Abstract: A method for controlling an ambient lighting element including determining ambient lighting data to control an ambient lighting element. The method includes processing combined ambient lighting data, wherein the combined ambient lighting data is based on corresponding video content portions and corresponding audio content portions. The processed combined ambient lighting data may then be used to control an ambient lighting element. In one embodiment, the combined ambient lighting data may be received as a combined ambient lighting script. Video-based ambient lighting data and audio-based ambient lighting data may be combined to produce the combined ambient lighting data. Combining the video-based and audio-based ambient lighting data may include modulating the video-based ambient lighting data by the audio-based ambient lighting data. The video content and/or audio content may be analyzed to produce the video-based and/or audio-based ambient lighting data.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an illumination system. The illumination system comprises a plurality of modules comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) adapted to emit light signals. The illumination system further comprises a plurality of polarizing elements disposed subsequent to the LEDs. Each of polarizing elements is adapted to render a unique polarization to the light signals emitted by a respectively corresponding one of the modules. Further, the illumination system comprises a polarization converting element disposed subsequent to the plurality polarizing elements. The polarization converting element is adapted to uniformly polarize all of the light signals emitted by the plurality of modules.

Abstract: A method for automatic format detection, video decoder and video display devices therefrom. A video input having an algorithm-based first graphics format is received that carries an RGB video signal, Hsync signal and a Vsync signal. From the Hsync signal and Vsync signal, a plurality of different measured timing parameters are generated including a total number of vertical lines per frame, a total number of vertical lines per pulse width of the Vsync signal, a total number of reference clock cycles per vertical line, and measured polarity information for the Vsync and Hsync signal. An algorithm automatically generates a format detection result that represents the first graphics format using the plurality of different measured timing parameters and the measured polarity information, including a plurality of horizontal and vertical timing information for configuring a video display for the algorithm-based first graphics format.

Abstract: A vending machine product storage tray system and vending machine system having the advantages of an addressable information display proximate to the vended product stored for sale therein is exposed.

Abstract: A lighting device for a display device of the present invention includes a plurality of light sources 17, a power source 170, a plurality of connecting terminals 152 and balance coils 56. The power source 170 supplies driving power to the light sources 17. The connecting terminals 152 are capable of holding the light sources 17 separately and function as driving power supply terminals for respective light sources. The balance coils 56 are arranged between the connecting terminals 152 and the power source 170. They are used for making the amount of current of the driving power supplied to each connecting terminal 152 constant.

Abstract: A video playing device includes a TV encoding circuit, a pre-setting circuit, and a video processing circuit. The TV encoding circuit encodes a first picture and generates a VSYNC signal. The pre-setting circuit is electrically connected with the TV encoding circuit, and receives the VSYNC signal to set a pre-setting signal. The pre-setting signal is enabled before the TV encoding circuit encodes a second picture. The video processing circuit is electrically connected with the pre-setting circuit, and receives the pre-setting signal to execute a video setting process for setting the video playing device to play the second picture. The video setting process is completed before the second picture is encoded. The pre-setting signal is adjustable such that the video setting process is completed before the second picture is played.

Abstract: In a display control apparatus which is supplied with an input synchronizing signal and an input video signal, and which generates display data from the input video signal on the basis of the input synchronizing signal, and supplies the display data to display means, when a change is detected in a cycle of the input synchronizing signal, the display means is supplied with display data of a frame prior to the occurrence of the change in the cycle, throughout a subsequent predetermined number of frame periods.

Abstract: An active-matrix substrate includes: scanning signal lines; data signal lines; first storage capacitor wires; second storage capacitor wires; and pixels, disposed at intersections between the scanning signal lines and the data signal lines, each of which includes a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the data signal lines is split into two parts at a region where the number of scanning signal lines intersecting the data signal line is ½ of the total number of scanning signal lines. A data signal line split section is formed on a region that does not overlap the second storage capacitor wires. This makes it possible to provide an active-matrix substrate, a display device, and a television receiver in each of which a data signal line split into two parts and a storage capacitor wire are hardly electrically short-circuited in the case of a combination of a split-screen structure and a multi-pixel structure.

Abstract: A technical problem is to inhibit variation in the correction between frames of a moving image while maintaining a correction amount of the overall image. The video signal display device has an attraction point determination portion (104), a corrected center position storage portion (105), a corrected center position determination portion (106), a correction parameter creation portion (107), and a correction portion (108), and performs correction such that the corrected center position is gradually moved toward an attraction point. The video signal display device achieves the same effect as methods that suppress correction variability by adjusting the correction amount, while also inhibiting correction variability.

