| 09th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
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| 20100052684 | LOCALIZATION SYSTEM FOR AN EARTHMOVING MACHINE - The invention relates to a localization system for localizing an underground object for an earthmoving machine comprising a working part. Said localization system comprises a fastening component and a detector component. The fastening component can be arranged on the working part for example by means of magnets. The detector component is adapted to detect the object using an electromagnetic field that can be associated with the object and is arranged on the fastening component so as to swing like a pendulum, thereby effecting an alignment of the detector component under the effect of gravity. Optionally, the localization system comprises an arithmetic component for deriving a distance information of the object from the detected value. The localization system also comprises a display component for displaying and/or forwarding the detected value and/or the distance information. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052708 | Tester for RF Devices - For testing an RF device, such as an RF receiver/decoder chip that receives an RF signal via an antenna terminal and outputs a digital code at an output terminal, an inexpensive non-RF programmable tester is used. The programmable tester is a commercially available tester that need only generate and receive non-RF digital and analog signals. The RF signals needed for the testing of the RF device are totally supplied by RF generators on a single printed circuit board, external to the commercial tester housing. The board contains controllable RF generating circuitry whose possible output amplitudes and frequencies need be only those necessary for testing the particular DUT. The frequencies may be changed by switching in different crystal resonators mounted on the board. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052715 | HIGH DENSITY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, TEST PROBE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention is directed to a high density test probe which provides a means for testing a high density and high performance integrated circuits in wafer form or as discrete chips. The test probe is formed from a dense array of elongated electrical conductors which are embedded in an compliant or high modulus elastomeric material. A standard packaging substrate, such as a ceramic integrated circuit chip packaging substrate is used to provide a space transformer. Wires are bonded to an array of contact pads on the surface of the space transformer. The space transformer formed from a multilayer integrated circuit chip packaging substrate. The wires are as dense as the contact location array. A mold is disposed surrounding the array of outwardly projecting wires. A liquid elastomer is disposed in the mold to fill the spaces between the wires. The elastomer is cured and the mold is removed, leaving an array of wires disposed in the elastomer and in electrical contact with the space transformer The space transformer can have an array of pins which are on the opposite surface of the space transformer opposite to that on which the elongated conductors are bonded. The pins are inserted into a socket on a second space transformer, such as a printed circuit board to form a probe assembly. Alternatively, an interposer electrical connector can be disposed between the first and second space transformer. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052717 | LOW TEMPERATURE PROBING APPARATUS - A low temperature probing apparatus comprises a housing, a device holder positioned in the housing and configured to receive at least one semiconductor device under test, a platen positioned on the housing, at least one hydraulic stage positioned on the platen and configured to retain at least one probe, a cover positioned on the platen and configured to form an isolation chamber with the hydraulic stage and the device holder positioned therein, and a hydraulic controller configured to control the movement of the hydraulic stage. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052723 | INTERCONNECTION SUBSTRATE, SKEW MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND TEST APPARATUS - There is provided an interconnection substrate used in skew adjustment between output pins in a test apparatus, the test apparatus supplying a test signal to a device under test to test the device under test, the interconnection substrate including: a first terminal coupled to a first output pin that outputs the test signal; a second terminal coupled to a second output pin that outputs the test signal; a first interconnection connecting the first terminal to a bonding node; a second interconnection connecting the second terminal to the bonding node; and a third interconnection connecting the bonding node to an output node, where the first interconnection and the second interconnection have a length equal to each other. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052726 | POWER SOURCE NOISE MEASURING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To accurately measure power source noise generated inside an integrated circuit, the power source noise measuring device comprises: a mutual inductor pair placed inside an integrated circuit, the mutual inductor pair including (i) a first inductor connected to between power source voltages of the integrated circuit and (ii) a second inductor arranged opposite the first inductor, the both ends of which second inductor are connected to external output terminals; and a power source noise measuring unit which measures power source noise of the integrated circuit on the basis of a voltage waveform output from the second inductor of said mutual inductor pair via the external output terminals. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052748 | DELAY LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT - A delay locked loop circuit includes a delay locking unit configured to output an internal clock by delaying a reference clock as much as a first delay amount in response to a phase comparison result of comparing a phase of the reference clock with a phase of a feedback clock that is generated based on delay modeling of a semiconductor memory device, and a noise sensor configured to control variation of the first delay amount caused by an external noise to be less than a second delay amount after locking the internal clock. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052757 | COOPERATION CIRCUIT - The present invention discloses a cooperation circuit, comprising: a first control module, capable of generating a first control signal and a second control signal, the pulse width of the first control signal being determined by the pulse width of the second control signal; and a second control module, coupled to the first control module to receive the first control signal and the second control signal and generate a third control signal according to the first control signal and the second control signal; wherein, according to the first control signal and the second control signal, the second control module enables the third control signal and the second control signal to exhibit the same frequency and the same duty cycle with a phase delay. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052758 | Stage by stage delay current-summing slew rate controller - A stage by stage delay current-summing slew rate controller includes a delay controller, a delay cell array, a current source array, a switch array, a load. The delay cell array includes N delay cells, the switch array includes N switches, and the switch includes N current sources, wherein N>1. The delay controller is connected with the control ports of the delay cells respectively, and the delay cells are connected with the control terminal of the switches respectively. One of the connecting terminals of the switch is connected with the output end of the current source, and the other end of the connecting terminals of the switch is connected with one end of the load, and the other end of the load is connected to the ground. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052760 | Pulse signal generator, and method of generating pulse signal - A pulse signal generator includes a period setting unit that receives a period set signal including an information indicative of a pulse period, and that outputs a period control signal controlling the pulse period, a duty ratio setting unit that receives a duty ratio set signal including an information indicative of a duty ratio of a pulse, that receives a signal including the pulse period set in the period setting unit, and that generates a duty ratio control signal controlling the duty ratio of the pulse on a basis of the pulse period and the duty ratio set signal, and a pulse generation unit that generates a pulse signal including the pulse period and the duty ratio of the pulse on a basis of the period control signal and the duty ratio control signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052763 | CMOS Level Shifter Circuit Design - A level shifting circuit has a pair of assist circuits. The level shifting circuit includes an input point, an output point, a pair of cross-coupled PMOS transistors coupled to the output point, and a pair of NMOS transistors coupled between the input and output points. Each assist circuit includes a pair of PMOS transistors, one responsive to an input applied to the input point, the other responsive to the drain voltage of one of the NMOS transistors. The assist circuits temporarily weaken the cross-coupled PMOS transistors when an input changes from low to high, or from high to low. The assist circuits also transiently boost the output. