Abstract: In a solid-state image capturing device having the locations of photodiodes in each pixel unit to be different according to a sequence, the light receiving sensitivity and the luminance shading characteristic are improved. A circumferential portion of a microlens 12 which is arranged above a corresponding photodiode 11 is formed so as to overlap an adjacent microlens 12 thereto, and the locations of microlenses 12 in each pixel unit are different according to a sequence. Light of an image that is incident upon each of the microlenses 12 is incident upon approximately the same portion (e.g., central portion) of each of the respective photodiodes 11.

Abstract: A method of operating a photosensor comprising: applying a bias voltage to a photosensor (12) comprising n (n>1) photo-sensitive elements (8) connected in series, and determining the photocurrent in the photosensor (12) at a time when the applied bias voltage across the photosensor maintains the photosensor at or close to the point at which it has the greatest signal-to-noise ratio. This may conveniently be done by determining the current in the photosensor at a time when the applied bias voltage across the photosensor is equal or approximately equal to n×Vbi, where Vbi is the bias voltage about which the current in a single one of the photo-sensitive elements (8), in the dark, changes sign. In an embodiment in which the photo-sensitive elements (8) are photodiodes, the bias voltage Vbi is the “built-in” voltage of the photodiodes. The photocurrent generated when n series-connected photodiodes are illuminated is approximately equal to the photocurrent generated when one photodiode is illuminated.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus is provided that is capable of, in displaying a preview of image data to be output, confirming a confirmation point in accordance with an operation mode immediately without performing a user operation such as enlarging, reducing or shifting. The image processing apparatus (illustrated as a digital multi-functional peripheral) is capable of operating in each of a plurality of operation modes. The image forming apparatus is provided with an image display portion such as a touch panel for displaying a preview of image data and a set value storage portion such as control memory for storing a display set value in displaying a preview image at first on the image display portion for each operation mode.

Abstract: An image processing system includes a printing device configured to print a halftone dot using multi-tone levels. The halftone dot is made up of a plurality of pixels, and each pixel is associated with a corresponding tone level. The image processing system further includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive a request to print a bitmap including one or more colors and to identify a grey level for each of the one or more colors. One of the multi-tone levels is associated with the identified grey level, and a halftone matrix is selected for the associated multi-tone level. Each of the multi-tone levels is associated with a different halftone matrix. The processor is further configured to compare the identified grey level with a plurality of pixel threshold values of the selected halftone matrix to determine the corresponding tone level of each of the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: A liquid crystal driver mounting package in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention contains a film base material and a liquid crystal driver connected to each other via an interposer. The liquid crystal driver includes first alignment marks on its face opposite the interposer. The interposer includes second alignment marks on its face opposite the liquid crystal driver. The first alignment marks and the second alignment marks are separated by about a distance which is in a tolerable range as a combining position where the liquid crystal driver and the interposer are attached when viewed from the normal of the face of the interposer opposite the liquid crystal driver. Thus, an IC chip (liquid crystal driver) package is provided which enables efficient positing of the IC chip and the interposer.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a display device is enabled to make the display impulse and to improve the charging characteristics of pixel capacities while suppressing the complexity of a drive circuit or the like and the increase in the operating frequency. In an active matrix substrate of a liquid crystal display device, each pixel electrode is connected through a pixel TFT with a source line and through a discharging TFT with a holding capacity line. For one frame period, a liquid crystal capacity, as established by the pixel electrode corresponding to each display line and a common electrode, is charged, when the pixel TFT is turned ON by a pixel scanning signal on a pixel gate line, and is then discharged when the discharging TFT is turned ON by a discharging scanning signal on a discharging gate line. The source line is subjected to a 2-H dot inverse drive but to a charge share for every horizontal periods.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus is provided with a preview image generating portion for generating a preview image of image data to be output in the unit of an output job, and an image display portion such as a touch panel for displaying the generated preview image. The image display portion displays a generation stop key for stopping generation of the preview image during the generation of the preview image so as to be selectable by a user, and displays a different screen in accordance with a generation state of the preview image when the generation stop key is selected by a user operation.

Abstract: A display device includes a multi-primary-color display panel with subpixels arranged in a matrix pattern of columns and rows; and a signal converter arranged to convert a video signal, having values that represent the colors of pixels with a matrix pattern, into a multi-primary-color signal for use in the multi-primary-color display panel. The signal converter associates a value of the video signal representing the color of at least one of pixels on a pth row with values of the multi-primary-color signal corresponding to the luminances of subpixels on (s?1)th and sth rows, and also associates a value of the video signal representing the color of at least one of the pixels on a (p+1)th row with values of the multi-primary-color signal corresponding to the luminances of subpixels on sth and (s+1)th rows.

Abstract: A digital multi-functional peripheral is provided with a touch panel for displaying various information, a reading portion for reading an original and inputting image data, an NCU for sending the image data, a preview image generating portion for generating a preview image of the image data, and a panel control portion for causing the touch panel to display the preview image of the image data before performing image sending by the NCU. When an instruction to start reading of an original by a user is received, the panel control portion causes the touch panel to display a sending destination confirmation screen for confirming a sending destination of the image data, and after the confirmation input is performed by the user to the sending destination confirmation screen, causes the touch panel to display the preview image of the image data.

