| 14th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
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| 20130083190 | DOUBLE-LIGHT CABINET FOR BIOLOGICAL TEST - A double-light cabinet for testing a biological sample labeled with fluorochrome includes a case, in which a light unit and a diffusion unit are received. The light unit has two spot light sources to emit spot lights with specified wavelengths according to the test, and the diffusion unit diffuses the spot lights into surface lights, to which that the biological sample is exposed. The present invention further includes an amber filter unit to filter the surface light to enhance the signal of biological samples. Using the lights with specified wavelengths, the present invention may serve both functions of excitation and illumination of the biological sample. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083191 | Intravenous Flow Rate Controller - Tilting of a drip chamber from its vertical axis during fluid administration can have negative effects upon the accuracy of systems configured for drop counting and/or for volumetric measurement of individual drops passing through the drip chamber. To address these negative effects, in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a fluid delivery system that measures the flow volume of a fluid delivery system is disclosed, which includes an imaging apparatus that captures a first image of a drip chamber while a drop is falling therein and a second image of the drip chamber with no drop. Portions of each image that are in substantially the same position in each image are subtracted. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083192 | Methods and System for Stabilizing Live Video in the Presence of Long-Term Image Drift - Methods and systems stabilization of a camera image for short term or ‘pole shake’ and longer term ‘pole drift’ are provided. The camera is attached to a fixed structure. The pole drift is over periods of times long enough that the imagery can change significantly between a base reference frame and the current stabilized transient frame. A multitude of mapped frames and associated information is maintained. The slowly varying camera orientation (“pole drift”) is decoupled from the rapid motion jitter (“pole shake”), and separate transformations are calculated for each. Up to three transformations may be combined together for any one input frame. The separate transformations are combined together, so that only one full-blown image transformation computation is performed for each frame. A surveillance system applies a stabilization method. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083193 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: an imaging module configured to take an image; a display configured to display information; a detector configured to detect an electrical device from the image taken by the imaging module, wherein the electrical device is configured to consume power; and a display controller configured to control the display to display first information indicative of power consumption of the electrical device and second information, the second information dependent on a type of the electrical device, for evaluating an operation influencing the power consumption of the electrical device. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083194 | VIDEO MONITORING SERVER AND METHOD - A video monitoring server and method are provided. The video monitoring server generates a monitoring list and controls a streaming media server to convert video captured by a camera into streaming media. The video monitoring server downloads the streaming media from the streaming media server and selects a picture from the downloaded streaming media as an icon of a monitoring record corresponding to the camera. The video monitoring server sends the monitoring list to an electronic device, and notifies the streaming media server to send the streaming media to the electronic device when a user clicks the icon of the monitoring record corresponding to the camera. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083195 | POLARIZATION-BASED ANTI-BLINDING NIGHT VISION SYSTEM, VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A night vision system has a night vision illuminator, an imaging apparatus, and a first light conditioning structure. The night vision illuminator is configured for illuminating a space with near-infrared (NIR) light that is linearly polarized in a direction substantially parallel with a first polarization axis. The imaging apparatus is configured for creating an electrical representation of an image defined by NIR light received thereby. A field of view of the imaging apparatus includes at least a portion of the space illuminated with the NIR light of the night vision illuminator. The first light conditioning structure is configured for linearly polarizing in a direction substantially non-parallel with respect to the first polarization axis the NIR light received by the imaging apparatus. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083196 | Vehicle monitoring systems - A monitoring system for vehicles is disclosed. At least two cameras are disposed around a vehicle to generate videos or images representing surrounding scenes in which the vehicle is present. Video streams from the cameras are transported via wired means or wireless means to a video processing system. Depending on applications, the video streams are processed to be collectively displayed on a screen (e.g., on the dashboard of the vehicle), analyzed to assist the driver of the vehicle to perform a task, stored in a storage device of limited capacity, or transported to a remote server for remote assistance or analysis. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083197 | STORAGE MANAGING METHOD AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE - The disclosed video processing device contains: a video acquisition unit that acquires surroundings information including video taken of the surroundings of a vehicle; a line-of-sight acquisition unit that acquires the origin and direction of the line of sight of the driver of the aforementioned vehicle; a line-of-sight video generation unit which generates, from the surroundings information, line-of-sight video corresponding to the origin of the line of sight; a blocking-information computation unit that computes, on the basis of the origin of the line of sight, blocking information including video or a region of the body of the aforementioned vehicle that blocks the driver's line of sight; and a display-video generation unit that generates display video on the basis of the line-of-sight video and the blocking information. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083198 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED LABELING AT SCALE OF MOTION-DETECTED EVENTS IN VIDEO SURVEILLANCE - A method and system are provided for automated labeling at scale of motion-detected events in video surveillance imagery that may be private to and viewable only by the owner of that imagery. Further provided are processing, organization, and archival aspects related to such automated labeling at scale. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083199 | THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA WITH INFRARED LENS FOCUS ADJUSTMENT - A thermal imaging camera may be used to capture a visible-light (VL) image and an infrared (IR) image. In some examples, the camera includes adjustable focus IR optics. For example, the camera may include a focus mechanism coupled to the IR optics and configured to move the IR optics to various focus positions so as to focus the IR optics. The various focus positions may include a hyperfocal position in which a scene is in focus between a set distance and infinity, and a plurality of focus positions in which the scene is in focus between the set distance and a minimum focus distance. Depending on the configuration of the camera, the IR optics of the camera may define an F-number greater than 1.0, and an axis of the IR optics may be offset from an axis of the VL optics by a distance less than 1.7 inches. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083200 | INFRARED OPTICAL SYSTEM AND INFRARED IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an infrared optical system including: three lenses of a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens that are provided from an object side to an image-surface side, the first and third lenses being each configured as a spherical lens made of an inorganic material and having a positive refractive power, the second lens being configured as a meniscus lens made of a resin material and having aspherical surfaces; and an aperture stop that is provided between any two of the first to third lenses. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083201 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MISALIGNMENT OF FIRST AND SECOND SENSORS - Method and apparatus of the invention determine the spatial and roll mis-alignment of first and second sensors using a common image scene from sensor overlapping Fields of View (FOV). The sensors are dissimilar in one or more of the following respects: Field-Of-View (FOV) size, detector array size, spectral response, gain and level, pixel resolution, dynamic range, and thermal sensitivity. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083202 | Method, System and Computer Program Product for Reducing a Delay From Panning a Camera System - For reducing a delay from panning a camera system, an estimate is received of a physical movement of the camera system. In response to the estimate, a determination is made of whether the camera system is being panned. In response to determining that the camera system is not being panned, most effects of the physical movement are counteracted in a video sequence from the camera system. In response to determining that the camera system is being panned, most effects of the panning are preserved in the video sequence, while concurrently the video sequence is shifted toward a position that balances flexibility in counteracting effects of a subsequent physical movement of the camera system. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083203 | System and Method for Diagnostic Modeling of Audio and Video Quality of Service - Systems and methods are described for determining a set of three quality metrics for audio and/or video signals transmitted through a packet network. The set of three metrics provide more insight into which factors are affecting the quality of the received signal as perceived by the end-user. These three quality metrics measure reductions in quality due to lossy media transmission, packet loss concealment from packet loss and/or packet/frame jitter, and long periods of silence and/or frozen video. Because each metric quantifies a different aspect of transmitted quality, a deficiency in the transmitted signal can be identified by reference to the set. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083204 | SELF TEST OF IMAGE SIGNAL CHAIN WHILE RUNNING IN STREAMING MODE - An imager including a self test mode. The imager includes a pixel array for providing multiple pixel output signals via multiple columns; and a test switch for (a) receiving a test signal from a test generator and (b) disconnecting a pixel output signal from a column of the pixel array. The test switch provides the test signal to the column of the pixel array. The test signal includes a test voltage that replaces the pixel output signal. The test signal is digitized by an analog-to digital converter (ADC) and provided to a processor. The processor compares the digitized test signal to an expected pixel output signal. The processor also interpolates the output signal from a corresponding pixel using adjacent pixels, when the test switch disconnects the pixel output signal from the column of the pixel array. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083205 | FULL FIELD SHARPNESS TEST - A test chart can be used to test sharpness performance of an imaging system's full image field by having a sharpness inspection area formed of a plurality of identical visual elements that abut each other leaving no gaps to thereby form a mosaic. Each visual element includes a plurality of groups of differently oriented contrasting lines. The mosaic may fill an entire image captured by an imager. Thus, a test system can image the chart to objectively assess the performance of the imaging system in terms of image quality (e.g. sharpness, tilt, etc) throughout the entire spatial area of the captured image. The size of the chart and spatial frequency spacing) of the visual element lines can be selected to test an imaging system's full field sharpness at selected spatial frequencies. The full field sharpness results more quickly and accurately determine different aspects of a given imaging system. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083206 | IMAGING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus is provided with a control unit, a noise reduction processing unit and a pixel value calculation unit. The control unit controls pulse widths of horizontal synchronization signals outputted to an imaging device such that a feed-through period and a signal period, in a case in which pixel addition in the horizontal direction is performed at the imaging device and imaging signals are outputted, are longer than a feed-through period and a signal period, in a case in which pixel addition in the horizontal direction is not performed at the imaging device. The noise reduction processing unit executes noise reduction processing to reduce the effects of noise produced in the imaging signals. The pixel value calculation unit calculates a pixel value on the basis of a first signal sampled in the feed-through period and a second signal sampled in the signal period. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083207 | Object Information Derived from Object Images - Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083208 | ASSOCIATING A WORK WITH A BIOMETRIC INDICATION OF THE IDENTITY OF AN AUTHOR - Storing biometric information regarding the identity of an author in association with an artistic work created by the author may assist in properly attributing ownership of rights to the artistic work. To facilitate the association, an apparatus used to create the work may be configured to include a component for capturing the biometric information regarding the identity of the author. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083209 | Cooperation System, Mobile Information Device, Cooperation Processing Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Encoded with Cooperation Processing Program - A cooperation system includes an image forming apparatus and a mobile information device. The image forming apparatus includes a storage portion which stores source data, and an image forming portion which forms an image of the source data on a sheet of paper. The mobile information device includes an image pickup portion, an image pickup control portion which acquires a picked-up image that the image pickup portion outputs by picking up an image of the image formed on the sheet by the image forming apparatus, a source data acquiring portion which acquires the source data corresponding to the picked-up image from the image forming apparatus, a process target determining portion which determines, on the basis of the picked-up image, a process target part to be processed within the acquired source data, and a process executing portion which executes processing on the determined process target part within the source data. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083210 | SCREEN AND WEBCAM VIDEO CAPTURE TECHNIQUES - A computer-implemented method for recording a video and transmitting the video to a web server via a computing device. The method comprises the steps of, within a web browser, executing both a webcam widget and a micro server applet, wherein the webcam widget is configured to capture the video and stream the video to the micro server applet, recording, by the micro server applet, video streamed from the webcam widget, compressing, by the micro server applet, the streamed video, and transmitting, via the micro server applet, the compressed video to the web server. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083211 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device includes a moving image special effect image processing unit that performs image processing of applying a first special effect causing a visual effect over a plurality of frames corresponding to image data of a moving image, and image processing of applying a second special effect corresponding to the first special effect to a still image captured during moving image capturing using image data of a moving image captured before the still image, and a control unit that controls an application form of the first and second special effects in the moving image special effect image processing unit. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083212 | DIGITAL IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and an apparatus are provided for capturing a moving image and a still image. Moving-image capturing is ceased, when a still image-capturing request is generated. Still-image capturing operation parameters are set in the image sensor. The image sensor is exposed to generate still-image data. Moving-image capturing operation parameters are set in the image sensor, when generation of the still-image data is complete. The image sensor is exposed to generate the moving-image data. The still-image data is quality-processed and compressed to generate still-image frame data. Moving-image frame data generated by quality-processing and size-adjusting the moving-image data are connected and compressed to generate a moving-image stream. Quality-processed virtual moving-image frame data is generated using the still-image data. The quality-processed virtual moving-image frame data is inserted into a loss section of the moving-image stream corresponding to a period in which the moving-image capturing is ceased. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083213 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CORRECTING METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a parameter indicating a degree of change of a difference value between signal values of pixel signals of different pixels in an OPB region of an imaging element, and an estimation unit configured to estimate a reference value of a black level which is used for correcting a black level of a signal value of a pixel signal in an effective pixel region of the imaging element, by using a model of the parameter that is calculated by the calculation unit. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083214 | IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An imaging device includes a silicon substrate having a photoelectric conversion element therein, and a wiring layer on a front-surface side of the silicon substrate. The photoelectric conversion element performs photoelectric conversion on light which enters the photoelectric conversion element from the front-surface side through the wiring layer, and performs photoelectric conversion on light which enters the photoelectric conversion element from a back-surface side of the silicon substrate without going through the wiring layer. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083215 | Image and/or Video Processing Systems and Methods - A system, a method, and a computer-program product for image and/or video processing are disclosed. A template to be used in conjunction with a content to be captured by an optical device is provided. The optical device includes a viewfinder mechanism. The content is captured using the optical device. The captured content and the template in the viewfinder mechanism of the optical device are combined. A final content containing the captured content and the template is generated. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083216 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC WHITE BALANCE WITH SUPPLEMENTARY SENSORS - An apparatus and method for An image capture device for Automatic White Balance (AWB) are provided. The device includes a camera for capturing an image, a primary sensor for sensing environmental conditions of the image capture device and for generating data regarding the environmental conditions, a plurality of supplementary sensors for sensing the environmental conditions of the image capture device and for generating supplementary data regarding the environmental conditions, an AWB unit for performing an AWB operation on the captured image according to the generated data and the generated supplementary data, and a controller for controlling the camera, the primary sensor, the plurality of supplementary sensors and the AWB unit. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083217 | SCANNING ACTIVE ILLUMINATION MEDIA - A method for obtaining an image of an actively lit medium (ALM) using a capture device and an illumination source, including: calibrating the capture device for dark signal non-uniformity (DSNU); determining a final exposure value and a final gain value by executing at least one scan of the ALM using the capture device with the illumination source extinguished; and generating the image by scanning, with the illumination source extinguished, the ALM using the capture device set to the final exposure value and the final gain value. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083218 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A digital photographing apparatus controlling method includes: providing menus for respectively adjusting a reference photographing setting value and first group photographing setting values; and setting an operation mode according to which one of the reference photographing setting value and the first group photographing setting values a user has selected. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083219 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A user interface (UI) is provided which displays a process in which photographing setting values change correspondingly, so that a user can easily recognize the changes of the photographing setting values. A UI is also provided through which a user can adjust all photographing setting values. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083220 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The image processing device includes a storage section, an interpolation section, an estimation calculation section, and an image output section. A low-resolution frame image is acquired by reading light-receiving values of light-receiving units. The storage section stores the low-resolution frame image. The interpolation section calculates light-receiving values of virtual light-receiving units by an interpolation process based on the light-receiving values. The estimation calculation section estimates estimated pixel values at a pixel pitch smaller than that of the low-resolution frame image based on the light-receiving value of the light-receiving unit and the light-receiving values of the virtual light-receiving units. The image output section outputs a high-resolution frame image having a resolution higher than that of the low-resolution frame image based on the estimated pixel values. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083221 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An AR taking image producer produces an AR taking image of a current frame. A displaying image producer produces a displaying image of the current frame and first to fourth interpolative displaying images. An image pattern reader reads a marker on the AR taking image. CPU retrieves AR moving image that is associated with the marker from an AR image memory. An AR image overlying section produces first to fourth interpolative AR images, and overlies the images on the areas of the marker. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083222 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that generates image data of a subject image obtained via a lens unit, a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the image data generated by the imaging unit, an input unit that receives input for specifying an area of a portion of the image displayed by the display unit, and a display controller that controls a display mode for confirming a specified image corresponding to the area of which input is received by the input unit. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083223 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH DUAL ELEMENT COLOR FILTER ARRAY AND THREE CHANNEL COLOR OUTPUT - A color image sensor includes a pixel array including CFA overlaying an array of photo-sensors for acquiring color image data. The CFA includes first color filter elements of a first color overlaying a first group of the photo-sensors and second color filter elements of a second color overlaying a second group of the photo-sensors. The first group of photo-sensors generate first color signals of a first color channel and the second group of photo-sensors generate second color signals of a second color channel. The color image sensor further includes a color signal combiner circuit (“CSCC”) coupled to receive the first and second color signals output from the pixel array. The CSCC includes a combiner coupled to combine the first and second colors signals to generate third color signals of a third color channel. An output port is coupled to the CSCC to output the color image data. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083224 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH DUAL ELEMENT COLOR FILTER ARRAY AND THREE CHANNEL COLOR OUTPUT - A color image sensor includes a pixel array including a CFA overlaying an array of photo-sensors for acquiring a color image. The CFA includes first color filter elements of a first color overlaying a first group of the photo-sensors, second color filter elements of a second color overlaying a second group of the photo-sensors, and a plurality of filter stacks overlaying a third group of the photo-sensors. The first group generates first color signals of a first color channel and the second group generates second color signals of a second color channel. Each of the filter stacks includes a first stacked filter of the first color and a second stacked filter of the second color. A sensitivity of the filter stacks equals a product of sensitivities of the first and the second stacked filters and the filter stacks generate a third color channel. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083225 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having first and second faces. The sensor includes a plurality of pixel groups each including pixels, each pixel having a photoelectric converter and a wiring pattern, the converter including a region whose major carriers are the same with charges to be accumulated in the photoelectric converter. The sensor also includes a microlenses which are located so that one microlens is arranged for each pixel group. The wiring patterns are located at a side of the first face, and the plurality of microlenses are located at a side of the second face. Light-incidence faces of the regions of the photoelectric converters of each pixel group are arranged along the second face such that the light-incidence faces are apart from each other in a direction along the second face. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083226 | MULTIPLE IMAGE HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING FROM A SINGLE SENSOR ARRAY - A single array of image sensors is used to obtain a plurality of different images at different levels of admitted exposure light from a common source level of exposure light. More particularly, first and second matrices of light-admitting elements are deployed in a single camera and disposed relative to focal lens light in front of corresponding first and second matrices of light-sensitive image sensors that are arrayed in a singular focal plane array in the camera and react equally to equal levels of color image information. The respective matrices of light-admitting elements transmit color image information from exposed focal lens light at different levels of brightness to their corresponding matrices of light-sensitive image sensors, wherein first and second images are acquired at the respective different levels of brightness from the respective matrices of the image sensors, and pixel data from the images combined to produce an HDR image. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083227 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING ELEMENT - A solid-state image capturing element includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, each of which outputs an electric signal corresponding to an amount of received light; a plurality of column signal lines each of which is disposed for a corresponding one of columns of the pixels and sequentially transfers the electric signal provided from the corresponding one of the columns of the pixels; and a plurality of holding circuits each of which is disposed for a corresponding one of the column signal lines and holds the electric signal transferred via the corresponding one of the column signal lines. Each of the holding circuits includes a circuit element including an input capacitance, and holds the electric signal in the input capacitance. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083228 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM USED IN CONTROL METHOD - An image capturing device can suppress unintended operation by the user. A digital camera has a CCD image sensor, a liquid crystal monitor, and electronic viewfinder, a touch panel, an eyepiece sensor, and a camera controller. The CCD image sensor captures an optical image of a subject and outputs it as image data. The electronic view finder is able to display a second image on the basis of image data. The touch panel is disposed over the surface of the liquid crystal monitor, and is able to undergo a first operation corresponding to a first image. The eyepiece sensor is able to detect proximity between the electronic viewfinder and an object. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083229 | EMI SHIELD FOR CAMERA MODULE - Embodiments of the invention describe an electro-magnetic interference (EMI) shield cover disposed over a wafer level camera module. Said camera module includes substrate having a plurality of imaging pixels, an imaging lens unit disposed on a top side the substrate and a plurality of conductive connectors disposed a bottom side of the substrate, wherein at least one of the conductive connectors comprises a ground connector. The substrate further includes a thru-silicon via (TSV) accessible on the top-side of the substrate and communicatively coupled to the ground connector. The EMI shield is communicatively coupled to the TSV, and thus coupled to the ground connection of the digital camera module. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083230 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The image sensor | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083231 | MULTI-DRIVE MECHANISM LENS ACTUATOR - Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to lens actuators used, for example, in auto-focus and/or vibration compensation systems of digital cameras. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083232 | AUTO-FOCUS IMAGE SYSTEM - An auto focus image system that includes a pixel array coupled to a focus signal generator. The pixel array captures an image that has at least one edge with a width. The focus signal generator may generate a focus signal that is a function of the edge width and/or statistics of edge widths. A processor receives the focus signal and/or the statistics of edge widths and adjust a focus position of a focus lens. The edge width can be determined by various techniques including the use of gradients. A histogram of edge widths may be used to determine whether a particular image is focused or unfocused. A histogram with a large population of thin edge widths is indicative of a focused image. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083233 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT - An image pickup unit includes: an image pickup lens; a perspective splitting device splitting a light beam that has passed through the image pickup lens into light beams corresponding to a plurality of perspectives different from one another; an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels, and receiving the light beams that have passed through the perspective splitting device, by each of the pixels, to obtain pixel signals based on an amount of the received light; and a correction section performing correction for suppressing crosstalk between perspectives with use of a part or all of the pixel signals obtained from the plurality of pixels. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083234 | IMAGE PICKUP INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS AND LENS APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SAME - Image pickup information output apparatus which outputs information about image pickup condition derived from combination of positions/states of condition decision members serving as optical members that affect fulfillment of the condition, comprising: setting unit for setting a condition setting value as the condition to be fulfilled; controller for driving one of the condition decision members to control its position/state based on the condition setting value, condition calculator for calculating information about the condition as calculated condition based on the combination of positions/states of the condition decision members; determination unit for determining whether or not the condition setting value changed; decision unit for determining the information about condition to be output, based on the calculated condition and the determination made by the determination unit as to whether or not the condition setting value changed; and output unit for outputting information about the condition to be output determined by the decision unit. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083235 | Single Actuator Configuration for a Camera Module - Systems and methods for camera modules having a movable lens barrel, allowing a maximum lens diameter with minimal outside dimensions are disclosed. At least one single linear actuator is moving the lens barrel. Each actuator is deployed in an own corner of the camera module. The moving lens barrel is guided by rolling elements bearings. The actuator comprises a stator, comprising one or more coils wrapped around a rod of magnetic metal and an anchor comprising one or more permanent magnets, which are tightly attached to the lens barrel. An offset between the longitudinal center line of magnets of the anchor and the center of the stator generates a permanent force pushing the lens barrel in direction of the stator of the motor and consequently pushes protrusions on the lens barrel onto the rolling elements bearings, thus preventing the bearings to fall apart in case of a mechanical shock. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083236 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR IMPROVING DYNAMIC RANGE IN IMAGE SENSORS - Methods and devices for improving dynamic range in image sensors are disclosed. An image sensing device comprises an image sensor having a plurality of rows of pixels, and a controller for controlling the exposure of each row of pixels. The controller is programmed to perform a shutter operation for one of the plurality of rows of pixels, and to sample the one of the plurality of rows after a predetermined duration following the performance of the shutter operation. The predetermined duration is different from a multiple of a row time period of the image sensing device. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083237 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes an image analysis unit obtaining brightness information for respective hue regions from an image signal of a picked-up image and an exposure control unit carrying out exposure control based on the brightness information obtained in the image analysis unit. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083238 | Solar powered camera - A present invention solar power camera includes: a) a digital camera main housing; b) digital camera internal mechanisms, including imaging and storage processors located within the main housing, imaging and storage controls, and a lens connected to the imaging processor and located on the main housing; c) a rechargeable power storage unit connected to the digital camera internal mechanisms; and, d) at least one solar cell panel connected to the rechargeable power storage unit and movably connected to said main housing, said at least one solar cell panel having a first position, being a closed position, and having a second position, being an open position; wherein the at least one solar cell panel is movable from the first position to the second position for solar recharging of the rechargeable power storage unit, and is movable from the second position to the first position for storage. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083239 | FOLDED TAPE PACKAGE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Described herein is a folded tape package for electronic devices. The folded tape package uses a flexible tape substrate having two end sections for passive components and a middle section for connecting and stacking multiple dies. The stacked dies are encapsulated or covered with a mold. One side may be left exposed for device functionality and operation with additional components or devices. The passive components may also be covered with a mold. The end sections are folded such that the end sections are in a parallel configuration with the middle section. The flexible tape substrate may be a high density interconnect flexible tape substrate with two layers. A silicon substrate may be used to interconnect a die stack to the flexible tape substrate. The folded tape package has a reduced device footprint, lower substrate warpage effects, and higher substrate yields. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083240 | Method for Synchronizing Content Displayed on Multiple Devices in an Array - A method comprising providing multiple video units in an array, playing video content on the video units in a synchronized manner, and detecting when one of the video units is removed from the array. In response to detecting removal of the video unit, the video content played on the video units remaining in the array in a synchronized manner is adjusted. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083241 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A video display apparatus includes: a display module that displays a video; an illuminating module that illuminates the display module; a battery that supplies a power to the display module and the illuminating module; and a display controller that controls the illuminating module to continue illuminating and the display module to switch display of video when the video display apparatus is driven by the battery. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083242 | GALLERY VIDEO PLAYER SUPPORTS HDMI OUT - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface in a dual screen device. More particularly, the method includes providing a gallery for the dual screen device. The gallery can present one or more images in a user interface. The gallery user interface can adapt to changes in the device configuration. Further, the gallery can display images or videos in the various configurations. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083243 | DIGITAL TELEVISION WITH IMPROVED INPUT SELECTION FUNCTIONALITY - An apparatus comprising a switching circuit and a display. The switching circuit may be configured to present an output signal in response to a plurality of input signals. The output signal may be generated in response to an active one of the input signals. A user prompt may appear prior to switching to the active one of the input signals. The user prompt may allow a user to confirm or reject switching to the active input. The display circuit may be configured to display information from the output signal. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083244 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING CIRCUIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A video processing circuit detects a risk boundary, which a portion of the boundary between a dark pixel and a bright pixel in an image represented by a video signal Vid-in, and is determined by a tilt azimuth of liquid crystal molecules, from the boundary, and corrects a video signal corresponding to at least one of the dark pixel and the bright pixel which is contiguous to the detected risk boundary in at least one field of a plurality of fields constituting one frame such that a period in which the risk boundary is present in one frame period is shortened. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083245 | COMPRESSION ERROR HANDLING FOR TEMPORAL NOISE REDUCTION - A video processor includes a spatio-temporal noise reduction controller to determine current and previous image edge slopes and adaptively control a spatio-temporal noise reduction processor to blend current and previous images dependent on the current and previous image edge slope values. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083246 | SCENE ADAPTIVE TEMPORAL FILTERING - Calculating a temporal filter values to filter video data for noise and ghosting artifacts. A sensor specific noise model may be derived using the video capture settings of the video source to estimate the noise variance for an image, and to determine the amount of the temporal filtering to be applied to a frame or pixel. The global motion and sensor specific noise model may be used to populate filter coefficient look-up tables based on the local motion and luma values of each pixel in the frame. The maximum absolute difference between frames may be used to estimate global motion between two frames such that filter strength may be reduced for frames exhibiting high global motion and increased for frames exhibiting low global motion. According to an embodiment, the increase in temporal filtering between frames may be capped to avoid sudden visible noise differences between frames. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083247 | VIDEO DECODER - A video decoder that separates and analyzes analog video signals includes a hue and saturation separator and a video signal determiner. The hue and saturation separator demodulates from a component video signal chroma signal, which includes a hue signal and a saturation signal. The video signal determiner determines at least one video signal characteristic of the component video signal dependent on the hue and saturation signal. The video signal determiner may include a mode determiner that determines the encoding standard of the video signal, and a color burst determiner that determines a location of a color burst signal with the video signal. The mode determiner may include a signal lock detector, a sequence matcher, and an encoding mode selector. The color burst determiner may include an absolute value determiner and a burst position determiner. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083248 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a block feature amount calculator, a local contrast correction curve generator and a contrast correction module. The block feature amount calculator divides pixels in a video frame into blocks, and calculates feature amounts corresponding to the blocks using luminance values of pixels in each of the blocks. The local contrast correction curve generator generates local contrast correction curves corresponding to the blocks using the feature amounts. The contrast correction module generates a corrected video frame using the local contrast correction curves. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083249 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a display; a circuit board; a housing; an antenna; and a shield. The display includes a display screen. The circuit board is located at a side of the display opposite the display screen. The housing is configured to house the display and the circuit board. The antenna is in the housing, and includes a communication portion and a ground portion. The shield is along a periphery of the ground portion in the housing, and is located between the antenna and the circuit board. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083250 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes a housing and a lid. The housing is configured to house therein a display device and at least a part of a connector. The housing includes an engaging portion and an opening through which the connector is exposed. The lid includes: a first portion covering the opening; a second portion located in the housing and configured to engage with the engaging portion to be prevented from moving toward outside of the housing; and a third portion extending between the first portion and the second portion, and configured to move between a first position inside the housing and a second position outside the housing through a gap between the connector and the housing. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083251 | VIDEO PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE - A video projector is provided with a projector body configured to project light to display an image and including a signal receiver and a memory which stores data. A remote controller is configured to control the projector body from a distance and includes a storage medium connector, to which an information storage medium is connectable in a removable manner, and a signal transmitter, which transmits a signal receivable by the signal receiver through wireless communication. The remote controller transmits the data stored in the information storage medium, which is connected to the storage medium connector, from the signal transmitter through wireless communication. The projector body stores the data received with the signal receiver in the memory and displays an image based on the data stored in the memory after the signal receiver completes receiving the data from the signal transmitter. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083252 | GESTURE RECOGNITION CAPABLE PICTURE VIDEO FRAME - The invention is using gesture recognition technology to feed into a computer controller that will then manipulate a video image playing back on a screen, such that the video image reacts as a user would see it looking out a window. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083253 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a first radiating portion in the housing, a second radiating portion in the housing, a first heat pipe thermally connected to the first radiating portion, a second heat pipe including a portion crossing the first heat pipe, the second heat pipe thermally connected to the second radiating portion, and a fan configured to blow air to at least one of the first radiating portion and the second radiating portion. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083254 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing and a display. The housing includes a first end, a second end, and a wall between the first end and the second end. The second end is thicker than the first end. The wall includes an opening. The display is in the housing. The display includes an input receiving portion and is exposed through the opening. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083255 | TELEVISION RECEIVER SYSTEM, STAND, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a television receiver system includes: a housing configured to house a display unit comprising a display screen, the housing comprising an opening from which sound is output; and a stand detachably connected to the housing, the stand being configured to support the housing, the stand comprising a notch that is located corresponding to the opening and that constitutes at least a part of a propagation path of the sound output from the opening. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083256 | TELEVISION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a housing, a vibration module attached to the housing, a supporting portion which is secured to the housing and supports the vibration module for vibration, and an oscillation unit which causes the vibration module to vibrate. In addition, the television apparatus includes a plurality of first projections protruding from one of the vibration module and the housing toward the other, a sheet spanning between respective distal end portions of the first projections, and a plurality of second projections provided on the other of the vibration module and the housing and abutting the sheet at positions between the first projections. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083257 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a holder, a connector, and a supporting portion. The holder is configured to receive a unit in a first direction. The unit includes a display. The display includes an input receiving portion. The first direction is substantially parallel to the display. The connector is configured to connect to the unit. The supporting portion supports the connector. The supporting portion includes an elastic portion configured to be deformed in a second direction crossing the first direction. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083258 | DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH SENSOR - Disclosed is a display device that has a light detecting element (D | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083259 | OPTICAL ENHANCEMENT FOR DISPLAY TOUCHSCREEN SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus are provided for the mitigation or elimination of optical artifacts from an LCD touch screen device resulting from the coupling of an LCD and a touchscreen. The apparatus comprises a high fill factor diffuser layer interposed at a specified distance between a LCD panel and a touch screen, wherein a blurring across a distance x of the LCD panel is a function of the distance between the diffuser layer and the LCD panel and the scattering profile of the diffuser layer. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083260 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Provided is a light source device including a light guiding plate including a first internal reflection plane and a second internal reflection plane opposite to each other, a first light source irradiating an inside of the light guiding plate with first illumination light from its lateral side, and a diffusion member disposed opposite to the first internal reflection plane or the second internal reflection plane and diffusing incident light, wherein a plurality of transmission areas permitting the first illumination light to pass and to radiate toward an outside of the light guiding plate are provided on the first internal reflection plane or the second internal reflection plane, and the diffusion member is disposed opposite to the plurality of transmission areas and diffuses light having passed through the plurality of transmission areas. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083261 | ACTIVE SHUTTER GLASSES AND A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides active shutter glasses including shutters in which orientations of their components are freely determined, and provides a stereoscopic image projection system. The present invention provides active shutter glasses for a stereoscopic image projection system, the active shutter glasses comprising: a right-eye shutter; and a left-eye shutter, wherein the right-eye shutter and the left-eye shutter each include a liquid crystal layer and a linear polarizing element, at least one of the right-eye shutter and the left-eye shutter includes a layer adopted to change a vibration direction of polarized light, the linear polarizing element is provided at the outer side of the liquid crystal layer, and the layer adapted to change a vibration direction of polarized light is provided at the outer side of the linear polarizing element. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083262 | OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element is provided. The optical element shows excellent durability, hardness property and reworkability. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083263 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention is provided in which an additional storage capacitor is formed to a subpixel electrode connected to the dividing switching element, thereby increasing the total storage capacitance. Due to the additional storage capacitor, the kickback voltage difference between two subpixels that may be generated by the additional dividing switching element is eliminated such that the display quality deterioration has been improved by preventing the kickback voltage difference between the two subpixels. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083264 | SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, a black matrix, a transparent electroconductive film and a resin layer are formed above a transparent substrate. The black matrix is a light-shielding layer in which light-shielding pigments are dispersed in a resin, and includes openings. The resin layer is formed above the transparent substrate including the black matrix and the transparent electroconductive film, forms a convex part above the black matrix, and forms, in a region that passes through a center of each of the openings in the black matrix, a concave part. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083265 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An active matrix substrate ( | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083266 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING A SPACER ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display with two insulating substrates. A first insulating substrate has crossing signal lines, a pixel electrode, and a drain electrode electrically connected to the pixel electrode through a contact hole. A spacer is formed on the first signal line of the first insulating substrate, and is wider at a first portion close to the first insulating substrate than at a second portion close to the second insulating substrate, and the drain electrode comprises a first portion and a second portion extending in a different direction with respect to the first portion. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083267 | ASSEMBLING METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND BACKLIGHT MODULE - An assembling method and structure for a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal panel and a backlight module. The assembling method includes disposing a front frame, disposing of a back cover in corresponding to the front frame to form an accommodation space by the front frame and the back cover, disposing a liquid crystal panel at a forefront of the accommodation space, disposing a backlight module inside the accommodation space behind the liquid crystal panel, further including disposing a strip, so that the liquid crystal panel is supported by a first side of the strip, and a second side of the strip opposite to the first side is supported on an inner side of the back cover. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083268 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULE, OPTICAL UNIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical panel is disposed in a panel housing portion formed inside of a frame. A heat radiation member made of metal is provided so as to overlap an exposed part from a first light transmitting plate on a second surface of a first substrate using the electro-optical panel, and the heat radiation member and the frame are fixed by an adhesive. A step portion is formed on a side surface of the panel housing portion, a surface facing the heat radiation member in a Z-axis direction is used as a first bonding surface, and a surface facing the heat radiation member in an X-axis direction (inner side surface of a plate-like portion) is used as a second bonding surface. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083269 | Compound Optical Diaphragm, Backlight Module and Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention discloses a compound optical diaphragm, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device; the compound optical diaphragm comprises at least two cross brightness enhancement films (BEF*2), wherein a DF with high forward penetration rate is attached to the BEFs. The forward penetration rate of the DF with high forward penetration rate is more than 85% and less than 95%. In the present invention, by completely studying the relationship between the forward penetration rate of the DF and the luminance gain of the overall optical diaphragm in the structure formed by the DF and the cross BEFs, the appropriate range of the forward penetration rate of the DF with high forward penetration rate is determined; the optical effect of the DF is guaranteed; the luminance gain of the compound optical diaphragm is obviously increased; and the appropriate luminance of the backlight module is achieved. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083270 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device in which uneven brightness in a side-light type backlight unit is reduced, the uneven brightness being generated through reflection of light from a light source at an interface of an engaging cutout portion for preventing a light guide plate from shifting. A light guide plate ( | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083271 | BLUE PHASE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A blue phase liquid crystal display device includes a backlight module and a blue phase liquid crystal display panel. The backlight module includes a plurality of light sources. The light sources generate a plurality of primary color lights with different bands. The blue phase liquid crystal display panel includes a blue phase liquid crystal layer. The blue phase liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of blue phase liquid crystal molecules and a plurality of chiral dopants. The blue phase liquid crystal layer has a reflection band. The reflection band is located between the bands of two adjacent primary color lights. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083272 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - In a liquid crystal display device, there is provided a liquid crystal display panel in which a TFT substrate and a counter substrate are bonded together by a sealing material, with a liquid crystal sandwiched between the substrates. Further, a front window with a black border print formed in the periphery is bonded to the liquid crystal display panel by a UV curable resin. The liquid crystal, is filled by a drop method. The thickness of the TFT substrate and the counter substrate is reduced to about 0.2 mm toy polishing. An inner end of the black border print of the front window is inside an inner end or the sealing material, to prevent the counter substrate of the liquid crystal display panel from being deformed by stress generated In the curing of the UV curable resin, thereby preventing yellow discoloration in the periphery of the display area. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083273 | SURFACE FILM FOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, POLARIZING PLATE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an optical film to be used as a surface film for image display device, which comprises an optically anisotropic layer and a hard coat layer in this order on one surface of a transparent support, the optically anisotropic layer and the hard coat layer being brought into direct contact with each other, wherein the optically anisotropic layer is formed of an optically anisotropic layer forming composition containing a liquid crystalline compound having an unsaturated double bond; the hard coat layer is formed of a hard coat layer forming composition containing a compound having an unsaturated double bond and has a film thickness of from 3 to 30 μm; and the optical film has an in-plane retardation of from 80 to 200 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083274 | CELLULOSE ACYLATE LAMINATE FILM AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, POLARIZER AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose acylate laminate film containing a skin B layer that contains a cellulose acetate satisfying 2.50≦Z2<3.00 (Z2 means a total degree of acyl substitution) and a core layer that is thicker than the skin B layer and contains a cellulose acylate satisfying 2.00| 2013-04-04 | |
| 20130083275 | DISPLAY MODULE - A display module is provided, which includes a display panel and an ESD protection member. The display panel includes a rear substrate, a front substrate, a front color filter, and an electrical connection layer. The front substrate is stacked on the rear substrate and includes a manifesting area and a perimeter area surrounding the display area. The front color filter is relative to the manifesting area and is disposed on the front surface of the front substrate. The electrical connection layer is relative to the manifesting area and the perimeter area and is sandwiched between the front color filter and the front substrate. The ESD protection member, a flexible printed circuit, is connected to the electrical connection layer and is electrically grounded. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083276 | PRINTING SHEET FOR PRINTING STEREO PICTURE, STEREO PICTURE PRINT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STEREO PICTURE PRINT, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING STEREO PICTURE - Provided is a stereo picture print having reduced crosstalk and ghost images. The printing sheet for printing a stereo picture comprises, in sequence: a light-transmissive image receiving layer; a linearly polarizing layer; and a retardation layer, wherein the retardation layer is formed by fixing in an aligned state a composition containing a compound having refractive index anisotropy and is patterned into a first domain and a second domain which have different in-plane slow axes or have different in-plane retardations. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083277 | OPTICAL FILM, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, TRANSFERRING MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FILM - An optical film, which exhibits a high, optically compensatory function and can be stably manufactured by continuous production, can be provided. The optical film comprises an optically anisotropic layer comprising discotic liquid crystal fixed into a hybrid alignment, an adhesion layer having no alignment controllability and a substrate in that order, wherein the hybrid alignment is conditioned such that an angle defined by a director of the discotic liquid crystal in a region close to an interface with air and the normal to the film is larger than an angle defined by a director of the discotic liquid crystal in the vicinity of an interface with the adhesion layer and the normal to the film, and the total thickness of the film is 0.1 μm to 70 μm. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083278 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device in which a good alignment state can be obtained, and the occurrence of AC image sticking can be suppressed. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules and being interposed between a pair of substrates, and an alignment layer provided on a side of the liquid crystal layer in at least one of the substrates, wherein the alignment layer includes a liquid crystal alignment polymer having a property of controlling and aligning the liquid crystal molecules, and the surface side chain density in the alignment layer is not less than 2.0. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083279 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates of which one substrate is provided with a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of common wirings, a first insulation film covering the scanning lines, the common wirings, and the one substrate, a plurality of signal lines provided on the first insulation film, a thin film transistor provided near an intersection part of the scanning lines and the signal lines, a lower electrode formed below the first insulation film and connected to the common wirings, a second insulation film formed on surfaces of the thin film transistor, the signal lines, and the first insulation film, and an upper electrode formed on the second insulation film and having a slit, a display region in which the liquid crystal layer is driven by an electric field, and a non-display region that is formed outside the display region. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083280 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE OF FRINGE FIELD SWITCHING MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An array substrate of a fringe field switching (FFS) mode liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The gate electrodes and the common electrode of the FFS mode LCD panel are formed on the array substrate by the same photolithographic process, and the common electrode, the gate lines and the gate electrodes are disposed on the same layer. The passivation layer of the FFS mode LCD panel is formed on the pixel electrodes. The passivation layer has a plurality of first openings, and each of the first openings at least partially exposes the pixel electrodes. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083281 | ENCAPSULATED PIXELS FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device comprising an array of encapsulated pixels. The encapsulating pixel includes an optical element which is altered from a first optical state to a second optical state upon when a potential difference is generated across it. The optical element is in contact with two electrodes which are connected to a pixel driver for generating the potential difference. The encapsulated pixel is hermetically sealed from the environment by a sealing layer and the driver receives power wirelessly via an inductive power transmission system. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083282 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION TERMINAL INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a sealant provided between the first substrate and the second substrate to define a display area to be filled with a liquid crystal and a liquid crystal injection port defined by the first substrate, the second substrate and the sealant, wherein regions where the first substrate, the second substrate and the sealant are positioned on a same plane are provided on opposite sides of the liquid crystal injection port, each of the regions where the first substrate, the second substrate and the sealant are positioned on the same plane having a length equal to 0.26e | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083283 | BLUE PHASE LIQUID CRYSTAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC), comprising steps of: a temperature control step which controls a temperature of a liquid crystal (LC) mixture within a range of a coexistence temperature of the blue phase and the isotropic phase; a temperature descending step which descends the temperature of the LC mixture to an operation temperature of the blue phase, wherein the operation temperature of the blue phase is higher than the phase transition temperature of the blue phase and the lower temperature phase; and a repeating step which repeats the temperature control step and the temperature descending step. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083284 | SWITCH ELEMENT COMPRISING A LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a switch element, which is thermo-responsive and which switches between a less transmissive state for radiant energy and a more transmissive state for radiant energy, and which comprises a liquid-crystalline medium. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the switch element for the regulation of radiant energy flow between interior spaces and the environment and for the regulation of the temperature of interior spaces. The invention furthermore relates to a liquid-crystalline medium, characterised in that it comprises 5-60% of a compound of the formula (I), in particular for use in the switch elements according to the invention. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083285 | EYEWEAR LENS ATTACHMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A goggle is disclosed having a frame with upper and lower frame portions with the upper frame portion being substantially more rigid than the lower frame portion. A fastener secures the upper perimeter of a lens to the upper frame portion. The lower portion includes slots receiving tabs extending from opposing sides of a notch in the lens for receiving the wearer's nose. The fastener includes an elongate member insertable within a slot formed in the lens and rotatable to a crosswise position hindering removal of the elongate member from the slot. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083286 | METHOD OF CREATING A VISIBLE MARK ON LENS USING A LEUCO DYE - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a lens having at least one visible mark including the steps of (i) manufacturing a lens containing a leuco dye and (ii) activating the leuco dye t in at least a portion of said contact lens o change the color of the leuco dye to create the visible mark. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083287 | METHOD OF CREATING A VISIBLE MARK ON LENS USING A LEUCO DYE - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a contact lens having a visible mark including the steps of (i) curing a hydrogel having reactive components including a leuco dye and a silicone component to form the contact lens and (ii) activating the leuco dye in at least a portion of said contact lens to change the color of the leuco dye to create the visible mark; wherein the leuco dye contains at least one methacrylate, acrylate, or styrene functional group, and the leuco dye polymerizes with the silicone component during the curing step. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083288 | Optical Lens, Method for Designing Optical Lens, and Apparatus for Manufacturing Optical Lens - optical lens including, an object-side surface including an atoric surface element and an eyeball-side surface including an element that cancels a surface power shift produced by the atoric surface element, wherein the atoric surface element causes horizontal surface power at a fitting point to be greater than vertical surface power at the fitting point and causes a difference between the horizontal surface power and the vertical surface power to decrease along a horizontal reference line passing through the fitting point in a direction from the fitting point toward a periphery of the optical lens or causes a sign of the difference between the horizontal surface power and the vertical surface power to change along the horizontal reference line. | 2013-04-04 |
| 20130083289 | Module for Transmitting a Light Beam and Surgical Microscope with Deflecting Element and Fundus Imaging System - The invention is directed to a module for transmitting a light beam ( | 2013-04-04 |
