23rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090141105 | INK CARTRIDGES AND INK SUPPLY SYSTEMS - An ink cartridge includes a case having an ink chamber for storing ink, and a face that faces an exterior of the case and has a first opening formed therethrough, and a wall comprising a chamber formed therein. The wall extends from a portion of the face, and the portion surrounds the first opening. The wall supplies ink from the ink chamber to the exterior of the case via the chamber. The ink cartridge also has a cap having a second opening formed therethrough. The cap has an inner surface covering an outer surface of the wall, and a groove formed in the inner surface of the cap and extending to the second opening. The chamber is in fluid communication with the exterior of the case via the second opening. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141106 | INK CARTRIDGES AND INK SUPPLY SYSTEMS - An ink cartridge includes a case having an ink chamber and a wall, an air communication portion having a first opening, and an ink supply portion having a second opening. The air communication portion includes a first lid member that moves between a first position not covering the first opening, and a second position covering the first opening, and a first biasing member that applies a first biasing force to the first lid member. The ink supply portion includes a second lid member that moves between a third position not covering the second opening and a fourth position covering the second opening, and a second biasing member that applies a second biasing force to the second lid member. When the first lid member is in the second position and the second lid member is in the fourth position, the first biasing force is less than the second biasing force. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141107 | PRINTING-FLUID CONTAINER - A printing-fluid container includes a reservoir. An electrical interface is coincident with a first axis and includes a first leading surface or contact pad. A fluidic interface is coincident with a second axis and perpendicular to the first axis. The fluidic interface includes a second leading surface or entry point. The first void is recessed from the first leading surface or contact pad and the second leading surface or first entry point. The first void is coincident with the first axis. A second void is recessed from the first leading surface or contact pad and the second leading surface or second entry point. The second void is coincident with both the first axis and the second axis. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141108 | PRINTER WITH MINIMAL DISTANCE BETWEEN PRESSURE-DAMPENING STRUCTURES AND NOZZLES - An inkjet printer is provided. The printer comprises an inkjet printhead having a plurality of nozzles; at least one ink reservoir; and an ink supply system for supplying ink from the reservoir to the plurality of nozzles, the ink supply system comprising at least one pressure-dampening structure for dampening pressure fluctuations experienced by the nozzles. A distance between the pressure-dampening structures and at least one of the nozzles is less than 100 microns. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141109 | PRINTHEAD WITH PRESSURE-DAMPENING STRUCTURES - An inkjet printhead is provided. The printhead comprises a plurality of nozzle assemblies; a nozzle plate covering the plurality of nozzle assemblies; an ink supply system for supplying ink to the plurality of nozzle assemblies, the ink supply system comprising at least one conduit wall defined by part of the nozzle plate; and at least one pressure-dampening structure positioned in the part of the nozzle plate. The pressure-dampening structures dampen ink pressure fluctuations in the ink supply system. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141110 | INK-JET PRINTER USING PHASE-CHANGE INK FOR DIRECT ON PAPER PRINTING - A printing apparatus, including a) a printing station with at least one printhead for applying phase-change ink to a substrate in a phase-change ink image, and b) an ink spreading station including a heated or unheated ink spreading member and a back-up pressure member in pressure contact with the ink spreading member, and wherein a nip is formed between the ink spreading member and the back-up pressure member for spreading the phase-change ink image on the substrate, wherein said substrate is passed through the nip, and wherein the pressure member includes i) a substrate, and ii) an outer coating having a polymer matrix with an oleophobic resin, a fluoropolymer lubricant, and a first additive. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141111 | RECORDING DEVICE HAVING A CONVEYING UNIT THAT CONVEYS A RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention relates to a recording device that includes a casing and a conveying unit that conveys a recording medium, and the conveying unit is positioned in the casing. The recording device also includes a recording unit that performs recording on the recording medium that is being conveyed by the conveying unit, and the recording unit opposing the conveying unit in the casing. The recording device may also include a cassette that is removably mountable to the casing and that is positioned in a area adjacent to the conveying unit when the cassette is mounted to the casing. The recording device may also include a movement mechanism that moves a portion of the conveying unit to the area adjacent to the conveying unit when a portion of the cassette is removed from the casing. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141112 | ELECTRONIC PAINT BRUSH WITH SCANNER AND DISPENSERS - An electronic brush ( | 2009-06-04 |
20090141113 | Line Head and Image Forming Device Using the Same - A line head, includes a light-emitting element row, having a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a first direction; a plurality of feeding portions; a first power supply line for power supply, connected to a first feeding portion for a power supply of the feeding portions; and a second power supply line for ground, connected to a second feeding portion for a ground of the feeding portions. The light-emitting elements are respectively connected between the first power supply line and the second power supply line. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141114 | Line Head and an Image Forming Apparatus Using the Line Head - A line head, includes: a head substrate; a first light emitting element group which is arranged on the head substrate and includes a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element; a second light emitting element group and a third light emitting element group which are arranged in a first direction on the head substrate; a first wiring which is arranged between the second and the third light emitting element groups on the head substrate and is electrically connected with the first light emitting element; a second wiring which is arranged between the second and the third light emitting element groups on the head substrate and is electrically connected with the second light emitting element; and a connecting portion which is arranged on the head substrate and is electrically connected with the first and the second wirings. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141115 | Line Head, Image Forming Apparatus Incorporating the Same, and Method of Adjusting Position of the Same - In a line head, a plurality of light emitters are arrayed on a substrate in a first direction. Each of the light emitters is operable to emit a light beam. In a rod lens array, a plurality of rod lenses are arrayed in the first direction, and each of the rod lenses is adapted to focus the light beam emitted from an associated one of the light emitters onto a target surface. The substrate and the rod lens array are attached to a holder elongated in the first direction. Positioning members are provided at both end portions of the holder in the first direction. A relative position between the substrate and at least one of the positioning members is variable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141116 | DISPLAY WITH GAPS FOR CAPTURING IMAGES - A combined video display and camera system is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the system comprises a video display with gaps in between the pixels. Light goes through these gaps and enters a camera, which captures an image. The system is arranged such that the display and the gaps are optically out of focus with respect to the camera. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141117 | Method and Apparatus for Connecting and Operating Lockers for Home Deliveries via Video Interphones and Remotely Via a Virtual Doorman - A method and apparatus for connecting and operating plurality of lockers in a multi apartment or multi office building connected via an interface to a video interphone system and via a local guardman or a virtual guardman over a network, for providing access to the building and opening a locker for a deliveryman to deliver packages, parcels and ordered goods. The tenants receiving a message through their video interphone monitor can retrieve the deliveries by opening the specific locker from their video interphone monitor, through the entry panel and through associated accessories. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141118 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD OF ROAD GUIDANCE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a video communication terminal and a method of providing road guidance using the same. More specifically, the present invention provides a road guidance service to a user during video communication by transmitting the user's location information to a user of a correspondent video communication terminal and receiving road guidance information from the correspondent video communication terminal. The method of road guidance includes requesting, by a first video communication terminal road guidance, to a second video communication terminal through video communication, transmitting, if the first video communication terminal receives a signal accepting to provide the road guidance from the second video communication terminal, a location value of the first video communication terminal to the second video communication terminal and displaying a map including the location of the first video communication terminal in the second video communication terminal. A user of the video communication terminal may thereby receive precise road guidance, without an invasion of the user's privacy. