtained EV− and EV+ images may be used to adaptively change the bracket settings for the current image—no prior capture being necessary. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329093 | Nosie-Constrained Tone Curve Generation - Methods to generate, and devices to use, an adaptive tone curve generation operation are disclosed. Tone curves so generated have been found to produce stable tone mapping in a wide range of operational environments, including during multi-exposure fused images (e.g., during high dynamic range image fusion). In general, techniques are disclosed that use a content-load histogram in combination with image capture device noise information to adaptively bound a tone curve's slope and, therefore, the resulting tone curve. As used here, a content-load histogram is a histogram that captures spatial, color or other information carried by an image's pixels at various gray levels. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329094 | COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING USING VARIABLE OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION - In selected embodiments, improved image restoration is realized using extensions of Wiener filtering combined with multiple image captures acquired after simple, fast reconfigurations of an optical imaging system. These reconfigurations may yield distinct OTF responses for each capture. The optical imaging system may reduce fabrication cost, power consumption, and/or system weight/volume by correcting significant optical aberrations. The system may be configured to perform independent correction of fields within the total field-of-regard. The system may also be configured to perform independent correction of different spectral bands. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329095 | IMAGING DEVICE AND FOCUSING CONTROL METHOD - An imaging device includes an image pick-up device including phase difference detection pixel pairs, each formed from a pair of phase difference detection pixels respectively having their openings eccentrically formed on opposite sides of a main axis of an imaging lens, and imaging pixel pairs; a reading section that reads out signals from the pixels arrayed in the image pick-up device using a rolling shutter method; a first correlation computation section that performs correlation computation on the signals from the phase difference detection pixel pairs; a second correlation computation section that performs correlation computation on the signals from the imaging pixel pairs; a correction section that corrects a result from the first correlation computation section using a result from the second correlation computation section; and a focusing section that performs focus control using the corrected result. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329096 | Eye Defect Detection in International Standards Organization Images - A method and apparatus for providing image processing. For one embodiment of the invention, a digital image is acquired. One or more relatively large candidate red eye defect regions are detected in at least a portion of the image. Face detection is applied to at least a portion of the image to eliminate non-face regions and one or more relatively small candidate red eye defect regions are identified in at least a portion of the image not including the eliminated non-face regions. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329097 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT CORRECTS FOR CHROMATIC ABERRATION FOR TAKEN IMAGE, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD OF CORRECTING FOR CHROMATIC ABERRATION OF MAGNIFICATION THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which is capable of accurately correcting for chromatic aberration of magnification in an area peripheral to a taken image using the taken image. Areas including edges in image data are extracted, and the amount of chromatic aberration of magnification is calculated as the amount of area chromatic aberration of magnification in each area with respect to each color component. Based on lens design values, chromatic aberration of magnification in each area is calculated as the amount of lens chromatic aberration of magnification. By using the amount of area chromatic aberration of magnification and the amount of lens chromatic aberration of magnification in adjacent areas next to an indefinite area matching predetermined conditions, the amount of lens chromatic aberration of magnification relating to the indefinite area is corrected to determine the amount of area chromatic aberration of magnification relating to the indefinite area. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329098 | Systems and Methods for Defective Pixel Correction with Neighboring Pixels - The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for image data processing. In certain embodiments, an image processing pipeline may detect and correct a defective pixel of image data acquired using an image sensor. The image processing pipeline may receive an input pixel of the image data acquired using the image sensor. The image processing pipeline may then identify a set of neighboring pixels having the same color component as the input pixel and remove two neighboring pixels from the set of neighboring pixels thereby generating a modified set of neighboring pixels. Here, the two neighboring pixels correspond to a maximum pixel value and a minimum pixel value of the set of neighboring pixels. The image processing pipeline may then determine a gradient for each neighboring pixel in the modified set of neighboring pixels and determine whether the input pixel includes a dynamic defect or a speckle based at least in part on the gradient for each neighboring pixel in the modified set of neighboring pixels. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329099 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM PROVIDING A RECTILINEAR PIXEL GRID WITH RADIALLY SCALED PIXELS - Pixels in an imaging device pixel array are sized according to their geographic location in the pixel array to compensate for various optical characteristics/issues. In one example, pixel size is increased according to the distance of the pixel from the x-axis and/or the y-axis of the pixel array to correct for lens shading. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329100 | CONTINUOUS VIDEO CAPTURE DURING SWITCH BETWEEN VIDEO CAPTURE DEVICES - A method provides capturing video information in an electronic device. Capturing video information comprises capturing video, using a first video capture device of the electronic device, switching video capture between the first video capture device and a second video capture device of the electronic device, and continuing video capture while switching between the first video capture device and the second video capture device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329101 | CAMERA SYSTEM WITH MULTI-SPECTRAL FILTER ARRAY AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A camera system with a multi-spectral filter array and an image processing method thereof are disclosed. The method of processing an image that is output from an image sensor including a multi-spectral filter array including a color filter and a near infrared (NIR) filter includes interpolating an NIR channel of the image by using spatial information of color channels including a red channel, a green channel, and a blue channel; and interpolating the color channels of the image by using spatial information of the NIR channel. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329102 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING COMPRESSIVE LAYERS - An image sensor device including a semiconductor substrate that includes an array region and a black level correction region. The array region contains a plurality of radiation-sensitive pixels. The black level correction region contains one or more reference pixels. The substrate has a front side and a back side. The image sensor device includes a first compressively-stressed layer formed on the back side of the substrate. The first compressively-stressed layer contains silicon oxide, and is negatively charged. The second compressively-stressed layer contains silicon nitride, and is negatively charged. A metal shield is formed over at least a portion of the black level correction region. The image sensor device includes a third compressively-stressed layer formed on the metal shield and the second compressively-stressed layer. The third compressively-stressed layer contains silicon oxide. A sidewall of the metal shield is protected by the third compressively-stressed layer. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329103 | IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HIGH-SENSITIVITY OPTICAL SCANNING AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THEREFOR - An inspection system includes a CMOS integrated circuit having integrally formed thereon an at least two dimensional array of photosensors and providing an inspection output representing an object to be inspected. A defect analyzer is operative to receive the inspection output and to provide a defect report. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329104 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit composed of pixels including photoelectric conversion elements which are arranged in a matrix, and a pixel drive unit configured to perform a row selection operation of simultaneously selecting plural rows when a row is selected in accordance with an address signal for the respective pixels in the pixel array unit in a read period where signals are read out from the pixels. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329105 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an optical image of a corresponding one of pixels included in a screen, and the image capturing unit of part of the pixels in the screen includes an adjustment unit which contains an electric field responsive material and is configured to adjust a transmittance of light by the electric field responsive material, and a light-receiving unit configured to receive the light for which the transmittance has been adjusted by the adjustment unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329106 | MEMS Fast Focus Camera Module - An auto focus camera module includes a camera module housing defining an aperture and an internal cavity to accommodate camera module components, an image sensor coupled to or within the housing, a lens barrel within the housing that contains an optical train including at least one movable lens disposed relative to the aperture and image sensor to focus images of scenes onto the image sensor along an optical path, and a fast focus MEMS actuator coupled to one or more lenses of the optical train including the at least one movable lens and configured to rapidly move said at least one movable lens relative to the image sensor to provide autofocus for the camera module in each frame of a preview or video sequence or both. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329107 | Streaming Light Propagation - A method is provided for streaming light propagation with particular application for feature films and other demanding content creation using scenes of high complexity requiring art directed global illumination. By attaching a data recording shader or equivalent functionality to any tracing based renderer that can provide multi-pass global illumination, the complete set of light bounce propagation records and the set of emissive samples for a particular rendering can be recorded to memory or disk. A user may edit the emissive samples to adjust the lighting environment, including modifying light source color and intensity and even moving and adding new emissive samples. To relight the scene, the edited emissive samples are processed through the propagation records using a streaming multiply-and-add operation amenable to high levels of parallelization, avoiding a costly re-rendering of the scene and providing a final quality result in interactive time. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329108 | Method And System For Processing An Image - The present invention includes a method and system for processing images captured with an image-capturing device. According to the present invention, a method and system includes reconfiguring a display of an image based on the orientation of the image-capturing device when the image is captured. Through the use of the method and system in accordance with the present invention, a user can view captured images without having to account for a rotation of the image-capturing device. The method and system includes capturing the image with an image-capturing device, determining an orientation of the image-capturing device and reconfiguring a display of the image based on the orientation of the image-capturing device. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329109 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a capture image is created or various side functions are performed in accordance with a user's command input in a specific mode in the course of playing a video. The present invention includes playing a video on a touchscreen, entering a capture mode, detecting a touch input to a 1 | 2013-12-12 |
20130329110 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image capturing apparatus comprises a unit which accepts a switching operation of switching a display mode, a display switching unit which switches, in response to the switching operation, to a next display mode in a predetermined order from a plurality of display modes including a first display mode wherein a live view image is displayed on a display unit, a second display mode, different from the first mode, wherein a live view image is displayed, and a third display mode wherein no live view image is displayed, a unit which accepts a shooting preparation instruction, and a unit which controls, upon accepting the shooting preparation instruction when the display mode is the third display mode, to switch the display mode from the third display mode to the second display mode. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329111 | CONTEXTUAL HELP GUIDE - A method of providing contextual help guidance information for camera settings based on a current framed image comprises displaying a framed image from a camera of an electronic device, performing contextual recognition for the framed image on a display of the electronic device, identifying active camera settings and functions of the electronic device, and presenting contextual help guidance information based on the contextual recognition and active camera settings and functions. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329112 | Prompting System - This invention teaches a new generation of prompting system which allows an ordinary user to conveniently couple a LCD based prompting box to a video camera or a camcorder using a universal mounting and adjustment assembly by few steps which are as simple as loosening and fastening few fasteners. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329113 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An information processing apparatus that acquires image data captured by an image capturing device; performs an analysis on the image data prior to cropping the image data for display to detect a specified image from the image data; generates an image for display by cropping the image data; controls a display to display the image for display; and executes predetermined processing when the specified image is detected in the image data as a result of performing the analysis on the image data prior to the cropping. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329114 | IMAGE MAGNIFIER FOR PIN-POINT CONTROL - A method for image control using magnification comprises selecting, using an electronic device, a portion of an image frame. The selected portion of the image frame is magnified. An action is performed on the magnified selected portion of the image frame for changing a feature of the selected portion of the image frame. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329115 | CASE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A case for a portable electronic device having a camera component can include a housing suitable for coupling with the portable electronic device. The housing can have an opening configured to allow light to pass therethrough. The case can also include a light-redirecting component integrated with the housing and configured to receive the light passing through the opening and redirect the light to the camera component. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329116 | MULTI FREQUENCY FILTER ARRAYS FOR LOW COST SPECTROMETERS - Optical filters, optical sensor arrays and methods for assembling the same and systems incorporating the same are disclosed. An optical filter may include a first stack, a second stack and a spacer layer. The first stack may include alternating layers of a first material having a first refractive index and a second material having a second refractive index that differs from the first refractive index. The second stack may include alternating layers of the first material and the second material. The spacer layer may be positioned between the first stack and the second stack to form a stacked assembly. The spacer layer may include a patterned layer including the first material and the second material. At least a portion of the patterned layer may include a pattern composed of the first material. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329117 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - An image capture apparatus comprises an imaging optical system, an image sensor, a pupil division unit which limits a light beam entering each pixel on the image sensor to a specific pupil area of the imaging optical system, an incident angle determination unit which determines an incident angle to each pixel on the image sensor, an image shift unit which shifts an electric signal obtained from the image sensor, based on the incident angle determined by the incident angle determination unit and a position of a plane on which image generation is performed, and an image generation unit which synthesizes electric signals obtained from the image shift unit. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329118 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, LENS APPARATUS, AND LENS APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An imaging apparatus, to which a lens apparatus can be attached, includes an imaging unit that executes charge accumulation in synchronization with a reference signal and generates an imaging signal, a control unit that controls the data communication with an attached lens apparatus and executes focus detection by using data received from the lens apparatus. The control unit executes data communication with the lens apparatus in a first communication mode in which predetermined data is periodically communicated in synchronization with the reference signal. When a predetermined operation that instructs preparation for still image shooting is being carried out by a user, the control unit changes the first communication mode to a second communication mode in which the control unit executes data communication with the lens apparatus out of synchronization with the reference signal. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329119 | LENS SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR LENS SYSTEM - Provided is a lens system, including: a lens apparatus including a movable optical member; a command apparatus for generating a command signal to be transmitted to the movable optical member; and a signal converter connected to the command apparatus by wire and communicable to and from the lens apparatus by wireless, in which: the lens apparatus includes: a drive controller for controlling drive of the movable optical member based on the command signal; and a wireless communicator for performing wireless communication to and from the signal converter; and after the wireless communication between the wireless communicator and the signal converter is stopped, the drive controller drives and controls the movable optical member in accordance with a situation in which the wireless communication is stopped. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329120 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing method is capable of performing a reconstruction for an input image so as to generate a plurality of output images having a plurality of focus positions different from each other, and the image processing method includes the steps of obtaining the input image that is an image containing information of an object space obtained from a plurality of points of view using an image pickup apparatus having an imaging optical system and an image pickup element including a plurality of pixels, and calculating a pixel shift amount of pixels that are to be combined by the reconstruction for a plurality of virtual imaging planes corresponding to the plurality of focus positions. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329121 | VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A variable magnification optical system consists of a negative first lens group, a stop that is fixed relative to an image plane during magnification change, and a positive second lens group, which are in this order from an object side. A distance between the first lens group and the second lens group in an optical axis direction becomes shorter when magnification is changed from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. The first lens group consists of a positive lens having a convex object-side surface and two negative lenses, in this order from the object side. The variable magnification optical system satisfies the following formula (1) about Abbe number νd1 of the positive lens in the first lens group for d-line: | 2013-12-12 |
20130329122 | FOCUS ERROR ESTIMATION IN IMAGES - Estimating focus error in an image involves a training phase and an application phase. In the training phase, an optical system is represented by a point-spread function. An image sensor array is represented by one or more wavelength sensitivity functions, one or more noise functions, and one or more spatial sampling functions. The point-spread function is applied to image patches for each of multiple defocus levels within a specified range to produce training data. Each of the images for each defocus level (i.e. focus error) is sampled using the wavelength sensitivity and spatial sampling functions. Noise is added using the noise functions. The responses from the sensor array to the training data are used to generate defocus filters for estimating focus error within the specified range. The defocus filters are then applied to the image patches of the training data and joint probability distributions of filter responses to each defocus level are characterized. In the application phase, the filter responses to arbitrary image patches are obtained and combined to derive continuous, signed estimates of the focus error of each arbitrary image patch. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329123 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD - A liquid crystal lens optical body that is available to a rapid response, the liquid crystal lens optical body having a first liquid crystal lens in which a liquid crystal layer is held between first electrodes, the first liquid crystal lens changing optical power by controlling orientation condition of liquid crystal molecules based on an input signal to the electrodes, and a second liquid crystal lens in which a liquid crystal layer is held between second electrodes, the second liquid crystal lens changing optical power by controlling orientation condition of liquid crystal molecules based on the input signal to the electrodes, the first and second liquid crystal lenses provided on an optical axis. In each liquid crystal lens, a response characteristic when the optical power undergoes a transition from a large condition thereof to a small condition thereof is different from a response characteristic when the optical power undergoes a transition from a small condition thereof to a large condition thereof. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329124 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - It is required to carry out a tapping operation on a display screen to adjust the focus in a case where refocus process is performed in shifting to a reproduction mode, so that a user has to do an extra work. An image processing apparatus obtains a multi-view image data obtained by image-capturing in a plurality of viewpoints. A mode indicating information on a target to be focused is set. A combined image data focused on the target is generated by executing image processing to the multi-view image data based on the set mode. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329125 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - An image pickup apparatus includes a focus adjustment unit, an image sensor, a focus evaluation value calculation unit, and a control unit configured to drive the focus adjustment unit based on a focus evaluation value to perform an in-focus operation. A change curve representing a change amount of a focus evaluation value indicating a focusing state of an object image includes a first slope before inversion of a sign of an inclination of the change curve at a peak value on the change curve and a second slope after inversion of a sign of an inclination of the change curve at a peak value on the change curve. The control unit determines whether the focus evaluation value corresponding to the peak value on the change curve is used for the in-focus operation based on an inclination of the first slope and an inclination of the second slope. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329126 | LENS BARREL MECHANICAL INTERFERENC PREVENTION MEASURES FOR CAMERA MODULE VOICE COIL MOTOR DESIGN - A camera module has an image sensor and a lens assembly that includes a lens barrel having a first cylindrical portion that includes an externally threaded portion and a second cylindrical portion that has a larger diameter than the externally threaded portion. A lens moving mechanism includes a movable sleeve having internal threads that receive the externally threaded portion of the lens assembly. The lens moving mechanism is coupled to the image sensor such that the second cylindrical portion of the lens assembly is closest to the image sensor. The camera module is assembled by inserting the lens assembly into the lens moving mechanism from the side closest to the image sensor. An installation tool may engage the second cylindrical portion to rotate the lens assembly and engage the threaded portions. Features may be provided to retain the lens assembly in the lens moving mechanism before joining the threaded portions. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329127 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A first control unit, which controls the timing when a first image pickup unit starts exposure, obtains a second difference by subtracting a first difference from an exposure-output time of the first image pickup unit, and outputs a first control signal for delaying the timing when the first image pickup unit starts exposure, by the second difference. The exposure-output time is a time lag between when the image pickup unit starts exposure and when output of an image signal obtained by the exposure is started. The first difference is a difference between a timing at which the first image pickup unit started outputting a predetermined image signal and a timing at which a second image pickup unit started an exposure for obtaining an image signal that the second image pickup unit outputted immediately after the first image pickup unit started outputting the predetermined image signal. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329128 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and a method are provided, which realize image pickup processing in which setting of an exposure time is performed in units of regions in an image pickup apparatus. An electronic shutter control unit that controls an exposure start time of an image pickup device by an electronic shutter operation and a mechanical shutter control unit that controls an exposure end time of the image pickup device by a mechanical shutter operation. The electronic shutter control unit calculates the exposure start time in units of image regions based on an exposure time individually set in units of image regions, and an operation time of the mechanical shutter in units of image regions, and controls the electronic shutter to operate at the calculated exposure start time in units of image regions. For example, the exposure time control in units of regions is executed by subtracting a mechanical shutter an exposure time from a mechanical shutter operation time in units of row blocks, for example, and calculating a reset time serving as an exposure start time as an electronic shutter operation time. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329129 | Systems and Methods for Moving Objects in Video by Generating and Using Keyframes - Systems and methods for moving objects in a video using keyframes. An object may be added to a video and then defined to move in the video, for example, based on the movement of another video object for which movement is known or determinable. As an example, a video editing interface may receive a new object added at a position on a first frame of a video and a command to associate movement of the added object with the movement of a video object, such as a person that is shown walking in the video. In response, keyframe positions for the added object may be determined for subsequent frames preserving the added object's position relative to the person. The use of those keyframes is optimized. For example, the keyframes may be analyzed to eliminate intermediate keyframes with values that can be interpolated from other keyframes. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329130 | INTEGRATED VIDEO EQUALIZER AND JITTER CLEANER - An integrated system for adaptive equalization and jitter reduction of a video signal that includes an adaptive equalizer and a jitter cleaner located on one integrated circuit within a single package. An adaptive equalizer applies frequency specific signal modification to the received signal. A bit rate detector determines a bit rate of the video signal or the equalized signal. The jitter cleaner couples to the adaptive equalizer output and processes the equalized signal to reduce jitter in the equalized signal. A multiplexer receives the equalized signal and the jitter cleaner output and, responsive to a control signal, outputs either the equalized signal or the jitter cleaner output signal. A status monitor may optionally be included to compare the detected bit rate to a bit rate threshold, and a responsive to the comparing activate or deactivate the jitter cleaner and output either the equalized signal or jitter cleaner output. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329131 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BIDIRECTIONAL REMOTE CONTROLLER AND BIDIRECTIONAL REMOTE CONTROLLER IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method for controlling a bidirectional remote controller is provided. The method includes receiving, at the bidirectional remote controller, menu information from a display apparatus; generating, at the bidirectional remote controller, a menu screen based on the received menu information for controlling the display apparatus; and displaying the generated menu screen on a display of the bidirectional remote controller. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329132 | Flare Detection and Mitigation in Panoramic Images - Lens flare mitigation techniques determine which pixels in images of a sequence of images are likely to be pixels affected by lens flare. Once the lens flare areas of the images are determined, unwanted lens flare effects may be mitigated by various approaches, including reducing border artifacts along a seam between successive images, discarding entire images of the sequence that contain lens flare areas, and using tone-mapping to reduce the visibility of lens flare. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329133 | MOVIE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An output image obtained by executing an image deformation process for an input image is stored in a memory. In the output image in the memory, a partial image within an effective area set in the memory is specified, and an area including the specified partial image is calculated as a readout area. The partial image is read out by executing a readout process for the readout area in the memory. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329134 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL PROGRAM - An image processing method includes searching an image area corresponding to a predetermined image from a photographed image obtained by photographing the predetermined image, which is projected on a projection plane; calculating parameters, which are used for correcting perspective distortion of the photographed image, based on the searched image area; and correcting the photographed image and another image, which is photographed after calculating the parameters, based on the calculated parameters. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329135 | REAL TIME DENOISING OF VIDEO - A video enhancement processing system improves perceptual quality of video data with limited processing complexity. The system may perform spatial denoising using filter weights that may vary based on estimated noise of an input image. Specifically, estimated noise of the input image may alter a search neighborhood over which the denoising filter operates, may alter a profile of weights to be applied based on pixel distances and may alter a profile of weights to be applied based on similarity of pixels for denoising processes. As such, the system finds application in consumer devices that perform such enhancement techniques in real time using general purpose processors such as CPUs or GPUs. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329136 | VIDEO SWITCH - A video switch system providing a collaborative environment for one or more users to share information. In the current embodiment, the video switch system enables users to quickly connect to the system, present information, have a video conference, or have a multi-user wireless video session, or a combination thereof, in a collaborative manner. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329137 | Video Encoding in Video Analytics - Video analytics may be used to assist video encoding by selectively encoding only portions of a frame and using, instead, previously encoded portions. Previously encoded portions may be used when succeeding frames have a level of motion less than a threshold. In such case, all or part of succeeding frames may not be encoded, increasing bandwidth and speed in some embodiments. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329138 | VIDEO SENDER AND VIDEO RECEIVER - According to one embodiment, a video sender comprises: a video processor and a communication module. The video processor creates video. The communication module is configured to communicate with a video receiver. The communication module comprises: a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives, from the video receiver, specific information specifying which one of a color signal and a frame rate takes precedence over the other one in transmission. The transmitter converts the video created by the video processor into video in which one of the color signal and the frame rate takes precedence over the other one in accordance with the specific information, and transmit the video thus converted to the video receiver. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329139 | Cellular Video, Wi-Fi and Spread Spectrum System and Method - A modulated video signal, received from a satellite, in a transceiver of a ship and of other water based communication devices, is demodulated and processed in a processor into a baseband processed video signal. The baseband video signal is processed and modulated into a Gaussian Minimum Shift Keyed (GMSK) or a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) or a Orthogonal Division Multiple Access (OFDM) modulated video signal. Receiving in a receiver a location finder information signal. Receiving and transmitting in a cellular phone one or more OFDM modulated signals in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system. Processing, cross-correlating and modulating, in a processor, a cross-correlator and a modulator of a cellular phone, an input signal into a processed, cross-correlated and modulated signal. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329140 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE MULTIMEDIA ACTIVITIES ON MULTIPLE OUTPUT DEVICES - A method and system are provided for providing first and second activities using multimedia devices. This involves linking each of the first and second activities with an output multimedia device by creating an activity profile for each output multimedia device being linked, the activity profile is associated with a profile identifier for that output multimedia device, activity multimedia devices for providing that activity and initialization commands for initiating that activity; receiving, from a control device, control signals for initiating the first and second activities, each control signal includes a profile identifier for identifying an activity profile and a target output multimedia device; determining initialization commands and activity multimedia devices for initiating the first and second activities based on the activity profiles associated with the profile identifiers; and providing the first and second activities on the corresponding target output multimedia devices by sending the initialization commands to the activity multimedia devices. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329141 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUI FOR SELECTING BROADCAST CHANNEL WITH KEYPAD OPERATED BY POINTER AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for providing Graphical User Interface (GUI) for selecting a broadcast channel, and a broadcast receiving apparatus having the same are provided. The GUI for selecting a broadcast channel includes a keypad having a pointer to be moved by manipulation of a user on a remote control apparatus and keys selectable by the pointer, and then the user is able to input a preferred broadcast channel by using the keypad and the pointer. Accordingly, the user is able to input a preferred broadcast channel without using the number keys, so the number keys may be omitted in the remote control apparatus. As a result, miniaturization of the remote control apparatus is possible. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329142 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - The present invention discloses a stereoscopic display, which includes a phase retarder a display panel, and board-like structures. The phase retarder has a plurality of first strip shapes and a plurality of second strip shapes. The first strip shapes and the second strip shapes are alternately arranged. The display panel has a plurality of pixels. The pixels are arranged into a plurality of pixel rows corresponding to the first strip shapes and the second strip shapes. The board-like structures are disposed in the liquid-crystal layer of the display panel. The pixel rows are respectively separated from each other by the board-like structures, thereby reducing a crosstalk phenomenon. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329143 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A three-dimensional display and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The three-dimensional display includes a display panel, a liquid crystal layer, an aligning layer and an adhesive layer. The liquid crystal layer is disposed on a side of the display panel. The aligning layer formed from a curable resin is disposed on a side of the liquid crystal layer opposite to the display panel and comprises a plurality of first aligning regions and a plurality of second aligning regions. The adhesive layer is disposed between the display panel and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the display panel and the liquid crystal layer are adhered by the adhesive layer. Wherein the pencil hardness of the aligning layer is in the range of 1B to 4H, and the adhesion of the adhesive layer is in the range of 50 gf/25 mm to 1500 gf/25 mm. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329144 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - An aspect of this invention is directed to efficiently sorting printed products into non-defective ones and defective ones even when a discharge failure occurs during the printing operation. In the aspect, two inspection patterns for detecting discharge failure are printed before and after a plurality of images. The inspection patterns are read to determine the type of discharge failure. Printed media are sorted based on whether it is determined that there is a continuous discharge failure, whether it is determined that there is an accidental discharge failure, or whether it is determined that the discharge is normal. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329145 | OPTICAL WAVELENGTH FILTER - An optical wavelength selective device includes a waveguide grating unit to separate input beam signals with different wavelengths into a plurality of output beam signals, each of which has a different wavelength span and is output from a different channel region of the waveguide grating unit; a polarization splitting unit to split each of the output beam signals into a first polarized beam with a first polarization and a second polarized beam with a second polarization different from the first polarization; a birefringence control member to control the first polarized beam to undergo a different refractive effect than the second polarized beam when the first and second polarized beams pass through the birefringence control member under a first voltage applied thereto; and a reflection member configured to reflect the first and second polarized beams output from the birefringence control member back to the birefringence control member. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329146 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device has a TFT substrate, a color filter (CF) substrate, a liquid crystal layer, wall structures formed on the TFT substrate, pixel electrodes provided on at least the sides of the wall structures, and common electrodes and counter electrodes formed on the TFT substrate and on the CF substrate to face each other, and a number of pixels are provided to include the TFT substrate, the CF substrate and the liquid crystal layer, wherein a light blocking region is provided around each of the number of pixels, each wall structure is arranged in the light blocking region, a support formed of a transparent and elastic material is arranged on an upper surface of each wall structure, the CF substrate is supported by the supports, and the liquid crystal layer is driven by electrical fields generated by the pixel electrodes, the common electrodes and the counter electrodes. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329147 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention provides a liquid crystal panel that can improve viewing angle characteristics and a liquid crystal display. The present invention is a liquid crystal panel of a vertical alignment type and includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer that is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and that includes liquid crystal molecules. The first substrate includes a first electrode including a plurality of first line-shaped portions arranged side by side with a gap. The first substrate or the second substrate includes a second electrode. The liquid crystal layer is driven by an electric field generated by at least the first electrode and the second electrode. D/d<3 is satisfied where D is the distance between center lines of the plurality of first line-shaped portions and d is the cell thickness of the liquid crystal panel. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329148 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a liquid crystal display apparatus, an angle of orientation of a first extension orientation of a first slit is not greater than an angle of orientation of a first director orientation, an angle of orientation of a second extension orientation of a second slit is not smaller than an angle of orientation of a second director orientation, and a difference between the angle of orientation of the second extension orientation and the angle of orientation of the second director orientation is greater than a difference between the angle of orientation of the first extension orientation and the angle of orientation of the first director orientation. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329149 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, METHOD OF FORMING AN OPTICALLY ISOTROPIC PHASE OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal composition including about 70 percent by weight to about 98 percent by weight of a liquid crystal molecule; and about 2 percent by weight to about 30 percent by weight of a hydrogel agent, each based on a total weight of the liquid crystal composition. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329150 | COLUMN SPACER DESIGN FOR A DISPLAY INCORPORATING A THIRD METAL LAYER - A display that contains a column spacer arrangement which takes advantage of a protrusion on a TFT substrate is provided. One set of column spacers is disposed on top of the protrusion, while a second set of column spacers of substantially the same height as the first set of column spacers are disposed throughout the display. In this way, the display is adequately protected against deformation from external forces while at the same maintaining enough room to allow for a liquid crystal to spread out during the manufacturing process. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329151 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention provides to a liquid crystal panel, which comprises: a first substrate, a second substrate, a coplanar transparent electrode layer and a liquid crystal layer. The first and second substrates have a first and second alignment films, respectively. The coplanar transparent electrode layer is disposed onto the second alignment film. The liquid crystal layer is disposed in a space between the first alignment film of the first substrate and the coplanar transparent electrode layer of the second substrate. The liquid crystal film comprises positive liquid crystal molecules and reactive mesogens (RMs). The liquid crystal panel of the present invention can overcome the problems of pollution and static electricity generated from the rubbing alignment in the IPS mode. In comparison with the PSVA mode, the present invention can simplify the manufacturing process and provide the advantages of high contrast, high response speed and wide viewing angle. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329152 | Liquid Crystal Display Panel and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a plurality of sub-pixel regions formed on the first substrate, liquid crystal disposed in the sub-pixel regions and containing red, green, or blue dye, and a second substrate bonded to the first substrate. Each sub-pixel regions is surrounded by four connected baffle panels, which collectively form a black matrix block wall. The second substrate is positioned on the black matrix block wall to face the first substrate so as to enclose the liquid crystal in the sub-pixel regions. The liquid crystal display panel uses liquid crystal that contains red, green, or blue dye and a black matrix block wall that blocks the liquid crystal to form the R, G, B sub-pixels, so that the manufacture steps are lessened, the structure is simple, and the cost is low. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329153 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND PIXEL ARRAY SUBSTRATE THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and pixel array substrate thereof is related to the pixel array substrate including a first substrate, gate lines, data lines, thin film transistors, a first insulation layer, a transparent conductive layer, a second insulation layer, contact holes, and pixel electrodes. The gate lines, the data lines, and the thin film transistors are disposed on the first substrate, and the first insulation layer covers thereon. The transparent conductive layer is disposed on the first insulation layer and has a common voltage level. The second insulation layer is disposed between the transparent conductive layer and the pixel electrodes, and insulates the transparent conductive layer from the pixel electrodes. The pixel electrodes are coupled electrically to third terminals of the corresponding thin film transistors through the corresponding contact holes. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329154 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device includes a metal layer, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, a liquid crystal layer and a protective layer. The common electrode is disposed above the metal layer. The pixel electrode is disposed above the common electrode. The liquid crystal layer is disposed above the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The protective layer is disposed between the metal layer and the common electrode, and includes one of a color translucent material and a transparent polymer material. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329155 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a light blocking member on a plurality of color filters, wherein the light blocking member includes a first light blocking member extending along a data line and a second light blocking member extending along a gate line. The first light blocking member is disposed between the plurality of color filters such that a first portion and a second portion of the first light blocking member overlapping an edge of at least one of the color filters respectively have a first width and a second width larger than the first width, and a sub column spacer is formed at the second portion of the first light blocking member. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329156 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a gate line, a source line, a switching element, a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element, an interlayer insulation film covering the first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode which is located on the interlayer insulation film, is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode and includes a main pixel electrode, and a first main common electrode extending along the source line, the first pixel electrode including an edge portion which is located closer to the source line and the first main common electrode than to the main pixel electrode, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329157 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display and a manufacturing method thereof. The insulation layer of the liquid crystal display has: a first surface having a first opening; a second surface having a second opening; and a connecting structure having a via formed between the first and the second surfaces, wherein the via connects the first opening and the second opening, and the second opening is smaller than the first opening. The manufacturing method includes the steps of: providing a semiconductor layer having a surface with an area; forming a photoresist layer on the area; forming a protective layer on the semiconductor layer and the photoresist layer; and removing the photoresist layer through a lift-off process, so as to form a via penetrating the protective layer to expose the area of the semiconductor. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329158 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SHORT CIRCUIT DEFECT CORRECTION METHOD FOR ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - A slit-shaped repair hole ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130329159 | DUAL COMPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SEAL - An environmental seal between two compartments, such as in a process transmitter, linked by a passageway contains an electrical cable. The seal includes a stop, a cable gland body, a compression bushing, a cable gland nut, and a first elastomeric seal. The stop projects from an interior surface of the passageway. The cable gland body is in contact with the stop and encircles a portion of the electrical cable. The compression bushing is within the cable gland body and encircles the portion of the electrical cable. The cable gland nut compresses the compression bushing and seals the compression bushing against the electrical cable and against an interior surface of the cable gland body. The first elastomeric seal seals between an exterior surface of the cable gland body and the interior surface of the passageway. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329160 | LCD Module and LCD Device - The invention relates to the field of LCDs, and more particularly to an LCD module and an LCD device. The LCD module includes a front frame, and a backplane. The front frame includes a vertical wall, and the backplane includes a horizontal wall, and a vertical wall. The vertical wall of the front frame is vertically aligned with the vertical wall of the backplane. Because the frame of the conventional LCD module is already made very narrow, the space for further narrowing the frame width is limited; the single edge of the frame of the LCD module is narrowed by a wall thickness of the front frame or the backplane because the vertical wall of the front frame of the LCD module of the invention is conventionally aligned with the vertical wall of the backplane, and then an LCD module with a narrower frame is obtained. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329161 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display module is provided including a liquid crystal panel for displaying an image; a backlight unit including a light source unit for providing light to the liquid crystal panel; and a packaging chassis which holds the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit in a single module. The light source unit includes a plurality of light sources; a light source support board for supporting the light sources; a wavelength conversion member, disposed in front of the light sources, which converts wavelengths of light emitted from the light sources; and a fixing member which holds the wavelength conversion member in front of the light sources. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329162 | DISPLAY - A display includes: a plate member having flexibility and including a first face and a second face that face each other; a frame member provided on the first face of the plate member and extending in one direction of the first face; and a display body having flexibility and disposed on a side of the plate member on which the second face is provided. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329163 | HIGH-CONTRAST DIRECT TYPE BACKLIGHT MODULE - A high-contrast direct type backlight module combined, with a display module is disclosed, and the high-contrast direct type backlight module comprises a plurality of LED light sources and a diffusion plate, and the LED light sources are arranged into a matrix, and a light emitted from the LED light sources forms an elliptical light pattern on the diffusion plate separately, and the light is transmitted to the display module through the diffusion plate. Therefore, the elliptical light patterns arranged into a matrix arrangement can improve the brightness and contrast of the high-contrast direct type backlight module to optimize the resolution of the display module and provide rich color and sharp images on screen. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329164 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept is provided the liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel which displays images; backlight unit which provides light to the liquid crystal panel; and an optical sheet unit which is placed between the liquid crystal panel and backlight, wherein the optical sheet unit includes at least one scattering particle optical sheet where scattering particles are provided. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329165 | LIGHT GUIDE PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING PARTICULAR LIGHT-EMITTING PATTERN SURFACE - A light guide panel (LGP) for use in a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus includes a light-emitting pattern surface on which light-emitting patterns are formed, an opposite surface opposite to the light-emitting pattern surface, and four edge surfaces. Lenticular patterns are formed on one of the light-emitting pattern surface and the opposite surface. The light-emitting pattern surface includes a light-emitting part in which the light-emitting patterns are formed; and an edge part which extends along the four edge surfaces to enclose the light-emitting part and in which at least one fixing groove is formed to fix the LGP. The light-emitting part includes a pattern reducing region which faces the fixing groove and has a lower light-emitting pattern density than an other region of the light-emitting part. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329166 | DECORATIVE PANEL - A decorative panel ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130329167 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a lower display electrode provided on the first substrate, an insulating layer provided on the lower display electrode, an upper display electrode provided on the insulating layer and having a mesh pattern including opening portions, a common electrode provided on the second substrate, and a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate in a state in which the upper display electrode and the common electrode face each other. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329168 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal (LC) layer sandwiched between the two substrates. The first substrate includes gate lines and data lines, and the gate lines and the data lines data lines are intersected with each other to define pixel areas. Each of the pixel areas includes a pixel electrode and first common electrodes arranged at different layers, and the first common electrodes are electrically coupled to each other. The second substrate includes a second common electrode, and the LC layer comprises negative LC molecules. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329169 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel including a substrate on which a switching element is disposed, a first electrode connected to the switching element, an image displaying layer disposed under the first electrode, a second electrode disposed under the image displaying layer and insulated from the first electrode, a protective layer disposed under the second electrode and surrounding a lower surface and side surfaces of the image displaying layer, and an upper polarizing plate disposed on the substrate, and making contact with the substrate. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329170 | DEFLECTING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a polarizer plate including at least a protective layer A, a polarizer, and a protective layer B in that order, the protective layer A including at least layers a and b respectively including a thermoplastic resin as a main component, the layer a having a flexural modulus higher than that of the layer b; and a liquid crystal display device including a light source, an incident-side polarizer plate, a liquid crystal cell, and an exit-side polarizer plate in that order, the incident-side polarizer plate and/or the exit-side polarizer plate being the polarizer plate of the present invention. According to the present invention, a polarizer plate exhibiting high tenacity and high surface hardness and a liquid crystal display device including the polarizer plate are provided. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329171 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SHIELDING DISPLAYS FROM ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE - Methods and devices for shielding displays from electrostatic discharge (ESD) are provided. In one example, a display of an electronic device may include a high resistivity shielding layer configured to protect electrical components from static charges. The display may also include a conductive layer electrically coupled to the high resistivity shielding layer and configured to decrease a discharge time of static charges from the high resistivity shielding layer. The display may include a grounding layer and a conductor electrically coupled between the conductive layer and the grounding layer to direct static charges from the conductive layer to the grounding layer. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329172 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus including an image display panel includes: a first color filter for passing light of a first primary and first auxiliary pixels for displaying the first primary; a second color filter for passing light of a second primary and second auxiliary pixels for displaying the second primary; a third color filter for passing light of a third primary and third auxiliary pixels for displaying the third primary; and fourth auxiliary pixels for displaying a fourth color; the first auxiliary pixels, the second auxiliary pixels, the third auxiliary pixels, and the fourth auxiliary pixels being arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and a light shielding region disposed at least partly around the peripheral edge of each of the fourth auxiliary pixels. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329173 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PROTECTION COVER FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSMISSION PROTECTION LAYER FORMING THE SAME - Disclosed are a liquid crystal protection cover which is mounted to an upper surface of a display window of a portable terminal to protect a liquid crystal part and a display window, is easily detachably attached to the portable terminal according to a taste of a user, the liquid crystal protection cover having various patterns and colors, and interrupts electronic waves generated in the portable terminal to minimize a harmful effect of the electronic waves on a human body, and a method of manufacturing a transmission protection layer forming the same. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329174 | OPTICAL DEFLECTING ELEMENT - An optical deflecting element ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130329175 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes an electrode and a slit formation region provided in the electrode and extending in a direction of extension of a boundary line, a first alignment region and a third alignment region are formed such that liquid crystal molecules are aligned toward a first director orientation, a second alignment region and a fourth alignment region are formed such that liquid crystal molecules are aligned toward a second director orientation greater in an angle of orientation than the first director orientation, an angle of orientation of a first slit orientation is not greater than an angle of orientation of the first director orientation, and an angle of orientation of a second slit orientation is not smaller than an angle of orientation of the second director orientation. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329176 | DISPLAY DEVICE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin film transistor substrate ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130329177 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid-crystal display is provided, including: a first substrate including a plurality of electrode units, wherein each of the electrode units includes a pixel electrode having a first edge adjacent to a second edge and a plurality of finger-type electrodes connected to the first edge of the pixel electrode; a second substrate having an opposite electrode overlapping the plurality of electrode units, wherein the opposite electrode includes a hollow pattern, including: at least one first main slit and at least one second main slit intersecting with each other, wherein the second main slit intersects the second edge at a first intersection, and the first edge intersects the second edge at a second intersection, and a distance along the second edge and between the first and second intersections is smaller than about 10 nm; and a liquid-crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329178 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal panel, including: manufacturing a first substrate and a second substrate; mixing sealant with alloy particles having low melting points, coating the mixture on the first substrate, and dropping liquid crystals on the first substrate; and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate, heating the two bonded substrates, and then cooling the substrates. Therefore, the manufacturing method can prevent the present golden balls from piercing the common electrodes and further prevent the short circuit of the circuit on the substrate, which improves the yield rate of the liquid crystal panel. Additionally, since the alloy particles are small sized, after the separate alloy particles melt, contacting points between the alloy particles and the common electrodes are increased. Also, contacting resistance between alloy particles, and the contacting resistance between the alloy particles and the substrate are reduced, which improves the conductivity between the common electrodes. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329179 | FERROELECTRIC GLASS NANOPARTICLES, LIQUID-CRYSTAL COMPOSITIONS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES CONTAINING THE NANOPARTICLES - Methods for preparing ferroelectric nanoparticles, liquid crystal compositions containing the ferroelectric nanoparticles, and electronic devices utilizing the ferroelectric nanoparticles are described. The methods of preparing the ferroelectric nanoparticles may include size-reducing a starting material comprising particles of a bulk intrinsically nonferroelectric glass to form glass nanoparticles having an average size of less than 20 nm, the glass nanoparticles comprising ferroelectric nanoparticles. Exemplary bulk intrinsically nonferroelectric glasses may include borosilicate glasses, tellurite glasses, bismuthate glasses, gallate glasses, and mixtures thereof, for example. The size reduction may be accomplished using ball milling with a solvent combination such as n-heptane and oleic acid. Liquid crystal compositions may include the ferroelectric nanoparticles in combination with a liquid crystal. Exemplary electronic devices include liquid crystal displays, in which a liquid crystal composition containing the ferroelectric nanoparticles is disposed adjacent a window material. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329180 | Eyeglasses With Interchangeable Character Eyes - An eyeglass apparatus for use with an interchangeable character eye overlay includes a base frame adapted to be worn over at least one eye of a wearer and a first attachment mechanism for the base frame for removably attaching a character eye overlay having a cooperating second attachment mechanism. | 2013-12-12 |
20130329181 | SIDEPIECE FOR EYEGLASSES, EYEGLASSES INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE SUCH SIDEPIECE, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH A SIDEPIECE - The invention relates to a sidepiece ( | 2013-12-12 |
20130329182 | INTERLOCKING TEMPLE CONNECTORS FOR EYEWEAR AND ASSOCIATED EYEWEAR APPARATUSES - A specialized eyewear hinge and attachment device for creating a tool-less eyewear arm changeout system and creating the possibility of turning sunglasses into goggles quickly and easily. The specialized hinge and mating system for eyewear allows for rapid changes of either eyewear stems, the conversion of an eyeglass into a goggle, and/or allows the improved living hinge system to apply an inward pressure which allows for a more secure eyewear fit. The specialized mating system of the hinge to the frame utilizes a pliable hinge material with female apertures to mate with a rigid male protrusion portion on the eyewear frame and stems. | 2013-12-12 |