Abstract: A system that the tracks a likely object within the user's field of view. This is done by taking a picture of the field of view, and processing that picture to determine likely objects within the picture being viewed. Those likely objects are than correlated against a database, and information about the objects are returned. The information can be either raw information that is sent over an information link, or an address to local information. The information sent back can indicate, for example, more information about a painting being viewed, or more information about a theme park attraction.

Abstract: A camera is used to sense cargo in a cargo space. An image of at least a portion of a cargo space is captured using the camera, and a digital signal processor classifies the image as representing an empty cargo space or a non-empty cargo space. Additionally, a type of cargo represented by the captured image may also be classified by the digital signal processor and an indication of the type of cargo output.

Abstract: Provided is a digital camera in which a memory card is inserted and image files are stored on the memory card. When a recording capacity of the memory card is insufficient, image files already stored in the memory card are recompressed at a relatively higher compression rate at the request of a user.

Abstract: An image search apparatus, which searches for an arbitrary image on an HDD whereon images, obtained by monitor cameras, are recorded in a time sequence for each screen, has a CPU which sequentially reads images from the HDD for individual screens, comparing means compares an image read by the CPU with a subsequently read image, designates the subsequently read image as an arbitrary image when the two images do not match, and transmits the arbitrary image to the CPU as the search results. Therefore, the image search apparatus can easily search for an arbitrary image among images that have been photographed by cameras and have been recorded in a time sequence.

Abstract: A digital camera has a display such as an LCD. A viewfinder image obtained by a CCD before photographing is displayed on the display, and a pointer which can be moved up, down, right and left by operation of the user is displayed so as to be superimposed on the viewfinder image. A histogram indicative of a luminance distribution of the whole viewfinder image and a marker indicative of luminance of a pixel of a portion designated by the pointer are displayed so as to be superimposed on the viewfinder image. By displaying the marker, the user can grasp luminance information of a part of the viewfinder image.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels each with a photodiode, a logarithmic converter including a logarithmic-converting MOS transistor for converting an output of the photodiode into an electric signal proportional to a logarithmic value of an amount of incident light on the photodiode, and an integration circuit for accumulating an output from the logarithmic converter; a voltage controller for control of a voltage to be applied to the transistor; and an output circuit for receiving signals from the pixels and outputting processed signals. The voltage controller realizes a moving object extraction image pickup state in which an image pickup signal is generated for displaying at least a part of the moving object existing in an image picked-up region at a density different from that of a static background part.

Abstract: A radiation sensing structure includes red, green and blue photodiodes stacked Above an infrared radiation sensing photodiode.

Abstract: There are provided a method for driving a solid-state image pickup apparatus, a solid-state image pickup device and a camera which enables fast operation and makes applicable of the conventional algorithm in signal processings by reducing the number of samples in the horizontal and vertical directions. Three or more odd number pixels in the solid-state image pickup device (1) are made one block, signal charges of predetermined pixels being thinned out to be transferred to transfer registers (4, 7), resulting signal charges being added within the transfer registers (4, 7) so that the center of gravity of pixels (pixel center) may coincide with a pixel at the center of one block and resulting mixed charge being transferred.

Abstract: The annotating product adapted for use with an information system and with an exhibit having a plurality of objects has an imager (11) which is signal connected to the information system (91) and has codes (31) representing (33) objects (81) from the plurality of objects, the imager detecting light (32) from several codes together and sending an indicate signal (12) which represents at least one of the several objects to the information system which then sends an annotate signal (22) to cause a display (21) to output data about objects represented by the indicate signal.

Abstract: A lens apparatus capable of realizing better optical performance by suppressing an inclination of each lens unit more reliably while shortening the overall length in a collapsed position to the smallest possible level is disclosed. The lens apparatus comprises a fixed member which makes up the body of the apparatus, first and second lens holding members which hold their respective lens units and are movable in the direction of the optical axis with respect to the fixed member and a driving member which engages the first and second lens holding members and drives these first and second lens holding members in the direction of the optical axis.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes photo-sensors arranged in the directions of row and column and each corresponding to a particular pixel included in an imaging frame. Each photo-sensor is made up of a higher- and a lower-sensitivity photosensitive cell for photoelectrically transducing incident light to electric signal charges. A corrector executes shading correction on an image signal derived from the higher-sensitivity photosensitive cell in accordance with the shading characteristic of the higher sensitivity photosensitive cell, and on an image signal derived from the lower-sensitivity photosensitive cell in accordance with the shading characteristic of the lower-sensitivity photosensitive cell.

