47th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080284844 | Switchable Lens - A display apparatus has a switchable birefringent lens array. The display apparatus produces a substantially linearly polarised output. The lens array comprises birefringent material arranged between a planar surface of a first substrate and a relief substrate of a second substrate defining an array of cylindrical lenses. The lens array has electrodes for applying a control voltage across the birefringent material for electrically switching the birefringent material between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode the lens array modifies the directional distribution of incident light polarised in a predetermined direction. In the second mode the lens array has substantially no effect on incident light polarised in said predetermined direction. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284845 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROCESS ENDOSCOPE IMAGES - The invention relates to a method improving the images in an image processing unit ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080284846 | PROHIBITED MATERIALS VEHICLE DETECTION - A device for inspecting the underside of a vehicle includes a carriage supported by four swivable wheels and a forwardly extending arm with a light source and upwardly extending camera on a forward portion thereof. A second arm extends rearwardly and upwardly from a rear portion of the carriage and includes a video monitor for viewing an image generated by the video camera and a control unit. The device also includes a video transmitter for sending a picture from the camera to a remote location and three 12 volt batteries for powering the device. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284847 | Digital Microform Imaging Apparatus - A digital microform imaging apparatus which includes an approximately monochromatic illumination source transmitting an incident light through a diffuse window along a first optical axis of the apparatus. A microform media support is configured to support a microform media after the diffuse window and along the first optical axis. An approximately 45 degree fold mirror reflects the incident light transmitted through the microform media approximately 90 degrees along a second optical axis. An imaging subsystem includes a lens connected to a first carriage which is linearly adjustable approximately parallel with the second optical axis, and an area sensor connected to a second carriage which is linearly adjustable approximately parallel with the second optical axis. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284848 | Security surveillance planning tool kit - A surveillance planning and analysis tool kit for planning and analysis at a region. The tool kit includes a computer system programmed with software adapted to simulate optical and imaging parameters at the region including a realistic geo-spatial map of the region, a number of surveillance cameras, camera specifications and lighting conditions. Preferred embodiments include computer software to permit planning and analysis of optical imaging technologies in the 400 nm-1700 nm spectrum that comprises the visible, near infrared, and short wave infrared where the primary signal is ambient light reflected from objects. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284849 | Roofing site monitoring system - The present invention discloses a monitoring system for use at roofing project sites and, in particular, roof installation, repair and replacement sites. The monitoring systems include image-capturing devices, such as cameras that are positioned at a roofing project site and associated transmitters and a transmission system to send the project images to a remote and centralized project management location. The project images are received and processed for review at the project management location. In addition, the monitoring system can include a reciprocal communications system that permits a project manager, in the project management location, to send command signals to the image-capturing devices and adjust the position and focus of these devices. Further, the system may include a remote third party interface that permits a third party, such as a client/owner, design professionals including architects, engineers and other designers, material suppliers including manufacturers and distributors and inspectors/consultants, to remotely view the images transmitted from the project site and also control the position and focus of the image-capturing devices. Finally, the system may include a recording system to record the transmitted images from a particular site. In operation, the system may be replicated over multiple roofing project sites so that centralized and contemporaneous review of these sites from one location. The present invention also includes a method for simultaneous monitoring of multiple roofing site projects, with this method including the capturing, transmission and display of project site images at a centralized project management location. This method may also include centralized control and recording of the project site images, as well as an interfacing with third parties so that interested third parties can remotely view and control the project site images. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284850 | Camera arrangement for amotor vehicle - A camera arrangement for a vehicle includes a camera and an electrical conductor structure. The camera is separated from a pane which divides an outside region from an inside region. The camera is in the inside region and is pointed at a portion of the pane such that the camera has a viewing detection region through the pane. The conductor structure forms a device and is on the portion of the pane within the viewing detection region of the camera whereby the camera and the device use the same portion of the pane for their operations. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284851 | ELECTRONIC HANDHELD AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVER AND LISTENING/VIEWING DEVICE - A handheld device in an audio and video system including a system for receiving and processing video and/or audio signals, a system for displaying a virtual image to a user, and a system for producing sounds audible to a user. The handheld device also incorporates a shroud to block ambient light when the handheld unit is engaged with the user's face. As a result, the user may hear sounds produced from the received audio signals. Further the user may see the virtual images produced from the received video signals when the handheld device is engaged with the users face. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284852 | Video Signal Processing Integrated Circuit - A video signal processing integrated circuit comprising: a test signal generation circuit configured to generate a test signal in conformity with video additional data superimposed on a video signal; a data slicer configured to binarize the test signal through comparison with a slice level, the test signal being supplied from the test signal generation circuit; and a data processing circuit configured to perform data processing of the video additional data binarized by the data slicer. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284853 | Non-Intrusive Determination of an Objective Mean Opinion Score of a Video Sequence - According to the described method, interframe similarities s(i) are calculated for the frames of the video sequence, each interframe similarity s(i) being indicative of the similarity of two consecutive frames i—1, i. As it has been found, an analysis of the interframe similarities allows to determine various parameters that are characteristic for the mean opinion score MOS, such as the downsampling rate, pausing, or a noise-dependence of the interframe similarity at the keyframes. An objective mean opinion score MOSo being a value close to the mean opinion score is derived as a value linear in the pausing parameter, a keyframe distance parameter and further quality parameters measured in the spatial domain, corrected by a second value being an exponential model in the downsampling rate. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284854 | System and method of static pattern removal from movies captured using a digital CCD camera - An efficient and robust mechanism for static pattern removal from movies captured with a digital CCD camera. A correction map of malfunctioning underexposed CCD pixels is provided and applied to each image in the affected shot to correct the malfunctioning pixels. The correction map may be associated with the specific images in a given shot or with a particular CCD camera. The entire process, other than possibly the initial step of determining which shots to correct, is fully-automated on a computer workstation. The computer generates the correction map, applies it to each image and validates the correction. This is a considerably more efficient approach than one in which a technician must determine there is a problem of under exposure, identify the malfunctioning pixels in each frame and manually retouch the affected pixels. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284855 | Electronic Camera - An electronic camera comprises a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with a computer or a printer, and a power save mode changeover unit that changes over a power save mode to either an ON or an OFF state according to the operational state of the electronic camera, if the power save mode is changed over to ON by the power save mode changeover unit, the wireless communication unit stops its operation when radio waves are not being transmitted, and if the power save mode is changed over to OFF, the wireless communication unit operates in a standby state when radio waves are not being transmitted. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284856 | IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS - An image-pickup apparatus includes a first operating member, to which a predetermined function is fixedly allocated and a second operating member capable of customizing an allocated function, in which the second operating member is arranged on the right back-face region of the image-pickup apparatus in a standard position, and the predetermined function allocated to the first operating member can also be allocated to the second operating member. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284857 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Even when a remaining amount of an image memory built in a digital camera is decreased, the photographing can be further continued while reserving a photographed image. An image which is obtained from an image input unit including image pickup means is accumulated into an image memory. When a remaining amount calculating unit detects that the remaining amount of the image memory is small, an image record discriminating unit compares it with an image size in a photograph mode at that time which is obtained from an image size table, thereby discriminating whether the continuation of the photographing can be performed or not. When the photographing is impossible, an image selecting unit selects an old image, an image in which the number of colors is small, or the like on the basis of management data regarding the photographed images in a memory managing table. The selected image is transmitted by a PHS communication by a data transmitting apparatus. After it was transmitted, the image is erased from the image memory. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284858 | Image pickup apparatus equipped with function of detecting image shaking - In an initial stage, using a global motion vector, a rough degree of image shaking is determined. After the image shaking is determined to have converged to some measure, using the difference values between frames, the finer degree of the image shaking is determined. And if it is determined to be free of image shaking, the recording photography is made to be done. Thereby, with certainty in the timing of no hand shaking and no image shaking, the photographing can be done. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284859 | Apparatus for digital image stabilization, method using the same and computer readable medium stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the method - An apparatus for digital image stabilization according to the present invention comprises an image signal processing module for receiving image signals generated under first and second exposure value conditions (first exposure value condition>second exposure value condition) from an image sensor, and outputting digital image signals of a first size and a second size (first size2008-11-20 | |
20080284860 | Image stabilization driving device - An image-stabilizing driving device is proposed, including a slidable block coupled to an image sensor, a flat surface acoustic wave actuator for contacting with and driving the slidable block to move on a surface contacted therewith, and a contactless force action unit having a first and a second contactless force action layers. The first contactless force action layer is formed between the slidable block and the image sensor and the second contactless force action layer is formed on a bottom surface of the flat surface acoustic wave actuator, thereby providing preload force for the slidable block to contact with flat surface ascoustic wave actuator so as to form a thin image-stabilizing driving device. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284861 | Image processing method and apparatus thereof - A method for obtaining a still image frame with anti-vibration clearness includes the following steps. Multiple raw image frames are captured during a capturing period according to a capturing instruction. The raw image frames are compressed respectively, according to a predetermined compression rule, into multiple compressed image frames each of which has a data length after such compression. The compressed image frames are stored according to a predetermined sequence. The data lengths of the compressed image frames stored are compared according to the predetermined sequence. The desired still image frame is obtained through the compressed image frame of which the data length has a unique feature among all the compressed image frames. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284862 | Monitor Camera Device, Control Method for Monitor Camera Device, and Program for Monitor Camera Device | 2008-11-20 |
20080284863 | MOVING IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND MOVING IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD - A moving image capture apparatus generates a data file to record, on a recording medium, an image signal output from an imaging unit, extracts character information from the image signal to be recorded on the recording medium, sets a parameter value used for selection as a file name according to a characteristic of appearance of the character information, calculates an evaluation value from the set parameter value, and sets character information based on the calculated evaluation value as a file name of the image signal. Furthermore, the moving image capture apparatus generates a thumbnail of the file based on an image signal from which character information for which the calculated evaluation value is relatively large has been extracted. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284864 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In position and orientation measurement based on natural features, erroneous detection of the natural features is prevented when an observation target object is occluded by another object, and registration stability is improved. To this end, an occluding object that can occlude the observation target object is defined, and an occluding region where the occluding object occludes the observation target object is detected in an input captured image. Image features of the observation target object are detected in a region of the captured image other than the detected occluding region. Therefore, the position or orientation of an image pickup apparatus that captured the captured image, or the position or orientation of the observation target object in the captured image are calculated. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284865 | Image Signal Processor and Method for Outputting Deferred Vertical Synchronous Signal - A method of transferring a deferred vertical synchronous signal and an image signal processor executing the method thereof are disclosed. Once the vertical synchronous signal for an m | 2008-11-20 |
20080284866 | Imaging device, method of processing captured image signal and computer program - A constant amount of new portion of image data as still images is always stored on a memory in an image taking operation. In response to a shutter release operation, the image data stored on the memory is recorded onto a recording medium. A next new portion of the image data generated subsequent to the shutter release operation is then recorded on the recording medium. A predetermined pixel count, smaller than a standard pixel count set in the image data subsequent to the shutter release operation, is set in the image data prior to the shutter release operation. Process time for multi-shot operation is shortened in order to prevent photo opportunity missing. The pixel count in the image data subsequent to the shutter release operation remains unchanged so that the image data of high image quality is acquired. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284867 | Image pickup apparatus with a human face detecting function, method and program product for detecting a human face - A digital camera has a human face dictionary set | 2008-11-20 |
