40th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090244337 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section where a plurality of pixels each containing a photoelectric conversion device are formed into an array; a retaining circuit for retaining one or the other of a reset signal and a light signal of the signals from the pixel; and an AD converter, the AD converter includes: a delay circuit having two input signal terminals to one of the input signal terminals of which the signal retained at the retaining circuit is inputted and to the other one of the input signal terminal of which the other signal not retained at the retaining circuit is inputted, said delay circuit having delay devices connected into a multiple of stages for giving to a running pulse a delay amount corresponding to the extent of a difference between the signals inputted to said one and the other input signal terminals; and an encoder for sampling and encoding a running position of the pulse at every predetermined timing to generate a digital value corresponding to the difference between the input signals. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244338 | SOLID STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a first pixel shielded from light and a second pixel provided in a region over which an object image is formed; a delay circuit having delay devices connected into a multiple of stages for giving to a running pulse a delay amount corresponding to a difference between an analog output value of each pixel from the pixel section and an analog reference value; an encoder to be reset by the unit of pixel with sampling and encoding a running position of the pulse at every predetermined timing; a first storage section for retaining an encoded value corresponding to the first pixel; a second storage section for retaining an encoded value corresponding to the second pixel; and a differential circuit for computing and outputting as a digital pixel signal a difference between an output from the first storage section and an output from the second storage section. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244339 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - Provided is an image capturing apparatus comprising a plurality of first light receiving elements that are arranged on substantially the same plane and that each receive light of a first color component from a subject; a plurality of second light receiving elements that are arranged on substantially the same plane and with a higher surface density than the plurality of first light receiving elements, and that each receive light of a second color component from the subject; and a polarizing section that blocks polarized light components from the subject except for a first polarized light component so that first-polarized-light receiving elements, which are a portion of the plurality of second light receiving elements, receive the first polarized light component from the subject, the first-polarized-light receiving elements transmitting the light from the subject to be received by the plurality of first light receiving elements. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244340 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - There is provided an image pickup device, including a photoelectric conversion element converting light into charges, a transfer gate for transferring the converted charges to a floating node, a source follower transistor for outputting a signal based on a voltage of the floating node to a signal line, and a clip circuit clipping the signal line at a first voltage and a second voltage. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244341 | ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR (APS) READOUT STRUCTURE WITH AMPLIFICATION - An active pixel sensor (APS) includes an array of individually addressable APS cells ad a pixel readout structure that includes an amplifier. The amplifier may have a two-branched structure and provide a gain of one or higher. Additional switches may be provided in the pixels to provide protection for pixel output transistors from voltage changes in the column line. Structure may also be provided for optional gain selection in the amplifier. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244342 | Random Access Decoder - A random access decoder comprising a plurality of decoder circuit elements, each decoder circuit element having a unique electronic address and a binary data output, means for applying an input signal to each of the decoder circuit element and where each decoder circuit element places data on its binary data output only when the unique electronic address of a particular decoder circuit element matches the applied input signal and wherein the unique electronic address of each of the plurality of decoder circuit elements is electronically loaded into each of the decoder circuit elements. In one embodiment, each decoder circuit element comprises equivalent components electrically connected in the same arrangement. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244343 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DETECTING ELEMENT - The present invention is to provide an electromagnetic wave detecting element that can suppress the trapping of charges in a semiconductor layer. Plural lower electrodes, which collect charges generated in the semiconductor layer, are each provided to cover at least a portion in a length direction and the entire region in a width direction of a scan line adjacent thereto, and the lower electrodes are disposed at positions at which the scan lines are provided. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244344 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR PREVENTING SHOOT-THROUGH CURRENT WITHIN AND BETWEEN SIGNAL LINE DRIVERS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - An imaging device driver for transmitting a signal onto a signal line for controlling transistors of a pixel row. The device includes a controller and associated circuitry for reducing shoot-through current within and between row driver circuits for driving the signal line. The controller reduces shoot-through current by preventing concurrent transmission of high and low signal outputs to the signal line by respective high and low voltage sources of the same or different row driver circuits. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244345 | CMOS image sensor and driving method thereof - A CMOS image sensor is provided. The CMOS image sensor includes a photodiode receiving light and generating photocharges, a transfer transistor connected to the photodiode and transferring the photocharges, a floating diffusion accumulating the photocharges transferred from the transfer transistor, a reset transistor discharging the photocharges accumulated in the floating diffusion, and a merge gate transistor controlling capacitance of the floating diffusion. The CMOS image sensor may obtain a wide dynamic range signal without an increase in size of a pixel. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244346 | IMAGE SENSOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - This disclosure concerns an image sensor including: an imaging area; row selection lines; and column signal lines, wherein a pixel includes: a photodiode; a capacitor connected to the photodiode at a first node; a reset transistor connected between the first node and a first power supply; a comparator comparing the potential of the first node with a reference voltage, and outputting a result to a gate of the reset transistor; a counter connected to the comparator, counting an inversion count of an output signal from the comparator, and outputting a digital value according to the inversion count, the output signal being generated from the comparator when the potential of the first node reaches the potential of the first power supply; and a selection transistor connected between the counter and one of the plurality of column signal lines, and having a gate connected to one of the row selection lines. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244347 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH AN IMPROVED SENSITIVITY - An image sensor having a surface intended to be illuminated and pixels, each pixel including a photosensitive area formed in an active area of the substrate, at least one first pixel including a first microlens located on the surface, the sensor including at least one second pixel including a transparent portion forming a pedestal located at least partly on the surface and a second microlens at least partially covering the pedestal. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244348 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING PIXEL ARRAY HAVING AUTOMATIC LIGHT CONTROL PIXELS AND IMAGE CAPTURE PIXELS - A pixel array uses two sets of pixels to provide accurate exposure control. One set of pixels provide continuous output signals for automatic light control (ALC) as the other set integrates and captures an image. ALC pixels allow monitoring of multiple pixels of an array to obtain sample data indicating the amount of light reaching the array, while allowing the other pixels to provide proper image data. A small percentage of the pixels in an array is replaced with ALC pixels and the array has two reset lines for each row; one line controls the reset for the image capture pixels while the other line controls the reset for the ALC pixels. In the columns, at least one extra control signal is used for the sampling of the reset level for the ALC pixels, which happens later than the sampling of the reset level for the image capture pixels. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244349 | SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A solid state image pickup device includes a plurality of light receiving sections formed in a regular pattern, transfer channels, a plurality of first transfer electrodes and a plurality of second transfer electrodes formed on the transfer channels, a plurality of first wires each applying a potential to the corresponding first transfer electrodes and a plurality of second wires each applying a potential to the corresponding second transfer electrodes. The first and second wires extend in the directions intersecting each other. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244350 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units having plural first photoelectric conversion units and plural second photoelectric conversion units, a drive section and a signal processing section. The drive section controls the solid-state imaging device to read first pixel signals that are accumulated over an exposure period, from the first photoelectric conversion units, respectively, to read low-sensitivity pixel signals from the second photoelectric conversion units, respectively, to read second pixel signals that are accumulated in at least a part of the exposure period, from the second photoelectric conversion units, to mix the first pixel signals and the second signals for producing a high-sensitivity pixel signals. The signal processing section combines the low-sensitivity pixel signals and the high-sensitivity pixel signals and produces an image. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244351 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device includes a viewfinder for viewing a subject. The viewfinder either forms an integral part of the device or is an external member that is attachable to, and removable from, the device. The device includes: an optical system; a generating section for capturing an image of the subject through the optical system and generating image data; a detecting section for detecting the degree of focusing of the subject's image represented by the image data; a display section on which the subject's image is presentable based on the image data; and a controller for accepting a decision to use either the display section or the viewfinder for viewing the subject to shoot. If the controller accepts the decision to use the viewfinder, the display section displays no subject's image, and displays information about the degree of focusing of the subject's image for at least a certain period of time. The information has been obtained based on a result of detection done by the detecting section. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244352 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation image capturing system includes a plurality of image capturing apparatus for acquiring radiation image information of a subject by controlling radiation sources according to predetermined image capturing conditions, a controller for controlling the image capturing apparatus according to the image capturing conditions set therein, and a plurality of display devices associated respectively with the image capturing apparatus, for displaying radiation image information acquired from the image capturing apparatus. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244353 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE TAKING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image display device ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090244354 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an image generation unit configured to photoelectrically convert an object image formed by an imaging optical system to generate an image, a control unit configured to perform focusing control of the imaging optical system, an object detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of object regions based on the image generated by the image generation unit, and a display unit configured to display the plurality of object regions detected by the object detecting unit. The object detecting unit sequentially detects the object regions at a plurality of positions to which the imaging optical system is moved, and the display unit juxtaposes and displays the object regions detected by the object detecting unit with respect to the image. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244355 | FILTER SWITCHING DEVICE, PHOTOGRAPHING LENS, CAMERA, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A filter switching device includes: an optical filter unit that is disposed on an optical path of an object light that passes through an image pickup lens of a camera, and can be switched to any one of a plurality of spectral transmission characteristics; a spectral transmission characteristic switching unit that switches a spectral transmission characteristic of the optical filter unit to one of the plurality of spectral transmission characteristics; a filter spectral transmission characteristic information storage unit that stores filter spectral transmission characteristic information, which is information relating to each of the plurality of spectral transmission characteristics; and a filter spectral transmission characteristic information output unit that outputs filter spectral transmission characteristic information corresponding to the spectral transmission characteristic of the optical filter unit to the camera when the spectral transmission characteristic of the optical filter unit is switched. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244356 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a circuit board of a grounding pad, a lens module, and a voice-coil motor. The voice-coil motor for receiving and driving the lens module automatically focus comprises a main body, a metallic casing and a grounding structure. The metallic casing covers the main body. After electrically grounding by connecting with the grounding pad of the circuit board, the grounding structure connects with the metallic casing and the circuit board. With the grounding structure, the metallic casing can be grounded. Thereby, prevent external electromagnetic waves from affecting electrical signals communicated between the camera module and the circuit board. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244357 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit to pick up an image of a subject, a focusing unit to perform focusing on the subject included in an autofocus area in an imaging range of the imaging unit, a display unit to display an image obtained by picking up an image of the subject by the imaging unit, a display control unit to control the display unit to display an autofocus frame representing the autofocus area on the image, a position specification reception unit that is disposed to be superimposed on the display unit and receives user's position specification to the image displayed on the display unit, and a record control unit to record the image on a recording medium in a state where focusing is achieved on the subject when the position specification reception unit receives the position specification in the autofocus frame. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244358 | Electronic Apparatus Having Autofocus Camera Function - An electronic apparatus including a drive mechanism, a signal processing section, an image pickup lens, an image pickup device and a focus control section is described. The drive mechanism changes a position of the image pickup lens relative to the image pickup device. The image pickup device outputs an electric signal of an image at each of a plurality of relative positions. The signal processing section processes the electric signal and generates a digital image signal corresponding to the plurality of relative positions. The focus control section extracts, from the digital image signal, high-frequency components for pixels selected from a focus area set in the image of the digital image signal, calculates a focus evaluation value corresponding to each relative position, identifies a maximum focus evaluation value among the calculated focus evaluation values, and moves the image pickup lens to the relative position that provides the maximum focus evaluation value. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244359 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus is disclosed which achieves high focusing accuracy and favorable responsiveness in AF control. The apparatus includes a signal generator which extracts signals in a plurality of frequency bands from an output from an image-pickup part and generates focus signals from the extracted signals, and a controller which performs focus control such that the focus signal approaches the highest value. The controller uses a first focus signal and a second focus signal in the focus control. The second focus signal is a synthesis signal formed by synthesizing a focus signal in a relatively high or the highest frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands and a focus signal in another frequency band and contains a component of the focus signal in the relatively high or highest frequency band at a higher ratio as compared with the first focus signal. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244360 | Camera System And Camera Body Composing The Same - A camera system includes a controller operable to control operations of a camera body and an interchangeable lens. When supply of power from a power supply of the camera body is requested to be stopped, the controller performs control to adjust an aperture of the diaphragm such that an amount of light passing through the diaphragm is no greater than a predetermined value, and thereafter, to stop the supply of power. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244361 | CAMERA MODULE FOR VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM - A camera module ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090244362 | System for mounting camera on bow - A system for mounting includes a video camera, a mounting element, and a rail and clamp connector. The video camera has a camera body. The elongated mounting element has a first end for coupling with the camera body and a threaded second end for engaging a threaded aperture on a bow. The rail and clamp connector detachably couples the first end of the elongated element to the camera body thereby mounting the camera body in front of the bow. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244363 | Video Camera - In a video camera, air outlet holes and air inlet holes are disposed in a panel-facing surface of a camera body. A duct is disposed inside the camera body and guides the air taken in through the air inlet holes to the air outlet holes. A first heat sink is so arranged as to extend from an image sensor into the duct, and the first heat sink releases the heat generated by the image sensor into the duct. A liquid crystal panel unit is movably disposed between a first position in which a first face of the liquid crystal panel unit including a display screen of a liquid crystal panel faces the panel-facing surface of the camera body and a second position in which a second face faces the panel-facing surface. When the liquid crystal panel unit is in the first position, the first face is so formed as to cover the air outlet holes and the air inlet holes. The second surface of the liquid crystal panel unit is formed so that the air outlet holes and the air inlet holes are open to the exterior when the liquid crystal panel unit is in the second position. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244364 | MOVING IMAGE SEPARATING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE UNITING APPARATUS, AND MOVING IMAGE SEPARATING-UNITING SYSTEM - A moving image separating apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus is provided with a privacy image region detection unit and a moving image separating unit. The privacy image region detection unit detects privacy image region data indicating a position and a range of a privacy image region from the original moving image data. The moving image separating unit receives the original moving image data and the privacy image region data from the privacy image region detection unit. The moving image separating unit separates the original moving image data to private moving image data composed of image data corresponding to the privacy image region and to public moving image data composed of image data of a region excluding the privacy image region, on the basis of the privacy image region data. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244365 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING THE TEMPORAL RESOLUTION OF VIDEO DATA - A method for multi-scale spatio-temporal steering kernel regression may include repeatedly spatially downsampling input video data, thereby obtaining spatially downsampled video data at a coarsest spatial resolution scale. The spatially downsampled video data at the coarsest spatial resolution scale may be temporally upscaled to generate an estimate of temporally upscaled video data at the coarsest spatial resolution scale. The temporal upscaling may be achieved using spatio-temporal steering kernel regression. Estimates of the temporally upscaled video data may be repeatedly spatially upscaled to generate an estimate of the temporally upscaled video data at the original spatial resolution. The spatial upscaling may be achieved using spatio-temporal steering kernel regression. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244366 | Pixel Conversion Device and Pixel Conversion Method - According to one embodiment, an embodiment of a pixel conversion device of the invention improves outlines of edge peripheries of characters, etc., of a color digital image signal. The device includes a histogram extraction module, a picture characteristic extraction module which detects a luminance boundary in a luminance signal block on the basis of histogram information, sets a color-difference boundary of the same pattern as that of the luminance boundary to a virtual color-difference signal block, and generates a control signal for unifying the same area by pixel data of the same value, and a data rate conversion module which converts a color-difference signal block before conversion into the same data rate as that of the luminance signal block to correlate the converted color-difference signal block to the virtual color-difference signal block, corrects resolution and obtains a color-difference signal for a format of 4:4:4. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244367 | CHOOSING VIDEO DEINTERLACING INTERPOLANT BASED ON COST - Deinterlacing of video involves converting interlaced video to progressive video by interpolating a missing pixel in the interlaced video from other pixels in the video. A plurality of interpolants are provided, each of which interpolates a pixel value from other pixels that are nearby in space and/or time. The data costs of using the various interpolants is calculated. A particular one of the interpolants is chosen based on the data costs associated with the various interpolants. The chosen interpolant is used to interpolate the value of the missing pixel. The interpolated pixel value may be refined based on exemplars. The exemplars may be taken from the video that is being deinterlaced. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244368 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is a video processing apparatus for performing video processing compatible with a dual link progressive scheme, said video processing apparatus including: two video processing circuits; and a control section. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244369 | RECURSIVE MOTION FOR MOTION DETECTION DEINTERLACER - A recursive motion detector, comprises: a first frame motion detector receiving a next field and a first previous field; a second frame motion detector receiving a current field and a second previous field; and a third frame motion detector receiving a next field and a third previous field; wherein motion is detected when the first, second and third frame motion detectors combine to produce a frame motion result. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244370 | ADAPTIVE WINDOWING IN MOTION DETECTOR FOR DEINTERLACER - According to aspects of embodiments, a method of determining an aperture window in a video deinterlacer includes: computing a first mean absolute difference (MAD) value for a pixel based on a 1×5 window; computing a second MAD value for the pixel using a 3×5 window; and selectively blending the first and second MAD values to form a resultant motion value. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244371 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244372 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLOSED CAPTION PROCESSING - Methods and systems for closed caption processing are described. In an embodiment, a source signal may be accessed. The source signal may include a video signal and closed caption information embedded within the video signal. The closed caption information may be extracted from the source signal. A content request may be received over a network from an access device. A caption setting associated with the access device may be accessed. The video signal may be provided in a video stream over the network to the access device. The closed caption information may be provided over the network in a caption stream in accordance with accessing of the caption setting. Additional systems and methods are disclosed. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244373 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CAPTION THEREOF - A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244374 | Identifying Ancillary Information Associated With An Audio/Video Program - A system communicates video information including television content associated with a plurality of channels and ancillary information. Information may be transmitted with the ancillary information that is indicative of the type of content included in the ancillary information. This provides the user, in one embodiment of the present invention, with a visual indication of the type of information that accompanies television content. This helps the user to decide whether the user wishes to view the ancillary information and provides the opportunity to select that enhancement for viewing. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244375 | Circuit Arrangement and Method for Locking onto and/or Processing Data, in Particular Audio, T[ele]v[ision] and/or Video Data - In order to further develop a circuit arrangement ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090244376 | PROJECTOR DEVICE AND PROJECTOR SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A projector that displays a projection frame includes an operation unit to select a projection mode designating the number of split screens in the projection frame and the location, size, and orientation of each split screen. An input unit processes graphical signal data provided from an external graphical signal generator to generate processed graphical signal data. A distributor distributes the processed graphical signal data to graphical signal processing circuits, each performing data conversion and adjustment in accordance with the projection mode on the distributed graphical signal data to generate adjusted graphical signal data for one of the split screens. A synthesizer combines the adjusted graphical signal data to generate combined graphical signal data. A projection unit projects the combined graphical signal data as a single projection frame. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244377 | Display controller for screens with user-defined frames - The present invention discloses a display controller for screens with user-defined frames, comprising: a first image source to provide first image data; a second image source to provide second image data; an information converter unit in connection with said first and second image sources, to convert said first and second image data into digital data; an image processor unit in connection with said information converter unit to add said digitized first and second image data, to generate a picture-in-picture (PIP) image with one main screen and at least one subscreen to be display in a display device; and a frame generator to generate, according to the definitions of a user, a frame for said at least one subscreen to enclose said subscreen when displayed. The invented display controller generates PIP images with user-defined frames. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244378 | Record and replay television device and method - In certain embodiments, a method of controlling operation of a television receiver device involves determining that there remote control commands for “record” and “play” are directed to the television receiver device; checking a remote control receiver for receipt of either “record” or “play” command; when a record command is received by the remote control receiver, storing N seconds of scaled video to a memory residing in the television receiver device; and when a play command is received by the remote control receiver, playing out the N seconds of scaled video from the memory in a picture-in-picture (PIP) window. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244379 | DISPLAY HAVING UNSHIELDED OSD AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING UNSHIELDED OSD - A displayer having an unshielded on screen displayer (OSD) and a method for implementing the unshielded OSD are described. A microprocessor of the displayer having the unshielded OSD generates a plurality of first opaque items without a background color and a first background layer having a size the same as that of the first opaque items, and combines the first opaque items with the first background layer into a function menu. When a controller controls the first background layer to move around, the first background layer is overlapped with one of the first opaque items without the background color, and taken as an undercoat for the first opaque item, so as to highlight the information carried by the first opaque item. The first opaque item without the background color does not easily shield the screen image, so as to avoid shielding a viewable area of the screen. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244380 | Television Broadcast Receiving Apparatus and Television Setting Method - According to one embodiment, a television broadcast receiving apparatus has a recording module that records setting information set in regard to a plurality of setting items, a display that displays a setting screen required to set setting values of the plurality of setting items, a setting input module that input the setting information in the setting screen to set the setting values of the plurality of setting items displayed in the display, an acquiring module that acquires a setting code associated with the plurality of setting items in the setting screen, a setting code input module that input the setting code, and a setting value setting module that sets the setting values of the plurality of setting items in association with the setting code input from the setting code input module. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244381 | TELEVISION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUXILIARY INFORMATION - A method for outputting alert information. The method includes selecting broadcasting signals by a tuner of the television in response to channel selection signals from a microprocessor of the television; determining whether digital baseband signals being received from the tuner by the microprocessor; retrieving auxiliary data from memory of the television when the digital baseband signals are determined not being received from the tuner; and outputting alert information by an outputting means according to the retrieved auxiliary data from the memory. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244382 | Video Image Quality Control Apparatus and Method - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a video image quality control apparatus including: a video processing module configured to adjust image quality based on a control signal; a data table holder configured to hold a data table representing information of a start time and an end time of a daytime in each area; a determination module configured to determine a current location of the apparatus based on areal setting information of a receiving channel; a specifying module configured to specify a start time and an end time of a daytime at the current location by referring to the data table based on information of the current location; and an adjusting module configured to output the control signal based on a start time and an end time of a daytime specified by the specifying module. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244383 | Video receiving apparatus - A video receiving apparatus comprises a switch, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a video processing circuit and a decoder is provided. The ADC receives a first analog channel data from the switch within a plurality of first periods and receives a second analog channel data from the switch within a plurality of second periods, and output a digital video signal. The sampling frequency of the ADC is a plurality of times of a switching frequency of the switch. The video processing circuit includes a recovery circuit and a noise reduction circuit. The recovery circuit restores the digital video signal to a recovery video signal corresponding to a video format of the analog video signal. The noise reduction circuit reduces noises generated by the switch according to the digital video signal. The decoder outputs a display signal according to the analog video signal. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244384 | ANALOG TV BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND ANALOG TV BROADCAST SIGNAL DEMODULATING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an analog television broadcast signal receiving apparatus including: a tuner section configured to convert an analog television broadcast signal into a predetermined intermediate frequency band signal; a demodulation circuit section configured to obtain a picture output signal and a sound intermediate frequency signal from the predetermined intermediate frequency band signal coming from the tuner section; a picture processing circuit section configured to convert the picture output signal into a display-ready picture signal; a sound demodulation processing circuit section configured to demodulate the sound intermediate frequency signal; and a control section. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244385 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An information display apparatus includes an information acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of information items through a network in accordance with an acquisition script in a scenario, the scenario including a conversion script and a motion addition script, an information conversion unit configured to extract one or more parts to be displayed from each information item acquired by the information acquisition unit in accordance with the conversion script included in the scenario, a motion addition unit configured to process all or some of the parts extracted by the information conversion unit, to be displayed with changing in content automatically and/or with an audio output, respectively, in accordance with the motion addition script included in the scenario. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244386 | HISTOGRAM AND CHROMINANCE PROCESSING - The present invention relates to a method and corresponding system for improving the perceived visual quality of images for instance displayed on a colour television screen. According to the invention, there is provided a means for carrying out histogram processing ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090244387 | Display device and driving method thereof with improved luminance - A display device and a driving method thereof in which if an input 2D/3D video signal is a 2D video signal, an image data signal is generated by applying a first gamma correction curved line. If the input 2D/3D video signal is a 3D video signal, an image data signal is generated by applying the second gamma correction curved line. Luminance of a maximum grayscale of the first gamma correction curved line is set to be lower than luminance of a maximum grayscale of the second gamma correction curved line. Therefore, it is possible to prevent luminance of the display device from deteriorating by a barrier in a 3D driving mode. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244388 | MOTION ESTIMATION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TARGET MOTION VECTOR ACCORDING TO MOTION OF NEIGHBORING IMAGE BLOCKS - A motion estimation method for determining a target motion vector includes calculating a plurality of block matching differences associated with a plurality of candidate motion vectors, determining a plurality of candidate block matching differences according to the block matching differences and motion of a plurality of neighboring image blocks associated with a target image block, and selecting a vector corresponding to a minimum block matching difference among the candidate block matching differences as the target motion vector. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244389 | Apparatus, Method, and Computer Program Product for Generating Interpolated Images - An interpolated image generating apparatus calculates a motion vector reliability level indicating reliability of a motion vector used for inserting an interpolated image, the value of the motion vector reliability level being determined in such a manner that the stronger the correlation is between a source image area and a destination image area that are brought into correspondence with each other by the motion vector, the larger is the value. The apparatus also calculates a failure-preventing vector reliability level indicating reliability of a predetermined failure-preventing vector used for preventing image failures. The apparatus obtains a motion compensated image based on the motion vector, obtains a failure-preventing image based on the failure-preventing vector, and blends the motion compensated image and the failure-preventing image according to a weighted average thereof calculated by using a weighting factor based on the motion vector reliability level and the failure-preventing vector reliability level. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244390 | REAL TIME PROCESSING OF VIDEO FRAMES FOR TRIGGERING AN ALERT - A method for real time processing of a sequence of video frames. The video frames are received in synchronization with a recording of the video frames in real time for triggering an alert. The method is implemented by execution of program code on a processor of a computer system. Each frame includes a two-dimensional array of pixels and a frame-dependent color intensity at each pixel. An algorithm determines whether a static object in a current frame of the video frames is an abandoned object or a removed object. The determined status, the current frame time, the static region, and the static object are stored in a data storage medium of the computer system. An alarm is triggered in response to satisfaction of requirements that include a persistence requirement, a non-persistence duration requirement, and a persistence duration requirement. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244391 | Electronic Apparatus and Control Method of Electronic Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a plurality of ports configured to be inserted a one end of a cable having a first signal line for performing first data communication and a second signal line, respectively, a communication module configured to perform the second data communication via the with an external apparatus having a function to perform the second communication, a communication line configured to connect the second signal line in the cable whose one end inserted into the each port and the communication module with each other in a wired-OR manner, a plurality of switches provided on the communication line, configured to perform switching between on and off of electrical connection between the second signal line in the cable connected to the each port and the communication module independently, and a control module configured to perform switching between on and off of the each switch independently. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244392 | Video-signal switching apparatus - A first buffer analyzer receives attribute information (a) of a video signal (A) from a stream buffer (A) to determine an encoded picture type after correction and a generated encoding amount after correction for a switch terminating measure. A second buffer analyzer receives attribute information (b) of a video signal (B) and final buffer-state information after the switch terminating measure from a stream buffer (B) to determine an encoded picture type after correction and a generated encoding amount after correction for a switch starting measure. A re-encoder/re-quantizer (A) and a re-encoder/re-quantizer (B) perform the switch terminating measure and the switch starting measure on the video signals (A) and (B), respectively, based on the correction information from the first and second buffer analyzers. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244393 | SIGNAL SWITCHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF SIGNAL SWITCHING APPARATUS - A signal switching apparatus includes: a video reference input block; a plurality of synchronous signal generating blocks; a plurality of video signal input blocks; a signal processing block; a video signal output processing block; a switching block; and a control block. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244394 | IMAGE PROCESSOR - An image processor is connectable with a storing medium storing still image data corresponding to a still image and moving image data corresponding to a moving image, the moving image data including a plurality of sets of frame image data corresponding to a plurality of frame images respectively. The image processor includes an outputting unit, an extracting unit, and index image producing unit, and a layout unit. The outputting unit outputs an image list having a first layout area having a first layout size and a second layout area having a second layout size. The extracting unit extracts at least two sets of frame image data from the plurality of sets of frame image data. The index image producing unit produces a first index image from the still image data and a plurality of second index images from the extracted frame image data. The layout unit lays out the first index image in the first layout area and the plurality of second index images in the second layout area. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244395 | N DIMENSIONAL NON-LINEAR, STATIC, ADAPTIVE DIGITAL FILTER DESIGN USING D SCALE NON-UNIFORM SAMPLING - The present invention is a filter design that extracts information from a signal by employing D scale nonuniform sampling. In one embodiment a D scale multiresolution sampler, filter bank router, filter bank sampler controller, phase shifter, and consolidator constitute a maximal arrangement for a D scale FIR/IIR filter design. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244396 | ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE TUBE, ILLUMINATION APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY TELEVISION - A backlight device includes a hot cathode fluorescent tube having a pair of electrodes, a power source arranged to apply voltage having an alternating component to at least one of the pair of electrodes, and an electrode heating circuit arranged to supply heating current to the electrodes. The backlight device further includes temperature sensors that detect the temperatures in the electrodes to be supplied with the heating current. Based on the results detected by the temperature sensors a switch element is driven by the control section. The heating current is thus controlled. With this, the temperatures in the electrodes of the electrical discharge tube can be more accurately grasped, and the temperatures in the electrodes of the discharge tube can be more properly controlled. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244397 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPERSION ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF IC INTERNAL COMPONENT SECTION OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IC - An electronic apparatus includes: a first integrated circuit including an internal component section capable of being adjusted with adjustment data, a nonvolatile memory in which beforehand acquired adjustment data of a result of adjustment carried out in advance for the internal component section are stored, and an interface section having a data transfer function of transferring the beforehand acquired adjustment data read out from the nonvolatile memory to the outside and a data storage function of storing actual use adjustment data sent from the outside and supplying the stored actual use adjustment data to the internal component section; and a second integrated circuit including a signal processor, to which the interface section of the first integrated circuit is connected. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244398 | ELECTRON-EMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRON-EMITTING APPARATUS, ELECTRON SOURCE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - By applying a drive voltage Vf [V] between first and second conductive films, when electrons are emitted by the first conductive film, an equipotential line of 0.5 Vf [V] is inclined toward the first conductive film, rather than toward the second conductive film, in the vicinity of the electron emitting portion of the first conductive film, in a cross section extending across the electron emitting portion and the portion of the second conductive film located nearest the electron emitting portion. The present invention improves electron emission efficiency. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244399 | UNIFIED SINGLE AND MULTIPLE CARRIER RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE - A device and method for receiving and processing single carrier and multiple carrier signals through substantially common elements within a receiver that uses a radix 2 FFT on the signal, equalizes both types of signals in the frequency domain and then, for the multiple carrier signal performs a polynomial interpolation to bring the signal to symbol rate and for the single carrier signal performs an IFFT and samples the output to produce a signal at symbol rate. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244400 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPERSION ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF IC INTERNAL COMPONENT SECTION OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IC - An electronic apparatus includes: a first integrated circuit including an internal component section capable of being adjusted with adjustment data, a nonvolatile memory in which beforehand acquired adjustment data of a result of adjustment carried out in advance for the internal component section are stored, and an interface section having a data transfer function of transferring the beforehand acquired adjustment data read out from the nonvolatile memory to the outside and a data storage function of storing actual use adjustment data sent thereto from the outside and supplying the stored actual use adjustment data to the internal component section; and a second integrated circuit including a signal processor, to which the interface section of the first integrated circuit is connected. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244401 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPERSION ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF IC INTERNAL COMPONENT SECTION OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IC - An electronic apparatus includes: a first integrated circuit including an internal component section, a nonvolatile memory, and an interface section; a test signal generation section configured to generate a test signal to be supplied to the first integrated circuit; a second integrated circuit including a processing section configured to process an output signal of the first integrated circuit, a signal processor to which the interface section of the first integrated circuit is connected and a detection section configured to detect decision information for deciding a result of the process of the test signal carried out by the processing section; and a control section configured to supply the test signal from the test signal generation section in place of the input signal to the first integrated circuit and issuing an instruction to the signal processor of the second integrated circuit to produce actual use adjustment data; | 2009-10-01 |
20090244402 | FAVORITE CHANNEL REMOTE - A remote control and method of using the remote control are provided. The remote control includes a microprocessor, a memory accessible by the microprocessor that includes a database of a plurality of favorite channels, a user interface in signal communication with the microprocessor that allows selection of successive next or previous favorite channels, and a transmitter controlled by the microprocessor that, responsive to user activation of the user interface, transmits wireless signals corresponding to the successive next or previous favorite channel. In an example embodiment, an icon is associated with each favorite channel and the remote includes a display screen that displays the icon associated with the successive next or previous favorite channel when the user interface is activated. The method of using the remote control includes activating the user interface to select a next favorite channel. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244403 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE PROGRAMMING - A method and apparatus for assisting a user in programming a universal remote control. More specifically, a method and apparatus for helping the user reestablish system configurations, providing feedback, instructing the user, and supplying system information. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244404 | DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER-INTEGRATED DISPLAY DEVICE WITH PICTURE-IN-PICTURE FUNCTION - A digital video recorder (DVR)-integrated display device with a picture-in-picture function is provided. The digital video recorder (DVR)-integrated display device includes an image multiplexing unit outputting an image frame generated by multiplexing an image signal from each of a plurality of cameras or an image frame selected from images from the respective cameras, a recording/reproduction control unit controlling recording or displaying of an image frame output from the image multiplexing unit, an output image generating unit outputting the image frame together with a particular image selected by a user operation in a picture-in-picture (PIP) format, and a control unit comprehensively controlling elements of the display device. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244405 | LASER PROJECTION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY TELEVISION - Disclosed herein is a laser projection device which can keep the colors of red, blue, and green laser beams constant even in high ambient temperature. The laser projection device includes a red laser light source which emits a red laser beam, a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the red laser light source, and a radiating unit for radiating heat from the red laser light source to the outside based on the temperature of the red laser light source detected by the temperature sensor. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244406 | Projection display device and driving method of the same - A projection display device includes first to third display panels configured to realize first to third color images and a fourth display panel configured to realize a white image. The first to third color images and the white image may be combined and projected. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244407 | Image display device - An image display device includes an optical scanning part, a drive control part which supplies an electric current to lasers, and a light detecting part. The drive control part supplies an electric current to the lasers while changing a current value at two points or more when a scanning position of the light scanned by the optical scanning part is at a predetermined position outside an effective scanning range. Based on intensity of an inspection-use light detected by the light detecting part, current-light emitting quantity characteristics of the lasers are calculated, and electric currents supplied to the lasers are adjusted based on a result of the calculation. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244408 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display apparatus including a backlight with reduced power consumption is disclosed. The liquid crystal display apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight, and a backlight adjusting portion. To the liquid crystal display panel, an image signal of a certain channel selected from a plurality of channels of television broadcasting, or an image signal output from external equipment is input. The backlight emits light toward the liquid crystal display panel. The backlight adjusting portion turns off the backlight for a predetermined period of time when the selected channel is changed and/or when the input to the liquid crystal display panel is switched between the television broadcasting and the external equipment. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244409 | APPARATUS FOR AUDIO, VIDEO AND/OR DATA RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING - An apparatus ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090244410 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE, AUDIO FUNCTION-EQUIPPED LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE, MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND MOBILE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal panel and a support member configured to be contained in a mother device and to which the liquid crystal panel is mounted. A protection plate having protection function for the surface of the liquid crystal panel is attached to the support member, so that the protection plate, the liquid crystal panel, and the support member are made into a unitary block. Thus, it is possible to configure a liquid crystal module such that the protection plate has an additional function other than the protection of the liquid crystal panel. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244411 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS - A liquid crystal optical element having a crystal liquid optical element adapted to positively function as a diffraction element and an optical pickup apparatus including the liquid crystal optical element are disclosed. A transparent electrode having a diffraction pattern is arranged on one of a pair of transparent substrates. A liquid crystal panel has a transparent opposed electrode arranged on the other one of the pair of the transparent substrates. A driving unit generates a phase difference distribution in the liquid crystal layer by generating a potential difference between the transparent electrode and the transparent opposed electrode and causes the liquid crystal panel to function as a diffraction element for diffracting the incoming light beam transmitted therethrough. The diffraction pattern or the transparent opposed electrode is divided into a plurality of regions. The driving unit adjusts the potential difference for each of the regions. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244412 | OPTICAL COMPENSATOR, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND PROJECTION TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY SYSTEM AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF DISPLAY SYSTEM - An optical compensator handling higher luminance, capable of achieving a higher contrast ratio while suppressing variation of the contrast ratio, and able to achieve higher definition and longer service life, a liquid crystal display system and a projection type liquid crystal display system using this optical compensator, and a production method and an adjustment method of the display systems are provided. The liquid crystal display system has a liquid crystal device optically modulating an emitted light beam by a liquid crystal layer vertically aligning liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric constant anisotropies and having a pretilt in a direction vertical to a main surface of a substrate, a first polarizer arranged on an incident side of the liquid crystal device, a second polarizer arranged on an emission side of the liquid crystal device, and an optical compensator arranged in a light path between the emission side of the first polarizer and the incident side of the second polarizer. The optical compensator has at least two compensation layers, the compensation layers being bonded to each other so that the phase difference values and in-plane optical axis directions are different from each other. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244413 | Semi-Transparent Display Apparatus - A semitransparent display ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090244414 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PRECISION 2D/3D VIEWING WITH AN ADJUSTABLE BACKLIGHT UNIT - An liquid crystal method, system and method is provided to optimize the view-angle distribution characteristics of 2D/3D LCDs, wherein the photoactive layers, e.g., parallax, lenticular, etc, have their individual respective distances adjusted. The method also permits the adjustment of the relative prism vertex angles among the photoactive layers to further control the view-angle distribution of the light transmitted to the LDC display means. Moreover, the method, system and method provides for the enhanced, as modified by or in accordance with and as a function of both, scope and distance of human vision and vantage point in 2D/3D LCDs. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244415 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL MODULATION ELEMENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL MODULATION ELEMENT - A liquid crystal spatial light modulator for adjusting an optical signal is configured in such a manner that a region of one element is partitioned into two regions so as to perform intensity modulation in one region and phase modulation in the other region. Since the region for performing the intensity modulation and the region for performing the phase modulation can be formed by partitioning one region of the liquid crystal spatial light modulator, only one element allows adjusting functions, both the optical signal intensity modulation and phase modulation. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244416 | Active Array Substrate, Electrode Substrate, and Liquid Crystal Display Panel - An active array substrate, an electrode substrate, and a liquid crystal display panel (LCD) are provided. The LCD includes an active array substrate, an electrode substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The active array substrate includes a base, a plurality of scan lines and data lines disposed on the base, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of active devices. Each of the active devices is electrically connected to the corresponding scan line, date line, and pixel electrode to define a pixel region and a non-display region. The electrode substrate includes a base and a common electrode disposed on the base of the electrode substrate. The liquid crystal layer is formed between the active array substrate and the electrode substrate and includes liquid molecules with a threshold voltage, a saturation voltage and ions located in the non-display region. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244417 | DISPLAY PANEL AND PIXEL ELEMENT THEREOF - A pixel element includes a transistor, a pixel electrode and a storage capacitor. The transistor is a switch device of the pixel element. A data signal is applied to the pixel electrode by switching the transistor. The storage capacitor includes the first electrode and the second electrode. Several holes are formed on a surface of the first electrode. Therefore, layers disposed over the first electrode duplicate the shape of the holes, so that the layers have rough surfaces, for increasing the reflectivity. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244418 | Liquid Crystal Display and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines formed on the substrate, a plurality of data lines intersecting the gate lines, a plurality of common voltage lines formed in the same layer as the data line and parallel to the data lines and transmitting a common voltage, a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the gate lines and the data lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively connected to the thin film transistors, arranged in a matrix shape, each of the plurality of pixels including a first edge parallel to the gate lines and a second edge having a shorter length than the first edge and neighboring the first edge. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244419 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device with multiple pixels provided therein is disclosed comprising: a first sub-pixel provided for each of said pixels and including, a first liquid crystal capacitance formed with a liquid crystal sandwiched between a common electrode and a first pixel electrode, and a first auxiliary capacitance formed with a solid dielectric material sandwiched between said first pixel electrode and a first auxiliary capacitance electrode; a second sub-pixel disposed adjacent to said first sub-pixel for each of said pixels and including, a second liquid crystal capacitance formed with a liquid crystal sandwiched between said common electrode and a second pixel electrode, a second auxiliary capacitance formed with a solid dielectric material sandwiched between said second pixel electrode and a second auxiliary capacitance electrode, and a step-down capacitance formed with a solid dielectric material sandwiched between said second pixel electrode and a step-down capacitance electrode; a first voltage application means for applying a common first voltage to said common electrode, said first auxiliary capacitance electrode, and said second auxiliary capacitance electrode; and a second voltage application means for applying a second voltage, which is different from said first voltage, to said step-down capacitance electrode. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244420 | Liquid Crystal Display, Array Substrate and Mother Glass Thereof - An array substrate for a liquid crystal display, a liquid crystal display comprising the array substrate, and a mother glass from which the array substrate is cut off, are provided. The array substrate comprises a plurality of scan lines; a plurality of data lines crossing with the plurality of scan lines; and a common electrode bus, wherein each of the array substrate further comprises a shorting bar which transmits the same signal as a signal that the common electrode bus transmits during operation of the corresponding liquid crystal display. The invention both improves the utilization of a mother glass and allows testing the data lines and/or scan lines with shorting bars. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244421 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a plurality of internal wirings and a protective element which includes a first terminal and a second terminal at least. The first terminal is connected to at least one of the plurality of internal wirings, and the second terminal is connected to an external circuit. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244422 | Liquid crystal display device - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that is capable of preventing a conductive paste for connecting a common wiring line of a TFT substrate and a counter electrode of a counter substrate from flowing outward. A sealant is formed outside a display region of a liquid crystal display device. A conductive paste for connecting a common wiring line of a TFT substrate and a counter electrode of a counter substrate is provided at a corner of the liquid crystal display device outside the sealant. An L-shaped stopper is formed on the counter substrate so as to prevent the conductive paste from flowing outward. With the stopper, even if the width of a frame is equal to or less than 1.5 mm, it is possible to prevent the conductive paste from flowing outward. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244423 | CONTACT STRUCTURE - There is disclosed a contact structure for electrically connecting conducting lines formed on a first substrate of an electrooptical device such as a liquid crystal display with conducting lines formed on a second substrate via conducting spacers while assuring a uniform cell gap among different cells if the interlayer dielectric film thickness is nonuniform across the cell or among different cells. A first conducting film and a dielectric film are deposited on the first substrate. Openings are formed in the dielectric film. A second conducting film covers the dielectric film left and the openings. The conducting spacers electrically connect the second conducting film over the first substrate with a third conducting film on the second substrate. The cell gap depends only on the size of the spacers, which maintain the cell gap. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244424 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) capable of improving display quality includes a first insulating substrate, gate wiring lines formed on the first insulating substrate and extending in a first direction, pixel electrodes, each of which includes first and second sub-pixel electrodes that are, respectively, applied with different data voltages from first and second wiring lines insulated from and crossing the gate wiring lines, extending in a second direction and an insulting layer interposed between the first data wiring line and the second data wiring line overlapped by the first data wiring line. Therefore, an aperture ratio of the LCD increase because the first data wiring line overlapped the second data wiring line have less area between pixel electrodes. A display quality of the LCD improves. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244425 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode spaced apart with a gap therebetween, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first and second subpixel electrodes include a plurality of branches, and each of the first and second subpixel electrodes includes a plurality of subregions. The branches extend in different directions in different subregions. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244426 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An array substrate of a liquid crystal display includes an insulating substrate, signal line groups supported by the insulating substrate and each including first and second signal lines, and pixel circuits arranged along the signal line groups. Each of the pixel circuits includes first and second pixel electrodes, a first switch connected between the first pixel electrode and the first signal line, and a second switch connected between the second pixel electrode and the second signal line. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244427 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, and a second substrate opposite to and facing the first substrate. The first substrate, having a repairing region and a display region defined thereon, includes at least one repairing wire arranged in the repairing region, and a passivation layer disposed over the repairing wire. The second substrate includes a common electrode, and at least one repairing protection pad formed thereon. The repairing protection pad, disposed on the surface of the common electrode and in the repairing region, faces the first substrate, and corresponds to the repairing wire. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244428 | SUBSTRATE FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE, A METHOD FOR REPAIRING THE SAME, A METHOD FOR REPAIRING A DISPLAY DEVICE AND A LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A substrate for a display device includes an active matrix substrate and an opposed substrate which are opposed to each other with a display medium layer interposed there between. The active matrix substrate includes a pixel electrode arranged in a matrix shape on the side of the display medium layer and the opposed substrate includes a common electrode opposing to the pixel electrode on the side of the display medium layer, wherein the substrate for a display device includes an electrode slit formed in one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and at least one of the electrical connecting portions of the electrode slit is provided outside of a light-blocking region. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244429 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The invention provides a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate comprises a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, gate terminals, data terminals and thin film transistors as well as a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having the TFT substrate. The gate terminal and/or data terminal contain a first portion and a second portion, and the first potion and the second portion are connected electrically with an end electrode made of a material which is anticorrosive in the air. The thin film transistor substrate of the invention prevents the spreading of the metal corrosion occurred at the gate leads to the display region of the LCD, and therefore the quality of the LCD device can be ensured. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244430 | Back Bezel Assembly for a Backlight Module - A back bezel assembly for a backlight module is provided. The back bezel comprises a first board and a second board, which are assembled at the edges thereof to form a continuous board. The thermal conductivity of the second board is less than that of the first board. A light source and an inverter are disposed at the opposite sides with respect to the second board, so the second board isolates the heat, generated from the light source device, from being conducted toward the inverter. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244431 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE INCLUDING THE ILLUMINATING DEVICE - On the side surface of an optical guide plate ( | 2009-10-01 |
20090244432 | Backlight unit - To provide a backlight unit for use in a liquid crystal display device and so on, which is capable of overcoming a problem of interference due to expansion and contraction of a light guide plate and an optical sheet and preventing a strange noise by clicking, a backlight unit includes a support plate, a light guide plate that is disposed in the front side of the support plate and emits light, which is introduced from a light source through the end side of the light guide plate, through the front side of the light guide plate, an optical sheet that is disposed in the front side of the light guide plate, and a liquid crystal panel maintenance member that is disposed in the front side of the optical sheet, wherein the light guide plate and the liquid crystal panel maintenance member hold and fix the optical sheet at one point. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244433 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display panel is placed on an upper mold, and a liquid crystal shutter is stored in a lower mold. Fluorescent lamps serving as a light source are disposed along the internal surface of the lower mold. A display object is disposed on the back of the lower mold. Display images can be changed by switching signals to be applied to the liquid crystal shutter or liquid crystal display panel. The cables for the fluorescent lamps are laid in a groove-like concave section formed in the upper part of the lower mold. A flexible cable extended from the liquid crystal shutter is bonded to a notched portion of the upper part of the lower mold, and coupled to a printed circuit board disposed on the flank of the lower mold. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244434 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a panel, a frame, a bottom cover, and a top cover. The panel has at least one protrusion. The frame has at least one elastic positioning element abutting against the protrusion. The bottom cover accommodates the frame and the panel. The top cover covers the bottom cover. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244435 | Liquid crystal display device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which reduces the occurrence of a squeal. 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 base, a plurality of rod-shaped light sources arranged between the liquid crystal display panel and the base, electrode fittings for supporting electrode portions of the respective rod-shaped light sources, connection portions allowing the plurality of electrode fittings to be connected thereto and extending in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped light sources, pushing members for pushing the connection portions toward a base side, and friction sound reducing members arranged between the connection portions and the pushing members and/or between the connection portions and the base side. | 2009-10-01 |
20090244436 | Backlight Module of Flat Panel Display - A backlight module of a flat panel display for lighting the flat panel display is described. The backlight module includes a rear bezel, a plurality of lamps, an optical film and a middle bezel. The rear bezel is composed of a bezel main body and sidewalls. The bezel main body includes a plurality of ribs to enhance the strength thereof and a plurality of studs to fix with a wall mounting bracket or a foot stand. The middle bezel fixes the optical film on the rear bezel. The backlight module may further include a plurality of supports integrated the rear bezel. A reflective film may also be integrated on the rear bezel to further reduce the quantity of separable components of the flat panel display. | 2009-10-01 |