| 18th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
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| 20100110297 | Video displaying apparatus and setting information displaying method - There is provided a video displaying apparatus includes a plurality of video input units for inputting mutually different video signals; a display unit for displaying the video signals thereon; and a display control unit for displaying setting information on a display setting of a video signal input from the individual video input unit on the display unit in a list. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110298 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION CONSIDERING A REGION OF INTEREST IN THE IMAGE DATA - To enable efficient use of limited bandwidth in transmitting video, a region of interest is determined in each image. Before coding, the image is spatially scaled, with magnification applied inside that a region of interest. The scaled images are then compression encoded. Meta-data identifying the location of the region of interest accompanies the transmitted video so that, after decoding, the scaling can be reversed. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110299 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CABLE EQUALIZATION - Provided herein are methods and systems that provide automatic compensation for frequency attenuation of a video signal transmitted over a cable. In accordance with an embodiment, a system includes an equalizer and a compensation controller. The equalizer receives a video signal that was transmitted over a cable, provides compensation for frequency attenuation that occurred during the transmission over the cable, and outputs a compensated video signal. The compensation controller automatically adjusts the compensation provided by the equalizer based on comparisons of one or more portions of the compensated video signal to one or more reference voltage levels. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110300 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - An image processing device, method, an image display device and method which can obtain a high-definition display image by properly controlling processing of reducing the blur of a displayed image caused by the time integration effect of an image sensor. The image display device comprises a motion detection part ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110301 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and communication system - An information processing apparatus includes: a processing system performing processing on an original image; and a gradation conversion section having a gradation conversion function of receiving image data from the processing system, converting a number of bits of the image data, and expressing pseudo grayscales before the gradation conversion in a grayscale converted image, the gradation conversion section being capable of changing the gradation conversion function and performing conversion processing on the image, wherein the gradation conversion section adds and outputs a determination flag indicating whether the gradation conversion processing has been performed at the time of outputting the image data. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110302 | Motion vector detection apparatus, motion vector processing method and program - Disclosed herein is a motion vector detection apparatus, including: a spatial luminance difference sum total calculation section; a temporal luminance difference sum total calculation section; a search range calculation section; and a block matching calculation section. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110303 | Look-Ahead System and Method for Pan and Zoom Detection in Video Sequences - A look-ahead system and method for pan and zoom detection in video sequences is disclosed. The system and method use motion vectors in a reference coordinate system to identify pans and zooms in video sequences. The identification of pans and zooms enables parameter switching for improved encoding in various video standards (e.g., H.264) and improved video retrieval of documentary movies and other video sequences in video databases or other storage devices. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110304 | Method and System for Adaptive Temporal Interpolation Filtering for Motion Compensation - Certain aspects of a method and system for adaptive temporal interpolation filtering for motion compensation may include computing a plurality of weights for adaptively adjusting one or more parameters of a plurality of linear filters utilized for motion compensation. One or more motion compensated output pictures may be generated based on vector median filtering a plurality of linear filtered output pictures generated by the plurality of linear filters. In instances where two frames are utilized for motion estimation of a video sequence, a motion compensated picture of a previous frame and a motion compensated picture of a current frame may be combined to adaptively compute the subsequent weights. In instances where three or more frames are utilized for motion estimation of a video sequence, the generated one or more motion compensated output pictures may be combined with an extracted desired picture from the video sequence to adaptively compute the subsequent weights. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110305 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Multiple Broadcasting Signal Standards in a Broadcasting Signal Receiver System - A broadcasting signal receiver system containing a multi-standard-compatible dedicated processing unit and a general system resource is disclosed, wherein the multi-standard-compatible dedicated processing unit is configured to process one or more tuning processing steps and/or one or more demodulation processing steps, and wherein the general system resource is configured to process at least one collaborative demodulation processing step with the multi-standard-compatible dedicated processing unit via a high-speed data transfer interface. By utilizing the general system resource for at least one demodulation processing step using the high-speed data transfer interface such as USB 3.0 or PCI Express, the broadcasting signal receiver system can have a flexible design for future updates and a cost-effective compatibility to a multiple number of broadcasting standards without requiring the dedicated processing unit to use more application-specific hardware resources. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110306 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - Projecting sections controlling alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules are provided on at least one of an active matrix substrate and a counter substrate. When viewed from a direction perpendicular to a surface of the active matrix substrate or of the counter substrate, an outline shape of the projecting sections is constituted by continuously arranging a plurality of unit patterns each having a side in parallel with the polarization axis of the first polarizing plate and a side in parallel with the polarization axis of the second polarizing plate. This makes it possible to provide a liquid crystal panel that performs better display with high contrast by reducing a light leakage during a black display period and by ensuring a light transmittance during a gray level display period and a white display period. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110307 | PROGRAMMABLE IF OUTPUT RECEIVER, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A tuner system for receiving a plurality of frequency bands includes a low noise amplifier coupled with a band selection filter to select a desired band. The tuner system further includes a complex RF filter to produce a complex RF signal from the selected band. The tuner system includes two double-quadrature converters, the first double-quadrature converter frequency down-converts the complex RF signal to a complex baseband signal. The complex baseband signal passes through a baseband filter that contains two identical lowpass filters for obtaining a baseband in-phase (I) signal and a quadrature (Q) signal. The second double-quadrature converter up-converts the baseband I and Q signals to respective IF I and Q signals that are significantly free of the positive third IF harmonic. The third IF-harmonic free I and Q signals are further processed by a complex bandpass filter. The bandpass filter has a programmable frequency center and a programmable bandwidth. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110308 | Method, system and apparatus for projecting visible and non-visible images - A method, apparatus and system for projecting visible and non-visible images is provided. The system and apparatus include: a visible light source and a non-visible light source; at least one light modulator enabled for receiving and modulating the visible light and non-visible light to respectively form visible images and non-visible images, the non-visible images formed independent of the visible images; and projection optics enabled for receiving and co-projecting the visible and non-visible images in alignment. Furthermore, video data for projection is formed by replacing a portion of visible bits with at least a portion of non-visible bits in a data stream, such that the visible images and the non-visible images can be co-projected upon processing the video data. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110309 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MULTIMEDIA FUNCTION - A portable electronic device with multimedia function includes a central processing unit, and a projection module, a multimedia information management module, a power management module all electronically connected to the central processing unit. The projection module projects multimedia signals of the electronic device onto a surface to display the multimedia signals. The multimedia information management module classifies and selects to play the multimedia signals under the control of the central processing unit. The power management module sets a power consumption mode under the control of the central processing unit in accordance with multimedia signals format. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110310 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY UNIT IN THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal having a projector and a method for controlling a display unit in of the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes outputting, if a presentation application is selected, a screen image for performing the selected presentation application through the display unit and the projector, turning off power supplied to an entire area of the display unit, and performing, if a touch is detected through the touch screen, a function according to the detected touch in the selected presentation application. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110311 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING A PRESENTATION OF IMAGE DATA - A handheld device configured for displaying a modulated image. The handheld device comprises an image generation unit configured for projecting at least one light. The at least one light beam corresponding to image data and allows a presentation of the image data to a user. The handheld device further comprises a user interface configured for receiving at least one instruction for adjusting a display of said image data from the user and a modulation unit configured for modulating the at least one light according to said at least one instruction during the presentation. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110312 | GAMUT ADAPTATION | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110313 | ELECTRONIC PICTURE FRAME AND METHOD OF OPERATION OF THE SAME - An electronic picture frame is provided. The electronic picture frame includes a controller configured to control operation of the electronic picture frame; a memory element configured to store current image data and current operational instructions; a display element configured to display the current image data in accordance with the current operational instructions; and a remote wireless network interface configured to wirelessly connect the controller to a remote network that extends beyond five hundred yards from the electronic picture frame. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110314 | On-Vehicle Electronic Apparatus, Movie Reproduction Method, and Movie Reproduction Program - An on-vehicle electronic apparatus includes a vehicle-position detection unit that detects a vehicle position, a storage unit that stores therein regulation information related to movie reproduction with respect to each subject area, an area determination unit that determines the subject area corresponding to the detected vehicle-position, a regulation information extraction unit that extracts the regulation related to movie reproduction in the determined subject area from the storage unit, an output unit that selects a media source from among a plurality of media sources and outputs the selected media source, an output mode detection unit that detects an output mode of the media source selected by the output unit, a compliance determination unit that determines whether the detected output mode is compliant with the selected regulation related to movie reproduction, and an output mode determination unit that determines the output mode of the output unit based on the determination result. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110315 | Stage apparatus and control method for stage apparatus - Provided is a stage apparatus and a control method for the stage apparatus capable of increasing a degree of freedom in terms of movement of a display part, and diversifying stage presentation in which the display part is utilized. A plurality of display parts ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110316 | Stereoscopic display device - The present invention discloses a stereoscopic display device with a parallax barrier. The parallax barrier includes: a first substrate; a plurality of first electrodes parallel to each other and stretching in one direction on the first substrate; a transparent insulation layer between the first substrate and the first electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes parallel to each other and stretching in one direction on the opposite side against the first electrodes; a common electrode between the second substrate and the transparent insulation layer; and a liquid crystal layer between the common electrode and the second electrodes. In particular, the plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes interlace with each other and each contains partial overlapping in the vertical direction. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110317 | PIXEL STRUCTURE, 3D IMAGE/MULTIPLE VIEW LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A pixel structure, a 3D image/multiple view liquid crystal display device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The pixel structure comprises a first substrate, a second substrate being parallel with the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a reflecting structure, and a light angle control structure. The reflecting structure is disposed on the first substrate, and the light angle control structure is disposed on the second substrate. The light angle control structure is configured to reflect a light entering from the first substrate to the reflecting structure, and the reflecting structure is configured to reflect the light again such that the light exits from the pixel structure in a predetermined direction. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110318 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a semi-transmissive or reflective liquid crystal display device in which gray scale inversion is suppressed by appropriately adjusting its voltage-reflection luminance characteristics. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device including: a pair of substrates; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein the liquid crystal display device includes a transmission region and a reflection region, the reflection region includes a first section and a second section, a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the first section is larger than half of but equal to or smaller than a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmission region, and a thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the second section is larger than the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the transmission region. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110319 | Pixel circuit and driving method thereof - Pixel circuit includes first and second scan lines, data line, three switches, and pixel. Three switches all include first end, second end, and control end. Pixel includes first and second sub-pixels. First end of first switch is coupled to data line. Control end of first switch is coupled to first scan line. First end of second switch is coupled to second end of first switch. Control end of second switch is coupled to second scan line. First end of third switch is coupled to data line. Control end of third switch is coupled to first scan line. First sub-pixel is coupled to second end of second switch for coupling to second end of third switch through second and first switches. Second sub-pixel is coupled to second end of third switch for coupling to data line through third switch. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110320 | DISPLAY DEVICE SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND WIRING SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a display device substrate, a display device, and a wiring substrate, each permitting more flexible wiring design and a reduction in area of wirings with suppressing wiring defects. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110321 | SUBSTRATE FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device which are used as, for example, a display unit of an electronic apparatus, and an object of the present invention is therefore to provide a substrate for a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device capable of providing high transmittance, high luminance, and good display characteristics as well as a high production yield. A substrate for a liquid crystal display device is provided with a storage capacitor bus line formed approximately parallel with a gate bus line, a first pixel electrode connected electrically to the source electrode of a transistor, a second pixel electrode formed so as to be opposed to part of the source electrode of the transistor via an insulating film and to be separate from the first pixel electrode, and a slit formed between the adjoining end portions of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode and having a slit width which is greater than a shortest width in a region over the storage capacitor bus line. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110322 | STRUCTURE OF THIN FILM TRANSISTORS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A structure of a plurality of thin film transistors wherein a peripheral circuit on a glass substrate of a liquid crystal display panel; and each of polycrystalline silicon thin film | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110323 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE OF LCD WITH WIDE VIEWING ANGLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an array substrate of an LCD with a wide viewing angle and a method for manufacturing the same. The array substrate includes: gate lines and data lines formed on a substrate, and TFTs and pixel electrodes formed in pixel areas defined by the gate lines and the data lines, wherein at least one shaft for inducing liquid crystal to form a multi-domain structure is formed on each of the pixel electrodes. The method includes: forming a pattern containing gate lines, gate electrodes, data lines, source electrodes, drain electrodes and TFT channels on a substrate; depositing a passivation layer, opening a first via hole for connecting each of the drain electrodes to each of pixel electrodes and a second via hole for forming a shaft; and depositing a transparent conductive film, forming a pattern containing the pixel electrodes within pixel areas, and forming a shaft at the second via hole for inducing liquid crystal to form a multi-domain structure. The present invention uses a shaft structure to induce liquid crystal to form a multi-domain structure, which not only realizes a symmetric wide viewing angle, but also simplifies the structure and manufacturing process of an array substrate. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110324 | Inspection circuit and display device thereof - An inspection circuit is used for inspecting signal wires of a display area. The inspection circuit includes a shorting bar, plural first shorting switches, and plural second shorting switches. The plurality of the first and the second shorting switches are disposed at different sides of the display area for increasing space between each adjacent shorting switch so as to reduce coupling effect. In the inspection circuit, a first shorting switch is electrically connected between the shorting bar and first end of one signal wire, and a second shorting switch is electrically connected between the second end of that signal wire and second end of another signal wire. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110325 | EDUCATIONAL KIT FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND EDUCATIONAL METHOD UTILIZING THE SAME - An educational kit for a display device and an educational method utilizing the same is provided. The educational kit includes an upper housing, a lower housing, a display panel module and a circuit control panel. The display panel module is disposed between the upper housing and the lower housing. The circuit control panel is disposed between the display panel module and the lower housing. The method includes providing an educational kit for a display device; disassembling the display device into a plurality of components; and reassembling the components to form the display device. The educational method is accomplished by disassembling and reassembling the display device. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110326 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110327 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes an LCD panel displaying an image, a light source providing the LCD panel with light, a light source flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), a printed circuit board (PCB), and a receiving container. The PCB is electrically connected to the LCD panel. The PCB is in contact with two ends of the light source FPCB. The receiving container is combined with the light source FPCB and the PCB. The receiving container has a through-hole through which the light source FPCB passes. According to the present invention, the receiving container applies pressure so that both ends of the light source FPCB make contact with the PCB and the light source FPCB is electrically connected to the PCB. The light source FPCB, the receiving container, and the PCB are secured to each other. Therefore, the number of steps required to assembly the LCD device may be reduced. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110328 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A small-sized liquid crystal display device which can enhance light utilization efficiency of light emitting diodes and also can reduce a thickness of the liquid crystal display device is provided. A flexible printed circuit board is connected to a terminal portion of a TFT substrate. In such a flexible printed circuit board, a light-emitting-diode-use flexible printed circuit board is folded and extends toward a back surface of a backlight. Light emitting diodes are arranged on the light-emitting-diode-use flexible printed circuit board in such a manner that the light emitting diodes are pressed against an edge portion of the light guide plate. Since the light emitting diodes and the edge portion of the light guide plate are brought into close contact with each other, the utilization efficiency of light from the light emitting diodes is enhanced. Further, since the light emitting diodes and the edge portion of the light guide plate which faces the light emitting diodes are provided outside the TFT substrate, a thickness of the whole liquid crystal display device can be reduced. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110329 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to achieve a liquid crystal display device for TV with a reduced thickness, light weight, and uniform brightness, a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight are housed in a mold. In the backlight, light emitting diodes are provided in a frame-like flexible wiring substrate, in which plural the light emitting diodes are provided on each of four side surfaces of a light guide panel. A distance between the light emitting diodes in the central portion of each side of the light guide panel is small, while a distance in the corners of each side is large. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110330 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight (illumination device) according to the present invention includes a plurality of light sources, and a light guiding body for causing light emitted from the light sources to be emitted from a light emitting surface. The light sources are provided inside the light guiding body, and emit light in directions which are substantially parallel to a light emitting surface of the light guiding body. At least two of the plurality of light sources emit the light in directions which are different from each other. More specifically, at least two of the plurality of light sources are provided so as to face each other, and provided so that one of the plurality of light sources emits light toward the other one of the plurality of light sources, and vice versa. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110331 | OPTICAL FILM, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An optical film, a backlight unit including the optical film, and a liquid crystal display including the backlight unit are provided. The optical film includes a base and a projection including a plurality of microlenses and a plurality of grooves positioned around the plurality of microlenses. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110332 | OPTICAL MEMBER UNIT, LIGHTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY, DISPLAY, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An optical member | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110333 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight which is arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the backlight includes a plurality of optical sheets, and at least one optical sheet is displaced so as to adjust a viewing angle. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110334 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LCD UNIT - The disclosed subject matter includes providing a surface light source device with high brightness that can emit light from both surfaces and an LCD unit having the same qualities. The surface light device can include a light guide having a light incoming surface, a reflecting sheet located adjacent the light guide, a transparent sheet having a light incoming surface located adjacent the reflecting sheet and a light source located toward both light incoming surfaces. Light emitted from the light source can be configured to enter into the light guide and the transparent sheet via the light incoming surfaces. The light can be efficiently emitted in both directions from the light guide and the transparent sheet using the reflecting sheet. Therefore, an LCD unit that includes an LCD located adjacent the light guide and a second display located adjacent the transparent sheet can illuminate displays with higher brightness. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110335 | Display unit with improved backlighting - A display unit is disclosed that includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlighting panel. The backlighting panel includes a front light emitting surface patterned with pixels and a back reflective surface. The display unit also includes a controllable light source, that preferably includes light emitting diodes that transmit light into the backlighting panel through side wall of the backlighting panel. The display unit is preferably used in portable electronic devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), cellular phones and digital entertainment systems. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110336 | OPTICAL ELEMENTS, BACKLIGHT MODULES, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY EMPLOYING THE SAME - Optical elements and backlight modules employing the same are provided. The optical element can be a brightness enhancement diffusion complex film, comprising a cholesteric liquid crystal film and a transparent optical film directly disposed on the cholesteric liquid crystal film. Particularly, the whole transparent optical film directly contacts to the cholesteric liquid crystal film, in the absence of an intermediate located between the transparent optical film and the cholesteric liquid crystal film. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110337 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly including direct-type lamps and an edge-type lamp and a liquid crystal display having the backlight assembly. The direct-type lamps are arranged with a predetermined interval to emit light, and the edge-type lamp is provided at a side portion of a light guide plate provided above or below the direct-type lamps. The light guide plate and a light guide pattern output light, which is emitted from the edge-type lamp, through a space between two adjacent direct-type lamps. The backlight assembly supplies light to the light receiving region such that brightness is uniformly distributed throughout the light receiving region regardless of the position of the direct-type lamps. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110338 | LCD and Light Guide Plate Thereof - A light guide plate includes an incident face, a bottom surface, a main reflective structure and an auxiliary reflective structure. The bottom surface is connected to the incident face. The main reflective structure is disposed on the bottom surface and has a first and a second inclined surface. The auxiliary reflective structure is disposed on the bottom surface and has a third and a fourth inclined surface. The auxiliary reflective structure and the main reflective structure have an interval therebetween, in which the interval ranges between 0.2 micrometer and 0.5 micrometer, and a bottom width of the auxiliary reflective structure on the bottom surface is smaller than a bottom width of the main reflective structure on the bottom surface. A liquid crystal display is also disclosed herein. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110339 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light emitting element ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110340 | DISPLAY - A display comprises: a transmissive pixellated spatial light modulator ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110341 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A backlight device in which a reflector can be easily taken in and out and can be efficiently replaced by preventing friction between a casing and the reflector from occurring when the reflector is assembled in the device and variation of optical characteristics after the assembling can be suppressed. In order to provide such a backlight device, the cross sectional shape of the reflector is gradually reduced in its inserting direction. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110342 | Novel turning film for liquid crystal displays - The present invention provides a light redirecting article for redirecting light toward a target angle, the light redirecting article comprising: an input surface comprising a plurality of light redirecting structures. Each light redirecting structure has (i) a near surface having two slopes, sloping away from normal in one direction as defined by a first inclination base angle β | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110343 | BI-STABLE DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND DRIVING METHODS THEREOF - Bi-stable display systems and driving methods thereof are presented. The bi-stable display system includes a bi-stable display panel having at least one substrate, at least one electrode disposed on the substrate, and a bi-stable display medium between the at least one electrode, wherein the at least one electrode extends to pluralities of electrode pads on the at least one side of peripheral regions. A data input device for inputting display data to the bi-stable display panel includes a plurality of input terminals corresponding to the electrode pads of the bi-stable display panel. A trigger device detects relative movement between the bi-stable display panel and the data input device and generates a trigging signal to shift data address in a data shifter, thereby renewing image data in the bi-stable display panel. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110344 | CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED LIGHT SEPARATING SHEET AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - A cholesteric liquid crystal composition homogenously having a desired pitch length and pitch gradient and capable of giving a layer having a broad selective reflection bandwidth; a circularly-polarized light separating sheet having the broad selective reflection bandwidth and capable of being produced simply and homogenously; and a method for producing such a sheet. A cholesteric liquid crystal composition which contains a nematic liquid crystal compound having a reactive group, contains a chiral agent, has a Δn value of 0.18 or more and has an absolute value of a temperature dependency parameter δλ represented by δλ={(2(λb−λa)/(λb+λa)}×{100/(b−a)} (“a” and “b” represent the temperature (° C.), λa represents a selective reflection center wavelength at “a” ° C. and λb represents the selective reflection center wavelength at “b” ° C.) of 0.50 or less at “a”=25 and “b”=100; the circularly-polarized light separating sheet having a cured layer of the composition and the selective reflection bandwidth of 300 nm or more; and a method for producing the sheet using said composition. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110345 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a reflective liquid crystal panel ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110346 | Methods of polarizing transparent conductive oxides, electronic devices including polarized transparent conductive oxides, and methods of manufacturing the electronic devices - Provided are methods of polarizing a transparent conductive oxide (TCO), electronic devices including a polarized TCO, and methods of manufacturing the electronic devices. A transparent conductive oxide formed on a substrate is polarized by electron beam annealing the transparent conductive oxide until a polarization voltage is generated in the transparent conductive oxide. The transparent conductive oxide may be a ZnO film or AlZnO film, where A is a cation. The electron beam annealing may be performed at about room temperature for less than about 60 minutes. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110347 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid crystal panel exhibiting a high contrast ratio and a liquid crystal display apparatus including the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel of the present invention includes a first polarizer, a first optical compensation layer, a liquid crystal cell, a second optical compensation layer, and a second polarizer in the stated order from a viewer side. The first optical compensation layer and the second optical compensation layer have a refractive index profile of nx>ny>nz, and a light transmittance (T | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110348 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display panel ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110349 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate having reflective and transmissive regions in a pixel region, wherein the array substrate includes a reflective electrode corresponding to the reflective region and a pixel electrode on a first substrate. A color filter substrate defines the reflective region and the transmissive region in the pixel region. The color filter substrate includes a color filter with first and second portions that correspond to the respective transmissive and reflective regions on a second substrate. The thickness of the second portion is less than a thickness of the first portion. The combined thickness of the scatter and the thickness of the second portion is greater than the thickness of the first portion; and a liquid crystal layer between the array and color filter substrates. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110350 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110351 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - A liquid crystal display includes pixels, each pixel including a transmissive region and a reflective region. The transmissive region has a liquid crystal layer having a homogeneous alignment, and the reflective region has a liquid crystal layer having a hybrid alignment. In the transmissive region, an alignment layer, a common electrode, and a pixel electrode are on a same side of the liquid crystal layer. In the reflective region, an alignment layer, a common electrode, and a reflective pixel electrode are on a same side of the liquid crystal layer. The alignment layer of the reflective region has an alignment direction that is different from that of the alignment layer of the transmissive region. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110352 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device which presents display by forming liquid crystal domains that take radially-inclined orientation, persisting display unevenness is prevented from occurring when the panel surface is pressed, thus realizing high-quality displaying. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110353 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION LAYER, OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THESE - Optical compensation layers are provided which have an optically compensating function imparted thereto upon coating fluid application or upon coating fluid application and subsequent uniaxial stretching and which have a small wavelength dependence of retardation. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110354 | TRANSPARENT PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - The present invention provides a transparent adhesive sheet for a flat-panel display, which permits easy re-peeling in early stages, has superior adhesiveness enabling adhesion to a telltale module (telltale panel) and a protective transparent plate with a high adhesive force after adhesion, is superior in adhesion stability particularly at low temperatures, and further has superior punching processability and level difference absorbability. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110355 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is an OCB mode liquid crystal panel ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110356 | METHOD OF FABRICATING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANELS HAVING VARIOUS SIZES - A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display panel, includes providing a mother substrate having a plurality of display panel regions of different sizes, and forming a plurality of display panel substrates each formed at one of the display panel regions, parts of the display panel substrates to be rubbed being aligned to one side of the mother substrate where rubbing is to start. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110357 | Liquid crystal display device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device used as a display part of an electronic apparatus which exhibits high brightness and favorable display quality. The liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner; vertical-alignment type liquid crystal which is sealed between the pair of substrates; a plurality of pixel regions, each pixel region including a sub pixel having a pixel electrode on one substrate and a sub pixel having a pixel electrode on one substrate, a slit formed between the pixel electrodes; and a singular point control part which includes projecting portions which are formed on end portions of the pixel electrodes on the slit-side and controls singular points of the liquid crystal. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110358 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a first insulation substrate; a pixel electrode formed on the first insulation substrate, and including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode separated from each other; a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate; a common electrode formed on the second insulation substrate and facing the pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, wherein the first and second subpixel electrodes respectively include a plurality of minute branches, and the minute branches of the first subpixel electrode and the minute branches of the second subpixel electrode are alternately disposed in a unit of at least one minute branch. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110359 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is provided. In the liquid crystal display, a common line includes an edge common line that is formed in a non-display area outside a display area of a liquid crystal display panel to receive a common voltage through a plurality of input units, a plurality of pixel common line patterns that are formed along edges of each of subpixels to be electrically connected to one another, and a plurality of longitudinal common lines that is electrically connected to the edge common line to apply the common voltage to the pixel common line patterns. Each of the pixel common line patterns has a mesh structure and is connected to common electrodes of the subpixels. Each of the longitudinal common lines is formed between two horizontally adjacent pixels in a direction parallel to the data lines. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110360 | Method of alignments of liquid crystal employing magnetic thin films - Alignments of liquid crystal are obtained. A transparent magnetic thin film provides a homeotropic alignment of liquid crystal molecules. Or, a homeotropic or homogeneous alignment having an adjustable pretilt angle is further obtained through rubbing the transparent magnetic thin film. The present invention has a simple procedure with a low cost. The present invention is used in equipment with a plasma source while providing high transmittance, hardness and insulation. And the transparent magnetic thin film has potential uses in the applications of non-contact multi-domain alignment without extra procedure for alignment treatment. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110361 | LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COATING SOLUTION AND POLARIZING FILM - A liquid crystalline coating solution which comprises: an azo compound represented by the following general formula (I); and a solvent to dissolve the azo compound: | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110362 | Birefringent Polymer Film with Negative Optical Dispersion - The invention relates to a polymer film having negative optical dispersion, novel polymerisable compounds and liquid crystal (LC) materials for its preparation, and the use of the polymer film and novel compounds and materials in optical, electrooptical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110363 | POLARIZATION GRATINGS IN MESOGENIC FILMS - A polarizer including a polarization grating comprising a polarization sensitive photo-alignment layer and a liquid crystal composition arranged on said photo-alignment layer. An alignment pattern, corresponding to the polarization pattern of a hologram, is recorded in the photo-alignment layer, and the liquid crystal composition is aligned on the photo-alignment layer. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110364 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPECKLE REDUCTION - A device and method for speckle reduction are disclosed, wherein a coherent laser beam ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110365 | Eyewear With Enhanced Fit - Eyewear having an enhanced fit which may be used for safety, sports, and the like. The eyewear may provide features which permit enhanced airflow and an enhanced fit to a user's face. Such features may include greater adjustability to provide greater comfort. Eyewear including an RFID tag which is activated to send or receive transmissions when the eyewear is unfolded and/or positioned in a position to be worn by a user. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110366 | Eyeglass frame with at least one carabiner - An eyeglass frame comprises: (a) a main lens frame for holding one or more optical lenses, said lens frame having opposed lateral ends; (b) means for attaching the main lens frame to the wearer's head when in use; and (c) a carabiner clip extending from either: one lateral end of the main lens frame, or from the main lens frame attaching means. The carabiner clip has at least 3 sides, at least one of said sides including a bar connected to an adjacent clip side with spring biasing for defining a securely closed position for said clip. This eyeglass frame is particularly suitable for use as reading or other vision correcting glasses, sunglasses, safety glasses, sportswear, a fashion accessory and combinations thereof. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110367 | SCREWLESS MOUNTING FOR EYEGLASSES - The combination of an eyeglass frame that has at least one temple having a hole for attachment of a lens, a lens having an opening and a mounting mechanism including an elongated rod having ribs distributed along its longitudinal axis and having a head on one end larger than the hole with its other end having a cross section enabling passing through said hole. The rod passes through the hole in the temple and the opening in the lens and projects therefrom. A locking bushing having a throughbore in which there is located at least one projecting prong for interacting with the ribs, is received on the end of the projected rod and pulled tight against the lens to securely hold the temple and lens together. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110368 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR EYEGLASS APPLIANCE PLATFORM - The present invention relates to a personal multimedia electronic device, and more particularly to a head-worn device such as an eyeglass frame having a plurality of interactive electrical/optical components. In one embodiment, a personal multimedia electronic device includes an eyeglass frame having a side arm and an optic frame; an output device for delivering an output to the wearer; an input device for obtaining an input; and a processor comprising a set of programming instructions for controlling the input device and the output device. The output device is supported by the eyeglass frame and is selected from the group consisting of a speaker, a bone conduction transmitter, an image projector, and a tactile actuator. The input device is supported by the eyeglass frame and is selected from the group consisting of an audio sensor, a tactile sensor, a bone conduction sensor, an image sensor, a body sensor, an environmental sensor, a global positioning system receiver, and an eye tracker. In one embodiment, the processor applies a user interface logic that determines a state of the eyeglass device and determines the output in response to the input and the state. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110369 | HOLDER FOR A SHEET OF MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a frame for holding a sheet of material. A frame arranged to removably locate a sheet of material in a vision area, the frame having binocular lenses focused away from the vision area. A benefit of the invention is that a user is provided with binocular lenses at the point of need. The user is thus saved from the embarrassment of having to admit to requiring reading glasses they had omitted to bring. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110370 | LASER PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR HAVING IMPROVED GLARE PROTECTION - A molded optical filter is provided having effective filtering of energy emissions at an optical density (OD) of greater than 4 in three energy emission bands corresponding to the wavelengths of laser emissions while preserving the wearer's ability to differentiate and recognize colors and having a pleasing overall color. The selective optical filter is a moldable polymer filter that has three dyes therein to produce sharp notch filtering ranges at about 530 nm, 700 nm and 1060 nm and a fourth color balance dye therein to adjust the overall color of the filter making it more pleasing and desirable to the wearer. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110371 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Peripheral Image Position for Reducing Progression of Myopia - A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling optical aberrations to alter relative curvature of field by providing optical devices and methods comprising the repositioning of peripheral off-axis focal points relative to the retina to produce stimulus for influencing the progression of refractive error while simultaneously controlling the position of the central focal point near to the retina to provide clear central vision and simultaneously providing zones of controlled peripheral defocus and other optical aberrations to improve peripheral vision for select directions of gaze. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110372 | OPHTHALMIC DEVICE WITH EMBEDDED MICROCONTROLLER - This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing an ophthalmic lens with a microcontroller and an energy source incorporated within the ophthalmic lens. The energy source is capable of powering the microcontroller included within the ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, an ophthalmic lens is cast molded from a silicone hydrogel. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110373 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PROGRESSIVE OPHTHALMIC LENS - A method for determining a progressive ophthalmic lens for a given user for whom a near vision power addition has been prescribed includes the following steps: measuring the user's downward and the vertical horopter on a near-vision target point; measuring the user's near-vision head elevation and/or eye elevation; determining a coefficient of the user's near-vision vertical head participation (Ptv | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110374 | Apparatus and method for two eye imaging for iris identification - The apparatus represents a device having one or two sensors for capturing a single image or two images having the subject's eyes, in which a dimension, such as the horizontal axis, with respect to pixels in the single image or two first images characterizing zero head tilt, and processors in one or more of a housing with the one or two sensors or in a computer system which receives the single image or two images. Such processors determine a head tilt angle between a virtual line extending between the two eyes of the subject in accordance with predefined features, such as pupil or iris center, in the single image or two images and the dimension characterizing zero head tilt, segment left and right iris images from the single image or two images, and rotate the segmented left and right iris image in accordance with the angle to substantially remove head tilt when present. A database of identification data may be provided storing at least templates representative of right and left irises of a plurality of subjects without substantial head tilt, and the processors generate template(s) representative of the left and right irises of the subject, which are either added or compared to the identification data. The processor may also determine interpupillary distance (IPD) or IPD-to-iris ratio using the single image or two images, and as such may be used for comparative searching of the identification data having IPD or IPD-to-iris ratio of the plurality of subjects. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110375 | OPTICAL IMAGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A device 1 is an OCT device that splits a low-coherence light L | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110376 | VARIABLE RESOLUTION OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - The invention relates generally to optical tomographic imaging and in particular to systems and methods for adapting the resolution of imaging. One embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for optical coherence tomography imaging, characterized by its ability to vary the axial resolution and scanning speed during imaging. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110377 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS FOR IMAGING AN EYE BY OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - An OCT appliance (optical coherence tomography appliance) comprises an OCT module and a camera for observing the fundus of an eye. By recognizing characteristic features (biometric features), the means defining the region observed by the OCT module, in particular the scanner of the OCT module, is adjusted so that a predefined region of interest is imaged by the OCT module. In preferred embodiments, the apparatus is apt to be operated by a patient himself, and the data are transferred to a clinical server so that a more frequent, hence closer observation of the eyes of the patient is possible. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110378 | ENABLING MEASUREMENT WITH A HANDHELD EYE IMAGING DEVICE - An apparatus and method is disclosed that enables an existing handheld eye imaging device to do direct measurement on images taken from the patient eye. In a preferred embodiment, a reticle is arranged in the handheld eye imaging device so that a reticle image is superimposed on the object image. In addition to allowing the user to make measurements, the reticle superimposed eye image can also be used to align the eye with the handheld eye imaging device, be used for registering images taken at different times, and also be used for finding previously recorded points on the images for comparison purposes. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110379 | OPTIMIZING VISION CORRECTION PROCEDURES - In one embodiment, an apparatus for optimizing vision correction procedures comprising: a narrow beam of light directed to a patient's retina; a dynamic defocus and compensation offsetting device configured to offset the defocus of a wavefront from an eye, a wavefront sensor configured to measure the local tilt of a number of subwavefronts sampled around an annular ring (the diameter of which can be dynamically changed) over the wavefront with the defocus offset; and a display device configured to display a two dimensional (2D) data points pattern in real time with each data point location representing a corresponding local tilt of the sampled subwavefronts. A proper defocus offset, not passive compensation, can reveal the predominant feature(s) of other wavefront aberration component(s), thus enabling a refractive surgeon to fine tune the vision correction procedure and minimize the remaining wavefront aberration(s) in real time. Meanwhile, by sampling the wavefront around annular rings and displaying the local tilt of the sampled subwavefronts on a monitor in the form of a 2D data points pattern, a refractive ophthalmic surgeon can easily correlate the measurement result to the two major refractive errors, namely spherical and cylinder refractive errors, including the axis of astigmatism. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110380 | Eye Measurement Apparatus and Methods of Using Same - An apparatus for measuring a subject's eye having an instrument axis, comprising a slit projector for projecting slits of light, at least one sensor. The apparatus being adapted to form a first image of light from a first slit on the at least one sensor after the light scatters from the eye along a first pathway. The apparatus adapted to form a second image of light from the first slit on the at least one sensor after the light scatters from the eye along a second pathway. The apparatus comprising a processor operatively coupled to receive the first image and the second image, the processor adapted to perform a projective transformation of the second image and to combine data from the first image and the second image, after it is transformed, to form a third image. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110381 | Method and apparatus for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's using non-invasive eye tomography by Teraherts - The primary objective of the present method and apparatus is to provide a transportable diagnosis system for a reliable method to examine the conditions of a human eye lens. The method provides precise and safe technique for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) which is not involved brain surgery or biopsy. The detection of deposited amyloid plaque in the eyes of the patient has been discovered to be a possible diagnosis solution. The disclosed method uses Terahertz waves in both time and frequency domains instead of laser for scanning the eye of the AD patient to precisely image the amyloid layer non-evasively in real time and to map the deposited plaque with high resolution which can easily distinguish the abnormality of an AD patient with the comparison of the patient eye lens test to the available signature of a normal person and the signature of a person with common age-related cataracts. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110382 | NON-DEFORMING CONTACT LENS - The present invention is directed to a non-deforming contact lens comprising a central zone and a peripheral zone, wherein the central zone has a radius of curvature approximately equivalent to a central curvature of an underlying cornea, wherein the central zone is progressively aspheric with an initial zone approximately elliptical and then progressing to a parabolic shape and then to a hyperbolic shape. The peripheral zone reverses the progressive asphericity of the central zone, and includes a terminating local radius that is shorter than a radius at a junction of the central zone and the peripheral zone. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110383 | OPTICAL PROJECTION ENGINE DEVICE - An optical projection engine device uses a symmetrical wire grid polarizing beam splitter (PBS) that splits incident illumination to a symmetrical pair of polarized light beams in two orthogonal polarization states, one by reflection and the other by transmission, for illuminating a pair of reflective modulation imagers respectively. In identical geometric configuration, the two synchronized reflective modulation imagers polarization modulate polarized light beams as received, and reflect them back towards the PBS, which through transmission and reflection respectively, combines and projects two modulated light beams through a projection lens system to form a pair of spatially overlapped illumination images of aligned pixels with the same image in two orthogonal polarization states on a projection screen. The device jointly provides improvement optical efficiency and expanded function to three dimensional stereoscopic displays. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110384 | FLOATING IMAGE INTERACTION DEVICE AND ITS PROGRAM - A floating image interaction device includes an imaging optical system projecting a floating real image of an object and an user object detecting means for obtaining information about the user accessing the floating real image; means to realize interactive response by the real image or by haptic feedback to actions by the user; and related computer programs. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110385 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYER DISPLAYING 2 PROJECTION IMAGES - A multimedia player for providing two projection images is provided. The multimedia player for displaying two projection images includes: a first projection unit displaying a first projection image; and a second projection unit displaying a second projection image. The first projection unit includes: a first driving unit controlling an operation of the first projection unit and providing an image signal on the first projection image to be displayed; a first light source unit; a first light modulation device outputting the first projection image by modulating light provided from the light source in response to the image signal of the first projection image; and a first projection lens unit magnifying and projecting an image that is output from the first light modulation device. The structure of the first projection unit is the same as that of the second projection unit. The multimedia player further includes a screen sensing unit sensing a color of an area in which an image is to be displayed. The first and second driving units detect a complementary color of a color sensed by the screen sensing unit and increase brightness of a light source corresponding to the complementary color among light sources of the first and second light source units or image data corresponding to the complementary color among image data to be displayed, thereby improving visibility. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110386 | Polarization Conversion and Color-Combination Techniques for Pico Projector Illuminators - Disclosed are illumination systems especially suitable for very small data projectors, called pico projectors. The disclosed illumination systems provide high optical efficiency for projectors that need polarized light but utilize unpolarized light sources such as light-emitting diodes. Some of the disclosed illumination systems make use of light sources of different colors, and provide polarization conversion in ways based on color-selective elements of a variety of different types to convert substantially all the light emitted by the light sources to a single polarization, without increasing the effective optical extent of the source. Other disclosed illumination system provide compact ways to combine light from differently colored light sources without the use of bulky x-cube or angled dichroic elements. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110387 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE LIGHTING OF A ROOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN IMAGE PROJECTED ONTO A PROJECTION SURFACE - The invention describes a method of controlling a lighting of a room ( | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110388 | LIGHT-SOURCE MODULE AND PROJECTOR HAVING SAME - A light-source module includes a casing, and a number of light-source units. The casing defines a number of receiving holes on the walls thereof corresponding to the light-source units. Each light-source unit is received in a corresponding receiving hole. Each light-source unit includes a light source, a converging lens disposed on the optical path of the light emitted from the light source, and a spacer spaced the light source and the converging lens. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110389 | Laser projection system - A laser projection system includes a plurality of laser light sources, a light combining module, an image generating module, a lens, a diffusion module. and a projection lens. The laser light sources are used to provide a plurality of light beams with different colors. The light combining module is disposed in the light path of the laser beams for mixing the laser beams to form a mixing light beam. The image generating module is disposed in the light path of the mixing light beam for receiving the mixing light beam to generate a first image. The lens is disposed in the light path of the first image and provides an imaging position. The first image passes through the lens to form a second image at the imaging position. The diffusion module includes a diffuser and an actuator. The projection lens projects the second image on a screen. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110390 | HIGH INTENSITY IMAGE PROJECTOR USING SECTIONAL MIRROR - Image projectors with increased light intensity and methods for providing brighter images are provided. Image projectors, described herein, can provide the brightness while still providing any or all of compactness, low power consumption, and long lifetime. To increase brightness, sectional mirrors are used to respectively compress the light from two light sources into a single pupil (e.g. an aperture) of an imaging device. The compression can be accomplished by regions (e.g. sections) of the mirror having different angles with respect to the pupil. Relatively little light may be lost in the compression since minima for a light intensity pattern from a light source may occur between the regions that reflect the light. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110391 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes at least one light source module, an optical system, an imaging unit, and a projection lens. Each light source module includes a lamp unit and a heat-dissipating module in close contacting with the lamp unit. Each of the at least one light source module is positioned at one end of the optical system. The imaging unit is positioned at the other end of the optical system. The projection lens is positioned at the same end of the optical system with the imaging unit. Each lamp unit can be adjusted along a first direction relative to the heat-dissipating module, each light source module can be adjusted along a second direction relative to the optical system, the first direction and the second direction both perpendicular to the light emitting direction of the corresponding lamp unit. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110392 | Projection Image Display Apparatus - A projection image display apparatus includes: a light source unit configured to be detachably attachable to a main body of the apparatus; a storage unit provided to the light source unit for previously storing therein information that the light source unit is a genuine product; a determination unit verifying the information stored in the storage unit to make a decision on whether the light source unit is the genuine product; and a light source control unit operative in accordance with the decision made by the determination unit to control an output of the light source unit. The determination unit transmits a signal to the storage unit. The storage unit receives and encrypts the signal in accordance with the information and transmits the encrypted signal to the determination unit. The determination unit receives and reconstructs the encrypted signal to verify the information. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110393 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a first exhaust fan, a second exhaust fan, a casing, an optical engine, a circuitry system, and a projection lens module. The casing includes a front wall, a rear wall opposite to the front wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall. The first sidewall defines a first air inlet adjacent to the front wall and a second air inlet adjacent to the rear wall. The second sidewall defines a first and second air outlet aligned with the first and second air inlet respectively. The first and second exhaust fans are arranged corresponding to the first and second air outlet respectively. The projection lens module and the circuitry system are positioned in the casing between the first air inlet and the first air outlet. The optical engine is positioned in the casing between the second air inlet and the second air outlet. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110394 | REAR PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A rear projection image display device according to an aspect of the present invention for projecting an image from a projection device onto a screen from a rear side, includes a plane reflection mirror for changing an optical path of the image from the projection device, fixing members for fixing more than one points on the periphery of the reflection mirror, rod-shaped reinforcement members fastened along the periphery and arranged inside the periphery in the rear side of the reflection mirror, support members being movable in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the reflection mirror, for supporting predetermined points between the fixing members on the periphery of the reflection mirror. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110395 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND LAMP UNIT - A lamp unit is provided with a storage part that holds lamp management information in a writable and readable manner. A communication control part on a projector main unit side reads the lamp management information from the lamp unit and stores the same in a storage part of the main unit. The lamp management information is updated depending on the status of use of the lamp unit. The updated lamp management information is written back into the storage part of the lamp unit. | 2010-05-06 |
| 20100110396 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LAMP UNIT - A circuit board is attached in a displaceable manner to a lamp holder. When the lamp holder is attached to a holder housing, ends of pins extending from the holder housing are inserted into holes of the circuit board. At the time, the circuit board is guided and corrected for a positional shift by inclines at ends of the pins. Accordingly, a connector on an under surface of the circuit board is opposed to a connector on a circuit board in the holder housing side, whereby the two connectors can be properly connected. | 2010-05-06 |