Abstract: There is provided a camera module of a lens integrated type which can correct limb darkening in operation processing of an electronic circuit by actively employing the technique of shading correction. A camera module of a lens integrated type incorporating a lens, an image sensor and an image processing circuit, wherein the image processing circuit has correction means using, as a correction value, a value obtained by raising the distance from the central axis of an optical system including the lens to the second power to correct a light intensity corresponding to the pixel position of the image sensor. A multiplier constructing the correction means receives, as an input, distance X from the horizontal center to compute X2. A multiplier receives, as an input, distance Y from the vertical center to compute Y2. The computed X2 and Y2 are inputted to an adder to compute the second power value R2 of the distance from the optical axis.

Abstract: Range estimates are made using a passive technique. Light is focussed and then split into multiple beams. These beams are projected onto multiple image sensors, each of which is located at a different optical path length from the focussing system. By measuring the degree to which point objects are blurred on at least two of the image sensors, information is obtained that permits the calculation of the ranges of objects within the field of view of the camera. A unique beamsplitting system permits multiple, substantially identical images to be projected onto multiple image sensors using minimal overall physical distances, thus minimizing the size and weight of the camera. This invention permits ranges to be calculated continuously and in real time, and is suitable for measuring the ranges of objects in both static and nonstatic situations.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image-capturing apparatus having the function of keeping on properly achieving focus on a subject while dealing with movement of the apparatus (camera), movement of the subject, and the like. When a subject moving state is detected by a panning/subject moving state detector in a full-time AF operation, an image acquiring part enlarges an AF evaluation area for obtaining image data in the direction substantially perpendicular to the ground. After that, under control of a driving controller, while driving an imaging lens forward and backward in the optical axis direction around the focus position of last time as a center, the image acquiring part acquires a plurality of pieces of image data from the AF evaluation area.

Abstract: It is an object of this invention to realize an image sensing apparatus which satisfies both the requirements for focus detection performance and high-resolution, high image quality. In order to achieve this object, there is provided an image sensing apparatus characterized by comprising an image sensing device having a plurality of pixels, an optical element array having a plurality of optical elements made to correspond one by one to each set of a plurality number of pixels of a plurality of pixels of the image sensing device, and a focusing device which generates, for each of the plurality of optical elements, one pair of focus detection signals in the pixels from light passing through the optical element, and performs focusing operation on the basis of focus detection signals generated in pairs for each of the optical elements.

Abstract: A three-dimensional de-interlacing method and apparatus for converting an interlaced scan format image into a progressive scan format image by performing low pass filtering on respective predetermined pixels of a current frame and a previous frame and determining pixel motion index values by comparing a threshold value to a difference value between the respective filtered pixels in a current field in one of the current and previous frames and corresponding respective filtered pixels in preceding and succeeding fields to the current field and in the current and previous frames. A motion mode of a pixel is determined based upon the determined motion index values of temporally and spatially adjacent pixels to the pixel. A spatial interpolation or temporal interpolation on the subjected pixel is selected depending on the determined motion mode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a portable television receiver which comprises an antenna 4 for receiving waves of television broadcast, a transmitting-receiving circuit 12 for detecting the reception condition of the waves of television broadcast before recording, a display 21, a speaker 20, and a main control circuit 14. The main control circuit 14 judges whether the recording is permitted with reference to the detected result of the reception condition of waves of television broadcast. When the recording is not permitted, the message that the recording is not permitted is shown on the display 21, and the speaker 20 produces sound.

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus are provided for generating (98) a sandcastle signal in a television signal receiver (90), and utilizing the sandcastle signal during television signal processing. In one form, the sandcastle signal is generated by subtracting a separated synchronization signal of a television signal from a deflection retrace signal of the television signal receiver. IN another form, the sandcastle signal is generated in a television and includes subtracting a separated synchronization pulse from a horizontal flyback pulse, a vertical retrace pulse, or composite pulse formed by summation of a horizontal flyback pulse and a vertical retrace pulse. The sandcastle signal may be utilized by the television signal receiver (90) during a function of the television signal receiver (90), such as during a channel change.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a lighting apparatus of a television, and more particularly to a lighting apparatus of a television, in which fluorescent lamps or various types of lamps are installed in both side portions or upper and lower portions of the television close to a screen thereof while the television is turned off, thus obtaining an indirect lighting effect.

