Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090251792 | CONVERSION LENS, CONVERSION LENS SYSTEM, AND IMAGING DEVICE - A conversion lens which includes a pair of transparent members is provided. At least one of the transparent members is formed of a deformable film; a connecting member for connecting the pair of transparent members so as to form a sealed space sandwiched between the pair of transparent members; a liquid filled in the sealed space; and a curvature changing mechanism for changing the curvature of the deformable film by moving the liquid filled in the sealed space. A conversion lens system and an imaging device, provided with the conversion lens are also provided. | 10-08-2009 |
20090316239 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus includes a drive unit that rotationally drives a holographic recording medium including a recording layer and a track forming layer that includes guide tracks formed at constant intervals in a radial direction, where a signal beam and a reference beam are emitted to the recording layer so that a hologram is recorded in accordance with the signal beam, a signal beam generating unit, a reference beam generating unit, a recording unit that emits the signal beam and reference beam into the medium and records the hologram, a rotation control unit that controls the drive unit so that the medium is rotationally driven at a constant rotation speed, and a recording control unit that selects some of the guide tracks so that radial-direction recording intervals of the holograms are statistically decreased towards the outer periphery and controls the recording unit to record the holograms along the selected tracks. | 12-24-2009 |
20100060960 | REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - A reproduction device includes a light-emitting unit that emits reference light and coherent light, which is generated so as to have uniform light intensity and uniform phase, onto a hologram recording medium on which data is recorded by an interference pattern of signal light and the reference light, and a light-attenuating unit that attenuates the light intensity of the coherent light. | 03-11-2010 |
20100245955 | LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A light irradiation device includes: a focus servo control unit including a light source, a spatial light modulating unit, and a light irradiating unit, for focus servo control so that the ideal focal position of light via an objective lens is such that distance between an ideal focal position and a hologram recording medium surface is smaller than distance from the surface to the lower layer side face of the recording layer, and the focal position of light via the objective lens is constant at the ideal focal position; an objective-lens/relay-lens distance adjusting unit to adjust distance between the objective lens and a relay lens close to the objective lens; a light reception unit to receive marker light; and a constant distance control unit to control the objective-lens/relay-lens distance adjusting unit based on error between the ideal position of the marker light, and the actual position of the marker light. | 09-30-2010 |
20100265808 | HOLOGRAM DEVICE, TILT DETECTION METHOD, AND TILT CORRECTION METHOD - A hologram device includes: a light source for applying light to a hologram recording medium having a recording layer in which information recording is performed by interference fringes between signal light and reference light; a spatial modulation unit that generates the signal light and/or the reference light and generates a marker light in a predetermined position within an incident surface of the light from the light source by performing spatial light modulation on the light from the light source; a light applying unit that applies the light subjected to spatial light modulation by the spatial light modulation unit to the hologram recording medium via an objective lens; a light receiving unit that receives the light applied via the objective lens through the hologram recording medium; and a tilt detection unit that obtains a tilt error signal representing an error from an ideal angle of a tilt angle as an incident angle of the applied light via the objective lens to an information recording surface of the hologram recording medium based on a result of detection of an error between an ideal light reception position of the marker light in the light receiving unit and a real light reception position of the marker light by the light receiving unit. | 10-21-2010 |
20100284091 | IMAGE PICKING-UP LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKING-UP DEVICE USING THE SAME - An imaging lens system having an autofocus function using a liquid lens and an imaging apparatus using the imaging lens system is provided, in which the imaging lens system is configured with a smaller number of lenses to facilitate downsizing. | 11-11-2010 |
20100290130 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An imaging lens system has an autofocus function using a liquid lens and an imaging apparatus using the imaging lens system in which the imaging lens system is configured with a smaller number of lenses to facilitate downsizing. The imaging lens system includes a first lens group and a second lens group in this order from the object side. The second lens group includes a liquid lens system in which the curvature radius of the interface between a conductive liquid and an insulating liquid changes depending on an applied voltage. The curvature center of the interface between the conductive liquid and the insulating liquid of the liquid lens system is shifted toward the conductive liquid. | 11-18-2010 |
