| 06th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
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| 20140036096 | IMAGE SENSOR POSITIONING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method is provided for positioning an image sensor having a light receiving plane within a camera and a system is provided for identifying the position of an image sensor. The method comprises projecting a first group of substantially parallel light beams representing a first predetermined pattern onto the light receiving plane of the image sensor at an angle of incidence, projecting a second group of substantially parallel light beams representing a second predetermined pattern onto the light receiving plane of the image sensor at an angle of incidence, registering positions on the light receiving plane of the image sensor where the light beams are detected by the image sensor, generating adjustment information based on the registered positions, indicating if the present position of the image sensor is an erroneous position or not, and adjusting the position of the image sensor based on the adjustment information. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036097 | WEB-LINKED CAMERA DEVICE WITH UNIQUE ASSOCIATION FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - In one example, an augmented reality aura having a selectable weblink is presented on web-linked camera device (WLCD). The WLCD is uniquely associated with a user. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036098 | Terminal Apparatus And Video-Data Distribution Method - A terminal apparatus and a video-data distribution method thereof are described. The terminal apparatus includes a camera module, configured to shoot a video and generate raw data associated with the shot video in real time; an encoding-and-packaging unit configured to encode the raw data to produce encoded video data, and package the video data at a predefined time interval to produce a plurality of first-video clip data with a predetermined format, wherein the plurality of first-video clip data can all be played independently. The apparatus can include a first communication unit, configured to communicate with a remote server, wherein the server is a hypertext-transfer-protocol server and supports other terminal apparatuses to download the first-video clip data; and a first processing unit, configured to upload the produced plurality of first-video clip data to the server in real time via the first communication unit. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036099 | Automated Scanning - Techniques are disclosed relating to prediction of desired information types for image scanning In some embodiments, a scanner is configured to predict a desired information type based on applications (e.g., running on a device, displayed on a device, or recently opened on a device) and/or a coarse scan of an image to detect objects in a set of object types that include information types associated with running applications. Based on a predicted information type, in some embodiments, the scanner is configured to extract information from an image and automatically display the information to a user or send the information to an application. For example, in one embodiment, the scanner may automatically extract payment information from an image of a credit card and insert the information into payment fields on a merchant web site. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036100 | Remote Network Video Content Recorder System - A concept and method for the remote management of and recording of digital video content from a remote IP video camera to an application server via the internet. The recorder system comprises a user device capable of running a user interface, a server running a communications interface, a recorder module, and a digital recording device, and at least one remote IP camera. Upon system initialization, a recorder object and an associated unique ID for the recorder instance are transmitted with the user interface to the user device. A remote user of the device may request a video image from an associated remote camera to be sent to the server where it is recorded on the recording device. The image does not transmit to the user device, minimizing bandwidth requirements on the control side. The server provides a safe, secure and network-optimized environment for capturing the recording. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036101 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - At the time of occurrence of camera shake, an angular velocity sensor detects an angular velocity. A rotation angle calculator integrates the angular velocity to calculate angle camera shake. A translational acceleration calculator subtracts an internal acceleration caused during operation of a lens unit from a first translational acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor, so as to calculate a second translational acceleration. A translational velocity calculator integrates the second translational acceleration to calculate a translational velocity. A rotation radius calculator calculates a rotation radius based on the angular velocity and the translational velocity. A shake amount calculator calculates a camera shake amount based on the angle camera shake and the rotation radius. An actuator drives a camera shake correction lens in a direction for canceling the camera shake amount. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036102 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING BY VOICE RECOGNITION - An image capture device includes a memory module, an image capture module, a voice recognition module, and a controller. The memory module stores a plurality of image effects. The image capture module is used to generate a captured image and store the captured image in the memory module. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036103 | Visual Communications System Employing Video Imagery - A system and method for platform independent LOS visual information transmission is disclosed. A transmitter consists of a series of sequential images that are stacked together to form frames in a video transmission. Each image is modulated spatially, by color, and by intensity. The data is transmitted over an LOS visual channel. The receiver first captures each individual image from the received video, and then demodulates each image in the three areas it was modulated spatially, by color, and by intensity. LOS visual information transmission allows for secure data transfer and reduces interference from other applications. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036104 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING MOVING OBJECT WITH THE SAME - A photographing apparatus includes: an image pickup section picking up an image of an object to acquire image data; a part judgment section judging a particular part of the object in the image shown based on the image data; a change-in-part judgment section judging change over time of the part of the object judged by the part judgment section; and a control section changing a photographing condition in accordance with a result of the judgment by the change-in-part judgment section, wherein the part judgment section judges a first part of the object in the image and a second part presumed from the first part; and the change-in-part judgment section judges change over time of the second part. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036105 | VIDEO CONVERSION DEVICE, PHOTOGRAPHY SYSTEM OF VIDEO SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME, VIDEO CONVERSION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF VIDEO CONVERSION PROGRAM - A video conversion unit comprises: a unit which acquires a camera video data signal; a first color conversion unit which converts the camera video data signal to a photography scene reference color space and derives first video data; a lock modification section which carries out a lock modification on the first video data; a second color conversion unit which converts the post-color conversion video data to a video output reference color space and derives second video data; and a third color space conversion unit which converts the second video data to a color space of a verification display device and derives third video data in order to pre-verify a device color which is obtained when converting to a color space of a final video output device with a different display device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036106 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A white balance control circuit calculates a first white balance correction value based on image data captured at light-emission timing of a flash unit and calculate a second white balance correction value based on image data captured at non-emission timing of the flash unit. The white balance control circuit acquires an image capturing condition corresponding to the image data captured at the light-emission timing of the flash unit or scene information obtained from color information of the image data captured at the light-emission timing of the flash unit. The white balance control circuit corrects at least one of the first white balance correction value and the second white balance correction value based on the image capturing condition or the scene information. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036107 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTENT DATA ASSOCIATED WITH POSITION DATA - Disclosed is an information processing method comprising the steps of: storing measured position information in association with first time information representing times of day at which the measured position information is obtained; storing video information in association with second time information representing times of day at which the video information is obtained; and associating the measured position information with the video information in accordance with degrees of difference between the first time information and the second time information. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036108 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing method and apparatus that minimizes a delay time until the image is detected and captured when shooting photographs where various shooting options (effects) are set. The image processing method includes displaying a preview in a shooting mode; receiving a shooting option based shooting command while displaying the preview; and processing image compensation applying a shooting option to an image having full resolution as a background, and substantially parallel operations, entering a preview mode to display a preview a display image. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036109 | Method of Improving Orientation and Color Balance of Digital Images Using Face Detection Information - A method of generating one or more new spatial and chromatic variation digital images uses an original digitally-acquired image which including a face or portions of a face. A group of pixels that correspond to a face within the original digitally-acquired image is identified. A portion of the original image is selected to include the group of pixels. Values of pixels of one or more new images based on the selected portion are automatically generated, or an option to generate them is provided, in a manner which always includes the face within the one or more new images. Such method may be implemented to automatically establish the correct orientation and color balance of an image. Such method can be implemented as an automated method or a semi automatic method to guide users in viewing, capturing or printing of images. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036110 | OBJECT SELECTION IN AN IMAGE - Illustrative embodiments of methods, machine-readable media, and computing devices allowing object selection in an image are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method may include detecting one or more features of an object in a machine-readable image file, simulating an electrostatic charge distribution by assigning a virtual point charge to each of the one or more detected features, determining a virtual electric potential field resulting from the simulated electrostatic charge distribution, and selecting a portion of the object in the machine-readable image file that is bounded by an equipotential line in the virtual electric potential field. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036111 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH AUTO-FOCUS FUNCTION AND AUTO-FOCUS METHOD - An auto-focus method includes steps of receiving a first image from an image capturing unit, wherein the first image conforms to a first resolution of the image capturing unit; setting a focus frame in the first image; converting the first image into a second image, wherein the second image conforms to a second resolution of a display unit and the second resolution is smaller than the first resolution; and displaying the second image and the first image within the focus frame in the display unit. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036112 | DUAL LENS DIGITAL ZOOM - A camera with a pair of lens/sensor combinations, the two lenses having different focal lengths, so that the image from one of the combinations has a field of view approximately two to three times greater than the image from the other combination. As a user of the camera requests a given amount of zoom, the zoomed image provided will come from the lens/sensor combination having the field of view that is next larger than the requested field of view. Thus, if the requested field of view is less than the smaller field of view combination, the zoomed image will be created from the image captured by that combination, using cropping and interpolation if necessary. Similarly, if the requested field of view is greater than the smaller field of view combination, the zoomed image will be created from the image captured by the other combination, using cropping and interpolation if necessary. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036113 | System And Method For Creating Composite Images By Utilizing An Imaging Device - A system and method for creating composite images by utilizing a camera comprises a cradle device that transports the camera across a target area during a scanning procedure that captures and stores image data. During the scanning procedure, a motion detector captures and provides scan motion data to a scanning manager from the camera. The scanning manager may then responsively utilize the scan motion data to accurately extract still frames corresponding to the target area from the captured image data at pre-determined time intervals. A stitching software program may then access and combine the still frames generated by the scanning manager to thereby create composite images. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036114 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes: an imaging unit; a row selection circuit; a column circuit unit; and a control unit configured to supply a row address signal which designates a pixel row to be selected to the row selection circuit, in which the imaging unit includes: a valid part including first pixels; and a peripheral part including second pixels, and the control unit includes an output adjustment unit which adjusts an output order of row address signals, the output adjustment unit adjusts the output order of the row address signals so that orders and combinations of the numbers of rows to be outputted per unit row are equal to each other in a first row selection sequence and in a second row selection sequence, and generate the first and second row selection sequences, and the control unit supplies the first and second row selection sequences to the row selection circuit. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036115 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section and a signal processing section. The pixel array section is configured to include a plurality of arranged rectangular pixels, each of which has different sizes in the vertical and horizontal directions, and a plurality of adjacent ones of which are combined to form a square pixel having the same size in the vertical and horizontal directions. The signal processing section is configured to perform a process of outputting, as a single signal, a plurality of signals read out from the combined plurality of rectangular pixels. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036116 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY WITH STIFFENER AND CAMERA MODULE - A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) assembly includes a FPCB, a dielectric layer, a stiffener, and a conductive adhesive layer. The FPCB includes a surface and a conductive layer positioned on the surface of the FPCB. The conductive layer includes a circuit portion and a grounding portion connected to the circuit portion. The circuit portion is entirely covered by the dielectric layer and the grounding portion is exposed outside the dielectric layer. The conductive adhesive is positioned on the stiffener and includes a first adhering portion and a second adhering portion. A thickness of the second adhering portion is greater than the first adhering portion. A thickness difference between the second adhering portion and the first adhering portion is substantially equal to a thickness the dielectric layer. The first adhering portion is adhered to the dielectric layer and the second adhering portion is adhered to the grounding portion. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036117 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens system including: a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, wherein an interval between the first and second lens groups, an interval between the second and third lens groups, and an interval between the third and fourth lens groups change during zooming from a wide-mode to a tele-mode, wherein the first lens group comprises one negative lens and three positive lenses sequentially from the object to the image, wherein the zoom lens system satisfies an condition below: | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036118 | IMAGE SENSOR DRIVING APPARATUS, METHOD AND RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - An image sensor driving apparatus extracts an image signal from an image sensor including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements two-dimensionally arrayed, and includes a conversion unit which converts the image signal into digital data by performing offset correction for the image signal. The apparatus obtains digital data corresponding to a first sampling count by causing the conversion unit to process a reference voltage signal in accordance with a synchronization signal which determines an imaging frame rate, and obtains digital data corresponding to a second sampling count by causing the conversion unit to process a reference voltage signal every time extracting an image signal from a photoelectric conversion element group obtained by dividing a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. The apparatus generates a correction value used for offset correction based on the obtained digital data corresponding to the first and second sampling counts. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036119 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - The solid-state imaging device according to the present invention includes a valid pixel area, a horizontal OB area, and a peripheral circuit area. The valid pixel area includes valid pixel cells from each of which an image signal corresponding to incident light is outputted. The horizontal OB area includes light-blocking pixel cells from each of which a black level signal not depending on the incident light. The peripheral circuit area includes a peripheral circuit. When (i) the valid pixel area has N line layers, (ii) each of the horizontal OB area and the peripheral circuit area has M line layers, and (iii) N| 2014-02-06 | |