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141119 | SELF-CONTAINED SECURE VIDEOCONFERENCING CONSOLE - Disclosed is a secure/non-secure bypass switch, that includes a secure mode signal path, and a non-secure mode signal path, wherein signals are routed through an external encryption device connected to the secure mode signal path when no power is supplied to the switch, and the signals are routed through the non-secure path when power is supplied to the switch. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141120 | Method and apparatus for compensating data image reproduced from holographic system - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for preprocessing a page image reproduced from a storage medium in a holographic system. The present invention calculates pixel sums for each lines in the page image to select a maximum sum, calculates a modified maximum sum using the modified maximum sum and its neighboring sums, determines a compensation location for distorted pixels using the modified maximum sum and performs over-sampling a data image with reference to the compensation location of magnified pixels, to thereby compensate the data image with high precision in sub-pixels. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141121 | CALIBRATION OF A 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY | 2009-06-04 |
20090141122 | Three-dimensional image display device and method of driving the same - A three-dimensional image display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels each having red, green and blue sub-pixels, the red, green and blue sub-pixels alternately disposed along a horizontal direction and each of the red, green and blue sub-pixels disposed in a single line along a vertical direction; and a parallax barrier over the display panel, the parallax barrier including a plurality of open areas and a blocking area surrounding the plurality of open areas, the plurality of open areas alternating with the blocking area, and each of the plurality of open areas corresponding to each couple of the adjacent two sub-pixels. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141123 | Method of Producing and Displaying a Three Dimensional Image - A method of manufacturing a lenticular sheet having as its primary steps the provision of a substantially transparent substrate material; forming a plurality of lenses on a first side of the substrate; and shaping the substrate to correspond to a display area of a display device, wherein the plurality of lenses are angled to correspond to the pixel size and pitch of the display area. A display system is also disclosed, wherein the display systems generally includes a computer for processing, saving and playing at least one image; software for interlacing the image; software for processing slides and movies comprised of multiple images; a lenticular screen overlaid upon a video display device for viewing the interlaced images in three dimensions. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141124 | System and methods for vital sign estimation from passive thermal video - A system for measuring a pulse and respiratory rate from passive thermal video includes contour segmentation and tracking, clustering of informative pixels of interests, and robust dominant frequency component estimation. Contour segmentation is used to locate a blood vessel region to measure, after which all pixels in the nearby region are aligned across frames based on the segmentation's position, and scale in each frame. Spatial filtering is then performed to remove noise not related to heart beat and then non-linear filtering is performed on the temporal signal corresponding to each aligned pixel. The signal spectrum of each pixel is then feed to a clustering algorithm for outlier removal. Pixels in the largest cluster are then used to vote for the dominant frequency, and the median of the dominant frequency is output as the pulse rate. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141125 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A band-limiting filter of the invention exhibits a trimodal filter characteristic, and includes, for example, band-limiting transmittance filter characteristic portions Rb, Gb, and Bb for wavelength regions of red, green, and blue, respectively. More specifically, the band-limiting transmittance filter characteristic portions Rb, Gb, and Bb, for example, have bandpass characteristics in which the respective center wavelengths are 630 nm (full width at half maximum λ1=30 to 90 nm), 540 nm (full width at half maximum λ2=20 to 60 nm), and 440 nm (full width at half maximum λ3=50 to 80 nm). This makes it possible to obtain an image of a predetermined color tone by restraining an influence of spectral sensitivity characteristic of an image pickup device when the band-limiting filter is applied to a synchronous type endoscope for performing color image pickup to perform observation under normal illumination light. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141126 | Fully Automatic Rapid Microscope Slide Scanner - Apparatus for and method of fully automatic rapid scanning and digitizing of an entire microscope sample, or a substantially large portion of a microscope sample, using a linear array detector synchronized with a positioning stage that is part of a computer controlled microscope slide scanner. The invention provides a method for composing the image strips obtained from successive scans of the sample into a single contiguous digital image. The invention also provides a method for statically displaying sub-regions of this large digital image at different magnifications, together with a reduced magnification macro-image of the entire sample. The invention further provides a method for dynamically displaying, with or without operator interaction, portions of the contiguous digital image. In one preferred embodiment of the invention, all elements of the scanner are part of a single-enclosure that has a primary connection to the Internet or to a local intranet. In this embodiment, the preferred sample type is a microscope slide and the illumination and imaging optics are consistent with transmission mode optics optimized for diffraction-limited digital imaging. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141127 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND MICROSCOPE IMAGING SYSTEM - An image processing system comprising an image data acquisition unit for acquiring captured image data, with a first image processing unit for performing first image processing relating to color correction and gradation correction on the image data, a second image processing unit for performing second image processing relating to color correction based on a Color Appearance Model on the image data, a parameter calculation unit for calculating an image processing parameter used in the first image processing from the image data before the second image processing and the image data after the second image processing, and a control unit for setting the image processing parameter to the first image processing unit. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141128 | Method and device for image processing and a night vision system for motor vehicles - A method and a device for image processing and for a night vision system for motor vehicles, in which a standard camera that is sensitive in the near infrared delivers images which are displayed on a display arrangement having a lower resolution than the camera. In addition, the image processing method improves the raw images of the sensor using image-sharpening methods and/or contrast-enhancing methods, so that display on a display arrangement is made possible for viewing by a viewer. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141129 | COMMUNICATION AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A surveillance and communication system is provided and includes two-way audio communication capabilities and a covert video acquisition system. In one embodiment, a system for acquiring video data within an environment is provided. The system includes a device having an image acquisition component, an audio acquisition component, and a speaker provided within an enclosure that is configured to be mounted to a portion of a user. The image acquisition component is configured to be utilized to acquire video data from a first viewpoint within the environment. A local data communication system is configured to receive an electrical signal indicative of video data from the image acquisition component. A surveillance component is fixed to a structure within the environment and configured to acquire video data from a second viewpoint within the environment that is elevated with respect to the first viewpoint. Further, a remote data communication system is provided that is remote from the device and configured to simultaneously receive video data from the local data communication system and video data from the surveillance component. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141130 | IN-PLAY CAMERA ASSOCIATED WITH HEADGEAR USED IN SPORTING EVENTS AND CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF CAPTURED VIDEO FOR BROADCAST TO AND DISPLAY AT REMOTE VIDEO MONITORS - System and method for capturing visual perspectives of live activities at an entertainment venue with wireless in-play video cameras associated with user equipment for transmission to enterprise equipment for processing and broadcast to remote video monitors for display. Video recording can be from more than one entertainment venue or can be more than one wireless in-play video camera. Remote video monitors can be venue-based hand held devices or video monitors used at home. Remote video monitors can include hand held devices and high definition televisions (e.g., HDTVs) including flat panel display screens therein. A user can select from more than one view from video cameras that the user wants displayed on the remote viewer, enabling a user of the remote video monitor to view more than one camera view through the remote viewer at a time simultaneously. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141131 | Calibrating method of image measuring instrument - An image measuring instrument includes: a CCD camera having an objective lens; an orientation changer that changes an imaging direction; a movement mechanism that relatively moves the CCD camera and a workpiece for auto-focusing the objective lens; and a position detector for detecting a position of the CCD camera. A calibration method includes: a preparation step for preparing a reference gauge having a sphere of which radius is sized not more than a focus depth of the objective lens, a surface of the sphere defining a reference surface; an orientation-changing step for changing the imaging direction; a focus-adjusting step for focusing the objective lens on the reference surface using the auto-focusing of the movement mechanism; and a position-detecting step for detecting the position information of the imaging unit by the position detector, thereby calibrating the position of the CCD camera. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141132 | Instrumentation for image acquisition from biological and non-biological assays - Embodiments of this invention include flatbed scanners that have a surface and have a plurality of light sources. Alternatively, a single light source can be moved in two dimensions relative to an object placed on the surface of the scanner. Other embodiments include a scan head that is moveable in two dimensions relative to the flat bed of the scanner. Further embodiments include one or more polarizing filters to reduce glare and increase the quality of a captured image. Theses scanners can be used to capture images of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) substrates, plates having cultures thereon or other objects having irregular lower surfaces. Additional embodiments include methods for capturing images from ELISA substrates, bacterial culture plates, viral plaque assay plates and the like. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141133 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH ANTI-SHAKE CONTROL FUNCTION - A semiconductor device with an anti-shake function includes a logic chip having a digital circuit which obtains a value for vibration of an apparatus based on a vibration detection signal supplied from a vibration detection element to generate a correction signal. The logic chip includes a correction signal processing unit which generates the correction signal, and a control signal output unit which outputs a vibration control signal in accordance with the correction signal to a vibration correction control unit which executes vibration correction control for an optical component in accordance with vibration. The correction signal processing unit includes a vibration computing unit which is capable of executing a plurality of stages of signal processing operations, by dedicated circuits, respectively, and which generates the correction signal from the vibration detection signal, and a central processing unit capable of executing desired computation processing to be performed by the vibration computing unit, and a signal obtained by executing all or a part of the computation processing to be performed by the dedicated circuits by the central processing unit is supplied as the correction signal to the control signal output unit. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141134 | IMAGE STABILIZATION CONTROL CIRCUIT OF IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image stabilization control circuit comprises a plurality of vibration detecting elements for detecting vibration of an image pickup apparatus; a plurality of position detecting elements for detecting a position of an optical component; an analog/digital converter circuit for converting output signals of the plurality of vibration detecting elements and the plurality of position detecting elements to digital signals; and a logic circuit for generating a control signal for driving the optical component based on the output signals of the plurality of vibration detecting elements and the plurality of position detecting elements digitalized by the analog/digital converter circuit, wherein the analog/digital converter circuit digitalizes and outputs the output signal of the plurality of vibration detecting elements with respect to a plurality of axis directions, and successively digitalizes and outputs the output signal of the plurality of position detecting elements with respect to a plurality of axis directions. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141135 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND LENS DRIVE METHOD - A lens drive device in at least one lens barrel holding a lens moveably includes a motor to drive the lens; an acceleration detection section to detect an acceleration; and an output control section to control an output of the motor corresponding to the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection section. The output control section determines whether the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection section falls within a predetermined acceleration range or not. When the acceleration is determined to be within the range, a further determination of whether the lens drive device is in a stationary state is performed. When it is determined not being in the stationary state, the motor is driven by a maximum drive voltage. When it is determined being in the stationary state, a further determination of whether the posture is horizontal or not is performed. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141136 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND IMAGING CAPTURING APPARATUS - A semiconductor device with an “anti-shake” function includes a logic chip having a digital circuit which obtains a value indicating the amount of vibration of device such as an imaging apparatus based on a vibration detection signal supplied from a vibration detection element to generate a correction signal. The logic chip includes a correction signal processing unit which generates the correction signal, and a control signal output unit which outputs a vibration control signal in accordance with the correction signal to a vibration correction control unit which executes vibration correction control for an optical component. The control signal output unit includes a plurality of types of signal output sections and outputs a vibration control signal corresponding to a driving unit from one signal output section selected from among the plurality of types of signal output sections. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141137 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND IMAGING CAPTURING APPARATUS - A MCP semiconductor device with an “anti-shake” function includes a driver chip and a logic chip. The logic chip includes a correction signal processing unit which obtains a value for vibration of apparatus based on a vibration detection signal to generate a correction signal and a control signal output unit having a plurality of types of signal output sections which output a vibration control signal in accordance with the correction signal to a vibration correction control unit which executes vibration correction control for an optical component. The logic chip further includes a driver output terminal which outputs the vibration control signal to the driver chip, an external output terminal which outputs the control signal to an external circuit other than the driver chip, and also an output switch unit which connects one of the plurality of signal output sections with the driver output terminal or the external output terminal. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141138 | System And Methods For Capturing Images Of An Event - A system for capturing images of an event includes at least one data correlator. The data correlator is operable to receive still images captured by a camera and to receive identification/time pairs from a sensor. Each identification/time pair includes an identity of at least one respective object and a time that the at least one respective object was within the camera's field of view. The data correlator is operable to automatically correlate the still images with identities of respective objects included in the still images by correlating an identity of at least one respective object of each identification/time pair to a still image that is closest in time to a time of the identification/time pair. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141139 | Imaging Device - An imaging device including: an imaging element which comprises a plurality of pixels capable of switching between a linear conversion operation for linearly converting incident light into an electric signal and a logarithmic conversion operation for logarithmically converting the incident light into an electric signal, according to an incident light quantity; a monitor to display an image obtained by the imaging element; an operation section which is operated for specifying an arbitrary area of the image displayed on the monitor; and an inflection point changing section which evaluates an output signal of the imaging element in the specified area, and changes the inflection point which is a boundary between a linear region and a logarithmic region in the output signal of the imaging element, based on an evaluation result of the output signal. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141140 | End-to-end design of electro-optic imaging systems for color-correlated objects - An electro-optic color imaging system includes an optical subsystem, a detector subsystem and a digital image processing subsystem. The system is used to image a color-correlated object. In the optical subsystem, the image surfaces for different color channels of the object are substantially separated. Thus, one color channel may be in focus while others are out of focus. The detector subsystem is located at a fixed image distance from the optical subsystem and captures the different color channel images of the object. The image processing subsystem estimates the image of the object by combining the captured color channel images based at least in part on an a priori estimate of the correlation between the color channels. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141141 | Imaging apparatus having focus control function - A digital camera | 2009-06-04 |
