24th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110141316 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and an image processing method that enable suitable contrast adjustment are provided. The image processing apparatus includes a region detection unit configured to detect predetermined first luminance level detection region and second luminance level detection region in a human face as a target to be photographed, a luminance amount calculation unit configured to calculate an absolute value of a difference between a luminance level of the first luminance level detection region and a certain reference luminance level as a high luminance amount and calculate an absolute value of a difference between a luminance level of the second luminance level detection region and the reference luminance level as a low luminance amount, and a determination unit configured to determine whether a difference or a ratio between the high luminance amount and the low luminance amount falls within a certain range. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141317 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) PICTURES, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUSES FOR USE THEREIN - The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for producing dynamic range increase (DRI) or a high dynamic range (HDR) pictures, in which differently exposed individual images are combined by image processing to form an HDR or DRI picture. In order to also allow moving objects to be recorded more easily, and to overcome the restrictions relating to lack of mobility of a recording device, the exposure can be carried out by laser radiation containing wavelengths at different intensities. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141318 | IMAGE SENSOR MODULES, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE IMAGE SENSOR MODULES - An image sensor module is provided. The image sensor module includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an image sensor chip disposed on a first plane of the PCB and electrically connected to the PCB, and an image signal processing chip disposed on the first plane of the PCB and electrically connected to the PCB. An aspect ratio of the image signal processing chip is at least two times greater than an aspect ratio of the image sensor chip. A minimum feature size of a metal line implemented in the image sensor chip is at least 1.5 times greater than a minimum feature size of a metal line implemented in the image signal processing chip. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141319 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Upon capturing an image, distances to subjects are measured. The captured image is divided into a plurality of different layers that each has a set distance interval, so that subjects which are located within the same distance range belong to the same layer. Furthermore, enlargement ratios are set for the plurality of divided layers to execute resizing processing, and the resized layers are composited, so that layers having shorter distances to a subject are overlaid as upper layers, thereby obtaining an image which is resized for respective distances to subjects. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141320 | PHOTOGRAPHING MODULE WITH OPTICAL ZOOM - This invention provides a photographing module with optical zoom, which at least includes a focusing lens assembly, a zoom lens assembly, a focusing lens actuator, a zoom lens actuator, a photo sensor and a vibration sensor. The focusing lens actuator at least includes a first movable member, a first fixed member and a first electric unit, wherein the first electric unit can drive the first movable member to proceed axial displacement and incline at an angle with respect to at least one axis. The zoom lens actuator at least includes a second movable member, a second fixed member and a second electric unit, wherein the second electric unit can drive the second movable member to proceed axial displacement. Alternatively, the axial inclination driven by the first electric unit of the focusing lens actuator may be driven by the second electric unit of the zoom lens actuator. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141321 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFORMING A LENS-DISTORTED IMAGE TO A PERSPECTIVE IMAGE IN BAYER SPACE - A method and apparatus is provided for rendering an image. The method includes capturing a distorted input image using a color filter array to obtain an input image pattern having a single color channel per pixel. The input image is transformed to an input image signal. At least a portion of the input image signal is dewarped to obtain an undistorted image signal by (i) identifying selected coordinate points in the input signal that correspond to coordinate points in the undistorted image signal and (ii) determining a first color channel value for at least one of the selected coordinate points with a color correlation-adjusted interpolation technique using at least one nearest neighbor pixel having a color channel different from the first color channel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141322 | Image restoration device and image restoration method - An image restoration method includes receiving an externally input image signal, generating a filtered image signal by filtering the input image signal, and generating a restored image signal by calculating a weighted average of the input image signal and the filtered image signal. Such a method may be implemented using an image restoration device including an image filtering unit adapted generated the filtered image signal, and an image mixing unit adapted to generate the restored image signal. More particularly, the restored image signal may be generated using weighting factors calculated based on the input image signal, by calculating a local variance of pixels in the input image signal, and calculating the weighting factor for each of the pixels based on the local variance of each of the pixels. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141323 | LENS SHADING CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN AUTO FOCUS CAMERA MODULE - Provided is a lens shading correction method, the lens shading correction method including, obtaining optical axis coordinates and a center-contrasted surrounding gain according to a lens position of a predefined long-distance focusing and short-distance focusing to a sample image input in which each pixel has an uniform brightness value, obtaining image data using the auto focus function, obtaining a modified optic coordinate and center-contrasted surrounding gain according to a lens position used in the acquisition of the image data, and lens shading correcting the image data using the modified optic axis coordinate and center-contrasted surrounding gain. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141324 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in the form of an array, column signal lines adapted to transmit pixel signals output from pixels in respective columns, a noise adding unit adapted to add temporally constant and two-dimensional spatially random noise to the pixel signals transmitted via the column signal lines, and an analog-to-digital converter adapted to convert a signal level and a reference level of each pixel signal including the noise added thereto by the noise adding unit. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141325 | Image pickup device and defect detecting method - An image pickup device without a light shielding device for blocking light received by a solid-state image pickup element, the image pickup device including: a supplying section configured to supply a signal for resetting a charge of a floating diffusion disposed so as to correspond to one or a plurality of pixels in the solid-state image pickup element; and a detecting section configured to detect a pixel in which change in output of the pixel after passage of a certain time from the resetting of the charge of the floating diffusion is larger than a predetermined threshold value. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141326 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - This invention has been made to solve the problem that when a duplicated image is generated by capturing an original image using a digital camera and printing the captured image, lighting unevenness occurs in an image captured under a viewing light source, compared to that under flash light with a predetermined irradiation amount, and accurate color conversion cannot be performed. To solve this problem, pixels exhibiting identical colors are selected from a plurality of positions from the image captured under flash light. The positions of the corresponding pixels are selected from the image captured under the viewing light source. If the color values at the pixel positions differ, the influence of lighting unevenness in the viewing light source exists. Thus, shading correction data for the image captured under a viewing light source is generated so as to remove the shading of the image captured under the viewing light source. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141327 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - The present invention discloses an image capturing system comprising a printed circuit board and an image capturing module. The image capturing module comprises a processing device, an image capturing device, a lens and a housing. The processing device is disposed above the printed circuit board and electronically connected with the printed circuit board. The image capturing device is disposed above the processing device and electronically connected with the processing device. The lens is disposed above the image capturing device, and the housing is disposed on the printed circuit board and encloses the processing device, the image capturing device and the lens. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141328 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - A solid-state image sensor including a plurality of pixels formed on a semiconductor substrate, each pixel comprising a photoelectric conversion element including a charge accumulation region of a first conductivity type, a floating diffusion of the first conductivity type, and a transfer transistor which transfers charge in the charge accumulation region to the floating diffusion, comprises an element isolation region made of an insulator and arranged to isolate adjacent pixels from each other, and an impurity diffusion region of a second conductivity type arranged inside the semiconductor substrate to isolate adjacent pixels from each other, wherein a peak position of an impurity concentration of the impurity diffusion region of one pixel is disposed within a width of the floating diffusion, of the one pixel, along a straight line passing through the photoelectric conversion element, a gate electrode of the transfer transistor, and the floating diffusion which are of the one pixel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141329 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element | 2011-06-16 |
20110141330 | Compensating For Misalignment In An Image Scanner - In certain embodiments, compensating for misalignment comprises receiving, at a detector array, electromagnetic (E-M) radiation from a target object. The detector array comprises time delay and integration (TDI) detectors organized into segments. Each segment comprises one or more rows of detectors perpendicular to a designed scan axis, and comprises columns of detectors parallel to the designed scan axis. The detector array moves in a relative scan direction relative to the target object. The following is performed for each segment and for each column of each segment. If there is misalignment at a segment, a signal is passed to a correcting next column of a next segment in the direction of the misalignment, where the signal accumulates scan data of a portion of the target object. Otherwise, the signal is passed to a designed next column of the next segment in the direction of the designed scan axis. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141331 | MULTI-STEP EXPOSURE METHOD USING ELECTRONIC SHUTTER AND PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A multi-step exposure method using an electronic shutter and a photography apparatus using the same are provided. The photography apparatus includes an image sensor, and a control unit which divides an area of the image into a first area and a second area using brightness information of the acquired image, and controls so that a first row group and a second row group of the second area have different exposure times. As a result, an image with a wider dynamic range is provided. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141332 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A solid-state image pickup device includes a plurality of common output lines receiving signals from a plurality of pixels, a plurality of column amplifier units amplifying the signals, a plurality of storage capacitors storing the amplified signals, a first transistor controlling electrical conduction between the output node of the column amplifier unit and the input node of a storage capacitor, a switch switching current for operating the column amplifier unit between a first current and a second current smaller than the first current, and a controller inhibiting, while the second current is flowing through the column amplifier unit, a potential at the output node of the column amplifier unit from approaching an off-state voltage supplied to a gate of the first transistor in an OFF state of the first transistor. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141333 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a back side illumination type solid-state imaging device includes an imaging area in which a plurality of unit pixels each including a photoelectric conversion section and a signal scan circuit section are arranged on a semiconductor substrate, and a light illumination surface formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate located opposite a surface of the semiconductor substrate on which the signal scan circuit section is formed, wherein the unit pixel comprises a high-sensitivity pixel and a low-sensitivity pixel with a lower sensitivity than the high-sensitivity pixel. And each of the high-sensitivity pixel and the low-sensitivity element comprises a first pixel separation layer located on the light illumination surface side in the semiconductor substrate to separate the pixels from each other. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141334 | IMAGING DEVICE - Provided are: an imaging sensor that captures subject light via a photographic optical system having a focusing lens; a display unit that displays a through image based upon an imaging signal from the imaging sensor; an area setting unit that sets at least two areas on the through image displayed on a display surface of the display unit; a movement control unit that adjusts a focus position to a subject in one area of the at least two areas set by the area setting unit and moves the focus position from the subject in the one area to a subject in the other area, which is different from the one area, of the at least two areas over a predetermined time by controlling drive of the focusing lens; and a movie image data creation unit that creates movie image data, which includes a movie image having the focus position moved from the subject in the one area to the subject in the other area by the movement control unit, based upon the imaging signal from the imaging sensor. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141335 | LENS MODULE OF AN IMAGING DEVICE AND A METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A lens module of an imaging device includes a lens-barrel plate, a shutter plate and at least one elastic device. The lens-barrel plate includes at least one guide post, which is vertically arranged on the surface of the lens-barrel plate. The shutter plate includes at least one groove, which facilitates movement of the guide post in the groove. Each elastic device corresponds to an associated guide post and groove. Accordingly, the elastic device is compressed when external force is exerted on the lens-barrel plate and the shutter plate, and the elastic device recovers to separate the shutter plate from the lens-barrel plate when the external force is removed. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141336 | PHOTOCHROMATIC COATING FOR CONTROLLING LENS FLARE - A camera lens can be subject to lens flare due to light reaching a camera sensor from outside of the camera field of view. When an electronic device size is reduced such that a lens cannot be recessed relative to the device housing, the lens can capture stray light. To reduce the chance that stray light reaches the lens and sensor, the lens can be treated with a photochromatic treatment. Properties of the photochromatic treatment, as well as the distribution of the treatment can be selected to reduce lens flare caused by particular types of light. In some embodiments, a photochromatic treatment can instead or in addition be applied for a cosmetic purpose. For example, a photochromatic treatment can be applied to a device housing, icons or text displayed on the device enclosure, on a mask within a device display window, or any other electronic device enclosure component. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141337 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An image capturing device includes a base, first and second lens units, and at least one sensor element. The base defines a receiving space, and has two spaced-apart through holes for fluid communication of the receiving space with an area external to the base. The first lens unit is disposed within the receiving space, and defines a first light communicating path that corresponds in position with one of the through holes. The second lens unit is disposed within the receiving space in a side-by-side manner with the first lens unit, and defines a second light communicating path that corresponds in position with the other through hole. The sensor element is disposed below the first and second lens units for detecting light rays that pass through the first and second light communicating paths. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141338 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module is disclosed. The camera module in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a housing, which has a hollow part formed therein, a lens module, which has a lens and is installed in the hollow part of the housing in such a way that the lens module can reciprocate in a direction of an optical axis, and a foreign substance pan, which is coupled to the lens module and disposed to correspond to a gap formed between the housing and the lens module and in which foreign substance has passed through the gap being settled on the foreign substance pan. Therefore, since the entered foreign substance or the generated foreign substance is prevented from approaching an image sensor, etc., defect caused by the foreign substance can be prevented. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141339 | COMPACT LENS OPTICAL SYSTEM AND DIGITAL CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens optical system includes a first optical system and a second optical system. The lens optical system includes at least one reflection member to selectively redirect optical paths of light representing objects from first and second directions toward a photographing device. The first optical system includes, in order from an object to the photographing device along the optical axis, a first lens group including a first reflection member, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power. The second optical system shares at least one optical element with the first optical system. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141340 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A camera system for linearly driving a focus lens group by an ultrasonic actuator in a single-lens reflex digital camera to perform focusing operation by a contrast detection method is provided. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141341 | AUTOFOCUSING OPTICAL SYSTEM USING TUNABLE LENS SYSTEM - A method for providing auto focus for camera module that is electrically tunable using liquid crystal optical element is provided. The liquid crystal optical element includes substrate layers, insulating layer, three electrodes, liquid crystal layer between the substrate layers, and voltages applied between electrodes to control the optical power of the liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer is coupled onto a camera module for provide auto focus on object located between 10 cm to infinity, achieving a response time at most of about 600 milliseconds. Tuning for the predetermined focal length is provided for liquid crystal optical element when object is located between 10 cm to infinity. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141342 | LENS CONTROL APPARATUS - An autofocus and motion control apparatus is provided. According to one embodiment, the autofocus and motion control apparatus comprises a lens control apparatus having an imaging lens unit and a lens holder and a plurality of actuators configured to move the lens holder in predetermined directions within the lens control apparatus. Embodiments of the lens control apparatus include a casing; an imaging lens unit and lens holder movable within the casing along an optical axis, the imaging lens unit and lens holder further pivotable within the casing, an autofocus actuator is configured to move the imaging lens unit and lens holder within the casing along the optical axis; a first lateral actuator is configured to provide a force to pivot the lens holder in a first direction; and a second lateral actuator is configured to provide a force to pivot the lens holder in a second direction. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141343 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus including a driving portion configured to move an optical system for acquiring an image of an object collects ambient sound to acquire an audio signal, and detects a level of the audio signal. Based on a detection result, the imaging apparatus adjusts the level of the audio signal and outputs the adjusted audio signal. When the driving portion is not driven, the imaging apparatus adjusts the level of the audio signal after adjustment to be lower as the level of the detection result is lower. When the driving portion is driven, the imaging apparatus sets the level of the audio signal after adjustment to be lower than that when the driving portion is not driven. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141344 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera includes: an imaging unit that receives and images a light from a subject transmitted a photographing optical system; a recognition unit that recognizes a feature region of the subject using an image obtained by imaging with the imaging unit; a detection unit that detects a size of the feature region that is recognized with the recognition unit; and a control unit that predicts a distance to the subject after a predetermined period of time according to the size of the feature region, and controls the photographing optical system so as to focus on the subject. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141345 | Projected Light Scale for Forensic Photography - A Projected Light Scale for Forensic Photography that projects indicators onto a scene which is captured by a digital imaging device. These indicators may be produced by collimated light, resulting in fixed and diverging indicators. This enables a user viewing the captured image to extrapolate the true size of objects within the image, as well as to determine the distance and orientation of the digital imaging device relative to the imaged scene. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141346 | Camera Module and Manufacturing Method Thereof - Disclosed herein are a camera module and a manufacturing method thereof, the camera module including a plurality of lenses, a substrate arranged at the lower part of the plurality of lenses, an infrared blocking agent formed on the upper surface of the substrate to block infrared light, and an image sensor positioned at the lower surface of the substrate to convert an optical image incident through the plurality of lenses into an electrical signal. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141347 | METHOD OF PROCESSING NON-REAL TIME SERVICE AND BROADCAST RECEIVER - A method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver, which receives and processes a service being transmitted in non-real time, and a broadcast receiver are disclosed. Herein, the method of processing a non-real time service in a broadcast receiver includes receiving in non-real time first signaling information including access information of a content item and second signaling information including detail information of the content item, receiving in non-real time a file belonging to the content item by accessing to a FLUTE session transmitting the content item, wherein the file corresponds to a compressed file that has one or more files including an entry file compressed therein, and decompressing the compressed file and then executing the content item referring to information on the entry file. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141348 | PARALLEL PROCESSOR FOR PROVIDING HIGH RESOLUTION FRAMES FROM LOW RESOLUTION FRAMES - Presented herein are caching structures and apparatus for use in block based video. In one embodiment, there is described a system receiving lower resolution frames and generating higher resolution frames. The system comprises an upsampling circuit, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The upsampling circuit upsamples a particular lower resolution frame, thereby resulting in an upsampled frame. The first circuit maps frames that are proximate to the particular frame, to the particular frame. The second circuit simultaneously updates the upsampled frame with two or more blocks from at least one of the frames that are proximate to the particular frame. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141349 | REDUCING AND CORRECTING MOTION ESTIMATION ARTIFACTS DURING VIDEO FRAME RATE CONVERSION - A method includes projecting motion vectors describing a transformation from a previous video frame to a future video frame onto a plane between the previous video frame and the future video frame, detecting potential artifacts at the plane based on an intersection of a cover region and an uncover region on the plane, and analyzing a dissimilarity between a trial video frame and both the previous video frame and the future video frame. The trial video frame is generated between the previous video frame and the future video frame based on a frame rate conversion ratio derived from a source frame rate and a desired frame rate. The method also includes estimating reliability of the projected motion vectors based on the potential artifact detection and the dissimilarity analysis. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141350 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, which converts a frame rate by dividing an input frame into sub-frames and outputting the sub-frames, includes a minimum value filter unit, a low-pass filter processing unit, a generation unit, and a switching unit. In an input frame, the minimum value filter unit selects a maximum value of minimum values from the minimum values of pixel values in each horizontal line in a predetermined area including peripheral pixels of a processing target pixel, and performs pre-processing to replace the processing target pixel with the maximum value. The low-pass filter processing unit performs low-pass filter processing on the pre-processed input frame and generates a first sub-frame. The generation unit generates a second sub-frame from the first sub-frame and the input frame. The switching unit switches the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame at predetermined timing and outputs a sub-frame. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141351 | HIGH DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE TO MINI DISPLAYPORT ADAPTER - The present invention relates in general to a device for conversion of electronic data, and more specifically, to a device that converts High Definition Multimedia Interface multimedia data to a format compatible for output through a Mini DisplayPort. The present invention describes a converter, comprising a source communication port adapted to receive multimedia data in a High Definition Multimedia Interface format, a processor adapted to generate multimedia in a Mini DisplayPort format based on the High Definition Multimedia Interface multimedia data, and an output communication port adapted to transmit the Mini Display port multimedia data. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141352 | Adaptation of Frame Selection For Frame Rate Conversion - At least a method and a system are described for providing frame rate upconversion by way of using “short side” or bidirectional interpolation in generating interpolated frames. In a representative embodiment, the method may comprise receiving a first frame of video corresponding to a first frame time and a second frame of the video corresponding to a second frame time, computing a first absolute difference between the first frame time and an interpolated frame time wherein the interpolated frame time temporally is located between the first frame time and the second frame time. The method further comprises using a first motion vector field and the first frame to compute a third frame at the interpolated frame time. The method further comprises outputting the third frame as the interpolated frame at the interpolated frame time if the first absolute difference is less than or equal to a first threshold value. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141353 | METHOD OF REALISM ASSESSMENT OF AN IMAGE COMPOSITE - In a method of realism assessment of an image composite, the foreground and the background are transformed into a color space, such as YCbCr, followed by projecting the foreground and the background to a subspace represented by the axes representing chromatic information. The image composite is assessed in the projected subspace, according to linearity of color distributions of the foreground/the background, or according to distance between the color distributions of the foreground/the background and a center of the transformed color space. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141354 | DATA TRANSMITTING DEVICE, DATA RECEIVING DEVICE AND DATA TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - A data transmitting device includes: clock frequency dividing unit, counting unit to perform counting, based on a base clock, of each cycle of a clock whose frequency has been divided by the clock frequency dividing unit; noise shaping unit to perform noise shaping to reduce the number of bits of an average count value in a plurality of cycles of the frequency-divided clock or a count value in a plurality of cycles of the frequency-divided clock; and transmitting unit to transmit the count value whose number of bits has been reduced by the noise shaping unit, the base clock, and a frequency division ratio used by the clock frequency dividing unit. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141355 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF VIDEO PRESENTATION BY VIDEO CADENCE MODIFICATION - A system synchronizes a video presentation to a master time reference (e.g., a corresponding audio presentation) by modifying a video cadence. The system detects when a displayed video leads or lags a master time reference by a programmable level or more. The system minimizes the synchronization error by inserting or removing source video frames to or from a frame cadence pattern. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141356 | Display device, display method and computer program - There is provided a display device including a video display portion that displays video, and a video signal control portion which performs signal control on an input signal such that a plurality of video streams formed of a plurality of chronologically arranged unit videos are input and there is a case in which display periods of the plurality of video streams are different with respect to an interval of the input signal that includes the plurality of video streams, and which sequentially switches in a time division manner the video streams included in the signal controlled input signal, and outputs the video streams to the video display portion. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141357 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DOCKING OF HEADPHONES - An application for a television with a headphone dock. The headphone dock provides status to the television as to when a set of headphones are docked (idle) or undocked (in use). The television changes routing of audio signals based upon the status of the headphones. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141358 | Illuminated bezel information display - A configured display mode is determined for a two-dimensional light-emitting diode (LED) array located within a bezel of the display device outside of the display area of the display. Information associated with the configured display mode is retrieved for the two-dimensional LED array. The information associated with the configured display mode is displayed via the two-dimensional LED array. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141359 | In-Program Trigger of Video Content - Methods and systems for triggering an in-program display event are provided. In an embodiment, a method for triggering an in-program display event may include perfotining a video content analysis of a program display. The method may also include determining a display event trigger in real time based on the video content analysis. The method may further include displaying a display event in the program display based on the display event trigger. In some cases, the display event may be an interactive session. In another embodiment, a system for triggering an in-program display event may include a trigger mechanism and an insertion module. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141360 | SELECTIVE BOOTING METHOD AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A selective booting method and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the same are provided. The broadcast receiving apparatus including: a broadcast reception unit; a display which displays a broadcast received through the broadcast reception unit; a storage unit which stores a plurality of drivers of hardware provided on the broadcast receiving apparatus; and a controller which selectively loads a first driver, among the stored drivers, of first hardware for executing a first operation selected from among a plurality of operations, and then loads a second driver. Therefore, a user may execute foremost a desired operation. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141361 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING DIGITAL BROADCASTING AND BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - A start of execution of drawing processing of graphics data according to an application is delayed based on a time period required for image processing to be performed on image data according to a broadcast program image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141362 | SELECTIVE DECODING OF AN INPUT STREAM - A method of selectively decoding an input stream is provided. In the method, an encoded input stream for display as a plurality of frames in a display window is received. In addition, a location of an overlay on the plurality of frames is determined and the encoded input stream is selective decoded to selectively generate the plurality of frames based upon the location of the overlay on the plurality of frames. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141363 | MULTIMEDIA TELEVISION PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS - A system and method are provided for television program announcements, involving a television; a storage device connected to the television that stores multimedia summaries of a plurality of television programs, including the channel and time of display of the program for which it is a summary; the capacity to change channels; and a processor program to sense when the television has been connected to a new channel and to select and display on that television the multimedia summary of the program being presented on the new channel at the time of the connection of the television to the new channel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141364 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION - Disclosed is a reception apparatus including a basic service reception unit to demodulate and channel-decode a signal received through one broadcasting channel among broadcasting channels for a basic service, and to extract a transport stream, an additional service reception unit to demodulate and channel-decode a signal received through a broadcasting channel for an additional service combined with the basic service, and to extract a transport stream, an integrated demultiplexer to respectively demultiplex the transport stream provided for the basic service and the transport stream provided for the additional service in order to extract at least one transport stream, and a source decoder to respectively decode the demultiplexed transport stream provided for the basic service and the demultiplexed transport stream provided for the additional service in order to broadcast at least one of a basic source and an additional source combined with the basic source. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141365 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO SIGNAL DITHERED BY RELATED MASKS AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method for displaying a video which is dithered using related masks and a video display apparatus applying the same, the video display apparatus dithering a video signal using a first mask, performing color-processing with respect to the video signal, and dithering the color-processed video signal using a second mask which is related to the first mask. Accordingly, dithering is performed using related masks, thus preventing poor gradation of video signal. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141366 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY COLOR FIDELITY OPTIMIZATION USING PERFORMANCE PREDICTION - An apparatus and method for display color fidelity optimization using performance prediction are provided. A method of the present invention can include obtaining data regarding available display parameters of the display device, obtaining feedback information regarding respective current values of the display parameters of the display device, performing simulations to determine how changes in the display parameters affect a display of the video content on the display, determining a prediction of a performance of the display device based upon the current values of the display parameters, determining an effect of ambient light on at least one of the determined prediction and the display parameters, and optimizing the display parameters in accordance with at least one of the determined prediction and the determined effect of ambient light. In an alternate embodiment, the method can further include recovering one or more original current values of the display parameters subsequent to a change. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141367 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A moving image processing apparatus includes a brightness information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from an input video signal, brightness information indicating brightness of the video signal, an illumination information acquisition unit configured to acquire illumination information about an environment of the moving image processing apparatus, an adaptation coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate an adaptation coefficient for an observer based on brightness when the brightness indicated by the brightness information is less than a first threshold and the brightness indicated by the illumination information is less than a second threshold, a correction coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate a correction coefficient to be used for image correction of the video signal based on the adaptation coefficient calculated by the adaptation coefficient calculation unit, and an image correction unit configured to perform image correction on the video signal using the correction coefficient calculated by the correction coefficient calculation unit. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141368 | ADAPTIVE EDGE ENHANCEMENT USING DIRECTIONAL COMPONENTS FROM NON-LINEAR FILTERING - A video processing device includes an input to receive pixel values for a set of pixels comprising a pixel window substantially centered around a select pixel that initially has a first pixel value. The video processing device further includes a first filter unit to determine a horizontal transient improvement value based on non-linear filtering of the pixel values in a horizontal direction, a second filter unit to determine a vertical transient improvement value based on non-linear filtering of the pixel values in a vertical direction, a third filter unit to determine a first diagonal transient improvement value based on non-linear filtering of the pixel values in a first diagonal direction, and a fourth filter unit to determine a second diagonal transient improvement value based on non-linear filtering of the pixel values in a second diagonal direction that is perpendicular to the first diagonal direction. The video processing device also includes an output to provide a second pixel value for the select pixel, the second pixel value based on the first pixel value, the vertical transient improvement value, the horizontal transient improvement value, the first diagonal transient improvement value, and the second diagonal transient improvement value. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141369 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A video signal processing device includes: a correction unit which performs correction such that when a first frame to be displayed at a first time includes a pixel different from a pixel to be included in the first frame, the pixel different from the pixel to be included in the first frame is corrected to the pixel to be included in the first frame, and when a second frame to be displayed at a second time prior to the first time includes a pixel different from a pixel to be included in the second frame, the pixel different from the pixel to be included in the second frame is corrected to the pixel to be included in the second frame; and a motion compensation unit which generates an interpolation frame to be displayed at a time between the first and second times by referring to the first and second frames. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141370 | Image processing circuit, image display device, and an image processing method - The present invention is arranged such that interlace image data, which has been supplied, is converted to progressive image data in an I/P conversion section, and the image data converted to progressive style in the I/P conversion section is subjected to image processing including data comparison in spatial or time series manner, in an image processing section. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141371 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE - A method for adjusting image is applied to an image output device. According to the method, the image output device firstly obtains a current image frame including plural pixels, and analyzes an intensity of an input image signal value of each pixel. The image output device defines each pixel having the input image signal value being smaller than a critical value as a dark pixel, and counts a number of the dark pixels to obtain a ratio of the dark pixels among all the pixels to serve as a dark pixel ratio. The image output device determines an image adjusting curve equation according to the dark pixel ratio, substitutes the input image signal values to the image adjusting curve equation, and obtains output image signal values of the pixels. Finally, the image output device combines all the output image signal values to obtain a final output image frame. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141372 | VIDEO EVALUATION DEVICE, FRAME RATE DETERMINATION DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESS DEVICE, VIDEO EVALUATION METHOD, AND VIDEO EVALUATION PROGRAM - A frame rate is determined in accordance with the smoothness in movement of a video. An amount of change detection section extracts an amount of change based on a plurality of frame pictures included in an input video signal input as a moving picture signal from the outside and outputs an amount of change to an evaluation value calculation section. The evaluation value calculation section computes an amount of change in time between each of the frame pictures based on the amount of change and the time interval between frame pictures based on frame rate information and evaluates an evaluation value for evaluating the smoothness in movement of an input video based on the amount of change in time. The evaluation value is output to the outside as a factor for determining a frame rate. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141373 | Adaptive Power Control for CATV Systems - Methods, systems, and apparatus can be used to provide adaptive power control in CATV systems. In various examples, adaptive power control can adjust the power output to amplifiers based upon the load of a communication signal being amplified. The power output can be calculated to maintain specified performance levels for amplification of the communication signal. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141374 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - Provided is a backlight device which can suppress a damage of a display panel or a diffusion sheet while suppressing the size of the device. The backlight device ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110141375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND DOWNLOADING SETUP INFORMATION - Multiple channel maps are embedded in a television transmission and the appropriate channel corresponding to the particular television service used by the viewer is downloaded for use with the television receiver. Each channel map is accompanied by a channel map identifier which identifies the source of the television transmission and a geographic identifier. The source of a television transmission is automatically detected by monitoring the radio-frequency spectrum allocations of telecast stations. The geographic area identifier is determined by comparison with a user inputted geographic area identifier. The channel map having a channel map identifier corresponding to the detected television transmission source and the user inputted geographic area identifier is downloaded and stored for future use. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141376 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Each pixel region includes first and second pixel electrodes ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110141377 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING DIGITAL BROADCAST - The digital broadcast receiver | 2011-06-16 |
