Abstract: A system and method for a touch display system. The a touch display system includes: a flat touch display assembly including a matrix of flat Braille pixels, wherein each flat Braille pixel is operable to be placed in one of two states. A heating source is selectively connected to each flat Braille pixel. A cooling source selectively connected to each flat Braille pixel. The flat Braille pixels are configured to represent images to touch by selective heating and cooling thereof. In one embodiment, the above described display can be used in combination with software that automatically converts text to Braille which is displayed using the flat touch display assembly.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens group that has a positive refractive power; a second lens group that has a negative refractive power; and a third lens group that has a positive refractive power, wherein the second lens group is constituted by three lenses of a first negative lens, a second negative lens, and a positive lens which are arranged in order from the object side to the image side, wherein an aspheric surface is formed on at least an object side of the positive lens in a shape of which a curvature gradually decreases as an outer periphery of the lens gets closer from an optical axis, and wherein the following Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 0.8<10×(R22r?R23f)/(R22r+R23f)<1.8??(1) 3.0<100×{D(2,23)/TH2}<7.0??(2).

Abstract: A planar illumination device includes: a light guide plate formed by arranging a plurality of unit light guide plates each having a light emission surface as a front surface and a reflection surface as a back surface so that facing end surfaces of adjacent unit light guide plates of the plurality of unit light guide plates are closely arranged; and one or two or more light sources arranged on a side surface, in a direction where the plurality of unit light guide plates are arranged, of each of the plurality of unit light guide plates, in which a projection section is arranged on one of facing surfaces of two adjacent unit light guide plates in the arrangement direction and a recession section in which the projection section is engaged is arranged on the other of the facing surfaces of the two adjacent unit light guide plates.

Abstract: An image signal processing apparatus including a first conversion processing unit performing conversion processing for a left-eye image signal used to display a left-eye image so as to adjust a horizontal and/or vertical size of the left-eye image and correct a vertical bow-like distortion of the left-eye image, a second conversion processing unit performing conversion processing for a right-eye image signal used to display a right-eye image so as to adjust a horizontal and/or vertical size of the right-eye image and correct a vertical bow-like distortion of the right-eye image, and a merging unit obtaining an output image signal by merging a left-eye image signal obtained by performing the conversion processing through the first conversion processing unit and a right-eye image signal obtained by performing the conversion processing through the second conversion processing unit is provided.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: a characteristic value calculation unit calculating a block luminance average value, which is an average value of luminance values in each of spatial blocks obtained by dividing an input image in a space direction, and a block luminance dispersion, which is a dispersion of the luminance values in each of the spatial blocks; and an edge-preserving smoothing unit calculating a general luminance value of pixels of the input image by setting a value obtained by approximately calculating a weighted average value of the luminance values of a noticed block containing noticed pixels of the input image, on the assumption that a distribution of the luminance values of each of the spatial blocks conforms to a Gaussian distribution based on the block luminance average value and the block luminance dispersion of each of the spatial blocks, as the general luminance value of the noticed pixels.

Abstract: In an image processing device, a transfer unit enlarges or reduces the image data at the transfer magnification by performing an enlarging or reducing process on the image data once, when the transfer magnification is equal to or smaller than an upper limit or equal to or greater than a lower limit. The transfer unit also repeats, by a plurality of times, a process of performing an enlarging or reducing process on an image data stored in a first region of a storage unit at a divided-transfer magnification equal to or smaller than the upper limit or equal to or greater than the lower limit and then storing the image data in a second region of the storage unit, when the transfer magnification is above the upper limit or below the lower limit.

Abstract: A broadcast program recording and playing apparatus includes a program management unit that manages a database storing program information for broadcast programs. A transmission unit transmits the program information stored in the database to an electronic apparatus using wireless communication. Under the control of the electronic apparatus, a control unit controls an apparatus having functions of recording and playing the broadcast programs.

Abstract: A solid state imaging device includes: an AD conversion section having one comparison section, which receives a reference signal from a reference signal generator that generates the reference signal whose level gradually changes and which compares the reference signal with an analog signal to be processed, and one counting section, which receives a count clock for AD conversion and performs a count operation on the basis of a comparison result of the comparison section, for each of M signal lines to which the signal is supplied and that acquires the signal on the basis of output data of the counting section; an operation period control section controlling an operation period of the counting section on the basis of the comparison result; and a control section performing control regarding which of the signals, which are supplied through the M signal lines, is to be processed and which one of m levels of the signals to be processed is to be processed and controlling the processing order.

Abstract: An information processing system includes: a data processing unit that executes verification processing for a content recorded in a disk and reproduces the disk-recorded content under a condition that the verification succeeds, wherein the data processing unit randomly selects hash units, which are objects of collation, from among a plurality of hash units formed with component data items of the content, reads the selected hash units sequentially from the disk, calculates hash values, and collates the calculated hash values with collation hash values; and the data processing unit executes reading sequence determination processing so as to determine a reading sequence in which the selected hash units are sorted according to recording positions in a disk, and reads the selected hash units according to the determined reading sequence.

