| 48th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
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| 20080291274 | Method for Operating at Least One Camera - The invention relates to a method for operating at least one camera ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291275 | Video Data Processor Device for a Motor Vehicle - This device for processing video data ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291276 | Method for Driver Assistance and Driver Assistance Device on the Basis of Lane Information - A method for driver assistance and a driver assistance device which operates on the basis of lane information are described. The lane information is ascertained from an image recorded by an image sensor and/or estimated on the basis of objects in this image depending on the weather conditions. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291277 | Monocular display device - A head mounted support system for a head mounted apparatus. The apparatus includes a monocular display with a wireless communications interface, a user input device, a transmitter, receiver and a controller. The controller is configured to control the transmitter for sending and receiving control signals to and from an external device via the wireless interface. The monocular display is positioned relative to the user's dominant eye to display images to the user while occluding less than half of the user's maximum viewing space, while enabling the user to send and receive audible information or music. The head mounted support system may include an ear loop, and a housing for storing one or more functional components of the apparatus. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291278 | Wide-area site-based video surveillance system - A computer-readable medium contains software that, when read by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for wide-area site-based surveillance. The method includes receiving surveillance data, including view targets, from a plurality of sensors at a site; synchronizing the surveillance data to a single time source; maintaining a site model of the site, wherein the site model comprises a site map, a human size map, and a sensor network model; analyzing the synchronized data using the site model to determine if the view targets represent a same physical object in the site; creating a map target corresponding to a physical object in the site, wherein the map target includes at least one view target; receiving a user-defined global event of interest, wherein the user-defined global event of interest is based on the site map and based on a set of rules; detecting the user-defined global event of interest in real time based on a behavior of the map target; and responding to the detected event of interest according to a user-defined response to the user-defined global event of interest. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291279 | Method and System for Performing Video Flashlight - In an immersive surveillance system, videos or other data from a large number of cameras and other sensors is managed and displayed by a video processing system overlaying the data within a rendered 2D or 3D model of a scene. The system has a viewpoint selector configured to allow a user to selectively identify a viewpoint from which to view the site. A video control system receives data identifying the viewpoint and based on the viewpoint automatically selects a subset of the plurality of cameras that is generating video relevant to the view from the viewpoint, and causes video from the subset of cameras to be transmitted to the video processing system. As the viewpoint changes, the cameras communicating with the video processor are changed to hand off to cameras generating relevant video to the new position. Playback in the immersive environment is provided by synchronization of time stamped recordings of video. Navigation of the viewpoint on constrained paths in the model or map-based navigation is also provided. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291280 | Retinal array compound camera system having at least three imaging sensors - The present invention provides a camera system having a compound array of imaging sensors disposed in a retinal configuration. The system comprises a concave housing. A first imaging sensor is centrally disposed along the housing. A second imaging sensor is disposed along the housing, adjacent to the first imaging sensor. The focal axis of the second imaging sensor intersects with the focal axis of the first imaging sensor within an intersection area. A third imaging sensor is disposed along the housing, adjacent to the first imaging sensor opposite the second imaging sensor. The third imaging sensor has a focal axis that intersects with the focal axis of the first imaging sensor within the intersection area. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291281 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN OVERLAY CURSOR AND ASSOCIATED SCOPE TRIGGER IN A VIDEO TEST GENERATOR - A method and apparatus for implementing a video test generator having an overlay cursor and an associated scope trigger are presented. A user interface permits a user to move a cursor across a displayed image, and to select a scope trigger point in the analog video stream based on the location of the cursor in the displayed image. Video waveforms associated with particular image pixels of interest or groups of pixels are observed on an oscilloscope by placing the cursor over the subject pixels or pixels on the video display and using the derived scope trigger to time the capture of the video waveform on the oscilloscope. The cursor is generated by tracking the horizontal and vertical position of the cursor, and altering or substituting out the video signal where the pattern of the cursor should appear. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291282 | Camera Calibration - Online camera calibration methods have been proposed whereby calibration information is extracted from the images that the system captures during normal operation and is used to continually update system parameters. However, such existing methods do not cope well with structure-poor scenes having little texture and/or 3D structure such as in a home or office environment. By considering camera families (a set of cameras that are manufactured at least partially in a common manner) it is possible to provide calibration methods which are suitable for use with structure-poor scenes. A prior distribution of camera parameters for a family of cameras is estimated and used to obtain accurate calibration results for individual cameras of the camera family even where the calibration is carried out online, in an environment which is structure-poor. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291283 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an image processing apparatus which generates an input signal when a mobile information terminal contacts a display surface and makes a wireless communication with the contacting mobile information terminal, it is difficult to make an appropriate display by discriminating whether a contact object is a mobile information terminal or a user's finger. To accomplish this, when a mobile information terminal ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291284 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD - The invention relates to a communication device adapted to transmit images having a resolution adapted to a desired part of a picture. In an aspect of the present invention, the user can select a part of the image to be transmitted with the message service. Only the selected part is compressed in dependence of maximum limit permitted to be sent. Preferably, the part of the image to be sent is compressed to the smallest possible extent. The present invention also relates to a corresponding transmission method. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291285 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING GLOBAL MOTION VECTOR OF PLURALITY OF IMAGE FRAMES - An imaging device performs a process for dividing each of a plurality of image frames constituting moving image information generated by an imaging unit into a plurality of blocks; a process for tracking predetermined ones of the obtained blocks in one of two image frames before and after the image frame of interest to calculate a plurality of motion vectors of the blocks, respectively; a process for comparing one of the calculated motion vectors with each of other motion vectors, the one motion vector serving as an evaluation target, thereby calculating a global motion vector of the one image frame; and a process for excluding blocks present within a predetermined distance from one block related to one motion vector serving as the evaluation target from comparison targets the motion vectors of which are to be compared with the one motion vector, when the global motion vector calculation unit calculates the global motion vector. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291286 | Picture Taking Device and Picture Restoration Method - In a digital still camera, the amount of blur when a picture is taken is calculated from a first picture captured with a high-speed electronic shutter and a second picture captured with a normal shutter speed ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291287 | Dynamic Range Compensation by Filter Cascade - A local method uses a cascade of multiple nonlinear edge preserving filters, and nonlinear pixel point operations, to calculate the pixel gain. Multiple low-pass filters are used, being applied to surrounding neighborhoods of the current pixel of narrow and of wide extent. The number of filter stages may be determined based on the image content. The coefficients used to combine a gray level image extracted from the input image with the ascending scale regions can be automatically extracted from high-pass filtered images of the ascending scale regions. Multiplying each color component of the input image by one or more pixel dependent gain or attenuation factors, using a nonlinear mapping function that can lighten shadow regions as well as darken bright regions, generates the output image. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291288 | Technique of Motion Estimation When Acquiring An Image of A Scene That May Be Illuminated With A Time Varying Luminance - In a digital camera or other image acquisition device, motion vectors between successive image frames of an object scene are calculated from normalized values of pixel luminance in order to reduce or eliminate any effects on the motion calculation that might occur when the object scene is illuminated from a time varying source such as a fluorescent lamp. Calculated motion vectors are checked for accuracy by a robustness matrix. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291289 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image pickup device includes: an image pickup unit which picks up a subject at first and second exposure times; a high dynamic range (HDR) image data generating unit which generates first HDR image data configured by pixel data of which pixel values are expressed by a floating-point form in which a mantissa part has N bits (N is a natural number of 2 or more), a cardinal number is X (X is a natural number of 2 or more) and an exponential part of the cardinal number has M bits (M is a natural number of 2 or more), on the basis of first image data obtained by picking up the subject at the first exposure time and second image data obtained by picking up the subject at the second exposure time; an image processing unit which performs a predetermined image process including a floating-point arithmetic operation process, with respect to the first HDR image data generated by the HDR image data generating unit; and a HDR image data converting unit which converts the first HDR image data after the image process into second HDR image data configured by pixel data of which the pixel values are expressed by a floating-point form in which the mantissa part has n bits (n is a natural number of N>n) and the exponential part of the cardinal number has m bits (m is a natural number of M>m). | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291290 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus is provided having: a pixel unit including an effective pixel region of multiple pixels accumulating charges generated according to incident light to output signals and an ineffective pixel region of multiple pixels outputting signals not dependent on incident light; a plurality of vertical signal lines provided for each column of pixels of pixel unit; a vertical scanning circuit that scans and selects pixels of pixel unit in row units to output signals of selected pixels of same row to plurality of vertical signal lines; and a horizontal scanning circuit that scans and selects signals of plurality of vertical signal lines to output signals of selected vertical signal lines; wherein the vertical scanning circuit selects pixels of same row of effective pixel region in row units once during one frame and selects pixels of same row of ineffective pixel region in row units multiple times during one frame. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291291 | Apparatus and method for detecting flicker noise and computer readable medium stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the method - An apparatus for detecting flicker noise disclosed in the present invention comprises an output unit for outputting a standard data for flicker noise judgment using a statistical calculation value for each calculated line based on brightness information of pixels for each line of an object image for flicker noise detection; a flicker line detection unit for detecting flicker lines, namely, lines corresponding to the standard data where the distance between the lines are within a predetermined allowance of a regular interval; and a judgment unit for comparing the number of the detected flicker lines with a standard number for flicker noise judgment to judge if the object image is a flicker noise image. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291292 | IMAGE INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image input apparatus. A detection section detects a change cycle of an intensity of an external light inputted to a camera. A timing control section synchronizes the change cycle of the intensity of the external light with a plurality of input timings of the camera by changing a phase difference in order. An evaluation section compares each storage quantity of the external light inputted to the camera at the plurality of input timings synchronized by the timing control section for each phase difference. A selection section selects the phase difference whose difference of the storage quantities of the external light is smallest from all phase difference changed by the timing control section. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291293 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image pickup apparatus is provided which has an exposure correction function and which determines a correction measure of exposure correction based on a parameter for determining an exposure amount, and performs the exposure correction by the determined correction measure so as to provide an image in a suitable exposure state intended by a person who shot the image. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291294 | Mobile Terminal Capable of Modifying a Flash Image and Method of Modifying a Flash Image Therewith - A mobile terminal capable of modifying a flash image is provided. The mobile terminal comprises a program configured to execute the steps of displaying the flash image stored in a first memory of the mobile terminal on the display unit; activating the object of the displayed flash image in response to the selection of the location change menu; selecting the activated object; capsulating the elements forming the selected object; generating a relative coordinate of a reference point for the generated capsule; obtaining a relative coordinate of the elements forming the selected object for the reference point of the capsule; and storing the relative coordinate of the capsule and the relative coordinate of the elements forming for the capsule into the third memory. According to the above steps, modifying the flash image is performed. Accordingly, a SWF flash image may be directly modified to move a flash object to a desired position without the process of decompiling the flash image into a FLA format. Therefore, it is not require for a de-compiler for converting a FLA flash file into a SWF format so that editing of a SWF file becomes feasible. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291295 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING CIRCUIT AND IMAGING METHOD - An image by using a solid-state imaging sensor, the imaging apparatus including: a compression section configured to compress image data by dividing the image data into blocks each composed of same color component pixels adjacent to each other as a unit of compression; a memory used for temporarily storing compressed image data; a decompression section configured to decompress the compressed image data read out from the memory; and a signal processing section configured to carry out an image-quality correction process on decompressed image data, wherein each of the blocks is split in advance into two quantization-subject areas, block types are distinguished from each other by the position of the inter-area boundary between the two quantization-subject areas, and the compression section has a dynamic-range computation sub-section, a block-type select sub-section, and a quantization processing sub-section are provided. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291296 | Solid-state imaging device, signal processing device and signal processing method for solid-state imaging device, and imaging apparatus - A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which unit pixels are arranged in a matrix shape and a signal processing circuit that obtains a first video signal and performs processing for combining the first and second video signals. The signal processing circuit includes judging means that judges whether a pixel of interest in the pixel array unit is a pixel to be saturated during an exposure period, calculating means that sets the pixel of interest as a correction pixel and calculates a correction amount on the basis of a luminance value of the second video signal of a peripheral pixel of the correction pixel, and correcting means that applies the correction amount to a luminance value of the first video signal of the correction pixel to thereby correct a noise signal amount due to photo-charges leaking from the peripheral pixel into the correction pixel. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291297 | Imaging system - The invention relates to an imaging system in which, while high image quality is maintained with the influence of diffraction minimized, the quantity of light is controlled, and which enables the length of the zoom lens to be cut down. The imaging system comprises a zoom lens comprising a plurality of lens groups G | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291298 | IMAGE NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an image noise reduction method and apparatus in consideration of brightness of an image in a camera using an image pickup device such as a charge-coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS). The method includes: detecting a degree of image motion by using data from a plurality of frames which are picked up; detecting brightness of an image which is picked up; determining a ratio between current frame data and previous frame data according to the image motion degree and the brightness of the image; and combining the current frame data with the previous frame data according to the determined frame data ratio. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291299 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An imaging apparatus includes a diaphragm unit configured to adjust an amount of incident light on an image sensor, a correction unit configured to perform a correction of an image signal that corresponds to driving of the diaphragm unit, and a control unit configured to control the diaphragm unit and the correction unit. The correction unit includes at least a first state for performing a correction of the image signal when it can be determined that the diaphragm unit is not being driven by the control unit and a second state for not performing a correction of the image signal or for performing a correction of the image signal weaker than that performed in the first state when it can be determined that the diaphragm unit is being driven by the control unit. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291300 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method is disclosed. The image processing method uses a first still image and a second still image which are chronologically successive and outputs an image from which noise has been reduced. A motion of the second still image is compensated block by block. Reliability of addition of the first still image and the motion-compensated second still image is determined pixel by pixel and a weighting factor is set corresponding thereto. The first still image and the motion-compensated second still image are added or averaged with the weighting factor and a processed image is obtained. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291301 | Analog front-end circuit and electronic instrument - An analog front-end circuit includes an analog processing circuit, an A/D converter, a calculation circuit, and a correction amount register in which a correction amount is set. The analog processing circuit includes an offset adjustment circuit that includes an offset adjustment register. The calculation circuit monitors an A/D-converted value output from the A/D converter, detects the change amount of the A/D-converted value when changing an offset adjustment value set in the offset adjustment register by 1 LSB as the correction amount, and sets the detected correction amount in the correction amount register. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291302 | Lens Shading Compensation Apparatus and Method, and Image Processor Using the Same - Disclosed are a lens shading compensation apparatus and a lens shading compensation method in an image sensor that compensate the difference in signal amplitude according to the position of pixels to preserve the quality of a primitive image. The lens shading compensation apparatus includes a pixel value analyzing part, an auto exposure value setting part, a central pixel detecting part, a table generating part, a pixel location calculating part, a mask image generating part and a compensation part. The above apparatus and method perform a color interpolation individually for red, green and blue, and then compensate a lens shading image for each color in accordance with its characteristics. Also the above apparatus and method can analyze and compensate a lens shading phenomenon without considering other colors or being interrupted by other colors. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291303 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - Provided is a solid-state imaging device which is able to achieve reductions in size and in thickness of the device, while being also able to have an auxiliary function of imaging lenses, an infrared cut filter, an antireflection function, a dust preventing function for downsizing of packaging, and an infrared light imaging function for capturing images at night. The solid-state imaging device includes: a light-collecting element which collects incident light; and a transparent thin film formed above the light-collecting element, and an air gap is formed between the light-collecting element and the transparent thin film. On the transparent thin film, the auxiliary function of imaging lenses, the infrared cut filter, the antireflection function, the dust preventing function for downsizing of packaging, and the infrared light imaging function for capturing images at night are integrated. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291304 | IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an imaging device which eliminates complexity in reading an image in low resolution and reading an image in high resolution and realizes prevention of decrease in frame rate. The device includes a pixel region including a plurality of pixel elements and imaging an incident light of an object as an image and a reading unit for thinning out a pixel element from the pixel region to read a thinned out image in low resolution and reading a partial image in resolution higher than the thinned out image from a partial region of the pixel region (a horizontal shift register and a vertical shift register), wherein the reading unit reads the thinned out image and the partial image from mutually different pixel elements and reads the thinned out image and the partial image as different imaging frames. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291305 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - In a solid state imaging device having a wide dynamic range, a pixel includes a photodiode that generates a charge in accordance with an intensity of incident light, signal generation units that generate a first voltage level in accordance with an amount of charge generated by the photodiode in an exposure period T | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291306 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING TRAVELING CHARACTERISTICS OF LIGHT-SHIELDING MEMBER - A method of acquiring traveling characteristics of rear blades in a camera having an image sensing element including a plurality of pixels. The method comprising acquiring the traveling characteristics of the rear blades based on an image signal output from a preset partial area of the image sensing element, and storing the acquired traveling characteristics (S | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291307 | IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING ELECTRON SOURCE ARRAY - An imaging apparatus includes an electron emission array having electron sources arranged in matrix form, a photoelectric conversion film opposed to the electron emission array, and a control and drive circuit configured to select one or more horizontal scan lines in a given video signal output period and to cause the electron sources included in the selected one or more horizontal scan lines to emit electrons toward the photoelectric conversion film, wherein the control and drive circuit is further configured to cause the electron sources included in the selected one or more horizontal scan lines to emit electrons toward the photoelectric conversion film in any one or more blanking periods excluding both a blanking period immediately following the given video signal output period and a blanking period immediately preceding a next video signal output period in which the one or more horizontal scan lines will be selected next time. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291308 | IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING ELECTRON SOURCE ARRAY - An imaging apparatus includes an electron emission array having electron sources arranged in matrix form and having a plurality of horizontal scan lines, a photoelectric conversion film opposed to the electron emission array, and a control and drive circuit configured to select one or more of the horizontal scan lines in a given video signal output period and to cause the electron sources included in the selected one or more horizontal scan lines to emit electrons toward the photoelectric conversion film to produce a video signal, wherein the control and drive circuit is configured to control electron emission of the electron emission array in a blanking period in response to a signal level of the video signal produced in the given video signal output period. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291309 | CURRENT/VOLTAGE MODE IMAGE SENSOR WITH SWITCHLESS ACTIVE PIXELS - A voltage and current mode active pixel sensor for high resolution imaging is presented. The photo pixel is composed of a photodiode and two transistors: reset and transconductance amplifier transistor. The switch transistor is moved outside the pixel, allowing for lower pixel pitch and increased linearity of the output photocurrent. The reset and amplifier (readout) transistors may also be shared among adjacent pixels by the introduction of transfer switches between the photodiodes and the source of the reset transistor and the gate of the readout transistor. The switch transistor outside the pixels provides biasing voltages or currents to the readout transistors to selectively turn them on when readout of the corresponding photodiode is desired and turns the readout transistor off when the corresponding photodiode is not to be read out. The increased linearity of the image sensor has greatly reduced spatial variations across the image after correlated double sampling and the column fix pattern noise is greatly improved. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291310 | Imager and system utilizing pixel with internal reset control and method of operating same - A pixel having no dedicated reset control line. By using the voltage on the column line to control the gate of the reset transistor, there is no need to provide a dedicate reset control line. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291311 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, FOCUS DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FOCUS DETECTION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup device includes a pixel unit which has first pixels and second pixels. A first photoelectric conversion unit is configured to generate charges corresponding to light incident upon each of the first pixels. A first control unit is connected to the first photoelectric conversion unit and configured to control the first photoelectric conversion unit. A second photoelectric conversion unit is configured to generate charges corresponding to light incident upon each of the second pixels. The second photoelectric conversion unit is smaller than the first photoelectric conversion unit. A second control unit is connected to the second photoelectric conversion unit and configured to control the second photoelectric conversion unit. The second control unit is arranged in a space which is generated due to a size difference between the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291312 | IMAGING SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image signal processing apparatus includes a sensing section which includes R, G, and B pixels and produces R, G, and B color signals, a first adding section which adds, while weighting pixels, a color signal of a center pixel of a pixel arrangement and color signals of the peripheral pixels to produce a first addition signal, a contour signal generating section which generates a contour signal from the color signals before the addition, a second adding section which adds the contour signal to the first addition signal to produce a second addition signal, a ratio coefficient calculation section which calculates a ratio coefficient of an average value of the R, G, and B color signals to a sum-up value of the average values, and an RGB signal generating section which generates new R, G, and B signals using the ratio coefficients and the first or second addition signal. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291313 | High dynamic range imager with a rolling shutter - A high dynamic range imager operates pixels utilizing at least a short integration period and a long integration period. The pixel reading circuits of the imager are adapted to process pixel signals corresponding to the integration periods in parallel. The pixel signals are converted into digital values in parallel. The digital values are each linear functions of the incident light and therefore suitable for use with conventional color processing algorithms. A pipelined rolling shutter operation may be employed where the short integration period of one row of pixels is performed simultaneously with the long integration period of another row of pixels. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291314 | IMAGING DEVICE WITH AUTO-FOCUS - A handheld portable imaging device ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291315 | DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING GPS FUNCTION AND METHOD OF STORING INFORMATION OF IMAGING PLACE THEREOF - The invention relates to a digital imaging system and a method of storing imaging place information thereof. In the digital imaging system having a GPS function, imaging place information, such as photographs and location of imaging places to be remembered, are stored together, such that a user can easily visit the image places again. Further, positional information of an imaging place associated with a photograph is automatically set as a destination, thereby performing the GPS function. In addition, a place to visit for photographing is set as at least one destination, and information regarding the set destination is input in advance to be then stored and displayed. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291316 | IMAGE SENSOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING SAME - An image sensor package structure includes a base board, an image sensor and at least a passive component. The base board includes a top surface, a bottom surface and four side surfaces. At least one depression is formed in the border of the top surface and the side surface. The image sensor is mechanically and electrically connected to the base board. The images sensor is installed above the depression. At least a passive component is installed in the depression and electrically connected to the base board. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291317 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An image sensing apparatus in which a plurality of lens units can be exchanged and attached. The image sensing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire, from an attached lens unit, lens information including at least an exit pupil distance of the lens unit, an image sensor including a plurality of pixels for converting incident light into electrical charges corresponding to the amount of incident light, a shutter unit configured to shield the image sensor from light, a reset unit configured to sequentially reset the pixels of the image sensor in a traveling direction of the shutter unit prior to starting to shield the image sensor from light using the shutter unit, and a control unit configured to control a timing for resetting the pixels, based on the acquired lens information, where photography is prohibited when the lens information fails to be acquired. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291318 | Method and Device for Identifying and Calibrating Panoramic Optical Systems - A method for identifying a panoramic optical system enables its intrinsic characteristics to be semi-automatically or automatically determined so as to be able to subsequently apply the digital processes for appropriate corrections of the perspectives and distortions specific to the identified panoramic optical system. The panoramic optical system has a marking device visible from outside through a front lens, allowing identification by an operator, and/or a marking device directly projected on the image plane through the optical system, for automatic identification and calibration. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291319 | VIDEO CAMERA - A video camera can be configured to highly compress video data in a visually lossless manner. The camera can be configured to transform blue and red image data in a manner that enhances the compressibility of the data. The data can then be compressed and stored in this form. This allows a user to reconstruct the red and blue data to obtain the original raw data for a modified version of the original raw data that is visually lossless when demosaiced. Additionally, the data can be processed in a manner in which the green image elements are demosaiced first and then the red and blue elements are reconstructed based on values of the demosaiced green image elements. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291320 | DIGITAL CAMERA - In a digital camera, a solid state imaging device is used to catch subject light so that an image signal is created. The digital camera contributes to effectively implementing further thinness in such a manner that a part of image taking lenses is saved to a suitable position at the time of the collapse. Both the rear elements lens and the focus lens are revolved between a position on the optical axis and a saving position coming into a hollow portion beside the CCD solid state imaging device, or between the position on the optical axis and a saving position in which the front elements lens, the rear elements lens and focus lens form a line substantially on a plane. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291321 | IMAGING APPARATUS - In the presentation apparatus, an imaging subject is placed on the table, and the imaging subject is imaged by a video camera for presentation on the display of a computer or the like. The table includes a fastening member to which a camera support member fastens, and deploying panels which are pivotably supported at the sides of the fastening member. A deployment mechanism includes link members which at a first end thereof are respectively pivotably connected to the deploying panels and at the other end thereof are connected to one another by a connecting pin; a guide member for guiding the movement of the connecting pin; and a damper portion for applying resistance to movement of the connecting pin. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291322 | Method for the Optical Adjustment of a Camerafield of the Invention - During the assembly of cameras, especially for cameras having imaging optical systems with reduced depth of field, an accurate adjustment of an optical sensor medium relative to the imaging optical system may be necessary. Therefore, a method is provided for optically adjusting a camera in which at least one plastically deformable adjustment element is employed that is plastically deformable by the action of at least one force and/or at least one torque. By deforming this adjustment element, it is possible to alter a placement and/or alignment of the optical sensor medium relative to the imaging optical system so that an optimal image quality is ensured. Because of the stability of the method and the low costs associated with it, the method proposed is also suitable for a serial application. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291323 | Image processing device, data recording device, and method of controlling image processing device - The interlace/progressive conversion section of an image processing device sequentially receives image data corresponding to odd-numbered lines or sequentially receives image data corresponding to even-numbered lines. The interlace/progressive conversion section performs an even-numbered-line interpolation process that uses sequentially-received image data corresponding to first and second odd-numbered lines and generates image data corresponding to an even-numbered line between the first and second odd-numbered lines, or an odd-numbered-line interpolation process that uses sequentially-received image data corresponding to first and second even-numbered lines and generates image data corresponding to an odd-numbered line between the first and second even-numbered lines. After the even-numbered-line interpolation process, the interlace/progressive conversion section generates a progressive image by using image data corresponding to odd-numbered lines and image data corresponding to even-numbered lines generated by the even-numbered-line interpolation process; and after the odd-numbered-line interpolation process, the interlace/progressive conversion section generates a progressive image by using image data corresponding to even-numbered lines and image data corresponding to odd-numbered lines generated by the odd-numbered-line interpolation process. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291324 | PACKET GENERATING METHOD IN WIRELESS HDMI CEC - A packet generating method in a wireless High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) environment includes generating a packet which includes either AV data or control data in a payload and a field indicative of a packet type in a header according to a HDMI environment; and transmitting the generated packet. Accordingly, the AV data and the control data can be transceived over the single channel in the HDMI. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291325 | Personality-Based Device - A personality-based theme may be provided. An application program may query a personality resource file for a prompt corresponding to a personality. Then the prompt may be received at a speech synthesis engine. Next, the speech synthesis engine may query a personality voice font database for a voice font corresponding to the personality. Then the speech synthesis engine may apply the voice font to the prompt. The voice font applied prompt may then be produced at an output device. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291326 | Apparatus for and method of displaying video signals - An apparatus for displaying video signals includes an input source to receive video signals having different frame frequencies and provide an input video signal from among the received video signals, a frame frequency detector to detect, as a first frame frequency, the frame frequency of the input video signal, a determiner to determine a second frame frequency according to the first frame frequency and provide a frame frequency conversion rate, the second frame frequency being higher than the first frame frequency, an interpolation frame generator to generate interpolation frames according to the frame frequency conversion rate, and a frame frequency converter to convert the input video signal into a video signal having the second frame frequency by interpolating the generated interpolation frames between original frames of the input video signal. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291327 | Display Apparatus and Method and Information Processing Apparatus and Method for Providing Picture in Picture Function - A display apparatus and method and an information processing apparatus and method, by which a picture in picture (PIP) region is automatically and freely changed between a semi-transparent state and an opaque state according to a position of a pointing device, are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a communicator receiving position information of the PIP region from the display apparatus and transmitting transparency information, which changes a screen of the PIP region into the semi-transparent state or the opaque state according to whether the pointing device is positioned within the PIP region, to the display apparatus; and a PIP monitoring unit setting a state of the transparency information according to whether the pointing device is positioned within the PIP region. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291328 | DECODING APPARATUS FOR ENCODED VIDEO SIGNALS - The present invention is a decoding apparatus for decoding an encoded video signal capable of displaying a secondary video synchronously with a primary video. The decoding apparatus includes: an auxiliary information analyzing part that analyzes auxiliary information including display auxiliary information about a display position and/or a display size of the secondary video, and applied time information by which the display auxiliary information is applied; a reference time counter that indicates a reference time at which a video is decoded and displayed; a comparing part that compares the applied time information with the reference time counter; a display screen forming part that uses a primary video and a secondary video to form a display screen; and a control part that controls the display screen forming part, wherein the control part controls the display position and/or the display size of the secondary video by affording a command to the display screen forming part using the display auxiliary information, based on an output result of the comparing part. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291329 | DECODING APPARATUS FOR ENCODED VIDEO SIGNALS - The present invention is a decoding apparatus for decoding an encoded video signal capable of displaying a secondary video synchronously with a primary video. The decoding apparatus includes: an auxiliary information analyzing part that analyzes auxiliary information including display auxiliary information about a display position and/or a display size of the secondary video, and applied time information by which the display auxiliary information is applied; a reference time counter that indicates a reference time at which a video is decoded and displayed; a comparing part that compares the applied time information with the reference time counter; a display screen forming part that uses a primary video and a secondary video to form a display screen; and a control part that controls the display screen forming part, wherein the control part controls the display position and/or the display size of the secondary video by affording a command to the display screen forming part using the display auxiliary information, based on an output result of the comparing part. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291330 | Advanced Noise Reduction in Digital Cameras - A noise reduction apparatus is presented that includes groups of one or more serially connected non-linear filter units. Each of the filter unit groups are driven by decimated input image data at a different level of decimation and the output of at least one of these groups serves as one of a plurality of inputs to another group driven at a different decimation level. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291331 | Television receiver - The present invention discloses a television receiver that extracts a video signal from a received television broadcast signal and displays video on a screen based on the video signal, the television receiver comprising: a snow noise detection unit that detects snow noise of the video displayed on the screen; a brightness amplitude reduction unit that displays a translucent image to reduce brightness amplitude of the screen while displaying the snow noise if the snow noise detection unit detects the snow noise; and the brightness amplitude reduction unit that displays, on the screen, video without the translucent, if the snow noise detection unit does not detect the snow noise. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291332 | Image upsampling technique - A upscaling (upsampling) technique for digital images and video for presentation on a display. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291333 | Methods, systems and apparatuses for motion detection using auto-focus statistics - Methods, systems and apparatuses for the detection of motion using statistics data already available within an imager, such as sharpness scores or brightness values. The method includes obtaining at least two sets of statistics data for respective image frames which include corresponding windows; initializing a motion counter; determining, for each window, a relative difference value for the particular window; comparing the relative difference value to a first threshold. If the relative difference value is greater than the first threshold, the method increments the motion counter; and determines if there is motion by comparing the value of the motion counter to a second threshold. The motion detection may further take into account the relative importance of certain areas of the image frame. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291334 | VIDEO APPARATUS HAVING INTEGRATED TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A video apparatus having an integrated terminal and a control method thereof. The video apparatus may enable a video signal and/or an audio signal to be transmitted externally via a single terminal. In particular, a component video signal or a non-component video signal may be switched according to the type of cable, and then the switched signal may be output. Accordingly, the size of the video apparatus can be reduced, and the number of output terminals can be minimized. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291335 | Dual-Mode Equalizer in an Atsc-Dtv Receiver - A decision feedback equalizer for processing a data signal provides concurrent equalizer outputs (Z | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291336 | Apparatus and Method for Selecting Optimal Signal Using Auxiliary Equalization in Diversity Receiver - Provided are an apparatus and method for selecting an optimal signal using auxiliary equalization in a diversity receiver. The optimal signal selecting apparatus includes: a plurality of sync recovery units for extracting sync information from baseband signals, which are candidate signals, except a baseband signal selected as a current optimal signal a plurality of auxiliary equalizers for channel-equalizing the candidate signals based on the extracted sync information; a plurality of SNR measuring units for measuring signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of the candidate signals inputted to the auxiliary equalizers and the candidates signals equalized in the auxiliary equalizers; and an optimal signal selector for selecting an optimal candidate signal from the candidate signals by using the extracted sync information and the measured SNRs, and replacing the optimal signal with the optimal candidate signal when reception quality of the current optimal signal is poor. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291337 | Compact digital TV tuner unit - The present invention discloses a compact digital TV tuner unit mounted on an analog receiver equipped with an analog tuner, comprising: a boxy chassis; a terminal face of the chassis facing the analog receiver; an antenna input terminal that is placed on the terminal face and that is connected to an external antenna wire; an antenna output terminal that is placed on the terminal face adjacent to the antenna input terminal and that is connected to the analog receiver; and a converter circuit whose circuit elements are placed on a loop line starting at the antenna input terminal and ending at the antenna output terminal in the chassis and that converts digital broadcast signals input from the antenna input terminal to analog broadcast signals to output the analog broadcast signals to the antenna output terminal. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291338 | Television receiver - The present invention discloses that it enhances efficiency in detecting the color burst signal under low-power input and enables color display after confirming the presence of the color burst signal even under low-power input. The configuration includes firstly the electric field intensity judgment unit M | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291339 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A data driver circuit is divided into a low potential region, an intermediate potential region, and a high potential region, and relative withstand voltages in the respective regions are set equal to each other. Both of the transmission of a power source voltage to the high potential region from the low potential region and the transmission of video signals are performed via the intermediate potential region. Due to such a constitution, the withstand voltages in the respective regions can be suppressed to low values. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291340 | Projection Type Video Display Apparatus - Disclosed is a projection type video display apparatus including: a video projection section to generate projection light of a video to output through a projection lens; an imaging section to capture through a camera lens the video projected by the video projection section; a moving section to move the projection lens in a direction of changing focus of the video; and a control section to adjust the focus of the projected video, wherein the control section allows the video projection section to project a pre-set mark image and the imaging section to capture the projected video of the mark image to allow the moving section to operate so that the captured mark image is in focus, and thus adjusts the focus of the projected video. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291341 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR SPOKE LIGHT - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for compensating for spoke light in a video unit. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising measuring a first light level during a non-spoke time of a color wheel to generate a non-spoke light level; and setting a spoke light compensation value based on the measured non-spoke light level. There is also provided a video unit comprising a light source configured to generate a first light level during a non-spoke time of a color wheel, a photodiode assembly configured to measure the first light level to generate a non-spoke light level, and a processor configured to set a spoke light compensation value based on the non-spoke light level. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291342 | Projection Type Video Display Apparatus - Disclosed is a projection type video display apparatus including: a projection section to generate projection light of a video to output through a projection lens; an imaging section to image through a camera lens in a direction in which a video is projected; an XY driving section to change a projection direction of a video projected by the projection section; and a control section to perform a position adjustment processing of the projected video relative to a screen, wherein in the position adjustment processing, the control section allows the imaging section to image in the projection direction and when a plurality of pre-set marks are in an imaged image, the control section allows the XY driving section to drive so that a center point shown by the plurality of marks and a center point of the projected video overlap. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291343 | ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illuminating apparatus comprises a light source and an optical system for guiding the light from the light source to an imager such as a liquid crystal panel. The optical system has an optical element disposed for changing a traveling direction of the light traveling to the imager in accordance with a control signal. The optical element is controlled such that, out of all pixel regions on the imager, part of the light amount to be applied to low-brightness pixel regions is distributed to high-brightness pixel regions. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291344 | TELEVISION RECEIVER - A television receiver includes a liquid crystal module, a control board, a jack holder, a cabinet and a plurality of spacers. The control board has a jack. The jack holder is mounted to the control board to hold the jack. The cabinet houses the liquid crystal module, the control board and the jack holder. The cabinet has an opening to which the jack holder is attached from inner side of the cabinet. The spacers are disposed between the jack holder and the cabinet at locations spaced apart where the jack holder and the cabinet overlap. The spacers maintain a gap between the jack holder and the cabinet. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291345 | PICTURE FRAME ANTENNA ASSEMBLIES - According to various aspects of the present disclosure, exemplary embodiments are provided of picture frame antenna assemblies. In one exemplary embodiment, an assembly generally includes a backing defining at least one recess. A frame is removably attachable to the backing for holding a photograph therebetween. The frame has a generally annular shape with an opening through which a portion of the photograph is visible. At least one antenna element is disposed within the recess defined by the backing. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291346 | MEMORY DEVICE, DATA RECORDING METHOD, AND IC TAG - A memory device includes first electrodes, second electrodes, third electrodes, heaters, and memory cells between the first electrodes and the heaters. Each third electrode is provided on the heaters, and each second electrode is provided at a side portion of the heaters. Each memory cell contains an electroconductive liquid crystal compound having a long linear conjugate structure and exhibiting a smectic phase as a liquid crystal phase. Information can be written in the memory cells by selectively heating the heaters to cause the corresponding memory cells to have both electroconductivity and optical anisotropy. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291347 | LIQUID CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A liquid crystal includes about 60 wt % to about 80 wt % of a first compound material, about 2 wt % to about 15 wt % of a second compound material, and a neutral compound material. The first compound material has a dielectric anisotropy of a first polarity, and the second compound material has a dielectric anisotropy of a second polarity. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291348 | PIXELS HAVING POLARITY EXTENSION REGIONS FOR MULTI-DOMAIN VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - A multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal display that does not require physical features on the substrate (such as protrusions and ITO slits) is disclosed. Each pixel of the MVA LCD is subdivided into color components, which are further divided into color dots. The color components include polarized extension regions that extend between color dots of neighboring color components (and neighboring pixels). The voltage polarity of the color dots and polarized extension regions are arranged so that fringe fields in each color dot causes multiple liquid crystal domains in each color dot. Specifically, the color dots and polarity extension regions of the display are arranged so that neighboring polarized elements have opposite polarities. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291349 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a substrate, a display unit on the substrate, the display unit including a plurality of subpixels, a driver that applies a driving signal to the display unit, a pad unit that applies an electric signal received from the outside to the driver; a plurality of lines that connects the display unit to the driver or the pad unit to the driver; and a plurality of pad electrodes disposed at one ends of the lines connected to the driver. A width of one end of the pad electrode connected to the lines is narrower than widths of other areas of the pad electrode excepting the other end of the pad electrode. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291350 | ELECTRON DEVICE USING OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In an electron device in which plural thin film transistors each having at least a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor region including a channel, a gate insulation film and a gate electrode are provided on a substrate, a device separation region provided between the plural thin film transistors and the semiconductor region are constituted by a same metal oxide layer, and resistance of the semiconductor region is formed to be lower than resistance of the device separation region. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291351 | Flat Panel Display - Disclosed is a flat panel display that can prevent image quality degradation by preventing the current transmitted to the organic light emitting diode or liquid crystal of the flat panel display from being changed by the leakage current and keeping the current stably. The flat panel display comprises: a first switching element whose control electrode is electrically coupled to a scan line, being electrically coupled between a data line and a first voltage line; a second switching element whose control electrode is electrically coupled to the scan line, being electrically coupled between the first switching element and first voltage line; a capacitive element whose first electrode is electrically coupled between the first and second switching elements; a drive transistor whose control electrode is electrically coupled to the second switching element, being electrically coupled between the first voltage line and a second voltage line; and an organic light emitting diode electrically coupled between the drive transistor and second voltage line. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291352 | DIGITAL CIRCUIT HAVING CORRECTING CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided is a digital circuit ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291353 | Transformer for Inverter - A transformer for an inverter includes: a bobbin including at least one barrier rib between a pair of opposing side-walls, and a coil winding part divided into a low voltage side and a high voltage side by the barrier ribs, two or more strands of a coil being wound around the coil winding part of the low voltage side; and a ferrite core inserted into the bobbin, the ferrite core surrounding the bobbin and guiding a magnetic flux. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291354 | Liquid crystal display device - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device capable of stable support of components. The LCD device comprises an LCD panel; a main support for supporting edges of the LCD panel; a light guide plate disposed at a rear side of the LCD panel; and at least one first pad for preventing the movement of the light guide plate through contact with the light guide plate between the main support and the light guide plate, wherein at least one first pad supporting portion is formed at one surface of the main support being faced with the light guide plate. Accordingly, defects of the LCD device resulting from an external force such as impact or heat are minimized, and the LCD device has a firm and stable structure. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291355 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE - A liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit, a light reflecting plate and a light source holder. The backlight unit is disposed on a rear side of the liquid crystal panel. The backlight unit has a light source that is configured to emit light. The light reflecting plate is disposed on a rear side of the back light unit and configured to reflect the light. The light source holder has a band-shaped base attached to the light reflecting plate, a plurality of light source supports disposed on the band-shaped base at spaced apart locations and having an open ring portion that is open to a front side, and a plurality of reinforcing ribs formed on both side of each of the light source supports. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291356 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A backlight assembly and a liquid crystal device having the same. The backlight assembly includes a light guide plate, a first mold frame integrally formed with the light guide plate, a light source unit disposed on at least one side of the light guide plate and comprising a light source spaced apart from the at least one side of the light guide plate and a light reflector surrounding the light source and connected to the light guide plate, a light reflector surrounding the light source and connected to the light guide plate, and a second mold frame connected to the first mold frame and disposed on the light reflector | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291357 | Interconnect substrate for use in a liquid crystal module, and liquid crystal module - An interconnect substrate for use in a liquid crystal module is nearly rectangular in shape as seen in a plan view. Connector portions having a connector pattern that provides electrical connection between the interconnect substrate and the controller substrate are provided one for each end of the interconnect substrate in a longer-side direction thereof. A plurality of connection portions that provide connection between the interconnect substrate and the driver substrate are formed along one side of the interconnect substrate running in the longer-side direction thereof so as to be symmetrical with respect to a normal S that divides the one side into two equal parts. The conductor traces interconnecting the driver substrate and the controller substrate are formed so as to be symmetrical with respect to the normal S. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291358 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device having a heat releasing structure is disclosed to effectively release heat generated from heating elements such as an inverter IC and a transformer formed on an inverter PCB (Printed, Circuit Board). The LCD device includes a lower cover; a backlight unit formed on the lower cover and providing light; a liquid crystal panel separated from the backlight unit and provided with light; an inverter PCB that drives the backlight unit; an inverter IC and a transformer mounted on the PCB and generating voltage supplied to the backlight unit; a heat conduction unit attached on the inverter IC and the transformer and heat-conducted; and a shield cover protecting the PCB from the exterior and contacting with the heat conduction unit on the inverter IC and the transformer to release heat. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291359 | OPTICAL MEMBER, BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical member enables a display apparatus to be improved in visibility of its display screen as viewed from a plurality of predetermined directions other than the directly forward direction. The optical member includes a lenticular lens member ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291360 | Light emitting diode back light module - An LED back light module includes a metal support, a thermal conductive material, a circuit board and at least one light emitting diode. The metal support has a recess and a plurality of holes. The thermal conductive material has a first surface in contact with a bottom of the recess. The circuit board is disposed on a second surface of the thermal conductive material, in which the circuit board has a plurality of flanges lodged into the holes of the metal support for compacting the circuit board, the thermal conductive material and the metal support. The light emitting diode is disposed on the circuit board, in which the thermal energy generated by the light emitting diode is delivered to the metal support through the circuit board and the thermal conductive material. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291361 | WIDE ANGLE MIRROR SYSTEM - Composite mirror systems include a wideband thin film interference stack having a plurality of microlayers and an optically thick layer having a refractive index greater than air but less than the smallest refractive index of the stack. The mirror systems can provide high reflectivity for light propagating in the stack and in the optically thick layer at supercritical angles, while avoiding degradation in reflectivity if dirt or other disturbances such as absorbing materials are present at the mirror backside for example due to contact with a support structure. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291362 | Diffuser for Light From Light Source Array and Displays Incorporating Same - An optical structure placeable between a backlight array of point light sources and a planar display. The structure distributes light emitted by the point light sources to uniformly illuminate the plane of the display, without introducing significant viewing parallax. The emitted light is partially collimated within a preferred angular viewing range, maximizing the display's luminance when viewed from the normal direction. The structure is highly reflective, such that a substantial portion of any non-emitted light rays are internally reflected by the structure, increasing the likelihood that those rays will be subsequently emitted by the structure. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291363 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An electro-optic device includes a light source, a light guide panel configured to output light beams emitted from the light source through a light exit plane; a display panel illuminated by the light beams outputted from the light exit plane of the light guide panel passing therethrough; a prism sheet provided between the light guide panel and the display panel and formed with prisms having a triangular cross-section on a surface on the side of the display panel; and a light diffusing member provided between the light guide panel and the prism sheet. The prisms each having a ridge line extending substantially vertically to the direction of emission of the light beam emitted from the light source, and an apex angle is set to a range from 60° to 70°. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291364 | LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE AS A LIGHT SOURCE - A light emission device including: a light emission panel including at least two emissive regions spaced apart from each other and a non-emissive region between the emissive regions; and a light diffuser located in front of the light emission panel, the light diffuser including at least two first diffusion parts corresponding to the emissive regions and a second diffusion part corresponding to the non-emissive region, wherein the second diffusion part has diffusion transmittance that is greater than diffusion transmittance of the first diffusion parts. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291365 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE, BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD THEREOF - A light source module includes a power supply plate, a light emitting chip, and a body mold. The light emitting chip is disposed on the power supply plate to lean to one side with respect to a center of the power supply plate along a first direction and electrically connected to the power supply plate. The body mold is connected with the power supply plate to expose the light emitting chip. Therefore, a thickness of a backlight assembly employing the light source module may be reduced. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291366 | ELECTRON EMITTER APPARATUS, A FABRICATION PROCESS FOR THE SAME AND A DEVICE UTILISING THE SAME - A field effect electron emitting apparatus is prepared by depositing a plurality of nano-wires | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291367 | Display device - A plurality of fluorescent tubes are retained at their end portions by a connector. A concave section is formed between insertion holes of the connector so that a slit section can be widened with ease, and the fluorescent tubes, fluorescent tube terminals, or others can be protected from any possible damage. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291368 | Display Device Comprising Multiple Display Panel Assemblies - A display device includes a first and second display panel assembly. The first panel assembly includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a color filter formed on the first substrate or the second substrate, and a first light blocking member formed on the first substrate or the second substrate. The second panel assembly includes a third substrate, a fourth substrate opposite the third substrate, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the third substrate and the fourth panel. The second panel assembly does not have a color filter. The first panel assembly and the second panel assembly are overlapped with each other. Accordingly, the moiré interference effects may be prevented. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291369 | Optical Film, Optical Compensation Film, Polarizing Plate, and Liquid-Crystal Display Device - An optical film comprising a transparent support and an optically-anisotropic layer formed of a composition comprising at least one liquid-crystal compound, wherein the transparent support comprises at least one selected from cycloolefin-base homopolymers and copolymers, and the optically-anisotropic layer satisfies the following relation (1): Re(450)/Re(650)<1.25, is disclosed. An optical compensation film comprising a transparent support, and an optically-anisotropic layer formed of a composition comprising a liquid-crystal compound, wherein the transparent support comprises a polymer having at least either of lactone ring unit or glutaric anhydride unit, is also disclosed. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291370 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate that is disposed facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer that is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and is composed of a liquid crystal exhibiting, in an initial alignment state thereof, a vertical alignment and having negative dielectric anisotropy; a light shielding film that is formed on a side of the liquid crystal layer on the first substrate and that corresponds to a non-display region and defining a display region; a pixel electrode that is disposed, on the first substrate, from the display region with a periphery projecting on the light shielding film; a vertical alignment film that is disposed, on the pixel electrode, only in the display region or from the display region with a periphery projecting in the non-display region; and a horizontal alignment film that is disposed, in an area without the vertical alignment film above the light shielding film, with a periphery projecting on the pixel electrode. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291371 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device having high contrast and excellent viewing angle characteristic which can be manufactured without employing the phase compensation film and with low cost. The technical solution is to form a liquid crystal panel of an active matrix type liquid crystal display device having the following structure, that is, each of the pixels of said liquid crystal panel comprises liquid crystal layer, and said liquid crystal layer comprises a first orientation region in a first liquid crystal orientation direction and a second orientation region in a second liquid crystal orientation direction, furthermore, the difference between said first liquid crystal orientation direction and said second liquid crystal orientation direction is about 180 degrees, and the transmission axes of two polarizers, between which said liquid crystal layer is sandwiched, are perpendicular with each other, furthermore, angles of about 45 degrees are formed by the transmission axes of the two polarizers together with said first and second orientation directions. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291372 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A transflective liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel which is configured such that a liquid crystal layer is held between a pair of substrates, and to which an OCB mode is applied, and a pair of optical elements which are disposed on outsides of the liquid crystal layer, and optically compensate a retardation of the liquid crystal layer in a predetermined display state in which a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the optical element is configured to include a circular polarization element including a polarizer and a first retardation plate which imparts a retardation of ¼ wavelength, and the first retardation plate has such wavelength dispersion characteristics as to establish a relationship, α1<1, where α1 is a ratio of an in-plane retardation Re430 at a wavelength of 430 nm to an in-plane retardation Re550 at a wavelength of 550 nm. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080291373 | LCoS DISPLAY WITH A COLOR PIXEL ARRAY AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A method of fabricating an LCOS display with a color pixel array contains disposing reflective layers between various color filter layers. The reflective layers are used as etching stop layers between color filter layers so that etching processes are capable of carrying out to define the patterns of the color filter layers in different sub-pixels for forming the color pixel array. | 2008-11-27 |