20090141142 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND TIME CORRECTION METHOD - An image pickup apparatus that records a picked-up image and time information indicating when the picked-up image was picked up includes a unit that obtains location information and UTC and generates positioning information indicating the obtained result, a unit that determines the time difference between the time corresponding to the location information and UTC using the location information, a unit that calculates the local time of a location indicated by the location information using UTC and the time difference, and a unit that performs correction of a system time of the image pickup apparatus when the time difference between the system time and the local time exceeds a predetermined time period and that causes the correction of the system time to be delayed until after the completion of a recording operation of the picked-up image when the recording operation is being performed. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141143 | NETWORK CAMERA - The invention relates to a network camera comprising an image acquisition part, an image processing part, a flat cable connecting the image acquisition part with a first end of the image processing part, and an inlet for an external data cable arranged at a second end of the image processing part. The image acquisition part is tiltable around a first axis in relation to the image processing part, the image processing part and the image acquisition part in combination are rotatable around a second axis, and the first and second axes are essentially perpendicular to each other. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141144 | Digital Image Adjustable Compression and Resolution Using Face Detection Information - A method of adjustable spatial and/or temporal compression of an image including a face includes identifying a group of pixels that correspond to a face within a digitally-acquired image. A first compression portion of the image including the group of pixels is determined. A second compression portion of the image other than the group of pixels is also determined. The first compression portion may be automatically compressed with higher-grade compression than the second compression portion to generate a compressed image including the face, or an option to provided the compressed image including the different grade compressions may be provided. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141145 | ANTI-ECLIPSING CIRCUIT FOR IMAGE SENSORS - An anti-eclipse circuit of an image pixel includes a clamping circuit for pulling up a voltage of a reset signal output by the pixel and an eclipse detection circuit for controllably coupling the clamping circuit output to the output of the pixel. The clamping circuit includes a source follower transistor and a switching transistor. The eclipse detection circuit includes a comparator that is operated to detect an eclipse condition. The eclipse detection circuit outputs a control signal to cause the switching transistor to conduct only when a eclipse condition is detected while the pixel is outputting a reset signal. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141146 | MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSOR SYSTEM WITH SHARED PROCESSING - A primary integrated image sensor is operatively connected to one or more secondary image sensors. The primary integrated image sensor includes a pixel array integrated on a semiconductor substrate along with one or more of an image signal processing circuit, readout circuitry, a digital serial interface, storage, a timing circuit, an analog-to-digital converter, and a bi-directional digital input/output circuit. Each secondary image sensor can be implemented as a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) or a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) image sensor and include a pixel array along with one or more of a readout circuitry, a digital serial interface, a timing circuit, an output circuit, and an optional analog-to-digital converter. Images captured by the primary integrated image sensor and each secondary image sensor are processed by the primary image sensor. Each secondary image sensor can also transmit physical and operational data to the primary integrated image sensor. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141147 | Auto zoom display system and method - Auto zoom display system and method for user interaction with a display screen. The auto zoom display system has a display screen for displaying an image, and a viewing distance detector. The display screen and viewing distance detector are connected to a processing system, the processing system being arranged to detect a viewing distance between a user and the display screen. Furthermore, a zoom property of the displayed image is adjusted depending on the detected viewing distance. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141148 | DISTORTION-CORRECTED IMAGE GENERATION UNIT AND DISTORTION-CORRECTED IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An internal parameter storage unit stores, in advance, a plurality of sets of internal parameters each of which can be applied to correct a pixel position in a direction from an image principal point, i.e., a plurality of sets of internal parameters for accommodating errors of different magnitudes that occur in individual directions from an image principal point. An internal parameter selection unit selects a set of internal parameters from the plurality of sets of internal parameters stored in advance on the basis of the direction of a pixel position to be corrected from the image principal point, and a distortion-corrected image generator corrects distortion on the basis of the selected set of internal parameters, so that, even when a surface of a lens is not exactly parallel to a surface of an image pickup device, distortion is corrected more accurately. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141149 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method - An image processing apparatus includes a gradation correction unit configured to multiply input image data by a gradation correction value appropriate for the input image data so as to obtain gradation corrected image data; and a noise suppression unit configured to suppress noise of the gradation corrected image data on the basis of a noise model of the input image data so as to obtain output image data. The noise suppression unit includes a parameter generator configured to generate a noise suppression parameter in accordance with the gradation corrected image data by using the noise model; a parameter correction unit configured to multiply the noise suppression parameter by the gradation correction value so as to correct the noise suppression parameter; and a low-pass filter configured to vary characteristics thereof in accordance with the noise suppression parameter corrected by the parameter correction unit and to suppress noise of the gradation corrected image data. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141150 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - In the image pickup system of the present invention, factors that have an effect on noise such as the signal level, temperature of the CCD during shooting, exposure time, gain and the like are dynamically acquired, the noise level of the CCD is estimated, for example, for each pixel by a noise estimating unit, and signal components equal to or less than this noise level in the video signals are suppressed by a noise reducing unit, so that a high-quality image that is substantially free of noise is obtained while preserving the edges of the image and the like. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141151 | Dynamic range enhancement method and apparatus - A dynamic range enhancement method and apparatus for an imaging device expands a dynamic range of an input image without an associated increase in the amount of image calculations. The dynamic range enhancement method includes producing brightness information and color information from an input image; applying gamma correction and inverse gamma correction to the brightness information to produce a gamma corrected image and an inverse gamma corrected image; comparing variances of the gamma corrected image and the inverse gamma corrected image at identical spots; and expanding a dynamic range of the input image by selecting one of the variances at each spot. The dynamic range of an input image is expanded by applying a post imaging process without increasing calculation amount of the imaging device. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141152 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - Disclosed is a photographing apparatus of interlace transferring type comprising a photographing device which carries out transfer of electrification of all pixels stored in the photographing device by dividing into a plurality of fields when transferring the electrification, which has a plurality of color filters and which includes a color signal of at least RGB or YeCyMgG in the transfer data of each field for transferring the electrification, an extraction unit for extracting characteristic data of an image from transferred data before processing for the image is started, a generating unit for generating control value carrying out correction of image based on the extracted characteristic data, and a photographing processing unit for processing the image by use of a control value formed by said characteristic data. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141153 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - To provide a solid-state imaging device that can capture an image which is bright through to its periphery, even when used in a single-lens reflex digital camera that accepts various interchangeable lenses from wide-angle to telephoto. The solid-state imaging device includes a two-dimensional array of unit pixels each of which includes a light-collecting element. A light-collecting element in a unit pixel is a combination of circular-sector-shaped light-collecting elements having different concentric structures. A central axis of the concentric structures is perpendicular to a light-receiving plane of the light-collecting element. Each of the circular-sector-shaped light-collecting elements is divided into concentric zone areas of a width equal to or smaller than a wavelength of incident light. Thus, an image which is bright through to its periphery can be captured even when light incident on a unit pixel changes from wide-angle to telecentric (chief rays are approximately parallel to an optical axis). | 2009-06-04 |