Abstract: An input/output (I/O) method, system, and computer program product are disclosed. An incoming I/O request is received from an application running on a processor. A tree structure including processor-executable instructions defines one or more layers of processing associated with the I/O request. The instructions divide the data in the I/O request into one or more chunks at each of the one or more layers of processing. Each instruction has an associated data dependency to one or more corresponding instructions in a previous layer. The instructions are sorted into an order of processing by determining a location of each chunk and data dependencies between chunks of different layers of processing. One or more instructions are inserted into a schedule that depends at least partly on the order of processing. The I/O request is serviced by executing the instructions according to the schedule with the processor according to the order of processing.

Abstract: A signal processing circuit includes: multiple digital-signal processing units operating in parallel each including a selecting unit for selecting one of multiple systems of input picture signals, a double-speed converting unit for writing the data equivalent to one field of the picture signal selected by the selecting unit in field memory, and simultaneously reading the data equivalent to one field from the field memory twice at double speed, thereby converting the frequency of the picture signal into double speed, a reading unit for reading the picture signal converted into double speed by the double-speed converting unit and temporarily stored in line memory, and a correction processing unit for subjecting the picture signal read by the reading unit to predetermined correction processing; and a control unit for performing the selection control of the multiple systems of picture signals, and the read position control of a picture signal from the line memory.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel section formed by pixels having a photoelectric conversion function arranged in a matrix; a pixel driving section driving the operation of the pixels to allow a readout to be performed according to a readout mode; a readout circuit reading out signals from the pixels and outputting the signals as image data in a raw data format; and a logic section performing scaling and phase correction in preparation for a resolution conversion process on a signal output from the readout circuit.

Abstract: Provided is an optical apparatus including a polarization separation element for separating an incident light beam into a first polarization component and a second polarization component and outputting the first polarization component and the second polarization component, a polarization conversion unit including a waveplate for converting one of the first polarization component and the second polarization component into the other polarization component, the waveplate being held to a holding metal plate, and a housing for holding the polarization separation element and the polarization conversion unit.

Abstract: A power receiving unit includes a communication unit, a control unit, a detecting unit that performs metallic foreign matter detection, and a charge storage unit. The control unit is configured to control charging so electric power is stored in the charge storage unit for consumption by the detecting unit during Q-value measurement when the control unit receives a Q-value measurement command from the power transmitting device through the communication unit.

Abstract: A process of a 3D compatible terminal to which content is distributed is made convenient. Meta information and a control signal are transmitted together with content transmitted from a content server 10 in a predetermined transmission mode. The meta information includes information indicating whether the entirety of the content is 3D or a part thereof is 3D, information indicating whether this starts with 2D or 3D when a part thereof is 3D, and identification information of a 3D transmission method when the content is 3D. The control signal includes a signal for identifying 2D and 3D, that is, switching information regarding switching timing between 2D and 3D. An encoding unit 154 encodes the content stored in a content storage unit 151, the meta information generated by a meta information generating unit 152, and the control signal generated by a control signal generating unit 153 in a predetermined encoding system.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a transparent electrode substrate including a transparent substrate and a transparent electrode, the transparent electrode being formed on one surface of the transparent substrate; a liquid crystal layer; and a pixel electrode substrate including a first layer and a second layer in this order, the first layer including a plurality of pixel electrodes that are located in a region opposed to the transparent electrode with the liquid crystal layer in between, and a first conductive film that is located in a region other than the region opposed to the transparent electrode with the liquid crystal layer in between, the second layer including a second conducive film that is located in a region overlapping the first conductive film. The first conductive film or the second conducive film or both are electrically isolated.

Abstract: There is provided an accessory that is attachable to or detachable from an apparatus body having a plurality of contact terminals, the accessory including a plurality of connection terminals that are connected to the plurality of contact terminals, respectively, and exchange a signal with the apparatus body, when the plurality of connection terminals are attached to the apparatus body, a lock lever that is operated between a lock position and a non-lock position and performs locking with respect to the apparatus body, when the lock lever is operated to the lock position, and a detection activation section that starts a detection operation of a connection state of the plurality of contact terminals and the plurality of connection terminals, when the lock lever is operated to the lock position.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that includes a camera unit including an imaging sensor that captures an image; a display that displays an image; and a processor that: clips an image region having a size corresponding to a photography zoom power from an image captured by the camera unit; adjusts a clipping position at a time of clipping the image region from the image; and controls the display to display the clipped image region on the display.

Abstract: A method and apparatus reducing interference to reception of television signals received by a television receiver. The television receiver includes an antenna receiving television signals and a tuner selecting the television signals transmitted on a carrier signal. The interference is produced by a communication device transmitting radio communication signals that can be received by the television receiver when the tuner is tuned to the television signals. The method transmits a radio beacon signal from a location substantially same as a location of the television receiver, and if the radio beacon signal is detected at the communication device, adapts transmission of the radio communication signals from the communication device to reduce interference at the television receiver. As examples, the communications device is a mobile communications device, mobile telephone, personal computer, or a base station, for example disposed within a house for forming a femto cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an encoding apparatus and an encoding method capable of reducing the overhead on a macroblock basis. A number of reference image decision unit 19 determines that the number of fields of the reference image in encoding is one on the basis of the bit rate of the coded data. If the number of fields of the reference image is determined to be one, a slice header generating unit 13 selects, from among pictures input to an image sorting buffer 12, one of the pictures as the reference image. The present invention is applicable to, for example, encoding apparatuses that perform video coding based on the AVC standard.