Abstract: Disclosed are a channel equalizer and digital television receiver using the same. The equalizer comprises a channel estimator, a channel distortion compensator and noise canceller. The channel estimator estimates an impulse response of a transmission channel from a received signal. The channel distortion compensator transforms and processes the received signal and the estimated impulse response. The noise canceller predicts and eliminates amplified noise generated during equalization.

Abstract: A method of detecting both linear and non linear noise in video data. Linear noise is detected on a line-by-line basis, by blocks within each line. Non linear noise is detected during horizontal blanking periods. The method provides a noise floor value for linear noise and an impulse noise flag for non linear noise, both of which are delivered to a noise reduction filter.

Abstract: A system includes a frame length determination device to determine a first length of a current frame, a second length of a previous frame, and a third length of a subsequent frame, in a sequence of frames. A slope determination device assigns a value to the current frame, the value being based on a relationship between the first length, the second length, and the third length. A shot detection device locates a shot in the sequence of frames, based on a comparison of the value with test slope values of test frames in the sequence of frames.

Abstract: A system and method for converting color images divides a first image into first RGB values per pixel, determines which of the RGB colors in the first image has a greater specific gravity, converts the first RGB values into second RGB color values based on the color with the greater specific gravity, and forms a second image based on the second RGB values. The color value conversion involves allocating a first number of bits to represent the second RGB value corresponding to the color having the predetermined specific gravity and a second number of bits to represent the RGB values corresponding to remaining ones of the colors. The first and second numbers of bits are different and preferably the first number is greater than the second number. Through this system and method, an M-bit color image may be converted into an N-bit color image with greater color accuracy than other methods which have been proposed.

Abstract: Televisions, especially HDTV, require tremendous bandwidth, however a time interval to switch communication channels may result in the loss of several image frames or a large portion of a single image frame. Unfortunately, small glitches in television signals are not tolerable since this affects the quality of the entertainment. Thus, wireless television tuners are unacceptable to most users because of frequency of glitches occurring as a result of channel hopping. A novel wireless television tuner system is thus disclosed that switches—hops—between frequency channels for transmitting television data to the wireless television tuner. The novel tuner uses a fractional-N (FRAC-N) synthesizer with an improved settling time in order to reduce potential glitches occurring as a result of the channel hopping.

Abstract: The invention relates to an integrated tuner circuit, preferably to a TV-tuner circuit using double conversion.

Abstract: The present invention provides an audio information transforming device, an audio information transforming method, and an audio information transforming program, which are capable changing a listening point freely only by one audio stream and also achieving multiple channels only by the 1-channel audio information. In the provided method, a virtual listening point 105 is decided, and then an allocation ratio of the audio to a plurality of loudspeakers is changed based on a ratio of a distance between the virtual listening point 105 and an object 103 and a distance between the object 103 and a basic listening point 102. Accordingly, a large number of audio environments can be produced by changing information of the virtual listening point 105 based on one audio information.

Abstract: A color wheel index aligning apparatus for a projection display apparatus and an alignment method thereof. The color wheel index aligning apparatus has a signal supply unit for supplying a predetermined image signal to the display apparatus, a color detection unit for detecting the color of the image signal output to the screen, a storage unit for storing a color coordinate value, and a control unit for measuring the color coordinate of the color detected at the color detection unit based on the color coordinates stored in the storage unit, and using the measured color coordinate value, providing the display apparatus with an alignment value for aligning the color wheel index. Increasing and decreasing the delay time of the output timing of an R, G and B color signal in correspondence with the increase and decrease of the alignment value, the display apparatus automatically adjusts aligns the color wheel index.

Abstract: A projection display comprises three cathode ray tubes each having a deflection yoke and convergence yoke and each tube generating a raster for projection. One of the three cathode ray tubes has the convergence yoke coupled for current flow in a direction opposite to that of the other two convergence yokes. An amplifier is respectively coupled to each convergence yoke for convergence correction of each raster. A convergence circuit supplies correction signal values that are coupled to each respective amplifier such that convergence correction by the other two convergence yokes is responsive to a difference between the correction signal value coupled to the one convergence yoke and the correction signal values coupled to the other two convergence yokes.

