34th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090207297 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A display apparatus (for example, digital camera) includes a display section (for example, LCD monitor) that selectively displays one of a plurality of display patterns, and has a plurality of operation modes, an operation section (for example, operation button) that receives a short-time operation which is operated by a user for a shorter period than a specified time and a long-time operation which is operated by a user for a longer period than the specified time, and a controller that controls the display section so that the display pattern of the display section is changed over every time the operation section receives the short-time operation while the operation mode of the display section is changed over every time the operation section receives the long-time operation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207298 | FOCUSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A focusing apparatus is configured to execute a focusing operation without using any auto-focus evaluation value obtained from an auto-focus evaluation value detection area set for an object other than that of an intended object when a plurality of objects is detected. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207299 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera includes an imaging device. The imaging device has an imaging surface capturing an object scene through a focus lens and repeatedly produces an object scene image. The focus lens is moved in an optical-axis direction in parallel with a process of the imaging device. A high-frequency component of the object scene image is extracted by a focus evaluation circuit in parallel with moving of the focus lens. A CPU specifies lens positions respectively corresponding to local maximum values found from the extracted high-frequency component. When an interval ΔF between the specified lens positions falls below a threshold value, the focus lens is placed at a lens position on the nearest side, out of the specified lens positions. When the interval ΔF is equal to or more than the threshold value, the focus lens is placed at a position different from the lens position on the nearest side. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207300 | Lens Driving Device and Imaging Device - A contact portion | 2009-08-20 |
20090207301 | METHOD OF CAPTURING AN IMAGE WITH A MOBILE DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device including an image capturing unit, a flash unit and a control unit. The control unit may initiate the image capturing unit to capture an image with activating the flash unit. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207302 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MEASURE FEATURES IN A CONDUIT - A system and method for measuring the size and orientation of anomalies on the interior surface of a conduit. The system and method can include a camera housed in a centralizer and a means for providing measurement markers within the field of view of the camera. The system and method can also include an orientation sensor for determining the orientation of the anomaly within the conduit. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207303 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an apparatus body, a monitor connected to the apparatus body, and a hinge mechanism including a support member. The supporting mechanism includes a mounting portion on a first end, the mounting portion being rotatably mounted on the apparatus body, and a supporting portion on a second end, the supporting portion supporting the monitor. The support member rotatably supports the monitor relative to the apparatus body. The support member of the hinge mechanism is disposed at substantially the same height as that of a viewfinder disposed on the apparatus body. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207304 | Method for generating distances representative of the edge orientations in a video picture, corresponding device and use of the method for deinterlacing or format conversion - The distances representative of the edge orientation at a current points of a video picture generated are particularly used for the deinterlacing or format conversion of video pictures. It can be implemented in a video coder or decoder. According to the invention, the distances representative of the edge orientation calculated are filtered with a conditional median filter applied to a window of p by q distances. This filter only takes into account the distances of points for which the local gradient module of the video components is greater than a threshold. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207305 | Caption Display Device - A caption display device is provided in which display settings, such as arrangement of caption/text and the like, can be changed with a consistent operation system independent of the type of a terminal, and caption/text can be viewed even during displaying of a menu or a dialogue. In the caption display device, by causing a document data converting section ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207306 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING AUDIO/VIDEO SIGNALS - A method and device for synchronizing audio/video signals is provided. A first and a second auxiliary signal are generated, wherein the first and the second auxiliary signals are pulse-shaped, and transmitted to a first and a second rendering device via a first and a second transmission path, respectively. The first audio/video output signal based on the first auxiliary signal and a second audio/video output signal based on the second auxiliary signal are outputted to a user. The user adjusts a delay of the first and/or second transmission path by synchronizing the first audio/video output signal with the second audio/video output signal. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207307 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, MONITOR APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to our invention, linked operation between a monitor apparatus for displaying images, and a set-top box for transmitting image signals to the monitor apparatus via a required interface, can be achieved properly, even if both units are constructed in casings separate from each other. The monitor apparatus uses a CEC line to transmit a CEC vendor command including at least a code associated with unit information, and the set-top box apparatus transmits the CEC vendor command including at least the code associated with the unit information. Upon receiving the vendor command from the set-top box apparatus, the monitor apparatus switches to the linked operation with the set-top box. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207308 | Electronic device, display system, transmission method and display method - An electronic device includes an HDMI output terminal connectable to one of a first HDMI input terminal and a second HDMI input terminal of an external device, the first and second HDMI input terminals having a first physical address and a second physical address assigned thereto, respectively, a detection means for detecting a connection of the HDMI output terminal to one of the first and second HDMI input terminals, a read means for reading the first physical address from the external device when the connection of the HDMI output terminal to the first HDMI input terminal is detected and reading the second physical address from the external device when the connection of the HDMI output terminal to the second HDMI input terminal is detected, and a transmission means for transmitting one of the read first and second physical addresses to the external device via the HDMI output terminal. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207309 | Digital Television Signal-Receiving Device with Signal Strength Showing Function - A digital television signal-receiving device with signal strength showing function is disclosed. The digital television signal-receiving device includes a tuner, a microprocessor control unit, and a signal strength indicator. The signal of digital television is tuned with the tuner. The microprocessor control unit could read a signal decibel value of the signal of digital television and provide a strength signal corresponding to the signal decibel value. The signal strength indicator driven with the microprocessor control unit could receive the strength signal and show an indication of the signal strength. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207310 | VIDEO-PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM - A video-processing apparatus contains a region-setting-processing unit that sets a plurality of zoom regions each enlarging a part of an input video image and displaying the enlarged part of the input video image and creates viewpoint information indicating the set zoom regions. The input video image has a higher resolution than a display resolution. The video-processing apparatus also contains a video-data-extracting unit that extracts video data from video data of the input video image for every set zoom region, a video-data-converting unit that downconverts the extracted video data to video data of the display resolution, and an output unit that outputs the downconverted video data and the viewpoint information with the viewpoint information corresponding to the downconverted video data. