| 13th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
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| 20100079629 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING DEFECTIVE PIXEL - Disclosed is an apparatus for correcting a value of a defective pixel based on values of neighboring pixels of the defective pixel, the apparatus includes a plurality of first-stage median filters for receiving a value of a target pixel and values of neighboring pixels of the target pixel, and outputting median values of the received values; and at least one second-stage median filter for receiving the value of the target pixel and the median values from the first-stage median filters, and outputting a median value of the values received by the second-stage median filter. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079630 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus includes a blur reproducing unit that generates blur-reproduced image data by reproducing a predetermined blur of a lens, with respect to blur-corrected image data of which an initial data is input image data inputted from an image sensor; a blur correcting unit that corrects the blur-corrected image data so that an error between the blur-reproduced image data and the input image data becomes smaller; and a curved-surface fitting unit that obtains curve surface parameters of each functions approximating distribution of pixel values of each of color components of the blur-corrected image data so that curved-surface shapes of the functions become the same among the color components, and updates the pixel values of the blur-corrected image data by using the curve surface parameters. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079631 | Very Small Pixel Pitch Focal Plane Array And Method For Manufacturng Thereof - A method for manufacturing an imaging device is provided. The method comprises forming a contact pad over a semiconductor substrate. The contact pad has a malleable metal. The method further comprises providing a readout circuit having a first side and a contact plug. The contact plug has a base affixed to the first side of the readout circuit and a plurality of prongs extending from the base away from the first side. The first side of the readout circuit is moved towards the substrate so that the prongs of the contact plug are pressed into the pad and displace a portion of the pad into a space defined by and between a first and a second of the prongs. Stop elements formed over the substrate are aligned with and contact stop elements provided on the readout circuit so that the prongs are inhibited from passing completely through the contact pad. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079632 | Correlated double sampling pixel - A correlated double sampling (CDS) pixel and methods of operating the same are provided. The CDS pixel includes a sensor circuit to generate a voltage value corresponding to electromagnetic radiation received on a photodetector included therein, and a sample and hold (S/H) stage including a sample switching-element and first and second capacitor-elements. The first capacitor-element is coupled between an output of the sensor circuit through the sample switching-element and a predetermined reference potential. The second capacitor-element has a first node coupled to the output of the sensor circuit through the sample switching-element and a second node coupled in series with an output of the S/H stage, the second node of the second capacitor-element further coupled through a calibration switching-element to a calibration voltage to sample a reset voltage value on the photodetector at a first time at a beginning of an integration period following reset of the sensor circuit. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079633 | IMAGE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF IMAGE SENSOR - Disclosed are an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. The image sensor can include a readout circuitry formed on a first substrate; an interlayer dielectric layer including at least one metal and contact plug electrically connected to the readout circuitry; and an image sensing device formed on a second substrate, bonded to the interlayer dielectric layer, and provided with a first conductive type conduction layer and a second conductive type conduction layer. The image sensor further includes a plurality of uppermost contact plugs arranged in a three-dimensional matrix configuration at an uppermost metal area, each uppermost contact plug extending from an uppermost metal of the at least one metal to an inner portion of the first conductive type conduction layer. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079634 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel array, and an analog to digital converter for converting a voltage signal read from the pixel array from analog to digital form, wherein the analog to digital converter includes a counter counting a first clock signal for a period depending on a voltage value of the voltage signal, and wherein a least significant bit of a count value of the counter is determined based on an exclusive OR of outputs of two 1-bit counters operating at a frequency of the first clock signal. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079635 | OPTICAL ELEMENT WAFER MODULE, OPTICAL ELEMENT MODULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT MODULE, ELECTRONIC ELEMENT WAFER MODULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC ELEMENT MODULE, ELECTRONIC ELEMENT MODULE AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DEVICE - An optical element module according to the present invention includes a plurality of optical elements laminated therein, each optical element including: an optical surface at a center portion thereof; and a spacer section having a predetermined thickness on an outer circumference side of the optical surface, wherein an adhesive is positioned on a further outer circumference side of the spacer section, and the upper optical element and the lower optical element are adhered to each other such that an inside and an outside of the adhesive are ventable through a ventilating section of the adhesive. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079636 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A photoelectric conversion device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film on the semiconductor substrate, a second insulating film on the first insulating film, a third insulating film on the second insulating film, and a wiring disposed in the third insulating film, the wiring being a wiring layer closest to the semiconductor substrate. A first plug of a shared contact structure and a second plug are disposed in the first insulating film. A third plug and a first wiring that constitute a dual damascene structure are disposed in the second and third insulating films. The first insulating film is used as an etching stopper film during etching of the second insulating film and the second insulating film is used as an etching stopper film during etching of the third insulating film. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079637 | Image Sensor and Method For Manufacturing the Same - Provided is an image sensor that comprises a readout circuitry, an electrical junction region, an interconnection, and an image sensing device. The readout circuitry is disposed at a first substrate. The electrical junction region is electrically connected to the readout circuitry at the first substrate. The interconnection is disposed in an interlayer dielectric disposed on the first substrate, and electrically connected to the electrical junction region. The image sensing device comprises a first conductive type layer and a second conductive type layer on the interconnection. The first conductive type layer is electrically connected to the interconnection through a contact plug passing through the image sensing device. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079638 | Image Sensor and Method For Manufacturing the Same - Provided is an image sensor that comprises a readout circuitry, an interlayer dielectric, an interconnection, an image sensing device, an ion implantation region, a contact, and a pixel separation layer. The readout circuitry is disposed at a first substrate. The interlayer dielectric is disposed on the first substrate. The interconnection is disposed in the interlayer dielectric, and electrically connected to the readout circuitry. The image sensing device is disposed on the interconnection, and comprises a first conductive type layer and a second conductive type layer. The contact electrically connects the first conductive type layer of the image sensing device and the interconnection. The ion implantation region is formed in the second conductive type layer at a region corresponding to the contact. The pixel separation layer is disposed at a pixel boundary of the image sensing device. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079639 | Image Sensor and Method for Manufacturing the Same - An image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. An image sensor comprises a readout circuitry, an interlayer dielectric, an interconnection, an image sensing device, and a contact. The readout circuitry is formed at a first substrate. The interlayer dielectric is formed on the first substrate. The interconnection is formed in the interlayer dielectric. The interconnection is electrically connected to the readout circuitry. The image sensing device is formed on the interconnection. The image sensing device comprises a first conductive type layer and a second conductive type layer. The contact connects the first conductive type layer of the image sensing device and the interconnection electrically. The contact is isolated from the second conductive type layer by a trench formed in the second conductive layer around the contact. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079640 | Image Sensor and Method For Manufacturing the Same - An image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The image sensor can include a readout circuitry on a first substrate, a metal line on the first substrate and electrically connected to the readout circuitry, an insulation layer on the metal line, an electrode on the insulation layer, an image sensing device on the electrode, and a pixel separation region in the image sensing device. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079641 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT - In an imaging apparatus having a plurality of pixel portions containing photoelectric converting portions, each of the pixel portions is provided with a writing transistor and a reading transistor, which contain a floating gate provided above a semiconductor substrate in order to store thereinto electric charges generated in the photoelectric converting portion; and a control portion for performing such a driving operation that the electric charges stored in the floating gate are ejected to a writing drain of the writing transistor and a reading drain of the reading transistor. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079642 | Optical element wafer and method for manufacturing optical element wafer, optical element, optical element module, electronic element wafer module, electronic element module, and electronic information device - A method for manufacturing an optical element wafer according to the present invention, in which a plurality of optical elements are arranged in two dimensions, includes: a replica forming step of forming a replica, in which an optical element shape is formed on a front surface side, in each of a plurality of recesses formed in a base; a stamper mold forming step of forming a stamper mold using the optical element shape of the replica; and an optical element wafer forming step of transferring the optical element shape to an optical element material using the stamper mold to form an optical element wafer. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079643 | Active Pixel Sensor With Reduced Fixed Pattern Noise - An image sensor includes pixels each of which is designed to transfer charge, accumulated in a photoactive region of the pixel during a first period, through a second active region of the pixel to a power supply node, and to transfer charge, accumulated in the photoactive region during a second period, through the second active region to a sense node in the pixel. Passing charge through the second active region prior to transferring it either to the power supply node or the sense node can help reduce fixed pattern noise. The image sensor can be operated in snap-shot mode. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079644 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLASH EMISSION - An imaging apparatus includes: flash driving means for driving a flash during a set preliminary emission period and a set main emission period; and an image sensor constituted by a plurality of photoelectric converting elements which are arranged in a matrix and capable of being accessed randomly. The charge accumulation initiation timing and the charge accumulation cessation timing of the photoelectric converting elements line are controlled line by line or pixel by pixel. The imaging apparatus forms images employing pixel signals output from the photoelectric converting elements, and determines main regions within the images. The preliminary emission period is set such that charge accumulation in photoelectric converting elements corresponding to pixels that constitute the main region is initiated prior to the preliminary emission period and ceased after the preliminary emission period. The flash driving means drives the flash during the set preliminary emission period. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079645 | CMOS IMAGER AND SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVELY SILICIDED GATES - The invention also relates to an apparatus and method for selectively providing a silicide coating over the transistor gates of a CMOS imager to improve the speed of the transistor gates. The method further includes an apparatus and method for forming a self aligned photo shield over the CMOS imager. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079646 | Vertical 4-way shared pixel in a single column with internal reset and no row select - A method and apparatus for reducing space and pixel circuit complexity by using a 4-way shared vertically aligned pixels in a same column. The at least four pixels in the pixel circuit share a reset transistor and a source follower transistor, can have a plurality of same colored pixels and a plurality of colors, but do not include a row select transistor. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079647 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel array including pixels, each having a photoelectric conversion element and a detecting unit detecting an acquired electric signal, arranged in a matrix, a signal line provided for each column of the pixel array and connected to the detecting unit through a switching element, a selection line provided for each row of the pixel array and supplied with a selection pulse causing the switching element to conduct, a resetting unit provided in each pixel constituting the pixel array and applying a predetermined potential to the detecting unit of the pixel, and an output control unit provided in each pixel constituting the pixel array and causing the switching element of the pixel to conduct according to the selection pulse supplied to another selection line connected to another switching element of another pixel belonging to another row. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079648 | DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A driving method of a solid-state imaging apparatus including multiple reference level supplying units each arranged correspondingly to a predetermined number of signal holding units, to supply a reference level to an output node of the signal holding unit through the selecting unit, wherein the method includes steps of: performing a clamping operation for sampling and holding the signal in the signal holding unit, by terminating turn ON pulses to be supplied to the selecting units successively in separate timings, one for each one of the selecting units, or one for each group of the selecting units while the reference level is supplied from the reference level supplying unit to the output node; and performing an operation of selecting the signal holding units through the selecting units, by supplying the turn ON pulses successively to the selecting units, to read out the signals successively from the signal holding units selected. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079649 | IMAGE SENSOR SYSTEM WITH SYNCHRONIZED SWITHCED-MODE POWER SUPPLY - The invention relates to an image sensor comprising an integrated circuit chip incorporating a matrix of rows and columns of photosensitive pixels and a read amplifier, the amplifier supplying successive signals representing the lighting of the different pixels of the image, with a pixel reading frequency determined by a system clock. The system is powered by a general power supply voltage and the read amplifier is powered by a stabilized power supply voltage supplied by a DC/DC voltage converter receiving the general power supply voltage. The DC/DC converter comprises a switched-mode power supply that uses a switch to chop a direct current at high frequency and a rectifier to rectify and filter the chopped current. The chopping frequency is the pixel reading frequency, which eliminates certain power supply-related noises that degrade the video signal. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079650 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT - In an imaging apparatus equipped with a solid-state imagining element includes: a photoelectric converting portion; a floating gate provided above a semiconductor substrate, for storing thereinto electric charges generated in the photoelectric converting portion; and a writing transistor for injecting the electric charges generated in the photoelectric converting portion into the floating gate, the solid-state imaging element is further comprised of: a control portion for driving a writing transistor in such a manner that injecting of the electric charges generated in the photoelectric converting portion into the floating gate is stopped during an exposing time period, and after the exposing time period has accomplished, the electric charges generated in the photoelectric converting portion during the exposing time period are injected into the floating gate. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079651 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An image sensor and a method of manufacturing an image sensor. An image sensor may include a first pixel. A first pixel may include a first photodiode and a first readout circuit. An image sensor may include a second pixel. A second pixel may include a second photodiode and a second readout circuit, which may be disposed at one side of a first pixel. An image sensor may include a different threshold voltage of a first drive transistor relative to a threshold voltage of a second drive transistor. A method of manufacturing an image sensor may include forming a first pixel having a first photodiode and a first readout circuit, and may include forming a second pixel having a second photodiode and a second readout circuit, wherein a threshold voltage of a first drive transistor relative to a threshold voltage of a second drive transistor is different. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079652 | Solid-state image pickup device and driving method therefor, and electronic apparatus - A solid-state image pickup device includes a plurality of light sensing sections; a plurality of vertical transfer registers configured to transfer signal charge of the plurality of light sensing sections in the vertical direction; a horizontal transfer register configured to transfer the signal charge in the horizontal direction; a floating gate amplifier that is placed at an output side of the horizontal transfer register; a floating diffusion amplifier that is placed in a horizontal transfer register which is provided at a stage subsequent to the floating gate amplifier; and an overflow drain mechanism that is placed in the horizontal transfer register between the floating gate amplifier and the floating diffusion amplifier. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079653 | PORTABLE COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH A SECONDARY IMAGE OUTPUT - A system for image projection. The image projection system may include a portable computing system, which includes at least a secondary image output and a camera. The image projection system may correct images projected by the secondary image output for image distortion using images captured by the camera and measurements provided by sensors. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079654 | Picture frame with internal camera source - An apparatus for taking and displaying photographs includes a back surface, an image display surface, and a camera assembly in electrical communication with the image display surface. The camera assembly is disposed along opposed edges of the back surface and the image display surface and includes a lens that is pointable in a direction facing away from the back surface and movable to be pointed in a direction facing away from the image display surface. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079655 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS OPERATED BY THE SAME - An exemplary digital image signal processing apparatus which performs image signal processing on an input image to generate a captured image includes first and second displays. The digital image signal processing apparatus may be operated by a method in which the first display displays a first image corresponding to the input image, an exposure correction is performed on the input image to generate a second image, and the second display displays the second image. An exposure determiner may determine an exposure degree of the first image, a gain may be determined according to the exposure degree, and the exposure correction may be performed by applying the gain to the first image. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079656 | LENS, LENS MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE - A lens includes an optical portion and a mounting portion. The optical portion refracts a first portion of light from an object incident on the optical portion to form an image of the object. The mounting portion surrounds the optical portion. The mounting portion includes at least one light dispersing surface dispersing a second portion of light from the object light incident thereon. A lens module and camera module utilizing the lens are further disclosed. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079657 | IMAGING APPARATUS FOR READING INFORMATION - The optical path of the light having spread at each point of an object to be shot is limited by an iris unit of a density filter. Since the density filter unit has a desired transmittance characteristic, the amount of the light passing through the density filter unit continuously changes from the center of the luminous flux toward the periphery. After the luminous flux forms an image on the image forming surface, it spreads toward the light-receptive surface of an image sensor, and becomes an image spreading on the light-receptive surface in a predetermined range. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079658 | LENS UNIT, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AN IMAGE ABERRATION CONTROL METHOD - A lens unit using an aberration control module is disclosed. The lens unit can be operable to intentionally produce aberration. In the lens unit, a point-spread-function of a light beam passing through the lens unit becomes substantially circular. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079659 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - Provided is an image capturing apparatus comprising an image capturing section; an optical system that has an optical transfer characteristic that remains substantially constant with regard to distance to an object point due to modulation of a wavefront of light from the object point, and that modulates the wavefront of the light from the object point to have a different slope according to the distance to the object point; a control section that controls an imaging characteristic of the optical system by controlling an optical characteristic of the optical system; and a position identifying section that identifies a subject distance, which is distance to a subject, based on a position of an object representing the same subject in a first image and a second image, which are respectively captured when the control section controls optical system to have different imaging characteristics. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079660 | Lens driver, camera module, imaging apparatus, and camera-equipped mobile terminal - A lens driver includes: an imaging lens; a housing accommodating the lens; a spring member provided between the lens and the housing and holding the lens in the housing movably in the optical axis direction; a coil moving the lens in the optical axis direction; a magnet spaced apart from the coil and moving the lens in the optical axis direction; and a yoke fixed to the magnet and having an L-shaped cross-section when taken along a plane including the optical axis, wherein the yoke is disposed in such a way that an L-shaped corner side is located on the opposite side to the position of the lens where the reaction force of the spring member resulting from the movement of the lens is maximized. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079661 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAMERA MODULE - An exemplary portable electronic device includes: a main body, a camera module, a protecting cover, and a fill-in light emitting module. The camera module has a camera, and the camera module is disposed in the main body. The camera is exposed and positioned against an outer surface of the main body to take pictures. The fill-in light emitting module is fixed on the protecting cover. The protecting cover is movably connected to the main body adjacent to the camera for covering the camera or exposing the camera. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079662 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF DRIVING TRANSFER TRANSISTOR OF IMAGE SENSOR - Provided is a 4-transistor CMOS image in which a driving condition or a pixel structure is changed so that a transfer transistor in a pixel operates in a pinch-off condition during reset and transfer operations in order to reduce dark current and fixed-pattern noise caused by a change in an operation condition of the transfer transistor and inter-pixel characteristic discrepancy. The image sensor includes a photosensitive pixel including a transfer transistor for transferring photon-induced charges created in a photodiode; and a voltage control unit for controlling a turn-on voltage applied to a gate of the transfer transistor to be lower than a floating diffusion node voltage plus the threshold voltage of the transfer transistor during a partial or entire section of a turn-on section of the transfer transistor such that the transfer transistor operates in a pseudo pinch-off mode. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079663 | USER INTERFACE MODULE FOR DIGITAL CAMERA AND DIGITAL CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - A digital camera and a user interface module of the digital camera that includes: a front cover which includes a window onto which an image is projected; a touch panel which is disposed at the back of the front cover, and outputs an image on the window while detecting touch manipulations of a user; a button assembly which includes a button pattern that is externally exposed along with the front cover, and detects and converts manipulations of the button pattern into an electric signal; and a first wiring cable which collects and transmits a touch signal generated in the touch panel and a manipulation signal generated in the button assembly to the camera body. The user interface module may be assembled to the camera body as a unit module to form the camera and may have a single wire cable electrically connecting the user interface module to the camera body. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079664 | MOUNTING AND BRACKET FOR AN ACTOR-MOUNTED MOTION CAPTURE CAMERA SYSTEM - The present invention relates to computer capture of object motion. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to capturing of facial movement or performance of an actor. Embodiments of the present invention provide a mounting bracket for a head-mounted motion capture camera system. In many embodiments, the mounting bracket includes a helmet that is positioned on the actor's head and mounting rods on either side of the helmet that project toward the front of the actor that may be flexibly repositioned. Cameras positioned on the mounting rods capture images of the actor's face. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079665 | Frame Interpolation Device - A frame interpolation device includes: a motion vector detecting module configured to divide each of input frame images into a plurality of blocks and detect motion vectors by performing block matching; a distribution detecting module configured to detect a distribution of spatial frequency components of a current input frame image; a feature analyzing module configured to analyze a feature of the current input frame image based on the distribution; a control module configured to control the motion vector detecting module according to the detected feature; an interpolation frame generating module configured to generate an interpolation frame image using the detected motion vectors according to the detected feature; and an output module configured to insert the interpolation frame image between the input frame images and output resulting output frame images. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079666 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus which is connectable to an external apparatus having a function of converting a video signal of a first resolution into a video signal of a second resolution higher than the first resolution by inserting pixels with a predetermined luminance value includes an up-convert module. The up-convert module executes up-convert processing for a region extracted by excluding the pixels inserted by the external apparatus in the video signal of the second resolution supplied from the external apparatus. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079667 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING THE FRAME RATE OF A VIDEO SIGNAL - A method and an apparatus are disclosed for increasing the frame rate of an input video signal by interpolating video frames between original video frames of the input video signal and inserting interpolated video frames between original video frames of the input video signal to produce an output video signal having a higher frame rate than the input signal. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079668 | Video de-interlacing - In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, de-interlacing may be accomplished by using an edge gradient to select a best interpolation direction for several adjacent pixels between two lines of interlaced video. The interpolation of the intermediate line is performed using the best direction. Then the pixels in the line above and below are analyzed to determine whether the interpolated pixel value should actually be used in view of the possible presence of artifacts. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079669 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A sub-field lighting image display apparatus according to the present invention improves a dynamic false contour, motion judder, and the like occurring when displaying an image to which frame rate conversion is applied. A frame rate conversion section converts a frame rate for an input image. A motion vector detection section detects motion vector V | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079670 | MULTI-VIEW CONTENT CASTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In an exemplary method, a plurality of video feeds carrying data representative of a plurality of event views is transformed into at least one video signal. The at least one video signal is distributed over at least one television carrier channel associated with a television programming channel and is received and processed by a receiver, including selectively providing one of the event views for display. In certain embodiments, user input is received with the receiver and different ones of the events views are toggled between for display in association with the television programming channel and in response to the user input. In certain embodiments, the event views include a plurality of player views associated with a multiplayer video game session. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079671 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPHICAL CONTROL OF PICTURE-IN-PICTURE WINDOWS - Systems and methods are provided for presenting a picture-in-picture (PIP) window on a television or other display generated by a set-top box (STB) or other video receiver. The picture-in-picture window is presented in conjunction with a navigation feature on the display. A two-dimensional input associated with the navigation feature is received from a remote control having a touchpad or other two-dimensional input device. The picture-in-picture window on the display is appropriately adjusted in response to the two-dimensional input. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079672 | DISPLAY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF MOVING IMAGE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus capable of moving an image and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit, an interface which receives image coordinate information and image source information from an external device that displays the image, and a controller which controls the display unit to display the image using the image coordinate information and image source information. Therefore, the image can continue to move between display apparatuses while being displayed, thereby increasing user convenience. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079673 | Video processing apparatus and method thereof - A video processing apparatus according to the invention detects telops displayed in an entered video, selects specific telops which satisfy arbitrary conditions from among the telops, acquires a plurality of specific telops within an arbitrary time range as one group from among the plurality of specific telops, coordinates two of the specific telops from the group, and extracts a specific segment interposed between the two of the specific telops. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079674 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes: video-signal transmitting and receiving means for transmitting/receiving a video signal to/from one or more external apparatuses; image-quality-improvement processing means for applying image quality improvement processing based on an image quality improvement processing function of the information processing apparatus to the video signal; holding means for holding performance of the image quality improvement processing function concerning the image-quality-improvement processing means; CEC transmitting means for transmitting the performance held by the holding means to the external apparatuses; receiving means for receiving performances of image quality improvement processing functions of the one or more external apparatuses; and control means for comparing the performance of the image quality improvement processing function and the performances of the image quality improvement processing functions of the one or more external apparatuses received by the receiving means and controlling, based on a comparison result, execution of the image quality improvement processing. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079675 | VIDEO DISPLAYING APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND VIDEO DISPLAYING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a video displaying apparatus which composites information including at least one of a graphic and a text to a video and displays the composite video. The video displaying apparatus comprises a display processing unit configured to display a person area of a person included in the video and an area of the information including at least one of the graphic and the text so that the person area and the area of the information do not overlap. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079676 | Providing Multi-User Views - Providing multiple interleaved views for multiple viewers who are using a single display. The display may be, for example, the display of a computing device such as a laptop computer. Alternatively, the display may be the display of a television, gaming device, a projection screen, and so forth. Shutter glasses are synchronized to a display that interleaves frames from multiple different streams, enabling the wearer to perceive the frames of a single one of the multiple streams. In one aspect, inverse frames are applied to public frames and the result is interleaved with positive frames, such that a viewer not wearing shutter glasses perceives only the public frames. In another aspect, frames from multiple private streams are interleaved without use of public frames. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079677 | Input Apparatus - An input apparatus includes an input unit that receives a predetermined motion image signal, a motion detecting unit that detects a motion from the motion image signal received by the input unit, a video signal processing unit that outputs a predetermined video signal when a motion detected by the motion detecting unit is a predetermined motion, and a control unit that controls the video signal processing unit, in which the control unit controls the motion detecting unit not so as to detect a motion when the predetermined video signal is being outputted by the video signal processing unit, thereby providing a useful input apparatus for a user. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079678 | DEMODULATOR DEVICE AND DEMODULATION METHOD FOR REDUCING PCR JITTER - A demodulator device for a digital TV receiver includes a symbol-deinterleaver performing symbol-based deinterleaving, a bit-deinterleaver performing bit-based deinterleaving, a demapper performing demapping, and a Viterbi decoder performing Viterbi decoding, wherein one of the symbol-deinterleaver, the bit-deinterleaver, and the demapper includes a memory storing data that has undergone symbol-deinterleaving, and another one of the symbol-deinterleaver, the bit-deinterleaver, and the demapper or the Viterbi decoder reads the data that has undergone symbol-deinterleaving with an adaptively optimized throughput rate. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079679 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POWER MANAGEMENT IN CONDITIONAL ACCESS BASED RECEIVERS - An integrated cable-ready digital TV receiver includes a digital TV receiver system, a cable receiver system, a power control system for controlling a first power supply to the digital TV receiver system and a second power supply to the cable receiver system. The power control system is configured to control the first and second power supply according to a condition including a first condition and a second condition of the integrated cable-ready digital TV. In the first condition, the power control system supplies the first power to the digital TV receiver system but does not provide the second power to the cable receiver system. In the second condition, the power control system supplies the first power to the digital TV receiver system and the second power to the cable receiver system. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079680 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURATION OF A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE - A remote control device establishes a bi-directional communication with a television receiver and uploads a set of remote control codes associated with a target component selected by the user. One method includes storing, within a television receiver, a set of remote control codes associated with a corresponding set of component types; presenting a component-selection user interface; receiving a target component type selected from the set of component types presented by the component-selection user interface; determining, from the set of remote control codes, a target remote control code associated with the target component type; and transmitting the target remote control code to the remote control device. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079681 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPHICAL CONTROL OF SYMBOL-BASED FEATURES IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER - Systems and methods provide for graphically controlling numeric, alphanumeric or other symbol-based features on a set top box (STB) or other television receiver. A keypad image is presented on the display that includes key images corresponding to the symbol-based features. A two-dimensional input is received from the remote control that indicates one of the key images, and imagery on the display is updated in response to the received two-dimensional input. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079682 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE - A remote control device establishes a bi-directional communication with a television receiver and uploads a set of remote control codes associated with a target component selected by the user. One method includes storing, within a television receiver, a set of remote control codes associated with a corresponding set of component types; presenting a component-selection user interface; receiving a target component type selected from the set of component types presented by the component-selection user interface; determining, from the set of remote control codes, a target remote control code associated with the target component type; and transmitting the target remote control code to the remote control device. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079683 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is provided which, when projecting a video onto a curved surface of an object for display, can realize an undistorted display of the video. The measuring means outputs the distance information representing the distance to the object. Based on the distance information produced by the measuring means, the curved surface contour is detected with high precision. According to at least the detected curved surface contour distortions, pixels of the display image are unevenly rearranged to correct the video information before it is output. This arrangement realizes an undistorted display of video when the video is projected onto the curved surface of the object. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079684 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROJECTION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device in a projection system that includes a first image generation section adapted to project first image on a projection surface and a second image generation section adapted to project second image on the projection surface so as to overlap the first image is disclosed. The image processing device includes: a pixel shift amount calculation section adapted to calculate a pixel shift amount between the first image and the second image; a modulation transfer function (MTF) obtaining section adapted to obtain MTF at a predetermined frequency, corresponding to the pixel shift amount calculated by the pixel shift amount calculation section; a correction filter generation section adapted to generate a correction filter adapted to correct the MTF so that the image displayed on the projection surface has desired sharpness; and a filter applying section adapted to apply the correction filter to image data corresponding to the image. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079685 | Spatial light modulator performing a gamma correction - An image projection system implemented with a spatial light modulator (SLM) comprises a plurality of pixel elements each includes a pixel memory wherein said SLM receives inputted bit data representing an image from an external image source to write the inputted data into said pixel memory wherein said SLM further adjusts a smallest period for displaying image represented by a least significant bit (LSB) of the inputted data. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079686 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electro-optical device includes a first substrate and a translucent second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a reflective electrode that is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, a translucent electrode that is disposed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, a first dielectric layer that is disposed between the reflective electrode and the liquid crystal layer and includes a plurality of dielectric films, and a second dielectric layer that is disposed between the translucent electrode and the liquid crystal layer and includes at least one dielectric film. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079687 | LCD APPARATUS - An LCD apparatus includes LCD panels for modulating irradiated light based on picture signals, a projection lens for extendedly projecting the light modulated by the LCD panels, a light source for emitting light to irradiate the LCD panels, an inorganic polarizer having a relatively higher degree of polarization and disposed on a light-emission side of each of the LCD panels, and an absorptive polarizer having a lower degree of polarization than the inorganic polarizer and disposed on a light-emission side of the inorganic polarizer. The inorganic polarizer having the higher degree of polarization and the absorptive polarizer having the lower degree of polarization have respective light transmission axes coincident with each other. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079688 | OPTICAL COMPONENT ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND PROJECTION DISPLAY - This optical component adjustment mechanism includes support frame | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079689 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL SPATIAL MODULATION DEVICE - A liquid crystal molecule is disclosed, having a structure represented by the following general formula (1): | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079690 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a plurality of a gate line and a plurality of a data line disposed on the substrate, a plurality of a thin film transistor each connected to a gate line and a data line, a plurality of a pixel electrode each connected to a thin film transistor, a common electrode facing the pixel electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode. Each of the pixel electrodes includes a first longitudinal edge adjacent to a first data line and a second longitudinal edge adjacent to a second data line adjacent to the first data line. A first distance between an edge of the first longitudinal edge and the first data line is larger than a second distance between the second longitudinal edge and an edge of the second data line. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079691 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electro-optical apparatus includes a pixel section, a dummy pixel section and a peripheral electrode. The peripheral electrode configured to be formed in an area surrounding the dummy pixel section. A voltage supplying section configured to supply the peripheral electrode and an opposing electrode with voltages of substantially the same level, respectively. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079692 | Liquid crystal display and fabricating method thereof - The present disclosure relates to the liquid crystal display device and the fabricating method thereof. The liquid crystal display device comprises: a first substrate including a ground line supplied with a ground voltage, and an extended ground line extending from the ground line, and attaching a first polarization plate; a second substrate joining to the first substrate with a sealant and attaching a second polariazation plate; and a conductive upper-lower substrate connecting static electricity discharging path connecting to the extended ground line by forming at edges of the first polarization plate and the second polariazation plate, and by intruding between the first and the second substrates. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079693 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A lateral electric field mode liquid crystal device comprising: a first substrate having pixel electrodes and common electrodes which are provided on one surface thereof; a second substrate disposed so as to face that surface of the first substrate with a predetermined distance therebetween; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a loop-shaped sealing member disposed so as to surround the liquid crystal layer, with the liquid crystal device driving the liquid crystal layer by an electric field generated between the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079694 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - Provided is a lateral electric field mode liquid crystal device including: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer and pixel electrodes and common electrodes. A lateral electric field mode liquid crystal device drives the liquid crystal layer by an electric field generated between the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes, a light shielding layer is formed on a surface of the second substrate disposed close to the liquid crystal layer. A coloring layer is also formed so as to overlap with the pixel electrodes. An overcoat layer protects the coloring layer, and an alignment film is formed. An electrostatic shielding layer is formed of a transparent conductive material on a surface of the overcoat layer. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079695 | Liquid Crystal Display - A liquid crystal display includes, for an embodiment, a first insulation substrate; a gate line extending in a first direction on the first insulation substrate; a data line insulated from the gate line and extending in a second direction; a pixel electrode formed in a pixel area defined by the intersection of the gate line and the data line; and storage wiring formed with the same layer as the data line, wherein the storage wiring includes a storage electrode extending in the first direction and covering the gate line, and a storage line connected to the storage electrode and formed according to the second direction. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079696 | Multi-Section Visual Display having Overlapping Structure - A multi-section visual display having an overlapping structure is disclosed, and includes a first magnifying lens, a second magnifying lens, a first display apparatus having a first display panel and a second display apparatus having a second display panel, wherein the second display apparatus is disposed between the first magnifying lens and the first display apparatus, and the second magnifying lens is aligned with the first magnifying lens in an edge-to-edge manner. While at an operation state, a first border area of the first display panel is partially overlapped with a second border area of the second display panel, thereby reducing the non-display area needing shielding by using a virtual image display from the first display panel/magnifying lens to shield a portion of the second border area, thus reducing the space required between the magnifying lenses and the first display panel. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079697 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit including: a light emitting diode (LED) module including a metal substrate and an LED which is disposed on a first side of the metal substrate; a frame on which the LED module is mounted; a first mounting portion formed lengthwise on the LED module; and a second mounting portion formed on the frame, the second mounting portion remaining within a width of the LED module. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079698 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device having the hybrid panel structure where a display panel can be adhered to a mold more simply compared to the related art in a state where the display panel is adhered to a front panel is provided. A display device includes a display panel which includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a mold which is arranged on a first substrate side of the display panel, and a front panel which is fixed to a second substrate of the display panel, wherein the front panel is larger than the first substrate in a planar size and has an opaque region on a peripheral portion thereof, a side wall is not formed on a surface of the mold to which a peripheral portion of the first substrate is fixed so that the surface of the mold to which the peripheral portion of the first substrate is fixed is flat. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079699 | BACK LIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - The disclosure relates to the backlight unit for preventing the optical sheet from cracking and the liquid crystal display using the backlight unit. The backlight unit comprises a light having a plurality of light sources; a bottom cover housing the light and having a first protrusion; a support side engaging to both open ends of the bottom cover to support the light and having a second protrusion; an optical sheet disposing on the light and including a first hook having a first elliptical hole for inserting the first protrusion and a second hook having a second elliptical hole for inserting the second protrusion; and a first slit between an edge of the first hook and the first elliptical hole within the first hook, and a second slit between an edge of the second hook and the second elliptical hole within the second hook. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079700 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal layer causing a selective reflection and exhibiting Kerr effect, first and second electrodes applying voltage to the liquid crystal layer, a first circular polarizer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and a viewer and allowing a first circularly polarized light incident on the liquid crystal layer when irradiated with a natural light, the first circularly polarized light having an electric-field vector rotating in a direction reverse to a rotation direction of an electric-field vector of a circularly polarized light selectively reflected by the liquid crystal layer, and a second circular polarizer facing the first circular polarizer with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween and allowing a second circularly polarized light incident on the liquid crystal layer when irradiated with a natural light. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079701 | LENS SHEET, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a prism sheet ( | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079702 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LCD UNIT - The disclosed subject matter includes providing a surface light source device using a plurality of different color light-emitting chips that can emit light with uniform color and a LCD unit having the same qualities. The surface light source device can include a light guide having a light incoming surface and a light-emitting surface, and light sources including the light-emitting chips located adjacent the light incoming surfaces. The light-emitting surface can include a light-mixing area that is spaced a distance L away from the light incoming surface, and the widest interval between the adjacent light-emitting chips is configured to be L/27 or less. Light emitted from the light sources can generate a mixture light with very little color variability in the light-mixing area, and the light can be emitted from the light-emitting surface other than the light-mixing area. Therefore, the LCD unit that includes a LCD located toward the light guide can illuminate the display with uniform color light. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079703 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention discloses a backlight unit with a plurality of light-emitting blocks and a light source driving section. The plurality of light-emitting blocks are arranged in a matrix shape along first and second directions different from each other. Each of the light-emitting blocks includes a light source unit having at least one light-emitting chip to emit light, and a light guiding unit to guide the light. The light source driving section controls the light source unit of the light-emitting blocks to drive the light source unit. Therefore, a thickness of the backlight unit may be reduced. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079704 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes, among others, a light diffusion layer comprising a color conversion media layer and a non-conversion layer arranged on the second substrate and a backlight assembly to supply light to the first substrate and the second substrate. The backlight assembly supplies various wavelengths of lights, including blue light or UV ray. The blue rights through the liquid crystal layer enters the color conversion media layers and may generates red lights and green lights. In this case, blue lights go through non-conversion layer and diffuse and scatter out blue lights. The UV rays through the liquid crystal layer enters the color conversion media layers and may generates red light, green lights and blue lights. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079705 | SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A substrate for liquid crystal display device comprising a layer having irregular differences in level and a smoothing layer provided directly on the layer having irregular differences in level, wherein the thickness of the smoothing layer is greater than the irregular differences in level, and the in-plane retardation of the layer inclined of 40° with the retardation axis as the axis of rotation is 5 to 150 nm, which enables to reduce the number of steps in manufacturing, is provided by the present invention. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079706 | POLARIZER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, DISPLAY SUBSTRATE HAVING THE POLARIZER, AND BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAVING THE POLARIZER - A polarizer includes a first base layer, a reflective polarizing layer and a protective layer. The reflective polarizing layer includes a plurality of a wire-grid polarizer (“WGP”) pattern disposed on the first base layer and spaced apart from each other at substantially uniform intervals. The protective layer contacts the reflective polarizing layer to define an air layer between the WGP patterns, the first base layer and the protective layer. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079707 | CELLULOSE ESTER FILM, AND POLARIZING PLATA AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - The invention relates to a cellulose ester film, comprising at least one cellulose ester that satisfies the following formulae, 2.2≦X | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079708 | Antiglare Film, Manufacturing Method Thereof and Transmission Type Liquid Crystal Display - This invention provides an antiglare film of a type with a low content of particles that makes it possible to increase contrast, the antiglare film demonstrating appropriate antiglare property, small white blurring, and a low level of glittering, and also a method for manufacturing the film and a transmission type liquid crystal display. In the antiglare film, a content ratio of the particles in the binder matrix is within a range of 0.5-5 wt. %, a refractive index difference |n | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079709 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having a first and a second side, a first polarizer arranged on the first side of the liquid crystal panel, and a backlight unit arranged on the first side of the liquid crystal panel, the first polarizer being arranged between the liquid crystal panel and the backlight unit, a second polarizer arranged on the second side of the liquid crystal panel, and a first half-wave plate arranged on the second side of the liquid crystal panel, the second polarizer arranged between the liquid crystal panel and the first half-wave plate. A slow axis of the first half-wave plate meets a transmission axis of the second polarizer at a first angle θ | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079710 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a transistor layer, a plurality of color filters, a first blocking member, a supporting member, a circuit part, a second blocking member and a protruding member. The first blocking member is disposed between different color filters. The supporting member maintains a distance between a base substrate and a substrate facing the base substrate. A circuit part is disposed in a peripheral area surrounding a display area, and the circuit part includes a metal pattern and a contact electrode in contact with the metal pattern. The second blocking member includes substantially the same material as the first blocking member and the second blocking member covers the circuit part. The protruding member includes substantially the same material as the second blocking member, and is integrally formed with the second blocking member. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079711 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH A PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION FUNCTION - A solar cell construction in a display device is provided. The photovoltaic conversion can be performed with high efficiency by the solar cell construction. The display device includes a front substrate and an opposing rear substrate, which are light-transmissive. The display device further includes an optical control layer, a solar cell layer and an insulating flattened layer. The optical control layer is disposed between the substrates, wherein images formed by the optical control layer are displayed on the outer side of the front substrate. The solar cell layer is disposed in a specific area of the major surface on the rear substrate, between the rear substrate serving as a base for supporting it and the optical control layer, and receives incident light coming from the external surroundings through the rear substrate. The insulating flattened layer is formed on the solar cell layer, wherein the optical control layer is formed on and supported by the insulating flattened layer. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079712 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes: a pair of substrates which are opposed to each other; and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein one of the pair of substrates is provided with a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of signal lines which are arranged in a matrix shape in a display area, lower electrodes which are each formed in each of sub-pixel areas partitioned by the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of signal lines, an insulating film which is formed in the display area so as to cover the lower electrodes, upper electrodes which are formed in the display area through the insulating film and each have a plurality of slits in each of the sub-pixel area, and an alignment film which is formed on the upper electrodes and slit-shaped openings close to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the other of the pair of substrates is provided with light-shielding films which are formed at locations overlapping with the scanning lines and the signal lines in plan view, wherein each of the upper electrodes overlaps with each of the light-shielding films in at least a partial portion in plan view, wherein each of the slit-shaped openings extends along any one of the signal line or the scanning line and has a main portion extending in an direction inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a rubbing direction of the alignment film and a front end portion, and wherein an edge of the circumference of at least one of the slit-shaped openings formed on both sides of the light-shielding film so as to dispose the light-shielding film therebetween in plan view does not overlap with the light-shielding film disposed between the slit-shaped openings in plan view. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079713 | TRANSPARENT TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A first conductive layer in which a first electrode film is formed, a first protective layer on the first conductive layer, a first hole penetrating through the first protective layer to reach the first electrode film, a second conductive layer including a second electrode film which is disposed on the first protective layer and in contact with a portion of the first electrode film at the bottom of the first hole and the lower electrode, a second protective layer disposed on the second conductive layer and including the insulating film, a second hole disposed on the second protective layer and penetrating through the second protective layer to reach the second electrode film, and a third conductive layer including a third electrode film which is in contact with a portion of the second electrode film at the bottom of the second hole and the upper electrode. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079714 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The device includes a first substrate; a first pixel having a first pixel electrode deposed on the first substrate; a second pixel having a second pixel electrode deposed on the first substrate, wherein the first and second pixels are adjacent; a second substrate deposed on the opposite side of the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer including a plurality of first and second liquid crystal molecules, deposed between the first and second substrates; a first common electrode and a second common electrode deposed on the second substrate, respectively opposite to the first and second pixel electrodes; a first pattern deposed on the first common electrode; and a second pattern deposed on the second common electrode; wherein the second pattern causes the second liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the second pixel electrode aligned asymmetrically. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079715 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes an insulating film having a tilted face, the tilted face sloping down toward inside of an opening area of a pixel arranged in a pixel area in plan view, and a pixel electrode that is disposed in the pixel on an upper layer side relative to the insulating film and is formed so as to include at least an area that overlaps the tilted face of the insulating film in plan view. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079716 | WIRING FIGURE PATTERN OF DISPLAY PANEL - In a wiring figure pattern of a display panel, each wiring is separated into bands of optimal widths by slits of a constant width as a wiring figure pattern so that minimum light irradiation for curing a photocuring sealing material can be carried out without increasing the electric resistance of the wiring. The optimal width means a resistance such that light coming from both sides of the band cures the sealing material on the upper surface of the band without influencing the driving and display of liquid crystal. At a point where the width of wiring becomes two times or more of the optical width between the start point and end point of intersection of the wiring and the sealing material region, the wiring is divided by the slit. A first branch forms the band of the optimal width extending from the branch point to the end point, whereas the second branch extends to the end point and is spaced apart from the first branch by the width of the slit. At a point where the width becomes two times or more of the optimal width, the wiring is divided. Subsequently, branching is repeated until the end point is reached. A continuous triangle is formed in the slit at each branch, thus adjusting the width of the bands to have the optimal width. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079717 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An LCD device preventing a short-circuit of adjacent link lines is disclosed. The LCD device includes a pixel area in which a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing the plurality of gate lines at a right angle are formed, a pad area formed at a side of the pixel area, a gate pad portion and a data pad portion formed in the pad area and respectively connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, first, second, third, and fourth gate link lines connected to the plurality of gate lines and the gate pad portion and alternately arranged with an insulation layer interposed between the first, second, third, and fourth gate link lines, and first and second auto probe pads electrically connected to the first, second, third, and fourth gate link lines. The first and second gate link lines are connected to the first auto probe pad and the third and fourth gate link lines are connected to the second auto probe pad. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079718 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged so as to be opposed to each other for sandwiching a liquid crystal; an image display portion; a sealing material which seals the liquid crystal; and a light-shielding film which is formed on a liquid crystal side of the second substrate so that a part of the light-shielding film extends beyond the image display portion to overlap with the sealing material, and which has openings in the image display portion, at least in regions of the multiple pixels, in which the part of the light-shielding film that overlaps with the sealing material has a recessed portion formed on a sealing material side of the light-shielding film continuously or discontinuously along a circumferential direction of the sealing material, to a depth that is smaller than a thickness of the light-shielding film. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079719 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE - A liquid crystal molecule includes a structure represented by Formula (1): | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079720 | RETARDATION FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A retardation film and formula thereof, and method for manufacturing the same are provided. Furthermore, the retardation film is applied to compensate TFT-LCD viewing angle. Referring to the formula of the invention, the positive A film-embedded negative C optically anisotropic coating of the retardation film can be formed by single step coating, and the retardation film with net negative C symmetry in whole is easily manufactured. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079721 | MULTILAYER LAMINATES COMPRISING CHIRAL NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS - Provided are multilayer laminates having one or more layers comprising twisted nematic liquid crystals and one or more layers of a polymeric sheet. The twisted nematic liquid crystal layers reflect infrared radiation. Thus, the multilayer laminates are useful to reduce the transmission of infrared energy. For example, in some embodiments the multilayer laminates are useful as windows to reduce energy consumption necessary to cool the interior of a structure such as an automobile or building. Preferably, the multilayer laminates retain one or more of the beneficial properties of safety glass. The multilayer laminates may include additional layers such as infrared absorbing layers, half wave plates, and the like, to minimize the transmission of infrared energy. The multilayer laminates may also include further additional layers such as polymeric films, polymeric sheets, rigid sheets, and the like. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079722 | OPTHALMIC PROGRESSIVE ADDITION LENS WITH CUSTOMIZED DESIGN FEATURE - A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic progressive addition lens ( | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079723 | Toric Ophthalimc Lenses Having Selected Spherical Aberration Characteristics - A toric ophthalmic lens having substantially zero spherical aberration for a first circular aperture having a first diameter and substantially zero spherical aberration for a second circular aperture having a second diameter, the first diameter being at least 4 mm and the second diameter being at least 3 mm, the first diameter being at least 0.5 mm larger than the second diameter. A series of ophthalmic lenses, each lens comprising a same spherical power as the other lenses in the set, and a unique cylindrical power, each lens comprising (i) a first toric surface, and (ii) a second surface, at least one of the first surface and the second surface being aspheric in a meridian, the lens having substantially zero spherical aberration for all circular optical zone diameters less than 4 mm. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079724 | VARIABLE FOCUS OPHTHALMIC DEVICE - This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing a variable optic insert into an ophthalmic lens. An energy source is capable of powering the variable optic insert included within the ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast molded from a silicone hydrogel. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079725 | Lens Design Simplification Process - A method for producing lenses with at least one simple surface that is optically equivalent to a lens having two complex surfaces. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079726 | Placido projector for corneal topography system - A placido projector for a corneal topography system includes a substrate having dielectric phosphor. The substrate is configured to be activated by electric current and responsive to emit light. A plurality of opaque, concentric rings are formed on the substrate. When the substrate emits light responsive to the electric current, a placido image is projected. The concentric rings can be formed using silk screening or other techniques. The dielectric phosphor can be micro-encapsulated and deposited onto the substrate. The substrate may be an electro-luminance panel. A protective cover is placed adjacent to the substrate to retain the substrate in a predetermined shape. In one embodiment, the placido projector has a frusto conical shape. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079727 | INTERMEDIATE FILM IDENTIFIER MARKING - A method includes impacting at least one identifier on a section of passing film for identifying the film as a source for content copied from the film. | 2010-04-01 |
| 20100079728 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROJECTING SYSTEM USING CIRCULARLY POLARIZED FILTER MODULE - A stereoscopic image projection system using a circular polarization filter module is provided. Even though this system uses a single projector, it allows left and right images to have different polarization directions using the circular polarization filter module, thereby reducing crosstalk compared to an LCD-shutter-based system. | 2010-04-01 |