20110141378 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CHANNEL MANAGEMENT - An electronic device and a channel management method provide a predetermined channel information table to control channels in a television. Favorite channels are stored in the predetermined channel information table of the electronic device. In a predetermined channel mode, if an input channel code is not stored in the predetermined channel information table, the electronic device automatically adds the input channel code to the predetermined channel information table. If the input channel code is stored in the predetermined channel information table, the electronic device transfers the input channel code to the television and the television changes an active channel accordingly. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141379 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR DRIVING TELEVISION RECEIVER - A decorative image is displayed in a decorative image display region; a decorative frame is displayed in a peripheral section of the decorative image so that the decorative frame includes at least one color that is in a same range as a color of a frame structure. This makes it possible (i) to make the frame structure that is an actual part of a television receiver less conspicuous and (ii) also to display a decorative image as though the decorative image had a real frame. Consequently, it becomes possible to realize a television receiver that can be used as a part of an interior. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141380 | PROJECTOR, PROJECTOR CONTROL METHOD, AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - When images are projected in a superposing manner on a screen by a plurality of projectors, a controller of a projector obtains drive timing information of liquid crystal panels of the plurality of projectors and controls a drive timing of a drive unit on the basis of the obtained drive timing information so as to reduce a flicker of a display image. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141381 | MODULAR LIGHT SOURCE/ELECTRONICS AND AUTOMOTIVE REARVIEW ASSEMBLIES USING THE SAME - A vehicular rearview assembly comprising a light source illuminating the mirror system within the housing of the assembly. The light source is a layered structure including generally co-extensive optical elements such as a light-guiding element that accepts light from light emitters and distributes this light along an area that is not transverse with respect to a display of the assembly. Light distributed and outcoupled through the light-guiding element illuminates the whole display, while radiation from other emitters may traverse the light-guiding element in order to highlight respectively corresponding segments of the display. The display may be configured in a spatially-segmented fashion to increase brightness of displayed indicia. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141382 | LIQUID CRYSTAL SHUTTER, DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a liquid crystal shutter includes a first liquid crystal panel for left eye and a second liquid crystal panel for right eye. Each liquid crystal panel includes a pair of electrode substrates and a liquid crystal layer held between the electrode substrates. A driving circuit switches the first and second liquid crystal panels between a transmissive state and a non-transmissive state by turns by applying a voltage to the first and second liquid crystal panels while inversing the polarity of the voltage applied between the pair of the electrode substrates at least once during a period in the transmissive state. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141383 | WRITING DEVICE - A writing device for writing an image to a display medium, the writing device applies a voltage between a pair of electroconductive layers and irradiates light onto a photosensitive layer. The light irradiates onto a region of the photosensitive layer that overlaps a region of the display layer where liquid crystal of a first display layer undergoes transition to the light-reflecting state, and applies a voltage between the pair of electroconductive layers for a time period such that a voltage equal to or larger than a second threshold voltage is applied to a region of the display layer unit where the liquid crystal of the first display layer is to undergo transition to the light-reflecting state, and a voltage smaller than the second threshold voltage is applied to a region of the display layer unit overlapped by a region of the photosensitive layer to which no light is irradiated. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141384 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can obviate cutting off of a peripheral region of the liquid crystal display device which is provided with an inspection circuit and can surely perform the inspection of an image display even when the peripheral region is narrowed. On a substrate of the liquid crystal display device, a pixel region which is comprised of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of drain lines and a peripheral region which surrounds the pixel region are formed. A turn-on inspection terminal of the liquid crystal display device are formed on the peripheral region and a semiconductor chip for driving liquid crystal is formed on the inspection terminal. The semiconductor chip is electrically insulated from the inspection terminal. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141385 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates facing and spaced apart from each other; a pixel electrode and a common electrode on an inner surface of the first substrate, the pixel electrode and the common electrode generating a horizontal electric field; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of chiral nematic liquid crystal molecules having a helical axis parallel to a z direction normal to the first substrate and driven by the horizontal electric field, and wherein refractive indices of the liquid crystal layer along x and y directions (n | 2011-06-16 |
20110141386 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device according to the present invention has a pixel, a TFT, a BM, and a colorant. A plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix. The TFT is placed in the pixel. There are two kinds of positions of the TFT in the pixel. The position is common in each column. The BM has an aperture area and a TFT light-shielding part in the pixel. The TFT light-shielding part is placed to counter the TFT. The colorant is placed in the aperture area. Further, there are two or more kinds of the colors of the colorant. The color is common in each column. The shapes of the aperture areas in which the same color colorants are placed are the same. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141387 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - An LCD device adapted to simplify a configuration and to secure a ground continuity for driving components is disclosed. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal display panel; a front cover encompassing edges of the liquid crystal display panel; a backlight unit applying light to the liquid crystal display panel and having a front surface supporting the liquid crystal display panel and a rear surface; a back cover receiving the backlight unit; a metal plate fastened and electrically connected to the front cover; and a driver on the metal plate, the driver electrically connected to the metal plate. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141388 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A transparent display device for enhancing optical transmissivity in a transparent mode, is discussed. The transparent display device may include a liquid crystal panel; a light source disposed at one side of a lower portion of the liquid crystal panel to emit light; a first polarizing plate for polarizing the light emitted from the light source; a light guide plate disposed at a lower portion of the liquid crystal panel to totally reflect the light polarized to an axis by the first polarizing plate to a lateral surface thereof and supply to the liquid crystal panel, and transmit natural light entered from a lower direction therethrough; and a second polarizing plate disposed at an upper portion of the liquid crystal panel to control the amount of polarized light passing through the liquid crystal panel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141389 | DISPLAY UNIT WITH AN INTEGRATED BACKLIGHT - A display device includes an integrated liquid crystal display and a backlight unit. The liquid crystal display is provided with a backlight system that includes a light-emitting element positioned along one or more sides of the display. In order to efficiently distribute and dissipate the heat produced by the light-emitting element, the backlight cover can cover the light-emitting elements and the area over the liquid crystal display. For shielding, the backlight cover can separate the display from an electronic circuit assembly. The backlight cover may be made monolithically of a heat-conductive material such as aluminum, as well as an electro-conductive material for shielding. The backlight cover may also provide mechanical support for the display device and mounting features to ease assembly and mounting to a target location. Such a display device may be deployed on a vehicle, for instance, as part of a vehicle navigation, communication, and/or entertainment system. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141390 | CASE FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A case for a portable electronic device includes an outer cover; a frame attached to an inner surface of the outer cover; a color converting liquid crystal display unit interposed between the outer cover and the frame; and an illumination unit interposed between the color converting liquid crystal display unit and the outer cover. The outer cover is made of a translucent or transparent synthetic resin. The color of the case seen from the outside can be changed by varying the color of the color converting liquid crystal display unit and the appearance or color of the portable electronic device can be expressed by controlling the illumination unit even in an environment in which intensity of illumination is weak, making it possible to provide various aesthetic effects to users. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141391 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to the present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display device adapting a guide panel having a reinforced structure. A liquid crystal display panel according to the present disclosure comprises: a liquid crystal display panel; a light guide plate disposed under the liquid crystal display panel; an LED light source disposed one side of the light guide plate; a cover bottom housing the LED light source and the light guide plate; and a guide panel supporting the liquid crystal display panel, and wraping the LED light source and the light guide plate at outside, wherein the guide panel has an outer vertical surface and a support rib apart from the outer vertical surface inward to form a space for holding a vertical surface of the cover bottom. With simple structure on the guide panel, the reliability of the liquid crystal display panel is enhanced remarkably. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141392 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A light emitting device includes a vacuum vessel, a recess portion, a cathode electrode, an electron emission region, a gate electrode, and a gate terminal portion. The vacuum vessel includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a sealing member disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The recess portion is formed to be depressed along a direction on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate, and the cathode electrode is formed in the recess portion and extending along the one direction. The electron emission region is formed on the cathode electrode within the recess portion. The gate electrode includes a metal plate on the surface of the first substrate along a direction crossing the cathode electrode at an inner side of the sealing member. The gate terminal portion is formed on the surface of the first substrate on inner and outer sides of the sealing member, traversing under the sealing member and is electrically connected with the gate electrode. The gate terminal portion includes a conductive film having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the gate electrode. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141393 | OPTICAL DEVICES - Provided is an optical device. The optical device includes an optical waveguide comprising a core surrounded by a cladding, a light source providing light to the optical waveguide, and an optics system disposed between the optical waveguide and the light source, the optics system focusing the light emitted from the light source into the core of the optical waveguide and a portion of the cladding adjacent to the core. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141394 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a transparent display device in which the total refection efficiency of a light guide plate supplying light to a liquid crystal display panel is enhanced thereby enhancing luminance in the image mode, and the transparent display device may include a liquid crystal display panel; a light source disposed at one side of a lower portion of the liquid crystal display panel to emit light; a first polarizing plate for polarizing the light emitted from the light source; a light guide plate disposed at a lower portion of the liquid crystal display panel to totally reflect the light polarized to an axis by the first polarizing plate to a lateral surface thereof and supply to the liquid crystal display panel, and transmit natural light entered from a lower direction therethrough; a plurality of air layers formed inside the light guide plate to totally reflect incident light; and a second polarizing plate disposed at an upper portion of the liquid crystal display panel to control the amount of polarized light transmitting the liquid crystal display panel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141395 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Three grating piece groups ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110141396 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110141397 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit is provided. The backlight unit includes: a mold frame having a predetermined receiving space formed therein; a light guide plate disposed in the receiving space of the mold frame, and having an inclined surface formed on one side of the top surface so as to be inclined toward the inner side; a light source disposed between the light guide plate and the mold frame to emit light to the light guide plate; and a flexible printed circuit board, on which the light source is mounted, and which is supported in contact with the top surface of the light guide plate, wherein a stepped portion is formed on one end of the light guide plate, including a flat adhesion surface positioned at a height lower than one end face of the light guide plate. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141398 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Discussed is a transflective liquid crystal display device, capable of improving luminance, the device including a liquid crystal display panel provided with first and second substrates, a plurality of pixel regions defined by a plurality of gate lines and data lines on the first substrate, a thin film transistor formed on each pixel region, a black matrix and a color filter layer formed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposing between the first an second substrates, a first polarizer and a second polarizer disposed above and below the liquid crystal display panel, respectively, a backlight unit disposed below the second polarizer to emit light to the liquid crystal display panel, a selective reflection film disposed between the liquid crystal display panel and the second polarizer so as to reflect light incident from the exterior and transmit light emitted from the backlight unit, a first reflecting layer formed on at least one of the gate line and the data line of the liquid crystal display panel to reflect light input from the exterior. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141399 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a transparent display device that includes a LCD panel; a light source at one side of a lower portion of the LCD panel to emit light; a first polarizing plate polarizing light emitted from the light source; a light guide plate at a lower portion of the LCD panel to totally reflect the light polarized to an axis by the first polarizing plate to a lateral surface and supply to the LCD panel, and transmit natural light from a lower direction; a second polarizing plate at an upper portion of the LCD panel to control the amount of polarized light passing through the LCD panel; and an optical sheet at a lower portion of the light guide plate to change the polarized state of a first polarized light from the light guide plate and reflect the light, and transmit a second polarized component from the lower portion therethrough. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141400 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An LCD device is disclosed. The disclosed LCD device includes: a liquid crystal display panel configured to display images; a backlight unit configured to include a light source provided for emitting light and optical sheets provided for improving optical characteristics of light which is emitted by the light source; a bottom cover with a receiving portion configured to receive the liquid crystal display panel and the backlight unit; and a heat guide member disposed on a front surface of the receiving portion of the bottom cover and configured to guide the heat generated in the light source toward the liquid crystal display panel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141401 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit being scan-driven is discussed. The backlight unit according to an embodiment includes light sources configured to emit light, and a light guide plate disposed parallel to the light sources and configured to convert spotted lights entered from the light sources into two-dimensional light. The light guide plate includes a plurality of air barriers arranged at a fixed interval and configured to guide lights from the light sources in blocks with a width of the fixed interval. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141402 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 2011-06-16 |