Abstract: A video display device, a video output device, and a video system are provided, each of which has a user-interface having high usability in menu operation so that false operation may be prevented, and a menu-screen-display control method is provided. The menu-screen-display control method includes: determination process of determining which device, of a video display device and one or more video output devices connected to the video display device, is an object of operation through a menu screen displayed on the video display device; and prohibition process of setting a non-object device into a menu-operation-prohibited mode, the non-object device being a device other than an operation object device which is determined to be the object of operation through the menu screen under display.

Abstract: An electronic device, a display device, and a method of controlling audio/video output of the electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes a data processing unit, a visual output unit, an audio output unit, and a user operating habit database. The data processing unit executes an application program, the visual output unit outputs an image signal, the audio output unit outputs an audio signal, and the user operating habit database records a corresponding relationship between different program types and operating parameters of the visual output unit or the audio output unit. And, the data processing unit acquires the program type of the application program being run for controlling the operating parameters of the visual output unit or the audio output unit.

Abstract: In a backlight device manufactured by simultaneously arranging a plurality of backlight blocks in a combination manner, while each of the backlight blocks is comprised of: a light emitting source containing an LED, or a fluorescent lamp; a light conducting plate for conducting light emitted from the light emitting source to the side of a liquid crystal panel; and a reflection seat arranged on a rear plane of the light conducting plate; a dark luminance portion and a middle dark/bright luminance portion corresponding to dark/bright difference patterns for producing a dark/bright difference in luminance emitted from the backlight blocks are formed; and luminance of a bright luminance portion corresponding to a bright pattern of luminance emitted from a boundary between the backlight blocks is caused not to become visually conspicuous by a luminance fluctuation of the dark/bright difference pattern emitted from the backlight blocks.

Abstract: A reflection detection apparatus includes: a light-emitting surface; a detection light output portion to obliquely emit detection light from an emission area as a part of the light-emitting surface; a plurality of light-receiving devices to selectively receive, as reflected detection light, the detection light that is emitted to an external object from the emission area and enters the light-emitting surface with a predetermined angle after being reflected by the external object; and a height detection portion to obtain a height of a spot at which the detection light is reflected by the external object using positional information of the light-receiving device which has received the reflected detection light and positional information of the emission area, the height being a distance from the light-emitting surface.

Abstract: A system and method for providing access to a video display for multiple devices. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise receiving, at a video display system, a first video data signal through a first data communication interface and a second video data signal through a second data communication interface. A processor module may process the first and second video data signals to generate video information of first and second display windows in a composite display. For example, the processor module may transform and translate video information to fit display windows. The processor module may, for example, generate an output video signal comprising information of the first window and information of the second window. Such a signal may, for example, be utilized to drive an output display showing the first and second windows. Various aspects may also provide method steps and apparatus for controlling aspects of the displayed windows.

Abstract: In one embodiment there is provided, a display driver system, comprising, at least one display driver; a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) macro; and a display driver interface coupling the MRAM macro and the at least one display driver.

Abstract: A media system is provided having synchronized multiple camera signals of at least one event or activity for transmission over the internet to end users for selective display and/or manipulation. The media system may provide that end users are able to select and view and manipulate one or more of the multiple streaming video signals at will. The media system may be used in connection with a great variety of events or activities, including without limitation concerts, sports events, political events, sales events, movie premiers, public events, training events and religious events. A method is also provided having synchronized camera signals of at least one event or activity for transmission over the internet to end users for selective display and/or manipulation. The multiple camera signals are provided to end users for selective display and/or manipulation by end users.

Abstract: An enlarged image is displayed using a plurality of television sets. A television set serving as a master device and television sets serving as slave devices convert an input image into partial enlarged images and display the resultant partial enlarged images so that the partial enlarged images displayed on the respective television sets form, as a whole, a complete enlarged full image. The master device and slave devices perform mutual authentication with each other. If the authentication is successfully passed, the operation mode is set so that displaying of an enlarged image is allowed.

Abstract: Relay connectors are arranged to supply power from power boards arranged on the back side of a chassis having a substantially plate-shaped configuration to discharge tubes arranged on the front side of the chassis. Each relay connector includes a holder having an insulation property and to be mounted to the chassis, and further includes a relay terminal mounted to the holder and capable of electrical connection to the discharge tube and the power board. The relay terminal is immune to direct contact with the chassis. This enables the use of a metallic chassis.

