33rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120206604 | SURVEILLANCE CAMERA WITH INTEGRAL LARGE-DOMAIN SENSOR - A surveillance camera arrangement includes a first camera that performs panning movements about a pan axis, and that performs tilting movements within a plane of tilting motion. The plane of tilting motion is offset from, and substantially parallel to, the pan axis. A second camera is substantially aligned with the pan axis. The second camera has a wider field of view than the first camera. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206605 | Intelligent Camera Selection and Object Tracking - Methods and systems for creating video from multiple sources utilize intelligence to designate the most relevant sources, facilitating their adjacent display and/or catenation of their video streams. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206606 | DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM USING NETWORKED CAMERAS - A digital video system including one or more video cameras and a video server connected to the one or more video cameras is disclosed. In an illustrative embodiment, the video server includes a computer having a central processing unit (CPU) for executing machine instructions and a memory for storing machine instructions that are to be executed by the CPU. The machine instructions when executed by the CPU implement a number of functions including receiving one or more trigger event conditions, receiving data relating to the one or more trigger event conditions, generating a trigger event message based on a comparison of the one or more trigger event conditions and the data relating to the one or more trigger event conditions, and transmitting the trigger event message. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206607 | DISPLAY IMAGE SWITCHING DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - Disclosed is a display image switching device wherein the burden imposed upon an operator, when selecting a particular camera from among a plurality of cameras accompanying movement, can be lightened by providing an intuitive and easy to understand selecting method. When the operator selects a object from an image picked-up and displayed on a display unit ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206608 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM HAVING THE APPARATUS - In order to provide a photoelectric conversion apparatus, which is an apparatus excellent in reading speed, high S/N, high tone level, and low cost, the photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion circuit section comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, switching elements, matrix signal wires, and gate drive wires arranged on a same substrate in order to output parallel signals, a driving circuit section for applying a driving signal to the gate drive wire, and a reading circuit section for converting the parallel signals transferred through the matrix signal wires to serial signals to output them, wherein the reading circuit section comprises at least one analog operational amplifier connected with each of the matrix signal wires, transfer switches for transferring output signals from the respective matrix signal wires, output through each amplifier, reading capacitors, and reading switches for successively reading the signals out of the reading capacitors in the form of serial signals. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206609 | NANOMECHANICAL ELECTRIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR - The present invention provides a system for detecting and analyzing at least one of an electric field and an electromagnetic field. The system includes a micro/nanomechanical oscillator which oscillates in the presence of at least one of the electric field and the electromagnetic field. The micro/nanomechanical oscillator includes a dense array of cantilevers mounted to a substrate. A charge localized on a tip of each cantilever interacts with and oscillates in the presence of the electric and/or electromagnetic field. The system further includes a subsystem for recording the movement of the cantilever to extract information from the electric and/or electromagnetic field. The system further includes a means of adjusting a stiffness of the cantilever to heterodyne tune an operating frequency of the system over a frequency range. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206610 | VIDEO QUALITY MONITORING - Systems and methods of perceptual quality monitoring of video information, communications, and entertainment that can estimate the perceptual quality of video with high accuracy, and can be used to produce quality scores that better correlate with subjective quality scores of an end user. The systems and methods of perceptual quality monitoring of video can generate, from an encoded input video bitstream, estimates of one or more quality parameters relating to the video, such as the coding bit rate parameter, the video frame rate parameter, and the packet loss rate parameter, and provide these video quality parameter estimates to a predetermined video quality estimation model. Because the estimates of the video quality parameters are generated from the encoded input video bitstream as it is being received, the systems and methods are suitable for use as QoE monitoring tools. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206611 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING ERRORS IN VIDEO SIGNALS - Systems and methods for analyzing the performance of a digital network include capturing a stream of digital data, e.g., interne protocol (IP) packets, that represent streaming video, identifying which of the IP packets include bit errors, determining to which of a plurality of pixels the IP packets including bit errors belong and identifying such pixels as corrupted pixels, and illuminating only the corrupted pixels on a display of a tool. Corrupted pixels in different time blocks can be displayed with different colors to gain a better appreciation of the bit error rate over time. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206612 | TEST TARGET FOR COLOR CALIBRATING A CAMERA AND LENS COMBINATION - In one embodiment, the present invention is a test target for color calibrating a camera and lens combination. One embodiment of a test target for use in color calibrating a camera and lens combination includes a first substantially flat plane, the first substantially flat plane including a first magnetic support surface, a second substantially flat plane, the second substantially flat plane including a second magnetic support surface, and a hinge connecting the first substantially flat plane to the second substantially flat plane. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206613 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - An image capture apparatus including a detecting unit configured to detect focus detecting system dust, and a controller configured to perform control so that captured image information is stored in a memory, wherein the controller performs control so that information about the detected focus detecting system dust is stored in the memory. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206614 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH INTEGRATED ACCELEROMETERS - A digital camera system has integrated accelerometers for determining static and dynamic accelerations of the digital cameral system. Data relating to static and dynamic accelerations are stored with recorded image data for further processing, such as for correcting image data for roll, pitch and vibrations and for displaying recorded images with a predetermined orientation using information about, e.g., roll. Data may also be used on-the-fly for smear suppression caused by vibrations. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206615 | Drive Unit and Drive Module - To provide a drive unit and a drive module which include a shape memory alloy as a drive source to move a driven member and are capable of the high-precision movement of the driven member to a reference position. A drive unit and a drive module can be provided by controlling, in the drive unit and the drive module which include the shape memory alloy as the drive source to move the driven member, the shape memory alloy so that the resistance of the shape memory alloy is equal to the resistance when the driven member is located at the reference position. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206616 | IMAGE SENSOR ARRAY FOR DETECTING IMAGE INFORMATION FOR AUTOMATIC IMAGE DATA PROCESSING - An image sensor array for capturing image information for automatic image data processing. The image sensor array includes a multiplicity of identical sensor cells. Each sensor cell respectively comprises at least one image sensor with a dedicated sensor optical system. A frame buffer is configured to store image information from the at least one image sensor. An evaluation unit is configured to process the image information. At least one data interface to a directly adjacent sensor cell. The sensor cells are arranged in at least one row so that a capture region of an image sensor of the directly adjacent sensor cell overlaps. The at least one data interface to the directly adjacent sensor cell is configured to access the image data of the capture region. The respective valuation unit of the sensor cells is configured to determine a correlation of items of the image data in the capture region | 2012-08-16 |
