Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130027860 | Portable Information Display Terminal - This portable information display terminal includes a liquid crystal display portion displaying information, a frame provided with the liquid crystal display portion on a surface thereof, an inclination sensor to detect at least the use state of the frame and the liquid crystal display portion by sensing an inclination of the frame, a camera unit capable of imaging the user's face, and a control portion detecting the orientation of the face with a face detection function on the basis of data of the user's face imaged by the camera unit and performing control of switching the orientation of a screen display of the liquid crystal display portion on the basis of a result of detection of the orientation of the face and a result of detection by the inclination sensor. | 01-31-2013 |
20130093960 | Display and Television Set - This display includes a housing, a display portion, a substrate mounted on an inner surface of the housing and provided with a capacitive switch, and a substrate fixing member having a first pressing portion pressing a position, corresponding to the capacitive switch, of a surface of the substrate opposite to the side provided with the capacitive switch, while the substrate fixing member is formed to fix the substrate to the housing in a state pressing the substrate so that the capacitive switch and the inner surface of the housing are in close contact with each other. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093961 | Display and Television Set - This display includes a presser member consisting of an elastic member held between the inner surface of a front housing and the front surface of a display cell portion in a state contactable with both of the inner surface of the front housing and the front surface of the display cell portion thereby pressing an edge portion on the front surface side of the display cell portion on a non-bezelled portion provided with no bezel for holding the display cell portion in the edge portion of the display cell portion. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094689 | Microphone Unit, Method of Manufacturing Microphone Unit, Electronic Apparatus, Substrate for Microphone Unit and Method of Manufacturing Substrate for Microphone Unit - This microphone unit includes a vibrating portion converting a sound to an electric signal, a substrate having a first surface where the vibrating portion is set and a second surface opposite to the first surface and including a hollow portion transmitting a sound therein, and a coating layer formed on an inner surface of the hollow portion of the substrate. The substrate further includes a first substrate sound hole portion provided on the first surface for causing the hollow portion and the vibrating portion to communicate with each other, a second substrate sound hole portion provided on the first surface for causing the hollow portion and the exterior to communicate with each other, and a coating liquid draining hole portion provided on the second surface for causing the hollow portion and the exterior to communicate with each other. | 04-18-2013 |
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20130100355 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A display device includes a display part that displays images on a front surface, a board attachment material configured to support the display part from a rear surface that is opposite the front surface of the display part, and a circuit board attached in the board attachment area on the non-electroconductive surface side of the board attachment material. The board attachment material includes a non-electroconductive surface having no electroconductivity placed on the rear surface side, an electroconductive surface having electroconductivity placed on a side opposite to the non-electroconductive surface side, and a board attachment area on the non-electroconductive surface side. A non-board attachment area of the non-electroconductive surface of the board attachment material is exposed to an outside. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100356 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A display device including a display part, a light emitting element adapted to shine light into the display part, a light emitting element board with the light emitting element fixed on one side, a heat dissipating material formed by bending a sheet material made of metal so as to include a first plane attached to an other side of the light emitting element board and a second plane that forms a specified angle with respect to the first plane and has a heat dissipation function to dissipate heat from the light emitting element. The heat dissipating material includes a release part formed by removing a bended part that is the boundary of the first plane and the second plane. The display device also includes a board supporting part formed in an area corresponding to the release part in the second plane. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100357 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION APPARATUS - A display device includes a light source, a reflection sheet, a display panel and a display panel supporting member. The display panel supporting member is disposed on a back side of the display device relative to the reflection sheet. A part of a back surface of the display panel supporting member disposed on the back side of the display device relative to the reflection sheet forms a rear chassis. The display panel supporting member has a first recessed portion that is recessed toward the reflection sheet such that the first recessed portion presses an inner area of a back surface of the reflection sheet except for a vicinity of an outer peripheral portion of the back surface of the reflection sheet. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100359 | DISPLAY DEVICE PACKAGING STRUCTURE, TELEVISION SET, AND DISPLAY DEVICE ASSEMBLY METHOD - A display device packaging structure includes a first cushioning member. The first cushioning member is configured to be detachably attached to a device main body of a display device. The first cushioning member includes a bottom component that is configured to face with a display face of the device main body, a side wall component that is arranged relative to the bottom component such that the side wall component is configured to cover a side face portion of the device main body, and an access component that is disposed on the side wall component. The access component is configured to expose an attachment component of the device main body such that a stand of the display device is attachable to the attachment component of the device main body through the access component while the first cushioning member is attached to the device main body. | 04-25-2013 |