20080284868 | IMAGING ELEMENT - Imaging elements are provided. An imaging element has a wireless communication circuit adapted to detect a wireless communication signal and to generate a control signal; an illumination circuit having an illumination element, the illumination circuit being adapted so that the illumination element generates light at an intensity that is based upon the control signal and a body containing the wireless communication circuit and the light source, wherein the body occupies a space that is less than about five cubic millimeters. The imaging element can also incorporate radiation sensors and can provide wireless signals indicative of sampled radiation. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284869 | Image processing apparatus, image processing program, electronic camera, and image processing method for image analysis of magnification chromatic aberration - An image processing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit, a color shift detecting unit, a controlling unit, and a correction amount calculating unit. The image obtaining unit obtains image data. The color shift detecting unit detects color shifts of this image data. The controlling unit determines fitting reliability of the color shift detection result and selects a magnification chromatic aberration model suitable for color shift fitting according to the reliability. The correction amount calculating unit fits the magnification chromatic aberration model selected by the controlling unit to the color shift detection result and obtains correction amounts of the magnification chromatic aberration for the image data. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284870 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image pickup apparatus capable of performing favorable focusing operation when image signals are read out from an image pickup device at a high speed while flickers are occurring. Flickers are detected from image signals outputted from the image pickup device, while the image signals outputted from the image pickup device is stored. The image signals outputted from the image pickup device and the image signals stored in a first memory are synthesized depending on the flicker detection result. A position of a focus lens is adjusted by selectively using any one of the image signals outputted from the image pickup device and the synthesized image signal. When the image pickup device performs reading images in a cycle longer than a flicker cycle, image synthesis is performed depending on the brightness of the image signals outputted from the image pickup device. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284871 | Image Pickup Apparatus and Processing Method for Result of Image Pickup - The present invention is applied to an image pickup apparatus for which, for example, a CMOS solid-state image pickup element is used. One screen image is divided into a plurality of blocks, and a motion is detected for each of the blocks to control the exposure time of the block. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284872 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, EXPOSURE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup unit configured to generate a long-exposure image signal and a short-exposure image signal from incident light and output the generated signals as image pickup signals, the long-exposure image signal being generated by exposure for a relatively long period and the short-exposure image signal being generated by exposure for a relatively short period; a signal processing unit configured to generate a combined image signal by combining the long-exposure image signal and the short-exposure image signal, the combined image signal having a dynamic range that is relatively wider than that of at least any one of the long-exposure image signal and the short-exposure image signal; a detection unit configured to obtain a luminance integrated value and a luminance histogram of the combined image signal; and a control unit configured to perform exposure correction control using the luminance integrated value and the luminance histogram. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284873 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The image capture apparatus changes a time from the commencement of the operation of the accumulation of the electrical charge to the shuttering, by the shutter blade unit, of the pixel within the image capture element by way of the reset operation in a state of retracting the shutter blade unit from the light path of the image capture element. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284874 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus performs photographing multiple times and composing these multiple images to obtain one image of a correct exposure. The apparatus includes an image capturing unit, an illumination unit and an image composition unit. The image capturing unit captures an optical image of an object as an electrical signal. The illumination unit performs illumination on photographing by the image capturing unit. The image composition unit composes multiple images obtained by multiple times of photographing by the image capturing unit. All of the multiple images are the images shot by performing illumination with the illumination unit. A light amount of each photographing in multiple times of photographing by performing illumination with the illumination unit is obtained by dividing light amount required for the correct exposure based on the number of photos taken of an image to be composed. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284875 | Imaging device, method of processing captured image signal and computer program - A constant amount of new portion of image data as still images is always stored on a memory in an image taking operation. In response to a shutter release operation, the image data stored on the memory is recorded onto a recording medium. A next new portion of the image data generated subsequent to the shutter release operation is then recorded on the recording medium to provide a photo opportunity slip prevention function. An operation is performed to modify a pixel count of the image data to be recorded in the photo opportunity slip prevention function. A user can multi-shot photograph with a pixel count of images captured within a unit time increased or with a higher priority placed on image quality. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284876 | IMAGE SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An image sensor that supplies a control signal together with an address specifying each of a plurality of pixels arrayed in a pixel array with predetermined rows and columns to thereby perform an electronic shutter operation on a pixel corresponding to the address or perform reading of a pixel signal of a pixel corresponding to the address, is disclosed. The sensor includes: address generating means for generating a shutter row address specifying a row of pixels, on which an electronic shutter operation is to be performed within one horizontal period, among the pixels arrayed in the pixel array and a read row address specifying a row of pixels on which reading of a pixel signal is to be performed within the same one horizontal period; first storage means for storing the shutter row address; and second storage means for storing the read row address. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284877 | Camera Color Noise Reduction Method and Circuit - Image color noise reduction circuit ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080284878 | Image Processing Apparatus, Method, and Program - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, method, and program which compress images so as to improve contrast without losing sharpness. An adder | 2008-11-20 |
20080284879 | Methods and apparatuses for vignetting correction in image signals - Methods and apparatuses for vignetting correction of imager pixels signals. A polynomial correction surface is determined based on a pixel array center, height, and width, surface fitting parameters, and pixel coordinates. The pixel signal is then multiplied by the corresponding value from the polynomial correction surface to create a vignetting corrected signal. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284880 | Video input processor, imaging signal-processing circuit, and method of reducing noises in imaging signals - A video input processor is disclosed. The processor includes: an imaging signal-generating portion configured to image a subject and producing first imaging signals containing visible light components and a second imaging signal containing near-infrared light components; a gain adjustment portion configured to adjustably set a maximum gain value according to a relative magnitude between the visible light components and the near-infrared light components and adjust a gain for the first imaging signals at the set maximum gain value; and a noise reduction portion configured to reduce noises in the first imaging signals after the gain has been adjusted. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284881 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO MOTION BLUR REDUCTION - A video frame may be divided into plurality of sub-frames to reduce motion blur in sample-and-hold display. The plurality of sub-frames may preserve, in their totality, the luminance and coloring of the original input frames. An input frame that is Y′CrCb encoded may be converted to R′G′B′ to enable luminance conversion onto the plurality of sub-frame while preserving the coloring information of said input frame. The first of said plurality of sub-frames may comprise energy and/or luminance encoded into the original frame with remaining energy and/or luminance encoded into remaining sub-frames. Determining luminance encoding of said plurality of sub-frames may be performed dynamically or may be determined based on programmable look-up tables. Frame conversion may compensate for nonlinearity in sample-and-hold displays that may be utilized to display the output sub-frames, wherein said nonlinearity may be caused by the gamma characteristics of said displays. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284882 | SOLID STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME AND CAMERA USING THE SAME - A solid state imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion cells each including a plurality of photoelectric sections arranged in an array of at least two rows and two columns; a plurality of floating diffusion sections each being connected to each of ones of the photoelectric sections which are included in the same row of each said photoelectric conversion cell via each of a plurality of transfer transistors, and being shared by said ones of the photoelectric sections; a plurality of read-out lines each being selectively connected to at least two of the transfer transistors; and a plurality of pixel amplifier transistors each detecting and outputting the potential of each said the floating diffusion section. Charges of the photoelectric conversion sections each being connected to one of the read-out lines and being read out by the transfer transistors are read out by different floating diffusion sections. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284883 | ADDRESS GENERATOR AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - An address generator that generates, in an image capturing device including a photoelectric conversion unit having arrayed therein in a matrix plural photoelectric conversion elements that convert received light into charges and accumulate the charges and a rolling shutter function, an address indicating a line position of each of the photoelectric conversion elements that are processing objects of readout processing and reset processing for accumulated charges includes address counters provided at least in a number same as a number of time divisions of the readout processing and the reset processing, a control unit that independently controls an operation of each of the address counters, a selecting circuit that sequentially selects each of the address counters in a time division manner and outputs a count value of the selected address counter to an address decode circuit as the address, and the address decode circuit that outputs a signal for changing the photoelectric conversion element in a line position corresponding to the address inputted from the selection circuit in a time division manner to an active state. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284884 | IMAGE SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND DRIVING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An image sensor that has a pixel array section in which pixels are arrayed in a two-dimensional manner in vertical and horizontal directions and that controls an exposure time of each pixel in a rolling shutter method is disclosed. The sensor includes control means for determining an electronic shutter occurrence number within one horizontal scanning period, which is the number of rows where electronic shutters are simultaneously performed in one horizontal scanning period, by an operation based on an address addition amount (P | 2008-11-20 |
20080284885 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit in which unit pixels are arrayed, a complementary-signal generating unit that generates two kinds of complementary signals having complementarity with each other on the basis of analog pixel signals read out from the respective unit pixels in the pixel unit, two kinds of complementary signal lines on which the two kinds of complementary signals are transmitted, a horizontal scanning unit that transfers each of the two kinds of complementary signals on the complementary signal lines, and a differential amplifying unit that receives the signals on the two kinds of complementary signal lines with differential inputs and compares the signals. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284886 | Image pickup circuit, CMOS sensor, and image pickup device - Disclosed herein is an image pickup circuit including: amplifying means for amplifying a charge corresponding to an amount of light received by a photodetector, and outputting a pixel signal; ramp signal generating means for generating a ramp signal whose voltage drops with a fixed slope from a predetermined initial voltage; and comparing means for comparing the pixel signal output by the amplifying means with the ramp signal output by the ramp signal generating means. A reference potential of the pixel signal output by the amplifying means and a reference potential of the ramp signal output by the ramp signal generating means are at a same level. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284887 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A solid-state imaging device comprises a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, and a readout unit operable to read out pixel signals of the pixels included in the pixel array row by row. The readout unit (i) reads out pixel signals of a row of pixels in column order of the pixel array during a horizontal readout period, except during a readout-standby period that is within the horizontal readout period, and (ii) suspends reading out the pixel signals of the row of pixels in the column order during the readout-standby period. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284888 | Image Pickup Device and Image Pickup Result Outputting Method - The present invention is applied to an image pickup device with a CMOS solid-state image pickup element, in which an analog-to-digital conversion circuit is disposed in a surface on an opposite side from an image pickup surface in a semiconductor chip | 2008-11-20 |
20080284889 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CORRECTING CAPTURED IMAGE DATA - An image pickup apparatus includes a solid-state image pickup device including a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, a circuit necessary for the pixel structure being shared between the pixels of a predetermined number having the same arrangement pattern; correction value generating means for generating a correction value for the pixel data read out from the pixel position of each pixel having the same arrangement pattern, the correction value being used for correcting the nonuniformity in pixel characteristics caused by a difference in position between the pixels in the arrangement pattern; and correcting means for correcting each pixel data read out from the solid-state image pickup device on the basis of the correction value for the corresponding pixel data, generated by the correction value generating means. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284890 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE-SENSING DEVICE - A solid-state image-sensing device has a MOS transistor (T | 2008-11-20 |
20080284891 | Image sensor and an electronic information device - An image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix which detects a pixel signal of each pixel based on a voltage difference between a reset voltage which is a reference voltage of each pixel and a signal voltage generated by a photoelectric conversion at each pixel, and includes a plurality of read lines located for each pixel column, wherein the reset voltage and the signal voltage are read from the pixel of the corresponding pixel column; and a reset current supply section provided for each read line, wherein at the same time a first reset current is supplied from a pixel to the read line when reading the reset voltage from the pixel, the section supplies a second reset current to the read line such that a sum of the first reset current and the second reset current is constant. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284892 | Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus includes an image pickup device having a two-dimensionally arrayed pixel structure, an A/D converter which converts analog signals from the respective pixels into digital data signals, and a DSP | 2008-11-20 |
20080284893 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A signal charge transfer channel region includes a first polysilicon gate electrode as a storage electrode for storing signal charges and a second polysilicon gate electrode as a barrier electrode for transferring the signal charges stored under the first polysilicon gate electrode to under the first polysilicon gate electrode adjacent to the first polysilicon gate electrode. The both end portions of the plurality of first and second polysilicon gate electrodes are alternately arranged perpendicularly to a transfer direction of signal charges and central portions thereof are alternately arranged obliquely to a transfer direction of signal charges. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284894 | DEVICE CAPABLE OF IMAGE CAPTURING AND IMAGE PROJECTION - A device capable of image capturing and image projection includes a housing, an image capturing module, an image projecting module, and a control unit. The image capturing module is mounted to the housing and is operable to capture an image. The image projecting module is mounted to the housing and is operable to project the image captured by the image capturing module. The control unit is mounted in the housing, is coupled to the image capturing module and the image projecting module, and is operable to control operations of the image capturing module and the image projecting module. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284895 | VIEWFINDER AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A viewfinder includes a main body detachably attached to a camera body, a display unit on which an image captured at the camera body is displayed, and an eyepiece unit detachably attached to the display unit. The eyepiece unit magnifies the image. The display unit includes a support connected to the main body in a rotatable manner, a display panel having a display surface on which the image is displayed, and a connecting mechanism that connects the display panel to the support in a rotatable manner. The support and the display panel can be set to a first folded state in which a rear surface of the display panel that is opposite to the display surface is placed on the support, a second folded state in which the display surface is placed on the support, and an unfolded state in which the display panel is raised from the support. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284896 | Joint Optics and Image Processing Adjustment of Electro-Optic Imaging Systems - Adjustments to the optical subsystem of an electro-optic imaging system take into account different subsystems within the overall electro-optic imaging system. In one implementation, end-to-end imaging performance is predicted based on determining propagation of a source through the optical subsystem, the detector subsystem and the digital image processing subsystem. The optical subsystem is then adjusted after taking into account these other subsystems. For example, the compensators for the optical subsystem and the digital image processing subsystem may be jointly adjusted based on a post-processing performance metric that takes into account the effects of the image processing. Unlike in conventional approaches, the intermediate optical image produced by the optical subsystem is not required to be high image quality since, for example, the image may be subsequently improved by other adjustments in the digital image processing subsystem. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284897 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a circuit board, an image sensor, a lens module, and a filter. The image sensor is mounted on the circuit board. The lens module is mounted on the circuit board and receives the image sensor therein. The lens module includes a barrel with at least one lens received therein and a holder. The holder defines a cavity. The cavity includes a first receiving portion, with the lens module received therein, and a second receiving portion, with the image sensor received therein. The filter covers an inner surface of the holder bounding the second receiving portion for trapping dust entered into the second receiving portion. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284898 | DIGITAL CAMERA - The invention relates to a digital motion picture camera comprising at least one optoelectronic sensor device for the recording of motion pictures. The sensor device has, in an areal arrangement, a plurality of sensor elements for the generation of a respective received signal in dependence on a light exposure. The camera further has a control device for the controlling of the read-out of the received signals of the sensor elements as well as a digitizing device for the digitizing of the received signals. The camera moreover has an optical viewfinder for the visual observation of the motion pictures to be recorded and a beam deflection device which is interposed in front of the sensor device and by means of which the reception beam path can be split at least into one recording beam path for the sensor device and one viewfinder beam path for the optical viewfinder. The sensor device can be controlled by means of the controlling device for the recording of the motion pictures at a pre-settable variable picture recording frequency. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284899 | Method for Focusing the Shooting Lens of a Motion Picture or Video Camera - A method for focusing the shooting lens of a motion picture or video camera onto a moving or stationary object, which is imaged on a monitor of a display instrument is provided. The solution according to the invention uses a distance measurement instrument which is aligned or tracked in relation to a predetermined alignment of the distance measurement instrument at the object as a function of the image angle of an imaging lens of the display instrument and the coordinates of the image of the object on the monitor of the display instrument. The horizontal and vertical angle deviations of the object from the camera are calculated from the coordinates of the image of the object on the monitor and delivered as setpoint values to the control instrument of an adjustment instrument holding the distance measurement instrument for aligning or tracking a measurement head of the distance measurement instrument. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284900 | Digital camera - A digital camera includes: an imaging unit that receives and images a light from a subject transmitted a photographing optical system; a recognition unit that recognizes a feature region of the subject using an image obtained by imaging with the imaging unit; a detection unit that detects a size of the feature region that is recognized with the recognition unit; and a control unit that predicts a distance to the subject after a predetermined period of time according to the size of the feature region, and controls the photographing optical system so as to focus on the subject. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284901 | AUTOMATIC FOCUS ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC FOCUS ADJUSTING METHOD, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - In an automatic focus adjusting method for adjusting the focus based on image signals in a preset focus detection area, the face is detected from an image, and the detected face area is set as the focus detection area in a front-light scene. On the other hand, when a backlight scene is identified, an area in which the detected face area is reduced is set as the focus detection area. This enables to control the focus so that the face is accurately focused on without being affected by the contrast of the contour of the face in a backlight scene (contrast of the contour of the face is strong in the backlight scene). | 2008-11-20 |
20080284902 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CAMERA - An image processing system which performs photography of the teeth of a patient while causing a plurality of illumination light LEDs of different wavelengths to emit light by means of a photography device when producing a crown repair or denture of the patient, whereby image data are acquired. The image data are transmitted to a dental filing system constituting a processing device where color reproduction data are determined through computation. In addition, color reproduction data are transmitted to the dental technician's office via a public switched network. A repair material compound ratio calculation database is searched and compound data for a material that matches the hue of the patient's teeth is retrieved, so that a crown repair or denture or the like that very closely matches the color of the patient's teeth can be produced. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284903 | IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor includes a solid-state image pickup device, an optical system, and a flash. The solid-state image pickup device has an electronic shutter function of outputting accumulated signal charges at a timing corresponding to a shutter speed. The optical system collects incident light to an image pickup area of the solid-state image pickup device. The flash irradiates light to an object to be photographed by the solid-state image pickup device. The solid-state image pickup device includes a pulse generator circuit for generating one or more of an electronic shutter pulse for controlling an accumulation time of signal charges by using the electronic shutter function, an optical system movement pulse for controlling movement of the optical system, and a flash pulse for controlling an emission timing of the flash. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284904 | PRE-PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA REDUCTION OF VIDEO SEQUENCES AND BIT RATE REDUCTION OF COMPRESSED VIDEO SEQUENCES USING SPATIAL FILTERING - Methods for pre-processing video sequences prior to compression to provide data reduction of the video sequence. Also, after compression of the pre-processed video sequence, the bit rate of the pre-processed and compressed video sequence will be lower than the bit rate of the video sequence after compression but without pre-processing. Pre-processing may include spatial anisotropic diffusion filtering such as Perona-Malik filtering, Fallah-Ford filtering, or omni-directional filtering that extends Perona-Malik filtering to perform filtering in at least one diagonal direction. Pre-processing may also include performing filtering differently on a foreground region than on a background region of a video frame. This method includes identifying pixel locations having pixel values matching characteristics of human skin and determining a bounding shape for each contiguous grouping of matching pixel locations. The foreground region is comprised of pixel locations contained in a bounding shape and the background region is comprised of all other pixel locations. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284905 | Schedulable multiple-formal video converting apparatus - A programmable scheduling video converting apparatus applicable for converting the stream of video transmission signals in both analog and digital formats that are generated from various types of video data sources—such as cable TVs, digital TVs, digital video data of American and Japanese specification, satellite set-top boxes, CD/DVD disc players, digital cameras and surveillance cameras, or various kinds of digital video files stored in computers—to a storage file format specified by the user. The present invention is characterized in that it has a programmable scheduling converting function and, unlike prior art designs that use computer software programs, it employs a hardware-based converting chip to carry out format conversion, thereby improving the speed of format conversion over prior techniques. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284906 | Devices and Methods for Transforming Coding Coefficients of Video Signals - Disclosed are a device and a method for transforming a first coding coefficients of video signals into a second coding coefficients of the video signals. The device includes a first storing means for storing the first coding coefficients; a second storing means for storing a transform matrix; a multiplication means for multiplying the first coding coefficients by coefficients of the transform matrix; an addition means for adding each of values resulted from the multiplication operation of the multiplication means to form a sum; and a shifting means for shifting the sum to obtain the second coding coefficients. According to the present invention, signals compressed by various transforms may be transformed to each other, so as to make various compression signals compatible. Thus, the signals can be compatible with more standards and are more universal. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284907 | System And Method Of Dual-Screen Interactive Digital Television - Disclosed is a system and method of dual-screen interactive digital television (IDTV), which is implemented by applying modality-independent remote console technology. The system has two ends, referred to as host IDTV and handheld device. The host IDTV includes a host IDTV content, an IDTV middleware, a host graphic user interface (host GUI), and a server-side remote console control protocol. The handheld device includes a handheld IDTV content, an interface generator, a handheld GUI, and a client-side remote console control protocol. In the invention, the DTV content may only have a dual-screen execution mode. The DTV content may also switch between single-screen and dual-screen modes. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284908 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FRAME RATE UP CONVERSION - An apparatus for frame rate up conversion comprises a motion-compensated frame rate converter, a primitive frame rate converter and a determination circuit. The determination circuit designates either the motion-compensated frame rate converter or the primitive frame rate converter to output an interpolated frame according to an index that estimates an output quality of the motion-compensated frame rate converter. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284909 | Remote Multimedia Monitoring with Embedded Metrics - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a copy of a multimedia flow from a point along the path of the multimedia flow through a communication network of nodes, receiving metric information associated with the multimedia flow from one or more probes coupled to the flow path and combining the copy of the multimedia flow and at least a portion of the metric information to provide a combined signal. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284910 | TEXT DATA FOR STREAMING VIDEO - In a system and method providing a video with closed captioning, a processor may: provide a first website user interface adapted for receiving a user request for generation of closed captioning, the request referencing a multimedia file provided by a second website; responsive to the request: transcribe audio associated with the video into a series of closed captioning text strings arranged in a text file; for each of the text strings, store in the text file respective data associating the text string with a respective portion of the video; and store, for retrieval in response to a subsequent request made to the first website, the text file and a pointer associated with the text file and referencing the text file with the video; and/or providing the text file to an advertisement engine for obtaining an advertisement based on the text file and that is to be displayed with the video. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284911 | Customized Advertising with Mhp Application - A multimedia home platform (MHP) application ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080284912 | Display and Television - This display includes a detection portion detecting a signal from an external apparatus connected to an external input connection portion, a display portion selectably displaying an input mode corresponding to the external input connection portion and a control portion controlling the display portion to display an image on the basis of a signal of the external input connection portion corresponding to the selected input mode. The display selectably displays a first input mode corresponding to the external input connection portion from which a signal is detected by the detection portion, and selectably displays a second input mode corresponding to at least an external input connection portion from which no signal is detected by the detection portion when the first input mode is not selected. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284913 | AUDIO-VISUAL SYSTEM, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The TV receiver as a display device has a drawing generation unit for generating display side drawing data of drawn picture according to a display format for on-screen display, and a reproducing apparatus has a drawing generation unit for generating reproduction side drawing data of drawn picture according to a display format for display on the TV receiver. The drawing generation unit receives the display format information of the drawing generation unit through a connection cable, and generates reproduction side drawing data of display format based on the received display side display format information. The reproducing apparatus supplies the contents data including the generated reproduction side drawing data to the TV receiver through the connection cable, and the TV receiver presents the drawn picture based on the supplied reproduction side drawing data. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284914 | IMAGE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a device and an image adjustment method by simultaneously adjusting the luminance and the chrominance of an image. The device comprises a luminance analysis device, a contrast adjusting device, a luminance adjusting device, a chrominance compensation device and a luminance gain adjusting device. The method comprises steps of: generating a maximum input luminance signal, an average input luminance signal and a minimum input luminance signal according to an input luminance signal; generating a contrast value according to at least one of the maximum input luminance signal and the average input luminance signal; generating an input luminance offset according to the input luminance signal and the minimum input luminance signal; generating an output chrominance signal according to the contrast value and an input chrominance signal; and generating an output luminance signal according to the input luminance offset and the contrast value. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284915 | Method and apparatus for adjusting chroma and luma for a video signal - A system that adjusts chroma and luma values for a video signal is presented. During operation, the system receives a matrix of coefficients, which when applied to the chroma values and the luma values of a video signal produces substantially the same result as performing a sequence of discrete operations on the chroma values and the luma values, wherein the sequence of discrete operations includes one or more color-representation-conversion operations and one or more processing amplifier operations. For a given pixel of the video signal, the system performs a matrix-multiplication operation between a matrix representation of the chroma values and the luma values for the given pixel and the matrix of coefficients to produce a modified pixel. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284916 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - At least two high-frequency signals are generated using luminance signals of at least two color components contained in a video signal, and a high-frequency signal for edge emphasizing processing is generated from the at least two generated high-frequency signals based upon the size relationship between the at least two high-frequency signals. Edge emphasizing processing is applied to the luminance signals, which are obtained from the video signal, using the high-frequency signal for edge emphasizing processing thus generated. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284917 | Digital broadcasting receiving apparatus - A digital broadcasting receiver which updates a channel map in adequate timing, is provided with a channel storage portion which stores in advance physical number information which is numerical information to identify a receivable physical channel, and virtual major channel number information which is numerical information of a virtual channel that corresponds to the physical channel in corresponded manner with each other, and a MPU is provided with a channel setting portion which sets a physical channel to be received, a virtual information obtaining portion which obtains the virtual major channel number information that corresponds to the physical channel via a receiving portion, a number judging portion which judges whether or not the obtained virtual major channel number information agrees with the virtual major channel number information which is stored in the channel storage portion, and a number updating portion which writes the obtained virtual major channel number information in the channel storage portion in case where it is judged that these virtual major channel number information do not agree with each other. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284918 | System and Method for Automatic Cable-Only Tuning - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method that initializes a display device. An exemplary embodiment comprises scanning an input signal to determine the presence of a cable television signal, proceeding to normal operation of the display device if the cable television signal is present in the input signal, scanning the input signal for an over-the-air television signal if the cable television signal is not present in the input signal, and providing a message indicating potential inappropriate reception of over-the-air signals if the over-the-air television signal is present in the input signal. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284919 | Fully integrated tuner architecture - An integrated receiver with channel selection and image rejection substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described. A receiver front end provides programmable attenuation and a programmable gain low noise amplifier. Frequency conversion circuitry advantageously uses LC filters integrated onto the substrate in conjunction with image reject mixers to provide sufficient image frequency rejection. Filter tuning and inductor Q compensation over temperature are performed on chip. The filters utilize multi track spiral inductors. The filters are tuned using local oscillators to tune a substitute filter, and frequency scaling during filter component values to those of the filter being tuned. In conjunction with filtering, frequency planning provides additional image rejection. The advantageous choice of local oscillator signal generation methods on chip is by PLL out of band local oscillation and by direct synthesis for in band local oscillator. The VCOs in the PLLs are centered using a control circuit to center the tuning capacitance range. A differential crystal oscillator is advantageously used as a frequency reference. Differential signal transmission is advantageously used throughout the receiver. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284920 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an image generating apparatus ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080284921 | Imaging displaying apparatus and 3-D image displaying apparatus applying the same therein - An image displaying apparatus, comprising: a first light modulator unit, which is configured to modulate a light incident thereon, responding to a first video signal, thereby to form a first image; one or a plural number of second light modulator units, which is/are configured to modulate a light from a light source, responding to a second video signal; and an enlarged image forming unit, being disposed on a light incidence side of the first light modulator unit, upon which a light modulated within the second light modulator unit is projected, enlargedly, thereby to form a second image thereon, wherein upon the first light modulator unit is incident the light of the second image formed on the enlarged image forming unit, and the first image is formed through modulation of the light of the second image responding to the first video signal. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284922 | Vehicle-mounted display appararus - In order to enable mounting of a cabinet | 2008-11-20 |
20080284923 | Lcd Hanging Brand Using Solar Energy for Advertising - A LCD hanging-brand using solar energy for advertising, which includes a transparent base, a transparent scaling cover, a PCB board, a picture layer, a LCD sheet, a solar sheet, LEDs, a storage battery and a metal coil. One or more color transparent films can be mounted in the picture layer, and the films can be rotated by a motor or a rotating button. The LCD sheet is transparent when it is not turned on, and the image of the picture layer can be seen through the LCD sheet. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284924 | Optical System - Lighting systems, in particular used for SSTV, disco lights, lighting consoles and claviluxes. In order to reduce noise and to increase robustness, the system comprises a light beam source ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080284925 | MULTI-TOUCH SENSING THROUGH FRUSTRATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION - High-resolution, scalable multi-touch sensing display systems and processes based on frustrated total internal reflection employ an optical waveguide that receives light, such as infrared light, that undergoes total internal reflection and an imaging sensor that detects light that escapes the optical waveguide caused by frustration of the total internal reflection due to contact by a user. The optical waveguide when fitted with a compliant surface overlay provides superior sensing performance, as well as other benefits and features. The systems and processes described provide true multi-touch (multi-input) and high-spatial and temporal resolution capability due to the continuous imaging of the frustrated total internal reflection that escapes the entire optical waveguide. Among other features and benefits, the systems and processes are scalable to large installations. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284926 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device is provided with a liquid crystal display panel ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080284927 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND TERMINAL UNIT - A liquid crystal display device includes an array of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in the respective sub-pixels, and a plurality of common electrodes disposed in the respective sub-pixels. The common electrode disposed in each of the sub-pixels in one of the pixels on each row is connected to the common electrodes disposed in the corresponding sub-pixels in the others of the pixels on the each row, to form a group of common electrodes connected together. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284928 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TERMINAL UNIT - A liquid crystal display device includes an array of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in the respective sub-pixels, and a plurality of common electrodes disposed in the respective sub-pixels. The common electrode disposed in each of the sub-pixels in one of the pixels on each row is connected to the common electrodes disposed in the corresponding sub-pixels in the others of the pixels on the each row, to form a group of common electrodes connected together. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284929 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To improve viewing angle characteristics by varying voltage which is applied between liquid crystal elements. A liquid crystal display device in which one pixel is provided with three or more liquid crystal elements and the level of voltage which is applied is varied between the liquid crystal elements is varied. In order to vary the level of the voltage which is applied between the liquid crystal elements, an element which divides the applied voltage is provided. In order to vary the level of the applied voltage, a capacitor, a resistor, a transistor, or the like is used. Viewing angle characteristics can be improved by varying the level of the voltage which is applied between the liquid crystal elements. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284930 | STORAGE CAPACITOR - A storage capacitor suitable to be integrated in a pixel unit mainly includes an alternate capacitor conductive layer, a lower electrode, a connecting conductive layer, and a pixel electrode. The lower electrode is positioned above the alternate capacitor conductive layer and includes an electrode main body and several electrode branches which are extended from the electrode main body. The connecting conductive layer is positioned over parts of the capacitance conductive layer and the electrode main body of the lower electrode, and the connecting conductive layer is electrically connected with the lower electrode and the alternate capacitor conductive layer. The pixel electrode is positioned at least over the lower electrode and the alternate capacitor conductive layer, and the pixel electrode and the lower electrode serve as the conductive layers of the storage capacitor. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284931 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a display device in which a viewing angle characteristic is improved by providing a plurality of sub-pixels to one pixel. Alternatively, to provide a display device in which an aperture ratio is suppressed even when a plurality of sub-pixels is provided. A pixel including first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel, a scanning line, a signal line, a first capacitor wiring, a second capacitor wiring and a third capacitor wiring are provided. Pixel electrodes each electrically connected to one electrode of the first to third capacitor elements, and the first to third capacitor wirings, respectively, are provided to the first to third sub-pixels electrodes, respectively. Potentials of the first capacitor wiring and the second capacitor wiring are changed and a potential of the third capacitor wiring is kept almost constant. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284932 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - A thin film transistor including an insulating plate, a thin film transistor formed on the insulating plate, a first insulating layer formed on the insulating plate having the thin film transistor, a reflecting electrode formed on at least a portion of the first insulating layer, and a transparent electrode formed on at least a portion of the first insulating layer and on at least a portion of the reflecting electrode is disclosed. Up to about 85% of a total area of the transparent electrode overlaps with the reflecting electrode. About 10% to about 85% of the total area of the transparent electrode may overlap with the reflecting electrode. About 10% to about 20% of the total area of the transparent electrode may overlap with the reflecting electrode. About 40% to about 50% of the total area of the transparent electrode may overlap with the reflecting electrode. About 75% to about 85% of the total area of the transparent electrode may overlap with the reflecting electrode. Up to about 75% of a total area of the reflecting electrode overlaps with the transparent electrode. The first insulating layer includes an inorganic layer and an organic layer formed on the inorganic layer. At least a portion of the first insulating layer has an embossed surface. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284933 | Image Display Device - One embodiment of the present invention is an image display device including a substantially transparent substrate, a color filter layer formed on the substantially transparent substrate and a substantially transparent semiconductor circuit formed on the color filter layer. The circuit includes a substantially transparent thin film transistor including a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode and a semiconductor active layer comprised of a metal oxide. The semiconductor active layer has a thickness of 10 nm-35 nm. The circuit also includes a wiring made of a substantially transparent conductive material, the wiring having a electric contact point with the substantially transparent thin film transistor. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284934 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To reduce the number of components such as IC chips so that decrease in size and thickness of a display module and an electronic device on which the display module is mounted is achieved. Further, to reduce the number of components such as IC chips so that an inexpensive display module and an electronic device on which the display module is mounted are provided. An electronic device or a display module includes two display panels. One of the display panels (i.e., a peripheral portion of a display region of the one of the display panels) is provided with circuits which are necessary for operating the display panels or circuits which are necessary for an electronic device in which the display panels are incorporated. Then, the display panels or the electronic device in which the display panels are incorporated are/is driven by the circuits incorporated in the display panels. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284935 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY UNITS WITH DATA AND/OR ADDRESS LINES BEING FORMED OF COPPER ALLOY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device having a signal line of low electrical resistivity and high adhesion with an underlayer, wherein a copper alloy film is formed on an underlayer, and an oxide film, silicide film or nitride film, which are additive metal elements of the copper alloy, is formed at the boundary between the underlayer and the copper alloy film whereby the signal line is formed with a multi-layer film of the copper alloy film and the oxide film, the silicide film, or the nitride film. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284936 | Lcd-Backlighting Unit with Improved Cooling Facilities - The invention relates to a backlight module for backlighting an LCD-display unit, comprising holding means for holding a number of substantially longitudinal fluorescent lamps, wherein each of the lamps comprises a glass envelope, supply means for energizing said lamps, and cooling means for removing at least part of the heat developed by the lamps, wherein the cooling means comprise at least a first metal heat-conducting body which is thermally coupled to the glass envelope of at least one the lamps, and wherein the cooling means are in contact with only a limited surface area of the glass envelope of said at least one lamp. The provision of a heat-conducting body renders it possible to relocate the control mechanism further away, so that a screening of the light-emitting surface of the lamp is reduced. This holds good for any possible control equipment and for other voluminous parts of the heat-conducting systems. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284937 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display has a frame including a base and a reinforced portion extending from the base, the reinforced portion defining a partial edge of the frame. The liquid crystal display further includes an optical sheet on the base, the optical sheet including a backlight unit, a flexible printed circuit on the optical sheet, and a liquid crystal display panel comprising a large scale integrated circuit, the liquid crystal display panel substantially covering the optical sheet. A window is attached to and substantially covers the frame at least one support extends from the base for supporting the window and/or the backlight unit. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284938 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to image display apparatuses that use a backlight source. An object of the invention is to provide an image display apparatus including an extra-length absorbing portion that improves the degree of flexibility in routing a lamp cable, which is a power supply path to a light source, and having a high degree of flexibility regarding the position for placing the power supply source. An image display apparatus of the present invention includes an image display panel, a backlight source of the image display panel, a lamp cable which is a power supply path to the light source, and an extra-length absorbing portion that absorbs an extra length of the lamp cable. The extra-length absorbing portion includes a protrusion disposed on a back surface or a side surface of the image display apparatus. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284939 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly includes a light source, a light-guide plate, a mold frame and a bottom chassis. The mold frame includes a first bottom portion, a protrusion on a first surface of the first bottom portion and a first sidewall portion on a second surface of the first bottom portion opposite to the first surface of the first bottom portion and facing the light guide plate. The bottom chassis includes a second bottom portion having a hole to receive the protrusion of the first bottom portion, and a second sidewall portion facing the light guide plate. A cross sectional area of a first opening of the hole corresponding to an inner surface of the bottom chassis and contacting the first surface of mold frame is different than a cross sectional area of a second opening of the hole corresponding to an outer surface of the bottom chassis. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284940 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal d splay apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel, a mold frame chassis and a strength-reinforcing member. The liquid crystal display panel displays an image. The mold frame receives the liquid crystal display panel. The chassis is combined with the mold frame to secure an end of the liquid crystal display panel, and includes a first side portion and a coupling hole formed at the first side portion. The strength-reinforcing member is disposed between the first side portion and the mold frame. As a result, a strength of the chassis may be improved, and the to liquid crystal display panel may be prevented from being damaged. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284941 | Lamp electrode printed circuit board and backlight unit including the same - A lamp electrode printed circuit board of a backlight unit includes an insulating substrate, first and second conductive patterns on the insulating substrates along a first direction and in parallel, a connecting pattern extending from one of the first and second conductive patterns, a connecting pad at one end of the connecting pattern, auxiliary patterns extending from an edge of the connecting pad, and lamp holders electrically connected to the first and second conductive patterns and spaced apart from each other along the first direction. | 2008-11-20 |
20080284942 | Backlight Device and Transmission Type Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - A transmission liquid crystal display device using a backlight device for supplying display light emitted from a large number of light emission diodes to a transmission display panel. The transmission liquid crystal display device has an optical sheet block ( | 2008-11-20 |
20080284943 | Multifunctional optical sheet and liquid crystal display device including the same - A multifunctional optical sheet for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate diffusing incident light; a light-concentrating layer on the substrate and including a plurality of patterns that arranged to form alternating peaks and valleys; and reflection patterns between the substrate and the light-concentrating layer corresponding to the valleys of the light concentrating layer. | 2008-11-20 |