| 09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
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| 20100053278 | LIQUID-DISCHARGE-HEAD SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A method of manufacturing a liquid-discharge-head substrate is provided, which includes a plurality of elements for discharging liquid, and a heating member for heating the liquid-discharge-head substrate, the method including the steps of preparing a substrate having an insulating layer made of an insulating material provided on or above the substrate, providing a conductive layer made of a conductive material, and forming a conductive line being configured to supply current for driving the element and a part of a heating member by using the conductive layer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053279 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink-jet recording apparatus including a recording head for ejecting an ink, an auxiliary reservoir having an upstream chamber and a downstream chamber both open to the atmosphere and configured to store the ink, a first supply passage for supplying the ink from the downstream chamber of the auxiliary reservoir to the recording head, a return passage for returning the ink from the recording head to the upstream chamber of the auxiliary reservoir, and a partition portion which divides an internal space of the auxiliary reservoir into the upstream and downstream chambers and which has a filter section at least partially contacting the ink in the upstream and downstream chambers. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053280 | INK TANK - An ink tank containing ink including a pigment component effectively prevents a problem that an ink having a higher concentration and including a sedimentary pigment is led out, even in a case where the ink tank is left unused on a printing apparatus for a long time. To this end, an ink leading-out port placed in an ink containing chamber, and used to supply the ink to a printing head is located higher than a lowermost portion of the ink containing chamber, and is also formed in an inclined surface inclined to a gravitational direction. Thereby, the sedimentary pigment slides the inclined surface, and thus is settled down in a position away from the ink leading-out port. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053281 | Temperature Sensor Mount For Melt Plate - A solid ink printer comprises a melt plate configured to melt solid ink. A heater is connected to the melt plate in order to raise the temperature of the melt plate. The temperature of the melt plate is detected by a temperature sensor that is provided away from the surface of the melt plate but is configured to sense the temperature of the melt plate. A mount is positioned on the melt plate between the temperature sensor and the melt plate. The mount comprises a mica layer and at least one polyimide film layer. The mount is arranged on the melt plate such that the mica layer of the mount may be adjacent to the melt plate and the polyimide film layer may be adjacent to the temperature sensor. A pressure sensitive adhesive may be used to connect the mount to the melt plate. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053282 | Method for Reconfiguring Ink Loaders to Accept Different Ink Stick Identifiers - A method of using a phase change ink imaging device includes receiving an n | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053283 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus that is used for ejecting a liquid. The liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit that ejects the liquid, a liquid supply path that is used for directing the liquid to the head unit, a decompression defoaming unit that eliminates air bubbles from the liquid by decompressing at least a part of the liquid supply path, and a pressurizing unit that pressurizes at least a part of the liquid supply path. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053284 | BUBBLE CONTROL UNIT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - Provided is a bubble control unit for a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle formed on a nozzle surface. The bubble control unit includes a liquid channel through which the liquid is supplied to the nozzle. In the bubble control unit, the liquid channel includes: a first chamber; a second chamber disposed on the upstream side from the first chamber; a first communicating path which has a bubble chamber extending upward from the first chamber, and makes the liquid within the second chamber to flow into the first chamber from a first communicating path inlet of the second chamber; and a second communicating path which is provided with a second communicating path inlet below the first communicating path inlet, separately from the first communicating path inlet, and makes the liquid within the second chamber to flow into the first chamber from the second communicating path inlet. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053285 | DEFOAMING MECHANISM AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a defoaming mechanism that is used for eliminating air bubbles from a liquid flowing through the inside of a liquid supply path included in a liquid ejecting apparatus. The defoaming mechanism includes a defoaming chamber that has a side wall extending in the vertical direction and is used for capturing the air bubbles contained in the liquid and a communication portion that allows the defoaming chamber and the liquid supply path to be communicated with each other in the side wall. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053286 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid supply device includes: a de-foaming chamber for removing air bubbles mixed in liquid; a liquid flow path which supplies the liquid to the de-foaming chamber; a filter section provided in the liquid flow path and having an introduction portion for introducing the liquid and a discharge portion for discharging the liquid, where the discharge portion is disposed at a position with a height equal to or more than that of the introduction portion in the vertical direction; and a pressurizing section for supplying the pressurized liquid to the filter section. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053287 | Ultra-Violet Curable Gellant Inks For Braille, Raised Print, And Regular Print Applications - An ink jet printing device including an ink jet print head and a print region surface toward which ink is jetted from the ink jet print head, wherein a height distance between the ink jet print head and the print region surface is adjustable; wherein the ink jet print head jets an ultra-violet curable phase change ink composition comprising an optional colorant and a phase change ink vehicle comprising a radiation curable monomer, or prepolymer; a photoinitiator; a reactive wax; and a gellant; wherein a print deposited upon the print region surface is Braille, raised print, or a combination of regular print and one or both of Braille and raised print. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053308 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE SHOOTING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A stereoscopic image shooting and display system has a left-right pair of image pickup sections having a left-right pair of optical systems with a parallax, and an image processing section which performs predetermined image processing on left and right images picked up through the left-right pair of image pickup sections and parallactically different from each other, and which outputs the processed images to a display section to display the images as a stereoscopic image. When a region corresponding to a region difficult for an observer to observe is detected, the image pickup sections or the image processing section is controlled so that the region becomes easy-to-observe state. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053309 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING METHOD, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD - The present invention provides full-parallax images having high spatial resolution in real time. An image-capturing optical unit ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053310 | TRANSFORMING 3D VIDEO CONTENT TO MATCH VIEWER POSITION - Systems and methods for transforming 3D video content to match a viewer's position to provide a means to make constrained-viewpoint 3D video broadcasts more independent of viewer position. The 3D video display on a television is enhanced by taking 3D video that is coded assuming one particular viewer viewpoint, sensing the viewer's actual position with respect to the display screen, and transforming the video images as appropriate for the actual position. The process provided herein is preferably implemented using information embedded in an MPEG2 3D video stream or similar scheme to shortcut the computationally intense portions of identifying object depth that is necessary for the transformation to be performed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053311 | Eyewear with Segmented Look-Through Elements - An eyewear is described comprising two segmented look-through elements each comprising an upper and a lower segment, wherein the upper segments are provided with means to selectively direct an image to the left and/or to the right eye. Preferably, said means are configured as LCD shutter glasses, optically polarized glasses, red and green glasses or as display units. The two lower segments of the two look-through elements are preferably configured as normal glasses including a pair of magnifying glasses. The eyewear can be used in a variety of environments including, in particular, the medical field and industrial processes. Furthermore, a system is described comprising such an eyewear as well as a display device to be looked at by means of said eyewear. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053312 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - The distal end of an inserted portion, having a simple structure, is reduced in diameter, loss of light incident from a body cavity is reduced, and light from two different directions is observed simultaneously and in a separated fashion. Provided is an endoscope apparatus ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053313 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTATION OF DATA STREAMS - An in-vivo sensing system and a method for creating a summarized graphical presentation of a data stream captured in-vivo. The graphical presentation may be in the form of for example a color bar. The color bar may be a fixed display along side a streaming display of the data stream. A cursor or other indicator may move along the fixed color bar as the data stream is displayed and/or streamed so as to indicate to a health professional what part of the data stream may be currently displayed. The color content in the color bar may map out the data stream and give indication of the location of anatomical sites as well as possible locations of pathology. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053314 | INTEGRATION OF IMAGING EQUIPMENT INTO OPERATING ROOM EQUIPMENT - The invention relates to an imaging system for use in operating rooms and other applications. According to one example, the imaging system comprises an imaging head that includes an imaging sensor that receives image information from a subject and converts the image information into an image signal, a connection such as a cable, and a control unit that receives the image signal from the imaging head through the connection. The control unit may comprise a processor programmed to control the operation of the system and to generate a plurality of image frames for transmission to a separate monitor, a video interface designed to transmit the plurality of image frames to the separate monitor, and a power interface designed to receive power from a separate power supply. The control unit may be adapted to interface with an imaging control workstation having a standard expansion slot that receives one or more control units from different imaging modalities. The control unit may also be adapted to interface with a separate imaging modality providing a separate monitor and a separate power supply. The imaging system may provide the advantages of reducing the cost of the imaging system and the required operating room floor space through shared resources, such as shared data storage, data processing, user interfaces, and network interfaces, provided by the imaging control workstation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053315 | PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND METHOD - The invention aims at providing personal identification in environments where non-contact is required, with high accuracy even though using a finger vein pattern images unclear and susceptible to positional deviations, wherein it has: a means for acquiring finger vein patterns without contact; a means for carrying out rotational correction using the outline of a finger as a method of taking out a vein pattern contained in the acquired image; a means for normalizing the position of the finger image with reference to the fingertip; a means for acquiring an overall vein pattern statistically by repetitively tracking regions of dark luminance intensities for a desired length from a desired position in the image; a matching means for comparing regions where vein patterns manifest vivid features; and a means for independent matching of subregions and evaluating positional deviations where matching is recognized. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053316 | OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS - There is provided a photographic stop unit ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053317 | System and method to illuminate and image the inside diameter of a stent - An optical system is effective to illuminate and scan an interior wall of an object having an interior bore, such as a stent. The system includes a light source, an object support having a light conducting portion, an image taking lens, and a line scan camera. The interior bore and the light conducting portion of the object support are in axial alignment with a center optical axis of the image taking lens. A drive mechanism engages the object without impacting the axial alignment. Various aspect of this optical system include a rotating wheel or transparent plate as the drive mechanism. The object support may be an opaque rod having a light conducting portion or a transparent rod. Electronics associated with this optical system include a rotary encoder engaging the drive system to drive an electric circuit capable of triggering the line scan camera in response to rotation of the object, thereby building a line by line image of the interior bore and the line scan camera connected to a computer-based imaging system effective to identify cosmetic and functional manufacturing defects. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053318 | CAMERA MODULE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A camera module includes a sensor chip having a backside surface and a main surface including a sensor forming region and a sensor peripheral region surrounding the sensor forming region, in which a light receiving portion is disposed in the sensor forming region; a lens chip having a non-lens forming surface and a lens forming surface including a lens forming region and a lens peripheral region surrounding the lens forming region, in which a lens portion disposed in the lens forming region; a spacer portion for bonding the sensor peripheral region to the lens peripheral region with a specific space in between so that the light receiving portion faces the lens portion; and a cover including an opening portion for passing light from outside toward the lens portion and the light receiving portion. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053319 | Method and apparatus for pattern inspection - According to the present invention, for a pattern inspection apparatus that compares images in corresponding areas of two patterns that are identical and that determines an unmatched portion between the images is a defect, a plurality of detection systems and a plurality of corresponding image comparison methods are provided. With this configuration, the affect of uneven brightnesses for a pattern that occurs due to differences in film thicknesses can be reduced, a highly sensitive pattern inspection can be performed, a variety of defects can be revealed, and the pattern inspection apparatus can be applied for processing performed within a wide range. Furthermore, the pattern inspection apparatus also includes a unit for converting the tone of image signals of comparison images for a plurality of different processing units, and when a difference in brightness occurs in the same pattern of the images, a defect can be correctly detected. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053320 | OBJECT POSITION DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a fast object position detection device and a method thereof, particularly to a detection device and a method thereof which can directly apply to various image systems. The device of the present invention mainly comprises an image capturing system that captures images within the regions defined by the user, and an image processing unit determining the position of an object and obtaining related information. In the method of the present invention, a captured image is converted into 1-D distance-axis signal information; a differential value of the 1-D distance-axis signal information is used to determine a position of an object; and a difference of the 1-D distance-axis signal information of at least two adjacent time points is used to determine an approaching status of an object. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053321 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON COMPUTER PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT THE METHOD - A digital photographing apparatus is provided that is capable of effectively distinguishing a background region and a motion region. Also provided is a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program to implement the method. The digital photographing apparatus includes an imaging device generating data from light incident thereto, a first difference image data obtaining unit obtaining first difference image data regarding a first difference image, which represents a difference between a reference image and a current frame image, a second difference image data obtaining unit obtaining second difference image data regarding a second difference image, which represents a difference between the current frame image and a previous frame image, and a motion region determining unit determining a motion region in the current frame image, by using the first difference image data and the second difference image data. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053322 | DETECTING EGO-MOTION ON A MOBILE DEVICE DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT - A method of measuring ego-motion speed of a mobile device is described. The linear motion of the device is measured using an image sensor component, thereby creating linear motion data. The rotational or angular motion of the device is measured using an inertial sensor component, thereby creating rotational motion data. The rotational and linear motion data of the device are used to calculate the ego-motion speed of the mobile device. This ego-motion speed can then be used to control a virtual camera control module for adjusting the view of 3D content viewed by the user on the mobile device as the user moves the device, changing the position of the virtual camera. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053323 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A photographing apparatus includes a photographing lens; an image acquisition device for acquiring an image of a subject; a recording device for recording the image acquired in accordance with an instruction of actual photographing in a recording medium; a visual line guiding device for guiding a visual line of the subject to the photographing lens; and an activation control device for activating the visual line guiding device according to a photographing situation which is determined based on the image acquired by the image acquisition device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053324 | EGOMOTION SPEED ESTIMATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE - Linear and rotational speeds of a mobile device are calculated using distance estimates between imaging sensors in the device and objects or scenes in front of the sensors. The distance estimates are used to modify optical flow vectors from the sensors. Shifting and rotational speeds of the mobile device may then be calculated using the modified optical flow vector values. For example, given a configuration where the first imaging sensor and the second imaging sensor face opposite directions on a single axis, a shifting speed is calculated in the following way: multiplying a first optical flow vector and a first distance estimate, thereby deriving a first modified optical flow vector value; multiplying a second optical flow vector and a second distance estimate, thereby deriving a second modified optical flow vector value; the second modified optical flow vector value may then be subtracted from the first modified optical flow vector value, resulting in a measurement of the shifting speed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053325 | IMAGE CONVERTER - Any given part is cut out from a distorted circular image photographed by use of a fisheye lens and converted into a planar regular image with less distortion. A virtual sphere H having a radius R on a distorted circular image S on an XY plane is defined, thereby allowing a user to designate a cut-out center point P, a magnification m, and a planar inclination angle φ. A visual line vector n passing through an intersecting point Q immediately above the point P is determined to define an UV orthogonal coordinate system having an orientation depending on the angle φ on a plane orthogonal to a visual line vector n at a point G in which a distance between two points OG is given as m·R. The UV orthogonal coordinate system is curved along the side face C of a “virtual cylindrical column in which the point G forms one point on the side face to have a straight line V′ parallel to the V axis and also passing through the point O as a central axis,” thereby defining the UV curved coordinate system. Correspondence relationship equations between a point Ci (ui, vi) on the UV curved coordinate system and a point Si (xi, yi) on the XY coordinate system are used to obtain an image in the vicinity of a point P on the UV curved coordinate system, and the image is expanded on a plane T to obtain a planar regular image. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053326 | IMAGE SENSOR, THE OPERATING METHOD AND USAGE THEREOF - To solve the defect of the present image sensor used for obtaining both visible information and information indicating variation, such as low frame rate and being not applicable for portable apparatus, the present invention proposed an image sensor, operating method and usage thereof. The image sensor comprises an optoelectronic array, configured to convert optical signals of a first image and reference images at different moments into electronic signals, and the resolution of the optoelectronic array satisfying the requirement of visualization; a first module, configured to read the electronic signals of said first image by way of sampling, to read the electronic signals of each of said reference images by way of sampling, and to obtain the information indicating variation of the first image with respect to the reference images; and a second module, configured to read at least part of the electronic signals of one or more images, and to obtain at least part of visible information of the one or more images. The image sensor according to the present invention can output the visible information of the image at a suitable frame rate, and can also work at high frame rate and output the information indicating variation of the image, without consuming external resource and being especially applicable to the portable apparatus such as mobile phones. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053327 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE PERIPHERY IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM - A vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus is disclosed that is coupled with (i) a camera for capturing an image of a region around the vehicle and (ii) a display device for displaying the image so that power is supplied to the camera in accordance with a camera activation signal for triggering activation of the camera. The vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus is configured to determine whether the camera activation signal is inputted, and configured to determine whether the camera is in an activated state. The vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus outputs a control signal to the camera when it is determined that the camera activation signal determination section determines that the camera activation signal is inputted and when it is determined that the camera is in the activated state. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053328 | Surveillance system - A method for monitoring motor vehicle traffic wherein the motor vehicles being monitored have an onboard computer and an interlock system whereby the motor vehicle can be operated, fully, limited or not, after a driver identification has been entered into the computer, the method comprising the steps of providing GPS input into the computer, providing one emitter and a monitored zone wherein the emitter provides at least one traffic parameter to the computer such that the computer records any infraction of the parameter, and sending information about the infraction to a governmental authority and stores it on the driver's identification card. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053329 | EXIT SECURITY - The present invention generally provides an exit security approach. Specifically, among other things, under the present invention: an item image for at least one of a set of items at a shopping checkout station is received; a receipt corresponding to the set of items is received; a first receptacle image of a shopping receptacle holding the set of items is received; a second receptacle image of the shopping receptacle is received; an integrity of the receipt is verified; the first receptacle image is compared to the second receptacle image; and it is determined whether a discrepancy exists based on at least one of the verification of the receipt and the comparison of the first receptacle image to the second receptacle image. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053330 | SECURITY SYSTEM USING LADAR-BASED SENSORS - A security sensor system comprises one or more laser detection and ranging (LADAR) sensors configured for accumulation of three-dimensional image data. In one embodiment, the one or more LADAR sensors each comprise a LADAR device, such as a MEMS device, configured to transmit a plurality of laser pulses, and a microprocessor operatively coupled to the LADAR device. One or more data storage devices is operatively coupled to the microprocessor and configured to store the three-dimensional image data, as well as predetermined protected area boundary and fixed object definitions. A GPS receiver can be operatively coupled to the microprocessor and a GPS antenna. The microprocessor is configured to perform a LADAR image analysis that compares the three-dimensional image data with the protected area boundary and fixed object definitions to identify one or more potential intruders. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053331 | VIDEO AND DATA CAPTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video and data capturing system and method includes a mobile unit having an image sensor and motion sensing equipment connected to a microprocessor. The mobile unit is installed in an object for detecting visual images and motion data associated with the object. The mobile unit communicates with a base unit capable of analyzing the image and motion data and correcting the image data so it is level with the horizon. A foot unit may be used in conjunction with the mobile unit for detection of an athlete's foot acceleration for determining when the athlete's foot comes in contact with the ground. A field unit may be used in conjunction with the mobile unit and foot unit to determine the location of the foot unit on a playing surface to assist in determining whether an athlete is in or out of bounds, or their location on the playing surface. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053332 | FRUSTRATED INTERNAL REFLECTION UNCOOLED INFRARED CAMERA - A longwave infrared (LWIR) camera system incorporates a prism having a reflecting face with an internal surface and an external surface, an input face and an output face. A visible light source provides light to the prism input face and an image detector is positioned to receive light from the prism output face. A plurality of bi-metal cantilevers are arranged in a MEMS array immediately adjacent the external surface of the reflecting face of the prism. Each of the bi-metal cantilever deflects based on absorbed infrared energy to contact the outer surface of the reflecting face. A CMOS image sensor is employed as the image detector. An infrared energy wavefront from a source impinging on the MEMS structure results in energy absorbtion by the MEMS elements corresponding to the energy distribution of the wavefront with each of the MEMS elements contacting the prism reflecting face outer surface for frustration of the total internal reflection from the light source providing a infrared induced modulation of the visible light wavefront impinging on the CMOS image sensor. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053333 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A MOVING OBJECT IN A SEQUENCE OF IMAGES CAPTURED BY A MOVING CAMERA, COMPUTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention relates to a method for detecting a moving object in a sequence of images captured by a moving camera. The method comprises the step of constructing a multiple number of difference images by subtracting image values in corresponding pixels of multiple pairs of images being based on captured images. Further, the method comprises the step of retrieving a moving object by extracting spatial information of pixels in the multiple number of constructed difference images having relatively large image values. In addition, from a pair of images in the construction step an image is a representation of a high resolution image having a higher spatial resolution than original captured images on which the high resolution image is based. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053334 | Panel Driving Circuit that Generates Panel Test Pattern and Panel Test Method Thereof - A panel driving circuit that produces a panel test pattern and a method of testing a panel are provided. The driving circuit includes a pattern generation unit and a selection unit. The pattern generation unit responds to a system clock and produces pattern test data and pattern test signals. The selection unit responds to a test signal and selects and outputs either (a) the pattern test data and the pattern test signals that are outputted from the pattern generation unit, or (b) the pattern test data and pattern test signals that are directly applied from the outside. The driving circuit and the method of the panel test generates the panel test data, the horizontal synchronizing signal, the vertical synchronizing signal, and the data activating signal within the driving circuit using a system clock so that the testing of the panel can be carried out without using a separate test device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING IMAGE QUALITY OF MOVING PICTURES - The present invention relates to a system for measuring image quality of moving pictures. The system comprises a transmitter, for transmitting encoded image data through a channel, and a receiver, for receiving the encoded image data and analyzing image information from the received image data to measure the image quality of moving pictures. The receiver includes a reception data input unit for receiving the encoded image data, a reception information analysis unit for analyzing a bitstream from the received image data in order to extract image information including loss or non-loss, a motion vector, and coordinates of each block, and an image quality measurement unit for applying a weight to each block by using the extracted image information and calculating the number of lost blocks reflecting weights to measure image quality. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053336 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO QUALITY ASSESSMENT - A system and method for evaluating a video signal comprising a plurality of video frames. In the plurality video frames, the number of pixels changed from one frame to the next are analysed and each frame is identified as being a repeat if a set proportion of the pixels present in the current frame match those present in the previous frame. The resultant pattern of repeat frames in the video signal is recorded. The resultant pattern is then scanned to determine whether or not a given repeat frame is part of a temporally repetitive pattern and those repeat frames not determined to be part of the temporally repetitive pattern are identified. As result of the above, video quality assessment is able to treat these two types of temporal artefact separately so as to distinguish between the almost invisible regular frame loss and the visually disturbing irregular frame loss. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053337 | VIDEO TEST PROCESS INTEGRATED IN A SET-TOP-BOX - A device, such as a set-top box, may include logic to allow television customers to automatically test and adjust the quality of the displayed video signal. A set-top box may receive a user selection of whether to perform a video test using an automatic loopback test sequence or a user subjective test sequence. The set-top box may perform, when the automatic loopback test sequence is selected, a video quality test that may include transmitting a signal from the set-top box, receiving a loopback version of the video signal, and comparing the received loopback version of the video signal to the transmitted signal. The set-top box may perform, when the user subjective test sequence is selected, a video quality test that may include displaying one or more test patterns to a user and receiving feedback from the user relating to a quality of the displayed test patterns. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053378 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A synchronization processing in which an image data having a plurality of color components per pixel is generated based on the image data obtained by an imaging apparatus which includes an image sensor arranged with a plurality of color filters is performed. Then, a predetermined granular pattern is added to the image data subjected to the synchronization processing. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053379 | Suppression of Row-Wise Noise in CMOS Image Sensors - Embodiments of circuits and methods for suppressing row-wise noise in the analog domain in an image sensing device. In one embodiment, a pixel sampling circuit includes a readout circuit that is connected to a plurality of pixels to receive analog signals from the pixels. The pixel sampling circuit also includes a noise correction circuit that provides a reference signal to remove at least a portion of the noise in the analog signals received from the pixels before the analog signals are converted into digital signals. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053380 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A period of periodical noise caused by a period of a drive signal of a CMOS sensor and a period of a signal generated by driving of a circuit other than the CMOS sensor is acquired, and a length of a horizontal blanking period is adjusted so that one horizontal period of a drive signal of the CMOS sensor becomes an integer multiple of the periodical noise period. Then, column noise is detected from an image signal read out by driving the CMOS sensor with a drive signal based on one horizontal period after the adjustment and the detected column noise is subtracted from the image signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053381 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A white point of a shooting condition corresponding to image data is acquired, and information of a local white point corresponding to a pixel of interest of the image data is calculated using surrounding pixels of the pixel of interest. An adapting white point corresponding to the pixel of interest is calculated based on the white point of the shooting condition and the information of the local white point. Image data of the pixel of interest is corrected using the adapting white point. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053382 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR CORRECTING SIGNAL IRREGULARITY, CALIBRATION METHOD,IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device of the present application includes an image acquisition unit, a slope generation unit, and a slope correction unit. The image acquisition unit takes in an image data generated by an imaging element. The slope generation unit generates a slope correction data correcting, in a slope-shape, a signal irregularity caused in the image data due to a manufacturing process of the imaging element. The slope correction unit corrects the signal irregularity within the image data using the slope correction data. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053383 | DEFECT PIXEL DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFECT PIXEL - A defect pixel detection apparatus includes an image sensor which includes an effective pixel configured to have a photoelectric conversion element and an output unit configured to output a pixel signal generated by the photoelectric conversion element, a first reference pixel configured to have the same pixel configuration as the effective pixel and be optically shielded, and a second reference pixel configured to have a pixel configuration different from that of the effective pixel, a defect level acquiring unit configured to acquire a defect level of a target pixel in the image sensor, and a defect pixel determination unit configured to determine whether the target pixel is a defect pixel by comparing a defect level of the target pixel with a defect detection threshold according to a type of the pixel. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053384 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING GRADATION CORRECTION ON SUBJECT IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes: a gradation correction unit configured to perform gradation correction upon a subject image to be processed to generate a corrected image, the gradation correction including processing for lowering contrast in the subject image; a gradation information acquisition unit configured to acquire gradation information indicating relative balance of brightness in each portion of the subject image; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust brightness of the corrected image on a pixel basis based on the gradation information. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053385 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING A HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE - An image generating apparatus including a filtering unit to filter a plurality of light signals including a first filter region and a second filter region. The first filter region may allow a complementary color wavelength band of an incident light signal to pass through and the second filter region may allow a whole wavelength band of the incident light signal to pass through. At least one of the first filter region and the second filter region includes two sub-regions configured to pass filtered light signals with two different sensitivities. In addition, an image sensing unit may sense at least one of the filtered light signals of different sensitivities in the complementary color wavelength band and the filtered light signals of different sensitivities in the whole wavelength band from the filtering unit and an image processing unit may generate an image based on the sensed light signals. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053386 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric converting film that is forms on the semiconductor substrate and that generates charges corresponding to an incident light; a plurality of pixel portions that receive the charges from the photoelectric converting film, a floating gate that is electrically connected to the photoelectric converting film; and a transistor that fluctuates a threshold voltage so as to start to increase a drain current when an electric potential of the floating gate changes. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053387 | Image sensor with multiple types of color filters - An image sensor includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices formed in a substrate and first and second color filters. The first color filter is formed over a first photoelectric conversion device and comprised of an organic material. The second color filter is formed over a second photoelectric conversion device and comprised of a plurality of inorganic layers. With such different types of color filters, spectral characteristic of the image sensor are enhanced. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053388 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state image pickup device comprising: a multilayer wiring board | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053389 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND PIXEL SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD - To provide a floating diffusion (FD) for converting accumulated electric charges to a voltage signal and a transistor in which a gate terminal is connected to the FD and a source terminal is connected to an output signal line. When the FD is reset, a power supply voltage is applied to the FD for a predetermined period to set a voltage of the output signal line as a first voltage, and thereafter, the set voltage of the output signal line is set as a second voltage higher than the first voltage. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053390 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image sensor includes a pixel array with a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes: a photoelectric conversion unit; and a waveguide structure in which a side face of a substance that has a higher refractive index than a refractive index of a plurality of insulation films is surrounded by the plurality of insulation films so that light is guided to the photoelectric conversion unit, and wherein an insulation film that surrounds a region where the light is concentrated of the side face of the substance has the lowest refractive index among the plurality of insulation films. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053391 | MINIATURIZED IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A miniaturized image capturing device comprises: a lens base, which has a first open and a second open; at least one light source, which is disposed on a first PCB and around the periphery of the first open; at least one lens, which is accommodated in the lens base and close to the first open; a lens holder, which is accommodated in the lens base for holding the lens; at least one image sensor, which is accommodated in the lens base and close to the second open, the image sensor having an imaging region therein; and a PCB, which is electrically connected to the image sensor through a plurality of sensor signal pads. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053392 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - The objective of this invention is to provide a solid-state imaging device and drive method with which sampling before the output values from pixels have reached a constant value can be avoided. The solid-state imaging device comprises photosensitive pixels arranged in the form of an array on a photosensitive surface and that have a photodiode that generates and stores a photocharge, a transfer transistor that transfers the photocharge, a floating diffusion to which the photocharge is transferred, and an amplifying transistor that converts the photocharge into a voltage signal and that amplifies the signal; photosensitive-surface output line connected to the source/drain of one of the amplifying transistors; power source connected thereto; sampling circuit connected to the photosensitive-surface output line; and current source regulating circuit, which regulates the current source current, connected to the current source so that, for sampling of the output values, the sampling circuit samples the output values after the output values have essentially become constant by comparing the output values immediately after they are output to the photosensitive-surface output lines. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053393 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state image sensor includes: a photoelectric conversion section; a floating gate provided above a semiconductor substrate; a first transistor for accumulating charge generated in said photoelectric conversion section into said floating gate; and a second transistor for reading a signal corresponding to the charge accumulated in said floating gate. In an oxide film formed between said floating gate and said semiconductor substrate, at least a part of said oxide film in a region overlapping with the gate electrode of said first transistor is formed thinner than said oxide film in a region overlapping with the gate electrode of said second transistor. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053394 | Solid-state image pickup apparatus and electronic device comprising the same - A solid-state image pickup apparatus | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053395 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensor having a plurality of pixels and a control unit configured to control the image sensor. Each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element configured to convert light into an electric charge, an amplifier configured to amplify accumulated electric charge, a transfer switch configured to input a signal of the photoelectric conversion element to the amplifier when being turned on, a reset switch configured to reset the input to the amplifier when being turned on, and a selection switch configured to output an output from the amplifier to a signal output line when being turned on. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053396 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image sensing device comprises: a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed; and a plurality of column amplification units that amplify a plurality of signals that are output in parallel from the pixel array, wherein each of the column amplification units includes: a differential amplifier including an amplification unit and a constant current circuit, the amplification unit amplifying a signal that is output from the pixels and outputting the signal to an output node, the constant current circuit being arranged between the amplification unit and a ground terminal and supplying a current to the amplification unit; and a clip unit that clips a voltage of the output node when the differential amplifier amplifies the signal and thereby clipping a voltage of a connection node connecting the amplification unit to the constant current circuit in the differential amplifier. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053397 | IMAGING APPARATUS - In an image capture mode, a noise reading operation and image signal reading operation are used. In a photometric operation mode, the image signal reading operation is used. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053418 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes a movable focus lens, and the apparatus includes an imaging unit which, when a first instruction for starting setting of an in-focus state for still-picture imaging is given during motion-picture imaging for displaying a through image, performs first still-picture imaging while maintaining an in-focus state in the motion-picture imaging for displaying a through image. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053419 | IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS AND TRACKING METHOD THEREFOR - An image pick-up apparatus that enables to appropriately set a holding time in which there is a possibility of returning to a state that allows tracking when a subject cannot be tracked temporarily during the subject tracking to improve the ease-of-use for a user. A specifying unit specifies a subject included in a captured image. A display unit displays the captured image on a screen and displays identification information showing that the specified subject is tracked. A tracking unit tracks the subject. A setting unit sets a holding time in which the display of the identification information is held according to at least one of a focal length of the image pick-up apparatus and a subject distance. An elimination unit eliminates a display of the identification information when the holding time has passed after the tracking unit lost the subject. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053420 | MULTIPLE EXPOSURE METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC CAMERAS - A method for capturing multiple sets of image data with an electronic camera having a shutter and an electronic shutter for selectively allowing light to reach an image sensor comprises opening the shutter and the electronic shutter, allowing light to reach the image sensor for a first exposure time, closing the electronic shutter, reading out pixel data captured during the first exposure time, allowing light to reach the image sensor for a second exposure time, and, reading out pixel data captured during the second exposure time. The method may be used to obtain multiple differently exposed images of a scene for combination into a high dynamic range image. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053421 | WATERPROOF ELECTRONIC RECORDING DEVICE - A waterproof electronic recording device with a display panel is disclosed. In an embodiment, a housing of the electronic recording device is cylindrical in shape with an electronic display module having a display panel disposed at a back end of the housing. A latch encloses the electronic display module and the display panel is disposed substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing in a waterproof configuration. In another embodiment, the latch is hingedly connected to the housing, and a lock is provided to connect the latch to the housing in a waterproof configuration. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053422 | LENS APPARATUS AND SHOOTING APPARATUS USING SAME - A lens apparatus can be easily set even in cases where the lens body and demands are distant from each other upon shooting without a decrease in the reliability. A lens body | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053423 | Small form factor modules using wafer level optics with bottom cavity and flip-chip assembly - A disclosed method of manufacturing a camera module includes providing a stack of optical elements, providing an integrated circuit image capture device (ICD) having a top surface with an array of sensors, rigidly attaching the stack of optical elements to top surface of the image capture device, providing a substrate having an opening therethrough and a recess around said opening, and attaching the image capture device to the substrate such that edges of the image capture device are disposed in the recess and the stack of optical elements extends through the opening. The method further includes providing a second substrate (e.g., host PCB) and mounting the substrate on the second substrate to attach the camera module to the host device. Optionally, the substrate is mounted to the second substrate via a reflow solder process. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053424 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video signal processing apparatus includes a detection module configured to detect a moving image area and a still image area in a plurality of successive frames generated based on a video signal, and a frame processing module configured to generate a plurality of interpolated frames used to compensate for the moving image area except for the still image area in the plurality of successive frames based on motion-compensated prediction, and to output a plurality of interpolation-processed frames, which are generated by interpolating between the plurality of successive frames using the plurality of interpolated frames. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053425 | Video Display Apparatus and Video Display Method - According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus includes a video reception module, a resolution processing module, and a notification module. The video reception module receives a video signal of a first resolution from an external apparatus. The resolution processing module generates a video signal of a second resolution higher than the first resolution by creating new pixel values from the video signal of the first resolution. The notification module transmits a notification indicating that the video display apparatus comprises the resolution processing module to the external apparatus. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053426 | VIDEO CONVERSION DEVICE, VIDEO CONVERSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a video conversion device including a color characteristic memory, a color characteristic correction processor, a selector, and a controller. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053427 | PICTURE IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for effectively enhancing television pictures by correcting line separation effect due to errors in interlace to progressive conversion of a program signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053438 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, PROJECTOR, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The image display device and the like may generate an OSD image with the contents at the time of temporary non-display instruction when there is a redisplay instruction after temporary non-display instruction of a normal OSD image. As a result, the user can perform adjustment and the like of an image using an OSD image more efficiently. Since the image display device and the like generate a second OSD image showing temporary non-display at the time of temporary non-display of a normal OSD image, the user can see that the normal OSD image is in a temporary non-display state. In addition, since the size of the second OSD image is small, almost the entire original image can be checked. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NATURAL COLOR GAMUT VIEWING MODE FOR LASER TELEVISION - Systems and methods that facilitate a reduced color gamut viewing mode and, more particularly, a user selectable and activity assignable reduced color gamut viewing mode for laser light source based televisions. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053440 | TELEVISION FAST POWER UP MODE - Systems and methods that facilitates in a television a fast transition from a off/low power state to powered up/operating state. In a preferred embodiment, the television comprises a screen, a projection/image display engine coupled to the screen, an on-screen-display (OSD) controller coupled to the display engine, and a digital module (control module) coupled to the OSD controller. The control module preferably comprises a processor configured with a low power mode of operation and adapted to maintain the television operating parameters while in the low power mode of operation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053441 | Video display device, video display method and system - There is provided a video display device including a content control unit for displaying a video content on a display screen; a user specifying unit for specifying a user viewing a video content displayed on the display screen; and an image quality adjustment unit for adjusting the image quality of the display screen according to the user specified by the user specifying unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053442 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - A video processing apparatus includes: a reception module configured to selectively receive signals; a signal processing module configured to perform signal processing on a signal received by the reception module; a video processor configured to process the signal performed with the signal processing to output a video signal for displaying an image contained in the signal; and a control module configured to control the reception module, the signal processing module, and the video processor, wherein the control module includes: a storing module configured to store pieces of video size information being set for respective categories; and a video size switching module configured to switch the video size based on the pieces of video size information stored in the storing module. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053443 | Video Display Apparatus, Video Display System and Video Display Method - A video display apparatus includes a tuner unit that receives a video signal from a broadcasting station, a first video region cutout unit that cuts out video of a predetermined region set in advance from video received by the tuner unit as a window A and performs scaling processing on the video of the window A, a second video region cutout unit that cuts out video of a predetermined region containing an object specified by a user from the received video, a composition processing unit that generates video data by superimposing the video of the window B on that of the window A on which the scaling processing is performed, and at least one monitor that displays the video data generated by the composition processing unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053444 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR REMOVING CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE - A signal processing circuit and a signal processing method for removing a co-channel interference from a digital signal are provided. The signal processing circuit employs an adaptive filter for estimating a co-channel interference in a received digital signal. The adaptive filter takes the digital signal having a symbol signal outputted from a slicer subtracted therefrom as an input thereof. As such, the output of the adaptive filter does not contain any symbol data. Therefore, when the outputted estimation signal is subtracted from the received digital signal, it won't introduce any inter-symbol interference. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053445 | STATE DETECTOR OF VIDEO DEVICE AND STATE DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - A state detector of a video device and a state detection method thereof are provided. The state detector includes a first chroma detector, a second chroma detector, and a controller. The first chroma detector and the second chroma detector operate in a first state among a plurality of states. When the second chroma detector is not capable of processing an input signal normally, the controller controls the second chroma detector to switch between the states until the second chroma detector operates in a second state to process the input signal normally, and the first chroma detector is set to operating in the second state. As a result, the quality of a displayed image is improved. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053446 | PASSIVE AUDIO/VIDEO COMPONENT UNBALANCED NETWORK TO BALANCED NETWORK ADAPTER - A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing distortions originating from a balanced link between a video transmitter connected to a first ground and a video receiver connected to a second ground, the method comprising isolating a connection to one of the first ground and the second ground and connecting the isolated connection to the other ground via a dedicated link. In particular, there is disclosed a passive circuit enabling additional channels to become available. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PICTURE QUALITY COMPENSATIVE BASED ON FIELD INTENSITY - An apparatus and method for compensating for the picture quality of a stored broadcast signal are disclosed. For reproduction of a broadcast signal stored in a television, the picture quality of the stored broadcast signal is compensated for, based on a predetermined. MPEG noise reduction value corresponding to the electric field strength of the stored broadcast signal. Therefore, it is possible to provide the optimum picture quality. When a broadcast signal is stored, it is stored together with the electric field strength, thereof. When the stored broadcast signal is reproduced, block noise, of a screen is efficiently removed by applying an MPEG, noise reduction value corresponding to the electric field strength of the stored broadcast signal to the stored broadcast signal. Therefore it is possible to improve the definition of the screen. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053448 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PICTURE ENHANCEMENT - Systems and methods for effectively and naturally enhancing the appearance of human faces in television pictures carried by a program signal. The appearance of the detected face is enhanced by adjusting the color hue to a natural looking color and sharpening the edges of the eyes. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053449 | Video Reproducing Apparatus and Method for Controlling Illumination Device - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided, a video reproducing apparatus including: a display device configured to display a video image; an illumination device configured to apply an illumination light to the display device; and a controller configured to perform a correction process in which at least one of a brightness and a hue chromaticity of the illumination light is adjusted based on an inactivated time period during which the illumination device has been inactivated. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053450 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - There is provided a video display apparatus the display screen of which is configured by combining a plurality of video display units in each of which light emitting display elements are arranged in a matrix manner; in the video display apparatus, there is provided a luminance correction means that corrects the luminance of video data situated in a correction subject area including respective end regions, of a first video display unit and a second video display unit, that face each other, in accordance with the spacing between the first video display unit and the second video display unit; and a linear noise that is caused at a seam portion between the video display units is suppressed, whereby the image quality of a video to be displayed can be raised. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053451 | Apparatus and method for frame interpolation based on accurate motion estimation - An apparatus and a method for frame interpolation based on precision motion estimation are provided. The apparatus for frame interpolation may generate an interpolation frame to restore images based on a motion vector which is determined after a motion vector is determined based on a rotation element in addition to forward motion and backward motion between frames. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053452 | TELEVISION RECEIVER - It is an object of the present invention to provide a television receiver for discriminating a CM broadcast from a received television broadcast and controlling a volume of the CM broadcast without complicating a configuration of a discriminating process of the CM broadcast. The present invention includes a silence detection means, a scene change detection means, a video audio changing point detection means, a first characteristic amount extraction means, a second characteristic amount extraction means, a comparison determining means and a volume control means. The comparison determining means compares the first characteristic amount which is an audio characteristic amount of a television signal before the time when the video audio changing point is detected, and the second characteristic amount which is an audio characteristic amount of a television signal after the time when the video audio changing point is detected, to determine whether a predetermined condition is satisfied or not. The volume control means controls an output level when outputting audio of the television signal on the basis of a result of the comparison determining means. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053453 | DIGITAL MEDIA CONTROLLER - A digital media controller is provided. The digital media controller includes a video input interface configured for connecting to a host computer; a video output interface configured for connecting a display; a storage card interface configured for receiving a storage card which is used to store media files; a media processing unit configured for decoding the media files to video signals and audio signals; a switch unit connected between the video input interface and the video output interface, and the media processing unit, and controlled by the processor; the processor being configured to control the switch unit to connect a signal channel between the video input interface and the video output interface, and between the media processing unit and the video output interface according to a predetermined control rule. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053454 | Receiver and signal transmission system - A receiver includes: an adjustment circuit that adjusts an electric potential of a midpoint provided on a side of the receiver such that the electric potential of the midpoint provided between a pair of signal lines and on the side of the receiver is identical with an electric potential of a midpoint provided between the pair of signal lines and on a side of the transmitter, the transmitter transmitting a plurality of image signals, a vertical synchronizing signal, and a horizontal synchronizing signal, and transmitting and receiving differential signals on the pair of signal lines; a control circuit that controls the velocity of rise and decay of the differential signals which flow on the pair of signal lines; and a cancel circuit that cancels crosstalk by the vertical synchronizing signal generated on the horizontal synchronizing signal by inputting the vertical synchronizing signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053455 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a backlight device including a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent tubes, a pitch of the cold cathode fluorescent tube provided on one end in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal directions of the cold cathode fluorescent tubes with respect to a center line passing through a center in the perpendicular direction of a diffusion plate is differentiated from a pitch of the cold cathode fluorescent tube provided on the other end in the perpendicular direction with respect to the center line. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053456 | Mobile Multimedia Terminal Antenna Systems and Methods for Use Thereof - A mobile device comprises a main compartment, a flip cover coupled to the main compartment, wherein the main compartment includes a Radio Frequency (RF) feed and ground, and wherein the flip cover includes at least one multiband antenna system in communication with the RF feed and ground, the antenna operating in at least one television broadcast band. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053457 | NETWORK ENABLED REMOTE CONTROLS AND METHOD FOR HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE - A system and method comprises a primary remote control device and one or more secondary remote control devices. The primary remote device communicates directly with a set top tuner device to control programming between the tuner and the remote in the multiple remote system. The primary remote can communicate with the tuner and secondary remotes through local area or wide area networks. This system decentralizes control of actual broadcast or recorded program away from a set-top tuner box, to a portable decentralized electronic device such as a specialized remote control. With this system, a user can retrieve programming information without the need to be in close proximity to the tuner box. Each person has his/her own remote controller that may be used to access content permitted for that user. To prevent any user from accessing another user's remote controller along with private data or personal profile, strict access control would be implemented. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053458 | Method and System for Network Enabled Remote Controls Using Physical Motion Detection Remote control Devices - A network enabled remote control system uses controls that detect the physical movements of the remote control devices. The system comprises a primary remote control device and one or more secondary remote control devices. The secondary remote control devices have motion-sensing capabilities that can transmit the detection of a motion of the controller to a sensing device. The motion-sensing device can have the capability to receive the transmitted detected motion and convert that detected motion into an executable command. The primary remote device can function as the sensing device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053459 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A liquid crystal panel ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053460 | BROADCAST RECEPTION APPARATUS - A broadcast reception apparatus includes a receiving portion receiving a broadcast signal, an automatic channel-addition portion additionally registering a receivable channel automatically, an input portion accepting instructions from a user, and a channel-registration canceling portion for canceling the registration of a channel, so commanded from the input portion, to be canceled as a receivable channel and for storing in a memory portion its channel information as the information of a canceled channel. When the same channel information as that of the unregistered channel is in the channel information stored in the memory portion, the automatic channel-addition portion does not register the unregistered channel as a receivable channel. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INTERNET TELEVISION REMOTE CONTROL - A handheld electronic apparatus for communicatively coupling a user and a display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the handheld electronic apparatus includes a user interface configured to accept an user input, the user interface further includes a first interface configured to accept the user input via a keypad, and a second interface configured to accept the user input via a touchpad. The handheld electronic apparatus also includes a processor configured to generate a signal by processing the user input, and a transmitter adapted to transmit the signal generated by the processor to the display device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053462 | Remote control security - A television receiver device consistent with certain embodiment is controlled by a remote controller has an infrared receiver that receives control signals from the remote controller. An infrared transmitter transmits signals from the television to the remote controller. A processor, upon receipt of a control signal from the remote controller sends a challenge signal to the remote controller in order to obtain a reply from the remote controller. Upon receipt of a reply to the challenge, the processor determines if the reply is correct and if so, executes the command associated with the control signal, wherein if the reply is incorrect, the command is not executed. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053463 | MULTI-MEDIA SYSTEM WITH CEC RIGHT TRANSFERRING MECHANISM AND METHOD THEREOF - A HDMI standard multimedia system includes a source device, a plurality of TVs, and a CEC right arbiter. The CEC right arbiter transfers the right of CEC to an appropriate TV of the plurality of TVs according to each status of the plurality of TVs. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053464 | STATIONARY REMOTE CONTROL TRANSMITTING DEVICE - In a controlling mode wherein control content for rotational operation control of a controlled device has been selected through an inputting operation of an inputting switch, a displaying unit that is provided on a surface of a case that is displayed on the rotational center axis side of an operating unit displays the rotational operation directions for rotational operation control, to perform rotational operation control of a controlled device in a rotational operation direction displayed on the displaying unit by a rotational operation of an operating unit in a direction that matches the rotational operation direction that is displayed on the displaying unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053465 | IR SIGNAL CROSS-TALK ELIMINATION - Systems and methods that facilitate the elimination of interference of an IR signal emitted from an IR blaster by the IR signal emitted from a remote control unit. In a preferred embodiment in which an AV device coupled to a television receives IR signals repeated and transmitted by the television over an IR blaster cable, a right hand polarizer lens is positioned on the front of the remote control unit in front of the IR emitter and a left hand polarizer lens is positioned on the AV device in front of its IR detector. In operation, the IR beam emitted from the remote control unit is right hand polarized and is blocked by the left hand polarizer lens. The IR beam emitted from the IR blaster is randomly polarized and passes through the left hand polarizer lens with only a slight attenuation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053466 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TELEVISION WITH INTEGRATED SURROUND PROJECTION SYSTEM - Systems and methods that facilitate the use and operation of a television with an integrated sound projection system. The sound projector preferably comprises an array of speakers configurable to project beams that reflect off the walls and ceiling to create surround sound. In one embodiment, sound can be projected and/or the television can be oriented automatically as a function of the location of the television remote control unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053467 | ROTATION SENSITIVE REMOTE CONTROL USING POLARIZED LIGHT - Systems and methods that facilitate rotation sensitive remote control of televisions and the like using polarized light. The remote control unit and the infrared (IR) signal detection system of the television are preferably sensitive to rotation of the remote control unit about its longitudinal axis. Rotation of the remote control unit in coordination with depression of keys or buttons on the remote control unit enables enhanced and quicker navigation through a list of options presented in a user interface displayed on the television screen such as, for example, to turn up or down the volume with a single motion. | 2010-03-04 |