20110002043 | ZOOM LENS, CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a zoom lens, including: an object side lens group disposed on the object side and including a first variable lens having a deformation surface, the object side lens group having a focal length varied by deformation of the first variable lens; an image side lens group disposed on the image side with respect to the object side lens group with an aperture stop sandwiched therebetween and including a second variable lens having a deformation surface, the image side lens group having a focal length varied by deformation of the second variable lens; and a lens group disposed between the object side lens group and the image side lens group and including the aperture stop. The deformation of the first and second variable lenses is controlled to carry out power variation and carry out image surface movement compensation and focusing by the power variation. | 01-06-2011 |
20110096071 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - An image display device includes an image display section and a lenticular lens including a plurality of lenses arranged in a linear array. Each lens is defined by a plurality of adjacent variable lenses having a common optical axis. The image display device also includes a controller that controls optical characteristics in a plurality of the variable lenses such that the common optical axis for at least one of the lenses is moved in a given direction. | 04-28-2011 |
20110304716 | Optical device for stereoscopic display and stereoscopic display apparatus - An optical device for stereoscopic display includes: a display section having a first surface and a second surface opposed to each other and outputting displayed-image light from the second surface; a parallax separation section disposed to face the second surface of the display section, and splitting the displayed-image light from the display section to allow stereoscopy; a first transparent parallel plate disposed to be in contact with the first surface of the display section; and a second transparent parallel plate disposed to be in contact with the second surface of the display section. | 12-15-2011 |
20120056897 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display unit in which sub-pixels are periodically arranged at a first sub-pixel pitch in a first direction of a screen, each pixel is formed by the plurality of sub-pixels, and a plurality of viewpoint images is displayed on a display surface; and a barrier unit in which transmissive sections having a first width in the first direction are periodically arranged. The first width is set to be approximated to a multiple m (where m=1, 2, . . . , N (where N is the number of plurality of viewpoint images)) of the first sub-pixel pitch. | 03-08-2012 |
20120057108 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display unit; a barrier unit including a plurality of transmissive sections; and a filter having a transmittance distribution in which transmittance of light passing through a central portion of the transmissive section of the barrier unit is lower than transmittance of light passing through a circumferential portion of the transmissive section of the barrier unit. | 03-08-2012 |
20120057227 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display unit in which sub-pixels are periodically arranged at a first sub-pixel pitch in a first direction of a screen, each pixel is formed by the plurality of sub-pixels, and a plurality of viewpoint images is displayed on a display surface; and a barrier unit in which transmissive sections are periodically arranged. A pixel opening section, which is an opening section of one of the plurality of sub-pixels forming each pixel, has a first pixel opening width in the first direction. The first pixel opening width is set to be approximated to the first sub-pixel pitch. | 03-08-2012 |
20120057228 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display unit in which sub-pixels are periodically arranged at a first sub-pixel pitch in a first direction of a screen, each pixel is formed by the plurality of sub-pixels, the pixels are periodically arranged at a first pixel pitch in the first direction, and a plurality of viewpoint images is displayed on a display surface; and a barrier unit in which transmissive sections having a first width in the first direction are periodically arranged. On the assumption that p | 03-08-2012 |
20120062990 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a three-dimensional image display apparatus including: an image display device in which a plurality of pixels are laid out in the horizontal and vertical directions to form a two-dimensional matrix, each of the pixels being configured to include m sub-pixels, and a plurality of observing-point disparity images being assigned for each of the sub-pixels to form a layout pattern determined in advance and displayed by carrying out a synthesizing process; and a parallax device which has a plurality of disparity separation sections associated with the sub-pixels, and which is used for separating the disparity images displayed on the image display device in a plurality of observing-point directions in order to make binocular vision of the disparity images possible. | 03-15-2012 |
20120092468 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: a display unit that composes p (here, p is an integer equal to or greater than two) viewpoint videos that are spatially divided within one screen by sequentially displaying q (here, q is an integer that is equal to or greater than two and is equal to or less than p) display patterns that are divided in time; and an optical separation device that optically separates the p viewpoint videos configuring each one of the q display patterns displayed on the display unit. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092470 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: a display unit that composes p (here, p is an integer equal to or greater than two) viewpoint videos that are spatially divided within one screen by sequentially displaying q (here, q is an integer that is equal to or greater than two and is equal to or less than p) display patterns that are divided in time; and an optical separation device that optically separates the p viewpoint videos configuring each one of the q display patterns displayed on the display unit. | 04-19-2012 |