20120206617 | FAST ROTATION ESTIMATION - A measure of frame-to-frame rotation is determined. A global XY alignment of a pair of frames is performed. Local XY alignments in at least two matching corner regions of the pair of images are determined after the global XY alignment. Based on differences between the local XY alignments, a global rotation is determined between the pair of frames. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206618 | OBJECT DETECTION FROM IMAGE PROFILES - A measure of frame-to-frame rotation is determined. A global XY alignment of a pair of image frames is performed. At least one section of each of the X and Y integral projection vectors is determined, where aligned global vectors demonstrate a significant localized difference. Based on X and Y locations of the at least one section of the X and Y integral projection vectors, location, relative velocity and/or approximate area of at least one moving object within the sequence of image frames is/are determined. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206619 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprising an image acquiring section that acquires a plurality of images captured in time sequence; a subject extracting section that extracts a plurality of different subjects contained in the plurality of images; and a main subject inferring section that determines the position of each subject in each of the images, and infers which of the subjects is a main subject in the images based on position information for each of the subjects in the images. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206620 | MULTI-CHANNEL IMAGE SENSORS - An image sensor includes a pixel array and an image sensor objective optical element. The element is formed by a lenslet array. Each lenslet in the array directs incoming radiation onto a different specific pixel or sub-array of pixels in the pixel array. The lenslets in the array are shaped such that fields of view of next-but-one neighboring ones of the lenslets (i.e., two lenslets spaced from each other by another lenslet) do not overlap until a certain object distance away from the lenslet array. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206621 | LIGHT SENSITIVITY CALIBRATION METHOD AND AN IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention is directed to a light sensitivity calibration method and an imaging device. An exposure step is performed to obtain a light sensitivity according to a predetermined time. A time adjustment step is performed to adjust the predetermined time according to the light sensitivity, thereby obtaining an adjusted time. The predetermined time is replaced with the adjusted time and the exposure and time adjustment steps are repeatedly performed, until the adjusted time converges within a predetermined range. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206622 | EXPOSURE PARAMETER COMPENSATION METHOD AND AN IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention is directed to an exposure parameter compensation method and an imaging device. A capture-mode image capturing step is performed to obtain a first image and a second image according to a first exposure time and a second exposure time respectively based on a first light sensitivity and a predetermined time. The first image and the second image are operated on to result in a difference image. The first light sensitivity is replaced with a second light sensitivity, which is then recorded. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206623 | DATA REPRODUCING APPARATUS, CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A data reproducing apparatus comprises: a reproducing unit adapted to read out data from a plurality of recording media; a list generating unit adapted to generate a content list which describes storage location information in association with contents stored in the plurality of recording media; and a communication unit adapted to communicate with an external device and sending the content list to the external device, wherein the list generating unit checks if the contents stored in the plurality of recording media include identical contents, and if the identical contents are detected, the list generating unit generates the content list including information indicating that the storage location information of the identical contents are integrated. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206624 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An image processing method of the present invention includes a detection step detecting a characteristic area from each of three or more shot images having a common graphic pattern in part thereof, the characteristic area having an image significantly different from the other shot images, and a combining step extracting a partial image located in the characteristic area from each of the three or more shot images and combining these partial images into one image. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206625 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to perform photoelectric conversion of an optical image, an optical zoom unit configured to perform optical magnification variation in response to a zooming operation, an electronic zoom unit configured to perform electronic magnification variation on a signal output from the imaging unit, and a controller configured to operate the electronic zoom unit together with the optical zoom unit in a first zoom range in response to the zooming operation, to operate the optical zoom unit without operating the electronic zoom unit in response to the zooming operation in a second zoom range, which is closer to a telephoto side than the first zoom range, and to operate the electronic zoom unit together with the optical zoom unit in response to the zooming operation in a third zoom range, which is closer to the telephoto side than the second zoom range. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206626 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus including: an image pickup element; an image pickup optical system for forming an image of an object by using a beam; a phase modulating element disposed on a pupil plane, for modulating a phase state of the beam; a modulating element controller for controlling the phase modulating element; and an image pickup element controller for dividing the image pickup element into multiple areas, and reading, for each of the multiple divided areas, information on the image in a time-sharing manner, in which, when the image pickup element controller reads the information on the image formed on the image pickup element by an area-by-area basis for the multiple divided areas in the time-sharing manner, the modulating element controller controls the phase modulating element so as to reduce a wavefront aberration in the divided area from which the information is to be read. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206627 | COMPACT DISTORTED ZOOM LENS FOR SMALL ANGLE OF VIEW - Providing for optical imaging lenses employing non-linear distortion for image magnification is described herein. By way of example, a five-lens system can perform magnification functions by producing distortion that expands the image in the center of the field of view and compresses the image in the periphery of the field of view. This distortion can be corrected through image processing to yield a rectified image. Further, the five-lens system can be implemented as part of a fixed-focus imaging system, or in conjunction with a variable focus optical magnification imaging system. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206628 | NOISE SUPPRESSION - A method and apparatus apply one of a plurality of different levels of noise suppression to a pixel based on a difference between illuminance values for the pixel in the presence of (a) both a flash and ambient light and (b) without the flash. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206629 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus includes: an image pickup section for converting, into image data, pixel signals obtained by picking up an image of an object; and an image processing section for performing predetermined image processing on the image data obtained as a result of conversion by the image pickup section. The image pickup section includes: an X-Y addressable image sensor for accumulating, in an image pickup area thereof, pixel signals of an object obtained by image pickup; and a conversion means for sequentially reading out pixel signals contained in each of processing units, converting the pixel signals into image data, and outputting the image data, the processing units each being an area of a predetermined size defined by dividing the image pickup area of the image sensor into rectangular blocks of a predetermined size and adding a predetermined number of pixels to each rectangular block in vertical and horizontal directions of the rectangular block. The image processing section includes: a memory for sequentially receiving and storing image data of each processing unit; and an image processing means for sequentially performing the predetermined image processing on the image data stored in the memory that is contained in the range of the rectangular block, and outputting the resultant image data. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206630 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention has an object to provide an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of, when reducing a blur in an input image, (i) reducing noise included in the input image and (ii) restraining degradation of the image caused by noise processing from being emphasized by image restoration processing. An image processing apparatus ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206631 | IMAGE SENSOR COMPENSATION - Compensation is performed for an image capture device which includes an image sensor which has a tunable spectral response and which is tunable in accordance with a capture mask. The compensation is for spatial non-uniformity in color sensitivity of the image sensor. A default capture mask is applied to the image sensor, and a sample image is captured using the image sensor tuned by the default capture mask. Color of the sample image is analyzed to identify spatial non-uniformity in color sensitivity of the image sensor. A compensation capture mask is constructed. The compensation capture mask is constructed using calculations based on the identified spatial non-uniformity so as to compensate for spatial non-uniformity in color sensitivity of the image sensor. The compensation capture mask is stored in a memory of the image capture device for application of the compensation capture mask to the image sensor. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206632 | IMAGE SENSOR COMPENSATION - Compensation is performed for an image capture device which includes an image sensor which has a tunable spectral response and which is tunable in accordance with a capture mask. The compensation is for spatial non-uniformity in color sensitivity of the image sensor. A default capture mask is applied to the image sensor, and a sample image is captured using the image sensor tuned by the default capture mask. Color of the sample image is analyzed to identify spatial non-uniformity in color sensitivity of the image sensor. A compensation capture mask is constructed. The compensation capture mask is constructed using calculations based on the identified spatial non-uniformity so as to compensate for spatial non-uniformity in color sensitivity of the image sensor. The compensation capture mask is stored in a memory of the image capture device for application of the compensation capture mask to the image sensor. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206633 | TIMING GENERATOR AND METHOD OF GENERATING TIMING SIGNALS - Timing generators and methods of generating timing signals are disclosed. In one implementation, a timing generator for an imaging device includes a timing generator memory configured to store timing information, a timing core coupled to the timing generator memory and configured to read the timing information from the timing generator memory, and a processor core coupled to the timing core and configured to control a plurality of counters. The timing core can be further configured to generate a plurality of timing patterns based on the timing information and the plurality of counters. The timing generator can also be configured to generate a plurality of toggle positions for a plurality of timing signals based on the plurality of timing patterns. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206634 | IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HIGH-SENSITIVITY OPTICAL SCANNING AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THEREFOR - An inspection system includes a CMOS integrated circuit having integrally formed thereon an at least two dimensional array of photosensors and providing an inspection output representing an object to be inspected. A defect analyzer is operative to receive the inspection output and to provide a defect report. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206635 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a storage section configured to store a correction matrix correcting crosstalk generated by a light or electron leak from an adjacent pixel existing among a plurality of pixels for receiving light in an imaging device; and a processing section configured to carry out processing to apply the correction matrix stored in the storage section to an image signal generated by the imaging device for each of the pixels. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206636 | ADJUSTER FOR ADJUSTING THE DIRECTION OF A LIGHT BEAM AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH ADJUSTER - The invention provides an adjuster for adjusting the direction of a light beam ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206637 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - In a basic pixel arrangement of a solid-state image sensor, a dispersing element is arranged to face each of pixels that are located at row 1, column 2 and row 3, column 1 positions in order to make a light ray with a first color component incident on a horizontally adjacent pixel and also make a light ray with a complementary color component with respect to the first color component incident on that pixel that faces the dispersing element. A dispersing element is arranged to face each of pixels that are located at row 2, column 1 and row 4, column 1 positions in order to make a light ray with a second color component incident on a horizontally adjacent pixel and also make a light ray with a complementary color component with respect to the second color component incident on that pixel that faces the dispersing element. On the other hand, no dispersing elements are arranged to face pixels that are located at row 1, column 1, row 2, column 2, row 3, column 2 and row 4, column 2 positions. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206638 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206639 | Image Pickup Lens and Image Pickup Apparatus - Provided is an image pickup lens composed of three lens elements and an image pickup apparatus using the same, where the image pickup lens has satisfactorily corrected aberrations despite being smaller in size than conventional image pickup lenses. As image pickup lens includes, in order from the object side, an aperture stop, a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The first lens is a positive lens and is a meniscus lens having a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the object side, and the third lens is a negative lens. The image pickup lens satisfies conditional expressions relating to an air gap between the second and third lenses, a focal length of the second lens, and a curvature radius of the object-side surface of the second lens. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206640 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An imaging apparatus including an electric charge accumulation unit configured to accumulate electric charge in accordance with an incident light quantity; a tracking unit configured to perform tracking; and an exposure control unit configured to perform exposure control, wherein the electric charge accumulation unit performs a first accumulation, and then performs a second accumulation after the first accumulation, wherein the tracking unit performs the tracking based on an image signal obtained through the first accumulation, and wherein the exposure control unit computes a control value for the exposure control based on at least the image signal obtained through the second accumulation of the image signal obtained through the first accumulation and an image signal obtained through the second accumulation. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206641 | OPTICAL UNIT AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - [Object] To provide an optical unit and an image pickup apparatus that are capable of realizing a high-resolution and high-performance image pickup system. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206642 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image sensing apparatus that carries out image sensing continuously and inputs a plurality of images, having a digital signal processing circuit that detects, at each input image, from image data thereof, an object that satisfies a preset condition, a first exposure value determination unit that calculates a first exposure value from the image data, a second exposure value determination unit that calculates a second exposure value based on the detected object, and a selection unit that selects either the first exposure value, the second exposure value, a currently set exposure value, or an exposure value calculated based on a luminance of an area referenced when calculating a currently set exposure value as an exposure value to be used for a next image sensing based on object detection results obtained by the digital signal processing circuit. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206643 | IMAGE SENSING MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An image capturing module and an electronic device having the same are disclosed. The image capturing module includes a swivel apparatus, a image sensor or photoelectric converter, and a lens. The swivel apparatus includes a carrying stage and a swivel mount. The image sensor or photoelectric converter is disposed on the carrying stage. The lens is connected to the swivel mount. The lens and the image sensor or photoelectric converter are relatively rotated by rotation of the swivel mount. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206644 | Camera LCD Screen Sliding Shield Door - A protective device to protect LCD screens of digital cameras, as well as other electronic devices and peripherals. A protective sliding shield door protects the LCD screen from physical damage. The shield door is a flexible door that is molded to fit around the outside of a given LCD screen, and subsequently slides through two opposing guiding tracks to reach two opposing bays. A locking mechanism enables the door to retain a closed position when the device is not in use. An adhesive substance enables permanent attachment, and a bottom extension containing a threaded screw enable removable attachment, by fastening to the threaded mounting hole of a camera. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206645 | DELIVERY SYSTEM, GATEWAY, DELIVERY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a delivery system that responds to requests from various terminals and delivers content converted to be viewable/audible by the terminals. The delivery system includes a gateway that requests, if a temporary content accumulation apparatus does not store a moving image stream or moving image file receivable by a content-requesting-terminal, the external delivery server to transmit moving image content specified in a request message, generates a moving image stream or moving image file satisfying reception capability of the content-requesting-terminal, transmits the generated moving image stream or moving image file to the terminal, and stores the generated moving image stream or moving image file in the temporary content accumulation apparatus. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206646 | PICTURE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PICTURE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND PICTURE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein are a picture processing apparatus and a picture display apparatus. A picture processing apparatus includes: an interpolated picture data generation portion generating interpolated picture data at given points in time in the course of time-series picture data based on the time-series picture data; and a control portion controlling the interpolated picture data generation portion by using multi-screen information of the time-series picture data. A picture display apparatus includes: the interpolated picture data generation portion generating interpolated picture data at given points in time in the course of the time-series picture data based on the time-series picture data; a picture display portion displaying pictures derived from the time-series picture data including the interpolated picture data generated by the interpolated picture data generation portion; and the control portion controlling the interpolated picture data generation portion by using the multi-screen information of the time-series picture data. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206647 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAGGING STREAMED VIDEO WITH TAGS BASED ON POSITION COORDINATES AND TIME AND SELECTIVELY ADDING AND USING CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH TAGS - A system and method are provided to tag and identify content in the form of streaming video and other media. The tags are applied by location and time coordinates corresponding to the content of the streaming video. The tags are used for identifying, requesting, using and adding to such tagged items. For this purpose, the present invention is directed to a web based media content player and backend servers loaded with tagged streaming video and other media content. The media content player loads and plays the streaming video, including tags identifying items in the content, such as songs, locations, characters, products and individuals. The system and method provide a variety of uses for the tagged content. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206648 | Selection Graphics Overlay of Matrix Code - The document discloses a method for communicating information, such as audiovisual data and other information to a user. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal on a content receiver. The broadcast signal includes a video signal and a graphical signal, and the graphical signal includes a matrix barcode. After the content receiver receives the broadcast signal, the content receiver determines whether the matrix barcode should be displayed. The determination that the matrix barcode should be displayed may be based on the geographic location of the content receiver or user settings/preferences stored on the content receiver. If the matrix barcode should be displayed, the content receiver creates and outputs a modified signal. The modified signal includes the video signal with the matrix barcode overlaid on top of the video signal. If the matrix barcode should not be displayed, the content receiver outputs the broadcast signal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206649 | ENERGY-SAVING CONTROL DEVICE FOR REMOTE IMAGE RECEIVER - An energy-saving control device for remote image receiver is disclosed. The control device is electrically connected to an image receiver, and includes a detection module, a control module, and a power control module. The detection module detects a differential signal transmission state at the remote image receiver, and generates a detection signal to the control module accordingly. The control module generates a control signal according to the detection signal, so as to control the power control module to control on/off of power supply to the image receiver. With these arrangements, it is able to control the image receiver to automatically turn off when the differential signal transmission stops, so as to achieve the effects of energy saving and extended service life of the image receiver. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206650 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK OF WIRELESS AUDIO AND VIDEO AND PLAYBACK SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method for synchronized playback of wireless audio and video is applicable to a playback system. The method for synchronized playback includes steps of receiving and processing multimedia data by the playback system, in which the multimedia data includes video data and audio data; wirelessly transmitting the audio data to a loudspeaker and meanwhile holding the video data for a threshold time; and finishing the transmission of the audio data when the threshold time is reached, so that the video data and the corresponding audio data are synchronously played. The method for synchronized playback can control the delay caused by the wireless audio transmission, thus achieving the objective of synchronously playing the audio and video data. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206651 | SPEAKER SYSTEM, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A speaker system of a television receiver ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206652 | ENHANCED PROGRAM METADATA ON CROSS-MEDIA BAR - When a user hovers a screen cursor over a TV channel icon on a cross-media bar (XMB) user interface (UI) for a threshold period, enhanced metadata from PSIP/XDS/EPG that pertains to the program currently available on the associated TV channel is presented in a pop-up window on the XMB UI. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206653 | Efficient Media Processing - Some embodiments provide a media-editing application. The application includes several image processing destinations for performing operations on video images. The application includes a scheduling engine for scheduling disk read, decode, and graphics processing operations to perform on images to prepare the images for the several destinations. The scheduling engine includes a first set of instructions for scheduling images based on a speed at which a particular one of the several destinations processes the images when none of the destinations require images in real-time. The scheduling engine includes a second set of instructions for scheduling images based on a real-time clock when at least one of the several destinations requires images in real-time. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206654 | Image Display Device for Displaying Color Image on Color Display Unit - An image display device such as an LCD television comprises a microcomputer and look-up tables to store correction data for correcting color balance of an image to be displayed. The microcomputer recalculates correction data in the look-up tables and updates the correction data to the recalculated correction data based on: an input value InL and an input value InH of image data of a Low side and a High side white balance adjustment image, respectively; and a gain value GainL and a gain value GainH provided to the input values InL and InH, respectively, to bring color balance of the Low side and High side white balance adjustment image to a predetermined color balance, respectively. This image display device can increase accuracy of white balance adjustment and reduce time required for the white balance adjustment. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206655 | Color balance - Some embodiments provide a program that performs a color balance operation. The program identifies an image that includes several pixels. Each pixel includes a luma component value and chroma component values. The program analyzes the luma component values of the pixels in the image to identify several luma ranges. The program determines, for each luma range in the several luma ranges, a set of transforms for modifying chroma component values of pixels in the image in order to remove a color cast from the image. The program applies the sets of transforms to the image to remove the color casts from the image. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206656 | ESTABLISHING CLOCK SPEED FOR LENGTHY OR NON-COMPLIANT HDMI CABLES - A method whereby the frequency of the clock of an internal bus of a sink of High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) data is reduced, and possibly deep color mode of a sink deactivated, in response to an inability of a source of HDMI data to read extended display identification data (EDID) and/or effect High Definition Content Protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206657 | Reproducible Dither-noise Injection - A display pipe unit for processing pixels of video and/or image frames may be injected with dither-noise during processing of the pixels. A random noise generator implemented using Linear Feedback Shift Registers (LFSRs) produces pseudo-random numbers that are injected into the display pipe as dither-noise. Typically, such LFSRs shift freely during operation and the values of the LFSRs are used as needed. By shifting the LFSRs when the values are used to inject noise into newly received data, and not shifting the LFSRs when no new data is received, variations in the delays of receiving the data do not affect the pattern of noise applied to the frames. Therefore, dither-noise can be deterministically injected into the display pipe during testing/debug operation. By updating the LFSRs when new pixel data is available from the host interface instead of updating the LFSRs every cycle, the same dither-noise can be injected for the same received data. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206658 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - An active matrix substrate including: a scanning signal line (Gn); a data signal line ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206659 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNIT, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - The present active matrix substrate is arranged such that each pixel region includes two pixel electrodes ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206660 | LIGHT SOURCE PACKAGE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVING DEVICE - An LED package (PG) includes: an LED chip ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206661 | TENSION PROJECTION SCREEN ASSEMBLY - A projection screen assembly is disclosed including a projection screen and a projection screen frame. The projection screen frame includes a plurality of projection screen frame modules that may be coupled together to provide a projection frame for projection screens of different sizes. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206662 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus including a housing, a cover, and a protrusion. The housing includes an accommodating portion configured to be exposed to an outside and accommodate a module. The accommodating portion includes a wall extending in a thickness direction of the housing. The cover is configured to cover the accommodating portion and includes a first surface exposed to the outside and a second surface opposite the first surface. The protrusion is on the second surface and is configured to touch the housing at a location adjacent to the wall. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206663 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface includes a protrusion. The second surface includes a first recess opposite the protrusion and a second recess adjacent to the first recess. The second recess has substantially the same shape as the first recess. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206664 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE COMPRISING ARRAY OF SENSOR CIRCUITS WITH VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT CAPACITOR - A liquid crystal device is provided, for example in the form of a combined display and sensor forming a touch screen. The device comprises an array, for example of active matrix type, of sensor circuits. Each sensor circuit comprises a liquid crystal sensing capacitor (CV) connected to a transistor M | 2012-08-16 |
20120206665 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO RECOGNITION SYSTEM, VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND ACTIVE SHUTTER GLASSES - The present invention is to provide a three-dimensional video recognition system, a video display device, and active shutter glasses (AS) in which, even when the observer's visual point and the inclination of the observer's face are changed, the reduction in the brightness of the screen can be suppressed, and in which a sufficient shutter effect can be obtained. The present invention provides a three-dimensional video recognition system that is featured by including a display device, a front plate, and AS glasses, and is featured in that each of the AS glasses includes a first λ/4 plate, a first linear polarizing element, a liquid crystal cell, and a second linear polarizing element in this order from the outer surface side, in that the display device includes a third linear polarizing element on an observation surface side of the display device, in that the front plate has a second λ/4 plate, and in that, when an angle formed between a transmission axis of the first linear polarizing element and an in-plane slow axis of the first λ/4 plate is defined as φ1, and when an angle formed between a transmission axis of the third linear polarizing element and an in-plane slow axis of the second λ/4 plate is defined as φ2, expressions of 40°≦φ1≦50° and of 40°≦φ2≦50°, or expressions of 130°≦φ1≦140° and of 130°≦φ2≦140° are satisfied, where φ1 and φ2 are measured as viewed from the side of the λ/4 plate and are measured in the counterclockwise direction taken as the positive direction with reference to the transmission axis of the linear polarizing element. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206666 | DISPLAY DEVICE USING SWITCHING PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SWITCHING PANEL - An image display device includes a display panel which displays an image, and a switching panel which operates in a 2-dimensional (“2D”) mode or in a 3-dimensional (“3D”) mode, where the switching panel controls the image of the display panel to be recognized as a 2D image in the 2D mode and as a 3D image in the 3D mode, where the switching panel includes: a first and second substrates opposite to each other; a first electrode layer on the first substrate; a first alignment layer on the first electrode layer; a second electrode layer on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the switching panel includes a unit elements, and when no voltage is applied between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, a pretilt angle of the liquid crystal layer is repeated in the unit elements. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206667 | LIGHT MODULATOR FOR A DISPLAY FOR DISPLAYING TWO-DIMENSIONAL AND/OR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CONTENTS - A light modulator, for a display for the presentation of two- and/or three-dimensional image contents or image sequences, includes two opposing substrates and electrodes. At least one liquid crystal layer is provided between the two substrates. An alignment means is provided on the substrate which faces the liquid crystal layer to set a predeterminable pre-tilt of the liquid crystals. The orientation of the liquid crystals can be controlled in a given range through an electric field generated by the electrodes. The alignment means is controllable and can be controlled to modify the pre-tilt of the liquid crystals. The alignment can be controlled such the orientation of the liquid crystals can be oriented outside the given range or so that the pre-tilt of the liquid crystals can be set specifically for certain positions. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206668 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A thin-film transistor device manufacturing method forms a plurality of gate electrodes above a substrate. A silicon nitride layer is formed on the plurality of gate electrodes. A silicon oxide layer is formed on the silicon nitride layer. An amorphous silicon layer is formed on the silicon oxide layer. The amorphous silicon layer is crystallized using predetermined laser light to produce a crystalline silicon layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the crystalline silicon layer in a region that corresponds to each of the plurality of gate electrodes. A film thickness of the silicon oxide layer, a film thickness of the silicon nitride layer, and a film thickness of the amorphous silicon layer satisfy predetermined conditional expressions. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206669 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a display apparatus in which liquid crystal is injected into a non-display area having a transmitting hole formed in a predetermined portion of a panel corresponding to a camera, wherein the display apparatus comprises a display unit having a panel; and a guide frame, wherein the guide frame includes: a guide sidewall; and a panel supporter, wherein a camera receiving part with a camera mounted thereon is formed in a first panel support of the panel supporter, a transmitting hole for transmitting light to the camera is formed in a black matrix of a first non-display area to be placed on the first panel supporter of the upper substrate, and a display area of the panel and the first non-display area are filled with liquid crystal. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206670 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes; a plurality of light guide blocks disposed substantially in parallel with each other along a first direction, each of the plurality of light guide blocks including; a light guide plate (“LGP”) having a wedge-shape decreasing in thickness from a first side thereof to a second side thereof, and a light source unit disposed facing a side surface of the LGP, and a light source driving unit which individually controls the light source units of the plurality of light guide blocks to emit light via a local dimming method. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206671 | WHITE LED, BACKLIGHT USING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Certain embodiments provide a white LED for a backlight of a liquid crystal display device, which comprises an ultraviolet (or violet) light emitting element and a phosphor layer that contains a green phosphor selected from trivalent cerium- and terbium-activated rare earth borate phosphors, a blue phosphor selected from divalent europium-activated halophosphate phosphors and divalent europium-activated aluminate phosphors, and a red phosphor selected from europium-activated lanthanum oxysulfide phosphors and europium-activated yttrium oxysulfide phosphors as the contained amounts of the respective phosphors relative to the total amount of the phosphors as follows: 35-50% by weight of the green phosphor content; 50-70% by weight of the blue phosphor content; and 1-10% by weight of the red phosphor content. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206672 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes an illuminator and a liquid crystal panel for performing displaying by using light which is emitted from the illuminator. The liquid crystal panel includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer provided therebetween. The liquid crystal layer is formed of a liquid crystal material which contains molecules having at least one of a carbon-carbon triple bond and a polycyclic group. The illuminator includes a light source causing primary generation of at least blue light, among other light which is used for displaying. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206673 | SURFACE LIGHT-EMITTING UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A surface light-emitting unit of the present invention is an LED module ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206674 | IMMERSED ASYMMETRIC REFLECTOR WITH REDUCED COLOR - A film construction ( | 2012-08-16 |
20120206675 | Light-Emitting Device and Electronic Device Using Light-Emitting Device - First to third light-emitting elements each including a reflection electrode layer, a transflective electrode layer, and a light-emitting layer provided therebetween are provided. In the first light-emitting element, the light-emitting layer is in contact with the reflection electrode layer and the transflective electrode layer. In the second light-emitting element, a first transparent electrode layer is in contact with the reflection electrode layer, the light-emitting layer is in contact with the first transparent electrode layer and the transflective electrode layer. In the third light-emitting element, a second transparent electrode layer is in contact with the reflection electrode layer, the light-emitting layer is in contact with the second transparent electrode layer and the transflective electrode layer. The first transparent electrode layer is different form the second transparent electrode layer in thickness. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206676 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel and a display apparatus having the same are provided. The display panel includes a liquid crystal layer and comprises first and second substrates which are disposed opposite to each other; a color filter polarizing layer which formed on one surface between the first and second substrates, and which includes a first metal linear grid arranged at different pitches to emit a first polarized component of incident light with different colors; and a polarizing layer which includes a second metal linear grid formed on an opposite surface to the surface between the first and second substrates, wherein a metal material contained in the first metal linear grid is different from a metal material contained in the second metal linear grid. The provided display panel and display apparatus including the same, have decreased manufacturing costs and a simplified manufacturing process. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206677 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel and a display apparatus having the are provided. The display panel with a liquid crystal layer, includes first and second substrates which are disposed opposite to each other; a color filter polarizing layer which is formed on a surface of one of the first and second substrates between the first and second substrates, and includes a metal linear grid arranged at different pitches to emit a first polarized component of incident light with different colors; and a polarizing layer formed on an opposite surface to the surface of one of the first and second substrates. The provided display panel and display apparatus including the same, have decreased manufacturing costs and a simplified manufacturing process. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206678 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel and a display apparatus having the same, in which the display panel comprises a liquid crystal layer comprising first and second substrates which are disposed opposite to each other; and a color filter layer which is formed on a surface of one of the first and second substrates facing each other, and includes a first metal linear grid arranged at different pitches to emit a first polarized component of incident light with different colors. The provided display panel and display apparatus have decreased manufacturing costs and simplified manufacturing process. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206679 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME RELATED APPLICATION DATA - A liquid crystal display includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates and has a reflective area and a transmissive area. At least one of the substrates is provided with a retardation film whose phase difference differs between the reflective area and the transmissive area. Alternatively, at least one of the substrates is provided with a retardation film whose slow axis differs between the reflective area and the transmissive area. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206680 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - An electro-optical device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate having one surface opposite to the first substrate; a support member configured to hold the first and second substrates with the second substrate located outside the first substrate, and to include a frame portion surrounding the first and second substrates; a first conductive film formed on the other surface of the second substrate; and a conductor layer placed between the frame portion and the first and second substrates, and electrically connected to the first conductive film. The first conductive film is held at a constant potential via the conductor layer. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206681 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and an opposing second substrate; an alignment layer formed on the first substrate and the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The alignment layer includes a copolymer including a dianhydride monomer and a diamine monomer. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206682 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optic device includes a first insulating substrate where a pixel electrode and a signal line are arranged on one surface side, a conductive layer formed on another surface of the first insulating substrate, and a conductive tape adhered to the conductive layer along at least one side of the first insulating substrate, where the conductive layer maintains a constant potential via the conductive tape. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206683 | PIXEL ELECTRODE AND ITS ASSOCIATED LCD PANEL - The present invention discloses a pixel electrode of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The pixel electrode has a specific layout. The pixel electrode contains a peripheral portion, slits, and a central part which reserves an opening. When a voltage is applied to the pixel electrode, LC molecules are slanted starting inward moving outward, preventing the central domain of the pixel electrode from being squeezed. Accordingly, the central domain without the pixel electrode can be designed to be smaller, bringing about a decrease in the non-opening domain of the LCD panel and further, a larger aperture rate of the LCD panel. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206684 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a display area and a fan-out area, a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area; a dam disposed in the fan-out area, and a plurality of display signal lines disposed on the first substrate, where the plurality of display signal lines is connected to the plurality of pixels in the display area, the plurality of display signal lines includes a plurality of wiring units in the fan-out area, the dam is disposed in a dummy area between the plurality of wiring units, and a shape of the dam is different from a shape of the plurality of wiring units. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206685 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Disclosed is an electrode film which does not exfoliate from, or diffuse into, an oxide semiconductor or an oxide thin film. An electrode layer comprises a highly adhesive barrier film being a Cu—Mg—Al thin film and a copper thin film; and an oxide semiconductor and an oxide thin film contact with the highly adhesive barrier film. With the highly adhesive barrier film having magnesium in a range of at least 0.5 at % but at most 5 at % and aluminum at least 5 at % but at most 15 at % when the total number of atoms of copper, magnesium, and aluminum is 100 at %, the highly adhesive barrier film has both adhesion and barrier properties. The electrode layer is suitable because a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer contact the oxide semiconductor layer. A stopper layer having an oxide may be provided on a layer under the electrode layer. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206686 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method for manufacturing the same, capable of preventing problems (i.e., movement of balls, damage to the surfaces that face spacers upon application of predetermined pressure, and variation in cell gap) associated with the use of the ball spacers. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a spacer formed on the first substrate, wherein the spacer includes a plurality of balls and a solid to aggregate the balls together and adhere the balls to the first substrate, a hard coating layer formed on the second substrate facing the spacer, and a liquid crystal layer filled between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206687 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMALLY CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY WITH REDUCED NOISE EMISSIONS - An assembly for cooling an electronic image assembly having a rear channel placed behind the image assembly and a heat exchanger for accepting ambient air. The system contains a first fan placed within the heat exchanger to force ambient air through the heat exchanger and the rear channel. A second fan may be used to force circulating gas through an interior portion of the display housing and through the heat exchanger in order to transfer heat to the ingested ambient air. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206688 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An LCD device and a method for fabricating the same is described, in which each of light-shielding patterns has the uniform thickness to prevent the step coverage from being generated in color filter patterns by the light-shielding patterns. The LCD device includes a substrate with pixel and light shielding regions defined, a transparent material layer formed on the substrate corresponding to the pixel regions, a light-shielding layer formed on the substrate corresponding to the light shielding regions, and a color filter layer on the transparent material layer. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206689 | FUNCTIONAL SHEET AND LENS USING SAME - According to the present invention, a functional sheet, comprising a polarizing or photochromic functional layer and protective layers provided on both surfaces of the functional layer can be provided. The protective layers include an aromatic polycarbonate resin sheet or film. At least one of the protective layers is a co-extruded sheet or film including an aromatic polycarbonate resin layer and an acrylic-based resin layer provided on one surface or both surfaces of the aromatic polycarbonate resin layer. At least one surface of the functional sheet is of the acrylic-based resin layer. Also according to the present invention, a lens using such a functional sheet can be provided. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206690 | FLEXIBLE NOSE SUPPORT AND EYEGLASSES HAVING THE SAME - A flexible nose support and eyeglasses thereof are disclosed. The eyeglasses include an eyeglass body and the flexible nose support. The eyeglass body has a bridge portion, and the flexible nose support has a mounting pad, at least one engaging member, and two flexible support arms, where all are integrally formed in one piece. By mounting the flexible nose support upwardly onto the bridge portion, the flexible nose support is secured to the eyeglasses. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206691 | DYNAMIC MULTIFOCAL CONTACT LENS - An dynamic multiple focus contact lens has at least one transparent layer with a first annular electromagnet and a second annular electromagnet, a transparent pupil allowing passage of light through the at least one layer, at least one loop antenna in communication with the electromagnets, and a transmitter for activating the electromagnets. The at least one layer has a first shape similar to a circular segment that follows the surface of the cornea. The first shape has a first focal length, or power. Upon initiation by a user, a transmitter sends a signal to the loop antenna which energizes the electromagnets to mutually attract causing the at least one layer to deflect and the central portion of the first layer to deform outwardly forming the layer into a second shape. The second shape has a second power, stronger than the first shape. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206692 | CONTACT LENS - Provided is a contact lens of double thin type ensuring a comfortable wearing sensation, enabling improvement of oxygen permeability and tear exchange, and having a novel structure. An optical zone having no deviation of a center of gravity by a prism is formed. A pair of thin portions extending circumferentially and having a constant thickness are formed on both upper and lower sides of a peripheral zone, and a pair of thick portions extending circumferentially and having a thickness larger than that of the thin portions are formed on both left and right sides. One or more concavities are positioned symmetrically in a left-right direction during wear in a posterior surface of each of the thick portions. A minimum thickness at a portion where the concavity is formed is larger than the thickness of the thin portions. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206693 | EYEGLASS LENS PROCESSING SHAPE OBTAINING METHOD - An eyeglass lens processing shape obtaining method for attaching a prescription lens having an edge thicker than an original lens and having refractive power to a rim of an eyeglass frame, in place of the original lens attached to the rim, the method includes: obtaining an outline of the original lens; obtaining an inner boundary of the rim on a surface of the original lens in a state where the original lens is attached to the rim; obtaining an external form processing shape of the prescription lens based on the outline of the lens; and obtaining a step processing shape of the prescription lens based on the inner boundary of the rim. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206694 | Methods and Apparatus for Cataract Detection and Measurement - In exemplary implementations of this invention, cataracts in the human eye are assessed and mapped by measuring the perceptual impact of forward scattering on the foveal region. The same method can be used to measure scattering/blocking media inside lenses of a camera. Close-range anisotropic displays create collimated beams of light to scan through sub-apertures, scattering light as it strikes a cataract. User feedback is accepted and analyzed, to generate maps for opacity, attenuation, contrast and sub-aperture point-spread functions (PSFs). Optionally, the PSF data is used to reconstruct the individual's cataract-affected view. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206695 | Direct Illumination for Projection - Projection systems and apparatuses for providing high contrast projected images with an aspect ratio different from the aspect ratio of the imager or micro-display used are provided. Light integrators having an aspect ratio equal to the aspect ratio to the desired projected image or video can be inserted into the optical train of the projection system or apparatus to illuminate only an active area equal to having an aspect ratio equal to the aspect ratio of the desired projected image or be. By reducing the illuminated area of the imager, light scattered or otherwise diverted from pixels held in the “off state” in the non-active area of imager can be greatly reduced to provide darker dark levels in the frame surrounding the project image or video. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206696 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD - A projection display apparatus displays a test pattern image including three or more intersections configured by three or more line segments. The projection display apparatus calculates a positional relationship between the projection display apparatus and the projection plane based on the three or more intersections included in the test pattern image. The test pattern image is included within a display frame. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206697 | BIDIRECTIONAL PROJECTOR - A bidirectional projector, which may project slides onto two screens at the same time, includes a light source emitting red beam, green beam, and blue beam; at least an imaging device receiving the red beam, the green beam, and the blue beam from the light source and reflecting predetermined parts of the red beam, the green beam, and the blue beam to form an image beam according to image signals; and an optical lens, wherein the image beam emits to the optical lens and a part of the image beam passes through the optical lens to form a first projecting beam, and a part of the image beam is reflected by the optical lens to form a second projecting beam. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206698 | PROJECTOR - A projector comprising: a discharge lamp; a discharge lamp drive unit that drives the discharge lamp by supplying drive power to the discharge lamp; and a control unit that has a first mode and a second mode as operation modes and controls the discharge lamp drive unit according to the operation modes, wherein the control unit controls the discharge lamp drive unit to supply first power as the drive power to the discharge lamp when the operation mode is the first mode, and controls the discharge lamp drive unit to supply the drive power to the discharge lamp while changing the drive power in a range equal to or less than second power smaller than the first power and equal to or more than third power smaller than the second power when the operation mode is the second mode. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206699 | PROJECTION DEVICE - A projection device including a case, a zoom lens module, a focus lever, and a linkage mechanism is provided. The case defines a guiding slot. The zoom lens module is disposed in the case and is configured for projecting an image. The focus lever is disposed in the case and is connected to the zoom lens module. The focus lever is perpendicular to a lengthening direction of a center axis of the zoom lens module. The linkage mechanism includes an adjusting rod having a connecting portion and an operating portion. The connecting portion is connected to the focus lever and is configured for rotating relative to the focus lever and moving along the lengthening direction of the focus lever. The operating portion extends out of the case and is configured for being controlled to move relative to the case along a lengthening direction of the guiding slot. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206700 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A PHOTOMASK - A method for manufacturing a photomask based on design data includes the steps of forming a figure element group including a figure element in a layout pattern on the photomask and a figure element affecting the figure element due to the optical proximity effect, adding identical identification data to a data group indicating an identical figure element group, estimating an influence of the optical proximity effect on the figure element group, generating correction data indicating a corrected figure element in which the influence of the optical proximity effect is compensated for at the time of exposure, creating figure data by associating data having the identical identification data with correction data having the identical identification data, and forming a mask pattern on the photomask using figure data. Thus, the computation time for correction of the layout can be reduced, thereby reducing the production time of the photomask. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206701 | ABERRATION MEASUREMENT METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method for measuring a spherical aberration amount of a projection optical system that projects an image of a pattern formed on an original plate onto a substrate, includes: obtaining a first focal position in a direction of an optical axis of the projection optical system under a first measurement condition; obtaining a second focal position in the direction of the optical axis of the projection optical system under a second measurement condition; calculating the spherical aberration amount of the projection optical system based on a difference between the first focal position and the second focal position. Under the first measurement condition the focal position in the direction of the optical axis with respect to the spherical aberration amount does not change; and under the second measurement condition the focal position in the direction of the optical axis with respect to the spherical aberration amount changes. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206702 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING EXPOSING CONDITION DETERMINATION PROGRAM - Certain embodiments provide a computer-readable recording medium recording an exposing condition determination program. The program allows a computer to perform: a first step of dividing an illumination pupil into a plurality of regions; a second step of calculating, for each region, an imaging performance response indicative of relation between a brightness change from a first illumination shape and a change in an imaging performance evaluation amount for a transfer pattern; a third step of finding a brightness change amount for each region so that the imaging performance evaluation amount is maintained in a specified range; a fourth step of adding the brightness change amount to the first illumination shape to find a second illumination shape; and a step of performing the first to the fourth steps multiple times while changing a calculation condition parameter to find a second illumination shape as an illumination shape supplied to the exposure apparatus. | 2012-08-16 |
20120206703 | Inspection Apparatus and Method, Lithographic Apparatus, Lithographic Processing Cell and Device Manufacturing Method - Asymmetry properties of a periodic target on a substrate, such as a grating on a wafer, are determined. An inspection apparatus has a broadband illumination source with illumination beams point mirrored in the pupil plane of a high numerical aperture objective lens. The substrate and target are illuminated via the objective lens from a first direction and a second direction mirror reflected with respect to the plane of the substrate. A quad wedge optical device separately redirects diffraction orders of radiation scattered from the substrate and separates diffraction orders from illumination along each of the first and second directions. For example the zeroth and first orders are separated for each incident direction. After capture in multimode fibers, spectrometers are used to measure the intensity of the separately redirected diffraction orders as a function of wavelength. | 2012-08-16 |