Abstract: A deformable mirror system comprises: a deformable mirror which includes a flexible thin film and a control electrode, the flexible thin film having a reflecting surface deformable by an electrostatic attractive force and an upper electrode, and the control electrode being arranged opposite to the upper electrode; and a power supply configured to apply a potential difference between the upper electrode and the control electrode of the deformable mirror, and to control the form of the reflecting surface of the deformable mirror to a desired form. The power supply controls the amount of deforming the reflecting surface by changing a duty ratio of a voltage applied across the upper electrode and the control electrode.

Abstract: A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of lamps each having a first electrode and a second electrode extending along a length of the lamp and at least one window formed by a first gap between the first and second electrodes, and a plurality of motors for rotating each of the plurality of lamps to irradiate light produced by the lamps onto the liquid crystal display panel.

Abstract: A projection-type display apparatus that has enhanced the sense of being present by adaptively adjusting, with a simple constitution, projection illumination, depending on an image signal, without causing color changes and by increasing apparent contrast. The projection-type display apparatus includes a light source, a liquid crystal light valve that modulates light emitted from the light source by turning its light polarization plane, and a projection lens that projects the light modulated by the liquid crystal light valve onto a projection surface, wherein a pivotable light polarizer is arranged between the light source and the liquid crystal light valve. The black level of an image is adjusted by adaptively pivoting the light polarizer in response to the image signal.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a microelectronic image projection device. One or more nitride dams are formed upon the substrate of the device surrounding the active pixel area. The nitride dams help to contain the liquid crystal and confine the epoxy sealant. In alternative embodiments one or more nitride pillars are formed on the substrate to support the cover glass and maintain the distance between the cover glass and the active pixel area of the substrate. The nitride dams and pillars may be formed on the substrate through an ion implantation method in which HDP nitride is implanted with, for example, silicon ions. The ion implantation causes those areas of the nitride that are implanted with ions to etch more slowly than those areas that are not implanted with ions. This etch rate differential allows formation of the nitride formations with a non-contact single mask etching process.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display has a storage capacitor of storage on common type in a pixel region with a passivation film of an inorganic insulating layer and an organic layer stacked on the inorganic insulating layer. The liquid crystal display includes: a storage capacitor lower electrode formed in the pixel region; a gate insulating layer formed on the storage capacitor lower electrode; the passivation film formed on the gate insulating layer, and a pixel electrode formed on the inorganic insulating layer. In the storage capacitance region of the pixel region, the organic insulating layer is partially or wholly removed and the pixel electrode functions as a storage capacitor upper electrode.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device comprises: providing a transparent substrate; forming a gate electrode and a gate line on the substrate; forming a semiconductor layer pattern on the gate electrode; forming source/drain electrode and a data line vertically intersecting the gate line and defining a pixel region; and forming a striped passivation layer on the data line and on the thin film transistor.

Abstract: A thin film transistor of an LCD device and a fabrication method thereof fabricates the thin film transistor of the LCD device including a source electrode unit of ‘U’ shape and a drain electrode of straight line shape formed as entering into a concave portion of the source electrode and a channel layer formed between the source electrode and a longer side of the drain electrode in fabricating the thin film transistor using a slit mask, and thereby, the LCD having even device property can be fabricated and inferiority such as short-circuit of the channel can be solved.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of gate lines arranged along a first direction on a first substrate, a plurality of data lines arranged along a second direction on the first substrate to cross the gate lines to define a plurality of unit pixels, an insulating layer disposed over the gate and data lines, a common electrode disposed on a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes, each pixel electrode provided in each of the unit pixels partitioned by the gate line and the data line, and a plurality of side electrodes overlapping the data lines, wherein the insulating layer is provided between the side electrode and the data lines.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an array substrate for a liquid crystal display device which uses KAPTON tapes on the gate pad or data pad to expose the gate pad and the data pad after subsequent processing steps. The method can also adopt a double structure of a metal layer and a transparent conductive layer for a gate electrode and a gate pad. The method can also use a metal mask. A diffraction exposure technique can also be adopted to decrease manufacturing time and cost.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of gate and data lines on the first substrate, a thin film transistor at a crossing portion of the gate and data lines, a first auxiliary electrode under the data line, a plurality of second auxiliary electrodes in a horizontal direction of the pixel region, a pixel electrode in the pixel region, a plurality of protrusions on a second substrate, the protrusions being formed between the second auxiliary electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate lines and data lines crossing each other to define a plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of thin film transistors, each disposed in one of the pixel regions, and a plurality of pixel electrodes, each disposed in one of the pixel regions, wherein the thin film transistor includes at least one Ti layer.

