| 15th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 18 |
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| 20090091615 | Optimization Strategies for GPU View Projection Matrix Implementation - A method and system for optimizing a data structure for manipulation of matrices in a parallel environment limits computational branching. The data structure further is further optimized for linear data storage and synchronization among multiple processing threads. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091616 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided, in which content and position information generated independently of each other are recorded in a recording medium. The apparatus includes a recording medium in which the content and the position information are recorded and a deletion unit deleting position information temporally associated with a piece of the content from the recording medium when the piece of content is deleted from the recording medium. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091617 | ELECTRONIC BABY REMOTE VIEWER - The invention is an electronic remote baby viewer for placement near a baby or child, so that a person interested in monitoring the baby can view the baby from another room of a house, or from outside the house. The unit includes a zoom function which zooms to the lower center, to the right, left, lower left, or lower right of the screen in order to give the user a view of those regions in order to better see a baby. The unit can be mounted crib side, or in a position to view a baby in a car seat in an automobile. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091618 | ELECTRONIC VIEWER FOR PEEPHOLE - The invention is an electronic viewer for placement in a door so that a person inside a residence may view, on an electronic screen, a person who is outside the door. The unit includes a zoom function which zooms to the lower center, to the right, left, lower left, or lower right of the screen in order to give the user inside the door a better view of a person or persons outside the door. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091619 | HID & IR spotlight with integrated camera system - A spotlight, including hardware for mounting to a vehicle (especially a police or security vehicle), including an HID lamp or other visible light illuminator, an infrared illuminator, and an integrated camera system including a video capture device for providing a video feed formed using the visible or infrared light, and a remote terminal including a viewer for viewing the video feed. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091620 | ELECTRONIC SECURITY SYSTEM - The invention is an electronic security system for placement in a building so that a person may view, on an electronic screen, an image from one of several digital cameras placed around the building. The unit includes a zoom function which zooms to the lower center, to the right, left, lower left, or lower right of the screen in order to give the user inside the door a better view of a person or persons viewed in a digital camera inside or outside the building. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091621 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera is capable of sensing ultraviolet (UV) intensity. The digital camera includes an UV processing module, a memory, a microprocessor, and a power management module. The UV processing module measures outside UV, so as to generate an UV intensity value and output the UV intensity value to the microprocessor, such that the microprocessor compares the UV intensity value with an UV index (UVI) table stored in the memory to output a comparison value, and the UVI is then displayed on a display. The power management module activates a power management mode according to the comparison value, so as to turn off the power of the camera according to the time-counting about the UV intensity, thereby warning a user of the camera. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091622 | ABNORMALITY DETECTING APPARATUS - An abnormality detecting apparatus comprises a synchronous detecting circuit for detecting a synchronous signal from a video signal outputted from a camera unit, and an abnormality detecting circuit for judging whether or not a first direct current signal level obtained from an input path of said video signal is greater than a predetermined first threshold value, whether or not a second direct current signal level obtained from said input path of said video signal is smaller than a predetermined second threshold value, and whether or not said synchronous signal is detected by said synchronous detecting circuit, and determining that said input path of said video signal is in one of a normal state, an open state, a power connected state, and a ground connected state based on the result of the judgments. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091623 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR USE IN CALIBRATION OF A PROJECTOR IMAGE DISPLAY TOWARDS A DISPLAY SCREEN, AND A DISPLAY SCREEN FOR SUCH USE - A method and a device for use in calibrating a projector image display towards a display screen, wherein the display screen is equipped with a plurality of discrete light detection points on or in the front surface of the screen, or located immediately below the front surface, wherein each light detection point or groups thereof are associated with a light detector, wherein at least one image is projected towards the display screen, and wherein it is determined which image pixel or pixels of the projected image hit the respective detection point on the screen, and/or wherein brightness and/or colours in the projected image are correlated by comparing measurements at the detection points and relevant projector parameters are adjusted correspondingly. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091624 | Content recording apparatus - A content recording apparatus ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091625 | DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA WITH RETRACTABLE DATA CONNECTOR AND RESIDENT SOFTWARE APPLICATION - A digital video camera may include a digital video image sensor for capturing digital video footage to be stored on an internal memory. The digital video image sensor and internal memory may be housed in a camera body. A retractable arm having a data connector may be attached to the camera body. The arm can be extended from and retracted into the camera body, while the data connector can be used to transfer digital video footage to an external device, such as a computer. The data connector may conform to a standard for connecting peripheral devices, such as the Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard or the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1394 (IEEE 1394) standard. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091626 | DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA WITH RETRACTABLE DATA CONNECTOR AND RESIDENT SOFTWARE APPLICATION - A digital video camera may include a digital video image sensor for capturing digital video footage to be stored on an internal memory. The digital video image sensor and internal memory may be housed in a camera body. A retractable arm having a data connector may be attached to the camera body. The arm can be extended from and retracted into the camera body, while the data connector can be used to transfer digital video footage to an external device, such as a computer. The data connector may conform to a standard for connecting peripheral devices, such as the Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard or the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1394 (IEEE 1394) standard. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091627 | Camera System With Real-Time Dithering And Printing Capabilities - A camera system includes an image sensor configured to capture an image. A memory is coupled to the image sensor and is configured to store the captured image. A printhead interface is coupled to the memory, and is configured to take a planarized linear image obtained from the stored image and produce a dithered image in real-time. A printhead is coupled to, and controlled by, the printhead interface to print the dithered image. An ink supply is provided in fluid communication with the printhead and supplies a plurality of coloured inks to the printhead for printing. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091628 | Printer and Print-Condition Setting Method for the Same - An interface, to which a recording medium storing at least one first setting information item is removably attached to a printer. A storage stores hardware specification data. A reader reads out the at least one first setting information item from the recording medium attached to the interface. A register judges whether the at least one read out first setting information item matches with the hardware specification data, and registers the first setting information item which matches with the hardware specification data as at least one second setting information item. A selector selects one of the at least one second setting information item as a print condition. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091629 | TV/Movie actor identifcation device - The Invention is for aiding a person to identify the probable name of a TV or Movie actor by pointing the device at the full face of the actor and clicking a button which captures the image of the actor and compares the image against a database using facial recognition software. The list of probable answers is then either displayed on the device screen or on the TV screen next to the actor that was requested to be identified. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091630 | FLEXIBLE MOUNTABLE SOFTWARE CONTROLLABLE LED RINGLIGHT - An image acquisition system including a housed ringlight for providing illumination to an object to be photographed, and a mounting system for camera attachment, the camera having a camera power supply. A camera power output jack and a camera communication jack are provided, and a power connector is electrically connected to a power input jack of the ringlight to supply power from the camera. A ringlight communication jack and communication connector are provided for interconnecting the ringlight and the camera through the camera communication jack, and a data communication connector is provided for connecting the camera to a computer including software for controlling the camera and the ringlight. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091631 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STABLY CORRECTING HANDSHAKE IN CAMERA PANNING SITUATION - Provided are an apparatus and method for stably correcting handshake that occurs during a camera panning situation. In the method, movement information is accumulated by a predetermined unit for a predetermined period of time. A regression model is matched to the accumulated movement information so as to determine a situation as one of a panning mode and a handshake mode. Switching is performed between the handshake mode and the panning mode according to the size of a matching factor generated by the matched regression model. Handshake is corrected on the basis of a handshake correcting amount determined according to one of the handshake mode and the panning mode. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091632 | Image Sensor - This image sensor includes a flexible wiring board connected with an optical sensor, bent around the portion connected with the optical sensor and so formed as to generate urging force oppositely to the bent direction and a support portion having a first support surface supporting the optical sensor. The optical sensor is urged toward the first support surface of the support portion to be fixed thereto due to the urging force of the flexible wiring board arranged in the bent manner. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091633 | IMAGE-TAKING METHOD AND APPARATUS - There is provided an image-taking method and apparatus capable of quickly taking an image in which a human face is in focus. When an instruction to take an image is input, multiple images are taken with different focus positions. A human face in each of the images is detected, an area enclosing a detected human face is set as a focus evaluation area, and a focus evaluation value is calculated. Once focus evaluation values for all the images taken have been calculated, the image with the highest focus evaluation value among the images is chosen and recorded. Thus, an image in which the human face is in focus can be readily taken without having to perform cumbersome operations such as an image choosing operation. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091634 | DIGITAL LOW-LIGHT VIEWING DEVICE - A low-light viewing device includes a housing, having mounted thereto: a lens, an electronic camera for receiving light focused by the lens and for providing an output signal; a display for receiving the output signal and displaying an image detected by the camera; a controller for controlling the camera and the display, and a user interface for operating the controller. The lens may be a fixed focus lens having an F number of less than about 1, and a T number of less than about 1.5. The display may have a resolution at least as great as the resolution of the camera. The device may have a processor programmed to provide control signals to the camera and display depending on a selected light environment. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091635 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A display control device includes: a composite image generating unit configured to generate a composite image by compositing a unit image and a still image, such that a still image which is correlated with a moving image and has a still image aspect ratio different from a moving image aspect ratio, is superimposed on a portion of a unit image of the moving image which is formed of multiple temporally continuous unit images having a moving image aspect ratio; and a display control unit configured to display the composite image on a display screen of a display unit. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091636 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, CAMERA APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SIGNAL OUTPUT APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus and method for obtaining an image signal to be processed. A classification information obtaining section obtains classification information indicating the image signal as one of a plurality of image signal types. The plurality of image signal types include a first type comprising a plurality of frames extracted from a large still image, the frames being extracted by moving an extracting area in units of an integer pixel per frame over the large still image, extracting the frames corresponding to the extraction area, and outputting an image signal corresponding to the frames. An image signal processing section then performs processing on the image signal based on the classification information. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091637 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for achieving the exchange of pieces of image data between a plurality of image processing apparatuses includes: a feature value extraction unit for extracting a feature value included in image data; a feature value transfer unit for transferring to another image processing apparatus a feature value extracted from image data to be exchanged; a feature value reception unit for receiving a feature value transferred from the other image processing apparatus; a first determination unit for determining whether the received feature value matches a feature value included in image data of a captured image; an image data transfer unit for transferring the image data of the captured image to the other image processing apparatus when there is a match between the feature values; and an image data reception unit for receiving image data of a captured image transferred from the other image processing apparatus. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091638 | Erroneous erasure determination apparatus, method and computer program product, and image file generation apparatus - An erroneous erasure determination apparatus is provided, which determines whether or not image data in an image file are likely to have been erroneously erased based on auxiliary information attached thereto which indicates whether or not the image file is recorded in a multi-page format, and information which indicates the number of image data recorded in the image file. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091639 | PEN-SHAPED MODULAR CAMERA ASSEMBLY HAVING AN EFFECTS MODULE - Provided is a pen-shaped modular camera assembly. The assembly includes a camera module having an image sensor for capturing an image in an RGB (red, green, blue) color space. The assembly also includes a central processing module arranged in communication with the camera module. The central processing module includes a central processor that includes a RISC processor core and a memory for storing operating instructions to operate the camera module and image data for manipulation by the processor core. The assembly also includes an effects module having a choose actuator which enables a user to choose between a number of different types of effects to be applied to a stored image; a select actuator which enables the user to select one of the effects, and an apply actuator which enables the user to apply the effect to the stored image. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091640 | Digital camera with special effect viewfinder, image displaying method on the viewfinder, and photographing method with the digital camera - A digital camera with a viewfinder, an image displaying method on the viewfinder, and a photographing method with the digital camera are provided. The digital camera includes: a lens unit receiving the image light of an object and forming an image; a photoelectric conversion device converting the formed image into an electrical signal; a viewfinder changing the path of the light passing through the lens unit so that a user can observe the object; a special effect unit disposed in the path of light of the viewfinder and producing a special effect on an image to be displayed on the viewfinder; and a control unit connected to the photoelectric conversion device and the special effect unit and driving the special effect unit according to a selected special effect mode. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091641 | Solid-state image capturing apparatus and electronic information device - A solid-state image capturing apparatus is provided, the apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix therein; an A/D conversion circuit for performing A/D conversion of pixel signals that are read out from pixels of the pixel section to output digital pixel values; and a correcting logic circuit for receiving the digital pixel values outputted from the A/D conversion circuit and correcting the digital pixel value of effective pixels on each of horizontal pixel lines based on an average horizontal optical black value, which is an average digital pixel value of a plurality of shaded pixels in a corresponding horizontal pixel line. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091642 | Image defect correction system using directional detection - An image defect correction system using directional detection. An image data memory stores a two-dimensional image data output from an image capturing device. A decision means decides whether a target pix cell is a defective pix cell by deciding whether an image data of the target pix cell is a prominent spot using a plurality of image data of the target pix cell and 8 adjacent pix cells arranged in 4 directions of upper-lower, left-right, lower-right and upper-right, counting direction number having the prominent spot, and deciding whether the target pix cell is the defective pix cell according to the counted direction number. A replacement means replaces the image data of the target pix cell with a predetermined image data when the target pix cell is determined to be the defective pix cell. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091643 | Image-Acquisition Apparatus - An image-acquisition apparatus is provided, including a correction-coefficient calculating unit | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091644 | Metallic nanostructure color filter array and method of making the same - A color filter array with metallic nanostructures and a method of fabricating the same. The color filter array is fabricated by forming a plurality of color filter regions corresponding to pixels of a pixel array, the color filter regions being formed of metallic nanostructures having different optical properties and being arranged in a color filter pattern. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091645 | Multi-exposure pattern for enhancing dynamic range of images - The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for enhancing a dynamic range of an image with a multi-exposure pixel pattern taken by an image sensor of a camera for one or more color channels, wherein a plurality of groups of pixels of the image sensor have different exposure times (e.g., pre-selected or adjusted by a user through a user interface using a viewfinder feedback, or adjusted by a user through a user interface after taking and storing RAW image, etc.). Processing of the captured image for constructing an enhanced image of the image for each of the one or more color channels can be performed using weighted combination of exposure times of pixels having different pre-selected exposure times according to a predetermined criterion. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091646 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Interpolated image data is generated from image-sensing data according to the color characteristic of an object. A color filter that has a strong correlation with the color characteristic of an object in image-sensing data captured by an image sensing device having a color filter array in which filters of a plurality of colors are arranged is determined. Interpolated image data of a color component corresponding to the determined color filter is generated by using the pixel values of the image-sensing data corresponding to the color filter. Interpolated image data of the color component corresponding to each of color filters different from the determined color filter is generated by using the generated interpolated image data and the pixel values of the image-sensing data corresponding to each of the color filters different from the determined color filter. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091647 | IMAGE SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHODS EMPLOYING UNIT PIXEL GROUPS WITH OVERLAPPING GREEN SPECTRAL CONTENT - An apparatus includes an array of color-selective sensors arranged as a plurality of repeating 2×2 unit pixel groups. Each sensor of a unit pixel group of the array is selective for a color including a green component. The unit pixel group includes respective sensors selective for respective first and second colors and two sensors selective for a third color. Signals from the sensors of the unit pixel groups may define a first color signal space, and the apparatus may further include an image processor circuit configured to receive image sensor signals from the array of color-selective sensors and to process the image sensor signals to generate image signals in a second color signal space. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091648 | Multi-resolution Image Sensor Array with High Image Quality Pixel Readout Circuitry - A configurable, compact multi-resolution linear image sensor array is disclosed. The multi-resolution image sensor array employs a spatial array of photoelectric sites with each site having an image output terminal and a cluster of switched photo-detector elements. To effect a high quality snapshot operation mode for a high pixel count array, a transfer control switch is added bridging each photo-detector element and its correspondingly connected negative input terminal of an operational amplifier to form an active pixel sensor circuit. To minimize a reset kTC noise associated with numerous traditional active pixel sensor circuits, an in-pixel KTC noise-correlated correlated multiple sampling (CMS) circuitry is also proposed to replace an otherwise traditional correlated double sampling (CDS) circuitry. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091649 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT VIEWER - The invention is an electronic viewer for documents for use by visually impaired viewers. The unit includes a digital camera lens unit and a digital viewing screen unit for placement over a document. A zoom function allows the user to zoom to the lower center, to the right, left, lower left, or lower right of the screen in order to give the user inside the door a better view of portions of the document being viewed. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091650 | DIGITAL CAMERA CAPABLE OF APPROPRIATELY DISCRIMINATING THE FACE OF A PERSON - In a digital camera, when a shutter button is depressed into its half stroke, a subject is photographed as a preparatory image, in which the face of a person is identified as a face area. Such a face area at the latest time is compared with a corresponding face area in another preparatory image taken immediately preceding to the latest time. If no substantial difference exists between both, the face area is determined as a stationary object and excluded from a set of identified face areas, of which the remaining ones are adopted as the face areas selected, based on which, optimum exposure and focusing values are calculated. When the shutter button is depressed into its full stroke, the calculated optimum exposure is carried out with the optimum focusing value to photograph a subject as a live image. The face area of the subject is freely selectable. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091651 | DUAL CAMERA APPARATUS - Camera apparatus with dual lenses that allows quickly switching between lenses in a single camera. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091652 | LED FLASH CONTROL - An image recording apparatus with a solid state light emitting device is provided that controls one or more exposure settings for an image recording in low light conditions in response to a level of light reflected from a scene illuminated with the solid state light emitting device. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091653 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS - A video signal processing apparatus, for achieving high resolution, with using a small number of frames, as an input videos signal, comprises: an input unit, into which a video frame is inputted; and a resolution converter unit for obtaining an output video frame by increasing a number of pixels building up the input video frame, wherein the resolution converter unit has a same-brightness direction estimation unit, which is configured to produce a sampling phase difference for each video data, by estimating a same-brightness direction for each video data on the input video frame, and the resolution converter unit conducts a high resolution process of video with using the sampling phase difference, which is produced by the same-brightness direction estimation unit. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091654 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - This aims at providing an image recording apparatus and an image recording method which can output an image suitable for an aspect ratio of a display screen. When connection history data does not fulfill a predetermined condition, predetermined viewpoint image data is selected as a representative image. On the other hand, when the connection history data fulfills the predetermined condition, image data of a plurality of viewpoints taken by the image pickup units are synthesized to generate panoramic image data horizontally wider than the image data of viewpoints, and the generated image data is set as representative image data. Then, the panoramic image file which includes image data of respective viewpoints as sub-image data as well as the representative image data, is generated in the multi-page format, and is recorded in the memory card. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091655 | SYNCHRONIZING REMOTE AUDIO WITH FIXED VIDEO - A multimedia device ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091656 | Display device and transmitting device - A display device includes a signal receiving unit, an image display unit, a communicating unit, a position designating unit, and an information transmitting unit. The signal receiving unit receives a video signal by a differential signal through a plurality of channels from an external apparatus via a transmission path. The image display unit processes the vide signal received in the signal receiving unit to display an image. The communicating unit performs a bi-directional communication by using a predetermined line which constitutes the transmission path. The position designating unit designates a position on a display screen of the image display unit. The information transmitting unit transmits, by the communicating unit, coordinate information on the position designated by the position designating unit to the external apparatus. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091657 | WEB TELEVISION THAT PERFORMS A PIP CONTROL FUNCTION - A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for display by a speaker of the web television. The internet module is arranged to supply internet video for display on the display and to supply internet audio for display by the speaker of the web television, and the internet video and audio are derived from internet communications between the web television and internet content providers. The PIP module is arranged to provide a PIP area within a main area of the display. The internet video and the television video may be swapped between the PIP area and the main area of the display, and the speaker of the web television may be swapped between the internet audio and the television audio. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091658 | AV SYSTEM - The AV system is an AV system comprising a display device and a plurality of AV appliances including an AV appliance having plural functions connected by way of a digital interface, in which the types of plural AV functions, and information of input and output of video signal and audio signal are acquired by way of the digital interface, and icons of plural AV appliances, and the connection state diagram showing the flow of video signal and audio signal are displayed on the display device, and the AV appliances can be operated from the connection state diagram. In this AV system, the connection relation of AV appliances, and the flow of video and audio signals can be recognized intuitively, and the appliances can be operated easily from the television screen. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091659 | MOTION DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD, LUMINANCE/CHROMINANCE SIGNAL SEPARATION DEVICE AND METHOD, NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - The motion detection device includes an oblique correlation detection section, a motion detection section and a motion determination section. The oblique correlation detection section detects a correlation in an oblique direction (oblique correlation) of a composite video signal. The motion detection section detects a motion amount based on an inter-frame difference of the composite video signal. The motion determination section determines the presence/absence of a motion in the composite video signal based on the motion amount detected by the motion detection section. The motion determination section determines the presence/absence of the motion considering the detection results of the oblique correlation by the oblique correlation detection section. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091660 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING COLOR COMPONENTS OF PIXEL THROUGH ADDING WHITE LIGHT ADAPTIVELY - A method and an apparatus of processing a plurality of color components of a pixel are provided. The method includes: finding a maximum value of the color components; determining a scaling factor and an adjusting value according to the maximum value; and adjusting each of the color components according to a multiplication utilizing the scaling factor and an addition utilizing the adjusting value. The apparatus includes: a maximum value determining module, for finding a maximum value of the color components; a first adjustment control module, coupled to the maximum value determining module, for determining a scaling factor and an adjusting value according to the maximum value; and an adjusting module, coupled to the first adjustment control module, for adjusting each of the color components according to a multiplication utilizing the scaling factor and an addition utilizing the adjusting value. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091661 | Video Auto Enhancing Algorithm - A method for enhancing a video includes applying a linear histogram stretch, a gamma correction, and sigma row, column, and temporal filters to the video. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091662 | CHANNEL SCANNING METHOD - A method for operating a demodulator to demodulate a first channel is provided. The demodulator stores parameters of a second channel that is scanned before the first channel. The method comprises the following steps. First, the demodulator is reset. Second, an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing acquisition is processed to search Transmission Parameter Signaling and mode/guard interval parameters for the first channel and using the parameters of the second channel to process a forward error correction acquisition for the first channel. Third, a determining step is performed to determine whether or not the forward error correction for the first channel is locked and the Transmission Parameter Signaling for the first channel are not locked. Finally, the parameters of the second channel is used to demodulate the first channel when the forward error correction of the first channel is locked and the Transmission Parameter Signaling of the first channel are not locked. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091663 | RECEIVER FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECEPTION SIGNALS - A receiver can handle different types of reception signals, such as, for example, TV and FM-radio signals. In the receiver, a mixer (MIX) mixes a reception signal with an oscillator signal (OOS) so as to obtain a mixer output signal (MOS), which comprises a frequency-shifted version of the reception signal. An intermediate frequency amplifier (IFAMP) applies an amplified mixer output signal (MOSA) to two different intermediate frequency filters: one for first type reception signals and another for second type reception signals. A switchable coupling section (DBTP, SWA) is coupled between the mixer (MIX) and the intermediate frequency amplifier (IFAMP). The switchable coupling section (DBTP, SWA) is switchable to a first state and a second state. In the first state, the mixer output signal (MOS) substantially reaches an input (IAD) of the intermediate frequency amplifier (IFAMP) via a first coupling path (DTBP). In the second state, the mixer output signal (MOS) substantially reaches the input (IAD) of the intermediate frequency amplifier (IFAMP) via a second coupling path (SWA). | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091664 | ERGONOMIC LEARNING REMOTE CONTROL - A parentally superintended remote control unit (SCU) physically engineered and electronically adapted to the special operating requirements of toddlers and preschoolers is disclosed. The parentally superintended remote control unit comprises at least one enclosure ergonomically designed to fit the hands and digits of said toddler, at least one toddler oriented button operated graphical unit interface (GUI), offering access to at least one electronic device function. In addition the remote control unit comprises at least one computerized processing means; at least one memory means adapted to store said parentally customizable specifications; and at least one communication means adapted to enable communication between said control unit and an electronic device preferably a TV. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091665 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CHANGING EDID INFORMATION THEREOF - A display apparatus connected to a video/audio output device includes at least two connecting portions to connect with the video/audio output device, a first storage unit to store extended display identification data (EDID) information to be provided to the video/audio output device, a second storage unit to store EDID information corresponding to the two connecting portions respectively, and a controller to change the EDID information stored in the first storage unit into one information of a currently connected connecting portion among the EDID information stored in the second storage unit when the connecting portion connected with the video/audio output device is changed. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091666 | Image Projection Apparatus - An image projector according to the present invention includes a light source for emitting a laser beam, of which the intensity has been modulated in accordance with a modulation signal representing an image to be projected, and a beam deflection section for deflecting the laser beam two-dimensionally such that the image is produced by repeatedly scanning a screen with the laser beam in a predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern has a repetitive frequency that is lower than a frame rate of the image. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091667 | EMBEDDED STEREOSCOPIC 3D DISPLAY AND 2D DISPLAY FILM STACK - An LCD device with 3D and 2D sections. The device includes an LCD panel, a light guide with a backlight, and an embedded 3D-2D film stack positioned between the LCD panel and the light guide. The 3D and 2D sections provide for simultaneously viewing visual content in 3D and 2D formats. The device can also include a frame providing a barrier between the 3D and 2D sections and can include other features to enhance the display. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091668 | STRETCHED FILM FOR STEREOSCOPIC 3D DISPLAY - A stereoscopic 3D display with stretched film. The display includes a liquid crystal display panel, drive electronics configured to drive the liquid crystal display panel with alternating left eye and right eye images, and a light guide and a backlight positioned to provide light to the liquid crystal display. A frame is positioned between the liquid crystal display panel and the light guide, and a 3D film is stretched over the frame. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091669 | MULTI-DOMAIN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ARRAY SUBSTRATE THEREOF - An array substrate includes a transparent plate, a plurality of metallic signal lines, an insulating layer, a plurality of first and auxiliary electrodes, and a plurality of active components. The metallic signal lines are formed on the transparent plate, and the insulating layer is formed on the transparent plate and covers the metallic signal lines. The pixel electrodes are regularly arranged on the insulating layer, with a spacing region existing between two adjacent pixel electrodes. The auxiliary electrodes are provided on the insulating layer, and each auxiliary electrode is spread at least in the spacing region and at least partially surrounds one pixel electrode to produce fringe fields. The active components are connected between the metallic signal lines and the pixel electrodes. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091670 | PIXEL CIRCUIT STRUCTURE - A pixel circuit structure applied in an LCD panel, which has a common voltage and includes at least one data line, is provided. The pixel circuit structure includes a first and a second circuit. The first circuit includes a first switch and a first capacitor. The second circuit includes a second switch, a third switch and a second capacitor. One end of the first capacitor receives the common voltage. Two ends of the first switch are respectively coupled to the data line and the other end of the first capacitor. The second and the third switch are coupled serially between the data line and a voltage source. One end of the second capacitor receives the common voltage, and the other end is coupled between the second and the third switch. The potential difference between the two ends of the first capacitor is different from that of the second capacitor. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091671 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, DISPLAY, TELEVISION RECEIVER - An active matrix substrate includes: storage capacitor wirings ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091672 | Liquid crystal display device - Provided is a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel including at least two domains generating electric fields of different directions. A contact part disposed in the boundary between the domains electrically connects a common line with a common electrode. The common line is disposed in a pixel adjacent to the pixel, so that both a viewing angle and an aperture ratio can be improved. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091673 | Display panel and dielectric apparatus with ESD protection effect - A display panel and an electric apparatus with ESD protection effect are disclosed. The display panel comprises a panel substrate and patterned conductive layers stacked over the panel substrate. The display panel also has an array display area and a driving area. A first conductive layer of the patterned conductive layers comprises substantially repetitive patterns inside the driving area. The first conductive layer also has a dummy bar formed beside an edge pattern of the substantially repetitive patterns. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091674 | Making LCD substrates - A display substrate includes a pixel, first, second and third gate lines, and a source line. The pixel includes first, second and third unit pixels, each generating a different color. The first, second and third gate lines are electrically connected to respective ones of the first, second and third unit pixels. The source line is electrically connected to each of the first, second and third unit pixels. Each of the first, second and third unit pixels includes a common electrode and a respective pixel electrode. The common electrode is formed on a substrate. The pixel electrodes are disposed over the common electrode such that the pixel electrode face the common electrode. Each of the pixel electrodes has a plurality of openings therethrough. This arrangement results in a wider display viewing angle and a reduction in the required number of source driver chips. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091675 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An LCD device adapted to implement a higher aperture ratio and to reduce its power consumption is disclosed. The LCD device includes: gate lines and data lines crossing each other to define pixel regions; a thin film transistor formed in each intersecting region of the gate lines and the data lines; a reflection electrode of plane shape, electrically connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode disposed in each of the pixel regions; and a common electrode having a slit structure, over the pixel electrode and the reflection electrode. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091676 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An active matrix substrate including, in each pixel area, a transistor, a pixel electrode ( | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091677 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method for manufacturing the same, capable of preventing problems (i.e., movement of balls, damage to the surfaces that face spacers upon application of predetermined pressure, and variation in cell gap) associated with the use of the ball spacers. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a spacer formed on the first substrate, wherein the spacer includes a plurality of balls and a solid to aggregate the balls together and adhere the balls to the first substrate, a hard coating layer formed on the second substrate facing the spacer, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091678 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes gate and data lines crossing on a substrate, common lines parallel to and between the gate lines, thin film transistors at crossing portions of the gate and data lines, and a pixel electrode. The common lines define pixel regions, which are each divided into first and second regions by the corresponding gate line. The thin film transistors each include a gate electrode in a first direction, a semiconductor layer on the gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes on the semiconductor layer in a second direction. The source and drain electrodes cross the gate electrode in each of the first and second regions. The pixel electrode is connected to the drain electrode. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091679 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes: a liquid crystal panel having a reflective region in which a first image is displayed in a first viewing direction and a transmissive region in which a second image is displayed in a second different viewing direction; a first optical film assembly disposed on a first surface of the liquid crystal panel and including a first phase-difference film which has a first phase difference, and a first polarizing film; a second optical film assembly disposed on a second opposite surface of the liquid crystal panel and including a second phase-difference film which has a second phase difference, and a second polarizing film; and a phase-difference compensating film disposed on at least one of the first polarizing film and the second polarizing film. The phase-difference compensating film circularly or elliptically polarizes light. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091680 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE - A liquid crystal display module includes a bottom cover, a support main over the bottom cover, a backlight unit surrounded by the support main, a liquid crystal panel over the backlight unit and including first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates, a driving unit including a first driving integrated circuit (IC) that is mounted on a first side of the first substrate, and a case top covering edges of a front surface of the liquid crystal panel and combined with the bottom cover, the case top including a first hole corresponding to the driving IC. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091681 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a frame-shaped first frame having an opening to expose an effective display area, the first frame having a curved shape having a predetermined curvature in one direction; a liquid crystal display panel including a pair of light-transmitting substrates that encapsulate liquid crystal molecules, each of the light-transmitting substrates having a pixel selection electrode on the inner surface thereof, the liquid crystal display panel disposed on the backside of the first frame so that the liquid crystal display panel faces the opening; a backlight disposed on the backside of the liquid crystal display panel and irradiating the backside of the liquid crystal display panel with light-source light, the backlight including a light guide plate, an optical compensation laminate, a frame-shaped resin frame, and at least one light source; and a second frame disposed on the backside of the backlight, the second frame having a curved shape having a curvature comparable to the curvature of the first frame. The liquid crystal display panel and the backlight are sandwiched between the first frame and the second frame and held and secured along the curved shape. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091682 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A liquid crystal panel according to the present invention includes a backlight portion emitting light having a brightness distribution in a horizontally oblong oval shape assuming that a longitudinal direction of a panel is a horizontal direction; a first polarizer; a liquid crystal cell; an optical compensation layer having a refractive index profile of nx>ny>nz; and a second polarizer, in this order from a backlight side. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091683 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight assembly generating less noise after power is turned ON or OFF, and a liquid crystal display device comprising the backlight assembly. The backlight assembly includes an alignment plate having a plurality of socket insertion holes each having socket insertion hole sidewalls, wherein at least one projection is formed on an inner surface of a socket insertion hole sidewall. An outer surface of a socket inserted into the socket insertion hole comes into physical contact with the projection. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091684 | LAMP UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A lamp unit for a liquid crystal display device includes a cold cathode lamp, a lamp cable, a lamp socket and a lamp reflector. The lamp cable is electrically connected to the cold cathode lamp to supply electric power to the cold cathode lamp. The lamp socket supports the cold cathode lamp and has a holder portion holding the lamp cable. The lamp reflector houses the cold cathode lamp and the lamp socket and has a bottom plate, front and rear plates that extend from the bottom plate and a pair of support tabs that extends from lateral end portions of the front and rear plates to sandwich the holder portion of the lamp socket therebetween. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091685 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE VIEWABLE FROM BOTH SURFACES AND PORTABLE APPARATUS USING SAME - In front of a liquid crystal display element, a surface light source is arranged which emits a light toward the liquid crystal display element and lets lights coming from its front and its back permeate therethrough. The liquid crystal display element has reflection/permeation means which is provided behind a liquid crystal cell and a liquid crystal layer, and which reflects a part of a light that comes to each of a plurality of pixels from the front of the liquid crystal cell, and lets the other part of the light permeate the reflection/permeation means. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091686 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate arranged on a viewer side, and a liquid crystal between the first and second substrates. A light guide plate is arranged on a back surface of the first substrate, a polarization plate is arranged between the first substrate and the light guide plate, and a prism sheet is arranged between the light guide plate and the polarization plate with prisms being provided on a light guide plate side thereof. A diffusion layer is arranged between the prism sheet and the polarization plate, and a light control sheet is arranged between the diffusion layer and the polarization plate. The light control sheet, which is a λ/2 retardation plate, rotates a polarization of light emitted from the diffusion layer, is arranged in contact with the polarization plate. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091687 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes at least a liquid crystal display panel, which uses a pair of transparent substrates which are arranged to face each other with liquid crystal disposed therebetween as an envelope, and a light guide plate, which guides light from a light source, being sequentially arranged from a viewer side. The liquid crystal display panel forms light reflection layers on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the light-guide-plate side transparent substrate using portions of respective pixels and forms color filters which face the light reflection layers on the liquid-crystal-side surface of one transparent substrate or a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other transparent substrate which faces the one transparent substrate. Light from the light source is irradiated such that respective colors thereof, which constitute three primary colors, are sequentially changed over. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091688 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE - A liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal panel, a lamp unit, a light guide plate, a rear frame and a light reflecting sheet. The lamp unit is configured to emit light. The light guide plate is configured to guide the light emitted by the lamp unit, and has a peripheral face. The rear frame is disposed rearward of the light guide plate, and has a facing portion facing a part of the peripheral face of the light guide plate. The light reflecting sheet is disposed between the light guide plate and the rear frame, and has a tab portion that is sandwiched between the part of the peripheral face of the light guide plate and the facing portion of the rear frame. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091689 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a display device, first and second substrates parallel to each other are arranged between first and second polarizers that are parallel to each other. A liquid crystal layer is arranged between the first and second substrates, and a light emitting layer having a quantum dot structure is arranged on the first polarizer. Also, a light source that emits a blue light is arranged under the second polarizer. Thus, the display device may improve a light utilizing efficiency, thereby improving a display quality. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091690 | Optical Compensation Film, Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention aims to provide an optical compensation film that allows superior phase difference between a first optically anisotropic layer and a second optically anisotropic layer and excellent wavelength dispersibility in terms of front and inclined retardation of liquid crystal layers in liquid crystal cells, a polarizing plate containing the optical compensation film, and a liquid-crystal display device that can display superior images with less color change due to the polarizing plate. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091691 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an optical compensation film comprising first and second optically-anisotropic layers, wherein retardation in plane at a wavelength of 550 nm, Re(550), of the first optically-anisotropic layer is from 20 to 40 nm, the first optically-anisotropic layer does not have any direction in which its retardation at a wavelength of 550 nm is 0 nm, the direction in which the absolute value of retardation of the first optically-anisotropic layer is the smallest is neither in the normal line direction of the layer nor in the in-plane direction thereof, and Re(550) of the second optically-anisotropic layer is from 20 to 150 nm and retardation along thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm, Rth(550), thereof is from 40 to 110 nm. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091692 | LCD DEVICE INCLUDING A BIAXIAL OPTICAL ANISOTROPIC LAYER - A LCD device includes a LC cell including a homogeneously-oriented LC layer and a pair of transparent substrates. A pair of polarizing films sandwiching therebetween the LC cell. A protective layer of the light-emitting-side polarizing film has an optical isotropy, and protective layer of the light-incident-side polarizing film has an thickness-wise retardation of 20 to 90 nm. A biaxial optical anisotropic film is interposed between the light-emitting-side polarizing film and the LC cell, and a second optical anisotropic film for cancelling the wavelength dispersion caused by the biaxial optical anisotropic film is interposed between the light-incident-side polarizing film and the LC cell. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091693 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY PANEL FABRICATION METHOD AND REMOVAL APPARATUS - A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate superposed on the first substrate with liquid crystal posed therebetween to serve as a display layer, a sealing member disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounding the display layer, a resin layer disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate at a surface facing away from the display layer, and a polarizing plate stuck on a surface of the resin layer. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091694 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR TRANSPARENT POLYMER FILM AND TRANSPARENT POLYMER FILM PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD, RETARDATION FILM, POLARIZER, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Retardation expressibility of a transparent polymer film can be easily controlled by heat treatment of the film at a temperature T (unit, ° C.) satisfying a condition of the following formula (1): | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091695 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an optical compensation film comprising an optically-anisotropic layer and at least one optically-isotropic layer adjacent to the optically-anisotropic layer and having a refractive index that differs from the mean refractive index of the optically-anisotropic layer. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091696 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device, which is configured to have a liquid crystal layer held between a pair of substrates, includes a display area including a red color pixel, a green color pixel and a blue color pixel, a pixel electrode which is disposed in each of the color pixels, a counter-electrode which is opposed to the pixel electrode via an interlayer insulation film, and an alignment film which is disposed in contact with the liquid crystal layer and is subjected to such rubbing treatment as to restrict alignment of liquid crystal molecules included in the liquid crystal layer. The pixel electrode has a slit which is formed to be inclined with respect to a direction of rubbing of the alignment film, and the slit of the red pixel and the slit of the blue pixel are formed to be inclined in different directions. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091697 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display includes a pair of transparent substrates opposed to each other with liquid crystal therebetween, one of the pair of transparent substrates having a plurality of drain signal lines and a plurality of gate signal lines, and a plurality of pixel areas defined by the drain signal lines and the gate signal lines. The pixel areas includes a pixel electrode formed of a transparent electrode having a plurality of slits including a slit opened in a first direction and a slit opened in a second direction, and a counter electrode formed of a transparent electrode disposed between the transparent electrode of the pixel electrode having the plurality of slits and the one substrate. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091698 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a first sensor line substantially parallel with the gate line or the data line, a first protrusion portion protruded from the first sensor line, and a first sensor electrode electrically connected to the first protrusion portion. The first sensor electrode includes a malleable metal. The malleable metal can overcome pressure and elastic deformation. Thus, the sensor electrode made from the malleable metal is not easily damaged by pressing the sensor electrode repeatedly. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091699 | Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof - A liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate electrode disposed on the substrate, a gate pad disposed on the substrate, an insulating film disposed on the gate electrode and the gate pad, an active layer disposed on the insulating film above the gate electrode, an ohmic contact layer disposed on portions of the active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the ohmic contact layer, a passivation layer disposed on the source and drain electrodes, a pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer and contacting the drain electrode, and a transparent electrode disposed on the passivation layer and contacts the gate pad, wherein the gate electrode and the gate pad both include a first layer formed of a first metal and a second layer formed of an alloy of the first metal and a second metal disposed at an upper surface of the first layer. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091700 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - (Object) To increase the ratio of the opening in each pixel in a liquid crystal display device. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091701 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a pair of first and second substrates. A pixel region on the first substrate. A seal material arranged along the periphery of the pixel region. An alignment mark located between the outer edge side of the second substrate and the seal material, The alignment mark is provided in at least one of four corner regions partially defined by four corners of the second substrate, and is used during alignment of the first and second substrates. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091702 | Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method for manufacturing the same, capable of maintaining a cell gap and preventing press defects caused by application of a predetermined external pressure via the use of ball spacers. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091703 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal composition is provided that satisfies at least one characteristic among the characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of a nematic phase, a small viscosity, a large optical anisotropy, a large dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light and a high stability to heat, or is properly balanced regarding at least two characteristics. An AM device is provided that has a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio, a long service life and so forth. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific tricyclic compound having a large optical anisotropy as the first component and a specific tetracyclic compound having a large dielectric anisotropy as the second component, and may contain a specific bicyclic compound having a particularly small viscosity as the third component. The liquid crystal composition has a nematic phase. The liquid crystal display device contains the liquid crystal composition. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091704 | CONTACT LENSES - The invention provides silicone hydrogel contact lenses that exhibit reduced back surface debris and reduced incidence of superior epithelial arcurate lesions. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091705 | Bifocal plastic lens - A bifocal plastic lens having a bench lens and a small lens with different refractive powers. The small lens not protruding above a surface of the bench lens, a boundary between the constituent lenses being difficult to see. The small lens may be provided on a preparatory lens member including the small lens. Alternatively, the preparatory lens member has a concave portion for a small lens molding surface. A resin having a higher refractive index than a resin constituting other portions of the lens is adhered to a surface provided with the small lens or the concave portion to be the small lens molding surface in the preparatory lens member, and is cured and integrated. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091706 | Simultaneously multi-temporal visual test and method and apparatus therefor - A method for determining a likelihood of a visual deficit in a subject uses a simultaneously multi-temporal visual test. At least two visual patterns are simultaneously displayed to the subject. Each pattern reverses in contrast or color at a different display frequency, and each pattern is displayed to a different region of the subject's visual field. Electrical activity of the brain of the subject is captured and sampled, and one or more frequency components are resolved from the resulting signal, where each frequency component corresponds to a different display frequency. The method then involves determining from the frequency components, optionally by comparison between the eyes, a measurement of a likelihood that a visual deficit exists in a particular area. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091707 | Eye-administered, moving-image physiologic test system and method - A physiologic test, and a system for implementing this test, including, from a methodologic point of view, (a) illuminating the central field in a test subject's eye with a relative-motion test image produced on an image display structure by a motion-image-creation structure, (b) by such illuminating, creating a related, subject-perception image, (c) requesting a subject report describing the observed presence and nature, if any, of a distortion, relative to the test image, in the perception image, and (d) thereafter utilizing such a report to assess a test subject's physiologic condition involving macular, paramacular, and neural-pathway physiologic degeneration. A preferred test image, which is fully adjustable by a test administrator with respect to substantially all of its image parameters, takes the form of an image field of elongate, spaced, parallel lines, having edges which distinctly contrast with a background field, and which move smoothly and linearly across the image field. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091708 | PRESENTATION DEVICE FOR STEREOSCOPIC APPLICATIONS - The invention provides for a visual presentation device configured to control a single spot in a stereoscopic image environment. The present invention comprises a light source assembly configured to provide a plurality of visible light beams for pointing the visible light beams at an object; a liquid crystal cell assembly including a pair of optical shutters, the liquid crystal cell assembly selectively transmitting fields of a field sequential image in response to a drive signal wherein each of the visible light beams emitted from the light source assembly passes through a respective optical shutter; a receiver mounted adjacent the liquid crystal cell assembly for receiving a synchronization signal; and a drive module coupled to the liquid crystal cell assembly and the receiver for generating the drive signal in response to the synchronization signal and supplying the drive signal to the liquid crystal cell assembly. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091709 | STEREO PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM - A stereo projection optical system includes a polarizing beam splitter configured for splitting a light input into first, second polarized light components, first, second digital micro-mirror device respectively positioned to receive the first, second polarized light component and configured for superimposing spatial information on the first, second polarized light component, first, second total internal reflection prism configured for coupling the first, second polarized light component into the first, second digital micro-mirror device and a light combiner. The projecting lens projects two images formed by the first polarized light component and the second polarized light component with spatial information in the stereo projection optical systems. When a viewer wear glasses that have two polarizing lenses whose polarization direction is perpendicular to each other, the viewer can perceive projected images as being “3-D”. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091710 | INTERACTIVE PROJECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive image projecting device that projects an image onto a display surface and controls the projected image based upon movement of the image projecting device or the detection of another image. The image projecting device includes a projector that generates an image from a control unit. The device includes a position indicating emitter that generates a position indicator and an image sensor that is operable to detect the position indicator from either the device including the image sensor or a position indicator from another device. Based upon the sensed position indicator from another device, the control unit operates to modify the image projected from the device such that the image from a first device can interact with an image from a second device. The first and second devices each have a wireless transceiver such that the devices can communicate with each other during operation. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091711 | Image Projection Kit and Method and System of Distributing Image Content For Use With The Same - An image projection kit and a imagery content distribution system and method. In one aspect, the invention is a kit for projecting imagery content onto architecture comprising: a projector apparatus comprising a housing containing an image sensor sub-system and an image projector subsystem, a single-reflex lens assembly in operable cooperation with the image sensor sub-system and the image projector sub-system, at least one port for receiving and/or sending data signals, and a processor operably connected to the image sensor sub-system, the image projector sub-system and the at least one port of the projector apparatus; a mechanism for mounting the projector apparatus in a fixed orientation having a line a sight to the architecture; a control unit comprising a housing, at least one port for receiving and/or sending data signals and a processor operably connected to the at least one port of the control unit; and a software package for installation on a computer, the software package containing computer code for rendering a composition window on the computer wherein a map corresponding to the architecture can be created, the map comprising at least one matte whose image is projected onto a surface of the architecture, and wherein the size, shape, position, orientation, or any combination thereof of the at least one matte can be adjusted within the composition window so that the projected image of the matte corresponds with the surface of the architecture. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091712 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND BEAM COMBINER - A beam combiner for combining a first color beam, a second color beam, and a third color beam is provided. The beam combiner has a transparent substrate with a first optical surface on which a first reflective film reflecting the first color beam is disposed, and a second optical surface on which a second reflective film reflecting the second color beam is disposed. The first optical surface and the second optical surface are parallel. The second color beam entering the transparent substrate is reflected by the second reflective film and leaves the transparent substrate by passing through the first optical surface, while the third color beam enters the transparent substrate from the second optical surface and leaves the transparent substrate by passing through the first optical surface. The optical paths of the first, the second, and the third color beam are substantially coincident after emerging from the first optical surface. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091713 | Projection display system with varying light source - The present invention provides a projection apparatus, comprising: a light source; at least one spatial light modulator for modulating illumination light from the light source by a plurality of pixel elements by using different modulation states; a light source control unit performing a modulation control of the light source; and a spatial light modulator control unit generating, from an input image signal, a control signal for driving the spatial light modulator, wherein: the light source control unit has a function of receiving data corresponding to the control signal generated by the spatial light modulator control unit, controlling a parameter of an emission pulse of the illumination light emitted from the light source, and thereby adjusting an emission intensity of the illumination light. | 2009-04-09 |
| 20090091714 | Defining a bounding box for projected images - A system for defining a bounding box include one or more image projectors; one or more optical beam generators; a display surface; a computing element; and a digital image sensor. The digital image sensor is configured to sense a location of image orientation indicators generated by the optical beam generators. The computing element is configured to communicate with the digital image sensor to determine a bounding box defined by the locations of the image orientation indicators and to control the one or more image projectors to project an image in, and corresponding to, the bounding box on the display surface. | 2009-04-09 |
