41st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090251533 | Systems And Methods For Coordinating Collection Of Evidence - A method for coordinated collection of data regarding an incident. An electronic control device performs the method. The electronic control device provides a stimulus signal to a target and logs each delivery of the stimulus signal. The method includes in any practical order: (a) receiving a request to collect the data regarding the incident; (b) recording the request in the log; (c) notifying an operator of the electronic control device regarding the request; and (d) providing an instruction to the operator for orienting a detector toward the incident to collect the data. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251534 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE-MOUNTED IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - Light reflected by glasses etc. worn by a driver picked up in a facial image of the driver is reduced. With a vehicle-mounted camera ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090251535 | Automatic inspection device for stents, and method of automatic inspection - A device for automatic illumination and inspection of tubular probes, in particular stents, is proposed, with rotatable means for holding the probes that are to be inspected, with an electronic camera and associated lens, with a computer-based electronic imaging system, and with means for illuminating the probe that is to be inspected. The probe surfaces are illuminated by means of a combination of dark field illumination and transillumination. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251536 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND SORTING MATERIAL - An automatic sorting system is for identifying and sorting non-homogenous material. The system includes a conveyor belt and an identification unit cooperable with the conveyor belt and placed above the conveying surface thereof for identifying material traveling therealong. The identification unit includes at least one projector for projecting a beam of light downwardly towards the conveying surface, at a given height above the conveying surface, and onto a given material to be identified, so that a portion of projected light may be reflected back from the given material and upwardly towards the identification unit. The identification unit also includes at least one lens positioned about the identification unit for receiving the portion of reflected light from the given material to be identified. The identification unit also includes a first processing unit operatively linked to the at least one lens for carrying a spectral analysis of the portion of reflected light captured by the at least one lens so as to determine the nature of the given material, and a second processing unit operatively linked to the first processing unit for comparing results of the spectral analysis with corresponding data associated to a variety of different materials stored in a given database of the second processing unit. The present system also includes a sorting unit operatively linked to the second processing unit and operatively cooperating with the second end of the conveyor so as to sort material released from the second end of the conveyor depending on signals received from the second processing unit. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251537 | OBJECT CONTENT NAVIGATION - A surveillance system for monitoring a selected object that comprises a multiplicity of video cameras, a software application and at least one computerized medium. The computerized medium enables operating the application and the application is operatively associated with the cameras, which are installed in different locations in a surveillance area. The system allows a user to select at least one object such as an image or an area that is filmed by at least one of said cameras and monitor said object by automatically operating cameras that are associated with the object's coordinates' location, where the associated camera enables filming the selected object. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251538 | DOME CAMERA AND HOUSING FOR DOME CAMERA - A dome camera ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090251539 | MONITORING DEVICE - A monitoring device that is capable of setting both of the tour monitoring time and the unmoving object monitoring time without restriction. A tour monitoring unit causes an image pickup unit to perform a tour monitoring. An unmoving object monitoring unit performs an unmoving object detection process and an unmoving object determination process at positions subjected to the tour monitoring. A control unit performs a control such that the tour monitoring is performed at a position different from the position where the unmoving object detection process is performed after the unmoving object detection process is performed and the unmoving object determination process is performed after the tour monitoring is performed at the different position. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251540 | TRANSVERSE VERTICAL PROFILE DISPLAY FOR AERONAUTICAL ROUTES - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for presenting terrain along a route on an aircraft display. A display is presented of a top view, a side view, and a transverse vertical profile view of terrain data along the route on the aircraft display. A plurality of graphical indicators of distance along the route is overlaid such that a graphical indicator in the plurality of graphical indicators in the top view corresponds to a same distance to a second graphical indicator in the side view and a third graphical indicator in the transverse vertical profile view. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251541 | Intelligent Vehicle Access Control System - An apparatus for the automatic inspection of a motor vehicle has an identification and psychological profiling zone, an automatic inspection zone and a manual inspection zone. A biometric and heart rate detection station and an attached console are located in zone one. Undercarriage scanning equipment and an explosives detection portal are located in zone two. The apparatus also has one or more fixed cameras, an alarm or other alerting mechanisms and a physical barrier. A vehicle detection mechanism detects the entry of a vehicle into zone two and captures an image of the vehicle number plate. When the captured biometric data and number plate data indicate that the driver is authorized to drive the particular vehicle into the secured zone, and if no abnormalities or foreign objects in the undercarriage image are detected, the driver is allowed to proceed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251542 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING AND EMULATING A FLIGHT - A mobile instrument that captures audio, video and motion/position data for a flight or other activities is described. A web service that processes the recorded data and allows a user to interact with the processed data emulating the flight or other activities is also described. Methods associated with capturing the data and processing the data are also described. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251543 | MONITORING CAMERA DEVICE - In a camera | 2009-10-08 |
20090251544 | VIDEO SURVEILLANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a video surveillance method comprising steps of a video camera periodically capturing an image of a zone to be monitored, analyzing the image to detect a presence therein, and of the video camera transmitting the image only if a presence has been detected in the image. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251545 | Systems And Methods For Incident Recording - A primary subsystem communicates to a secondary subsystem a description of an incident. The primary subsystem includes a detector, a user interface, and a recorder. The detector detects data related to the incident. The user interface determines a revision related to the data. The recorder records the data and the revision for communication to the secondary subsystem. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251546 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH POSTCARD PRINTING - A digital camera is provided having an image sensor for capturing an image, an image processor for processing image data from the image sensor to produce print data, a printhead for printing the print data, and a cartridge interface for receiving a cartridge having a supply of media substrates pre-printed with postcard formatting and a memory storing information relating to the dimensions of the postcard formatting. The image processor produces the print data in accordance with the stored information accessed via the cartridge interface to produce personalised postcards. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251547 | Unintentional Hand Movement Canceling Device and Imaging Apparatus - Provided is an unintentional hand movement canceling device, comprising: swing detecting means detecting a swing of an image; and a correction quantity generating means generating a correction quantity to calculate a correction position based on a swing quantity detected by the swing detection means, a damping coefficient of a swing quantity for controlling a characteristic of a non-corrected residue percent at a swing frequency and a damping center for controlling a centering velocity at which a correction position is caused to move to an initial position before correction, the correction quantity having a variable characteristic of a non-corrected residue percent at a frequency of the swing and a variable centering velocity at which a correction position is caused to move to an initial position before correction, wherein the correction quantity generating means includes means updating the damping center based on a preset damping coefficient of the damping center. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251548 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, CAMERA SYSTEM, AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - To provide an interchangeable lens, a camera body, a camera system, and a method for controlling the same, with which a highly efficient and stable image blur correction effect can be obtained. A camera system ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090251549 | DIGITAL CAMERA - A digital camera includes: an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject, and outputs the captured image; a shake amount detection unit that detects a shake amount of the digital camera; a shake correction actuation unit that is actuated for enabling a shake correction function; and a control unit that, when the shake correction actuation unit is actuated, enables an operation of a first shake correction function that sets image capture conditions of the image-capturing unit to image capture conditions in which emphasis is placed upon high sensitivity, and an operation of a second shake correction function that performs shake correction processing by performing image processing upon the image captured by the image-capturing unit, and moreover controls, based upon the shake amount detected by the shake amount detection unit, whether or not the second shake correction function, whose operation has been enabled, can be applied to the image. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251550 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An image capture device that can shoot an image at a more appropriate exposure value with the image blur compensated for properly is provided. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251551 | PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A photographic apparatus comprises a movable platform, an acceleration sensor, and a controller. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251552 | Lens Barrel Having Camera Shake Corrector and Photographing Apparatus Equipped Therewith - A camera shake corrector includes: a first moving member that holds an image sensor or a prescribed lens and is capable of moving in a first direction; a first motor that moves the first moving member; a second moving member that holds the first moving member and is capable of moving in a second direction that is different from the first direction; a second motor that moves a second moving member; a single detecting member; and a section to be detected by the single detecting member, which is formed on the first moving member. Initial positions of the first moving member and the second moving member are detected by the section to be detected and the single detecting member. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251553 | CONTROL OF DATA PROCESSING - Data processing apparatus arranged to receive successive images from a video camera comprises means for detecting inter-image motion for selected points in an image region associated with a control function of the data processing apparatus; and means for executing the control function if inter-image motion is detected in the image region; in which the detecting means is arranged to detect inter-image motion by detecting the cumulative inter-image motion for the points in the image region over a group of m consecutive images, where m is at least three. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251554 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A plurality of exchange lenses designed for object exposure regions of different sizes can be selectively mounted on the present imaging device. The imaging device determines whether a mismatch state is present, in which the size of the object exposure region of an exchange lens mounted is smaller than the size of the imaging region of an imaging element. If it is determined that a mismatch state is present, an image of a partial region of the imaging region is generated and the image of the partial region is displayed as a live view image in a relatively large area (an area larger than an area for displaying the partial region in a live view display when no mismatch state is present). Accordingly, techniques for performing a live view display with favorable visibility are provided. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251555 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAMERA SENSOR FINGERPRINTING - Some embodiments of the application provides methods and systems for providing camera fingerprinting by receiving a video frame from a camera, generating a confidence map based on an image characteristic associated with the video frame, generating a signature based on a sensor imperfection in the camera, weighting the signature based on the confidence map for each frame and generating a key based on the weighted signature over the plurality of video frames received. Other methods and systems are disclosed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251556 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section and a signal processing section. The pixel array section is configured to include a plurality of arranged unit pixels, each of which is a rectangular pixel having different sizes in the vertical and horizontal directions, and a plurality of adjacent ones of which are combined to form a square pixel having the same size in the vertical and horizontal directions. The signal processing section is configured to process a plurality of signals read out from the combined plurality of unit pixels and to output the processed signals as a single signal. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251557 | IMAGE PICKUP CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAMERA - An image pickup control apparatus and method for controlling an image pickup device to capture an image of a scene in a condition set by a user are provided. The image pickup control method activates an image pickup unit, sets reference parameters to be compared with current parameters obtained from a preview image input through the image pickup unit for determining whether the preview image satisfies conditions defined by the reference parameters, determines whether a similarity between the current parameters and the reference parameters is within a tolerance range and controls the image pickup unit to capture the image when the similarity is within the tolerance range. Accordingly, a user is able to set the conditions under which an image is to be captured. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251558 | FAST AND LOW-POWER DIGITAL CAMERA WITH GPS - Provided are a digital camera having a global positioning system (GPS) and a method of controlling the same. The digital camera comprises a camera body, a digital signal processor, and a GPS receiving module. In the digital camera and method, GPS information regarding a photographing location is stored so as to be attached to a captured image, and particularly, power supplied to the GPS is adaptively controlled for lower power consumption. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251559 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM BASED ON POINTING DEVICE - The user interaction system comprises a portable pointing device ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090251560 | VIDEO LIGHT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING FACIAL RECOGNITION USING A VIDEO CAMERA - A video lighting system ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090251561 | System and method for adaptive local white balance adjustment - The disclosure describes embodiments of an apparatus comprising an image sensor including a pixel array having a plurality of pixels and an automatic white balance (AWB) circuit coupled to the pixel array. The AWB circuit is used to determine a local white balance component for each pixel, determine a global white balance component for each pixel, and apply a white balance adjustment to each pixel, the applied white balance adjustment comprising a combination of the local white balance component and the global white balance component. The disclosure also describes embodiment of a process including receiving image data from each pixel in a pixel array, determining a local white balance component for the image data from each pixel, determining a global white balance component for the image data from each pixel, and applying a white balance adjustment to the image data from each pixel, the applied white balance adjustment comprising a combination of the local white balance component and the global white balance component. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251562 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus includes: a subject image signal generating unit that generates a subject image signal from incident light forming a subject image; a luminance signal and color difference signal generating unit that generates a luminance signal and a color difference signal from the subject image signal; a color difference signal accumulative adding unit that accumulatively adds the color difference signals with lapse of time and outputs an accumulatively added color difference signal; and a signal output unit that outputs the luminance signal generated by the luminance signal and color difference signal generating unit and the accumulatively added color difference signal output by the color difference signal accumulative adding unit. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251563 | Exposure control apparatus and exposure control program for vehicle-mounted electronic camera - In an exposure control apparatus for a vehicle-installed camera which captures images of an external scene ahead of the vehicle as respective arrays of picture elements, highest-brightness and lowest-brightness picture elements of each image are excluded from processing for measuring the brightness of a region in the scene ahead of the vehicle, thereby enabling stable measurement of brightness with reduced effects of incident light from oncoming vehicle headlights, dark patches on the road surface, etc. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251564 | IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An imaging device which is capable of realizing an easily viewable thumbnail display is provided. The imaging device includes: an imaging optical system for forming an optical image of an object; an imaging sensor for receiving the optical image of the object formed by the imaging optical system, for converting the received optical image into an electrical image signal, and for outputting the electrical image signal; an attitude detection section for detecting an attitude of the imaging device at the time of shooting; an image recording section for interrelating and recording the outputted image signal and attitude information indicative of the detected attitude; a display section for displaying a reduced image based on the recorded image signal; a reception section for receiving a selection of the attitude information from a user; and an image display control section for changing a location and a display size of the reduced image on the display section in accordance with the selected attitude information. The image display control section restores an orientation of the reduced image so as to correspond to the attitude of the imaging device at the time of the shooting in accordance with the attitude information, and causes the display section to display the restored reduced image. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251565 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH INTEGRATED ACCELEROMETERS - A digital camera system has integrated accelerometers for determining static and dynamic accelerations of the digital cameral system. Data relating to static and dynamic accelerations are stored with recorded image data for further processing, such as for correcting image data for roll, pitch and vibrations and for displaying recorded images with a predetermined orientation using information about, e.g., roll. Data may also be used on-the-fly for smear suppression caused by vibrations. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251566 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit that picks up an image of a subject; an internal memory; a removable external memory; a compression processing unit that compresses the image picked up by the image pickup unit to generate a picked-up image; a recording processing unit that records the picked-up image in the removable external memory and records the compressed image corresponding to the picked-up image in the internal memory; and an editing processing unit that edits the picked-up image in the removable external memory and the compressed image in the internal memory. For a compressed image in the internal memory, a reservation for editing a picked-up image corresponding to the compressed image and recorded in the unmounted removable external memory can be made. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251567 | PROCESSING METHOD FOR A RELATIVE ILLUMINATION PHENOMENON ON A DIGITAL IMAGE AND ASSOCIATED PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method and an associated system, for digital image-processing, intervening for any relative illumination phenomenon, including that of a colored relative illumination. To this end, it is provided to take account of an illuminant of a photographed scene in order to provide the appropriate modifications to any digital image to be processed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251568 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - The present invention is applicable to, for example, a camera-integrated video tape recorder, displaying a marker M so that a luminance level, converted into a specific pattern by zebra display, can be specified on a histogram | 2009-10-08 |
20090251569 | IMAGING APPARATUS - In the imaging apparatus, an image signal derived from an imaging element is supplied to color signal producing means so as to be separated into a R(red) color signal, a G(green) color signal and a B(blue) color signal. These R, G, B signals are supplied to color-depending frequency component changing means. While predetermined information has been stored in a memory with respect to each of the R signal, the G signal and the B signal, and the predetermined information is used in order to change a signal level of a high frequency component every R, G, B signals, the color-depending frequency component changing means extracts a high frequency component from each of the R signal, the G signal and the B signal, and then, corrects frequency components of these extracted high frequency components in such a manner that the corrected frequency characteristics may constitute relevant signals. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251570 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NOISE REDUCTION - Apparatus and method for noise reduction are disclosed. Noise and edge of luma component of a pixel are detected, and noise of chroma component of the pixel is also detected. Subsequently, the noise is removed from the luma and the chroma components according to the detected noise and the detected edge. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251571 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging device ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090251572 | EFFICIENT WIDE-RANGE AND HIGH-RESOLUTION BLACK LEVEL AND OFFSET CALIBRATION SYSTEM - A black level calibration (BLC) system is disclosed. A readout chain receives and amplifies dark signal, and generates corresponding digital output. A level integrator performs integration of calibration levels in multiple steps according to the digital output, thereby achieving wide calibration range. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251573 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A solid-state imaging apparatus and a manufacturing method of a solid-state imaging apparatus are provided. Metal wirings | 2009-10-08 |