Abstract: A coordinate position detection device according to the present invention includes: charging circuits having both the capability of charging a coupling capacitance in a capacitive-coupling touch panel with a position-detection resistive film whose potential periodically varies between a positive potential and a negative potential and the capability of restoring the charged coupling capacitance to its state prior to charging; current-to-voltage conversion circuits converting into a voltage the total amount of charging currents of the coupling capacitance after the charging circuits supply the charging current to the coupling capacitance a plurality of times; and a computation device detecting the coordinate position of a touched area based on the outputs of the current-to-voltage conversion circuits.

Abstract: A system for coding images, and more particularly, to a system for compressing images to a reduced number of bits by employing a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) in combination with a visual model.

Abstract: Summarization of video content including soccer.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), wherein both p's are one or two, R1 is generally heteroaryl or cycloalkyl, R2 is C3-6cycloalkyl or phenyl and R3 is heteroaryl, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as GlyT1 inhibitors for treating schizophrenia, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and methods for their preparation.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided with a processing tray 42 to mount sheets ejected from an image formation section, aligning means (aligning plates 61, etc.) for aligning end portions of a sheet ejected on the processing tray 42, a post-processing apparatus 43 that performs binding processing on the sheets aligned by the aligning means, and moving means (unit moving motor 60, etc.) for moving the post-processing apparatus 43 to a plurality of post-processing positions set to perform the binding processing at different binding processing target position on the sheets, and moves the sheets to a post-processing undergoing position corresponding to the post-processing position substantially in parallel with a travel direction of the post-processing apparatus 43. It is thereby possible to perform the binding processing on the ejected sheets appropriately while implementing the apparatus compact in size.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving and transmitting an MPEG2 transport stream (TS) in a real-time protocol (RTP)/user datagram protocol (UDP)/Internet protocol (IP) packet. The receiving method comprises: receiving an IP packet via an IP network, having a variable transmission delay; accessing a timestamp carried in a RTP packet; linking the timestamp with a program clock reference (PCR) MPEG2TS carried in the RTP packet payload; and, using the timestamp to eliminate variable transmission delay jitter, associated with the PCR MPEG2TS. In one aspect of the method, the timestamp has a resolution of greater than 500 nanoseconds (ns), so that the variable transmission delay jitter, associated with the PCR MPEG2TS can be reduced to a jitter of less than 500 ns.

Abstract: A digital color copier includes: a toner concentration storage which stores a detected toner concentration of each developer block of multiple developer blocks across an image forming width; a toner consumption predictor for predicting a first predicted toner consumption of toner consumed from developer of every developer block during a first circulation; a toner concentration estimator for estimating, for every developer block, a toner supply point estimate as the toner concentration at a point where toner is supplied, by subtracting the first predicted toner consumption from the associated detected toner concentration and setting up a toner supply target value of the toner to be supplied from a toner supply device to a developing device in accordance with the predicted toner consumption during a second circulation of the developer inside the developing device that follows the first circulation.

Abstract: A sheet feeder includes: a feeding roller for feeding a sheet; a press member for pressing the sheet against the feeding roller; and a double feed detector for detecting double feed of the sheets when the sheets are fed in superimposition; wherein the feeding roller and the press member are opposed each other at a sheet holding portion for holding the sheet to be fed therebetween, and the double feed detector is placed to be able to detect double feed of the sheets in a region being adjacent to the sheet holding portion, an amplitude of the sheet being suppressed in the region.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display for which the one drop filling method is used to fill the gap between the substrates thereof and provides a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display which can achieve high display characteristics. Droplets of a liquid crystal are dispensed in positions associated with exposure joint lines at boundaries between respective couples of adjoining regions to be exposed. Since this prevents stripe-like irregularities and grid-like irregularities from overlapping each other, display irregularities become less visually perceptible.

Abstract: The technology presented herein has a feature of providing a liquid crystal display device of an excellent viewing angle characteristic and high brightness, including: liquid crystals containing polymerizable monomers between a first substrate with a pixel electrode having micro slits and a second substrate facing the first substrate; wherein the monomers are polymerizable with voltage applied to the liquid crystals; and an alignment orientation of the liquid crystals is controllable to a direction of extending the micro slit, wherein the pixel electrode includes: a direct coupling part electrically connected to a switching element; a capacitive coupling part electrically insulated from the switching element, and a space between the direct and capacitive coupling parts, wherein directions in which the micro slits are extended along the direct and capacitive coupling parts are orthogonal to each other.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a sound output function. A sound output function can be added to a liquid crystal device having a light source while preventing any increase in the external size of the liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first substrate and a second substrate which oppose each other, a flexible printed circuit (FPC) connected to a brim portion of the second substrate, a light guide plate, and an LED. An excitation source is arranged at a portion corresponding to the back side of the FPC connection portion on the second substrate. The excitation source deflects and vibrates the second substrate of the liquid crystal display panel according to a sound signal from an outside source. That is, the second substrate is used as a vibration plate for the output of a sound.