20130114003 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION APPARATUS - A display device includes a display panel, a rear metal member and a resin frame. The rear metal member is disposed on a rear side of the display device relative to the display panel in a first direction. The rear metal member is arranged along a side portion of the display panel. The resin frame covers a side surface of the rear metal member such that the resin frame overlaps the side surface in the first direction. The resin frame has a first engaging section in a portion of the resin frame. The rear metal member has a second engaging section in a portion of the rear metal member that corresponds to the first engaging section. The second engaging section is engaged with the first engaging section in the first direction such that the second engaging section restricts movement of the first engaging section in a second direction. | 05-09-2013 |
20130120270 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention discloses an electronic device having a first control section that outputs a predetermined signal to one of plurality of first lines according to the instructions input from operation keys, an output signal setting section that is connected to the first control section via the first lines to specify a voltage value based on the signal input from the first lines, and a second control section that identifies a predetermined process corresponding to the instruction received by the first control section based on the voltage value specified by the output signal setting section and then executes the process. | 05-16-2013 |
20130120340 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal cell, a gate driver, a source driver and a controller. The liquid crystal cell has a plurality of source lines, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of pixels. The pixels define a pixel region with a set of pixels. The source driver has a plurality of second output lines. The second output lines are connected to source lines to output voltage to the pixels. The source lines have a pair of common source lines that are connected to the set of pixels of the pixel region. The common source lines are further commonly connected to one of the second output lines of the source driver. The controller is further configured to display a predetermined color in the set of pixels of the pixel region. | 05-16-2013 |
20130134597 | CHIP ON FILM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A chip on film includes a plastic film approximately rectangular in flat view, a designated wiring pattern having approximately rectangular electrodes arrayed longitudinally formed on a mounting surface of the plastic film, and an LSI chip mounted on the mounting surface of the plastic film and connected to the designated wiring pattern. At least one cutout part is formed on each short side of the approximate rectangle of the plastic film. | 05-30-2013 |
20130155331 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION - A display device includes a frame-shaped front cabinet that includes a light-guiding hole to guide light from a light source to outside, a display including a display region that is disposed so as to be exposed from the frame-shaped front cabinet, an operating board attached to an inner surface of the front cabinet and that includes a ground pattern on the surface thereof on a side of the inner surface of the front cabinet, and an LED as the light source that is attached to the operating board and that is disposed at a position farther behind the ground pattern on the operating board as seen from the front. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156227 | SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING SOUND VOLUME - A sound output device of the present invention is one that receives a digital audio signal including a plurality of channels and performs digital signal processing on the received digital audio signal, and includes a detecting portion which detects peak values or effective values of the plurality of channels included in the digital audio signal. The sound output device also includes an electric power calculating portion which calculates necessary electric power to output sound of each of the channels according to the peak values or the effective values. The sound output device also includes a sound volume adjusting portion which adjusts sound volume of the digital audio signal according to a total of the necessary electric power calculated by the electric power calculating portion for each of the channels. | 06-20-2013 |
20130162496 | MULTI-ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A multi-antenna device includes a feeding element and a passive element. The feeding element has first and second antenna elements. The passive element is disposed between the first and second antenna elements. The passive element has a first portion that is grounded at one end, a second portion that is grounded at one end and a third portion that is grounded at one end via a serially connected member with inductance. The third portion is connected at the other end to the other ends of the first and second portions. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163401 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND OPTICAL POWER CONTROL METHOD - An optical disc apparatus includes: a light source; a power detection portion that detects optical power of light emitted from the light source; a temperature detection portion that detects an ambient temperature of the power detection portion; a storage portion in which information relating to a temperature drift characteristic of the power detection portion is stored; and a control portion that controls the optical power while performing a temperature correction relating to the power detection portion by using the information stored in the storage portion. In the optical disc apparatus, the information stored in the storage portion is updated. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163790 | MICROPHONE UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In this microphone unit, a first sound hole and a second sound hole are provided to extend toward a surface of an electronic apparatus internally mounted with a differential vibrating portion, intersecting with a main surface of the electronic apparatus, and an end portion of the first sound hole closer to the surface intersecting with the main surface of the electronic apparatus and an end portion of the second sound hole closer to the surface intersecting with the main surface of the electronic apparatus are so arranged that the vertical distances of the end portions from the main surface of the electronic apparatus are different from each other. | 06-27-2013 |