20110141403 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE UNIT, LIGHT GUIDE UNIT, BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In an LED module (MJ), a recessed portion (DH) is formed by hollowing at least a part of a region of a non-mounting substrate surface ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110141404 | OUTDOOR LARGE AREA DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to an outdoor large area flat panel display device and a manufacturing method of the same. The present disclosure suggests an outdoor large area flat panel display device comprising: a reinforced base substrate; an anti-reflection film disposed on the outer surface of the base substrate; black matrixes dividing the inner surface of the base substrate into 4 sections; an index matching oil disposed on the inner surface of the base substrate; and a first, a second, a third and a fourth flat panel modules tiled on the base substrate bordering the black matrixes. The present disclosure suggests a large area flat panel display device having strength enough to endure from external impacts and optical properties as the large display panel is made in one piece of panel. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141405 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A LCD device includes first and second LCD panels stacked one on another. Each of the first and second LCD panels includes a pair of transparent substrates, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, and a pair of polarizing films sandwiching therebetween the pair of transparent substrates. A light diffusion layer having light diffusion function is interposed between the first LCD panel and the second LCD panel. The light diffusion layer reduces the intensity of the light passed by the first LCD panel, thereby alleviating the periodicity of the arrangement of dark areas and bright areas to alleviate the moire caused by light interference. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141406 | LOW COLOR VARIATION OPTICAL DEVICES AND BACKLIGHT MODULES AND LIQUID CRYSAL DISPLAYS COMPRISING THE OPTICAL DEVICES - A low color variation optical device is provided. The optical device includes a cholesteric liquid crystal film, a first phase retardation film disposed above the cholesteric liquid crystal film and a second phase retardation film disposed below the cholesteric liquid crystal film, wherein the second phase retardation film includes a plurality of molecules with a tilted and twisted arrangement. The invention also provides a backlight module and a liquid crystal display including a low color variation optical device. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141407 | Retardation substrate, method of manufacturing the same, and liquid crystal display - A retardation layer that includes regions causing different retardations can be manufactured easily. A retardation substrate includes a substrate and a solidified liquid crystal layer facing its main surface. The solidified liquid crystal layer includes first to third regions, and a degree of depolarization for each of the regions is less than 5.0×10 | 2011-06-16 |
20110141408 | Liquid crystal display apparatus - Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display apparatus, including: a liquid crystal panel having a display region for displaying an image and having a plurality of pixels disposed in the region; and a pair of first and second polarizing plates provided in an opposing relationship to each other through the display region; the liquid crystal panel including a first substrate, a second substrate opposed in a spaced relationship to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by and between the first and second substrates and oriented. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141409 | POLARIZER, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF - The present invention provides a polarizer and a display device, which can be easily produced and made thinner, and production methods thereof. The polarizer of the present invention relates to a polarizer including a polarizing film, wherein the polarizer further includes: a first adhesion layer which is formed of a cured adhesive and is laminated on one of main faces of the polarizing film, and a first protective layer which is laminated on a main face of the first adhesion layer on the side opposite to the polarizing film and has easy peelability at least in the main face thereof at the side of the first adhesion layer. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141410 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention in one aspect relates to a transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) comprising a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a first structure defining a reflective area and a transmissive area adjacent to the reflective area, a second structure positioned apart from the first structure to define a single cell gap therebetween, a liquid crystal layer positioned in the cell gap, and a plurality of electrodes formed on one of the first structure and the second structure such that at least two electrodes are positioned in the transmissive area and define a first distance, d1, therebetween, and at least two electrodes are positioned in the reflective area and define a second distance, d2, therebetween, where d2>d1, preferably, d2=√{square root over (2)}d1. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141411 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel; a first polarizing film and a second polarizing film on a bottom surface and a top surface, respectively, of the liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit below the first polarizing film; and a titanium oxide film on the second polarizing film and that transmits one of right-handed circularly polarized light and left-handed circularly polarized light and reflects the other, with a predetermined wavelength, of the right-handed circularly polarized light and the left-handed circularly polarized light. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141412 | COLOR SEPARATION SYSTEM - A color separation system is disclosed, which comprises: a backlight source, being highly collimated and used for providing an incident beam; a color separation module, formed with a first color separation film for separating the incident beam basing on wavelength while deflecting the optical paths of the resulting split beams; and a beam splitting module, being configured with at least one beam splitting plate and a liquid crystal layer; wherein, the at least one beam splitting plate is used for converging the beams from the color separation module while deflecting the optical paths thereof for enabling those to be discharged thereout following a normal direction of a light emitting surface of the backlight source. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141413 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel ( | 2011-06-16 |
20110141414 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a semi-transmissive liquid crystal display device that presents excellent display quality in the reflective display, and that can be easily applied to high definition. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate, in this order. The first substrate has pixel electrodes having a structure composed of a trunk portion and a plurality of branch portions that branch off from the trunk portion. The liquid crystal display device has a display region that includes a region where the branch portions and slits are alternately disposed. The display region has a reflective region and a transmissive region. The reflective region has a pixel electrode, a reflective film disposed under the pixel electrode, and a λ/4 retarder plate. The first best-fit curve, which is obtained from the gamma curve of the reflective display, is above the second best-fit curve, which is obtained from the gamma curve of the transmissive display, except in the regions where the reflectance of the first best-fit curve and the transmittance of the second best-fit curve are both 0% and 100%. The first best-fit curve does not have a gradation reversal and has an inflection point. | 2011-06-16 |
20110141415 | BLUE PHASE MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that includes: a blue phase mode liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, and has an optical anisotropy when an electric field is applied and not applied; polarizing plates on outer surfaces of first and second substrates, respectively; and one of a first optical compensation film including a +C plate, and a second optical compensation film including a biaxial phase retardation layer, between the polarizing plate and the liquid crystal panel. | 2011-06-16 |