Abstract: A receiver receives differential analog video signals from a long distance transmission line and converts them into unbalanced analog video signals to output to an analog video signal line that is internal wiring. A frequency response characteristics corrector inside the receiver corrects the frequency response characteristics attenuated mainly by the long distance transmission line, and a delay corrector corrects differences of propagation delay. A transmitter receives the unbalanced analog video signals form the analog video signal line and converts them into balanced differential analog video signals to transmit to a long distance transmission line as differential analog video signals. A video output circuit outputs the unbalanced analog video signals or unbalanced digital video signals to a video signal line as unbalanced video signals.

Abstract: An audio signal processing circuit for processing an audio signal which is compact and small is provided. For the audio signal processing circuit of the invention, an input circuit, a feedback circuit, and a smoothing circuit are formed using a chip capacitor with small mounting space and a thin film resistor on an insulating substrate. Accordingly, the audio signal processing circuit that is small and further a display device incorporating the audio signal processing circuit are provided.

Abstract: An image display device includes a display that shows an image based on image data, a first interface that is connected to a storage medium, the storage medium having the image data, a second interface, and a controller that selects the interface from which the image data of the image to be shown by the display is inputted. The controller selects the second interface when moving image data is detected in the storage medium while the controller selects the first interface.

Abstract: An image display system in which an image display apparatus displays an image based on an image signal supplied from an image signal supply apparatus, wherein the image display apparatus includes: an image display unit displaying the image based on the image signal; an input source switching unit switching an input source of the image signal corresponding to the image displayed by the image display unit; a communication setup unit setting up a communication path with the image signal supply apparatus; a switching controller controlling the input source switching unit to switch the input source to the image signal supply apparatus in response to the notification that the communication setup unit sets up the communication path; and an image receiver receiving the image signal supplied from the image signal supply apparatus, and wherein the image signal supply apparatus includes an image transmitter transmitting the image signal to the image display apparatus via the communication path after the switching contro

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for transforming accessing of a displayed content by at least one person into an overall billed value. An exemplary embodiment comprises providing a display device that displays content, tracking the respective gazes of people near and in front of the displayed content, determining if, when and how long each person views, i.e., acquires, the display, transforming the acquisition data into a billing value by, e.g., determining a billing value for each acquisition based on the numbers of acquisitions and length of each acquisition, summing the billing values for all the respective viewings, and billing the client for the summed billing values.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus including a displaying part, a light source generating light and a display driving part displaying an image on the displaying part by controlling the intensity of the light generated by the light source on the basis of one of a plurality of image signals. A light shutting part passes or shuts out the light generated by the light source; and a controlling part controls the light shutting part to shut the light generated by the light source while the image signal which has been displayed on the displaying part is being changed into other one of the plurality of image signals. Thus, the present invention provides an image processing apparatus and an image processing method to prevent a transitional phenomenon from occurring when an image is changed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a video communication system including a kiosk for recording video messages created by a user and a database for storing and providing access to the video messages. The kiosk includes a user interface for receiving user information such as name, address, email, and other identifying information. The kiosk further includes a message-recording device for recording a user video message. The video message and user message data are uploaded to a database. The database reconnects with the user through the user information to allow the user to access the video message. In an embodiment, the database sends an email web link to the user. The user may view the video message by opening the email web link and viewing the video message on an internet website.

Abstract: The invention comprises a video framed electronic frame display screen with a touch screen LCD, a power supply (either DC battery powered or AC power cord), a memory component, video and audio input and output jacks adaptable to DVD and VCR players, cameras and mp3 players, and speakers. The video frame display screen can be controlled by operation of the touch screen display or by a remotely operated infra-red controller.

Abstract: A digital photo frame, including a memory for storing a plurality of digital photos, and tags associated with the digital photos, where a tag for a digital photo corresponds to an object appearing in the digital photo, a screen for displaying the digital photos, an interface for making connection with a communicator, wherein the communicator includes a storage for storing a contact list of phone numbers for objects, and a controller, coupled with the memory and the interface, for rendering one of the plurality of digital photos on the screen, and for instructing the communicator via the interface (i) to identify the phone number of a selected object, and (ii) to dial the identified phone number, in response to user activation of a tag associated with the rendered digital photo and corresponding to the selected object.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a crystal ball with dynamic audio and video (AV) effects, which is mainly composed of a crystal ball body and a base. The said crystal ball body has a transparent curtain cover with a bottom opening set inside it, and the base has a set of circuitry device with audio and video function set inside it. A display screen is set on top and can be set inside the transparent curtain cover. There are several operation and control buttons and audio source receiving and playing holes set on the base surface, and furthermore set with a memory card slot and a terminal seat that are capable of providing an insertion for the memory card or utilizing the terminal seat to insert the conduction wires then connect with the computer to proceed the load-in of images or pictures through these.