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207311 | TECHNIQUE FOR TUNER AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR MOBILE TELEVISION APPLICATIONS - A technique for providing stable tracking performance to an AGC loop circuit comprises amplifying a wideband radio frequency signal; detecting signals and blockers adjacent to the radio frequency signal; lowering a gain of the radio frequency signal; mixing a local oscillator signal with the radio frequency signal; shifting a frequency of the radio frequency signal from a radio frequency to an intermediate frequency; continuously varying a gain of the intermediate frequency signal; converting the intermediate frequency signal into a digital output signal; comparing the digital output signal with predefined thresholds comprising an upper threshold and a lower threshold; switching a post mixer amplifier (PMA) to a high gain state when an input of a variable gain amplifier (VGA) is greater than the upper threshold, and switching the PMA to a low gain state when an input of the VGA is lower than the lower threshold. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207312 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL - A video processing apparatus includes: a video processor configured to generate a video signal; an automatic image quality adjustment unit configured to determine a first image quality adjustment set value based on the video signal; a user image quality adjustment unit configured to determine a second image quality adjustment set value based on a user's operation; an image quality processor configured to perform an image quality adjustment on the video signal based on the first and second image quality adjustment set values; and a controller configured to: control the image quality processor to perform the image quality adjustment based on the first and the second image quality adjustment set values. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207313 | Distributing candidate vectors based on local motion complexity - A system and method for distributing candidate motion vectors divides a picture frame ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207314 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOTION VECTOR ESTIMATION USING A PIVOTAL PIXEL SEARCH - Aspects of a method and system for motion vector estimation using a pivotal pixel search are presented. Aspects of the system may include an image interpolation system that enables selection of an interpolated picture element neighborhood within an interpolated image frame. The image interpolation system may enable selection of one of a plurality of computed candidate motion vectors based on the location of the interpolated picture element neighborhood within the interpolated image frame. The image interpolation system may enable generation of picture element values within the selected interpolated picture element neighborhood based on at least the selected one of the plurality of computed candidate motion vectors. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207315 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image signal processing apparatus detects a motion vector between two temporally successive frames, and includes a detection device, a calculation device, and an arithmetic device. The detection device is configured to detect the motion vector in pixel blocks between the two frames, and output an evaluation value, which represents the degree of correspondence between the two frames in the pixel blocks provided in the two frames, and which is calculated in the process of detecting the motion vector. The calculation device is configured to calculate an activity value, which represents the degree of variation in pixel value in the frame, on the basis of the direction of the detected motion vector. The arithmetic device is configured to perform an arithmetic operation to obtain an accuracy value, which represents the degree of reliability of the detected motion vector, on the basis of the evaluation value and the activity value. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207316 | METHODS FOR SUMMARIZING AND AUDITING THE CONTENT OF DIGITAL VIDEO - Methods of summarizing and auditing the content of digital video are disclosed. A method may include detecting scene changes within frames of a digital video by way of a scene change detection process. Thereafter, a thumbnail explosion may be provided of the scene changes within the digital video. In one embodiment, a system user may implement a scene change detection system in an audit mode, wherein the user may view a thumbnail explosion of scene changes and either accept or reject the media depending on whether inappropriate content is found. In another embodiment, a system user may implement a scene change detection system in a summary mode, wherein the user may view a thumbnail explosion in order to obtain a summary of the content of a digital video. In either embodiment, the system user may select a thumbnail from the thumbnail explosion to show an enlarged view of the thumbnail or may view the video beginning at the location of the selected thumbnail. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207317 | Moving Picture Storage System, Moving Picture Storage Method, and Moving Picture Storage Program - When a start recording instruction or an end recording instruction is transmitted from a terminal device, a DTMF detector ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207318 | Control unit, a video device including said control unit, and a control method - The present invention discloses a control unit, a video device employing said control unit and a control method thereof, wherein the control unit includes: a recognition device which is used to recognize the target in the target image; a calculation device which is used to calculate and transform the position coordinate of the recognized imaging target from the recognition device and output the position of the operation unit. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207319 | Apparatus which converts remote control signal, remote controller, remote control apparatus, and remote control method - A remote-control-signal conversion apparatus is disclosed. The remote-control-signal conversion apparatus receives a radio control signal from a remote controller, converts the radio control signal into an infrared control signal, and transmits the infrared control signal to an external device. When the apparatus identifies the external device, the apparatus transmits a plurality of infrared control signals to the external device. The apparatus identifies device identification information of the external device based on a response from the external device. The apparatus radio transmits the identified device identification information to the remote controller. The apparatus transmits the device identification information and a control code corresponding thereto as the infrared control signal received from the remote controller to the external device. The apparatus transmits the infrared control signal to the external device. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207320 | Display Panel Drive Circuit and Display - In one embodiment of the present invention, a display panel drive circuit includes a plurality of circuit blocks each of which includes former circuits and latter circuits. In each of the circuit blocks in the display panel drive circuit, a signal is transmitted from the former circuits to the latter circuits. Further, the display panel drive circuit includes an inter-block shared wire which allows respective two of the circuit blocks adjacent to each other to be connected to each other. Furthermore, in the display panel drive circuit, the signal of the respective two of the circuit blocks adjacent to each other is transmitted in a time division manner, via the inter-block shared wire. This eliminates the need for an external memory or an arithmetic circuit, thereby making it possible to reduce the area of a circuit in a driver. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207321 | IMAGE TRANSFER DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DATA TRANSFER METHOD - An image transfer device which sequentially transfers successive image data to an image display apparatus via a network includes a memory unit which stores the image data and a control unit. The control unit transmits the image data to the image display apparatus during connection with the network, sequentially stores the continuing image data in the memory unit when detecting abnormal cut off of the network, and sequentially transfers the image data stored in the memory unit to the image display apparatus when detecting restoration of the network. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207322 | PROJECTOR SYSTEM AND VIDEO PROJECTION METHOD - A projector system is provided with at least one projector mobile in a specified space and adapted to project a video to a projection area included in the specified space in accordance with inputted video information, a plurality of position sensors each including a position detecting section for detecting a positional relationship of the projector with the projection area and arranged in a specified positional relationship with the specified space, and a controller for controlling a video to be projected from the projector to the projection area based on detection results by the position detecting sections of the plurality of position sensors. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207323 | PROJECTOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector includes a light modulation section provided with a plurality of pixels arranged, and adapted to modulate light from a light source by the pixel, and when executing a keystone distortion correction on an image to be projected on a projection surface in response to an operation of an operation section, a maximum pixel area, which is a maximum area in which an image of the light modulation section is formed, and an image forming area in which the image to be the object of the keystone distortion correction is formed are projected simultaneously on the projection surface. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207324 | Circuit for SLM's pixel - The present invention provides a spatial light modulator comprises a plurality of deflectable mirror controllable to deflect from a horizontal state to first and second deflecting directions; an electrode connected to a memory and disposed in the first deflecting direction underneath each of the deflectable mirrors; and an electrode connected to a plate line and disposed in the second deflecting direction underneath each of the deflectable mirrors. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207325 | Algorithm for SLM of single hinge type - The present invention provides a spatial light modulator, comprising: a pixel array comprising a plurality of pixel elements; a plurality of word lines each connected to a row of pixel elements; a plurality of plate lines; and a plurality of bit lines each connected to a column of pixel elements, wherein each of the pixel elements further comprises a memory and an electrode connected to the memory, wherein the memory is connected to the word line and the word line is further connected to the plate line. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207326 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a plurality of light modulation elements adapted to modulate a plurality of colored light beams based on image data, a combining optical system adapted to combine the modulated colored light beams to emit image light, and a projection optical system adapted to project the image light emitted from the combining optical system on a projection screen. The light modulation elements are disposed with respect to the combining optical system so that long sides of the respective light modulation elements are adjacent to each other. Signal line cable boards adapted to provide the respective light modulation elements with signals, and coupled to short sides of the respective light modulation elements. A scanning direction of writing the image data to the light modulation elements is set to be parallel to a direction of the short side of an image display area in each of the light modulation elements. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207327 | LIQUID CRYSTAL APPARATUS, PROJECTION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A liquid crystal apparatus includes: a liquid crystal panel having a pair of substrates and including a display area; and a case body having an opening in an area corresponding to the display area of the liquid crystal panel and being attached to the liquid crystal panel, in which the case body includes: a plurality of panel-shaped members having a laminated structure including a clearance in the direction of the thickness of the liquid crystal panel, openings provided at portions on the side of one side of the liquid crystal panel and on the side of the other side thereof opposing the one side corresponding to the clearance, a diaphragm formed in the clearance of the plurality of panel-shaped members from the side of the one side toward the side of the other side. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207328 | Liquid Crystal Display Having High Luminance and High Display Quality - A liquid crystal display (LCD) having high luminance and color renditions is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a first insulating substrate, a gate line and a data line crossing each other on the first insulating substrate to define a pixel. First and second sub-pixel electrodes divide the pixel into two parts. A first switching element drives the first sub-pixel electrode and a second switching element drives the second sub-pixel electrode. A second insulating substrate faces the first insulating substrate. A color pattern is arranged on the second insulating substrate and overlaps the first sub-pixel electrode. A contrast pattern overlaps the second sub-pixel electrode. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207329 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix array, each pixel including a liquid crystal capacitor which includes a pixel electrode subjected to switching by a top-gate type thin film transistor, a counter electrode opposing the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, and a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor which are in parallel electrical connection to the liquid crystal capacitor. The first storage capacitor includes a first storage capacitor electrode which is electrically connected to the pixel electrode, a first storage-capacitor counter electrode opposing the first storage capacitor electrode, and a first dielectric layer disposed therebetween. The second storage capacitor includes a second storage capacitor electrode which is electrically connected to the pixel electrode, a second storage-capacitor counter electrode opposing the second storage capacitor electrode, and a second dielectric layer disposed therebetween. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207330 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a pixel electrode that includes a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode, a first thin film transistor connected to the first sub-pixel electrode, a second thin film transistor connected to the second sub-pixel electrode, an assistance capacitor connected to the first sub-pixel electrode, and a third thin film transistor connected to the assistance capacitor and the second sub-pixel electrode. The third thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode overlapping the gate electrode and connected to the second sub-pixel electrode, and a drain electrode connected to the assistance capacitor, and a parasitic capacitance between the gate electrode and the drain electrode is equal to or less than a parasitic capacitance between the gate electrode and the source electrode. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207331 | Liquid crystal display panel and semiconductor array substrate thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel including a color filter substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a semiconductor array substrate is provided. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the two substrates. The semiconductor array substrate disposed at one side of the color filter substrate includes a transparent base, a planar layer, several pixel electrodes and an opaque layer. The pixel electrodes are arranged in an array on the planar layer, which covers the transparent base. Each two adjacent pixel electrodes are spaced by a gap. The opaque layer is disposed in the planar layer, and is located beneath each gap. The opaque layer having an extended portion disposed at two sides thereof is extended towards two sides of each gap to be under part of the pixel electrodes. The opaque layer is at least a half of the planar layer in thickness. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207332 | INTEGRAL-TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL WITH IMAGE SENSOR FUNCTION - A display device using a novel semiconductor device, which includes a pixel matrix, an image sensor, and a peripheral circuit for driving those, that is, which has both a camera function and a display function, and is made intelligent, is provided and a method of manufacturing the same is also provided. One pixel includes a semiconductor device for display and a semiconductor for light reception, that is, one pixel includes semiconductor devices (insulated gate-type field effect semiconductor device) for controlling both display and light reception, so that the display device having a picture reading function is made miniaturized and compact. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207333 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING SENSING UNIT FOR COMPENSATION DRIVING - A liquid crystal display includes; a plurality of pixels, each of which comprises a switching element having a control terminal and an input terminal connected to a corresponding gate line of a plurality of gate lines and a corresponding data line of a plurality of data lines, respectively, at least one test pixel comprising at least one test switching element having a control terminal connected to a corresponding at least one gate line of a plurality of gate lines, and a sensing unit which measures a leakage current flowing through the test pixel and to control compensation driving of a threshold voltage of a switching element of a pixel according to the measured leakage current. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207334 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A backlight unit that minimizes damage to an optical sheet due to external impacts, and a liquid crystal display employing the backlight unit are disclosed. The backlight unit comprises a light source unit comprising a plurality of light sources; a bottom cover that receives the light source unit and comprises a first protrusion; support sides fastened to both opened shorter sides of the bottom cover to support the light source unit and comprising a second protrusion; and an optical sheet unit disposed on the light source unit and comprising a first long hole in which the first protrusion is inserted and a second long hole in which the second protrusion is inserted, wherein the first and second long holes have a dumbbell shape in which the diameter of a curved portion is larger than the width of a linear portion through which the first and second protrusions pass. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207335 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises: an LC panel; a light source for supplying light to the LC panel; an optical sheet for converting light from the light source and supplying the converted light to the LC panel; an optical sheet supporting unit including a bar-shaped body portion, a supporting portion upwardly protruding from the body portion and supporting the optical sheet, a first fixing portion downwardly protruding from the body portion, formed in a single bending process, and having a first stopper at the end thereof, and a second stopper downwardly protruding from the body portion; and a lower cover having a first coupling hole to couple a part of the first fixing portion and the second stopper, and having a second coupling hole to couple the first stopper of the first fixing portion, for accommodating the light source and the optical sheet supporting unit therein. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207336 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a flexible printed circuit board capable of improving the display quality and a display device having the flexible printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board includes a base film, a signal interconnection layer and a protective layer. The signal interconnection layer is formed on the base film. The protective layer is formed on the signal interconnection layer. The protective layer includes a first region and a second region. The second region has a stiffness smaller than a stiffness of the first region. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207337 | Liquid crystal display device - In a liquid crystal display device, a transparent sheet TPS is provided to a surface of a diffusion plate SCT which faces a light source (cold cathode fluorescent lamps CFL). The whole or at least respective portions of four sides forming peripheries of the transparent sheet TPS and the diffusion plate SCT are adhered to each other using a pressure sensitive adhesive double-sided tape or the like thus sealing a gap defined between them in a complete state or in an incomplete state with respect to outside air so that the drying conditions at a liquid-crystal-display element side and a light-source side of the diffusing plate SCT become equal. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207338 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight and a heat sink member is disclosed. The backlight comprises a light-guiding plate disposed on one principal surface side of the liquid crystal display panel, LED light sources disposed on an end surface of the light-guiding plate, a mounting board for mounting the LED light sources thereon and a thermally conductive member connected to the mounting board. The heat sink member is connected to the mounting board through the thermally conductive member. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207339 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207340 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel on which an image is displayed; first and second polarizing plates each attached to upper and lower surfaces of the liquid crystal display panel; a lamp emitting light; a light guide plate guiding light from the lamp to the liquid crystal display panel; and a prism sheet disposed between the light guide plate and the liquid crystal display panel and having a plurality of prism bulges arranged in a surface thereof, the prism bulges having a predetermined pitch, wherein an arrangement direction of the prism bulges on the prism sheet is cross to the transmission axis of the second polarizing plate at a predetermined angle to the transmission axis. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207341 | LIGHT CONTROL ELEMENT, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light control element capable of controlling deflection of light output through a light guide plate to a desired output viewing angle is provided. A light control element (prism sheet) has a plane of incidence on one surface thereof, and a plane of output on the other surface thereof. The plane of incidence is formed as having thereon a number of prism portions arrayed in parallel. Each of the prism portions has a first prism surface allowing incidence of light, and a second prism surface where the light entering through the first prism surface is reflected by total reflection on the inner side. The second prism surface has an outwardly-swelled curved profile, formed with a curvature that allows the light to output through the plane of output at a second output viewing angle wider than a first output viewing angle of a case where the second prism surface is flat. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207342 | PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a planar light source device ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207343 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight which arranges light emitting diodes on a side surface of light guide plate adopts the structure which allows the easy removal of the light guide plate from a mold and makes it difficult for a stress or the like to influence the fine structure of a light incident portion of the light guide plate. In a liquid crystal display device having a backlight which radiates light to a liquid crystal panel, LEDs which constitute a light emitting element are mounted on a light guide plate which is mounted on a backlight, and edge portions of the light guide plate are tapered such that a width of the light guide plate is increased in the removal direction of the side surface of the light guide plate. Further, an ejector-pin mark is formed on a lower surface of the light guide plate by pushing an ejector pin in the removal direction of the light guide plate. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207344 | Illuminating device and liquid crystal display device - In an illuminating device, a plurality of light reflecting portions each including a plurality of prisms adjacent to one another are formed on one of an opposing surface and an exit surface of a light guide plate so as to be spaced apart from one another. Each of the plurality of prisms is in a shape of a triangle in section with one of the opposing surface and the exit surface being a base of the triangle, and is formed so as to protrude therefrom. Light introduced from a light source is reflected by the plurality of prisms to be illuminating light having directivity in a vertical direction. Light which has passed through a prism which is nearer to the light input portion is again taken into the light guide plate by an adjacent prism at a subsequent stage and can be reused. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207345 | REFLECTIVE PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The invention provides a reflective plate that includes a first reflective part having a predetermined surface roughness and a second reflective part having a surface roughness that is less than the predetermined surface roughness of the first reflective part. The invention also provides a reflective plate that is capable of supplying a liquid crystal panel with substantially uniform light. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207346 | Aromatic polymer - Disclosed is an aromatic polymer containing one or more repeating units represented by the following formula (1). (In the formula, Ar | 2009-08-20 |
20090207347 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid crystal display panel having a high contrast ratio in a front direction. A liquid crystal panel of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizing plate placed on one side of the liquid crystal cell; and a second polarizing plate placed on another side of the liquid crystal cell. A transmittance (T | 2009-08-20 |