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052767 | SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE - A semiconductor module is provided. Multiple external terminals are connected to an external circuit. Each semiconductor chip includes multiple pads. Wiring lines connect the multiple pads provided to each of the multiple semiconductor chips and the corresponding external terminals or corresponding different pads, respectively. Multiple input terminals of a switch are connected to corresponding internal nodes included within the semiconductor module, and an output terminal thereof is connected to a monitoring terminal provided as an external terminal. The switch makes a connection between the output terminal and one input terminal selected from among the multiple input terminals. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052775 | Voltage supply with low power and leakage current - In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, a circuit block has a first MOS transistor, and a leakage current control circuit having a second MOS transistor and a current source, a source and drain circuit of the second MOS transistor is formed between the power supply line of the circuit block and a voltage point where operating voltage is supplied. This current source is connected to the power supply line and in a first state, the power supply line is driven to a first voltage by the second MOS transistor. In a second state, the power supply line is controlled at a second voltage by current flow in the current source and, the voltage applied across the source and drain of the first MOS transistor in the second state is smaller than the voltage applied across the source and drain of the first MOS transistor in the first state. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052811 | FLAT, ASYMMETRIC, AND E-FIELD CONFINED WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - In accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, a method and apparatus is disclosed that includes feature of a transmitter and receiver having a substantially two-dimensional resonator structure including a flat coil; and an impedance-matching structure operably connected to the resonator structure, the transmitter configured to transmit power wirelessly. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052813 | BRANCHING FILTER, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION MOBILE TERMINAL - A technique for realizing module size reduction while enhancing the anti-ESD characteristic of a low frequency band circuit without the need to add such an element as an ESD filter. In a diplexer included in a high-frequency power amplifier module, a composite grounding inductor with respect to an antenna terminal is formed of three inductors including a series inductor contained in a lowpass filter. Since an ESD signal contains main components thereof belonging to a frequency band of the order of a few hundreds of MHz or lower, the ESD signal is allowed to pass through a lowpass filter almost intactly. Under this condition, a function for ESD filtering from the antenna terminal to an antenna switch circuit is provided by using the composite grounding inductor mentioned above and an electrostatic capacitor element, thereby suppressing passage of the ESD signal to the antenna switch circuit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052815 | SINGLE CAVITY ACOUSTIC RESONATORS AND ELECTRICAL FILTERS COMPRISING SINGLE CAVITY ACOUSTIC RESONATORS - A single cavity acoustic resonator comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode; a third electrode disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The single cavity acoustic resonator also comprises: a first piezoelectric layer disposed between the third electrode and the first electrode, and comprising a first C-axis having an orientation; and a second piezoelectric layer disposed between the third electrode and the second electrode, and comprising a second C-axis having an orientation parallel to the first C-axis. Application of a time varying electrical signal at a drive frequency to either the third electrode or to the first and second electrodes results in a resonance of the single cavity acoustic resonator at twice a fundamental resonant frequency and a cancellation of substantially all even-order mixing products in the single cavity resonator. An electrical filter and a duplexer are also described. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052837 | Integrated Circuit Multilevel Inductor - An integrated circuit (IC) multilevel inductor structure is provided. The IC multilayer inductor structure is made from an IC including a plurality of circuit layers, where the inductor is a three-dimensional (3D) loop formed over a plurality of the circuit layers. In a simple example, if the IC includes a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer, then the inductor 3D loop includes a first partial loop portion formed on the first circuit layer, a second partial loop portion formed on the second circuit layer, and a via connecting the first and second partial loop portions. More generally, the inductor typically includes a plurality of 3D loops. A first plurality of 3D loops is formed between the input and an nth circuit layer, and a second plurality of 3D loops is formed between the nth circuit layer and the output. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052858 | Method and system for performing affinity transactions - There is provided a physical token for use in a defined venue with a server having communication with the physical token. The physical token may comprise an identification data and a transmitter configured to transmit the identification data. The physical token is configured to transmit the identification data to the server to cause the server to initiate a sensory interaction with a user possessing the physical token. The sensory interaction may comprise a character in the defined venue interacting with the user possessing the physical token. The sensory interaction may also comprise a display screen in the defined venue displaying information to the user possessing the physical token. The sensory interaction may further comprise an audio speaker in the defined venue announcing information to the user possessing the physical token. The physical token may represent an affinity comprising an experience, entitlement, or characteristic of the user possessing the physical token. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052860 | DATA CARRIER AND DATA CARRIER SYSTEM - The data carrier has a communication protocol storage unit storing a communication protocol for communicating with an external communication device, an RF analogue receiver receiving an interrogation signal from the external communication device as an RF signal, a contact communication end terminal unit performing contact communication with the external communication device, a communication command controller controlling a command used in an RF communication protocol performed via said RF analogue receiver or a contact-type serial communication protocol performed via said contact communication end terminal unit, and a connection selector selectively connecting one of said RF analogue receiver and said contact communication end terminal unit with said communication command controller. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052868 | Apparatus for Providing Mail Message and Electronic Multimedia Content, Electronic Apparatus for Accessing Electronic Multimedia Content and Method Thereof - An electronic apparatus for accessing an electronic multimedia content is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader and a transmitting circuit. The RFID reader is used for accessing network link information stored in an RFID tag attached to an object. The transmitting circuit is coupled to the RFID reader and downloads the electronic multimedia content via the Internet according to the network link information. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052872 | POWER METADATA TRANSFER OVER POWER LINES - The transfer and usage of a modulated carrier signal within a power signal on a power line communication system is described. The modulated signal comprises metadata which is transmitted at a different frequency than the transmitted power. The metadata, including such elements as energy costs, providers, renewable source status and originating location, may be used by consumers to make subsequent purchasing decisions. Additionally, the energy costs of any given computer node commonly distributed in a grid architecture may be collected by a workload dispatcher in order to make more accurate cost and energy source based dispatch decisions. The consumer may be able to communicate directly back to the power provider. The use of computer-readable medium and product containing instructions that are implemented on a computer is also covered. Finally, the invention may be deployed on behalf of the consumer by a third party service provider. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052875 | Smoke environment personnel identification apparatus - The apparatus consists of a self contained lighting and identification device ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052878 | VIBRATING APPARATUS OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A vibrating apparatus installed in a portable electronic device includes a vibrator, a regulator connected to the vibrator, and a controller connected to the regulator. The controller generates controlling signals and sends the controlling signals to the regulator to actuating the vibrator to vibrate and regulates vibrating parameters of the vibrator. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052882 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMMOBILIZING A VEHICLE - In accordance with one embodiment, an onboard computer (OBC) and associated circuitry capable of spoofing or mimicking a fault condition tricks an electronic control module (ECM) of an automobile or other such vehicle into implementing an engine derate procedure resulting in vehicle immobilization that is safe and that is credibly attributable to a genuine vehicle fault condition. For example, in response to an engine shutdown command, the OBC might cause a fault-spoofing engine shutdown device in one embodiment to spoof an engine overheating condition by inserting an electrical resistance in parallel with the resistance of an engine temperature sensor, thus lowering the electrical resistance of the temperature sensor as detected by the ECM. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052886 | System for monitoring the tire pressure in vehicles - Described is a procedure for controlling the transmission operation of a tire pressure monitoring device ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052898 | Health-related signaling via wearable items - Systems and methods are described for configuring and using displays, speakers, or other output devices positioned by an article of clothing or other such structure wearable by a healthcare recipient, for example, in a clinic or residential care facility. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052902 | RELIABLE SECURITY SYSTEM BY TRIANGULATION - The present invention is a security system and a method for reliably detecting an intruder without false alarms. The security system includes at least three motion detectors and processor circuitry adapted to collect a plurality of location samples and analyze them to determine if a target has transitioned from a first region to a second region, and when the target has transitioned from a first region to a second region, initiating a predetermined action. Each location sample is determined by: detecting motion from a target with each of the three motion detectors, determining the distance to the target for each of the three motion detectors, and triangulating the three determined distances to produce a two-dimensional location. The security system determines if a target has transitioned from a first region to a second protected region by comparing the plurality of location samples to perimeter location data stored in memory. Different modes of operation cause the security system to take different actions before and after the transition, such as generating an alarm or a warning signal. The security system may also include a display to show the location of one or more targets, which may be the intruder or the occupants of the premises. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052903 | Voice recorder based position registration - A system and method for monitoring a location having at least one sensor for sensing a change in at least one condition using voice tags to announce alarms. The system includes a registration process where a voice recorder and a digital conversion unit form digital voice tags from recorded speech representing the type and location of sensors. The voice tag is sent as part of an alarm message or pre-stored in a control panel for later retrieval such that the type and location of an alarm is reproduced vocally at the time of the alarm. The registration process may be completed with a registration module which may be a keypad or the voice recorder may be included in the sensors. Additional features include sensor location change notification to ensure the stored voice tag represents the current location of the sensor. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052919 | WEATHER DETECTION USING SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SIGNALS - Disclosed is a satellite weather detection system that uses atmospheric precipitation density data. Subscribers detect the signal strength and signal-to-noise ratio of signals that are transmitted from the satellite. Upstream transmit power data is also collected, which is needed to achieve a given SNR at a gateway. The values of the downstream signal strength and signal-to-noise ratio data as well as the upstream transmit power data are normalized and compared with current atmospheric data. The data can be color coded and graphically displayed to show weather patterns. Location and velocity of high precipitation density cells can be tracked to predict movement of storms. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052925 | POWER SAVING MODE FOR REMOTE CONTROLLER - A method, system and apparatus provide for enhanced power savings of a remote controller. Power savings are achieved by automatically entering a power saving mode of the remote controller, based upon user usage of the remote controller. A usage condition associated with use of the remote controller is detected; the usage condition has associated with it a predetermined period of time. Upon detection of the occurrence of the usage condition, the remote controller automatically enters a power saving mode from its normal operational mode after the predetermined period of time of the usage condition. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052929 | High voltage proximity warning alarm system - A high voltage proximity warning system, precise, easy to use, easy to install, rugged and weatherproof, has a control panel which is located in the cab of an excavator, other heavy equipment or vehicle, such that it is readily accessible to the operator during equipment operation and is connected to one or more strategically located sensor antenna(s). The control panel is designed to be used with or without gloves, in a position where it is readily visible. It is electrically connected to the equipment's power source. At least one high voltage proximity sensor is mountable to the vehicle and is in wired or wireless communication with the control panel. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052932 | MONITORING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND ALARM SIGNAL OUTPUT METHOD - A monitoring device configured to be installed in an information processing apparatus to detect a failure of the information processing apparatus, and to output an alarm signal when the failure is detected, the monitoring device including an alarm signal generating unit that generates the alarm signal upon detecting the failure, an alarm signal storing unit that stores the generated alarm signal, an alarm signal output unit that outputs the stored alarm signal to outside, an alarm signal input unit that receives, when the monitoring device is in a standby state, another alarm signal from another monitoring device in an active state, and an alarm signal storage instructing unit that supplies to the alarm signal storing unit an instruction signal for storing said another alarm signal in the alarm signal storing unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052962 | POLYPHASE ELECTRIC ENERGY METER - A polyphase electric energy meter comprises a microcontroller with a front end that converts analog current input signals and analog voltage input signals to digital current and voltage samples for processing by the microcontroller. The front end includes separate input channels, each for one of the current input signals with a sigma-delta modulator followed by a decimation filter. The front end further includes a common input channel for all voltage input signals with a multiplexer, an analog-to-digital converter and a de-multiplexer. The separate input channels and the common input channel provide the digital current and voltage samples for processing by the microcontroller. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052966 | DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER AND DATA DRIVER EMPLOYING THE DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER - Disclosed is a differential amplifier which includes first and second input terminals, an output terminal, first and second differential pairs, and first and second current sources for supplying currents to the first and second differential pairs. The first differential pair has first and second inputs of an input pair connected to the first input terminal and the output terminal, respectively. The second differential pair has first and second inputs of an input pair connected to the second input terminal the output terminal, respectively. The differential amplifier further includes a load circuit connected to output pairs of the first and second differential pairs for outputting a signal obtained on combining outputs of the first and second differential pairs from at least one of a pair of connection nodes between the output pairs of the first and second differential pairs and the load circuit, an amplifier stage supplied with at least one signal at a connection node of the output pairs of the first and second differential pairs and the load circuit to output a voltage at the output terminal, and a current control circuit controlling the first and second current sources for controlling the ratio of currents supplied to the first and second differential pairs. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052978 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING AIRBORNE RADAR HORIZON MEASUREMENTS TO MEASURE ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTIVITY PROFILES - A method for determining a refractivity profile of an atmosphere of the Earth. The method may involve: generating radar signals from a radar device located above the Earth's surface toward the Earth's surface; measuring a time of flight and a reflected intensity of reflected radar signals received back at the radar device; using the measured time of flight and the reflected intensity of the reflected radar signals received by the radar device to determine a distance to a radar horizon where the radar signals are tangent to the Earth's surface; and using the distance to the radar horizon to determine a refractivity profile of the atmosphere through which the radar signals and the reflected radar signals have travelled. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052980 | DATA COMPRESSING METHOD, DATA PROVIDING METHOD, AND DATA COMPRESSING DEVICE - A data compressing method includes: calculating prediction orbit data of a plurality of positioning satellites moving along predetermined orbits around the earth by using prediction positions of the plural positioning satellites; calculating differences between standard orbit data as standard for the predetermined orbits around the earth and the prediction orbit data of the plural positioning satellites; and storing the differences. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052985 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING GNSS RECEIVER AND ACTIVATING AND POSITIONING METHOD THEREOF - The prevent invention provides an activating and positioning method for an electronic device comprising at least a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver and a storage unit. The storage unit is utilized for storing a time file recording time information so that the time file can be obtained when activating the electronic device, and the time information recorded by the time file can be set as a current system time of the electronic device. Then, the activating and positioning method of the prevent invention activates the GNSS receiver to perform a positioning process according to the system time. Thus, the prevent invention can overcome disadvantages of the prior art which records system time by using hardware scheme. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052987 | Electronically steered, dual-polarized, dual-plane, monopulse antenna feed - A method and apparatus for electronically steering a RADAR beam across an array of feed horns by moving the phase center of the beam to different origination points on the array—each origination point being the phase center of a feed horn pair. Variations include polarized beams, polarized feed horns, dual-beam systems, dual direction steering, diagonal steering, and cross-polarized wire grids to control beamwidth. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052988 | Radio Frequency Positioning System and Method - A radio frequency (RF) positioning system for positioning an RF device on a surface is provided. The RF positioning system utilizes the property of the RF device generating a response signal upon receiving an RF signal to perform positioning. The RF positioning system includes an antenna set, a switch unit, an RF module and micro-controller unit (MCU). The antenna set has a plurality of antennas in different sizes. The RF module is coupled to the switch unit. The MCU, coupled to the switch unit and the RF module, controls the switch unit to select one antenna from the antenna set and controls the RF module to generate the RF signal. The MCU further estimates a distance between the RF device and the RF positioning system according to whether the RF positioning system receives the response signal through the selected antenna. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052990 | Portable, Iterative Geolocation of RF Emitters - Iterative geolocation of a stationary RF emitter through the use of TDOA may include the use of a single portable geolocation (e.g., TDOA) sensor, a pair of portable geolocation sensors and three of more portable geolocation sensors. Adding portable geolocation sensors to the iterative process reduces the constraints on the signals to be located as well as providing a reduction in the number of iterations required to obtain improved location accuracy. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100052996 | STORAGE MEDIUM WITH BUILT-IN ANTENNA - A storage medium with built-in antenna includes circuit board on which semiconductor element is placed, first and second magnetic layers sandwiching semiconductor element and circuit board, and first and second antenna coils disposed on first and second magnetic layers. First and second antenna coils are connected in parallel on a flexible sheet. First and second antenna coils are folded at the sides of first and second magnetic layers, respectively, and electrically connected to semiconductor element. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053031 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device, in which the position of the view point of a viewer who sees the display region on a substrate is fixed to a predetermined position within the display region in a plan view, includes a first color filter which overlaps a first pixel region disposed at the predetermined position among a plurality of pixel regions constituting the display region and a second color filter which overlaps a second pixel region disposed closer to an outer side of the display region than the predetermined position among the plurality of pixel regions, in which the hue of the first color filter is the same as that of the second color filter, and thicknesses of the first and second color filters are set such that a difference in density of color between a first display ray which has passed through the first color filter and a second display ray which has passed through the second color filter is small when measuring the first display ray and the second display ray at the position of the view point. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053034 | FACE PANEL FOR COLOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, PANEL FOR COLOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND COLOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided a face panel for a color image display apparatus according to the present invention, comprising a transparent substrate, a plurality of phosphor layers disposed on the transparent substrate for emitting different color lights, and a plurality of transmittance adjustment layers interposed between the transparent substrate and the plurality of phosphor layers in correspondence to the plurality of phosphor layers, respectively, for adjusting the transmittances of the lights emitted from the plurality of phosphor layers, wherein,
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| 20100053038 | COLOR DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A color display including a plurality of pixels on a substrate, each pixels being area-divided into plural sub-pixels including at least two sub-pixels that each emit colored light of different wavelengths and a white sub-pixel, wherein the at least two sub-pixels and the white sub-pixel each have at least an optical path length-adjusting layer and an organic electroluminescence layer interposed between a layer that partially transmits light and partially reflects light and a light reflection layer to form a resonator structure. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053044 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting diode display panel includes a transparent substrate on which a matrix array of pixels is formed with each pixel including an organic light emitting diode (OLED). The OLEDS include light emitting regions sandwiched between pixel electrodes or anodes made of transparent conductive material and a common electrode made of a conductive material. The refractive index of the pixel electrodes is higher than the refractive index of the insulating layer on which the pixel electrodes are disposed so that light undergoes multiple reflections at the interface between the pixel electrodes and the insulating layer and also at the interface between the light emitting regions and the common electrode. The thickness of the pixel electrodes is chosen so that light that eventually exits the pixel electrodes after multiple reflections contains a relatively strong component of a chosen primary color. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053068 | Bendable electronic device status information system and method - A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining and sending one or more bendable electronic device physical status related information portions to the bendable electronic device based upon the obtaining of the first information. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053070 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL CONTROL DEVICE AND A CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A multi-dimensional optical control device and a method thereof are provided. A movable light source can be moved due to an external action, and produce a light beam. A lens coupled to the light source is to focus the light beam. A sensor is used to sense a spot formed on the sensor by the focused light beam, and a data processing circuit coupled to the sensor is to obtain variations of position, shape and light intensity in respect to a reference spot. According to such variations of position, shape and light intensity, the data processing circuit performs a motion control of multiple dimensions | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053075 | Display control based on bendable interface containing electronic device conformation sequence status - A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining and controlling display of one or more portions of the bendable interface containing electronic device regarding display of second information in response to the information associated with the one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the bendable interface containing electronic device. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053077 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER WITH FORCE FEEDBACK FOR GAMING - A notebook computer with force feedback for gaming is provided. A vibrating plate is disposed on a host, and a vibration generating device is disposed at the bottom of the vibrating plate to generate vibration when a computer game is executed. Thus, a user playing the computer game may feel the force feedback. Additionally, to prevent vibration from affecting the normal operation of the host, a damper is disposed between the host and the vibrating plate to prevent vibration from being transmitted to the host. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053089 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCHSCREEN AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of controlling a portable electronic device having a touchscreen display includes determining a first orientation of the portable electronic device, rendering a first virtual keyboard and a first data display area on the touchscreen display based on the first orientation of the portable electronic device, automatically detecting a change from the first orientation to a second orientation of the portable electronic device, and automatically reconfiguring the touchscreen display by rendering a second virtual keyboard, a second data display area, and data previously displayed in the first data display area in the second data display area on the touchscreen display based on the second orientation of the portable electronic device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053092 | Control Method for Touch Screen Device - A control method for a touch screen device is provided. The control method comprises the steps of: enabling an active mode of a touch panel; defining at least one active area on the touch panel; inputting a touch input into any one position on the touch panel; determining whether the touch input exists in the active area; and saving calculation of coordinate values of the position corresponding to the touch input and outputting a corresponding predetermined output signal in accordance with the touch input when the touch input exists in the active area. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053108 | PORTABLE DEVICES AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic device including a first input/output unit including a monostable display element and configured to reproduce multimedia content, a second input/output unit a bistable display element and configured to reproduce an electronic document, a first controller configured to control the first input/output unit, a second controller configured to control the second input/output unit, a memory unit configured to store the multimedia content and the electronic document, and a control unit configured to selectively control the first controller to reproduce the multimedia content on the first input/output unit, and to control the second input/output unit to reproduce the electronic document on the second input/output unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053114 | TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel apparatus includes a position detection electrode formed in a touch region and made of ITO, and a wiring portion provided in a frame region and electrically connected to the position detection electrode. The wiring portion has a first pattern film extended from the position detection electrode and made of ITO, a second pattern film laminated on the first pattern film and made of IZO, and a third pattern film laminated on the second pattern film and made of silver or a silver alloy. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053121 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DEFLECTION OPTICS - Various embodiments of the present invention provide for systems and apparatuses directed toward using a contact lens and deflection optics to processes display information and non-display information. In one embodiment of the invention, a contact lens assembly is provided, comprising: a substrate including optical path optics and configured to receive a display information optical path emitted from a display and a non-display information optical path not emitted from the display. The optical path optics of the substrate is configured to be partially deflective such that the non-display information optical path is transmitted to a human visual system without deflection, and the display information optical path is transmitted to the human visual system with deflection. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053123 | Display device and method for data transmission to display panel driver - A display device is provided with a display panel; a driver driving the display panel; and a control apparatus transmitting image data and control data to the driver by using an image data signal. The driver includes a PLL circuit which performs clock data recovery from the image data signal and is configured to drive the display panel in response to the image data. The control data include: drive timing data indicating to start driving display elements within the display panel; and PLL control data which are specific data used to control a frequency and/or phase of the PLL circuit. The control apparatus is configured to transmit the PLL control data after transmission of the drive timing data. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053126 | ELECTRON EMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electron emission device includes a polycrystalline film of lanthanum boride, and a size of a crystallite which composes the polycrystalline film is equal to or more than 2.5 nm and equal to or less than 100 nm, preferably the film thickness of the polycrystalline film is equal to or less than 100 nm. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053164 | SPATIALLY CORRELATED RENDERING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT ON DISPLAY COMPONENTS HAVING ARBITRARY POSITIONS - Two or more display components are used to provide spatially correlated displays of 3D content. Three-dimensional content is rendered on multiple displays where the 3D content refers to the same virtual 3D coordinates, in which the relative position of the displays to each other determines the 3D virtual camera position for each display. Although not required, one of the displays may be mobile, such as a cell phone, and the other stationary or nomadic, such as a laptop. Each display shows a view based on a virtual camera into 3D content, such as an online virtual world. By continuously sensing and updating the relative physical distances and orientations of each device to one another, the devices show the user a view into the 3D content that is spatially correlated. Each device has a virtual camera that uses a common pool of 3D geometrical data and renders this data to display images. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053166 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SUPER-RESOLUTION ACHIEVEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a control module configured such that, when an angles calculated are predetermined angles, processing by a processing module is not performed on blocks corresponding to the predetermined angles, and when the angles calculated are angles other than the predetermined angle, the processing by the processing module is performed on blocks corresponding to the angles other than the predetermined angles. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053169 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES USING DIGITAL/ACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES - Techniques have been developed for transmitting and receiving information conveyed through the air from one portable device to another as a generally unperceivable coding within an otherwise recognizable acoustic signal. For example, in some embodiments in accordance with the present invention(s), information is acoustically communicated from a first handheld device toward a second by encoding the information in a signal that, when converted into acoustic energy at an acoustic transducer of the first handheld device, is characterized in that the acoustic energy is discernable to a human ear yet the encoding of the information therein is generally not perceivable by the human. The acoustic energy is transmitted from the acoustic transducer of the first handheld device toward the second handheld device across an air gap that constitutes a substantially entirety of the distance between the devices. Acoustic energy received at the second handheld device may then be processed using signal processing techniques tailored to detection of the particular information encodings employed. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053172 | MESH TRANSFER USING UV-SPACE - Mesh data and other proximity information from the mesh of one model can be transferred to the mesh of another model, even with different topology and geometry. A correspondence can be created for transferring or sharing information between points of a source mesh and points of a destination mesh. Information can be “pushed through” the correspondence to share or otherwise transfer data from one mesh to its designated location at another mesh. Correspondences can be created based on parameterization information, such as UV sets, one or more maps, harmonic parameterization, or the like. A collection of “feature curves” may be inferred or user-placed to partition the source and destination meshes into a collection of “feature regions” resulting in partitions or “feature curve networks” for constructing correspondences between all points of one mesh and all points of another mesh. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053177 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING AT LEAST THREE BUS DEVICES - Multichip graphics processing subsystems include at least three distinct graphics devices (e.g., expansion cards) coupled to a high-speed bus (e.g., a PCI Express bus) and operable in a distributed rendering mode. One of the graphics devices provides pixel data to a display device, and at least one of the other graphics devices transfers the pixel data it generates to another of the devices via the bus to be displayed. Where the high-speed bus provides data transfer lanes, allocation of lanes among the graphics devices can be optimized. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053182 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING IMAGE DATA, APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING IMAGE DATA, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - In a method of compensating image data, a lookup table (LUT) memory storing compensating data that corresponds to received image data is disabled when the received image data is substantially the same as previous image data that is stored in a cache memory. Compensating data that corresponds to the previous image data stored in the cache memory is outputted as compensating data that corresponds to the received image data. The previous image data stored in the cache memory and the compensating data are maintained. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053183 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel and a timing controller. The timing controller includes a first memory unit which sequentially receives a first image signal and a second image signal at a first data rate and outputs the first and second image signals at a second data rate, a second memory unit which compresses and stores the first image signal at the second data rate as a compressed first image signal and outputs the compressed first image signal as a restored first image signal, and an image signal compensation unit which receives the second image signal and the restored first image signal at the second data rate, compensates the second image signal to generate a compensated second image signal using the restored first image signal at the second data rate, and outputs the compensated second image signal at the second data rate to the liquid crystal panel. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053189 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus having: a display controlling unit for starting any one of a plurality of application programs and displaying contents on a display screen; a determining unit for determining the application program started by the display controlling unit; and a changing unit for changing a plurality of image quality parameters for setting image quality of the display screen in accordance with the application program determined by the determining unit. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053191 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING AND DISPLAYING A ROUNDNESS ERROR OF AN OBJECT - A method and system for computing and displaying a roundness error of an object specifies different colors that respectively represents an error range of points. The method and system receives a point cloud of the object and fits a circle based on the point cloud. The method and system computes an error of each point in the point cloud by computing a distance between the each point and the circle, colorizes the points in the point cloud according to the errors and the specified colors, and generates and outputting a graphic roundness error analysis report. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053228 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes; a display panel which displays an image in response to a gate voltage and a data voltage, a panel driver which receives a control signal, and which supplies the gate voltage and the data voltage to the display panel according to the control signal, a backlight which supplies a light to the display panel, an inverter which receives a backlight dimming signal, and which controls a brightness of a light emitted from the backlight according to the backlight dimming signal, and a timing controller which receives a synchronization signal, determines a frame frequency of the display panel according to the synchronization signal, outputs the control signal, and modulates the synchronization signal based on a ratio of a predetermined backlight dimming frequency to the frame frequency, and which outputs the backlight dimming signal according to the modulated synchronization signal. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053235 | SIGNAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND MULTIPLE PRIMARY COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE CIRCUIT - In one embodiment of the present invention, a signal conversion circuit is disclosed which is suitably used in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and a multiprimary liquid crystal display device having such a signal conversion circuit. A signal conversion circuit according to one embodiment of the present invention is for use in a multiprimary liquid crystal display device, and converts an input video signal to a multiprimary signal corresponding to four or more primary colors. When generating a multiprimary signal for displaying dark skin, the signal conversion circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention applies a conversion to the video signal so that a color difference Δu′v′=((u′−u | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053237 | DISCHARGE RATE COUNTING DEVICE AND FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A discharge rate counting device for counting the discharge rate of a fluid from a fluid ejecting apparatus is disclosed, in which the fluid ejecting apparatus is capable of ejecting at least one fluid onto a target at a discharge rate of multiple stages. The discharge rate counting device includes a plurality of counting sections that count the discharge rate of the fluid at the respective multiple stages based on a bit number of input data, a desired number of counting sections not exceeding 2 | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053238 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a calculator, a predictor, and a head controller. Assuming that first ejection signals are supplied to a recording head, the calculator calculates variations in total amount of liquid to be ejected, for respective constant periods of time. The predictor predicts, based on one or more calculated variations, whether a pressure difference between the atmosphere and liquid falls below a threshold value, the atmosphere and the liquid sandwiching a meniscus formed in one of the ejection openings. When the predictor predicts that the pressure difference falls below the threshold value, the head controller controls signal supply to the recording head so that second ejection signals are supplied to the recording head, the second ejection signals having a lower frequency than first ejection signals. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053244 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND EJECTION INSPECTING METHOD - Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid from nozzle openings by driving of an ejection driving portion; a driving signal generation portion that generates a driving pulse for driving the ejection driving portion; a liquid receiving portion that is disposed so as to oppose a nozzle forming face of the liquid ejecting head and receive ink ejected from the nozzle openings; and an ejection inspecting portion that detects an electrical variation occurring between a conductive portion of the liquid ejecting head and the liquid receiving portion when liquid is ejected toward the liquid receiving portion from the nozzle openings in a state where an electric voltage is applied between the conductive portion and the liquid receiving portion, thereby inspecting whether or not liquid has been ejected from the nozzle openings. The driving signal generation portion generates a normal driving pulse which is used for processes other than an ejection inspection process by the ejection inspecting portion and an ejection inspection driving pulse which is different from the normal driving pulse and is used for the ejection inspection process by the ejection inspecting portion. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053246 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF EJECTING FLUID - The first head includes first nozzle rows each having a nozzle for ejecting a fluid of a first color and a nozzle for ejecting a fluid of a second color lined up in a color order in a cross direction. The second head includes second nozzle rows each having the two nozzles lined up in a color order in the cross direction. The controller controls a nozzle to dispose a plurality of color-overlapped dots to form a raster line, such that a ratio of A1 to “A1+A2” is larger than a ratio of B1 to “B1+B2” to form the raster line, where A1 and A2 donate amounts of a fluid of the first color from the first and second nozzle rows, respectively, and B1 and B2 donate amounts of a fluid of the second color from the first and second nozzle rows, respectively. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053248 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND NOZZLE CHECK PATTERN FORMING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus is provided, which includes: a head that ejects a first liquid and a second liquid having colors different from each other on a medium from a first nozzle and a second nozzle; and a control section that forms a nozzle check pattern constituted by the first liquid for checking poor liquid ejection from the first nozzle by landing the second liquid ejected from the second nozzle on the medium, and then landing the first liquid ejected from the first nozzle on the second liquid. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053288 | INK SET FOR INKJET RECORDING AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An ink set for inkjet recording including an ink composition including a dispersion of a pigment dispersed by a water-insoluble polymer which is formed by copolymerizing a monomer mixture containing a styrenic macromer, as well as self-dispersing polymer particles, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water; and a reactive liquid which forms an aggregate when contacted with the ink composition; and an image recording method using the ink set, are provided. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053290 | INK COMPOSITION AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides an ink composition including:
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| 20100053291 | PRINTING APPARATUS - Provided is a printing apparatus including: a head unit that ejects liquid on a printing medium that is transported in a printing medium transport direction; a transporting roller unit that is disposed at a printing medium transport direction upstream side of the head unit; a transporting belt unit that is disposed at a printing medium transport direction downstream side of the head unit; an intermediate supporting unit that is disposed at a side facing the head unit; and a heating unit that is disposed to at least one of the transporting roller unit, the transporting belt unit and the intermediate supporting unit to heat the printing medium, wherein the heating unit heats the printing medium so that a temperature T | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053300 | Method And Arrangement For Video Telephony Quality Assessment - In a method of quality assessment for a multimedia signal comprising video telephony media in a video telephony system, the multimedia signal is received SIO, a plurality of parameters of said multimedia signal are extracted S | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053301 | TERMINAL AND CALL PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A terminal and a call providing method may be provided in which a calling terminal transmits both a video call and a voice call to a called terminal. A controller may generate a message for transmitting both a video call and a voice call to a selected contact information and a wireless communication unit may transmit the message generated by the controller to a called terminal that matches the selected contact information. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053306 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Program - An image processing apparatus includes a determining unit, a converter, and a display unit. The determining unit receives image data for three-dimensional display as input, and determines the three-dimensional display format corresponding to the input data. The converter converts the input data in accordance with the determination results from the determining unit. The display unit displays the converted results from the converter. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053341 | VIDEO PRESENTING SYSTEM HAVING OUTPUTS FOR DUAL IMAGES - A video presenting system having outputs for dual images is provided. As a result, the video presenter, which is an optical image electronic device having mounted therein an embedded system dedicated to a device control, can respectively and simultaneously output any two different images to two different display units. These any two different images are from among an externally input image, a live image, and a document/multimedia image. The video presenting system having outputs for dual images includes a first display member; a second display member; a video presenting member generating a live image signal and outputting a dual-display signal after performing signal processing of a live image signal, an externally input image signal, and a document/multimedia image signal; and an embedded member performing periodic communication with the video presenting member, and thus transmitting the externally input image signal and the document/multimedia image signal to the video presenting member. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053343 | APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING MOTION CAUSED BY HAND SHAKE - An apparatus for correcting motion caused by hand shake performs hand shake correction in due consideration of both linear motion and rotation by detecting linear motion of a capturing device by comparing preceding and subsequent image frames and detecting rotation of the capturing device using a gyro sensor. The apparatus for correcting motion caused by hand shake may include a rotation detection unit detecting the amount of rotation of a capturing device by using a gyro sensor, a linear-motion detection unit comparing preceding and subsequent image frames generated by an image sensor unit to detect the amount of linear motion of the capturing device, and an output image determination unit correcting the detected amount of rotation and the detected amount of linear motion in an image frame input from the image sensor to generate a corrected output image frame. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053348 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE, EXTERNAL LIGHT INTENSITY CALCULATION METHOD, IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURE PROGRAM, IMAGE ANALYSIS PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A touch position detection device ( | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053349 | Imaging Apparatus and Imaging Method - An imaging apparatus and an imaging method able to obtain images having no blurring with a small number of images under different exposure conditions and capable of shortening a processing time, wherein an imaging apparatus | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053354 | Image pickup apparatus and image processing apparatus - An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup lens having an aperture stop; an image pickup device obtaining image pickup data based on light detected; one or more microlenses arranged between the image pickup lens and the image pickup device so as to correspond to a plurality of pixels in a partial region of the image pickup device; and an image processing section performing image processing based on the image pickup data obtained from the image pickup device, in which the image processing section includes: a distance measurement section measuring a distance from the image pickup lens to a measurement object based on pixel data in the partial region of the image pickup device, and an interpolation section interpolating pixel data for the partial region of the image pickup device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053362 | PARTIAL FACE DETECTOR RED-EYE FILTER METHOD AND APPARATUS - A digital camera has an integral flash and stores and displays a digital image. Under certain conditions, a flash photograph taken with the camera may result in a red-eye phenomenon due to a reflection within an eye of a subject of the photograph. A digital apparatus has a red-eye filter which analyzes at least one partial face region identified within the digital image for the red-eye phenomenon and modifies the image to eliminate the red-eye phenomenon by changing the red area to black. The modification of the image is enabled when a photograph is taken under conditions indicative of the red-eye phenomenon. The modification is subject to anti-falsing analysis which further examines the area around the red-eye area for indicia of the eye of the subject. The detection and correction can be optimized for performance and quality by operating on subsample versions of the image when appropriate. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053363 | PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Provided are a photographing method and apparatus for implementing the method. The photographing method includes setting coordinates where a face to be photographed is to be positioned and setting a size of the face, detecting a face from a preview image of a predetermined subject according to the coordinates and the size, and photographing the subject when a face corresponding to the coordinates and the size is detected from the preview image. Thus, coordinates where a face is positioned and a facial size can be adjusted when a user wants to perform a self-photographing operation. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053369 | IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS, CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND CORRECTION METHOD - Disclosed herein is an image taking apparatus including an image taking device, a gain adjustment circuit, and a correction circuit. The image taking device operates with timings based on a frame rate determined in advance and the total number of horizontal lines, has an electronic shutter allowing a shutter speed to be adjusted, receives light in a period equal to the shutter speed of the electronic shutter and carries out an opto-electrical conversion process on the light for every horizontal line in order to generate a predetermined signal. The gain adjustment circuit adjusts the gain of the electrical signal received from the image taking device. The correction circuit compares an image taking video signal with a reference video signal to compute a flicker component as a component oriented in the vertical direction of an image represented by the image taking video signal in a flicker correction process of eliminating flickers. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053372 | IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053376 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A captured image and capture conditions of an input device when the captured image was captured are input, and viewing conditions when a reproduced image, which is reproduced by an output device, is viewed are input. A first perceived image is generated from the captured image by a forward conversion of local adaptation processing that conforms to information, which indicates viewing angle, distance to a subject and image resolution of the captured image, included in the capture conditions. A second perceived image is generated by converting a dynamic range of the first perceived image to a dynamic range of the output device. A reproduced image, which is supplied to the output device, is generated from the second perceived image by an inverse conversion of the local adaptation processing that conforms to information, which relates to viewing distance and size of the reproduced image, included in the viewing conditions. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053400 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging device including: a semiconductor layer; a charge accumulation region configured to be formed inside the semiconductor layer and serve as part of a photodiode; and a reflective surface configured to be disposed inside or under the charge accumulation region and be so formed as to reflect light that has passed through the charge accumulation region and direct the light toward a center part of the charge accumulation region. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053402 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: a lens; a solid-state imaging device having, on its top surface, an imaging area in which pixels for converting incident light to a signal are arranged in rows and columns, a vertical scanning circuit located adjacent to the imaging area in a row direction, a peripheral circuit for processing the signal read from the imaging area, and a plurality of terminals; and a prism placed directly on the imaging area for leading the incident light to the imaging area. Light exposure is adjusted by varying brightness of light output from a processor according to a magnitude of the signal output from the solid-state imaging device. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053403 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A PORTION OF AN OBJECT TO BE MEASURED - A system and method for positioning a portion of an object to be measured includes installing a digital camera adjacent to a charge coupled device (CCD) lens of an image measuring machine, setting positioning parameters corresponding to different positions of the digital camera on a Z-axis of a world coordinate system, receiving an image of the object captured by the digital camera, and selecting corresponding positioning parameters according to a position of the digital camera. The method further includes selecting a point of the portion of the object in the image, calculating coordinates of the selected point in a plane of the CCD lens, and controlling the CCD lens to move to the calculated coordinates so as to position the CCD lens on the portion of the object. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053412 | Camera module and electronic device including the same - A camera module | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053417 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MANUFACTURE FOR ITERATIVE AUTO-FOCUS USING DEPTH-FROM-DEFOCUS - A camera with auto-focusing performs multiple iterations in which the distance from the camera to an object is estimated for the purpose of auto-focusing the camera. Each estimate is made using depth-from-defocus with at least two images used to make the estimate. When the two images are taken, the camera parameters are different. For example, the focus position, aperture, or zoom may be different between the two images. In each subsequent iteration, the previous estimate of distance from the camera to the object is used so that the parameter varied (focus position or zoom) is closer to that corresponding to the estimated distance from the camera to the object, so that the estimated distance is closer to the actual distance in each iteration. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053431 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A SEQUENCE OF SOURCE PICTURES - The invention relates to a method for combating the copying of source pictures by means of a camera while they are being displayed, for example using a camcorder in a movie theatre. To this end, it is known, in classical projection systems, to modulate by a carrier wave the brightness of some pixels of the pictures. The frequency of the carrier wave is usually constant and generally half the refresh frequency. The main problem with such systems is that once a pirate has figured out what the modulation frequency is, he can configure his camcorder shutter to filter out this frequency and bypass the anti-camcorder method. According to the invention, the frequency of the carrier is changed at least once throughout the displaying of the sequence pictures or the movie, to defeat all camcorders standards (PAL/NTSC) and shutter configurations. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053436 | Video Display Apparatus and Video Display Method - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a video display apparatus including: a video display unit that sets a plurality of sub-screens and displays a plurality of videos respectively on the sub-screens; a trimming unit that performs a trimming process on each of the sub-screens; and a storage unit that stores a trimming information indicating that the trimming process is to be performed on each of the sub-screens. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053471 | TELEVISION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In an AV system in which a television apparatus and a recorder are individually connected to an AV amplifier through an HDMI, in the case where sound is output from the AV amplifier, if insertion of headphones into the television apparatus is detected, control information to switch the destination of the audio data is transmitted from the television apparatus to the AV amplifier. The AV amplifier switches the destination of the audio data that is input from the recorder from a speaker output section to the television apparatus in accordance with the control information. Thus, even if the headphones are inserted into the television apparatus while the AV amplifier is outputting sound reproduced by the recorder, the sound can be output from the headphones. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053474 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELIMINATING LASER LIGHT SOURCE SCINTILLATION IN A PROJECTION TELEVISION - Systems and methods that facilitate the elimination of screen scintillation in a projection television having a laser light source. In a preferred embodiment, a display screen assembly of the television includes a liquid dispersed between the fresnel lens and lenticular screen, and sealed there between by a seal extending about the perimeter of the screen assembly. One or more vibration units are operably coupled to the liquid causes the liquid to vibrate between the Fresnel lens and lenticular screen as the light emanating from the laser light source diffuses through the liquid. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053488 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate. Gate lines are arranged on the first substrate, and an insulating layer is arranged on the gate lines. Data lines, first drain electrodes, and second drain electrodes are arranged on the insulating layer. First sub-pixel electrodes and second sub-pixel electrodes are connected to the first drain electrodes and second drain electrodes, respectively. Storage electrode lines are parallel to the gate lines, and traverse at least one of the first sub-pixel electrodes and second sub-pixel electrodes. A first polarizer is disposed on an outer surface of the first substrate, and a second polarizer is disposed on an outer surface of the second substrate. A first λ/4 plate is disposed between the first substrate and the first polarizer, and a second λ/4 plate is disposed between the second substrate and the second polarizer. A diffuser is disposed on an outer surface of the second polarizer. The storage electrode lines receive storage voltages that vary periodically. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053494 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A LCD device includes an illumination device generating heat, a side frame including a recess for fixing the illumination device, a LCD panel fixed to the side frame and a resilient heat-conductive element accommodated in the recess and contacting the illumination device and the LCD panel. | 2010-03-04 |
| 20100053496 | Back light unit and liquid crystal display device therewith - A backlight unit includes a cover bottom having a plurality of light source groups each with a plurality of light sources thereon, wherein the light sources with the higher brightness are arranged in the light source group closer to a center portion of the cover bottom, and the light sources with the lower brightness are arranged in the light source group closer to a periphery of the cover bottom. | 2010-03-04 |