Abstract: An AV presentation device that may be installed as part of an AV presentation system including a television display device includes an RCU for emitting a user signal in response to user actuation and a base unit for connection to the television display device. The base unit includes an input element for receiving the user signal and, responsive thereto, launching a browser application that runs on the base unit and generates a signal for displaying a browser window on the television display device. The base unit also includes a memory storing a file which, when opened by the browser application, displays in the browser window a document including instructions pertaining to the RCU.

Abstract: There is provided a video display apparatus capable of reducing as much as possible the time taken until an image is first displayed after inputted video data has changed, wherein, when video data inputted into an input device changes, a decode timing generating device generates a decode timing signal at a point in time when a decodable frame that can be decoded is first acquired after the change, and a display timing generating device generates a display timing signal at a point in time when a displayable frame that can be displayed is first acquired after the change.

Abstract: The invention achieves a visual processing device that can execute precise contrast adjustment on image signals that have been input and that does not cause discrepancies in the output timing of the image signals that are output. The visual processing device is provided with a gain-type visual processing portion that outputs a first gain signal having predetermined gain characteristics with respect to the input image signal, and a correction portion that corrects the input image signal based on the first gain signal.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a backlight device includes six light source units including cold-cathode tubes (linear light sources) and driving circuits for driving the respective cold-cathode tubes. The light source units are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cold-cathode tubes. In one embodiment of the backlight device, an inverter controller (control portion) turns on the cold-cathode tubes included in each of two light source units that are adjacent in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction while phases of on-time/off-time cycles of PWM dimming of the two adjacent light source units are shifted from each other.

Abstract: An area entertainment system includes an antenna for receiving digital satellite radio signals, and an intermediate frequency (IF) down converter connected to the antenna for down converting the digital satellite radio signals. Electronic boxes are spaced throughout the area, and each electronic box includes at least one IF tuner in communications with the IF down converter.

Abstract: Discharge tubes, each of which includes a glass tube and a ferrule that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is fitted to each end portion of the glass tube, are supported by a plurality of pairs of relay connectors (or supporting members) provided on the front side of a chassis having substantially a plate-shaped configuration. When a discharge tube is supported by relay connectors, stoppers provided on the relay connectors lock the ferrules so that axial movement of the discharge tube relative to the relay connectors is restricted.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for an analog-to-digital video signal converter. The converter is controlled by a clock with controllable frequency and phase for sampling an analog signal. A measure of the difference between successive frames of the image is computed for a sequence of clock phases. The measure can be a count taken over pixels of the magnitude of the difference between a pixel in one frame and the corresponding pixel in a following frame exceeding a threshold value. The frequency of the clock is verified using a characteristic of the frame difference. The characteristic can be the ratio of the maximum measure to the minimum measure over the selected clock phases. Other characteristics can be used such as a difference of a maximum and a minimum measure.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a display device comprising the steps of forming a first film pattern using a photosensitive material over a substrate, forming a second film pattern in such a way that the first film pattern is exposed by being irradiated with a laser beam, modifying a surface of the second film pattern into a droplet-shedding surface, forming a source electrode and a drain electrode by discharging a conductive material to an outer edge of the droplet-shedding surface by a droplet-discharging method, and forming a semiconductor region, a gate-insulating film, and a gate electrode over the source electrode and the drain electrode.

Abstract: An image transmitting apparatus including a database configured to store first moving image data for multiple speed reproduction separately generated from second moving image data for normal speed reproduction, the first moving image data being constructed using I-frames selected from a plurality of group of pictures (GOPs) included in the second moving image data; a data transceiver configured to receive a signal requesting a bit stream for reproducing a moving image at an arbitrary multiple speed, and to transmit the bit stream for reproducing a moving image at an arbitrary multiple speed according to the signal; and a controller configured to control transmission of the bit stream for reproducing a moving image at the arbitrary multiple speed based on the first moving image data stored in the database.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a receiver, a display device, and a transmission module. The receiver includes a video receiver, a video processor, a graphics processor, and a multiprocessor. The video processor converts the video signal received by the video receiver to a moving image with a first resolution. The graphics processor outputs a still image with a second resolution higher than the first resolution according to an instruction. The multiprocessor divides the still image into divisional still images with the first resolution. The display device includes a display module, a scaling processor, a restoration processor, and a blend processor. The scaling processor scales the moving image with the first resolution. The restoration processor restores the divisional still images to the original still image. The blend processor displays the moving image and the still image with the second resolution on the display module.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method, apparatus and system for providing display device specific picture content over a network architecture include at least one content server for storing a plurality of virtual model versions of the content respectively generated in accordance with a plurality of virtual device models. Each of the plurality of virtual device models has a virtual model specification (VMS) which controls at least one display feature. In one embodiment, the at least one content server engages in negotiations with at least one network attached unit to permit a selection of a particular one of the plurality of virtual model versions based on a comparison of at least one of the at least one display feature of the virtual model specification of at least one of the plurality of virtual device models against an actual display requirement included in an actual display specification of a particular display.