20090207348 | OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR THE SAME - An optical display device of the invention includes an optical display panel, an optical film arranged so that at least one side of a surface on the optical display panel can be covered, and an adhesive layer for fixing the optical film on the optical display panel, wherein the adhesive layer is arranged outside a transparent substrate constituting the optical display panel as seen from a normal direction to a display surface of the optical display panel, and there is no gas layer between said optical film and the display area on the optical display panel. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207349 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL PROVIDED WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL CELL HAVING MULTIGAP STRUCTURE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal panel of the present invention comprises a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizing plate arranged on one of both sides of the liquid crystal cell, and a second polarizing plate arranged on the other side of the liquid crystal cell, wherein the liquid crystal cell comprises red, green and blue color filters, and a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer has a multigap structure satisfying the following relationship: d | 2009-08-20 |
20090207350 | Display device - In a case of curing and bonding a liquid crystal display panel (LCD) and a translucent substrate by using an optical adhesive, in order to reduce bonding fluctuations occurring in the vicinity of a light shielding portion provided on a periphery of the translucent substrate, enhance mechanical bonding strength, and prevent deterioration of image quality, which arises from curing variations of the optical adhesive, there is provided a display device including: a display panel including a display surface; a translucent substrate opposed to the display surface; a light shielding portion provided on a periphery of a display surface side of the translucent substrate, for shielding light; and a light reflecting portion provided on a display surface side of the light shielding portion. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207351 | Display Device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which exhibits the excellent wide viewing angle characteristic and the high-speed responsiveness. A pixel region includes a switching element which is operated in response to a scanning signal from a gate signal line, a pixel electrode to which a video signal from a drain signal line is supplied through a switching element, and a counter electrode which generates an electric field between the counter electrode and the pixel electrode. The pixel region is constituted of divided respective regions. In one region, the counter electrode made of a light-transmitting material which is formed on the center except for a slight periphery of the region below an insulation film and the pixel electrode which is constituted of a group of electrodes which extend in one direction and are arranged in parallel to each other in the direction which intersects one direction above the insulation film in a state that the group of electrodes are overlapped to the counter electrode are formed. In another region, the counter electrode which is constituted of a group of electrodes which extend in one direction and are arranged in parallel to each other in the direction which intersects one direction below the insulation layer and the pixel electrode which is constituted of a group of electrodes which extend in one direction and are arranged in parallel in the direction which intersects one direction above the insulation film and is arranged alternately with the counter electrode are formed. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207352 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display includes: a display with an array substrate having scanning and data lines and an IC chip driving liquid crystal, and a color filter substrate; a light-detector having an optical sensor integrated in the display detecting external light; a detection circuit connected via sensor laid-around lines connecting to light-detector lines; an illuminator illuminating the display panel; and a controller controlling the illuminator based on the detection circuit's output. The data lines are distributed to the chip-mounting area and have terminals at an end for connecting to IC chip bump terminals. Leader lines distribute from the terminals toward the chip-mounting area and have inspection terminals at their ends. Sensor inspection lines connect at one end to the sensor laid-around lines and extend at the other end to the chip-mounting area. Sensor detection terminals are formed at the other end of the sensor inspection lines. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207353 | SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A substrate for liquid crystal display device which can provide a vertically-aligned (VA)-mode liquid crystal display device having a good viewing angle dependence of contrast and at the same time can keep the production process as simple as possible is provided: a substrate for liquid crystal display device having a smoothing layer, the smoothing layer being a negative uniaxial optically anisotropic layer having an optical axis in the direction normal to the substrate surface, particularly the substrate for liquid crystal display device having a color filter layer and/or an electrode, and the negative uniaxial optically anisotropic layer having an optical axis in the direction normal to the substrate surface being directly provided on the color filter layer or the electrode. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207354 | LIQUID CRYSTAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal apparatus includes: a liquid crystal panel having a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal layer arranged between the pair of substrates and driven by an electric field having a component parallel to the substrates; a first polarizing plate and a second polarizing plate arranged with the liquid crystal panel interposed therebetween; and a retardation film arranged between the first polarizing plate and the liquid crystal panel or between the second polarizing plate and the liquid crystal panel, in which the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate each include a polarizer and translucent protection films which interpose the polarizer, an in-plane phase difference Re | 2009-08-20 |
20090207355 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid-crystal display device comprising a liquid-crystal cell having a liquid-crystal layer that aligns vertically to the substrate thereof in the black state, first and second polarizing elements that are disposed to sandwich the liquid-crystal cell therebetween in a manner that their absorption axes are perpendicular to each other, an optically-biaxial retardation film A disposed between the first polarizing element and the liquid-crystal cell, and an optically-biaxial retardation film B disposed between the second polarizing element and the liquid-crystal cell, wherein the retardation films A and B differ from each other in the optical anisotropy, is disclosed. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207356 | Method of aligning alignment layer and liquid crystal display device having alignment layer aligned by the same - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate having a black matrix, a color filter layer and a common electrode; a second substrate having gate lines, data lines and thin film transistors connected to pixel electrodes; a first alignment layer on the first substrate; a second alignment layer on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer having a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and positioned between the first and second alignment layers, wherein each of the first and second alignment layers has a first area with ion-altered side chains and a second area with non-altered side chains. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207357 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - This invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can contribute to the stabilization of alignment of a liquid crystal and can improve the response speed. The liquid crystal display device comprises a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer held between the substrates. At least one of the pair of substrates has a polymer on its surface in contact with the liquid crystal layer. The surface shape of the polymer is in a substantially saw form as viewed from the cross-sectional direction of the substrate. The inclination azimuth of the inclination surface of the polymer is substantially the same as the liquid crystal alignment upon the application of the voltage. Preferably, the surface of the polymer has an approximately wedge shape as viewed from the vertical direction of the substrate, and the azimuth of the apex is approximately opposite to the liquid crystal alignment upon the application of the voltage. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207358 | HORIZONTAL-SWITCHING FLEXIBLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS AND FABRICATION METHODS THEREOF - Horizontal-switching flexible liquid crystal displays (LCD) and fabrication methods thereof are provided. The horizontal-switching flexible liquid crystal display includes a flexible first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal (LC) layer interposed therebetween. The LC layer consists of liquid crystal molecules affected by a horizontal field and divided into an upper portion and a lower portion. At least one pair of a patterned pixel electrode and a common electrode is disposed on the first substrate. The pixel electrode and the common electrode are formed on the same plane, thereby generating a horizontal field during operation. First and second alignment layers allow the LC molecules of the LC layer to be in a substantially vertical alignment. The phase retardation of the horizontal-switching LCD is due to the lower portion of the LC layer. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207359 | VERTICALLY ALIGNED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a first signal line disposed on a first substrate, a second signal line disposed on the first substrate and crossing the first signal line, a switching element disposed on the first substrate and connected to the first signal line and the second signal line, a first slope member disposed on the switching element and forming a ridge, a valley, and an inclined surface between the valley and the ridge, a pixel electrode disposed on the first slope member and connected to the switching element, a first alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode and vertically aligned with respect to the surface of the first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first alignment layer and the common electrode. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207360 | VERTICALLY-ALLIGNED (VA) LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A vertically alignment mode liquid crystal display device having an improved viewing angle characteristic is disclosed. The disclosed liquid crystal display device uses a liquid crystal having a negative anisotropic dielectric constant, and orientations of the liquid crystal are vertical to substrates when no voltage being applied, almost horizontal when a predetermined voltage is applied, and oblique when an intermediate voltage is applied. At least one of the substrates includes a structure as domain regulating means, and inclined surfaces of the structure operate as a trigger to regulate azimuths of the oblique orientations of the liquid crystal when the intermediate voltage is applied. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207361 | Active matrix type liquid crystal display and liquid crystal material - An active matrix liquid crystal display device is provided, in which an after image remaining after removing an application of a direct current voltage is suppressed. The active matrix liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal molecule having negative dielectric anisotropy and a dopant having a dissociative group. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207362 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The liquid crystal display device, in which liquid crystal is filled between a TFT array substrate having a TFT and a counter substrate placed opposite to the TFT array substrate, includes a pixel electrode placed at least partly directly over or under a drain electrode of the thin film transistor so as to directly overlap the drain electrode, an interlayer insulating layer placed to cover the pixel electrode, and a counter electrode placed on the interlayer insulating layer and having a slit to generate a fringe electric field with the pixel electrode, wherein the counter electrode is placed to overlap a gate line connected to a gate electrode of the TFT in at least part of area and connected to the counter electrode in an adjacent pixel across the gate line. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207363 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate including a pixel electrode which is disposed in each of pixels, a counter-substrate which is disposed to be opposed to the array substrate and includes a counter-electrode which is common to a plurality of the pixels, and a liquid crystal layer which is held between the array substrate and the counter-substrate. The pixel electrode includes a first major electrode portion having a strip shape, and the counter-electrode includes second major electrode portions each having a strip shape, the second major electrode portions being disposed in parallel to the first major electrode portion in a manner that the first major electrode portion is interposed between the second major electrode portions and that the first major electrode portion and the second major electrode portions are alternately arranged. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207364 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device which can enhance optical transmissivity is provided. One pixel region is divided into a first pixel region, a second pixel region and a third pixel region in order from one video signal line to another video signal line, the first pixel region and the third pixel region adopt the so-called IPS-Pro type structure, and the second pixel region adopts the so-called IPS structure in narrow meaning. A line width of linear electrode in the second pixel region is set to 2.5 μm or less. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207365 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The disclosed liquid crystal display device includes gate lines, data lines formed to intersect with the gate lines, thereby defining sub-pixel regions, vertical common lines formed in parallel to the data lines such that at least one vertical common line is arranged for one pixel region, which is constituted by at least three sub-pixel regions, thin film transistors each connected to a corresponding one of the gate lines and a corresponding one of the data lines, pixel electrodes each connected to a corresponding one of the thin film transistors, and common electrodes each connected to a corresponding one of the vertical common lines. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207366 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) has pixels with large effective aperture ratios. The LCD includes: a first insulating film formed over the gate line and the common electrode; a data line formed over the first insulating film, the data line crossing over the gate line, the data line being bent in a zigzag manner; a second insulating film formed over the data line; a pixel electrode formed over the second insulating film and comprising a plurality of subpixel electrodes substantially parallel to the data line, the pixel electrode comprising a connecting electrode interconnecting the subpixel electrodes; a shielding electrode formed over the second insulating film to overlie the data line; and a liquid crystal layer. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207367 | Display device - A display device which can prevent a drawback that a positive signal line and a negative signal line are separated to left and right sides of an external connector thus generating impedance mismatching in differential signals is provided. The flexible printed circuit board has a group of differential signal lines including plural pairs of differential signal lines which transmits differential signals, the flexible printed circuit board is constituted of a first portion which includes first connection terminals which are electrically and mechanically connected with electrodes formed on the first substrate, and a second portion which is contiguously formed with the first portion and includes second connection terminals which are connected with the external connector, a pair of GND lines is arranged on both sides of a positive signal line and a negative signal line of each pair of differential signal lines in the first portion and the second portion, and an additional GND line is arranged at least between the positive signal line and the negative signal line of said each pair of differential signal lines in the second portion. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207368 | MODULE WITH FPC AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The FPC that is designed to have the special shape, an elastic portion, can shorten its length by elastic force after it is turned over to the reverse side of the light source unit for achieving the purposes without wasting any space of the LCD module and incurring the inconvenience of user. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207369 | PERIPHERAL CIRCUIT - A peripheral circuit disposed on a substrate having an active device array is provided. The peripheral circuit includes first test pads, second test pads, first lines, and second lines. The first and the second lines are electrically connected to the active device array. Each first test pad includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer electrically connected to the first conductive layer. The first conductive layer electrically connects at least two of the adjacent first lines. The second test pads are interposed between the first test pads and the active device array. Each second test pad includes third conductive layers and a fourth conductive layer electrically connected to the third conductive layers. The first lines pass through the third conductive layers and are insulated from the fourth conductive layer. Each third conductive layer is electrically connected to one of the adjacent second lines respectively. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207370 | Display device - A display device which can ensure a sufficient adhesive strength on an adhering surface between each of a pair of substrates of a liquid crystal display panel and a sealing material is provided. A display device includes: a first substrate on which a predetermined integrated circuit is formed; a second substrate which is arranged on one surface of the first substrate in an overlapping manner; and an adhesive material which is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and has an annular planar shape as viewed from the surface of the first substrate, the adhesive material being provided for adhering the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein an outer periphery of the adhesive material as viewed from the surface of the first substrate includes a zone which is constituted of a plurality of first portions passing substantially the same position as an outer periphery of the surface of the first substrate and a plurality of second portions each of which is connected with the two neighboring first portions and has a center portion thereof in a peripheral direction retracted toward an inner peripheral side of the adhesive material as viewed from the surface of the first substrate. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207371 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The generation of bubbles in a liquid crystal material of a liquid crystal display panel and the generation of color irregularities when the liquid crystal display panel is pushed can be reduced. In a display device having a liquid crystal display panel in which a liquid crystal material is filled between a first substrate and a second substrate, the second substrate forms, on a surface of an insulation substrate which faces the first substrate, first columnar members, second columnar members and third columnar members which differ from each other in a distance from the surface of the insulation substrate to a top portion of each columnar member. Assuming the distance of the first columnar member as L | 2009-08-20 |
20090207372 | Combined lens rim injection molded with soft raw material - A combined lens rim injection molded with soft raw material includes an upper rim and a lower rim combined together. The upper rim and the lower rim are designed to be so simple that the lens rim can easily be released from the mold through the opening. By so designing, in case of opening the mold, the upper rim and the lower rim can be automatically released from the mold by means of ejector pins or mechanical arms, able to save man power for removing the lens rim out of the mold, simplify a solid lens-rim mold and reduce cost of opening mold as well as time required for injection molding. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207373 | Ophthalmic solution dispensing device - A device for dispensing ophthalmic solutions to a user's eyes comprising a container for holding ophthalmic solutions, transfer tubing attached to the container for dispensing and applying said solution and a clip attached to the container for attaching said applicator to eyeglasses. The transfer tubing is the clip by being formed into the shape of a clip for attaching said eye solution applicator to eyeglasses. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207374 | EDGE COATED GLASS POLARIZED LENS - An edge coated glass polarized lens includes a lens body and an edge coating made from an UV curable material having a composition including: an aliphatic polyesterpolyol based urethane methacrylate formed by reaction of reactants including an aliphatic polyesterpolyol, a hydroxyalkyl methacrylate, and a diisocynate, and having a number average molecular weight ranging from 800 to 4500; a reactive diluent including a methacrylate monomer; an adhesion enhancer including a silane material selected from methacrylate-functional silane, amino methacrylate-functional silane, vinyl-functional silane, and combinations thereof; and a photo initiator. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207375 | Device and Method for Accurately Determining the Rear Vertex Distance Between the Eye and the Lenses in Eyeglasses - A measurement instrument and its associated method of use to record a pupil center position of a person's eye and determine rear vertex distance to a lens. The instrument has a chassis and a free swinging assembly that is pivotably attached to the chassis. The swinging assembly has alignment points that remain in a horizontal plane as the swinging assembly swings. The instrument is attached to a set of eyeglass that are worn on that person's head. A prism is suspended adjacent the eye. The pupil is viewed through the prism. The offset of the viewed image is measured and used to calculate the rear vertex distance. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207376 | Apparatus for cross-sectional imaging of anterior ocular segment - An apparatus for cross-sectional imaging of an anterior ocular segment wherein a stationary cylindrical body disposed projecting out from a body of the apparatus, and an illuminating optical system and an imaging optical system are disposed within the cylindrical body with a front aperture of the cylindrical body as a common aperture thereof so as to be rotatable in unison about an eye-side optical axis of the illuminating optical system. At least one proximal direction reflecting mirror being disposed within an interior of the cylindrical body in proximity to the front aperture for reflecting scattered light by an examined eye on an optical axis of the imaging optical system to a direction proximate to an optical axis of the illuminating optical system. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207377 | Method and System for Improving Accuracy in Autorefraction Measurements by including Measurement Distance Between the Photoreceptors and the Scattering Location in an Eye - A method and associated system improve accuracy in objective refraction measurements by including the measured distance between the photoreceptors of a subjects eye and the scattering location of light during the objective refraction measurements. Chromatic aberrations in the objective measurements are also compensated. The distance between the photoreceptors and the scattering location may be determined by adjusting a distance between a rotating speckled light pattern and an eye until the speckled light pattern appears to be stationary, or by employing a Scheiner disk. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207378 | Ophthalmologic apparatus - An ophthalmologic apparatus has a setting part configured to acquire position information of a first examining part at the time of execution of a first examination and set a movable range of a second examining part in a direction of a second working distance based on the position information and distance information. This ophthalmologic apparatus controls so that an examining unit moves within the movable range set based on the position information of the first examining part and the distance information when an examination by the examining unit is switched from the first examination to a second examination. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207379 | Integrated Optical Polarization Combining Prism for Projection Displays - In an embodiment, an optical component is provided. The optical component includes a first polarizing prism having a first face, a second face and a third face. The light beam may be received incident on the first face. Light having a first polarization may be output through a second face and light having a second polarization may be output through a third face. The optical component further includes a half-wave plate fastened to the second face of the first polarizing prism. The optical component further includes a first reflecting prism connected to the third face of the first polarizing prism. The first reflecting prism has a first face and a second face, the first face connected to the third face of the first polarizing prism. The optical component further includes a second reflecting prism connected to the half-wave plate and to the second face of the first reflecting prism. The second reflecting prism has a first face, a second face and a third face. The first face of the second reflecting prism connected to the half-wave plate and the second face of the first reflecting prism. The optical component may be used in a projector, among other potential applications in some embodiments. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207380 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a light source unit that emits coherent light, a spatial light modulation unit that modulates the coherent light emitted from the light source unit in accordance with an image signal, and a polarized light modulation unit having a plurality of modulating areas, each of which changing the polarization state of light. The plurality of modulating areas temporally and spatially change the polarization state of the light outputted from the spatial light modulation unit. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207381 | PROJECTION DISPLAY - A projection type image display apparatus is provided which includes a housing to hold an optical system including multi-lenses, a polarized-light conversion element and the color separation portion The housing operates to provide an optical path between a light source, located outside the housing, and penetration-type image display elements and an optical synthesizing portion also located outside of the housing. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207382 | Projecting System - A projecting system including a light source module, a flow-conducting member, and a blower is provided. The flow-conducting member includes a hollow body, and at least one part of the light source module is disposed in the body. The body has an inlet and an outlet. The blower is adjacent to the inlet and used for blowing a flow toward the inlet along a first direction. The flow will leave the outlet along a second direction different from the first direction. Utilizing the flow-conducting method and disposition for fans/blowers according to the invention, even if plural light sources are disposed adjacent to each other, the heat generated by the light sources can be effectively dissipated. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207383 | PROJECTED IMAGE DISPLAY UNIT - There is provided a projected image display unit characterized by a display surface configured to display an image; projection means for projecting the image onto the display surface; and image capturing means for performing image capturing on the display surface, the image capturing means being placed on the same side of the display surface as the projection means, wherein the image capturing means is placed at a position so that the symmetrical position of the projection means with respect to the display surface is out of the range of the angle of view of the image capturing means. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207384 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A projection apparatus including a projection drive control unit modulating an emitted light from a light source unit for each of a plurality of color components at predetermined time, and a projection distance acquisition unit irradiating light to the projection screen to acquire a distance to the projection screen, wherein the projection distance acquisition unit carries out laser distance measurement during a period the projection drive control unit modulates a color component of the emitted light to color components except one color component of a plurality of modulated color components. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207385 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISCHARGE LAMP, DRIVING DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - A method for driving a discharge lamp that supplies an AC current to a discharge lamp having a first electrode and a second electrode so as to produce discharge and to cause the discharge lamp to emit light includes, during a steady operation in which the AC current is supplied to the discharge lamp, changing a difference between the absolute values of average current values for two polarities during one cycle of the AC current in accordance with a predetermined pattern. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207386 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH PROJECTION FUNCTIONALITY - A portable electronic device includes a body portion, a display portion, a projection module and a knob. The body portion has a hollow housing including two immediately-adjacent housing walls, and each of the two housing walls has a projection window. The display portion is pivotally connected with the hollow housing. The projection module is rotatably connected to and within the hollow housing and has a projection head for projecting an image. The knob is rotatably connected on an outer support surface of the hollow housing and connected to the projection module, whereby the knob is operable to rotate the projection head to selectively align with one of the two projection windows. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207387 | FIBER OPTIC IMAGING APPARATUS - A fiber optic imaging apparatus includes a light source ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207389 | ACTIVE MASK VARIABLE DATA INTEGRAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for forming an integral image includes an optics system spaced between an active digital mask and the first side of an integral lens array, where the integral lens array has a light sensitive material layer spaced relative to the second side of the integral lens array. The active digital mask may provide the image directly to the integral lens array, or the image may be focused on a projection screen placed relative to the integral lens array. The active digital mask can vary the provided image to create a three dimensional image and to account for distortions caused by the optics system or curvature in the integral lens array and/or the light sensitive material. Edible materials may be used for the integral lens array and light sensitive material. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207390 | ADHESION PROMOTING PROCESS, ADHESION PROMOTING DEVICE, COATING AND DEVELOPING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There are provided an adhesion promoting process using a comparatively small amount of an adhesion promoting gas for processing a workpiece, an adhesion promoting device for carrying out the adhesion promoting process, a coating and developing system including the adhesion promoting device, and a storage medium storing a program specifying a set of instructions for carrying out the adhesion promoting process. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207391 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus | 2009-08-20 |
20090207392 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus is configured to transfer a pattern from a patterning structure, held by a patterning structure holder, onto a substrate that is held by a substrate holder. The apparatus includes a first object holder configured to hold an object, and an object temperature conditioner configured to condition a temperature of the object prior to and/or during transfer of the object to the first object holder. The object temperature conditioner includes a second object holder having a fluid duct system and an electrical temperature conditioner. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207393 | Damping Arrangement, Active Damping System, Lithographic Apparatus, And Projection Assembly - An active damping system assembly is configured to dampen a vibration of at least part of a structure. The assembly includes a plurality of active dampers each including a sensor configured to measure a position quantity of an interface mass mounted on the structure; and an actuator configured to exert a force on the interface mass in dependency of a signal provided by the sensor, wherein each of the plurality of active damping systems is connected to the interface mass. The structure may be a projection system of a lithographic apparatus. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207394 | Stage device, exposure apparatus and method of producing device - A stage device is provided with a mobile body retaining a mask illuminated with exposure light and moving along a predetermined plane, and a flow control section moving substantially together with the movement of the mobile body so as to control the flow of gas in proximity to the mask thereby. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207395 | RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMPRINT MOLD, IMPRINT MOLD, AND MAGNETIC DISC - Blanking by a blanking control unit is eliminated by making the tangential direction movement velocity of the substrate and the deflection velocity of the beam faster in the segment, in which the recording pattern is sparse, and making and slower in segments, in which it is dense. In this case, in segment in which it is desired to form a recording pattern thicker in the radial direction, a thick recording can be realized by setting the recording velocity by the recording velocity setting means to be slower, and in the case where is substantially constant, setting to be relatively slower, than in the segments. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207396 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LITHOGRAPHY - An optical system for semiconductor lithography including a plurality of optical components, as well as related components and methods, are disclosed. The apparatus can include an optical component that can be moved by a distance along a straight line within a time of between 5 ms and 500 ms. The straight line can have a polar and azimuth angle of between 0° and 90°, and a distance between the straight line and an optical axis of the apparatus being less than a cross-sectional dimension of a projection exposure beam bundle of the projection exposure apparatus. The apparatus can also include a guide unit configured to guide the optical component. The apparatus can further include a drive unit configured to drive the optical component via drive forces so that torques generated by inertial forces of the optical component and of optional components concomitantly moved with the optical component, and the torques generated by the drive forces, which act on the guide unit, compensate for one another to less than 10%. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207397 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An immersion lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed in which liquid is provided between a projection system of the apparatus and a substrate. The use of both liquidphobic and liquidphilic layers on various elements of the apparatus is provided to help prevent formation of bubbles in the liquid and to help reduce residue on the elements after being in contact with the liquid. | 2009-08-20 |