20090141154 | SOLID-STATE PICKUP APPARATUS, ITS DRIVING METHOD AND CAMERA SYSTEM - There is used an XY address type solid-state image pickup element (for example, a MOS type image sensor) in which two rows and two columns are made a unit, and color filters having a color coding of repetition of the unit (repetition of two verticals (two horizontals) are arranged, and when a thinning-out read mode is specified, a clock frequency of a system is changed to 1/9, and on the basis of the changed clock frequency, a pixel is selected every three pixels in both a row direction and a column direction to successively read out a pixel signal. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141155 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING CELL WITH ELECTRONIC SHUTTER EXTENSIONS - A pixel sensor cell of improved dynamic range and a design structure including the pixel sensor cell embodied in a machine readable medium are provided. The pixel cell comprises a coupling transistor that couples a capacitor device to a photosensing region (e.g., photodiode) of the pixel cell, the photodiode being coupled to a transfer gate and one terminal of the coupling transistor. In operation, the additional capacitance is coupled to the pixel cell photodiode when the voltage on the photodiode is drawn down to the substrate potential. Thus, the added capacitance is only connected to the imager cell when the cell is nearing its charge capacity. Otherwise, the cell has a low capacitance and low leakage. In an additional embodiment, a terminal of the capacitor is coupled to a “pulsed” supply voltage signal that enables substantially full depletion of stored charge from the capacitor to the photosensing region during a read out operation of the pixel sensor cell. In various embodiments, the locations of the added capacitance and photodiode may be interchanged with respect to the coupling transistor. In addition, the added capacitor of the pixel sensor cell allows for a global shutter operation. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141156 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATION IN IMAGING SENSORS - The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate generating and/or maintaining low noise reference voltages for CMOS imaging System-on-Chip (iSoC) sensors. A primary reference voltage can be generated utilizing a low noise bandgap. Further, the primary reference voltage can be filtered via a low pass filter. The filtered, primary reference voltage can thereafter be distributed to a plurality of isolated domains. Each of the isolated domains can generate an independent set of reference voltages based upon the filtered, primary reference voltage. Moreover, subsets of these reference voltages can be employed by programmable digital to analog converters (DACs). Each of the reference voltages can be isolated from switching noise and/or clock glitches generated within each domain. Further, each DAC output can be buffered to have adequately low impedance with appropriate drive capability and requisite signal swing. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141157 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus includes an output unit including a first output line which transmits a first signal of the first pixel, a second output line which transmits a second signal of the first pixel, a third output line which transmits a first signal of the second pixel, a fourth output line which transmits a second signal of the second pixel, a first difference circuit which operates the difference between the first signal and the second signal of the first pixel to generate a first image signal, and a second difference circuit which operates the difference between the first signal and the second signal of the second pixel to generate a second image signal, wherein the first output line is arranged between the third output line and the fourth output line, and the third output line is arranged between the first output line and the second output line. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141158 | Reduced-component digital image capturing apparatus - Provided is a digital image capturing apparatus which has a reduced number of components so that manufacture thereof is simplified and manufacturing costs are reduced. The digital image capturing apparatus includes a main printed circuit board (PCB) on which a charge-coupled device (CCD) and a control component for controlling the digital image capturing apparatus are directly mounted. A lens barrel is aligned with the CCD and directly connected with the main PCB. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141159 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An image sensor and a manufacturing method for an image sensor. An image may include a central pixel array that contains pixels disposed in a center of a pixel area, and a peripheral pixel array that contains pixels disposed in a periphery of the pixel area. A gate oxide layer at a center area of a photodiode may have a smaller thickness than a gate oxide layer of pixels at a center area of the photodiode. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141160 | CONTOURED SURFACE COVER PLATE FOR IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY - A cover for an image sensor array is disclosed. The cover includes a plate formed of substantially transparent material and placed adjacent to the image sensor array. The plate has a plurality of surfaces and forms a lensing structure. At least one of the plurality of surfaces is contoured into a lensing surface capable of performing an imaging improvement or enhancement function. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141161 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup substrate on which an image pickup device is mounted on an object side; an optical unit having a lens for imaging an object light on the image pickup device; a blade member adjusting an amount of the object light entering into the lens; a drive unit having a motor driving the blade member; and a motor substrate supplying the motor with a drive power. The optical unit is provided in the image pickup substrate. The drive unit is provided in the optical unit so as to be spaced apart from the image pickup substrate. The motor substrate is provided in the drive unit so as to face the image pickup substrate. The conductive member electrically connecting the image pickup substrate with the motor substrate is disposed between the image pickup substrate and the motor substrate. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141162 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING AUDIO OUTPUT UNIT - An image pickup apparatus comprises a barrel including an image pickup element and a lens; an optical viewfinder; an audio output unit for generating a sound; and a light emitting unit having a member for emitting light, wherein the audio output unit is arranged in a space surrounded by the barrel, the optical viewfinder, and the light emitting unit. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141163 | COMPACT CAMERA OPTICS - Imaging apparatus includes an image sensor, which is adapted to generate an input image in response to optical radiation that is incident thereon. A processing engine is configured to apply a digital filter to the input image so as to generate a filtered image, the digital filter having a kernel, which has a kernel width that is greater than five pixels. An optical assembly is arranged to focus the optical radiation onto the image sensor with a point spread function (PSF) such that no more than a first threshold percentage of energy emitted from a point object and focused by the optical assembly falls within a first region of the image sensor having a first width that is five times the pitch of the image sensor, while at least a second threshold percentage of the energy emitted from the point object and focused by the optical assembly falls within a second region, which contains the first region and has a second width corresponding to the kernel width. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141164 | Reduced-component flash assembly for a digital image capturing apparatus, and a digital image capturing apparatus including the same - A reduced-component flash assembly for a digital image capturing apparatus, and a digital image capturing apparatus including the same are provided. The digital image capturing apparatus includes a frame; a flash module including a flash lamp which is capable of emitting a flash and a flash lamp housing which contains the flash lamp; a top PCB fitted with the flash module, which is disposed on a top part of the frame, on which a flash lamp control component controlling the flash lamp is mounted, and on which a button correspondence component corresponding to a button disposed on a top part of the digital image capturing apparatus is mounted; and a main PCB which is disposed in a side part of the frame, which is electrically connected to the top PCB, and on which a control component controlling the digital image capturing apparatus is mounted. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141165 | Solid-state image pickup apparatus, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device including the same - In a solid-state image pickup apparatus | 2009-06-04 |
