| 36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
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| 20080211915 | SCALABLE SYSTEM FOR WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE - According to one embodiment, a controller for a surveillance system includes ports for coupling a camera, synchronization logic blocks coupled to the ports, an information aggregation logic block coupled to the camera ports, and an output port coupled to the information aggregation logic block. According to another embodiment, a method of scaling a surveillance system includes synchronizing a plurality of cameras, capturing images from the synchronized cameras, aggregating at least two processed synchronized images, and processing the aggregated synchronized images. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211916 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Visible light image capturing is performed at appropriate timing that corresponds to the action of a subject. An image capturing system includes: an infrared light image capturing section that successively captures a plurality of infrared light images of a subject, by means of infrared light; a timing predicting section that predicts timing at which the subject included in the plurality of infrared light images matches a predetermined condition, based on timing at which each of the plurality of infrared light images is captured and image content of the plurality of infrared light images; and a visible light image capturing section that captures a visible light image by means of visible light at the timing predicted by the timing predicting section. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211917 | Digital Video Media Duplication or Transmission Quality Measurement - A system and method for measuring video quality of a video image, wherein the system comprises a source device comprising an original video image; a receiver comprising a received video image; a storage device adapted to store video images from the source device and the receiver; a decoder connected to the receiver, wherein the decoder is adapted to compare display attributes of the received video image with creation attributes of the original video image; and a processor adapted to attribute an objective standard to the received video image based on the comparison between the display attributes and the creation attributes, wherein the objective standard comprises a video pixel size component, a video motion rating component, a video clarity rating component, and a pixel color rating component. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211918 | Method and Device for Evaluating the Quality of a Signal - A method and device evaluating the quality of a signal by virtue of the deviation of at least one measured characteristic variable of the signal in relation to an associated reference value. The quality is calculated by averaging all of the deviations which are determined and standardized in relation to said characteristic variables. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211919 | System and method for analyzing and displaying digital signal quality information - A method and apparatus for determining and displaying signal quality measurement on a television display screen. The method and apparatus of this invention provides for the display of signal quality measurements, including measurements of signal to noise ratio, bit error rate and channel multi-path distortion in addition to the signal strength. Apparatus and method are described whereby these signal quality measurements may be ascertained and provided either through television overlay or through NTSC radio frequency modulation to particular television channels. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211920 | MONITORING APPARATUS - A video/audio signal transmitted from a transmission source | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211921 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - Disclosed herein is an imaging apparatus including imaging means confitured to photograph an image of a scene that is in a direction in which a user sees, outside world information acquisition means confitured to acquire outside world information, and control means confitured to control an operation of the imaging means based on the outside world information acquired by the outside world information acquisition means. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211922 | Image Pickup Apparatus - In an imaging apparatus with a shake correction function, the influence of front curtain shock is prevented from being exerted on a shake correction function section (shake correction drive). The imaging apparatus includes a shake detection sensor | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211923 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus include an imaging unit configured to capture an object image, a smoothing unit configured to smooth a dynamic range of luminance of an image signal generated based on the object image captured by the imaging unit, and a color conversion unit configured to perform a color conversion with respect to a color of the image signal whose dynamic range is smoothed by the smoothing unit and is specified by a user. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211924 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - An image capturing apparatus having a three-dimensional grid data table holds a matrix coefficient which is a basis of the three-dimensional grid data table, and editing data for editing grid point data of the three-dimensional grid data table. To set the three-dimensional grid data table, the grid point data of the three-dimensional grid data table is calculated by performing a matrix operation using the matrix coefficient, and the calculated grid point data of the three-dimensional grid data table that is calculated based on the editing data is edited based on the editing data. Image data acquired by image capture is thus processed using the edited three-dimensional grid data table. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211925 | White balance correction apparatus and method - A specific target included in an image is detected by a specific target detection unit based on a specific target evaluation value representing likeliness of the specific target. Using a first white balance correction value calculation unit for obtaining a first white balance correction value for the region of the image other than the specific target, a second white balance correction value calculation unit for obtaining a second white balance correction value for the specific target region, and a white balance correction value comparison unit for making a comparison between the first and second white balance correction values, white balance in the region other than the specific target is corrected using the first white balance correction value, and white balance in the specific target region is corrected using the second white balance correction value, if the white balance correction values are different from each other. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211926 | Imaging device and control method of imaging device - An imaging device to which a portable storage medium is attachable, includes: a portable storage medium attachment section which attaches the portable storage medium; an inside storage medium which links image data imaged to information of imaging date and time and stores the data; and a transfer control section which controls a transfer of the image data from the inside storage medium to the portable storage medium, the portable storage medium having a data area which stores the image data transferred and a system area which stores management data generated corresponding to the image data stored in the data area, the transfer control section setting time stamp information of the management data generated in the portable storage medium corresponding to the image data transferred from the inside storage medium to the portable storage medium as the information of imaging date and time linked to the image data transferred. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211927 | Digital camera - A digital camera comprises an imaging device; an internal memory; an attachment device that attaches a storage medium; a medium detector that detects whether the storage medium attached to the attachment device is a storage medium limiting overwrite; and a record control device that controls so as to store image data taken by the imaging device in the storage medium attached to the attachment device. When the medium detector detects that the storage medium attached to the attachment device is the storage medium limiting overwrite, the record control device controls so as to store data management information of the image data recorded in the storage medium limiting overwrite in the internal memory. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211928 | Image output system, image operating apparatus, image method, image operating method, and computer readable medium - According to the present invention, the album including user's favorite pictures as main features can be easily provided. The system includes; an image capturing section which captures an image; a image capturing time measuring section which measures the time after setting the image capturing section ready to capture the image and while the user continues to operate the image capturing section to capture the image in each image capturing operation of the image capturing section; a ranking calculating section which ranks the image based on the image capturing time calculated by the image capturing time measuring section; and an output controlling section which displays or prints out the image ranked more highly by the ranking calculating section. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211929 | CAMERA CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND CAMERA CONTROL SYSTEM - A camera control system having a terminal device connected to a plurality of cameras via a network is provided. In response to an operation that exceeds a maximum control value (maximum control angle) of the PTZ of a camera that is the target of control, the terminal device displays peripheral camera information, which corresponds to a shooting direction in which the operation has been requested, together with video shot by the camera being controlled. The peripheral camera information includes installation camera position information, viewable angle information, control status information and peripheral map information as well as at least one item of captured video from a camera other than the camera being controlled. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211930 | Intelligent Rapid Camera - The invention relates to a high-speed camera comprising at least one image-forming lens ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211931 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing unit configured to sequentially output image data in a RAW format related to each of captured images as a result of a continuous series of image capturing operations; a signal processor configured to perform a predetermined process on the image data in a RAW format and output processed image data; image processing circuits configured to perform a luminance/color-difference conversion process and a data compression process on the processed image data and output compressed image data; and a recording controller configured to cause compressed image data output from the image processing circuits to be recorded in a predetermined recorder. The signal processor includes a selection output unit configured to selectively output the processed image data related to each of the captured images to the image processing circuits and cause the image processing related to each captured image to be shared by the image processing circuits. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211932 | RECORDED CONTENT DISPLAY PROGRAM AND RECORDED CONTENT DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are a recorded content display program and a recorded content display apparatus which effectively display the recorded contents of video image recording apparatuses connected in plural. To display the recorded contents of the images when the image recording apparatuses for recording the images taken by a camera are connected in plural, the image retaining ranges for the image recording apparatuses connected in plural are arranged and shown on the one screen with the horizontal axis determined as a time direction. And, the image retaining ranges for the image recording apparatuses are displayed with their displays varied visually depending on a frame rate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211933 | CAMERA APPARATUS THAT IS CONTROLLABLE BY AN OPTICAL SIGNAL PICKED UP IN AN IMAGE BY THE CAMERA APPARATUS, AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image pickup device such as CCD of a camera is substituted for a photo detector of infrared light emitted from an infrared remote control unit. When infrared light is detected based on an image signal output from the image pickup device, a transmitting position of infrared light in the object is detected. The camera executes such operations that transmitting positions detected are set as a focus detecting range in focus control, an exposure detecting range in exposure control, and a color evaluation range in white balance control. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211934 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An object is to provide an image pickup apparatus which can improve convenience of white sheet data used for correcting the color of a picked-up image. Each image pickup data is converted into a file by an image filing unit and recorded by a medium-recording unit. Average value data of each color component data for part of the picked-up data is stored in an area different from the image pickup data recording area in each file. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211935 | IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING A LENS DEVICE FOR A ZOOMING CONTROL OPERATION AND THE METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to suitably perform a zooming control operation in the case that a zoom ring is provided at a lens-side portion and zoom switches are provided at a camera-body-side portion of a lens-interchangeable video camera. To achieve this object, in the case-that no zoom lens stop request is provided from the camera-body-side portion, it is judged from information sent from the camera-body-side portion which of a tele direction and a wide direction the moving direction of the zoom lens group is. Moreover, when the zoom angle is not placed at a tele end or at a wide end, lenses are driven by calculating data for driving the lenses. Thereafter, tele information is set or cleared according to whether the zoom lens group is placed at the tele end. Subsequently, zoom-ring operating information is detected. The detected zoom-ring operating information is sent to the camera-body-side portion. Then, the zoom lens group is controlled by generating zooming control information at the camera-body-side portion according to the zoom-ring operating information and zoom-switch operating information. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211936 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR FOR RELAXING A RED-EYE EFFECT - This invention makes it possible to execute photography with a sufficient red-eye relaxation effect. To do this, in this invention, the amount of a red eye is detected on the basis of a signal obtained by reading an object image under light projection by a light projection unit. The light projection by the light projection unit is controlled on the basis of the detection result. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211937 | RED-EYE FILTER METHOD AND APPARATUS - A digital image acquisition system having no photographic film, such as a digital camera, has a flash unit for providing illumination during image capture and a red-eye filter for detecting a region within a captured image indicative of a red-eye phenomenon, the detection being based upon a comparison of the captured image and a reference image of nominally the same scene taken without flash. In the embodiment the reference image is a preview image of lower pixel resolution than the captured image, the filter matching the pixel resolutions of the captured and reference images by up-sampling the preview image and/or sub-sampling the captured image. The filter also aligns at least portions of the captured image and reference image prior to comparison to allow for, e.g. movement in the subject. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211938 | Red eye image correction device, electronic camera and red eye image correction program product - A red eye image correction device includes: a data size conversion unit that executes reduction processing on an image so as to retain color component information contained in the image and generates a sub image with a smaller data size than the image; a red eye detection unit that detects data corresponding to red eye portions in data constituting the sub image; a position information calculation unit that obtains through calculation second position information indicating positions of data corresponding to the red eye portions in data constituting the image by using first position information indicating positions of the detected data in the sub image data; and a red eye correction unit that executes red eye correction processing on the data of the image indicated by the second position information. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211939 | Backside illuminated imager and method of fabricating the same - A structure and method for fabricating imagers that detect light from the backside of the wafer. The structure may have less complex focusing, reduced crosstalk, tighter pixel packing density, increased quantum efficiency, and wafer-level packaging. The fabrication of the imager includes forming an imaging device on a silicon wafer, adhering an interconnect wafer to the device wafer, forming interconnects on the interconnect wafer, etching away the substrate of the device wafer, and patterning additional layers such as nitrides, color filter arrays, and lenses on the backside of the device wafer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211940 | Image pixel employing floating base readout concept, and image sensor and image sensor array including the image pixel - A pixel of an image sensor includes only two signal lines per pixel, a pinned photodiode for sensing light, a floating base bipolar transistor, and no reset and address transistors. The floating base bipolar transistor provides the pixel with a gain, which can increase pixel sensitivity and reduce noise. The pixel also incorporates a vertical blooming control structure for an efficient blooming suppression. The output terminals of the pixel are coupled to a common column output line terminated by a special current sensing correlated double sampling circuit, which is used for subtraction of emitter leakage current. Based on this structure, the pixel has high sensitivity, high response uniformity, low noise, reduced size, and efficient layout. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211941 | DIGITAL CAMERA USING MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS TO PROVIDE IMPROVED TEMPORAL SAMPLING - A method and apparatus for capturing image data from multiple image sensors and generating an output image sequence are disclosed. The multiple image sensors capture data with one or more different characteristics, such as: staggered exposure periods, different length exposure periods, different frame rates, different spatial resolution, different lens systems, and different focal lengths. The data from multiple image sensors is processed and interleaved to generate an improved output motion sequence relative to an output motion sequence generated from an a single equivalent image sensor. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211942 | Method and Design for Using Multiple Outputs of Image Sensor - A method and apparatus for correcting signal differences between at least two adjacent parts of a radiation-sensitive sensor, each containing a contiguous set of radiation-sensitive sites read out through a respective separate electronic processing mean, by increasing the perimeter of the border between the adjacent parts of the sensor read out through separate electronic processing means and using at least one set of adjacent values from each of the adjacent parts to compute a correction to be applied to a signal read out of at least one of the adjacent parts. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211943 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - In a pixel unit, cells are arranged in rows and columns two-dimensionally. Each of the cells accumulates signal charge obtained by photoelectrically converting light incident on photoelectric conversion section and outputs a voltage corresponding to the accumulated signal charge. On the cells, W, R, G, and B color filters are provided. Analog signals output from the W pixel, R pixel, G pixel, and B pixel are converted into digital signals by an analog/digital converter circuit, which outputs a W signal, an R signal, a G signal, and a B signal separately. A W signal saturated signal quantity is controlled by a saturated signal quantity control circuit. Then, a signal generator circuit corrects the R signal, the G signal, and the B signal using the W signal, the R signal, the G signal, and B signal output from the analog/digital converter circuit and outputs the corrected R, G, and B signals. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211944 | Imaging device, image recording/playback apparatus, and power supply control method for imaging device - An imaging device with a solid-states image sensor includes a recording/playback section that records a captured image signal on a recording medium and reads the recorded signal, a recording/playback control section that controls recording and playback operations of the recording/playback section, a monitor image processing section that generates a display image signal for monitor displaying on the basis of the captured image signal, a power supply section having power supply circuits for at least the above three sections, and a system control section that controls a power supply condition by selecting one of operation modes including a power save mode in which power is not supplied to the recording/playback section and the recording/playback control section performs minimum processing necessary for a recovery operation of the recording/playback section, while power is supplied to the monitor image processing section to generate the display image signal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211945 | Image sensor with extended dynamic range - An image sensor includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and an image processor. The first sub-pixel generates a first image signal with a first sensitivity, and the second sub-pixel generates a second image signal with a second sensitivity less than the first sensitivity. The image signal processor adds a change in the second image signal from a saturation level to the first image signal to generate a final image signal when the first sub-pixel is saturated. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211946 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus comprises an image sensing element having an image sensing unit configured to include an effective pixel area in which light is incident on arrayed pixels and a shading pixel area in which the arrayed pixels are shaded, analog-to-digital conversion units connected one-to-one to columns of the arrayed pixels, a feedback control unit configured to output, commonly on an input side of each of the analog-to-digital conversion units, an offset compensation signal for compensating for an amount of error between a reference value and an output signal of the shading pixel area output from at least one of the analog-to-digital conversion units, and offset compensation units arranged one-to-one on the input side of each of the analog-to-digital conversion units, and to compensate for offset by subtracting an output signal of the feedback control unit from an output signal of the effective pixel area. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211947 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image sensing apparatus that controls exposure includes a signal processing unit for processing the output signal of a image sensing element, an aperture control unit for controlling aperture, and an external sensor for measuring the brightness of an object. In this case, exposure is controlled using the luminance information of both the image data and the external sensor, with the sampling period of the external sensor being set to be shorter than the accumulation period of the solid-state image sensing element. At least one of the aperture and the accumulation period is then controlled, based on the luminance information measured by the external sensor during the accumulation period. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211948 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a pixel unit having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a plurality of block lines to which signals are supplied from the pixels, transfer switches used to supply the signals from the block lines to a common signal line, and a driving circuit configured to drive the pixels, the block lines, and the transfer switches. The block lines have resetting units used to reset potentials of the block lines. With this configuration, a signal reading operation is performed at high speed in the photoelectric conversion apparatus. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211949 | Solid-state image sensing apparatus and driving method thereof - A solid-state image sensing apparatus which can improve the S/N ratio without enlarging the chip area in both of the mode in which pixel signals are summed and the mode in which pixel signals are not summed is provided. The solid-state image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing region | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211950 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus includes a pixel unit array and a driving unit. Each pixel unit includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a charge-voltage converter common to the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of transfer units which transfer electric charges generated by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units to the charge-voltage converter, an output unit which outputs a signal based on the electric charges to a signal line, and a setting unit which sets the electric potential of the charge-voltage converter. Each pixel unit is selected or deselected in accordance with the electric potential set in the charge-voltage converter. The driving unit drives the pixel unit array so that the output unit continuously outputs, to the signal line, the signal based on the electric charges generated by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units in the selected pixel unit without performing an operation of deselecting the selected pixel unit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211951 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - An imaging device is disclosed. The device includes: a unit pixel that outputs an analog electric signal in accordance with a signal charge; a local voltage supply circuit that generates a local voltage different from an operation voltage; a reference signal generation section that generates a reference signal based on the local voltage provided by the local voltage supply circuit; and a processing section that converts, by referring to the reference signal generated by the reference signal generation section, the analog signal provided by the unit pixel into a digital signal. In the imaging device, the reference signal generation section keeps constant a load current of the local voltage supply circuit in an operating state. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211952 | SOLID STATE IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE AND CAMERA USING THE SOLID STATE IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE - To suppress an influence exerted on an output video signal due to a high frequency noise from a scanning circuit. In a solid state image pick-up device including horizontal scanning circuits, and a vertical scanning circuit having a lower driving frequency than those of the horizontal scanning circuits which are arranged so as to be adjacent to different side portions of a square chip, pads are arranged at side portions of the chip, except for the side portions on the sides where the horizontal scanning circuits are arranged. The pads include pads through which a voltage or a ground potential is applied to active elements of pixels of a pixel region, pads through which voltages are inputted to amplifiers, and pads through which output signals of the amplifiers are outputted to the outside of the chip. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211953 | LINEAR IMAGE SENSOR - A linear image sensor with low noise and low power consumption comprises both high and low resolution analog shift registers for each photocell array. Noise in the output signals is decreased by driving either the low resolution analog shift register or the high resolution analog shift register depending on a required resolution. The power consumption of the linear image sensor is decreased because a charge detector receives charges from the high and low resolution analog shift registers. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211954 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and an upper electrode are stacked in order above a semiconductor substrate, and a charge storage section that stores charge generated in the photoelectric conversion layer is connected to the lower electrode. The charge stored in the charge storage section is swept away by a charge sweeping away section for a given time from the endpoint of exposure. The given time is a time taken until the residual image charge existing in the photoelectric conversion layer at the exposure end point time is sufficiently discharged to the outside of the photoelectric conversion layer in a state in which the same bias as that at the exposure start time point is applied to the photoelectric conversion layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211955 | Camera Modules With Lens Drive Device - A camera module has a plurality of lenses aligned along an optic axis that receive and transmit light from a scene being imaged by the camera module. At least one lens is mounted on a platform which is movable along the optic axis and is moved by action of a piezoelectric motor. Optionally, at least one lens is mounted on a second platform which is movable along the optic axis. The second platform may be driven by a second piezoelectric motor or moved by action of the first platform. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211956 | Image Pickup Device - A plurality of imaging regions ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211957 | FOCUSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FOCUSING APPARATUS - When the present position of a focus lens is on the closest distance side with respect to a predetermined position, the focus lens is driven and controlled using a TV-AF method without using the output result of an external ranging unit, and thereby a malfunction of an AF control due to parallax between an image pickup optical system and an external sensor is prevented. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211958 | Dehumidified Equipment Housing - A dehumidified equipment housing may be used to house equipment including one or more mechanical devices and/or electronic devices. The dehumidified equipment housing may prevent condensation on one or more regions inside of the housing and may control condensation inside of the housing to provide a dehumidified environment inside of the housing. The dehumidified equipment housing may also remove condensed water to outside of the housing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211959 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING LOW-RESOLUTION VIDEO - Systems and methods are provided for improving the visual quality of low-resolution video displayed on large-screen displays. A video format converter may be used to process a low-resolution video signal from a media providing device before the video is displayed. The video format converter may detect the true resolution of the video and deinterlace the video signal accordingly. For low-resolution videos that are also low in quality, the video format converter may reduce compression artifacts and apply techniques to enhance the appearance of the video. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211960 | METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DE-INTERLACING - An image de-interlacing method comprises: (a) defining a first threshold value and a second threshold value, wherein the second threshold value is larger than the first threshold value; (b) generating a parameter according to motion level of a interlaced image; and (c) utilizing a first interpolation method and a second interpolation method to jointly process the interlaced image if the parameter is in a range between the first threshold value and the second threshold value. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211961 | SEQUENTIAL SCANNING CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A sequential scanning conversion device includes: N (N is 3 or larger integer) line memories which store each input image data of successive N main scanning lines contained in input image data for interlaced scanning; an input/output control unit which sequentially selects one of the N line memories and writes the input image data to the selected line memory, and also reads (N−1) input image data written to the other (N−1) line memories in such timing at least a part of which overlaps with the writing timing; and an image processing unit which produces output image data for sequential scanning corresponding to M (M is one or larger integer) main scanning lines by applying predetermined process established in advance to the (N−1) input image data. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211962 | FRAME SYNCHRONIZER CIRCUIT - When it is detected that a write address signal and a read address signal coincide with each other during in the judgment range state, an address value of the write address signal is held to halt writing into a memory, whereby a video signal is outputted without mixing old and new frames therein. Therefore, a buffer area in the memory can be minimized, and an address control circuit can be appropriately controlled even when the frame frequency difference exceed a buffer capacity, thereby a frame synchronizer circuit that can output normal pictures is provided. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211963 | Equipment For Audio-Video Processing System - The invention provides a processing system, comprising a video signal processing unit for processing a video signal, the video signal processing entailing a video signal processing delay, and video delay control for controlling said video signal processing unit in dependence on a maximum allowed value for the video signal processing delay. The invention also provides an audio-video signal source, comprising an output for sending a video signal to a video signal processing unit, and an output for communicating to the video signal processing unit a maximum allowed value for a video signal processing delay entailed by video signal processing in the video signal processing unit. The invention further provides an audio signal processing unit, comprising an audio signal processing unit, said audio signal processing entailing an audio signal processing delay not exceeding a maximum audio delay, and an output for communicating to the video signal processing unit a maximum allowed value for a video signal processing delay entailed by video signal processing in the video signal processing unit, the maximum allowed value for the video signal processing delay depending on the maximum audio delay. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211964 | Automatic Tv Standard Determination Method and Apparatus Thereof - An apparatus for automatically determining a TV standard of a TV channel comprises a frequency identification module and a determination module. The frequency identification module identifies a carrier frequency of an audio IF signal of the TV channel to generate a frequency identification result. The determination module, which coupled to the frequency identification module, determines the TV standard of the TV channel according to the frequency identification result. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211965 | Automated inverse telecine conversion - The present invention is generally directed to automated methods and systems for converting image streams having a first frame rate to a second frame rate without the need for user intervention. Embodiments of the present invention obviate the effects of processing of a telecine process. In one embodiment, where frames are encoded by a single video field, a statistical analysis of the differences between adjacent frames reveals a telecine pattern, thereby identifying which frames to remove. In another embodiment, where frames are encoded by even and odd video fields, which are interleaved to produce the frame, a statistical analysis of the differences between adjacent fields reveals the telecine pattern, identifies which frames to remove, and identifies frames that are candidates for re-interleaving. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211966 | Image display device - A chroma key color determining section is operable to determine a chroma key color in an image of a plurality of input images. A image synthesizing section is operable to overlap the images with each other by switching the images with respect to each pixel based on an output of the chroma key color determining section. The plurality of images are switched by switching all of pixels of the image input to the chroma key color determining section into the chroma key color images. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211967 | IMAGING UNIT, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SYSTEM - The present invention provides an imaging unit, a portable terminal device, and a portable terminal system capable of performing a satisfactory key synthesizing process. An imaging unit mainly includes an imaging section, a conversion section, and a key signal generating section. The conversion section converts the format of the imaged image data output from the imaging section from YUV format to RGB format. The key signal generating section generates a key signal based on each pixel data configuring the imaged image data and the reference data for the imaged image data input from the imaging section. The key signal generating section also outputs foreground image data having the generated key signal and the corresponding pixel data of RGB format as minimum configuring unit. An image synthesizing section of a main unit generates synthesized image data by overlapping the foreground image data from the imaging unit and the background image data stored in a RAM based on the key signal contained in the foreground image data. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211968 | Image Processor and Image Display Apparatus Comprising the Same - An image processor includes a motion vector acquisition section for acquiring and outputting an image motion vector in pixel or a predetermined block unit from plural frames included in an input image signal; and a frame interpolation section for generating an interpolated frame by using the motion vector provided by the motion vector acquisition section and for combining the interpolated frame with a frame of the input image signal, thereby composing a signal of a new frame sequence. The motion vector acquisition section includes a first motion vector acquisition section acquiring a motion vector by matching process and a second motion vector acquisition section acquiring a motion vector based on a relative misalignment of a predetermined edge component between two temporally successive frames in a specific area of an input image signal's frame. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211969 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING ATSC INTEROPERABILITY - Systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products are provided for causing a dataframe to be emitted at an air interface of an antenna. A memory stores a transmission to antenna delay value (TAD). An offset calculator calculates an offset value based on an epoch of a global timebase generator and the transmission to antenna delay value (TAD). An interface controller in communication with the offset calculator communicates a segment synchronization signal and a field synchronization signal based on the offset value. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211970 | TELEVISION RECEPTION CIRCUIT AND TELEVISION RECEPTION APPARATUS - A television reception circuit includes a high-frequency amplifier amplifying a received television signal, a mixer frequency-converting the amplified television signal to an intermediate-frequency signal, a filter attenuating a component outside a prescribed frequency band in the resultant intermediate-frequency signal, a first AGC circuit outputting a first gain control signal for setting a level of the intermediate-frequency signal output from the mixer to a prescribed value, a second AGC circuit outputting a second gain control signal for setting a level of the signal that has passed through the filter to a prescribed value, and a switch selecting any one of the first gain control signal and, the second gain control signal and outputting the selected gain control signal to the high-frequency amplifier, and the high-frequency amplifier amplifies the television signal with gain based on the gain control signal received from the switch. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211971 | COLOR BALANCING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A display system is described comprising a light source, color wheel and a light modulator. The light source is configured to emit a beam of white light along a first light path. The color wheel may be provided on a first light path and be configured to filter the beam of white light, the color wheel having a plurality of color segments, including a red color segment, a blue color segment, a green color segment and a magenta color segment. The magenta color segment is the only subtractive primary color segment and has a duty cycle of greater than 0.1. The light modulator may be configured to receive filtered light from the color wheel and modulate the received light to produce an image. The light source may be an electrodeless plasma lamp and the lamp may have a bulb containing a fill that includes Indium Bromide. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211972 | Projection Screen, in Particular for Video Projection Reducing the Moire Effect - A projection screen comprises a film having a projection side and provided with a number of passages adapted for permitting emitted sound waves to pass through said film. The projection screen is characterized in that these passages are arranged in such a manner that, if alignments can be detected, at least the principal ones have an angle that is not zero with regard to the vertical and horizontal edges of the screen. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211973 | Spectrum Sequential Display Having Reduced Cross Talk - A color display device, a drive circuit for a color display device, a method, a signal and a computer-readable medium for reducing electro-optical cross talk that occurs in a display that is operated in Spectrum Sequential mode is disclosed. The invention eliminates annoying visible artefacts, such as contouring, noise, or color deviation, which normally are introduced by this cross talk by compensating for the cross talk. According to embodiments of the invention, a drive signal (R′,G′,B′) to drive picture elements of the display is altered in video processing circuitry (MPC, XTC, SC) and/or software, in dependence on one or more properties of different spectra from a light source ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211974 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A liquid crystal device includes a pair of substrates facing each other, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates. One of the pair of substrates includes data lines and scanning lines that intersect each other, pixels arranged in a matrix, at least one first electrode, and at least one second electrode that applies an electric field generated between the first electrode and the second electrode to the liquid crystal layer. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a plurality of electrode portions, and a joint portion for connecting the plurality of electrodes. At least a portion of the joint portion of the first electrode and at least a portion of the joint portion of the second electrode are arranged so as to overlap at least the data lines or the scanning lines, and are aligned in a line extending along the at least the data lines or the scanning lines. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211975 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes a substrate, an opposing substrate disposed so as to face the substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrate and the opposing substrate, and a plurality of spacers disposed between the substrate and the opposing substrate and having different aspect ratios from each other. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211976 | ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic imaging device includes a display unit and a barrier layer. The display unit includes scan lines for transferring select signals, data lines for transferring data signals corresponding to first and second images formed according to one or more input signals, and pixels connected with the scan and data lines. The barrier layer includes first barriers and second barriers corresponding to the first barriers. The first image is displayed during a first period of a unit period during which an image of a single frame is displayed. The second image is displayed during a second period different from the first period. The first barriers are driven according to the first image, the second barriers are driven according to the second image, and a region of the barrier layer corresponding to a mixed region in which the first and second images coexist is a non-transmission region. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211977 | Configurable Multi-View Display Device - A configurable multi-view display device ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211978 | Controlling Shape and Direction of Light | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211979 | Voltage boosting power supply circuit for monitoring charging voltage with predetermined voltage to detect boosted voltage, and boosted voltage control method - A power supply circuit of the present invention includes a voltage boosting capacitor, a first switch, a second switch, an addition comparison circuit, and a control circuit. The first switch charges the voltage boosting capacitor by applying a first voltage thereto. The second switch connects a second voltage serially to the voltage boosting capacitor that is already charged, thereby boosting the voltage therein. The addition comparison circuit adds up the voltage of the voltage boosting capacitor and the second voltage and compares the comparison result, with a predetermined threshold value. The control circuit controls the on/off state of the first switch according to the comparison result of the addition comparison circuit. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211980 | Display substrate and display apparatus having the same - A display substrate includes a gate line, a gate insulating layer, a data line, a thin-film transistor (TFT), a storage line, a passivation layer, a color filter layer, a pixel electrode, a first light-blocking layer and a second light-blocking layer. The storage line includes the same material as the gate line. The passivation layer covers the data line. The color filter layer is formed on the passivation layer. The pixel electrode is formed on the color filter layer in each pixel. The first light-blocking layer is formed between adjacent pixel electrodes, and includes the same material as the gate line. The second light-blocking layer is formed between the first light-blocking layer, and includes the same material as the data line. Therefore, an aperture ratio may be increased. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211981 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a technique for preventing the occurrence of a contact defect or exfoliation caused by a Mo oxide layer that is produced on a surface of a conductive layer when a coating type insulating film is applied onto a conductive layer made of a Mo or Mo-alloy. A display device (e.g., a liquid crystal display device) of the present invention has a first substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a first conductive layer composed of a Mo or Mo-alloy layer, a coating type insulating film formed above the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer composed of an Al or Al-alloy layer (or Ti or Ti-alloy layer) formed on the conductive layer and wherein the coating type insulating film is formed on the second conductive layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211982 | Array substrate for a liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same - An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line elongated in one direction, a data line crossing over the gate line, a thin film transistor near a crossing point of the gate and data lines and connected to the gate and data lines, an independent portion under the data line at the crossing point, the portion being separated from the gate line, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor. The independent portion may be inside the gate line. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211983 | Pixel Control Device and Display Apparatus Utilizing Said Pixel Control Device - A pixel control device and a display apparatus utilizing said pixel control device are provided. The pixel control device is electrically connected to a sub-pixel area to provide a first voltage level, a second voltage level, and a third voltage level to the sub-pixel area, so that liquid crystals can be disposed in various angles. A scan line of the pixel control device controls a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor to be switched on. The first and second data lines thereof provide a first and a second data-referenced voltage levels, respectively, to determine the first, the second, and the third voltage levels. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211984 | Liquid crystal display device and plasma display device - An image display device designed to improve shock resistance and to eliminate external image reflection and blurring. In an liquid crystal display device are disposed a backlight, a polarizing plate on the backlight side and a liquid crystal panel held by two glass substrates and having electrodes, a liquid crystal layer, an alignment layer and a color filter therein. The image display device has a transparent front plate provided on the liquid crystal panel opposite from the backlight, a transparent organic medium layer provided between the front plate and the liquid crystal panel, and an antiglare layer provided on the front plate opposite from the transparent organic medium layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211985 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel PNL including a pair of mutually opposed substrates, a display section which is composed of a plurality of matrix-arrayed display pixels, and a peripheral region surrounding the display section, a driving circuit, which drives the display pixels, a controller which controls the driving circuit, and a power supply circuit which supplies power to the driving circuit and the controller, wherein the controller and the power supply circuit are built in a 1-chip system IC and are disposed on the peripheral region. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211986 | LAMP SOCKET, BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY EQUIPPED WITH THE BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY - A liquid crystal display equipped with a backlight assembly having a lamp socket comprising, a lamp lead seating portion on which a lamp lead is seated, and a contact terminal fastened to the lamp lead seating portion to fix the lamp lead. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211987 | LIGHTING DEVICE, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD THEREOF - A backlight unit including a circuit board mounted with light emitting diodes and formed with connecting pads electrically connected with the light emitting diodes, a driver installed on one surface of the circuit board and configured to drive the light emitting diodes, a connector coupled to the connecting pads of the circuit board, in which the connector has a connecting direction changed toward the driver, and a connecting line for connecting the connector to the driver. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211988 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can enhance the reliability of electrical connection between electrodes and metal fittings even when the irregularities exist with respect to radii of rod-shaped light sources arranged in the inside of a backlight. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the backlight includes a plurality of rod-shaped light sources each having electrode portions at both ends thereof and a base which supports the respective rod-shaped light sources at the respective electrode portions by way of an electrode fitting, the electrode fitting is configured to fix the rod-shaped light source by clamping the electrode portion, the electrode fitting being formed of a plurality of electrode fittings arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped light source for every electrode, and each electrode fitting has an arcuate wall surface, and the respective electrode fittings arranged in parallel in the same electrode portion have radii of arcs of the wall surfaces thereof made different from each other. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211989 | Backlight Assembly and Display Apparatus Having the Same - A backlight assembly includes: a light emitting unit having a plurality of unit LEDs formed in a matrix, each of the unit LEDs having a red LED, a green LED, and a blue LED; a plurality of bottom reflectors disposed under the respective unit LEDs; and a plurality of side reflectors disposed around the respective unit LEDs. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211990 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus is provided which has two or more options in selection of the range of viewing angles. A surface light source device according to the invention has a main surface from which light is emitted, and includes a plurality of light guide plates corresponding to a plurality of regions obtained by dividing the main surface in parallel; an optical film provided on the exit surface side of the light guide plates; and a light driver that controls the turning on and off of the plurality of light guide plates. The optical film includes a light-guide slit film which transmits light that is emitted from the light guide plates and that is within a certain range of angles. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211991 | HIGH CONTRAST LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - An LCD can include a Compact Collimating Reflector (CCR), is configured to be located downstream in a light path from an LCD light source, where the CCR is configured to reflect light from the LCD light source to provide collimated light downstream from the CCR. A light diffusion film is located downstream from the CCR and is configured to receive the collimated light from the CCR. An LCD panel is located downstream from the CCR. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211992 | Diode substrate of LCD - A liquid crystal display (LCD) has a novel diode substrate. With the substrate, heat is well dissipated. The substrate can be easily manufactured. And, thus, the cost for the LCD is reduced. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211993 | LED BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND LCD DEVICE - An LED backlight device includes a substrate having an optical transparency and an LED thin-film layered structure fixed to a first surface of the substrate. The LED thin-film layered structure is formed of epitaxially grown inorganic material layers as a P-N junction device. An anode electrode and a cathode electrode are formed on the LED thin-film layered structure. An anode driver IC and a cathode driver IC are provided for driving the LED thin-film layered structure. A wiring structure electrically connects the anode driver IC and the anode electrode of the LED thin-film layered structure and electrically connects the cathode driver IC and the cathode electrode of the LED thin-film layered structure. A phosphor is formed on the second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211994 | Liquid crystal display module having electrode pairs in partitioned light emitting spaces, respectively - A liquid crystal display module includes: a liquid crystal display panel, a surface light-emitting lamp irradiating light to the liquid crystal display panel by a surface light-emission, and a power source supplying an electric power to the surface light-emitting lamp. The surface light-emitting lamp includes a frame having a light-emitting space, a first barrier rib formed partitioning the lamp into light-emitting spaces and electrode pairs for generating electric fields in the light-emitting spaces, respectively. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211995 | Display Apparatus Using Microlens - Provided is a display apparatus using a micromirror or an image display device. The display apparatus is designed to eliminate dark regions, usually formed by pixel partitions or black matrixes, display a high-quality image by increasing light usage efficiency, and improve the power consumption. A display apparatus using a microlens includes a micromirror array, a substrate, and a microlens array. The micromirror array includes a plurality of micromirrors arranged to reflect incident light rays from a light source. The substrate supports the micromirror array. The microlens array includes a plurality of microlenses disposed between the light source and the micromirror array to condense the incident light rays from the light source upon the micromirror array and correct a traveling path of reflected light rays from the micromirror array. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211996 | Optical Film, Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Device - A novel optical film is disclosed. The optical film comprises an optically anisotropic layer comprising oriented optical elements, wherein the optical elements are oriented in the optically anisotropic layer with an order parameter, which expresses the degree of orientation of said optical elements, varying in the direction of film thickness. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211997 | POLARIZING PLATES AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS COMPRISING THE SAME - A polarizing plate is provided. The polarizing plate includes a polarizing film, a first protective film and a second protective film respectively disposed on both sides of the polarizing film, and a polyimide optical compensation film having thickness direction retardation (Rth) or both, in-plane retardation (R0) and thickness direction retardation (Rth) disposed on the first protective film. The invention also provides a liquid crystal display including the polarizing plate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211998 | PIXEL ELECTRODE STRUCTURE FOR A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH A HIGH APERTURE RATIO - A pixel electrode structure for a liquid crystal display with a high aperture ratio increases the aperture ratio and eliminates Mura phenomenon. Any two adjacent pixel electrodes are disconnected to each other. Each pixel electrode comprises a first-lengthwise periphery that overlaps a first-adjacent data line to form a first overlapping portion, and a second-lengthwise periphery that overlaps a second-adjacent data line to form a second overlapping portion. The first-lengthwise periphery and the second-lengthwise periphery have an identical triangle-wave profile and are symmetrical to each other. The triangle-wave profile is formed by connecting a plurality of right-angled and equilateral triangles. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080211999 | Transflective Liquid Crystal Display Device - A transflective display device has a color filter portion for each pixel which includes portions of two different thicknesses. In one implementation, both thicknesses are used for the reflective part of the pixel, and the relative thicknesses as well as the proportion of different thickness layers can be controlled to enable independent control of the color filtering characteristics in the reflective and transmissive modes of operation. Another implementation uses different portions of light absorbing material for the functions of pixel definition and height adjustment, but these may be achieved with a single patterned layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212000 | Colour Active Matrix Displays - A method of manufacturing a colour active matrix display device comprises forming islands over a rigid carrier substrate, forming a plastic substrate over the rigid carrier substrate, forming an array of pixel circuits over the plastic substrate and forming a display layer over the array of pixel circuits. The rigid carrier substrate is then released from the plastic substrate and the plastic substrate then has channels defined by the islands. These are filled to define colour filter portions. The formation of a plastic substrate on a rigid carrier, with the use of a subsequent lift off process, enables the circuit arrays to be made on very thin plastic sheets. The colour filters can then be made on the outside of the LC cell. Depressions are formed in the plastic substrate registered to the circuit array, and these are filled in with colour filter material, for example by ink jet printing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212001 | Transflective liiquid crystal display device with no retardation layer on the transmissive regions, manufacturing method thereof and electronic apparatus - An upper polarizing plate is provided on the outer surface of an upper substrate, and a lower polarizing plate is provided on the outer surface of a lower substrate. Also, a retardation layer having a phase shift of a quarter wavelength, and a protective layer are provided in turn only on reflective display regions of the inner surface of the lower substrate so that with no voltage applied, the phase shifts of a liquid crystal layer in transmissive display regions and the reflective display regions are set to a half wavelength and a quarter wavelength, respectively. Therefore, the present invention provides a transflective liquid crystal display device having enhanced display brightness in a transmission mode and excellent visibility. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212002 | Method of manufacturing optical compensation sheet and the optical compensation sheet - A method of manufacturing an optical compensation sheet, comprising the steps of:
