| 09th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
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| 20090051778 | Advanced dynamic stitching method for multi-lens camera system - An advanced dynamic stitching method for multi-lens camera system is disclosed. This invention aims to address the parallax phenomenon which exists in a multi-lens camera system. Stitching points vary with the object distance. In a video stitching system, a fast search engine to update the stitching points dynamically is needed. This invention provides an advanced method to reduce the high computation power required for the traditional block matching method of finding stitching points. As a result, the stitching points can be adjusted dynamically with the method of this invention. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051779 | MODIFYING VISUAL PERCEPTION - Various embodiments directed to modifying and enhancing visual perception are disclosed. One embodiment is directed to a camera which includes a lens system for capturing images and a lighting system providing key light above the lens system and providing fill light below the lens system. A processor controls one or more operations of the camera, including automatically enhancing the captured images and presenting the enhanced images on a display. The system and method for modifying visual perception may also be directed to a video camera mirror system, a seating system, a cosmetic package, a lipstick packaging, a polarized mirror, an illuminated cosmetic brush, a personal portrait photography management system and an illumination system for modifying visual perception. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051780 | Digital camera with a mode selectable structure - A digital camera has a shutter release button. A mode selector sets a selected one of a regular photographing mode and a macro photographing mode adapted to image pickup at a nearer distance of close-up than the regular photographing mode. An LCD display panel as a user interface has an alarm generating region which outputs an alarm signal visually as an enlarged alarm icon, and/or a sound source as a user interface audibly outputs sound of alarm message voice. A controller is responsive to depression of the shutter release button, for mode discernment by checking a state of the mode selector. The LCD and/or sound source is driven if the macro photographing mode is set selectively. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051781 | Image processing apparatus, method, and program - A CCD including primary photosensitive pixels that have a narrower dynamic range and secondary photosensitive pixels that have a wider dynamic range is used to obtain first image information from the primary photosensitive pixels and second image information from the secondary photosensitive pixels at one exposure, then the first image information and the second image information are stored as two separate files having names associated with each other. A user can select through a predetermined user interface whether or not the second image information should be stored and a dynamic range for the second image information. The dynamic range information for the second image information is stored in the file of the first image information and/or the header of the file of the second image information. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051782 | FLICKER CORRECTING METHOD, FLICKER CORRECTING CIRCUIT, AND IMAGING DEVICE USING THEM - An arithmetic processing section executes an arithmetic process on a flicker correction signal output from a flicker correction signal outputting section and corresponding to the flicker component contained in a video signal of each of specific periods and the video signal of each of the specific periods to form a corrected video signal of the specific period corrected for the flicker component of the specific period for the video signal of each of the specific periods formed as a succession of specific periods and containing a flicker component as supplied from a video signal generating section in response to a correction error signal of each of the specific periods supplied from a correction error detecting section. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051783 | Apparatus and method of capturing images having optimized quality under night scene conditions - An apparatus and method of capturing images having an optimized quality during night time conditions is provided. The apparatus for capturing images includes an image-capturing unit that captures an light from an object and generates a first digital image, a night-scene-sensing unit sensing whether the first digital image is a night-scene image, an exposure-adjustment unit adjusting an optimized exposure time by comparing an edge level of the night-scene image with that of a pre-generated reference image if it is sensed that the input image is the night-scene image, and a controller controlling the image-capturing unit to generate a second digital image based on the adjusted exposure time. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051784 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus, includes a viewfinder optical system for guiding an observation light beam to a viewfinder window, the observation light beam being output from an imaging optical system and then reflected from a main reflective surface, an imaging element for generating an image signal in response to the reception of the observation light beam, an exposure control unit for performing exposure control of the imaging element in response to the image signal from the imaging element, and a light sensing detector, arranged in the vicinity of the imaging element, for measuring light. The exposure control unit determines an exposure control value in the exposure control in response to a light measurement value provided by the light sensing detector if a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051785 | Imaging apparatus and imaging method - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to perform, as an image capturing operation, a process of obtaining captured image data of a subject and save the captured image data; a position detecting unit configured to detect current position information; and a control unit configured to update activity history information on the basis of the position information obtained by the position detecting unit and, when performing image capturing control as an automatic image capturing process not based on a shutter operation performed by a user, set an image capturing operation setting on the basis of the current position information detected by the position detecting unit and the activity history information, and cause the imaging unit to perform an image capturing operation based on the image capturing operation setting. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051786 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, ITS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention enables showing main objects position as position of focus measuring point even in case main object has moved after focusing by focus control unit, within the image screen due to framing alternation. It is an image capturing apparatus wherein image sensor conducts photo-electric conversion of object image created by photographing-lens, comprise of distance measuring unit which calculate displacement of aimed object on image sensors imaging screen, due to changes of direction of image capturing apparatus within the time interval, starting from the moment aimed object focused to photographing-lens focus point by focus control unit to the moment actual photo shooting is conducted, and recoding unit which records displacement information of aimed object on imaging screen and linked image data. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051787 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING IMAGE USING DIGITAL CAMERA CAPABLE OF PROVIDING PREVIEW IMAGES - Disclosed is an apparatus for photographing an image using a digital camera capable of providing a preview image, including: an image sensor for capturing an image of a subject; a first image signal processor for processing at least one captured image as a sequent image in order to display the captured image as a preview image on a display window and detecting a face area from the captured image; a buffer for storing the image including at least one detected face area; a capture button for capturing a still image during outputting the sequent image as the preview image on the display window; a second image signal processor for processing the captured still image using the capture button; a controller for controlling to store the captured still image and information related on the face area detected from the first image signal processor prior to the input of the capture button; and a memory for storing the processed still image together with the information related on the detected face area. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051788 | Image-capturing apparatus and image-capturing method - An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing unit configured to capture image data of a subject and to store the captured image data in an image-capturing operation; a speed detector configured to detect speed information; and a controller configured to control the image-capturing unit so that, in an automatic image-capturing process that is not based on a shutter operation of a user, a distance moved by the image-capturing apparatus is computed on the basis of information from the speed detector, and the image-capturing operation is performed in response to the fact that a computation result indicating that the image-capturing apparatus has moved a predetermined distance is obtained. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051789 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a zoom operation unit operable to perform a zoom operation, an extraction unit configured to extract a main object from an captured image plane, and a control unit configured to control a zoom speed by using the size of a region occupied by the main object with respect to the captured image plane and operation information of the zoom operation unit. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051790 | De-parallax methods and apparatuses for lateral sensor arrays - An object perceived by a lateral sensor array effected by parallax is shifted to correct for parallax error. A void resulting from said shift is filled by examining and interpolating image and color content from other locations. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051791 | Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor having a plurality of pixels arranged in an array that captures an image of a subject and outputs pixel signals; a calculation unit that calculates a correction value for correcting an error of the pixel signals read out from the image sensor for each column of the array of the pixels; and a correction unit that corrects the image signals using the correction value calculated by the calculation unit. In a live view mode, the calculation unit calculates a new correction value by averaging the calculated correction value and a correction value for a previous frame. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051792 | DIGITAL SINGLE-LENS REFLEX CAMERA - A digital single-lens reflex camera includes a lens unit, a storage medium and a camera body. The lens unit has a photographing lens and an identification data memory for storing identification data to identify the photographing lens. The storage medium stores lens data that indicates shading characteristics of the photographing lens. The lens unit and the storage medium are detachably attached to the camera body. The camera body has an imaging device, a lens data reader, and an image corrector. The imaging device receives light transmitted through the photographing lens to generate an image corresponding to a subject. The lens data reader reads the lens data based on the identification data. An image corrector corrects an error in the image of the subject caused by shading, based on the lens data read by the lens data reader and imaging device data that indicates shading characteristics of the imaging device. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051793 | MULTI-ARRAY SENSOR WITH INTEGRATED SUB-ARRAY FOR PARALLAX DETECTION AND PHOTOMETER FUNCTIONALITY - Methods and systems of imaging to correct parallax. Color information is received from multi-array sensors. Luminance information is received from a sub-array sensor arranged with the multi-array sensors. Color information received from at least one of the multi-array sensors is correlated with the luminance information received from the sub-array sensor. Color information is shifted among the multi-array sensors, based on the correlation, to correct the parallax. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051794 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, an image processing system, a program, and a recording medium that are capable of obtaining a wide dynamic range image in which the luminance is compressed. Assignment of the number of luminance gradation steps of an output level signal with respect to the level of a luminance signal to be input is different among the main area, second luminance area, and other ranges. For example, the number of all gradation steps is divided and assigned to a luminance range of the main area and a luminance range of the second luminance area, but is not assigned to the other ranges. Also, the number of steps that is smaller than that of the luminance range of the main area and the luminance range of the second luminance area is assigned to a luminance range between the main area and the second luminance area. Furthermore, an area of the boundary between the luminance range of the main area and the luminance range of the second luminance area is set, and a smaller number of steps can be assigned to the luminance ranges of the main area and second luminance area, and more steps can be assigned to the area therebetween. The present invention can be applied to the image processing apparatus. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051795 | Photometric device - A photometric device includes a storage-type photometric sensor, a first control means that performs accumulation control on the photometric sensor based upon an average value of an output of the photometric sensor, a second control means that performs accumulation control on the photometric sensor based upon a maximum value of the output of the photometric sensor, and an accumulation control means that controls the second control means to perform next accumulation control, if the maximum value of the output of the photometric sensor on which the accumulation control is performed by the first control means exceeds a saturation output level of the photometric sensor, and controls the first control means to perform next accumulation control, if the maximum value of the output of the photometric sensor does not exceed the saturation output level of the photometric sensor. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ON-CHIP VARIABLE ACUITY IMAGER ARRAY INCORPORATING ROLL, PITCH AND YAW ANGLE RATES MEASUREMENT - A variable acuity imager incorporates an array of detection elements for light energy, in the visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or light energy in another region of the electromagnetic spectrum with a means to change the spatial configuration of the array to include “superpixels” by combining energy detected by adjacent elements, thus permitting any number of high-resolution “foveal” regions to be placed within the confines of the focal plane array and moved around at the frame rate of the imaging device. Detectors to measure the pitch, yaw and roll angle rates of background imagery using velocity-sensing circuitry are employed for variation of the foveal regions to accommodate motion of the array. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051797 | DIGITAL IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CORRECTTING IMAGE TILT ERRORS - An digital image capturing device includes an image sensor, a tilt sensor, an image processor, and a memory device. The image sensor is configured for capturing an image of an object. The tilt sensor is configured for sensing a tilt angle of the image sensor. The image processor is configured for adjusting an orientation of the captured image based on the sensed tilt angle to correspond to the orientation of the object. The memory device is used for storing the adjusted image. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051798 | Wide dynamic range linear-and-log active pixel - A pixel circuit having an improved dynamic range is disclosed. When incoming light detected by the photodiode is strong, the accumulated (integrated) charge on a signal capacitor becomes large. To compensate, the excess signal component becomes compressed and the pixel circuit begins operating in logarithmic rather than linear mode. In this way, the circuit can achieve a higher dynamic range more closely resembling the image sensing properties of the human eye. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051799 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup device includes: a plurality of photoelectric converting portions that are arranged at predetermined intervals in horizontal and vertical directions of an imaging region, and that generate signal charges corresponding to incident light; a vertical charge transfer portion that transfers the signal charges generated in the photoelectric converting portions, in the vertical direction for each column; two horizontal transfer portions that are extended in the horizontal direction, and that transfer the signal charges transferred from the vertical charge transfer portion, in the horizontal direction; and a connecting portion that is disposed on a line connecting the two horizontal transfer portions, and between the two horizontal transfer portions, accumulates the signal charges transferred from each of the two horizontal transfer portions, and transfers the signal charges to an output amplifier. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051800 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND DRIVE METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A solid-state image pickup device includes R photoelectric conversion elements, G photoelectric conversion elements, and B photoelectric conversion elements. A charge read part is provided between each of the R photoelectric conversion elements, the G photoelectric conversion elements, and the B photoelectric conversion elements and a vertical charge transfer passage on the right side corresponding thereto. Another charge read part is provided between the G photoelectric conversion element and the vertical charge transfer passage on the left side of the G photoelectric conversion element. A voltage can be applied separately to the charge read part and the another charge read part. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051801 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus for photographing an image, includes: a photoelectric converter to convert incident light an electric charge and accumulate the electric charge, a transfer element to transfer the electric charge accumulated in the photoelectric converter, a converter to convert the electric charge in the photoelectric converter transferred via the transfer element into a voltage, a reset element to reset potentials of the converter, and an amplifier to amplify a voltage converted by the converter to generate a pixel signal and output the pixel signal to a read signal line for reading the pixel signal. A plurality of the photoelectric converter and the transfer element are disposed at least in a horizontal direction share the amplifier and the read signal line. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051802 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device according to the present invention includes: a display section to show a dialog box that allows the user of the device to edit character information, the dialog box including an entry option field where at least one character is proposed as an entry option and a selected character display field where characters that have been selected from those options are presented; a first operating interface that allows the user to move a first cursor, which is located in the entry option field, within the dialog box; and a second operating interface that allows the user to move a second cursor, which is located in the selected character display field, within the dialog box. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051803 | CAMERA HAVING A DUST-PROOFING MEMBER THAT IS VIBRATED TO REMOVE DUST, THE DUST-PROOFING MEMBER BEING PRESSED BY A SPRING PRESSING MEMBER TOWARD A SEALING PART THAT SEALS A SPACE BETWEEN THE DUST-PROOFING MEMBER AND AN IMAGE PICKUP-DEVICE - A camera includes a dust-proofing member which has a transparent portion through which a visible light component is transmitted. The transparent portion is opposed to the front of an image pick-up device at a predetermined interval. A vibration member is arranged at a peripheral portion of the dust-proofing member and vibrates the dust-proofing member. A sealing part seals a space between the image pick-up device and the dust-proofing member. And a spring pressing member presses the dust-proofing member at a periphery thereof toward the sealing part. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051804 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a housing including a first photographing aperture and a second photographing aperture which are open toward opposite directions; at least one image pickup device and an image processing circuit for processing signals output from the image pickup device, the image pickup device and the image processing circuit being positioned within the housing and lie in a plane including the first photographing aperture; a first optical system having a bent optical path for forming an image of light incident from the first photographing aperture on an imaging surface of the image pickup device, the bent optical path being defined by a plurality of reflecting surfaces of the first optical system; and a second optical system having a linear optical path for forming an image of light incident from the second photographing aperture on the imaging surface of the image pickup device. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051805 | FOCUSING APPARATUS AND FOCUSING METHOD - A focusing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: an image pickup device which obtains an image signal of a subject that is captured by an image capturing device, wherein the image capturing device incorporates a focus optical system therein; a search interval calculating device which acquires contrast characteristics that are obtained for a subject of a predetermined spatial frequency at a predetermined focal length and calculates a search interval in capturing of an image based on the contrast characteristics; a focus evaluation value acquiring device which moves a focus lens to a detecting point for each search interval in a predetermined searching range and acquires a focus evaluation value at each detecting point from the image signal; and a focus detecting device which detects a focus position by using the focus evaluation value at each detecting point that is acquired by the focus evaluation value acquiring device. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051806 | Device for Connecting a Camera Lens to a Movie Camera - A device for connecting a camera lens to a movie camera has a camera housing with a lens mount and a device for acquiring data relating to the camera lens connected to the lens mount. Said device further comprising a miniaturized electronic system with data memory for storing data relating to the camera lens such as lens type, serial number, conversion tables and the like, and with a contact region that is arranged on a data interface between the lens mount of the movie camera and the lens fastening means of the camera lens and which is aligned with the contact region arranged in the lens mount of the movie camera is integrated in the lens fastening means of the camera lens or in a modified lens fastening means connected to the lens fastening means of the camera lens or replacing the latter. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051807 | IMAGING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device, comprising a photographing lens having a manual focus mechanism, an imaging unit for receiving subject light flux, that has been made incident by the photographing lens, on an imaging surface, a display unit for carrying out a live view display operation using image data acquired by the imaging unit, a contrast AF unit for obtaining contrast information of the subject information from image data acquired by the imaging unit and guiding the photographing lens into a specified focus permissible range based on the contrast information, and a control unit for, when a manual focus operation is carried out after executing a focus adjustment operation using the contrast AF unit during the live view display, carrying out control so that there is a transition to a shooting operation without again executing the focus adjustment operation. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051808 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus able to encode and decode images by a low cost, small sized circuit configuration, having a temporary storage portion for temporarily storing data, an encoding/decoding processing portion for reading and writing data successively with respect to the temporary storage portion and encoding and decoding the image data in parallel, and a storage control portion for controlling the read and write operations of the data with respect to the temporary storage portion, wherein the storage control portion controls the read and write operations with respect to the temporary storage portion by the encoding/decoding processing portion in the encoding processing and at least read and write operations to the temporary storage portion by the encoding/decoding processing portion in the decoding processing so as to be performed within one frame's worth or one field's worth of processing period in a time division manner. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051809 | System and Method for Combining Interlaced Video Frames - System and method for combining interlaced video frames. A method embodiment for displaying a de-interlaced video sequence includes receiving a video stream, decoding the video stream to produce a sequence of interlaced video fields, creating a first de-interlaced video frame by combining at least two interlaced video fields, determining a cadence of the first de-interlaced video frame, and outputting the first de-interlaced video frame in a next de-interlaced video frame display time slot if the first de-interlaced video frame has proper cadence, while if the de-interlaced video frame has a broken cadence, re-outputting a previously outputted de-interlaced video frame in the next de-interlaced video frame display time slot. A feed-forward control signal may be used to determine which de-interlaced video frame to output and helps to minimize latency as well as storage requirements. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051810 | Systems and Methods for Combining Deinterlacing and Frame Rate Decimation for Video Format Conversion - A method of converting video data to film data may include deinterlacing video data from a first field and a third field to produce first field video data, providing second field video data, and merging the first field video data and the second field video data to produce first frame video data. The method may further include copying video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data. An apparatus for converting video data to film data may include a first deinterlacer for deinterlacing video data from a first field and a third field to produce first field video data and a copy module for providing second field video data and merging the first field video data and the second field video data to produce first frame video data. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051811 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. The method includes, receiving a broadcast signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, extracting transmission parameter signaling information and fast-information-channel signaling information from a data group contained in the received mobile service data, parsing first program table information, which describes virtual channel information and a service of an ensemble acting as a virtual channel group of the received mobile service data, using the fast-information-channel signaling information, parsing second program table information including a data chunk acting as data-broadcasting contents of the mobile service data, and providing a data broadcasting service using the data broadcasting contents of the parsed second program table information. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051812 | SIGNAL ADJUSTER - A signal adjuster is disclosed to include a first connector and a second connector respectively connected to a signal source and a video display device, a buffer for buffering a high frequency signal, a signal bandwidth detector connected to the buffer for detecting the continuation condition of the high frequency signal, an adjustable equalizer connected between the buffer and the second connector and connected with the signal bandwidth detector for actively adjusting signal strength of the high frequency signal subject to the detection of the signal bandwidth detector, an amplifier for amplifying the enhanced high frequency signal from the adjustable equalizer, and a driver for driving the second connector to output the amplified high frequency signal from the amplifier to the video display device. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051813 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - A television screen or a PC screen can be displayed on the monitor ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051814 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is an information processing device including: a memory configured to store at least one change point interval of video data on a data-by-data basis; a calculator configured to calculate at least one change point interval from input video data; a detector configured to detect change point intervals that match each other, one of the detected change point intervals arising from storage in the memory, the other of the detected change point intervals arising from calculation by the calculator; and a determiner configured to compare change point intervals with each other that are each included in a predetermined range from a respective one of the change point intervals detected by the detector, to determine whether or not the input video data matches video data corresponding to a change point interval stored in the memory. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051815 | Signal Processing Device and Optical Disc Apparatus - A video decoder | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051816 | Image Processing Apparatus, Projector, Image Processing Method, and Method For Controlling Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus includes an image signal input unit that receives an input of an image signal representing an image to be displayed, a noise reduction unit that performs noise reduction for reducing the noise contained in the image signal, and an image quality adjustment unit that performs image quality adjustment for adjusting the displayed image quality of the image on the image signal that has undergone the noise reduction. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051817 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE SHARPNESS ADJUSTMENT - The present invention discloses a method and a device for image sharpness adjustment. The device comprises a color analyzer, a color sharpness setting unit, a computing circuit, and a luminance adjusting unit. The color analyzer is for analyzing an input color signal to generate a plurality of color flags. The color sharpness setting unit is for generating a plurality of first sharpness gains according to the plurality of the color flags. The computing circuit is for generating a second sharpness gain according to the plurality of the first sharpness gains and the input color signal. The luminance adjusting unit is for adjusting a luminance signal according to the second sharpness gain. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051818 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A video signal processing device includes a sample data register to hold a signal level of a video signal after correction at each sample point as a correction level, a coefficient operation circuit to output a first coefficient, a coefficient selection circuit to output a second coefficient, and an interpolation operation unit to calculate a signal level of a video signal after correction corresponding to a signal level of the input video signal by using the correction level held in the sample data register, the first coefficient or the second coefficient and performing the cubic interpolation operation or the linear interpolation operation. The first coefficient is used when a video signal after correction is obtained from the input video signal by a linear interpolation operation. The second coefficient is used when a video signal after correction is obtained from the input video signal by a cubic interpolation operation. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051819 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, INTERPOLATED IMAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT AND INTERPOLATED IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - A video display device displays a video distributed via broadcast. The video display device comprises a data extraction section and a frame interpolation processing section. The data extraction section extracts additional data indicating information regarding a program or regarding a video of the program from a broadcast signal. The frame interpolation processing section generates an image of an interpolated frame based on images of respective frames, each of the images is represented by video data extracted from the broadcast signal. Furthermore, the frame interpolation processing section determines a content of a process regarding a motion vector to be used for generating the interpolated frame based on a content of the additional data extracted by the data extraction section. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051820 | Electronic device - Disclosed herein is an electronic device including: a signal receiving block configured to receive a video signal transmitted from a preceding electronic device connected via a first transmission route; a signal transmitting block configured to transmit the video signal received at the signal receiving block to a succeeding electronic device connected via a second transmission route; a storage block configured to store information of image-receivable resolution for the preceding electronic device to get the video signal via the first transmission route; an information capturing block configured to capture information of image-receivable resolution from the succeeding electronic device via the second transmission route; and an information rewriting block configured to rewrite the information of the information of image-receivable resolution stored in the storage block on the basis of the information of image-receivable resolution captured by the information capturing block. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051821 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TERRESTRIAL HIGH-DEFINITION TELEVISION RECEPTION - An adaptive receiver is disclosed for optimally receiving and processing signals. The receiver utilizes one or more memory blocks to store groups of incoming symbols. The groups of symbols are processed by a channel estimation subsystem to determine channel characteristics. The receiver determines the appropriate demodulation and decoding strategy to implement based on the determined channel characteristics. The receiver includes a plurality of demodulation and decoding schemes, one of which is selected based on the results of a channel estimation analysis. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051822 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM UTILIZING MULL PACKET AND TRS CODE TO IMPROVE RECEIVING PERFORMANCE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A digital broadcasting transmission and/or reception system having an improved reception performance and a signal-processing method thereof. A digital broadcasting transmitter comprises a TRS encoder for to TRS-encode a MPEG-2 transmission stream having null data for inserting a Known data and a TRS parity at predetermined positions, randomizer to input and randomize data stream from the TRS encoder, a null packet exchanger to replace the null data for inserting the Known data to the known data, and an encoder for encoding a data streams to which the Known data is inserted. Accordingly, the present invention detects the known data from a signal received from a reception side and uses the detected known data for synchronization and equalization and further uses the TRS parity for correcting error of the received signal, so that the digital broadcasting reception performance can be improved at poor multipath channels. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051823 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - A remote control apparatus for a remote control system using a wireless communication is disclosed. A second designation section designates a category of an electronic device as a pairing target. A transmission section broadcasts a signal which contains information representing the pairing and the category designated by the first designation section and the second designation section. A reception section receives a reply from an electronic device whose category is identical to the category represented by the information contained in the signal, the reply containing identification information of the electronic device and information which represents an electric field intensity of the signal received by the electronic device. A control section decides an electronic device which has transmitted a reply containing information which represents a maximum electric field intensity when a plurality of replies have been received. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051824 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - A remote control system which controls plural devices connected to a bus, and which includes: a set top box ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051825 | VIDEO/AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE AND EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONTROL APPARATUS - The invention provides an external speaker control apparatus for causing only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the external speaker being a speaker outside a video and audio output apparatus. The external speaker control apparatus includes a microcomputer for detecting the change of the power supply of an amplifier from an off state to an on state and a HDMI/CEC communication unit for outputting an instruction requesting output of information which indicates the audio output mode to the video and audio output apparatus while at the same time receiving the information indicating the audio output mode from the video and audio output apparatus in the case where the microcomputer detects the change of the power supply from an off state to an on state, wherein the microcomputer controls the output of the audio from the external speaker based on the information indicating the audio output mode. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051826 | Method and Related Display Device for Displaying Pictures in Digital Picture Slide Show - A method for displaying pictures during a digital picture slide show includes receiving a plurality of pictures, determining display characteristics of the plurality of pictures according to weighting values of the plurality of pictures, and displaying the plurality of pictures according to the display characteristics of the plurality of pictures. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051827 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051828 | ELECTRONIC ALIGNMENT OF PRIMARY COLOR PIXELS IN A SCANNED DISPLAY - An image generation apparatus provides correction for color offsets. Color offsets may be caused by misalignments in laser diodes or optics assemblies in a laser projector. The offsets may be measured during or after manufacture of the laser projector. An image buffer is responsive to the offset data to translate each color plane separately. The image buffer may include separately addressable portions for each color. Further, variable delay elements on the output of the image buffer may provide color offset correction. Interpolation provides further offset correction. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051829 | Projection display device - A projection display device may include a housing which can be placed on a placing face with a lower face portion thereof distanced from the placing face; a fan, disposed within the housing, to suction from a first air inlet formed in the lower face portion; a filter detachably provided to the housing the as to close off the first air inlet; and a filter replacement access lid detachably provided to the housing so as to cover the filter closing off the first air only from the placing face side, with a second air inlet for suctioning of the fan provided in the filter replacement access lid; wherein the filter replacement access lid may be formed so as to protrude toward the placing face side from the lower face portion; and wherein the second air inlet may be formed in a face of the filter replacement access lid intersecting the lower face portion. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051830 | MOBILE TERMINAL UNIT, DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A flexible LCD ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051831 | Light Source For A Projector - A projector includes a plurality of illumination modules. Each illumination module includes a light source, such as a semiconductor light emitting diode, and an optical element configured to receive light from the light source and collimate the light into a beam. Light from the illumination modules is provided to a liquid crystal display panel, then a projection lens. In some embodiments, secondary optics, such as an array of Fresnel lenses or a reflective polarizer, are disposed between the illumination modules and the liquid crystal display panel. In some embodiments, the liquid crystal display panel is a low temperature polysilicon liquid crystal display. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051832 | Portable image projection device - The present invention relates to an image projection device of the type playing images receive via remote means or read from a stored data media. When a mobile phone, the device includes an image projection capability in addition to the standard display. Both the display and the image may be the same or may differ according to the user requirements. The device may also be a smart card or compact disc player that projects an image of the data. The device may further still include a camera to record an image and in the case of a mobile phone transmit it to another receiver. This allows the use of mobile phones for video conferencing. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051833 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY USING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY LAYER - There is provided a micro lens array ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051834 | OPTICAL PROTECTIVE FILTER AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE - An optical protective filter ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051835 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electronic display device using a barrier includes a display unit displaying an image corresponding to a two dimension (2D) or a three dimension (3D), and a barrier facing the display unit and providing a 2D image or 3D image to a user. The barrier includes first and second substrates facing each other. First and second electrodes are alternately formed on the first substrate and having first gaps therebetween. A third electrode is formed on the second substrate. A dark colored layer is formed to correspond to the first gap. A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second substrates. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051836 | Display Unit - A display device includes a liquid crystal layer having opposing principal faces; a plurality of electrodes; and an illuminator for emitting light toward one of the principal faces of the liquid crystal layer. When a predetermined voltage is applied, the liquid crystal layer forms an intermediate layer containing liquid crystal molecules which are oriented in a different direction from that of the liquid crystal molecules in an anchoring layer, and causes linearly-polarized light which has been transmitted through the anchoring layer to be refracted toward the one principal face in or near the intermediate layer. White is displayed while no voltage is applied across the liquid crystal layer, and black displaying is conducted while a voltage is applied across the liquid crystal layer. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051837 | ANTI-STREAKING METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The invention relates to an anti-streaking method for liquid crystal display, comprising: generating a periodic pulse voltage signal; applying the periodic pulse voltage signal to a common electrode of liquid crystal display, periodically fully biasing all pixels during the pulse generation, to generate periodic black picture. All pixels are fully biased during the pulse generation, causing the light transmissivity to be nearly lowest, thus generating periodic black screen, by applying the periodic pulse voltage signal to the common electrode of LCD, thus effectively mitigates the streaking phenomena of moving image due to the persistence of vision. Meantime, since the periodic black screen intermittently damages the fixed voltage applied on the liquid crystal, the liquid crystal molecules are subject to a strong reordering process periodically, thus the appearance of remnant image can be mitigated. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051838 | Active matrix type liquid crystal display device having a common line in every other pixel region - A display device with a plurality of gate signal lines extended in the first direction; a plurality of drain signal lines extended in the second direction; a plurality of pixel regions in a state that each pixel region includes a switching device, a pixel electrode which is connected with the drain signal line and a counter electrode. The counter electrode is formed with respect to the pixel electrode by way of an insulation film and is formed every pixel. The pixels include first pixels and second pixels, wherein only the first pixels have a counter voltage signal line which extends in the first direction, and the counter voltage signal line is connected with the counter electrodes in the first pixels. Further, the counter electrodes of the first pixels and the counter electrodes of the second pixels are electrically connected with each other using conductive stride over the gate signal line. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051839 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and the Manufacturing Method Thereof - A liquid crystal display device having an improved aperture ratio and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal display device has a storage capacitor with two patterned transparent conductive layers serving as two electrodes. Therefore the storage capacitor is pervious to light and the transparent area of the display device is enlarged so as to improve the aperture ratio. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051840 | Electro-optical Device and Electronic Apparatus - An electro-optical device includes a plurality of storage capacitors each in a corresponding pixel. Each storage capacitor includes a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode with a dielectric film therebetween. The first capacitor electrode is made of the same film as one of the semiconductor films in pixel transistors. The second capacitor electrode is provided at a layer over the gate electrode of the pixel transistors. The second capacitor electrode has a first main portion opposite to the first capacitor electrode and an extending portion that extends from the first main portion to at least partially cover the second junction region. An interlayer insulation film insulates the extending portion from the pixel transistor. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051841 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel electrode ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051842 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display panel which includes a first substrate, a thin film transistor array comprising at least one thin film transistor formed on a first surface of the first substrate, and a second substrate having a first surface facing the first substrate, the second substrate including an antistatic layer on a surface opposite the first surface of the second substrate. Liquid crystal molecules are positioned between the first surface of the first substrate and the first surface of the second substrate, wherein the antistatic layer includes conductive nanowire. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051843 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, METHOD OF PRODUCING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, AND METHOD OF EXPOSURE USING ATTENUATED TYPE MASK - A method of producing a thin film transistor comprises irradiating a resist on a glass base plate with a ray from a light source through a mask and, thereafter, developing the resist to form contact holes, using an i-ray as the ray. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051844 | Defect repairing method of liquid crystal display and signal transmission method of source driver and timing controller thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a controller, a source driver, first and second data lines and a data transmission path. The controller outputs first and second image data, and the source driver receives and outputs the first and second image data. The source driver includes first and second data channel circuits and a first repair channel circuit. The first and second data channel circuits respectively output first and second sub-pixel data. The first repair channel circuit is coupled to the controller to receive first repairing data. The first and second data lines are respectively coupled to the first and second data channel circuits to receive the first and second sub-pixel data. The data transmission path includes a redundant line, which is for coupling the first repair channel circuit to one of the first and second data lines, and interlaces with the first and second data lines. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051845 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - The display apparatus of the invention includes a liquid crystal display panel, a front frame installed in a front face side of the liquid crystal display panel and protecting a peripheral edge portion of the liquid crystal display panel, and a middle frame including a member which is adjacent to at least a side surface of the liquid crystal display panel in an inner side of the front frame. The member of the middle frame includes a projection portion which protrudes in a front face direction of the liquid crystal display panel, and has an elastic force pushing the front frame in a front face direction of the liquid crystal display panel. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051846 | PLANAR LIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit is capable of preventing an error in positioning of a light-emitting diode light source. The backlight unit ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051847 | Display module supporting structure and liquid crystal television - A display module supporting structure including a display module having a circuit board carried on a rear surface thereof, a intermediate support members being interposed between a rear surface of the display module and an external support member for supporting the display module from the outside of the display module, the intermediate support members including first fixing surfaces fixed onto the rear surface of the display module, second fixing surfaces substantially parallel to the first fixing surfaces and formed in predetermined locations thereof with fixing portions for fixing the external support member, and connection surfaces interconnecting the first fixing surfaces and the second fixing surfaces and substantially perpendicular to the first fixing surfaces and the second fixing surfaces, and the intermediate support members being fixed to left and right locations on the rear surface outside the circuit board. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051848 | Display Unit - The display device according to the present invention includes: a liquid crystal layer | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051849 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND IMAGE DISPLAY MODULE FOR IMPROVING BRIGHTNESS UNIFORMITY, AND A METHOD FOR ARRANGING BACKLIGHT UNIT - A backlight unit and an image display module are provided. The backlight unit includes a micro-lens unit, and a light source unit, wherein the direction in which the plurality of lenses are arranged is at an oblique angle relative to the direction in which the plurality of light sources are arranged. Accordingly, uniform brightness is provided to a display apparatus. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051850 | PRISM SHEET AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An exemplary prism sheet includes a main body having a surface. The surface defines a plurality of first V-shaped micro-protrusions and second V-shaped micro-protrusions thereon. Each of the first V-shaped micro-protrusions extends along a first curved direction. Each of the second V-shaped micro-protrusions extends along a second curved direction. The first V-shaped micro-protrusions intersect with the second V-shaped micro-protrusions. The present prism sheet and the liquid crystal display device using the same can efficiently decrease moire pattern interference between the prism sheet and the pixel pitch of LCD panel. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051851 | FILM-SHAPED LIGHTGUIDE PLATE UNIT, PLANAR LIGHT UNIT, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A film-shaped lightguide plate unit enables reductions in thickness and weight. The film-shaped lightguide plate unit ( | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051852 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A backlight module including a light guide plate, a light source and a transparent elastomer is provided. The light guide plate has a first light emitting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the first light emitting surface and at least a light incident surface contacting the first light emitting surface and the bottom surface. The light source is disposed adjacent to the light incident surface and includes a circuit board and a plurality of light emitting diode devices. Each of the light emitting diode devices is capable of emitting light passing through the light incident surface. The light emitting diode devices are electrically connected to the circuit board. The transparent elastomer is disposed between the light incident surface and each of the light emitting diode devices. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051853 | Light switch having plural shutters - A display includes a light switch overlying a backlight and having at least two light shutters which do not, by themselves, convey information by the shape thereof. The lit area of the backlight is equal to or greater than the sum of the areas of the shutters within the area. The display can also include a graphics layer overlying the light switch. The information content of the display is changed by changing the graphics layer. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051854 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - To provide a liquid crystal display, using a ferroelectric liquid crystal exhibiting mono-stability, which makes it possible to control the direction of the spontaneous polarization of the ferroelectric liquid crystal. The liquid crystal display includes a first alignment treatment substrate and a second alignment treatment substrate in which the first alignment treatment substrate and the second alignment treatment substrate have the first alignment layer and a reactive liquid crystal layer that face each other; and in which a ferroelectric liquid crystal is held between the first alignment layer and the reactive liquid crystal layer. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051855 | OPTICALLY ISOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIUM AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal medium is described, having a wide temperature range of a liquid crystal phase, a large optical anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy, and exhibiting an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase. The liquid crystal medium features including a chiral dopant and a liquid crystal compound with chloronaphthalene ring and exhibiting an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051856 | CELLULOSE ACYLATE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose acylate film comprising a retardation developing agent consisting of a rodshaped compound, wherein
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| 20090051857 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal cell including liquid crystal operating in a twisted nematic mode; a first quartz plate optically compensating for the liquid crystal cell; a second quartz plate optically compensating for the liquid crystal cell; and a pair of polarizing elements disposed with the liquid crystal cell, the first quartz plate, and the second quartz plate interposed therebetween. Here, the thickness d [μm] of the first and second quartz plates, the polar angle θ [°] of the optical axis of the first and second quartz plates, and the cell gap CG [μm] of the liquid crystal cell satisfy the following conditional expressions: | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051858 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided is an optical compensation film comprising a support, an alignment layer, and an optically anisotropic layer formed of a liquid crystal composition in this order, said support being a cyclic polyolefin polymer film having a surface thereof subjected to corona discharge treatment or atmospheric pressure plasma treatment, wherein said alignment layer is disposed in contact with said treated surface of said support, said liquid crystal composition comprises a radical polymerization initiator capable of generating a halogen radical or a hydrocarbon radical having atoms other than hydrogen atom of the number equal to or smaller than 8, and said optically anisotropic layer is a layer formed by curing said liquid crystal composition on said alignment layer via polymerization. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051859 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - There is provided a liquid crystal display panel that includes an array substrate having at least a pixel electrode and a switching element for every pixel area in a display area on a transparent substrate, a color filter substrate in which a light shielding layer made of a resin is formed on a transparent substrate at least outside the display area and a color filter layer is formed to oppose the pixel electrode, and liquid crystal enclosed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate that are bonded by a seal material. A protection film having an opening, the opening being opened in the display area, is formed on the color filter substrate in the outside of the display area to cover at least the portion of the light shielding layer on which the seal material is formed. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051860 | BLANK, BLACK MATRIX, AND COLOR FILTER - An object of the present invention is to provide a black matrix excellent in durability (e.g., water resistance) and patterning property, a color filter formed from the black matrix, and a black matrix. The present invention relates to a blank for a black matrix, comprising a substrate having laminated thereon a light-shielding film and a low-reflection film, wherein the uppermost layer of the blank is the light-shielding film or the low-reflection film, the uppermost layer has an Ni content of from 80 to atm % based on the total metal components, the uppermost layer has an Mo content of from 8 to 15 atm % based on the total metal components, and the uppermost layer is free from Ta. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051861 | IPS LCD DEVICE HAVING A WIDER VIEWING ANGLE - An in-plane-switching-mode (IPS) LCD device includes a TFT substrate and a CF substrate sandwiching therebetween an LC layer, and a pair of polarizing films sandwiching therebetween the substrates and the LC layer. Each polarizing film has a polarization layer and a protective layer. An optical compensation layer having a birefringence is disposed between the light-emitting-side polarizing film and the CF substrate. The optical compensation layer has an in-plane retardation of N | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051862 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first alignment layer disposed on the liquid crystal layer side of the first substrate, and a second alignment layer disposed on the liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate. At least one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer is made of an inorganic porous film having pores exposed at its surface and grooves to control the orientation of the liquid crystal layer. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051863 | DISPLAYS INCLUDING ADDRESSIBLE TRACE STRUCTURES - The present invention relates to displays including resonant trace structures. Displays are disclosed that include a first array of first electrically conductive traces configured to conduct alternating current, each of the first electrically conductive traces can be coupled to a first microelectromechanical system (MEM) surface acoustic wave (SAW) frequency selective filter. The displays further include a second array of second electrically conductive traces configured to conduct alternating current, each of the second electrically conductive traces can be coupled to a second microelectromechanical system (MEM) surface acoustic wave (SAW) frequency selective filter. The displays further include a material located between at least a portion of the first array and the second array, the material having a property that changes to cause illumination at points of intersection between the first array and the second array in response to current conducted in one or more of the first electrically conductive traces and current conducted in one or more of the second electrically conductive traces. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051864 | Liquid crystal display device having improved spacers - A liquid crystal display device includes opposing first and second substrates with a liquid crystal therebetween, and plural spacers formed on second substrate. An uneven portion of a rectangular shape is formed in an area on the first substrate facing an end portion of the respective spacers, and the end portion of the respective spacers and the uneven portion contact mutually, and a long side of the uneven portion is longer than one side of the end portion of the respective spacers, and a short side of the uneven portion is shorter than another side of the end portion of the respective spacers. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051865 | COUPLING DEVICE WITH BREAKAWAY AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A coupling device with a breakaway tab and methods of using the same for operably coupling an ornament to a joint or hinge. The coupling device comprises an elongated body having openings at each end. One opening has been adapted to receive a screw of a joint or hinge, the other to receive an ornamental fastener. A breakaway tab or non-threaded portion of the elongated stem is provided to manipulate the screw and coupling device so the coupling device may be inserted between a head of the screw and a first surface of the joint or hinge. After engaging the threads in the hollow threaded channel of the hinge, and the screw has been essentially completely inserted into the hollow threaded channel of the hinge, the breakaway tab or non-threaded portion of the elongated stem of the screw may be broken off at a breakaway and discarded. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051866 | Adaptor for securing eyewear lenses to a frame and a method of using the same - An adaptor to be affixed to an eyeglass lens and received in an eyeglass frame, to facilitate the fitting and replacement of various shapes of lenses into a variety of eyeglass frames, particularly, rimless and partial rim frames, wing frames, three-piece frames and frames with complex shapes. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051867 | Nose pad - A nose pad capable of achieving a comfortable wearing sensation, which has no possibility of forming an indentation on side surfaces of a nose resulting in discomfort, is provided. The nose pad is provided with a pad body and a pad core that is integrally provided at a center portion of the pad body. In the pad body, a front surface, a back surface, and a side surface are constructed in combination with one or more curved surfaces. The front surface of the pad body is formed into a curved surface approximately conforming to a nose surface, and therefore a load from eyeglasses can be dispersed over an entire pad body. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051868 | SPECTACLE FRAME - A spectacle frame is disclosed as including a pair of mounting frames each for releasably holding a piece of optical lens, and a nose pad engaged with each respective mounting frame, in which the nose pad is swivellable about the respective mounting frame about a respective axis which lies generally on a plane containing the respective mounting frame. There is also disclosed a pair of spectacles including such a spectacle frame. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051869 | Elastic band for use with eyeglasses - An elastic band includes a fastening band, and a protective member; the fastening band is elastic, and includes a band body, and two connecting sleeve parts, which are joined to two ends of the band body, and intended for connection with temples of a pair of eyeglasses; the protective member is made of soft and water-absorbent material, and it covers the band body of the fastening band to reduce the wearer's discomfort caused by the fastening band; in use, the fastening band and the eyeglasses together are positioned around the wearer's head with a proper tightness such that the eyeglasses are firm without possibility of falling off accidentally even if the wearer is moving drastically; the protective member can be separated from the fastening band to be washed and replaced with a new one after it takes in much perspiration or becomes dirty. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051870 | Presbyopic treatment system - A method and system for treating Presbyopia and pre-Presbyopia are provided that do not compromise the wearer's intermediate or distance vision. The system is a lens and a lens series, wherein the power profiles of the lenses are tailored to provide an amount of positive ADD power in the near vision zone that is slightly less than that which is normally required for near vision accommodation, while also providing an amount of negative spherical aberration in the peripheral optical zone. The dynamic ocular factors of the wearer's eye work in conjunction with the positive ADD power provided by the central optical zone and with the effective ADD gained from the negative spherical aberration provided by the peripheral optical zone to induce a minimally discernible amount of blur that is tuned to maximize the wearer's depth of focus. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051871 | CUSTOM EYEGLASS MANUFACTURING METHOD - Two or more images captured from digital cameras record an image of spectacle frames on a subject. The image is analyzed using automated image-processing techniques to identify the relation of specific points of interest on the frame to the location of each of the subject's eyes allowing the optical center of the lens to be placed in the correct location in the frames. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051872 | Real image forming eye examination lens utilizing two reflecting surfaces - A diagnostic and therapeutic contact lens is provided for use with the slit lamp or other biomicroscope for the examination and treatment of the structures of the eye including that of the fundus and anterior chamber. The lens comprises a contacting portion adapted for placement on the cornea of an examined eye, two reflecting surfaces and a refracting portion. Light rays emanating from structures within the eye pass through the cornea and contacting portion of the lens and first reflect from the anterior reflecting surface as a positive reflection in a posterior direction. Following the first reflection the light rays reflect as a positive reflection in an anterior direction from the posterior reflecting surface to a refracting portion through which the light rays exit the lens. The lens focuses the light rays to produce a real image of the examined structures of the eye anterior of the lens or within the lens or element of the lens while optimally directing the light rays to the objective lens of the slit lamp or other biomicroscope for stereoscopic viewing and image scanning. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051873 | Eye Illumination Apparatus and Method - An ophthalmic apparatus adapted to project a waist of a beam of the light, such that a portion of the confocal region of the waist is projected onto the cornea. The source can be at least partially coherent and/or monochromatic. The source may be a laser or a laser diode. The beam can be a Gaussian beam, or a non-Gaussian beam. The apparatus can comprise a wavefront aberrometer, an axial eye length measuring apparatus or a refractometer. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051874 | DEFORMABLE MIRROR DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR OBSERVING RETINA OF EYE USING THE SAME - A deformable mirror device includes a substrate; a plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate; a spacer disposed on the substrate; a support member disposed above the spacer and having an opening passing through from a first face of the support member facing to the substrate to a second face of the support member opposite from the first face; a deformable electrode film formed below the first face of the support member so as to be opposed to the electrodes with a distance and so as to cover the opening; an insulation film provided between the deformable electrode film and the support member; a reflection film provided on a face of the deformable electrode film opposite from the electrodes so as to overlap the opening; and a plurality of through holes passing through the reflection film and the deformable electrode film and disposed so as to overlap the opening. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051875 | DIAGNOSTIC AND CORRECTIVE APPARATUS AND METHOD - This disclosure describes systems and methods which utilize outcomes analysis, empirical and on-eye diagnostic fitting outcomes, and similar patient data to determine and provide a relatively optimal corrective device for the patient, in a single-use and disposable set of devices. | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051876 | Presbyopia Correction Program - A method of generating a computer program for control of an apparatus for photorefractive treatment of presbyopia by ablation of corneal tissue or a contact lens, comprising the following steps: | 2009-02-26 |
| 20090051877 | COGNITIVE TRAINING USING GUIDED EYE MOVEMENTS - Computer-implemented method for enhancing a participant's cognition, including, e.g., visual memory, utilizing a computing device to present visual stimuli for training, and to record responses from the participant. Multiple graphical elements are provided for visual presentation to the participant. A temporal sequence of a plurality of the graphical elements is visually presented, including displaying each graphical element in the sequence at a respective location in a visual field for a specified duration, then ceasing to display the graphical element. The presented graphical elements include at least two matching graphical elements. The participant is required to respond to the presented sequence, including indicating locations of matching graphical elements. A determination is made as to whether the participant responded correctly, and the duration modified based on the determining. The visually presenting, requiring, determining, and modifying are repeated one or more times in an iterative manner to improve the participant's cognition. | 2009-02-26 |