20090141166 | Selective error concealment method and apparatus for moving picture frame - Disclosed is a selective frame error concealment method for a moving picture frame, the method including the steps of determining if an erroneous frame corresponds to one among a predetermined number of frames received after an I frame when the erroneous frame is received during reception of moving picture frames, determining if the number of consecutive erroneous frames is greater than a threshold value when the erroneous frame does not correspond to one among the predetermined number of frames received after the I frame, using an error concealment technique when the number of consecutive erroneous frames is equal to or less than the threshold value; and displaying a frame, which has been received without error before the erroneous frame, until receiving a new I frame, either when the erroneous frame corresponds to one among the predetermined number of frames received after the I frame, or when the number of consecutive erroneous frames is greater than the threshold value. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141167 | VIDEO SIGNAL CONVERTER, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, AND VIDEO SIGNAL CONVERTING METHOD - When each value of luminance signals of three primary colors in the primary video signal is less than the output lower limit value, in short, when the gradation level is negative, the negative gradation level of the present primary color is, in accordance with its magnitude, in other words, in accordance with the absolute value of the negative gradation level, replaced with positive gradation levels of other two primary colors. Therefore, in accordance with A VIDEO SIGNAL CONVERTER of this invention, even when the primary video signal includes a signal value having a negative gradation level, in short, even when one or more of each signal value of RGB is below the output lower limit value, a color according to the combination of those gradation levels (a combination of each level of primary colors (RGB)) can be reproduced (displayed) by a display means. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141168 | Sub-program avoidance redirection for broadcast receivers - A system for automatically tuning a primary broadcast receiver using a secondary broadcast receiver to receive a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program, one or more program transition detectors to monitor first broadcast signal tuned by the secondary broadcast receiver to determine and signal a transition from a non-original program content to origin program content while a user views or hears alternate programming from a primary broadcast receiver, and automatically tuning of the primary broadcast receiver to the first broadcast signal upon detection by the program transition detector that one or more of user-specific tune conditions have been met. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141169 | SUBLIMINAL IMAGE SYSTEM - A Subliminal Image System is described whereby a subliminal image, data set or message is transmitted by simple flashing light sources and captured by a camera system. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141170 | VIDEO/AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE AND EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONTROL APPARATUS - The invention provides an external speaker control apparatus for causing only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the external speaker being a speaker outside a video and audio output apparatus. The external speaker control apparatus includes a microcomputer for detecting the change of the power supply of an amplifier from an off state to an on state and a HDMI/CEC communication unit for outputting an instruction requesting output of information which indicates the audio output mode to the video and audio output apparatus while at the same time receiving the information indicating the audio output mode from the video and audio output apparatus in the case where the microcomputer detects the change of the power supply from an off state to an on state, wherein the microcomputer controls the output of the audio from the external speaker based on the information indicating the audio output mode. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141171 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD CAPABLE OF RECEIVING MULTIPLE SOURCES AND WITH SYNCHRONOUS MULTIPLE OUTPUTS - The synchronous briefing or visual playback in different areas and capability of receiving multiple image sources are achieved by connecting various briefing subsystems in different areas via the Internet. One or more image sources are configured in each briefing subsystem and each connected to a server of the subsystem via physical or wireless network. The server of each briefing subsystem transmits briefing or image data to a playback device for outputting purpose via physical or wireless network. The internet-connected servers in all the briefing subsystems are capable of transmitting briefing or image data to one another via the Internet such that briefing or image outputting in one subsystem can be synchronously performed in other subsystems. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141172 | TV System, Multimedia Processing Apparatus, and Method Thereof - A TV system, a multimedia processing apparatus, and a method thereof are provided. The TV system comprises a multimedia processing apparatus and a display unit. The multimedia processing apparatus comprises a multiplexer, a controller, and a detector. The multiplexer receives a plurality of input signals. The controller signals the multiplexer to select one of the plurality of input signals in turn. The detector detects the selected input signal to generate a status of the selected input signal until all of the input signals have been detected. Then, the display unit displays the detected input signals. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141173 | Apparatus Having an Emergency Alert Function With Priority Override Feature - An apparatus such as a television signal receiver, radio or other apparatus provides an emergency alert function with a priority override feature to ensure that users are informed of significant emergency events. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a signal receiving element operative to receive emergency alert signals providing an emergency message. A processor is operatively coupled to the signal receiving element and detects if a condition associated with the emergency message exists. The processor processes the emergency alert signals in accordance with user settings for the emergency alert function if the condition does not exist. The processor overrides the user settings and enables an alert output if the condition exists. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141174 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING GUIDE DATA ON A REMOTE CONTROL - System and method for displaying guide data on a remote control. In one embodiment, guide data may be received in a first format by the remote control. The guide data may be converted from the first format to a second format based in part on a predefined user preference. A portion of the guide data may be displayed in accordance with the second format on a display of the remote control such that guide data is displayed according to a first scale. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141175 | Handheld apparatus and operating method thereof - The invention provides a handheld apparatus and an operating method thereof. The handheld apparatus is electrically connected to a RGB color temperature sensor. The handheld apparatus comprises a receiving module, a signal converting module, and a color temperature calculating module. The receiving module is for receiving a set of RGB analog color temperature of an environment which the handheld apparatus lies in from the RGB color temperature sensor. The signal converting module is electrically connected to the receiving module, for converting the set of RGB analog color temperature into a digital color temperature signal. The color temperature calculating module is electrically connected to the signal converting module, for generating an absolute color temperature related to the environment, based on the digital color temperature signal. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141176 | GRAY-SCALE CORRECTING DEVICE - An amount of change calculated by an amount-of-change calculator ( | 2009-06-04 |