20090251574 | Electronic device, electronic camera, and data transfer program - An electronic device includes: a data transfer unit that transfers data between a first recording medium and a second recording medium; an indication unit that indicates a communication protocol and a data transfer rate to be used in data transfer to the transfer unit; a judgment unit that judges whether or not the data transfer is successful; a control unit that controls the indication unit to indicate a communication protocol and a data transfer rate to be used in data transfer, after the judgment whether or not the data transfer is successful, based on the communication protocol used in the data transfer, the data transfer rate used in the data transfer, and the judgment whether or not the data transfer is successful. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251575 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device, a derive section and a signal processing section. The imaging device includes plural pixels arranged on a surface of a semiconductor substrate. The pixels include plural chromatic color pixels for plural colors and plural high-sensitivity pixels having a higher sensitivity to incident light than the chromatic color pixels. The drive section controls the imaging device to simultaneously start exposing the chromatic color pixels and exposing the high-sensitivity pixels, to read first signals from the high-sensitivity pixels during an exposure period, respectively and hold the read first signals, thereafter, to read second signals from the high-sensitivity pixels, respectively, and to read third signals from the chromatic color pixels, respectively. The signal processing section produces color image data based on the first signals, the second signals and the third signals. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251576 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION EQUIPMENT - A solid-state image capturing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged; a driving circuit for driving each pixel of the pixel array; and a power supply circuit for stepping down an external source voltage supplied from an external power source to generate a pixel source voltage to be supplied to each pixel of the pixel array, where the power supply circuit includes a driver transistor for generating a pixel source voltage from the external source voltage and the driver transistor is operative in a saturated state. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251577 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image sensing apparatus has an image sensing device. The image sensing device includes a photoelectric conversion element that photoelectrically converts an optical image to acquire image data, and a readout control unit that reads out, in accordance with a supplied readout rule, the image data acquired by the photoelectric conversion element. The image sensing device also includes an image scaling ratio selection unit that selects the scaling ratio of the image to be output, a readout scheme selection unit that selects, in accordance with the selected image scaling ratio, the readout scheme of the image data to be read out from the photoelectric conversion element by the readout control unit, and a readout rule supply unit that supplies, to the readout control unit, a readout rule corresponding to the readout scheme selected by the readout scheme selection unit. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251578 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - In an image pickup device with A/D converters at each column signal line, improvements in the A/D conversion speed and accuracy in image sensors having A/D converters are achieved. In an image pickup device wherein sensing elements are arranged in a matrix and A/D converters are arranged for each column signal line, the A/D converter first retains in its memory unit as an initial value an electric signal corresponding to the signal of the sensing element which is an analog signal, then initiates charge or discharge of the memory unit at a rate corresponding to the size of an input fixed signal, measures the time period from either the charge start time or the discharge start time until the memory unit electric signal becomes equal to the reference signal, and then recognizes the measured time period as a digital value. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251579 | Image Sensor Circuit - An image sensor circuit includes a CMOS image sensor with light sensitive pixels arranged in rows and columns and a readout circuitry. The readout circuitry includes storage means with a CDS stage for storing signals read out from the pixels at two different time instants between two subsequent reset phases and an analogue-to-digital converter, wherein the CDS stage comprises a subtracting means for subtracting the stored signals from each other and wherein the result of the subtraction is fed to the analogue-to-digital converter as a differential signal. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251580 | Circuit and Method for Reading Out and Resetting Pixels of an Image Sensor - A circuit for resetting and reading out a pixel cell of a CMOS image sensor is proposed. The circuit allows for reading out the pixel cell at least two times during a main integration interval, thereby generating at least two pixel signals. The circuit further comprises means for combining the at least two pixel signals to an output signal. The means for combining are operable to combine the at least two pixel signals weighted in dependence on a saturation level of the pixel cell. A method for controlling the circuit for reading out the image sensor is also proposed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251581 | Sub-pixels, unit pixels, image sensors and methods of operating the same - An image sensor includes a plurality of unit pixels arranged in an array. Each unit pixel includes a plurality of sub-pixels configured to be irradiated by light having the same wavelength. Each sub-pixel includes a plurality of floating body transistors. Each floating body transistor includes a source region, a drain region, a floating body region between the source region and the drain region, and a gate electrode formed on the floating body region. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251582 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF THE SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A solid state imaging device includes: multiple unit pixels including a photoelectric converter generating electrical charge in accordance with incident light quantity and accumulating the charge, a first transfer gate transferring the accumulated charge, a charge holding region holding the transferred charge, a second transfer gate transferring the held charge, and a floating diffusion region converting the transferred charge into voltage; an intermediate charge transfer unit transferring, to the charge holding region, a charge exceeding a predetermined charge amount as a first signal charge; and a pixel driving unit setting the first transfer gate to a non-conducting state, set the second transfer gate to a conducting state, transfer the first signal charge to the floating diffusion region, set the second transfer gate to a non-conducting state, set the first transfer gate to a conducting state, and transfer the accumulated charge to the charge holding region as a second signal charge. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251583 | IMAGE SENSOR FOR REMOVING HORIZONTAL NOISE - Disclosed herein is an image sensor for removing a horizontal noise. The image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels located at every row or column; an analog bus located at every row or column, for transferring output signals of the pixel array; and a readout circuit for reading the output signals of the pixel array loaded on the analog bus, wherein the readout circuit includes: a plurality of first transistors having a drain connected to the column analog bus and a source connected to a supply voltage; and a second transistor having a drain connected to a gate of the second transistor and gates of the first transistors, and a source connected to the supply voltage, wherein, a size of the second transistor is larger than a size of the first transistor. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251584 | Camera Unit and Method for Controlling an Image Sensor in a Camera Unit - The invention relates to a camera unit, comprising an image sensor ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090251585 | DIGITAL CAMERA-PROJECTOR HYBRID - A camera-projector assembly for viewing captured images in a near-view mode and in a distal-view projection mode. The assembly includes a camera housing and an image capture assembly within the housing collecting image data. The camera-projector assembly includes a projection assembly mounted on the camera housing that includes a projection lens and a projection light source. A transmissive display such as an LCD is provided external to the camera housing and adapted to be positionable in a first position proximate to the camera housing and in a second position between the projection lens and light source. The transmissive display is positionable against an external surface of the camera housing when it is in the first position and at least partially spaced apart from the external surface in the second position. The transmissive display maybe rotated or slid from the first to the second position on the camera housing. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251586 | VIEWFINDER AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The present invention provides a viewfinder including: a rail removably attached to an image pickup apparatus; a seat coupled to the rail so as to be movable in an extending direction of the rail; a display panel formed in a rectangle having left and right sides and upper and lower sides to have a display surface on which an image picked up by the image pickup apparatus is displayed; and a pair of left and right arms supporting the display panel on the seat. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251587 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A digital photographing apparatus may include a display unit and a controller electronically coupled to the display unit. The controller may be configured to adjust a moving picture or an image displayed on the display unit based on ambient brightness. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251588 | Imaging Apparatus and Imaging Method - An imaging apparatus able to design lenses without regard as to a zoom position or zoom amount and able to restore an image by high precision operation and a method of same, including an optical unit | 2009-10-08 |
20090251589 | PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A photographic lens system including multiple lens units where at least a part of one of the multiple lens units is movable in a direction, which includes a vector component orthogonal to an optical axis, and where the photographic lens system can have a normal and image stabilizing mode. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251590 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In an image capturing apparatus for carrying out TV-AF type autofocus control, a difference is provided between an AF frame set for a particular object detected in an image, for example, for a person's face, and a normal AF frame in the band of frequency components for use in the generation of an AF evaluation value. Specifically, an AF evaluation value is generated for the AF frame set in the face region based on components in a frequency band with the highest frequency lower than for the normal AF frame. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251591 | Digital Camera with High Dynamic Range Mode of Operation - A digital camera is provided with a high dynamic range (HDR) mode of operation wherein a nominal exposure is automatically bracketed by one or more under exposures and one or more over exposures. The images thus obtained can then be used by suitable software to process the images to produce a final HDR image. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251592 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR USE WITH A CAMERA - Lighting device for use with a camera comprising:
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20090251593 | SHOULDER PAD, PAD UNIT, AND VIDEO CAMERA - A pad main body of a shoulder pad includes an elastic pad part comprising two side walls provided to face each other, and a bottom wall provided between these side walls to form a U-shape along with the side walls; and a rib provided on the inside of the U shape of the pad part, from one of the two side walls to the other. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251594 | VIDEO RETARGETING - Videos are retargeted to a target display for viewing with little to no geometric distortion or video information loss. Salient regions of video frames may be determined using scale-space spatiotemporal information. Video information loss may be a result of spatial loss, due to cropping, and resolution loss, due to resizing. A desired cropping window may be determined using a coarse-to-fine searching strategy. Video frames may be cropped with a window that matches an aspect ratio of the target display, and resized isotropically to match a size of the target display. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251595 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING A VIDEO SIGNAL FOR FLICKER COMPENSATION, AND ASSOCIATED CONVERSION DEVICE - Method and apparatus for converting a first video signal into a second video signal, including a succession of frames wherein each includes a plurality of points having a luminance. The points of the second video signal can be displayed on corresponding pixels of a display device. The method includes calculating the luminance of a point of a current frame of the second video signal by a weighted sum of a luminance of a corresponding point of a current frame of the first video signal and of a luminance of a corresponding point of a previously stored frame, and storing the luminance of the corresponding point of the current frame of the first video signal. The calculation is repeated for all the points of the current frame of the second video signal, and the storage is repeated for all the points of the current frame of the first video signal. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251596 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A video signal processing device is a video signal processing device for converting an input first video signal to a second video signal, and inputting to a display panel, the video signal processing device including an input unit for receiving an input of a set value of the second video signal to be converted and output in correspondence to a signal level for each of a plurality of sample points of the signal level of the first video signal; a calculating unit for interpolation calculating the signal level of the second video signal to be converted and output for the signal level between each sample points; and a control unit for transferring a conversion table including a set value of the second video signal for each sample point of the first video signal and an interpolation calculated interpolation value between each sample points to a memory unit; wherein the memory unit converts to the second video signal of a corresponding signal level based on the conversion table according to the signal level of the input first video signal, and outputs the second video signal. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251597 | CONTENT CONVERSION DEVICE - A content conversion device includes a non-still picture data detecting unit which detects non-still picture data contained in a first electronic document that is an object to be processed, an embedded image generating unit which generates, in a data addition target image representing a frame contained in the non-still picture data or an image associated with the non-still picture data, embedded image data in which information about the non-still picture data is embedded, and an electronic document converting unit which creates a second electronic document in which the non-still picture data of the first electronic document is replaced with the embedded image data. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251598 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that has a frame buffer that stores an input video signal, that loads a video signal at an asynchronous timing with the video signal input from the frame buffer and then that I/P-converts the loaded video signal from an interlaced signal into a progressive signal includes: pulldown determination means that determines whether the input video signal is subjected to a process of skipping or repeating a source video signal through a pulldown process; and control means that, when it is determined that the input video signal is subjected to the process of skipping or repeating, controls a process of skipping or repeating the loaded video signal to obtain a pulldown pattern supported at an I/P conversion side at which the I/P-conversion is performed, when the loaded video signal is converted from an interlaced signal into a progressive signal. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF TELEVISION SIGNALS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIPLE BROADCAST NETWORKS - Embodiments include a system and method of synchronizing broadcast signals from multiple broadcast networks on televisions or other media devices. One embodiment includes a method comprising receiving signatures or other data indicative of each of a plurality of video frames from each of a plurality of video devices, each of the video devices having received the frame from a video broadcast. At least one of the video frames is identified as being received by each of the video devices based on the received data. A request or other data indicative of a time to display the one of the video frames is communicated to each of the plurality of video devices. Other embodiments include media devices configured to send such frame data and to display video frames at the indicated time. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251600 | AV Timing Measurement for MPEG Type Television - An invention for measuring, maintaining and correcting synchronization between signals which suffer varying relative delays during transmission and/or storage is shown. The preferred embodiment of the invention finds particular use in measuring the relative delay between multiple audio signals and an associated video signal of a television type program which is compressed via MPEG or other compression for a transmission and/or storage system. The invention marks the video signal at a time when a particular event in the associated audio occurs. The mark is carried with the video throughout the video processing. After processing the same event in the audio is again identified, the mark in the video identified, the two being compared to determine the timing difference therebetween. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251601 | Method and device for synchronizing camera systems - The invention relates to a method and to a device for synchronizing the image capture by cameras. For this purpose, a duplex-capable network is provided. Within the network, one or more hardware-supported synchronization modules with a logical channel of a first type are provided, wherein the synchronization module or modules transmit, via the logical channel, image-capture signals that control the capture time of image sensors, wherein the image-capture signals are received by image-capture devices, and wherein the image-capture devices each capture an image as a response to the reception of an image-capture signal, and wherein the image data is then transmitted via the network by the image-capture devices via a logical channel of a second type. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251602 | System and Method for Providing Video and Audio Signals to Multiple Displays - A system and method for providing digital AV signal to multiple displays where the digital AV signal is displayed simultaneously and sychronized. Exemplary embodiments utilize serializers, de-serializers, and clock cleaners to transmit the data to a chain of display nodes. The display nodes convert the serial data stream into a parallel data stream. The parallel data stream is de-jittered and used to drive a display and optional audio system. The parallel data stream is then converted back into a serial data stream and sent to the next display node in the chain. A clock present in the data stream allows synchronization of all the displays in the chain. A distribution display node may be used at any display node location to increase the number of chains in the data delivery system. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251603 | IMAGE PLAYBACK SYSTEM - An image playback system ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090251604 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A SIGNAL SOURCE - A method of selecting a signal input includes the steps of transmitting an audio signal to an audio input of a device that includes a plurality of audio inputs. A setting of the device is automatically advanced from a currently set audio input to another one of the audio inputs when the device does not output a signal associated with said audio signal. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251605 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICES FOR HDMI TRANSMISSION - A High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) system is provided. The HDMI system comprises a media channel, an HDMI source device and at least two HDMI sink devices. The HDMI source device comprises a communication module and a DDC controller. The communication module connects to the HDMI sink devices directly via the media channel for transmission of media contents. The DDC controller is used to process Extended Display Interface Data (EDID) of the HDMI sink devices. In an embodiment, the DDC controller determines a media format commonly supported by the HDMI sink devices based on the EDID of the HDMI sink devices, and the communication module uses the media format to provide the media contents. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251606 | VIDEO CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Upon reception of a DDC access request from an external device connected to an HDMI port, a television receiver sets an electric potential of an HPD signal to ON level. Upon reception of an HDCP authentication initiation request from the external storage device after EDID is transmitted in response to a request from the external device, it is checked if an HDMI port to which that external device is connected is selected from a plurality of HDMI ports. If it is determined that the corresponding port is not selected, the control waits for selection of an HDMI port to which the external device is connected. If the corresponding port is selected, an electric potential of HPD signal is set at OFF level. After an elapse of 100 msec, the electric potential of the HPD signal is resumed to the ON level. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251607 | DISPLAYING PRESENTATIONS - Included are embodiments of a mobile presentation device. At least one embodiment of the device includes a memory device including at least one file; and a processing component coupled to the memory device, the processing component configured to, upon activation of the presentation device, automatically determine whether the at least one file is a compatible file and, in response to determining that the at least one file is a compatible file, automatically convert the at least one file into a sequence of signals that is sent for display as a presentation that includes at least one viewable image. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251608 | Image Processing Apparatus and Image Processing System - According to one embodiment, a communication unit communicates a control signal to/from another image processing apparatus via a communication channel and receives video/audio signals from the another image processing apparatus via the communication channel. A processing prediction unit transmits, to the another image processing apparatus, a request signal to request a transmission of a schedule of processing for a predetermined command. The processing prediction unit receives a message signal indicating the processing schedule corresponding to the predetermined command from the another image processing apparatus. The processing prediction unit generates an image showing the processing schedule corresponding to a predetermined command indicated by message signal when requested to execute the predetermined command. A display unit displays, on a screen, an image corresponding to the video/audio signals and an image showing the processing schedule corresponding to the predetermined command. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251609 | System and method for determining a mode of viewing a display and adapting displayed elements to the mode of viewing - A method of displaying information on a video display monitor is disclosed, and comprises receiving a command to display an on-screen display (OSD) menu, determining an origin of the command to display the OSD menu, if the command originated from an actuation of a control on the video display monitor, then generating and displaying a first OSD menu, and if the command originated from an actuation of a control on a remote control device, then generating and displaying a second OSD menu. The first OSD menu and the second OSD menu are different. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251610 | VERTICAL BLANKING INTERVAL SLICER AND RELATED METHOD - A vertical blanking interval slicer includes: an analog-to-digital conversion unit for performing analog-to-digital conversion on original video data in the vertical blanking interval to generate a digital video data; a mode setting unit for setting a data rate according to the original video data in the vertical blanking interval; a digital phase lock loop unit, coupled to the analog-to-digital conversion unit and the mode setting unit, for generating a target clock according to the data rate; a sampler, coupled to the analog-to-digital conversion unit and the digital phase lock loop unit, for sampling the digital video data to generate a target video data of the original video data in the vertical blanking interval; an equalizer, coupled to the sampler and the digital phase lock loop unit, for equalizing the target video data to generate an adjusted target video data. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251611 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - An information processing apparatus includes a content display control section switching contents to be displayed on a display screen, and a related information display control section displaying, during a switching period when a content displayed on the display screen is switched from one content to another content, related information related to the other content, wherein the related information display control section fades out the related information displayed on the display screen at the time of displaying the other content on the display screen. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251612 | MOTION VECTOR FIELD RETIMER - A programmable platform is provided that implements a video-processing algorithm that reduces halo artifacts. The algorithm corrects motion vectors of background motion in occlusion areas of a picture. The algorithm creates a re-timing vector from vector fields provided from a 3-frame motion estimator. The re-timing vector is produced by, first, selecting a number of candidate pairs of vectors from the different vector fields provided from the 3-frame motion estimator. Then, second, choosing one pair of candidate vectors based on an error metric. And, third, applying a linear or non-linear interpolation to obtain the required vector field. The re-timing vector provides a vector field for pixels between pictures n and n-\ such that halo about moving objects are minimized. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251613 | Method for detecting scene change in a video picture sequence - The method comprises the following steps:
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20090251614 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A SUMMARY OF A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ITEM - A summary of a multimedia content item input at step ( | 2009-10-08 |
20090251615 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF AN ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix substrate includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix pattern and each forming a pixel; a plurality of gate lines each provided between the corresponding pixel electrodes and extending in parallel with each other; a plurality of first source lines each provided between the corresponding pixel electrodes and extending in a direction crossing an extending direction of the gate lines; a plurality of TFTs provided corresponding to the respective pixel electrodes and connected to the respective pixel electrodes, the respective gate lines, and the respective first source lines; a plurality of capacitor lines each provided between the corresponding gate lines and extending in parallel with each other; and a plurality of second source lines each provided between the corresponding pixel electrodes and extending in parallel with the first source lines. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251616 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING RECEIVER - Disclosed is a digital broadcasting transmitter/receiver. The digital broadcasting transmitter/receiver includes a tuner for selecting a channel of a received digital broadcasting signal through channel selection by a controller unit, a demodulator for demodulating a signal of the selected digital broadcasting channel, a demultiplexer for separating audio, video and data streams of a selected program identifier from the demodulated broadcasting signal to demultiplex the streams to corresponding decoders, respectively, and issuing a decoding operation command when a frame header is detected in the respective streams, a video decoder for decoding a demultiplexed video frame when the decoding operation command is issued, an audio decoder for decoding a demultiplexed audio frame when the decoding operation command is issued, and a display unit for displaying decoded video and audio data. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251617 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC-APPARATUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An electronic apparatus is provided and includes a first IC having an internal configuration section, a nonvolatile memory, and an interface section. The electronic apparatus also includes a second IC having a signal processing section, and a correction-data supplying section. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251618 | Integrated Wideband RF Tracking Filter for RF Front End with Parallel Band Switched Tuned Amplifiers - A wideband RF tracking filter having a set of parallel tuned resonator amplifier stages with a de-Q resistor for each subband is disclosed. The resonant amplifier contains programmable tuned LC tank impedance and an array of parallel voltage to current converters (V2I) for each subband. The de-Q resistor together with the array of V2I converters provides a flat gain over each subband and each of the other subbands covering different frequencies. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251619 | Remote Control Device Personalization - Techniques to personalize a remote control device are described. In an implementation, a remote control device includes a display device and one or more modules. The one or more modules are configured to determine an identity of a user and initiate one or more control functions related to control of a display of content by a client. The one or more modules are also configured to personalize a display of representations of the one or more control functions on the display device based on the determined identity of the user. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251620 | TELEVISION AUTOMATIC GEOMETRY ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM - In projection television (PTV) systems utilizing folded optical systems such as a rear projection CRT, DLP, LCD, or LCOS based televisions, or the like, an automatic geometric alignment (AGA) system including a first programmable logic, a second programmable logic operably coupled to the first programmable logic, and light sensors positioned in the over-scan region along the border of the screen and operably coupled to first programmable logic. In operation, the first programmable logic causes an on screen display (OSD) system to display and move test patterns on the screen and, using feed back data received from the light sensors, determines the geometric alignment and/or pin cushion effect error in the displayed test pattern. The second programmable logic, which includes deflection shaping circuitry to align, center or steer the beams from the projection systems, utilizes data received from the first programmable logic to compensate for geometric alignment error. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251621 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus that displays an image in accordance with image data supplied from an image supplying apparatus, the image display apparatus including: a function module that processes input data; a plurality of disk images each including a function program which is executed by the image supplying apparatus and transmits data to the function module; and a selecting unit that selects one of the plurality of disk images; wherein the function program included in the disk image is executed by the image supplying apparatus that recognizes the disk image selected by the selecting unit; and the function module processes the data transmitted from the function program executed by the image supplying apparatus. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251622 | Electronic Device - An electronic device includes: a first image reproduction unit that reproduces an image; a second image reproduction unit that reproduces an image at a resolution different from that of the first image reproduction unit; a reproduction data generation unit that generates reproduction data at a resolution according to an image reproduction unit by using image data; and a control unit that instructs one of the first image reproduction unit and the second image reproduction unit alternatively image reproduction in response to a switching instruction, and that controls the reproduction data generation unit to generate reproduction data according to a resolution of an image reproduction unit that is instructed. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251623 | INDICATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROJECTION SYSTEM - An indication device includes an indication unit pointing to an indication position which is a position on an indicated surface on which first information is displayed; an information projection unit which projects second information onto the indicated surface; and a process execution unit which executes a process appropriate to an indication position pointed to by the indication unit. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251624 | Display Opening and Closing Angle Detecting Mechanism - A display opening and closing angle detecting mechanism includes a display | 2009-10-08 |
20090251625 | AUTOMATIC HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an automatic holographic display device including: a first liquid crystal panel, a second liquid crystal panel disposed below the first liquid crystal panel, and a backlight that is disposed below the second liquid crystal panel and emits light, wherein the second liquid crystal panel comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal panel in which a barrier region and a slit region are alternately arranged according to an applied electric field, a first phase difference plate disposed above the cholesteric liquid crystal panel, and a second phase difference plate disposed below the cholesteric liquid crystal panel, wherein the backlight comprises a reflection plate that reflects light. The automatic holographic display device includes a modulated cholesteric liquid crystal panel and a phase difference plate, and thus mutual conversion between 2D flat images and 3D holographic images can be easy, the process of manufacturing the device can be simplified, and the manufacturing costs can be decreased. In addition, an automatic holographic display device in which optical transmittance can be improved by the modulated cholesteric liquid crystal panel and the phase difference plates, and luminance reduction that commonly occurs using a parallax barrier method can be prevented is provided. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251626 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a structure and a manufacturing method which can manufacture, at a low cost and with good yield, a liquid crystal display panel having a lenticular lens and a substrate formed in a unified manner. When forming a lenticular lens onto a mother CF substrate by using a wet etching method, substrates are dipped into an etching solution while being raised up in such a manner that the length direction of slit openings of a mask is aligned with a vertical direction and an area having no mask pattern comes on a bottom side. With this, the residuals generated due to glass impurities can be drained towards the lower side along the lenticular lens shape to be discharged to the flat area, which makes it possible to suppress deterioration in the etching processed shape. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251627 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can more improve a luminance when the liquid crystal display device includes a column spacer. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, and the liquid crystal display device having a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel, wherein a column spacer structure is arranged in the red pixel among three pixels of the red, green, and blue pixels, and the red pixel has the smallest aperture ratio of the three pixels. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251628 | PIXEL STRUCTURE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A pixel structure of a liquid crystal display panel and the method thereof is provided. The gate electrode and data line of the pixel structure are formed by a first patterned conductive layer, the scan line is formed by a second patterned conductive layer, and the common electrode and the pixel electrode are formed on a substrate. The common electrode, the pixel electrode, and the insulating layer disposed therebetween compose a storage capacitor. Also, the pixel or the common electrode has a slit structure. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251629 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE - A liquid crystal display module including a liquid crystal display having a plurality of liquid crystal cells, a plurality of switches and a common connection, each liquid crystal cell being connected between a respective switch and a common connection. The common connection includes strips, each extending in a first direction and the strips being arranged side-by-side in a second direction. The liquid crystal cells are arranged in rows, each row being along and connected to a strip. The liquid crystal display has gate lines, each gate line operating a respective plurality of the switches. For dot inversion, each gate operates switches connected to respective liquid crystal cells of two adjacent rows. For each row, a first set of alternate liquid crystal cells are connected to respective switches operated by a respective gate line and a second set of interspersed liquid crystal cells are connected to respective switches operated by another respective gate line. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251630 | Liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof - A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes providing a first substrate including a pixel portion and a circuit portion, the circuit portion having first and second regions; forming an active pattern and a first gate insulation film at the pixel portion and the circuit portion and forming a storage electrode on a portion of the active pattern of the pixel portion; forming a second gate insulation film on the first substrate; forming a gate electrode at the first region and forming p+ source and drain regions at portions of the active pattern of the first region; forming a gate electrode at the pixel portion and the second region, and forming a common line at the pixel portion; forming n+ source and drain regions at the pixel portion and at a portion of the active pattern of the second region; and joining the first and second substrates. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251631 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING COLOR FILTERS - A display device that is divided into a plurality of pixel regions including first, second, and third pixel regions includes a first color filter occupying the first pixel region and a second color filter occupying the second pixel region, which neighbors the first pixel region, and overlapping the first color filter. The first color filter is disposed on the second color filter in the overlapping region of the first color filter and the second color filter, and a central line of the overlapping region deviates from the boundary line between the first pixel region and the second pixel region. | 2009-10-08 |
20090251632 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an LCD device having a division-type upper cover provided with male and female coupling means to provide a structural basis for assembly at four corners, and to attenuate distortion of the LCD device. The liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises: a main support having a rectangular shape with an opened middle portion; an LC panel laminated on the main support; and an upper cover divided into a plurality of parts, and coupled to the main support and the LC panel in correspondence to long and short edges of the LC panel, wherein the upper cover consists of a main frame coupled to edges of the LC panel and an upper surface of the main support, and a side frame coupled to side surfaces of the main support, wherein the upper cover is provided with coupling means adjacently formed at corners of the main support, and serving to couple the main support to the main frame. | 2009-10-08 |