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| 20080212003 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of polarizing films; a liquid crystal cell that is sandwiched between the pair of polarizing films; a retardation layer (A) of 70 μm or less in thickness, which is disposed between the liquid crystal cell and one of the pair of polarizing films; and a retardation layer (B) of 70 μm or less in thickness, which is disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the other of the pair of polarizing films, wherein the retardation layers (A) and (B) satisfy following formulae (1) to (3): | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212004 | Liquid crystal device and method for manufacturing the same - There is provided a liquid crystal device including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal being held between the first substrate and the second substrate, a base layer having alternating linear grooves and linear protrusions on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and an alignment layer of an oxide film covering the base layer and having wedge-shaped tops over the linear protrusions of the base layer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212005 | Antiglare film - An antiglare film is disclosed comprising a transparent substrate and an antiglare layer including a binder matrix and a particle, wherein center line average roughness Ra of a surface of an antiglare film which surface is on an antiglare layer side among both sides of an antiglare film is 0.06-0.17 μm, wherein reflectivity of 5° angle of the surface is 2.4-4.4%, and wherein difference in refractive index between the binder matrix and the particle is equal to or less than 0.07. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212006 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. A display operation is performed by changing an alignment state of the liquid crystal layer from a splay alignment to a bend alignment. The first substrate includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines intersecting the plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of transition electrodes generating a potential difference with respect to the pixel electrodes, the plurality of transition electrodes being formed closer to the liquid crystal layer than the scanning lines or the data lines and closer to the first substrate than the pixel electrodes. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212007 | Electro-Optic Lenses Employing Resistive Electrodes - Provided is an electro-optic device comprising: a liquid crystal layer between a pair of opposing transparent substrates; a resistive patterned electrode set positioned between the liquid crystal layer and the inward-facing surface of the first transparent substrate; and a conductive layer between the liquid crystal layer and the inward-facing surface of the second transparent substrate, wherein the conductive layer and resistive patterned electrode set are electrically connected, and wherein said resistive patterned electrode set comprises one or more electrically-separated electrodes, wherein the desired voltage drop is applied across each electrode to provide the desired phase retardation profile. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212008 | Array panel for liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same - An array panel for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line and a gate electrode on the substrate, wherein the gate line is connected to the gate electrode, a gate insulating layer on the gate line and the gate electrode, an active layer on the gate insulating layer, an ohmic contact layer on the active layer, a data line, a source electrode, and a drain electrode on the ohmic contact layer, wherein the data line, the source electrode, and the drain electrode are formed of molybdenum, a passivation layer on the data line, the source and drain electrodes, and a pixel electrode on the passivation layer, wherein the ohmic contact layer has the same shape as the data line, the source, and drain electrodes, and the active layer has the same shape as the data line, and the source electrode, and the drain electrode except for a channel area between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and the channel area has a “U” shape. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212009 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a liquid crystal display panel of a type having common electrodes, one solidly formed for each pixel, over the main face of an insulating substrate and a comb-shaped pixel electrode over the common electrodes via an insulating film, the patterning of the common electrodes is accurately accomplished without using sputtered film formation or a photolithographic step. A bank | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212010 | Display device and manufacturing method thereof - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can easily prevent the generation of longitudinal smear. The display device includes a display panel having a plurality of scanning signal lines, a plurality of video signal lines, a plurality of thin film transistors and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix array. In a state that a gap between two neighboring video signal lines with one pixel electrode out of the plurality of pixel electrodes sandwiched therebetween in a region where one pixel electrode is arranged is larger than a gap between two neighboring video signal lines with another pixel electrode different from one pixel electrode sandwiched therebetween in a region where another electrode is arranged, a size of one pixel electrode is set larger than a size of another pixel electrode. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212011 | Display device having a board for a connector for inputting of video data and a board for mounting a display control circuit and manufacturing method thereof - In a display device forming a board for mounting a connector which allows inputting of video data thereon and a board for mounting a display control circuit to be connected to the connector thereon on a surface of a display module opposite to an observation side, the board for mounting the connector thereon and the board for mounting the display control circuit thereon are physically separated from each other and, further, an area of the board for mounting the display control circuit thereon is set smaller than an area of the board for mounting the connector thereon. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212012 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - To provide a liquid crystal display device in which a seal width at a cutting portion of substrates is small and defects caused at the time of cutting the substrates can be reduced. There is provided a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel having: a first substrate; a second substrate; a sealing material through which the first substrate and the second substrate are stuck together; and a liquid crystal enclosed inside a liquid crystal enclosure area encircled by the first substrate, the second substrate, and the sealing material, wherein the sealing material includes a ring portion in a ring shape which configures the liquid crystal enclosure area and whose whole circumference is closed, and a first extension portion and a second extension portion, each of which is integrally connected to the ring portion and is arranged outside the ring portion, the first extension portion extends up to a cut-end portion of a first side of the liquid crystal display panel, the second extension portion extends up to a cut-end portion of a second side of the liquid crystal display panel, the second side being opposed to the first side, and in a state where the first substrate and the second substrate are stuck together, W | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212013 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a thin film transistor, a data line, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode, a second substrate, and liquid crystal sandwiched between the first and second substrates, wherein an image signal is applied to the thin film transistor through the data line to generate an electric field between the pixel electrode receiving the image signal and the common electrode such that the liquid crystal is rotated by the electric field in a plane which is in parallel with the first substrate. The first substrate includes an electrically insulating inorganic film covering the data line therewith, a first island-shaped electrically insulating organic film formed on the electrically insulating inorganic film above the data line, and a shield common electrode covering the first island-shaped electrically insulating organic film therewith and overlapping the data line when viewed vertically. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080212014 | Full color LCD and manufacturing thereof - Disclosed is a full color liquid crystal display, including a lower substrate and an upper substrate facing each other, partition spacers uniformly arranged between the lower substrate and the upper substrate to form a plurality of spaces while maintaining a cell gap between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, a lower transparent electrode and an upper transparent electrode respectively provided to the lower substrate and the upper substrate in the spaces defined by the partition spacers so as to face each other, subpixels having liquid crystals which are able to reflect or absorb respective specific light wavelengths and which are separately received in the spaces defined by the partition spacers, a plurality of such subpixels constituting a single pixel to exhibit full color. | 2008-09-04 |