20090141177 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL CIRCUIT USING GAIN SHIFT - An AGC circuit includes a RF amplifying module has a first gain control resolution, a frequency converter, an IF/Baseband amplifying module has a second gain control resolution, an IF/Baseband micro-setting amplifying module has a third gain control resolution which is higher than the first and the second, an A/D converter, an AGC module and a gain distribution module. The AGC module is configured for detecting a level of a digital IF/Baseband signal outputted from A/D converter, comparing the detected level with a reference level and generating a digital AGC signal and a digital gain distribution control signal based upon the comparison result. The gain distribution module is subjected to the control of digital AGC signal and digital gain distribution control signal and configured for generating digital gain control signals to selectively adjust the gains of RF amplifying module, IF/Baseband amplifying module and IF/Baseband micro-setting amplifying module. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141178 | Methods and Systems for Backlight Modulation with Scene-Cut Detection - Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for filtering a display source light illumination level with an adaptive filter based on the presence of a scene cut proximate to the current frame. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141179 | Cellular Antenna Assembly With Video Capability - An antenna assembly is disclosed for analyzing conditions of an antenna and its surroundings with video technology including an antenna housing wherein an antenna panel is disposed, and a camera that is in connection with the antenna panel and is coupled to a computer system for storing and transmitting data through a packet switching network to a user who may communicate using a user interface. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna assembly may further comprise an adjustment system that is capable of controlling azimuth and downtilt movement and as well as the focus of the camera under direction of a control unit in a remote location. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141180 | Transmitting device, receiving device, and method for transmitting operational information in receiving device - A transmitting device includes a video-signal output unit, an image displaying unit, an information receiving unit, and a controller. The video-signal output unit outputs a video signal. The image displaying unit displays an image based on the video signal outputted from the video-signal output unit, on a first image display element. The signal transmitting unit transmits the video signal outputted from the video-signal output unit, to an external apparatus via a transmission path. The information receiving unit receives operational information transmitted from the external apparatus, on a display screen of a second image display of the external apparatus. The controller controls at least an operation of the video-signal output unit on the basis of the operational information received by the information receiving unit. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141181 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A video processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The video processing apparatus includes: a signal receiving unit which receives a signal from an external video processing apparatus; a video processing unit which processes the signal received by the signal receiving unit; and a controller which supplies or cuts off electric power to the video processing unit according to whether the signal is received by the signal receiving unit. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141182 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - The digital broadcast receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first decoding unit which decodes video data of a first digital broadcast and outputs first video data that is decoded; a second decoding unit which decodes video data of a second digital broadcast and outputs second video data that is decoded; and a selection unit which selects one of the first video data and the second video data, and the first decoding unit outputs the first video data synchronous with a referential clock when the first video data is selected by the selection unit, and the first decoding unit outputs the first video data with timing delayed or accelerated by as much as an offset value with respect to timing of predetermined periodicity when the first video data is not selected by the selection unit. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141183 | Active Splitter Device and Method Using Diplexed Front End - A method and apparatus is presented for actively signal splitting an RF signal. Specifically, the RF signal is frequency-separated to generate a first signal including a first set of frequencies and a second signal including a second set of frequencies. The first and second signals are independently amplified to generate first and second amplified signals, respectively. The first and second amplified signals are then combined to generate a recombined signal. The recombined signal is divided to generate first and second splitter output signals. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141184 | MOTION-SENSING REMOTE CONTROL - A motion-sensing remote control is described. In an embodiment, a television remote control can include various sensors that sense a motion of the device. The television remote control also includes an integrated circuit that receives a motion signal corresponding to the motion from the sensors and converts the motion signal into a remote control command. The television remote control further includes a light source that is activated by the integrated circuit to communicate the remote control command to a television client device to initiate a device action. In another embodiment, a television remote control can include various sensors that sense a motion of the device. The television remote control can also include computer-executable instructions that execute on a processor to translate the motion into a remote control command, and initiate communication of the remote control command to a television client device to initiate a device action. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141185 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING CHANNEL THEREOF - A broadcast receiving apparatus and a method for switching a channel thereof are disclosed, the broadcast receiving apparatus including a channel switch unit which monitors the condition of a channel used to communicate with a remote controller, and sets a new channel to be switched with a current channel if the channel condition is inappropriate for communication; and a transceiver which transmits a channel switch request message to request a channel be switched to the new channel set by the channel switch unit. Therefore, the broadcast receiving apparatus is easily switch a channel used to communicate with a remote controller irrespective of a sleep mode of the remote controller. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141186 | Display System and Method - A display system and method are disclosed. The system comprises a data transmitting apparatus built in a computer and a data receiving apparatus connected to a remote VGA/DVI display device, in which the data transmitting apparatus comprises a collecting unit for collecting screen data and/or audio data in video signals and a local control unit for encoding said screen data and/or audio data and transmitting said encoded screen data and/or audio data; the data receiving apparatus comprises a remote control unit for controlling the reception of said screen data and/or audio data and decoding it, a buffer unit for controlling the audio/video data decoded by the remote control unit to be placed into a memory for buffering, and an output unit for converting the buffered screen data and/or audio data into a format supported by the VGA/DVI display device and/or audio format. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141187 | Buffer Management system for video image display apparatus - A video image display apparatus for displaying a video image in accordance with a video image signal comprising: a light source; and a control unit for generating display data for a first spatial light modulator (SLM) and a second SLM for modulating illumination lights projected from the light source, wherein the control unit generates the display data comprising first-color data and second-color data, different from the first-color data, which is sequentially changed over when transmitted to the second SLM during a period when the first-color data is transmitted to the first SLM. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141188 | Video Image display apparatus and timing control method - A video image display apparatus for displaying a video image in accordance with a video image signal including: a light source for emitting an illumination light to a color wheel driven by a color wheel driving unit to rotate the color wheel for filtering and transmitting lights of different colors therefrom; a spatial light modulator (SLM) for receiving the lights of different colors projected from the color wheel; a master clock signal generation unit for generating a master clock signal constituting a reference for transferring data to the SLM; a frame start signal generation unit for generating, from the master clock signal, a frame start signal indicating the start of a frame; a wheel position detection unit for detecting an angular position of the wheel; a phase comparison unit for comparing a phase of the frame start signal with a wheel index signal generated from the wheel position detection unit indicating a position of the color wheel; and a motor control unit for receiving a phase comparison signal from the phase comparison unit for controlling a rotation speed of a motor for driving the color wheel to rotate at a controlled rotation speed. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141189 | Light source control method for video image display apparatus and video image display apparatus - A method for controlling a light source of a video image display apparatus, comprising: projecting illumination lights to a first spatial light modulator (SLM) and a second SLM, and changing over a wavelength of one of the illumination lights projected to the second SLM in a sequence during a period when the wavelength of another one of the illumination lights projected to the first SLM is controlled to have a flexibly adjustable wavelength. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141190 | Rear projection immersive display system - An immersive rear projection imaging and audio system with interactive capability. It utilizies a single projection device. Said device receiving its image correction information via a computer interface. The computer interface is performing 3-D geometric image reformation and correction from the source. Said source may be supplied by any commercially available media or means. The receiving surface of the specially treated, vertically oriented open ended dome screen having a truncated lower quadrant section. Within said hemispherical display screen, the viewer's field of vision is immersed within the projected image. We further cause an immersive audio experience within this same space and present a method for producing same. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141191 | SCANNING IMAGE DISPLAY AND SCANNING IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A scanning image display includes a plurality of light sources adapted to emit a plurality of light beams, and a scan unit adapted to scan the light beams emitted from the light sources on a projection surface, which comprises a plurality of sub-illumination areas, in a first and second direction. One of the first and second directions is a high-speed scan direction and the other is a low-speed scan direction. The sub-illumination areas are arranged in the low-speed scan direction, such that the light beams scanned in adjacent sub-illumination areas are scanned in the opposite direction. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141192 | SCANNING IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND SCANNING IMAGE DISPLAY - A scanning image display system which includes a plurality of scanning image displays each including a light source adapted to emit a laser beam, and a scan unit having a first scan section adapted to scan the laser beam emitted from the light source in a first direction on a projection surface, and a second scan section adapted to scan the laser beam in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The first scan sections are resonant scan sections which are faster than the second scan sections in scan speed. The first scan sections are heated with light during the time that an image is formed and a reset period of the second scan sections in order to control resonant frequencies of the first scan sections. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141193 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A laser light source | 2009-06-04 |
20090141194 | Apparatus and method, both for controlling spatial light modulator - An image display apparatus includes: an illumination light source controlled by an illumination light control unit for projecting a first illumination light and a second illumination light; a first SLM for modulating a first illumination light; a second SLM for modulating a second illumination light; and an SLM control unit for controlling the first and second SLMs, wherein the SLM control unit controls the second SLM in accordance with a control process performed by the illumination light control unit during a period when the SLM control unit receives and applies a video image signal for controlling a modulation of the first SLM. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141195 | Apparatus and method, both for controlling spatial light modulator - An image display apparatus includes: a first spatial light modulator (SLM) and a second modulator for modulating a first and a second illumination lights for displaying images; an SLM control unit for generating first control data and second control data for controlling the first and second SLMs respectively in accordance with the first and second control data, wherein each of the first control data and second control data is generated for each of a plurality of sub-frame periods divided from one frame period for displaying the images, and the start timing of one sub-frame period of the first control data is different from the start timing of one sub-frame period of the second control data. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141196 | Photo microprojector - A photo microprojector for projecting digital photo albums, includes: a.) a main housing having a lens port; b.) a digital photo input means within the housing and including at least one input port; c.) a microprocessor in the main housing includes: i) digital photo storage means for storing inputted digital photos; ii) digital photo organization means for selecting and arranging digital photos stored in the microprocessor; iii) a controller for managing a digital photo album presentation that includes a start function, a stop function, and a pause function the microprocessor being connected to the digital photo input means; d.) a lens located in the lens port; e.) a display screen located in the main housing and behind the lens and connected to the microprocessor, the display screen being adapted to receive photo images from the microprocessor; f.) a light source located behind the display screen to project photo images from the display screen and magnified through the lens for projection, the light source being connected to the microprocessor; g.) a lens port swivel mount is moveably connected to the main housing so as to have a front position; and, h.) a power source connected to the microprocessor. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141197 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF FOR PREVENTING TRANSIENT NOISE - A display apparatus which does not expose a transient phenomenon and an abnormal phenomenon to a user and a method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display which has a unique panel resolution, a receiver which receives an image signal and an additional signal, a display driver, and a controller which, if the additional signal is received, controls such that a specific screen is displayed on the display. Accordingly, a transient phenomenon occurring at the time of a change of a resolution and an abnormal phenomenon occurring if there is a problem in an image signal can be prevented from being exposed to the user without requiring an additional cost and an additional component. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141198 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus does not require a cover structure for enclosing a front peripheral portion of a front panel so that the screen of the display apparatus can be seemed to be large, and the display apparatus can have a neat appearance. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141199 | Component assembly and electronic apparatus - A component assembly includes a first component having a locking section and a flat-plate shaped projection formed on a first face. The locking section extends from the first face and bends in a first direction. The projection extends perpendicularly to the first face and is formed of a face intersecting the first direction. The assembly also includes a second component having a first hole and a second formed on a first face. The locking section of the first component is inserted into the first hole, and the projection of the first component is inserted into the second hole. The first face of the second component opposes the first face of the first component and includes a part with a slope section on which the distal end of the projection abuts and which moves the first component in the first direction when the first component is attached to the second component. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141200 | Multi-Function Light Modulators for Optical Systems - In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting one or more light beams by a first portion of a light modulator formed outwardly from a substrate. The one or more transmitted light beams are spatially integrated. A second portion of the light modulator is formed outwardly from the substrate. The second portion of the light modulator spatially integrates the transmitted light beams. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141201 | THREE-DIMENSION DISPLAY AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimension display suitable for a viewer wearing a pair of eyeglasses is disclosed. The eyeglasses have two circular polarized eyeglass lenses with different polarizations. The three-dimension display includes a flat display panel, a quarter-wave plate and a patterned half-wave plate. The flat display panel has a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, wherein the flat display panel is suitable to display a linear polarized image. The quarter-wave plate is disposed between the flat display panel and the eyeglasses. The patterned half-wave plate is disposed between the flat display panel and the eyeglasses, wherein the patterned half-wave plate corresponds to a part of the pixels. The present invention also provides a fabrication method of a three-dimension display. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141202 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - With a display device using a pixel which includes a sub-pixel, the display device with improved viewing angle and quality of moving image display is provided without increase in power consumption by driving of the sub-pixel. A circuit which can change conducting states by a plurality of switches is provided, and charge in a plurality of sub-pixels and a capacitor element is transported mutually, so that desired voltage is applied to the plurality of sub-pixels without applying voltage in plural times from external. Moreover, a period in which each sub-pixel displays black is provided in accordance with transfer of charge. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141203 | Display devices including an oxide semiconductor thin film transistor - A display device including an oxide semiconductor thin film transistor is provided. The display device includes at least one thin film transistor, and at least one storage capacitor. The storage capacitor includes a storage electrode formed of a transparent oxide semiconductor, and a pixel electrode over the storage electrode. The pixel electrode may be separated from the storage electrode by a desired distance. | 2009-06-04 |
20090141204 | Display Device - During first period, TFTs: | 2009-06-04 |