20130183024 | IMAGE SOUND APPARATUS - An image sound apparatus includes a reproduction processing portion which performs a reproduction process of reproduction information containing images or sound, a title acquiring portion which acquires a title of the reproduction information, a communication portion connected to a communication network so as to perform communication, and an operation portion which accepts an operation instruction. In addition, the image sound apparatus includes a reproduction information acquiring portion which acquires, when a predetermined operation to the operation portion is detected in a state where the reproduction processing portion is performing the reproduction process, the title of the reproduction information by the title acquiring portion, and acquires reproduction information having a title that is partially or completely the same as the acquired title from a communication network using the communication portion. | 07-18-2013 |
20130187870 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE - A touch-type remote control device includes a main microcomputer and a display device including a touch panel. When a group icon image on the display device is touch-operated by the user, the main microcomputer displays a plurality of remote control key images allocated to the touch-operated group icon image. Then, the main microcomputer grays out the group icon images excluding the touch-operated group icon image. When the user touch-operates a desired remote control key image among the remote control key images, the main microcomputer determines that the remote control key image located in the touch-operated position has been selected and executes a control command corresponding to the remote control key image. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188098 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL TERMINAL - A remote control system includes a portable terminal, a display device and a control terminal. The portable terminal has a first display component with a first touch panel. The control terminal wirelessly communicates with the portable terminal. The control terminal has a second touch panel that detects a user touch operation, and a wireless transmission component that wirelessly sends coordinate information indicative of a touched position of the user touch operation on the second touch panel to the portable terminal. The portable terminal further has an operation execution component that executes an operation associated with a position on the first touch panel that corresponds to the touched position of the user touch operation on the second touch panel based on the coordinate information, and a first video transmission component that sends image of an execution screen of the operation to the display device through a transmission cable. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188099 | AUDIO ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND A TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE PROVIDING SAME - An audio adjustment device including a plurality of filters respectively amplifying or attenuating signal components of a multiplicity of frequency bands among input audio components, an adjustment part that adjusts gain characteristics of the plurality of filters, and a characteristic display part that displays gain characteristics adjusted by the adjustment part. The adjustment part is capable of independently adjusting gain in signal components of central frequencies of signal components subject to amplification or attenuation by the filters, and Q value of gain characteristics of the filters. The characteristic display part displays the gain characteristics of the plurality of filters in a row along one frequency axis. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191856 | COUPON DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, TELEVISION DEVICE AND SERVER - A coupon distribution system includes a television device and a server. The television device acquires program related information of a television program. The television device sends the program related information and a device ID of the television device via a network. The server has a user database that stores for each device a device ID and a device location. The server acquires the device ID of the television device via the network. The server searches in the user database for the device location of the television device based on the device ID of the television device. The server converts service information of a coupon providing store into a code image. The server sends the code image to the television device such that the television device displays the code image on a screen of the television device in response to receiving the code image from the server. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191862 | TELEVISION RECEIVER - A television receiver includes a broadcast reception unit that receives broadcast signals from broadcasting stations, a judgment unit that judges whether or not an emergency alert broadcast signal is included in the broadcast signal received by the broadcast reception unit, a display unit that, when the judgment unit judges that the emergency alert broadcast signal is included in the broadcast signal, displays emergency alert information based on the emergency alert broadcast signal, an information transmission unit that, when the judgment unit judges that the emergency alert broadcast signal is included in the broadcast signal, wirelessly transmits to other television receivers an alert issuance information signal indicating that a broadcasting station is broadcasting an emergency alert, an information reception unit that wirelessly receives the alert issuance information signal from other television receivers, and a control unit. | 07-25-2013 |
20130200877 | GRADATION VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A gradation voltage generating circuit includes a resistor ladder circuit and a constant current circuit. The resistor ladder circuit has a plurality of resistors. The constant current circuit is electrically connected to the resistor ladder circuit. The constant current circuit is configured to supply a constant current to the resistor ladder circuit such that the resistor ladder circuit produces a plurality of reference potentials that is configured to be directly supplied to a source driver. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201130 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a touch screen and a controller. The touch screen is configured to detect touch operation. The controller is configured to perform a calibration of the touch screen by using an approximate expression based on pressed location information of the touch operation on the touch screen. The controller is further configured to update the approximate expression such that the approximate expression represents a function that passes through a common reference point before and after the update. | 08-08-2013 |