20120113159 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display section that is driven to perform line sequential scanning and display a plurality of different viewpoint video images; a backlight that includes a plurality of sub-light emitting areas separated in the line sequential scanning direction; a light barrier that has a plurality of open/close unit groups each of which is formed of a plurality of open/close units, the open/close units in different groups opened or closed at different timings; and a backlight controller that controls light emission from the sub-light emitting areas in the backlight in synchronization with the line sequential scanning in the display section, wherein the backlight controller separately controls intensities of the light emitted from the sub-light emitting areas. | 05-10-2012 |
20120113319 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: a display unit including plural display sections divided in a first direction and performing line sequential scanning in the first direction; and an interpolation picture generation unit generating an interpolation picture in accordance with a timing at which each display section is scanned based on supplied frame pictures, wherein the display unit displays the interpolation picture corresponding to the display section in each display section. | 05-10-2012 |
20120120121 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an image display apparatus including: a transmissive display panel; an illuminator configured to illuminate a rear surface of the transmissive display panel; an optical separator which includes a plurality of switchers capable of switching between a light transmitting state and a light blocking state, for separating an image displayed on the transmissive display panel by bringing one of the switchers into the light transmitting state and the other switchers into the light blocking state; and a light regulator capable of switching between a light diffusing state and a light transmitting state. | 05-17-2012 |
20120127286 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE AND 3D DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: an optical barrier unit which includes a plurality of gate groups each including a plurality of gates, and in which gates in different groups perform a gating operation individually at different timings; a combined image generator which generates a plurality of sequences of combined images each corresponding to the plurality of gate groups based on a plurality of different viewpoint images in accordance with an opening timing of the respective gate groups; and a display unit which displays the corresponding sequence of combined images in synchronization with the gating operation of the respective gate groups, wherein the combined image generator generates at least one sequence of combined images through interpolation. | 05-24-2012 |
20130063565 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a correction unit that corrects at least position coordinates used to specify a position of an enlarged-image group generated in accordance with a scanning method of a microscope that scans a sample in vertical, horizontal, and depth directions and generates an image data group corresponding to the enlarged-image group of the sample, and a stereoscopic image generation unit that generates a stereoscopic image of the enlarged-image group by giving parallax to the corrected image data group. | 03-14-2013 |
20130200272 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR FLUORESCENCE DETECTION AND FINE PARTICLE ANALYZING APPARATUS - An optical system for fluorescence detection includes two parabolic mirrors, a first parabolic mirror and a second parabolic mirror, and fluorescent light beams that are incident from different directions are reflected by the first parabolic mirror as parallel light beams to the second parabolic mirror and are converged at one point by the second parabolic mirror. | 08-08-2013 |
20130342530 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving spatial positions associated with a plurality of images. The method determines displacements of the images in opposing first and second horizontal directions, based on at least the spatial positions. The method then generates, using a processor, first and second composites of the images, based on the determined displacements. | 12-26-2013 |
20140293022 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display controller that controls a display of an object to be displayed such that when the object to be displayed is displayed stereoscopically in accordance with 3D image data that can be displayed stereoscopically, a display format of the object to be displayed positioned outside a fusional area of an observer is different from a display format of the object to be displayed positioned inside the fusional area. | 10-02-2014 |
20140306952 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF IMAGE FILE - In an image processing apparatus, a sensor output data acquisition unit acquires data of layered image information from a sensor group. A slice image generation unit generates data of a two-dimensional image for each slice plane surfaces in which distribution is acquired. An image axis conversion unit generates similar data of a two-dimensional image for a plurality of plane surfaces that are perpendicular to an axis different from a sensor axis. A slice image management unit of a display processing unit manages a slice image that is used for drawing according to the position of a viewpoint or the like. Memory for drawing sequentially stores data of an image necessary for drawing. An additional object image storage unit stores image data of an object that is additionally displayed such as a cursor or the like. An image drawing unit draws a three-dimensional object using data of the slice image. | 10-16-2014 |
20140370586 | MICROCHIP AND MICROCHIP-TYPE FINE-PARTICLE MEASURING DEVICE - A microchip is provided. The microchip includes an incident surface configured to receive light transmitted from a light source, the light being received from an incident direction and a back surface that is opposite the incident surface, the back surface including a portion that is configured to reflect light transmitted from the light source away from the incident direction. | 12-18-2014 |