| 20140036120 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup device may include: an image capturing unit; a reference signal generation unit; a row selection unit that selects and controls each unit pixel for every row of the array of the unit pixels; a comparison unit including a differential amplifier unit and a reset unit; a measurement unit that measures a comparison time from a comparison start to a comparison end; and a change unit that includes a switch element and a second capacitive element in which one end of the second capacitive element is connected to the first input terminal and the other end of the second capacitive element is connected to a first voltage source via the switch element at a time of a reset operation by the reset unit and connected to a second voltage source different from the first voltage source via the switch element after the reset operation. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036121 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, CAMERA, AND METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor includes a pixel unit having first and second photoelectric converters, an amplifier provided commonly for the first and second photoelectric converters, first and second transfer transistors configured to respectively transfer charges generated in the first and second electric converters to an input portion of the amplifier. The signal read out by the readout portion includes a first optical signal read out in a state in which charges are transferred from the first photoelectric converter to the input portion by the first transfer transistor, and a second optical signal read out, after the readout of the first optical signal, in a state in which charges are transferred from the second photoelectric converter to the input portion by the second transfer transistor. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036122 | AD CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An AD conversion circuit may include: a reference signal generation unit; a comparison unit; a clock generation unit; a latch unit; a counting unit; and an encoding unit including a detection circuit and an encoding circuit, the detection circuit performing a first detection operation of detecting logic states of n lower phase signals in a signal group that a plurality of lower phase signals latched in the latch unit are arranged in the same order as those of the signal group when the plurality of lower phase signals output from the clock generation unit are arranged to be the signal group the detection circuit outputting a state detection signal when the logic state of the n lower phase signals is detected to be a predetermined logic state in the first detection operation, the encoding circuit performing encoding based on the state detection signal output from the detection circuit. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036123 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR A SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section that has at least one pixel with a photoelectric conversion unit and a charge detection unit. A driving section is configured to read out a signal of the pixel, a first portion of said signal being based on signal charge, a second portion of said signal being based on a reset potential. A signal processing section is configured to read out the first portion of the signal as a reference voltage, with the reference voltage being adjusted to cause the first and second portions of the signal to be within an input voltage range. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036124 | RAMP-SIGNAL GENERATOR CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - The ramp-signal generator circuit includes a reference voltage generator that changes the voltage of a reference signal Vr to a comparator setting voltage VR for compensating for a voltage difference between a reference signal Vr and an analog input signal (Vs | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036125 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus capable of reducing deterioration of AD conversion accuracy is provided, wherein, when performing the AD conversion on a pixel signal corresponding to a reset level, a latch control unit causes a latch circuit of a latch unit to enter an enabled state (third timing) at a first timing according to a comparison start in a comparing unit, and then causes the latch circuit of the latch unit to execute latching at a fourth timing at which a predetermined time has lapsed from a second timing according to a comparison end in the comparing unit. Further, when performing the AD conversion on the pixel signal corresponding to the signal level, the latch control unit causes the latch circuit of the latch unit to enter the enabled state at the second timing according to the comparison end in the comparing unit. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036126 | DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA WITH A PROJECTOR - The invention is a digital video camera and projector that is suitable for use by children or young adults, does not require the user to engage a mechanical switching of the lenses from video camera mode to Projection mode. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036127 | HEADPHONES WITH INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - A novel headphone system includes a first speaker assembly, a second speaker assembly, and an interactive visual display system. The interactive visual display system includes a display operative to output visual contents according to interaction with a user. In a more particular embodiment, the headphone system includes an external device interface that enables a user to interact with the contents displayed from the screen via an external device or via the Internet. In another embodiment, the interactive visual display system is removable from the rest of the headphone system and can optionally be installed in another compatible non-headphone device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036128 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUAL FOCUSING IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for manual focusing in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes providing a user interface for determining a focusing area and a focusing level to a screen, determining the focusing area according to a motion of touching the screen, determining the focusing level according to the motion of touching the screen, and performing focusing on the determined focusing area according to the determined focusing level. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036129 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - A digital camera includes: a display section displaying a photographing image obtained by photographing a subject; a signal processing and control section reading out information related to the subject and information related to surroundings of the subject from a database on the basis of position information and compass direction information about the digital camera; and a display control section selecting the information related to the subject according to the lens condition and performing control so as to display the selected information on the display section by superimposing the selected information on the photographing image. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036130 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - A sensed image generated from an image signal output from an image sensor for receiving light that becomes incident sequentially through an imaging lens and a microlens array that is a two-dimensional array including a plurality of microlenses is acquired. A list is created in which, for each pixel position on the image sensor, the correspondence between the coordinates of the light incident at the pixel position on the imaging lens and the coordinates of the pixel position is registered. Images obtained by rearranging pixels at the coordinate positions on the image sensor corresponding to the coordinates in accordance with the arrangement order of the coordinates on the imaging lens are generated as a parallax image group. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036131 | METHOD OF CAPTURING AN IMAGE IN A DEVICE AND THE DEVICE THEREOF - A method of capturing an image in a device and the device thereof are provided. The method comprises displaying a preview of an image to be captured on a screen of the device; allowing a user to execute an action input through a spatial relationship with a region, wherein the region is any area on the surface of the screen; sensing the action input; comparing the action input to a template stored in a memory of the device, wherein the template is associated with image capturing; and capturing the image if the action input substantially matches the template. The method of capturing images in the device and the device thereof provided by the present disclosure permit a user to easily capture images without clicking a fixed area on the screen. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036132 | ROTATING LENS APPARATUS - A lens cleaning device having a housing. A cylindrical lens is disposed inside the housing and defines an inner cavity. An imager is disposed in the cavity. A gear assembly operably couples the cylindrical lens with a motor. The motor is operational to rotate the gear assembly and consequently the cylindrical lens. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036133 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes four lenses arranged in order from the object side to the image side: an aperture stop, positive (refractive power) first lens having a convex object-side surface near the optical axis, second lens having a positive meniscus shape near the axis, positive third lens having a convex image-side surface near the axis, and negative fourth lens having a concave image-side surface near the axis. All lens surfaces are aspheric. The image-side aspheric surface of the fourth lens has a pole-change point off the optical axis and conditional expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036134 | FOCUS ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND FOCUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD - There is provided a focus adjustment device including an image sensor including a plurality of phase difference detection pixels that each perform pupil division of a photographing lens, a correction value acquisition unit for acquiring a correction value for a focus position in a spatial frequency of a subject which is obtained by the image sensor, and a focus adjustment unit for adjusting a focus position of the photographing lens based on the correction value acquired by the correction value acquisition unit. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036135 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING A STREAM OF OBJECTS - A camera system ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036136 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes first to third lens units having positive, negative, and positive refractive power, respectively, and a rear lens group having positive refractive power. An aperture stop is arranged between a lens surface of the second lens unit closest to the image side and a lens surface of the third lens unit closest to the image side. The third lens unit includes first and second positive lenses each including an aspheric surface, and a negative lens. In the third lens unit, a refractive index of the first positive lens, and an Abbe number and relative partial dispersion of the second positive lens are appropriately set. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036137 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first to third lens units having negative, positive, and negative refractive power, respectively, and a rear lens group including a plurality of lens units and having overall positive refractive power, a distance between every adjacent lens unit included in the zoom lens is variable during zooming. The second lens unit moves in a direction nonparallel to an optical axis during image shake correction, the third lens unit moves in an optical axis direction during focusing, each of the second and third lens units consists of a single lens element, and a focal length of the entire zoom lens at a wide-angle end, a focal length of the second lens unit, and a focal length of the third lens unit are appropriately set. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036138 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens consists of a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, and a positive fourth lens group, which are arranged in this order from an object side. When magnification is changed from wide angle end to telephoto end, the first lens group and the third lens group are fixed, and the second lens group moves toward an image side, and the fourth lens group moves. The first lens group consists of a cemented lens of a negative lens and a positive lens, and two positive lenses, which are in this order from the object side. The third lens group consists of a negative partial lens group including a cemented lens, and a positive partial lens group, which are in this order from the object side. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036139 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A digital photographing apparatus includes: an image pickup lens; an image pickup device that generates an image signal; an iris that controls an amount of the light transmitted through the image pickup lens; a shutter that controls exposure; a focus detector that detects focus using light transmitted through a predetermined exit pupil region of the lens; and a timing unit that controls a time period for shielding the shutter, when the image pickup device outputs image information, where regardless of the time period for shielding the shutter, the focus detector detects a focus when the iris has an iris value for ensuring transmission of a light flux used to detect the focus, after the exposure is finished. To precisely perform auto focus (AF), the digital photographing apparatus performs continuous AF or simultaneously displays a live view in consideration of timing for adjusting the iris and timing for controlling the shutter. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036140 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING MOVABLE IMAGE SENSOR FOR FOCUSING - A camera module includes a lens holder, a lens held by the lens holder, an image sensor, a guiding device, and a driving motor. The lens holder includes guiding rods which impose a movement track on the guiding device so as to hold the image sensor very steadily and precisely for focusing purposes, in moving towards or away from the lens. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036141 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS EXPOSURE CONTROL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus capable of not only detecting whiteout or blackout but also effectively achieving exposure control. In the image pickup apparatus, an entire-screen brightness frequency distribution is detected based on a picked-up image signal. The image pickup apparatus calculates a first exposure control value from the entire-screen brightness frequency distribution. The image signal is divided into a plurality of small areas, and the brightness of each of the small areas is detected. The image pickup apparatus calculates a second exposure control value from the brightness. The image pickup apparatus calculates an exposure correction value based on the first exposure control value and the second exposure control value. An exposure value is calculated using the exposure correction value and an exposure value of the image signal. The image pickup apparatus performs exposure control of the image pickup section based on the calculated exposure value. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036142 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An imaging optical system includes a first optical unit having positive refractive power making an image at an image plane at an enlargement-side of the imaging optical system and an intermediate image at an intermediate image position in the imaging optical system conjugate to each other, and a second optical unit having positive refractive power making the intermediate image and an image at an image plane at a reduction-side of the imaging optical system conjugate to each other, wherein, when a focal length of the first optical unit is denoted by fF and a focal length of the second optical unit is denoted by fR, the following condition is satisfied: | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036143 | IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM - An image acquisition apparatus includes an imaging optical system configured to image an object, a reimaging optical system configured to reimage the object imaged by the imaging optical system, a reflecting member disposed in an optical path between the imaging optical system and the reimaging optical system, an image sensor configured to capture an image of the object reimaged by the reimaging optical system, and to output the image, a first driving unit configured to change a tilt of the reflecting member relative to an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and a correction unit configured to correct a positional deviation of the image in a rotational direction, wherein the positional deviation of the image is generated according to a change in the tilt of the reflecting member. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036144 | Water-Proof Casing - The water-proof casing provides a waterproof casing for protecting an electronic device. It comprises a housing that has an internal space, at least an opening that is positioned on a surface of the housing, and a cover portion that covers the opening. As the material for making the housing is stretchable, the house may has only a single opening that is stretched to allow an electronic device to pass through. The housing may enclose an electronic device, which enters the housing through the single opening. A flexible material is used to make the opening that is stretched when the electronic device enters the housing. The opening includes a skirt that is pressed against a surface of the cover portion so that the water-proof function of the present disclosure may be achieved. The casing may include a tube unit to accommodate lens of the device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036145 | MICRO CAMERA MODULE HAVING A HOUSING WITH A GRADUATED LENS ASSEMBLY RECEIVER PORTION - A novel micro camera module that is manually adjustable between a close-up mode and an infinite mode includes a lens assembly adjustably mounted within a sleeve that is adjustably mounted into a housing. In a particular embodiment the sleeve includes a channel (cam groove) that is engaged by a plurality of pins fixed to the housing. Further, a biasing member is disposed between the sleeve and the housing such that an upward force will enable the pins to firmly engage the lower portion of the channel. In a more particular embodiment, the channel defines two detents that secure the sleeve into predetermined positions with respect to the housing. In an even more particular embodiment, the channel is sloped such that upon rotation of the sleeve, the distance between the lens assembly and an image capture device is changed. In another particular embodiment, the camera module includes an electrical mode detecting switch that is indicative of the position of the camera module. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036146 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides one or more pieces of lenses, a housing formed therein with the one or more pieces of lenses, and a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) fixed to the housing, mounted with an image sensor converting an optical image having passed the one or more pieces of lenses to an electrical signal and formed at a bottom surface with a solder ball. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036147 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO FROM UPSAMPLED STANDARD DEFINITION VIDEO - Presented herein are system(s), method(s), and apparatus for providing high resolution frames. In one embodiment, there is a method comprising receiving upscaled frames; motion estimating the upscaled frames; and motion compensating the upscaled frames. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036148 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING FRAME RATE OF VIDEO SIGNAL, AND VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In order to convert frame repetition information generated by pulldown processing for generating repeat frames from each frame of an input video signal generated at 24 fps into phase information for pulldown processing, and to perform frame rate conversion using the phase information, an apparatus for converting the frame rate of the video signal includes a repeat frame generation unit configured to generate, according to the predetermined number of repeat frames, a plurality of identical frames from each frame of the input video signal; and a frame rate conversion unit configured to perform frame rate conversion based on the frame phase information indicating the number of repeat frames generated by the repeat frame generation unit. Thus, even if a video picture generated at 24 fps is input, judder of a video picture displayed on a screen can be reduced upon frame rate conversion until pulldown processing is determined. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036149 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a display controller and a transmitter. The display controller is configured to cause a display module to display a screen on which a plurality of content images based on a plurality of pieces of content data are arranged. The transmitter is configured to receive a captured image including at least one of the content images in at least a portion of the captured image, to specify a content image to be transmitted based on the captured image and the at least one of the content images, and to transmit one of the pieces of content data corresponding to the content image to be transmitted to a predetermined external device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036150 | PIXEL CLOCK GENERATOR, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE PIXEL CLOCK GENERATOR - A method of operating a pixel clock generator (PCG), the method including generating N clock signals according to a control voltage signal, the N clock signals having different phases and N being a natural number; generating M frequency-divided clock signals based on the N clock signals, the M frequency-divided clock signals having different phases and M being a natural number greater than N; and generating a pixel clock signal based on at least two selected ones of the M frequency-divided clock signals. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036151 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a display unit; a storage unit which stores user setting information which is set based on an input from a user; and a controller which checks whether the user setting information is stored in the storage unit and displays the stored user setting information on the display unit before the display apparatus is turned off, when a power-off signal of the display apparatus is received from the user. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036152 | VIDEO ALERTS - Systems and methods for providing a video alert include providing a first portion of video to an electronic display and analyzing a second portion of video while the first portion of video is being provided to the electronic display. A character or personality may be identified in the second portion of video and an alert provided based in part on the character or personality being identified in the second portion of video. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036153 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AVOIDING DISCOMFORT AND/OR RELIEVING MOTION SICKNESS WHEN USING A DISPLAY DEVICE IN A MOVING ENVIRONMENT - In one embodiment, a method for avoiding discomfort and/or relieving motion sickness when using a display device in a moving environment includes detecting at least one movement component of the moving environment, generating data for intermediate images indicating the movement component or at least one of the movement components, and modifying a series of images showing content to be displayed by inserting the intermediate images into the series. The modified series is divided into sequences of these images by the intermediate images. The method further includes displaying the modified series of images on an image display of the display device. The modified series includes the intermediate images. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036154 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An image processing method of an image processing apparatus and image processing apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving streaming image data, decoding the received streaming image data to generate a plurality of consecutive frames, detecting a resolution-changed frame among the plurality of generated consecutive frames, and scaling the plurality of generated consecutive frames using a preset scaling factor. The scaling includes changing the preset scaling factor to a scaling factor corresponding to a resolution of the detected resolution-changed frame just before the detected resolution-changed frame is scaled. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036155 | Play Control System And Method - Disclosed are a play control system and method. The system includes: a display control module for dividing the display screen of electrical equipment, wherein the display control module can divide the display screen into a plurality of display area layouts; a control module for determining the current display area layout and the video signal corresponding to the picture to be displayed in each display area in the current display area layout according to an instruction; and a processing module for according to determination result of the control module, processing each video signal to be displayed according to the display requirement of the display area which needs to display the video signal and providing the processed video signal meeting the display requirement of the corresponding display area to the electrical equipment. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036156 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION METHODS HAVING BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION USING PREDETERMINED LINES - Electronic equipment and methods for permitting quick control of the operating state of a source equipment side from sink equipment. A television receiver (sink equipment) | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036157 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING ADJACENT-CHANNEL POWER DEPENDENT AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION DEMODULATION - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for digital television demodulation, comprising using adjacent-channel power dependent automatic gain control (AGC) for the digital television demodulation, wherein an AGC technique takes into account a total power as well as power of adjacent channels to control gain of a gain control amplifier. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036158 | SENSING METHOD ON SENSING DEVICE BY SMART TERMINAL AND SMART TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A sensing method for a smart terminal to interact with a sensing device in a remote control device is provided. The sensing method includes following steps. The first step is that the smart terminal obtains a current sensing device usage information. The second step is according to the current sensing device usage information and the previous sensing device usage information pre-stored in the smart terminal, the smart terminal determines whether a change occurs in a sensing device usage situation. When the change occurs in the sensing device usage situation, the remote control device associated with the smart terminal and carrying a plurality of sensing devices is notified. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036159 | REMOTE CONTROLLER FOR SETTING MODE ACCORDING TO STATE OF BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - A remote control apparatus for setting a mode according to a state of a broadcast receiving apparatus is provided. The remote control apparatus sets operation modes based on information regarding a state of a broadcast receiving apparatus received from the broadcast receiving apparatus. The operation mode of the remote control apparatus is automatically set based on information regarding a state of a broadcast receiving apparatus, so less power is consumed in the remote control apparatus. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036160 | LED LIGHT GUIDE, LED LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND DIRECT-TYPE LED TV - An LED light guide includes a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, the bottom surface includes a number of concave lens portions, and the top surface includes a number of convex lens portions. The concave lens portions are each aligned with a convex lens portion, and each of the concave lens portions forms a receiving space for accommodating an LED. An LED module and a direct-type LED TV using the LED light guide are also provided. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036161 | LED LIGHT GUIDE, LED LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND DIRECT-TYPE LED TV - A circular LED light guide includes a top wall and a peripheral side wall; the top wall and the peripheral side wall cooperatively form a hollow receiving space. The hollow receiving space is used for receiving an LED therein. The top wall includes a light incident surface inside of the receiving space, and an exterior light output surface. The light incident surface includes a concave lens surface formed in a central area of the light incident surface, and the light output surface includes a convex lens surface formed in a central area of the light output surface. A central optical axis of the concave lens surface is aligned with a central optical axis of the convex lens surface. An LED module and a direct-type LED TV using the LED light guide are also provided. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036162 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes a bendable display, a housing, and a puller. The bendable display includes a front surface at which an image can be viewed and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The housing is configured to support the display. The housing includes a wall covering the rear surface. The puller is between the housing and the display, and configured to impart tensional force to the display by pulling the display in a plurality of directions along the front surface. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036163 | System and Method for Protecting a Monitor - A monitor cover is disclosed. Said monitor cover comprises a screen cover portion having a first side and a second side, an opening, and a binding. Said screen cover portion is capable of removably covering a screen of a monitor system. Said opening is capable of stretching over a portion of said monitor system. Said binding is capable of holding said screen cover portion of said monitor cover over said screen of said monitor system. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036164 | PROJECTOR - Two light modulators, a first light modulator and a second light modulator, suffice for four light sources, a first light source, a second light source, a third light source, and a fourth light source, whereby the cost can be lowered as compared with a configuration in which three light modulators are required. As a result, cost reduction is achieved. Further, since two light modulators suffice, the size of the projector can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which three light modulators are required. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036165 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL SENSOR FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a touchscreen panel sensor film with alignment marks or product information assigned thereto, this sensor film being formed so as to improve in post-processing accuracy. The touchscreen panel sensor film according to this invention includes a transparent base film and a transparent electrical conductor pattern provided on at least one surface of the base film, and achieves the improvement of post-processing accuracy by having alignment marks or product information in a non-active area on the sensor film. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036166 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The reliability of a display device with an input device is improved. A plurality of detection electrodes (input position detection electrodes) forming an electrostatic capacity between them and a common electrode of a display device to detect an input position are formed on a different substrate from substrates configuring the display device. Moreover, a polarizing plate and the substrate on which the plurality of detection electrodes are formed are adhesively fixed via, for example, an adhesive layer so that the plurality of detection electrodes are fixed so as to be separated apart from the display device. Thus, a distance between electrodes (the detection electrode and a driving electrode) for detecting an input position can be set separately from a thickness of the display device, and therefore, reduction in detection sensitivity (detection reliability) for the input position due to increase in the electrostatic capacity can be suppressed. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036167 | TOUCH PANEL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel module includes an integrated panel and a casing. The integrated panel defines a transparent region and a non-transparent region around the transparent region. The integrated panel has a covering substrate, a decorating layer disposed on the inner surface of the covering substrate and arranged in the non-transparent region, a sensing electrode layer disposed on the inner surface of the covering substrate and arranged in the transparent region, a circuit layer disposed on the decorating layer and electrically connected to the sensing electrode layer, and a protective layer at least covering par of the decorating layer and part of the circuit layer. The casing is formed by injection molding, wherein one portion of the casing is arranged in the non-transparent region and formed on the protective layer, and another portion of the casing covers a circumferential lateral edge of the integrated panel. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036168 | Use of LED or OLED Array to Implement Integrated Combinations of Touch Screen Tactile, Touch Gesture Sensor, Color Image Display, Hand-Image Gesture Sensor, Document Scanner, Secure Optical Data Exchange, and Fingerprint Processing Capabilities - A system and method for implementing a display which also serves as one or more of a tactile user interface touchscreen, proximate hand gesture sensor, light field sensor, lensless imaging camera, document scanner, fingerprint scanner, and secure optical communications interface. In an implementation, an OLED array can be used for light sensing as well as light emission functions. In one implementation a single OLED array is used as the only optoelectronic user interface element in the system. In another implementation two OLED arrays are used, each performing and/or optimized from different functions. In another implementation, an LCD and an OLED array are used in various configurations. The resulting arrangements allow for sharing of both optoelectric devices as well as associated electronics and computational processors, and are accordingly advantageous for use in handheld devices such as cellphone, smartphones, PDAs, tablet computers, and other such devices. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036169 | INFORMATION INPUT HELP SHEET, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE INFORMATION INPUT HELP SHEET, PRINT-ASSOCIATED OUTPUT SYSTEM USING THE INFORMATION INPUT HELP SHEET, AND CALIBRATION METHOD - The technical objective is to provide a simple and low-cost information input help sheet and an information processing system which exhibit a significantly high input accuracy and input efficiency without limiting a mounting object. The information input help sheet comprises an infrared reflection layer which reflects infrared rays from one side and transmits visible light, and a dot pattern layer provided on one side of the infrared reflection layer and on which dots generated by a dot-code generating algorithm and formed with material having an infrared absorbing characteristic are arranged according to a predetermined rule, in order to perform a variety of multimedia information output and/or operation instructions. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036170 | Display Panel Device Having Touch Input Function - A display panel device has a window, a touch panel laminate and a display panel. The touch panel laminate has: a transparent first substrate layer; a first transparent conductive layer laminated to the first substrate layer through a first undercoat layer; a transparent second substrate layer; and a second transparent conductive layer laminated to the second substrate layer through a second undercoat layer. The second conductive layer faces the first conductive layer through at least the first substrate layer and the first undercoat layer. The first conductive layer is closer to the window than the first substrate layer. A polarizing film layer is bonded to the window, and a λ/4 retardation film layer is disposed between the polarizing film layer and the touch panel laminate. The display panel is disposed on a side opposite to the window with respect to the touch panel laminate. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036171 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND TOUCH PANEL THEREWITH - A transparent conductive film includes a transparent film substrate; and a first and second crystalline transparent conductive laminate, wherein the second crystalline layer is located between the transparent film substrate and the first transparent conductive layer, and a second content of the tetravalent metal element oxide of the second transparent conductive layer is higher than a first content of the tetravalent metal element oxide of the second transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive film allows a reduction in crystallization time. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036172 | Electro-Active Ophthalmic Lenses Comprising Low Viscosity Liquid Crystalline Mixtures - An electro-active ophthalmic lens is presented in which the lens includes a progressive addition region having an add power and an electro-active element. The electro-active element is in optical communication with the progressive addition region and has an activated state and a deactivated state. The electro-active element also includes a liquid crystalline material disposed in a cavity having a diffractive surface relief structure. The liquid crystalline material has a low rotational viscosity. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036173 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A stereoscopic display including a display panel and a barrier panel is provided. The barrier panel is at one side of the display panel. The barrier panel includes first and second substrates, first and second patterned electrode layers, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second patterned electrode layers. The first patterned electrode layer is on the first substrate, and includes first electrodes having a first line-width. A gap between the adjacent first electrodes is a first spacing, and a first pitch is a sum of the first spacing and pitch. The second patterned electrode layer is on the second substrate, includes second electrodes having the first line-width. The gap between the adjacent second electrodes is the first spacing, the first and second electrodes are staggered to each other, and a shift in a horizontal direction between the first and second electrodes is half of the first pitch. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036174 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - To provide a stereoscopic display apparatus, enabling to move the position of a viewpoint, not only left/right, but also in front/back directions, and to widen a range from where a 3D image can be seen. A stereoscopic display apparatus, with applying a stereoscopic display panel therein, comprising: a display element, which is configured to display parallax images for a left-side eye and a right-side eye, simultaneously; and a liquid crystal lens, which is attached onto the display element and configured to adjust a direction of a light emitting from the display element, further comprises an observer position detecting means and a liquid crystal lens driving means, wherein the liquid crystal lens driving means changes the pitch of a pattern of voltage to be applied onto plural numbers of electrodes of the liquid crystal lens, depending on the position of the observer, which is detected by the observer position detecting means. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036175 | OPTICAL FILM FOR 3D IMAGE DISPLAY, 3D IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Disclosed is an optical film for 3D image display devices, including at least an optically-anisotropic layer formed of a composition that includes, as the main ingredient thereof, a discotic liquid crystal having at least one polymerizable group, wherein the optically-anisotropic layer is a patterned optically-anisotropic layer which includes a first retardation domain and a second retardation domain differing from each other in at least one of the in-plane slow axis direction and retardation in-plane thereof and in which the first and second retardation domains are alternately arranged in plane. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036176 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY UNIT - Provided is a display unit capable of improving both display luminance and display quality in three-dimensional display. A light modulation layer containing a bulk and microparticles is provided in a light modulation device ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036177 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE WITH PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE MANUFACTURED WITH SAME - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing liquid crystal display module with photovoltaic cell, which includes: (1) providing a substrate and a liquid crystal display panel; (2) forming a transparent conductive layer on the substrate through sputtering; (3) forming a first matrix, which is arranged to stay away from a pixel aperture of the liquid crystal display panel and is located below the TFT arrays; (4) forming a photovoltaic layer on the transparent conductive layer through chemical vapor deposition; (5) forming a second matrix corresponding to the first matrix; (6) forming a metal layer on the photovoltaic layer through sputtering; (7) forming a third matrix corresponding to the second matrix so as to form a photovoltaic cell on the substrate; (8) applying sealant to the substrate around the photovoltaic cell; and (9) bonding the substrate and the liquid crystal display panel to each other and curing the sealant. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036178 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel assembly in which a member having a liquid crystal cell and displaying a video picture thereon is built in a space formed by a front bezel and a back chassis. The front bezel serves as a front cabinet and the back chassis serves as a back cabinet. A control substrate is disposed in the rear surface of the back chassis, and a first cover member which covers the control substrate and a second cover member which is connected to the first cover member so as to substantially form an inverse T-shape and covers the other component are attached to the rear surface. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036179 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention provide a LCD panel and a display device, the LCD panel comprises an array substrate and a color filter substrate, the array substrate comprises a first transparent substrate, a data line and a pixel electrode disposed on an inner side of the first transparent substrate, the color filter substrate comprises a second transparent substrate, a color resin, a first black matrix and a common electrode overlaying the color resin and the first black matrix, wherein the first black matrix comprising a flat bottom layer and a protrusion formed on the flat bottom layer, the protrusion has slant surfaces near a boundary between the non-pixel region and the pixel region of the second transparent substrate. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036180 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE AND SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATION METHOD - A spatial light modulation device includes a phase-modulation type spatial light modulator, a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the spatial light modulator, and a control unit providing a drive signal to the spatial light modulator. The control unit has a storage unit. The storage unit stores N correction patterns created so as to correspond to N (N is an integer not less than 2) temperature values of the spatial light modulator in order to correct phase distortion of the spatial light modulator. The control unit selects one correction pattern according to a temperature value of the spatial light modulator, and generates the drive signal based on a phase pattern created by adding the one correction pattern to a desired phase pattern. Thereby, it becomes possible to suppress phase distortion according to a temperature change while suppressing a delay in operation. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036181 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A connecting structure of the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate on which the first substrate is laminated, and a sheet like connection body having one end connected to one principal surface of the first substrate and another end connected to one principal surface of the second substrate, wherein a lengthwise direction of the sheet like connection body is parallel to a perimeter part of the first substrate, and the sheet like connection body has a slit part extending from one of end portions thereof to a part thereof along the lengthwise direction, and has a first end and a second end divided by the slit part at one of end portions, the first end is connected to a principal surface of the first substrate in vicinity of a peripheral part of the first substrate, and the second end is connected to a principal surface of the second substrate in vicinity of a peripheral part of the first substrate. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036182 | PHASE MODULATING APPARATUS AND PHASE MODULATING METHOD - The present invention relates to a phase modulating apparatus capable of highly accurately and easily correcting the phase modulation characteristic of a reflective electric address spatial light modulator even when a condition of input light is changed. In the LCOS phase modulating apparatus, an input unit inputs the condition of the input light, and a processing unit sets an input value for each pixel. A correction value deriving unit determines a correction condition according to the condition of the input light. A control input value converting unit converts the input value set for each pixel into a corrected input value based on the correction condition. An LUT processing unit converts the corrected input value into a voltage value, and drives each pixel by using a drive voltage equivalent to the converted voltage value. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036183 | TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal optical device has a layered structure with split liquid crystal layers having alignment surfaces that define in a liquid crystal material pre-tilt angles of opposite signs. Four liquid crystal layers can provide two directions of linear polarization. In the case of a lens, the device can be a gradient index lens, and the alignment surfaces can have a spatially uniform pre-tilt. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036184 | POLARITY INVERSION SIGNAL CONVERTING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DISPLAY - The present disclosure provides a polarity inversion signal converting method, a polarity inversion signal converting apparatus and a display, the polarity inversion signal converting method comprises: judging whether a polarity inversion signal is required to be converted currently and generating a judgment result; changing the polarity inversion signal currently output to a data driver, if the judgment result indicates that the polarity inversion signal is required to be converted currently. With the present disclosure, the polarity inversion signal output to the data driver may be changed according to different situations, so that the driving manners of the data driver may vary flexibly. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036185 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a plural-viewpoint display device having an image separating optical element such as a lenticular lens or a parallax barrier, which is capable of arranging thin film transistors and wirings while achieving substantially trapezoid apertures and high numerical aperture, and to provide a driving method thereof, a terminal device, and a display panel. A neighboring pixel pair arranged with a gate line interposed therebetween is connected to the gate line placed between the pixels, each of the pixels configuring the neighboring pixel pair is connected to the data line different from each other, and each of the neighboring pixel pairs neighboring to each other in an extending direction of the gate lines is connected to the gate line different from each other. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036186 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal panel having an array substrate, a color filter substrate, a plurality of pixel units provided on both of the array substrate and the color filter substrate, a common electrode and a pixel electrode being provided in each of the pixel units such that when polarity of voltage difference between the pixel electrode and the common electrode in one first pixel unit is identical to that in one second pixel unit, the direction of an electric field formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and for driving liquid crystal molecules to display at a gray level in the first pixel unit is opposite to that in the second pixel unit. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036187 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM - A liquid crystal display device includes a first scanning line, a second scanning line and a third scanning line which are provided for each of a plurality of pixel rows; a first signal line and a second signal line which are provided for each of a plurality of pixel columns; a pixel capacitor provided for each of a plurality of pixels; a temporary storage capacitor for temporarily storing a voltage to be written to the pixel capacitor; a first switching element for controlling electrical connection between the first signal line and the temporary storage capacitor; a second switching element for controlling electrical connection between the temporary storage capacitor and the pixel capacitor; and a third switching element for controlling electrical connection between the second signal line and the pixel capacitor. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036188 | Liquid Crystal Display Device, Array Substrate and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device, array substrate and manufacturing method thereof. The array substrate includes a substrate, first metal layer, first isolator layer, transparent conductive layer, second isolator layer and second metal layer, wherein the first metal layer forms scan line, gate of TFT and common electrode; first isolator layer is on top of first metal layer; transparent conductive layer forms source and drain of TFT, and pixel electrode; second isolator layer is on top of transparent conductive layer; second metal layer forms data line; in addition, array substrate further includes auxiliary electrode, and the auxiliary electrode is formed by at least one of first metal layer and second metal layer. As such, scan line and/or data line can co-transmit signal with auxiliary electrode to reduce impedance so as to improve display quality of liquid crystal display. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036189 | Color Filter Substrate, Liquid Crystal Display Device Including Color Filter Substrate, and Method of Fabricating Color Filter Substrate - In a color filter substrate and a liquid crystal display device including the same, the color filter substrate includes: a first black matrix not having an opening; a second black matrix having an opening; the first black matrix and the second black matrix being formed on a substrate; an auxiliary pattern disposed in the opening; a color filter covering the first and second black matrixes and formed in each of a plurality of pixels; an overcoat layer formed on the color filter; a first column spacer formed on the overcoat layer so as to correspond to the first black matrix; and a second column spacer formed above the auxiliary pattern so as to correspond to the second black matrix. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036190 | Liquid Crystal Display Device And Method For Manufacturing The Same - Disclosed is an LCD device which facilitates to improve transmittance for each colored light by a design capable of realizing an optimal cell gap for each of sub-pixels, and a method for manufacturing the same. The LCD device comprises first and second substrates confronting each other; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; and first, second, and third sub-pixels, wherein a cell gap of the first sub-pixel is larger than a cell gap of the third sub-pixel. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036191 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND APPARATUS HAVING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel. An Nth set of scan lines is disposed between two neighboring row of pixels. Each set of the scan lines comprises an upper scan line and a lower scan line. Gate electrodes of the thin film transistors in the neighboring row of pixels are alternatively coupled to the upper scan line and the lower scan line sequentially. An Nth data line is disposed between a 2N-1th column of pixels and a 2Nth column of pixels. The Nth data line is coupled to source electrodes of the thin film transistors of the neighboring 2N-1th column of pixels and 2Nth column of pixels. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036192 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that can achieve a sufficiently-high-speed response and has a sufficiently excellent transmittance and a thin film transistor array substrate preferably used in the liquid crystal display device. The thin film transistor array substrate according to the present invention is a thin film transistor array substrate that includes, as electrodes, one pair of comb electrodes and a sheet electrode, and at least one electrode selected from the group consisting of the pair of comb electrodes and the sheet electrode being electrically connected along a pixel line. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036193 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including pixels, each having a transmissive area and a reflective area, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. Each of the pixels includes first and second thin film transistors which output a data signal in response to a first gate signal, a transmissive pixel electrode disposed in the transmissive area and electrically connected to the first thin film transistor to charge a first pixel voltage based on the data signal, a reflective pixel electrode disposed in the reflective area and electrically connected to the second thin film transistor to charge a second pixel voltage based on the data signal, and a voltage controller which controls the first pixel voltage and the second pixel voltage in response to a second gate signal, which is generated after the first gate signal. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036194 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention aims to provide a liquid crystal display panel having a structure in which a plurality of gate electrodes are arranged on a continuous semiconductor layer and still capable of suppressing increase of a parasitic capacitance between a source region and a drain region. The liquid crystal display panel of the invention includes a thin film transistor. The thin film transistor includes: a base insulating film; a semiconductor layer extending linearly at least from a first portion to a second portion; a source electrode; a drain electrode; and gate electrodes, respectively, to cover the semiconductor layer with a gate insulating film therebetween. A light shielding film is arranged to cover each projection region corresponding to projection of the gate electrode. The light shielding film is arranged in the form of a plurality of light shielding film elements. The light shielding film elements each cover one or more projection regions. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036195 | LCD Device and a Frame Unit Thereof and an Alignment Method of a Liquid Crystal Panel - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a frame unit thereof are proposed. The frame unit includes a frame and a back plate unit. The frame includes a cover plate and a rib connected to the cover plate. The cover plate props the upper surface of a liquid crystal panel in the LCD device flexibly. The rib props the lateral side of the liquid crystal panel flexibly. The back plate unit includes a bottom plate and a side plate connected to the bottom plate. The bottom plate supports an optical component of the LCD device. The side plate works with the rib to prop the liquid crystal panel. An alignment method of the liquid crystal panel is proposed as well. The advantages of the present invention are that the thickness of a bezel of the LCD device is greatly reduced, production costs of the LCD device are decreased, and a design of an extremely narrow bezel is implemented. | 2014-02-06 |