Abstract: A display apparatus connected to an external device through a connection unit and a method of determining the format of an input image uses a connection unit to be connected to an external device and determines the format of a video signal input through the connection unit. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a slim display apparatus.

Abstract: A WiFi chipset is integrated into a TV chassis as are wireless audio-video signal antennas that feed the chipset. The TV processor causes signals from home network components received through the antennas and chipset to be displayed on the TV.

Abstract: A video display device includes a brightness range specifying unit configured to specify a range of brightness values for highlight, a signal processing unit configured to detect signals relevant to an area other than an area in the brightness range specified by the brightness range specifying unit from input video signals, suppress color components of the detected signals, and not suppress color components of signals relevant to the area in the specified brightness range, and a display unit configured to display video based on the video signals processed by the signal processing unit, the unit being capable of performing color display.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus and a control method thereof preventing boring and a trouble misunderstanding due to a mute screen supplied in changing an image signal, the display apparatus, including: a display unit which displays an image; an image processing unit which processes an input image signal to be displayed in the display unit, and displays a mute image in the display unit during a mute time when changing the input image signal; and a control unit which controls the image processing unit to gradually convert the total screen of the display unit displaying the input image signal to the mute image before displaying the mute image if a change signal for changing the input image signal is input.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a 3-D image display unit that can be controlled flexibly to protect the user from eyestrain and operated easily. The 3-D image display unit includes measuring means for measuring a display time of a 3-D image, parallax adjusting means for instructing 3-D image forming means to adjust the parallax of the 3-D image. In the case where the 3-D image display time measured by the measuring means exceeds a predetermined time, the parallax adjusting means instructs the 3-D image forming means to reduce the parallax of the 3-D image to be formed, thereby the display means comes to display a 3-D image having a small parallax. The user can thus be protected from eyestrain.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus having an integrated input port unit to which an external port device provided with a plurality of input ports for a plurality of connectors is connectable, and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes; an integrated input port unit which receives a video signal output through a selected input port of the external port device; and a controller which controls the external port device to output the video signal received through the selected input port if the external port device is connected to the integrated input port unit, and at least one connector of at least one external device of the external devices is connected to the external port device to output at least one video signal including the video signal to the external port device.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a digital signage system plays content. According to some embodiments, content may vary based on various circumstances.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video display device has a connection unit configured to connect to a plurality of external instruments via a network, a receiving unit configured to receive, from the plurality of external instrument connected to the video display device via the connection unit, standard compatibility information indicating that the external instrument meets the mutual controllability standards, a display unit configured to display video information output by one of the plurality of external instruments and a selection unit configured to select one of the plurality of external instruments, corresponded to information based on the standard compatibility information, connected to the connection unit as an output source of video information to be displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: There is provided a video displaying apparatus includes a plurality of video input units for inputting mutually different video signals; a display unit for displaying the video signals thereon; and a display control unit for displaying setting information on a display setting of a video signal input from the individual video input unit on the display unit in a list.

Abstract: Video control unit (set-top box), which is arranged firstly to assist calibration of whatever type of TV brand with test patterns included in the set-top box memory; secondly to acquire the specific display technology of the video display and the type of content of the received video signal and finally, according to the type of content and the display technology, to apply specific picture improvement algorithm, or fine-tune the existing picture.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video display device includes a detection part configured to input a video signal to detect a black screen region in an effective display region from each of a plurality of frame images, a setting part configured to set a region to be processed excluding a black screen region from each of the frame images based on the detected result, a frame interpolation processing part configured to generate an interpolated image of each of a plurality of frames using adjacent frame images to which a region to be processed is set, and a display monitor configured to display a video signal subjected to a frame interpolation process. The video display device only performs a frame interpolation process on a necessary screen region by performing frame interpolation using an image from which a black screen region is separated.