Abstract: An active matrix liquid crystal display device having a pair of substrates with liquid crystal layer therebetween, a plurality of video signal lines and a plurality of scan lines formed on one of the pair of substrates and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the video signal line through an active device and a plurality of color filters formed on another of the pair of substrates. A shield electrode which overlaps with one of the video signal lines in plane view is arranged between the one of the video signal lines and one of the color filters, and a planarization layer is arranged between one of the pixel electrodes and the shield electrode.

Abstract: There is disclosed a liquid crystal display that is adaptive for improving picture quality by eliminating residual DC components within a horizontal electric field type liquid crystal display panel. A liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate defined as a display part and a non-display part; a gate line formed on the substrate; a common line substantially parallel to the gate line; a data line crossing the gate line and the common line while being insulated, to define a pixel area; and at least one capacitor located in the non-display part and connected to at least one of the gate line, the common line and the data line for storing a remaining component of the display part and eliminating the stored component.

Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor having a signal line of dual layered structure of a copper compound and copper, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of signal lines. The signal lines are parallel to each other in a display area, the distances between the signal lines vary such that the signal lines are arranged like a fan in a fan-out area, and the signal lines are connected to a driving circuit in a connection area. Each signal line includes a single-layered portion and a double-layered portion located in the fan-out area, and the length of the single-layered portion of relatively longer signal line is relatively shorter.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device adopting a storage-on-common method is disclosed to prevent the operation of a unit pixel with a point deficiency, such as a brilliant spot, at its occurrence, thereby preventing degradation of a picture quality caused due to the defective pixel. Because the defective pixel is controlled to turn black by the use of a repair pattern, the picture quality degradation due to the defective pixel is prevented when the liquid crystal display device is driven.

Abstract: An array substrate of an in-plane switching liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line and a data line on the substrate crossing each other to define a pixel area, a thin film transistor at the crossing of the gate line and the data line, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode having a first inclined side with respect to the gate line, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a common line parallel to the gate line, a common electrode having a second inclined side parallel to the first inclined side of the gate electrode within the pixel area, and a pixel electrode alternating with the common electrode within the pixel area, wherein the first inclined side of the gate electrode and the second inclined side of the common electrode are perpendicular to an alignment direction of the array substrate.

Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display, which includes a data line in a first direction; a gate line in a second direction perpendicular to the data line, wherein the data and gate lines cross to each other to define a pixel region; a thin film transistor disposed near a crossing of the data and gate lines, the thin film transistor comprising source, gate and drain electrodes; a black matrix over the thin film transistor and on the data line, the black matrix exposing a portion of the drain electrode; a color filter disposed within the pixel region, the color filter covering a portion of the drain electrode with exposing another portion of the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode on the color filter within a pixel region, the pixel electrode contacting an exposed portion of the drain electrode.

Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device including a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, a first insulating layer on the gate electrode, an active layer on the first insulating layer and corresponding to the gate electrode, a source electrode over the active layer and overlapping an edge of the active layer, a drain electrode over the active layer and having an island shape, wherein the drain electrode entirely overlaps the gate electrode, a second insulating layer on the source and drain electrodes, and including a drain contact hole exposing the drain electrode, and a pixel electrode over the second insulating layer and connected to the drain electrode.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes forming a gate electrode and a gate bus line on a transparent lower substrate, forming an insulating layer on the gate electrode and gate bus line, forming an active layer on the insulating layer, forming a source electrode, a drain electrode and a data bus line, forming a passivation layer on the transparent lower substrate, forming a refraction layer on the passivation layer, and forming a pixel electrode on a surface of the refraction layer.

Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line elongated in one direction, a data line crossing over the gate line, a thin film transistor near a crossing point of the gate and data lines and connected to the gate and data lines, an independent portion under the data line at the crossing point, the portion being separated from the gate line, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor. The independent portion may be inside the gate line.

Abstract: A crystallization method includes forming a black matrix layer that absorbs external light on an insulating substrate, wherein an upper region of the black matrix layer comprises a catalyst for silicon crystallization, patterning the black matrix layer, forming an amorphous silicon thin film on the insulating substrate and the black matrix layer, and thermally processing the amorphous silicon thin film for crystallization. A thin film transistor formed using the crystallization method has improved properties as a continuous metal-induced crystallization region and a metal-induced lateral crystallization region are formed therein without a definite boundary.