Abstract: Various embodiments comprise apparatus, methods, and systems that include an amplification apparatus comprising a first input, a second input, and an output, a first plurality of series-connected transistors including a first transistor having a first channel ratio and a first gate coupled to the first input, and a second plurality of series-connected transistors including a second transistor having a second channel ratio that is greater than the first channel ratio, the second transistor including a second gate coupled to the second input.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device is provided and includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections disposed in a row direction and a column direction orthogonal to the row direction in the semiconductor substrate; vertical charge transfer sections that transfers signal charges generated in the photoelectric conversion sections in the column direction, the vertical charge transfer sections including: a plurality of vertical charge transfer electrodes disposed in the column direction and between columns of the photoelectric conversion sections; and charge reading regions that read the signal charges generated in each of the photoelectric conversion section into the vertical charge transfer electrodes on both sides adjacent to the each of the photoelectric conversion section; and a horizontal charge transfer section that transfers the signal charges from the vertical charge transfer sections in the row direction.

Abstract: A camera device comprises a movable optical system, a driving unit which drives the optical system, and a control unit which makes the driving unit start driving of the optical system to a predetermined state by an initialization of the optical system by using an interrupt processing which is executed by setting an interrupt processing routine before the operating system is started, when the camera device is started up in a state in which an operation mode for photographing is set.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which permits reduction of the thickness of a mechanism for holding an optical filter component and prevents failure of the optical filter component. A CCD is configured to convert an object image having passed through the photographic lens into an electric signal. A CCD plate holds the CCD. A CCD rubber is disposed on the object-side surface of the CCD, and an optical LPF is disposed on the object-side surface of the CCD rubber. An LPF cover is opposed to the CCD rubber in a manner sandwiching the optical LPF between the CCD rubber and the LPF cover itself. The LPF cover is supported by the CCD plate such that the CCD, the CCD plate, the CCD rubber, the optical LPF, and the LPF cover are combined into a unitary assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an auto focus method. The peak value range is defined by a search step look-up table and several focusing parameters. By using the auto focus method, the search time and the number of the lens movement steps are largely reduced.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus pausing in one of pause states may include a suspension state and a hibernation state, includes a storage control unit for controlling storage of pause state information regarding one of the suspension state and the hibernation state in the case of transition thereto, a detecting unit for detecting a stop of supplying power, the power being supplied to maintain the suspension state as the pause state, and a startup method determination unit for determining a startup method to transition from the pause state to an operating state based on the pause state information and history information indicating a history of supplying power in the pause state accounting for the detection results about the stop of supplying power.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic equipment system having fuel cells which enables simplification of the system and improvement of power generation efficiency. The electronic equipment system includes an electronic equipment body, a connection device connected to the electronic equipment body, independent power generation cells each disposed to the electronic equipment body and to the connection device, and a fuel storage vessel disposed to the electronic equipment body, in which fuel from the fuel storage vessel is suppliable to each of the independent power generation cells.

Abstract: A method includes forming optical lenses on an ICD at the wafer level, rather than attaching a separate lens assembly. The lenses may be formed as an array of individual lenses or as multiple, e.g., two, arrays of individual lenses. The array of lenses may be coupled to an array of ICDs. The ICDs and individual lenses in the array assembly may be singulated to form individual digital camera modules. Additionally or alternatively, the ICDs and individual lenses may be singulated in separate steps.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes a housing body, an image capture optical system, an image capture device, a connector, a cover, and an operation member. The display panel is provided to the housing body to be pivotable between a usage position where a display surface of the display panel is visible and a storage position where the display surface of the display panel is in contact with a surface of the housing body. The cover opens or closes the insertion/removal opening by extending or retracting on the insertion/removal opening from an interior of the housing body. The operation member is provided to the housing body, and is operated to move the cover along a direction of opening or closing the insertion/removal opening, the operation member being provided to the housing body.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus includes an outer housing, a capturing lens, a slide cover, and a grip projection portion. The capturing lens is disposed on a front face of the outer housing. The slide cover is slidable relative to the outer housing between a closed position covering the capturing lens and an open position uncovering the capturing lens. The grip projection portion projects from the outer housing and includes a finger placing portion that allows a user to place fingers of a user. The finger placing portion is positioned frontwardly of the slide cover.

Abstract: A device for controlling frame rate of an image signal on a motion image is provided. The device contains a manipulation portion that a user manipulates to select a desired variation of the frame rate change over time from plural variations thereof, and a control portion that controls generation of a frame rate control signal for bring the frame rate automatically to the variation of the frame rate change selected by the manipulation portion.

Abstract: A system for detecting poor video editing detects a television (TV) image signal. When a TV image originates from a film signal rather than a video signal, a de-interlacing device performs a de-interlacing at a film signal mode to thereby increase a vertical resolution of a TV image signal. A sawtooth detector can detect a poor video editing, which causes a sawtooth occurrence to TV image signals, on an unbroadcasted TV image signal. Accordingly, the poor video editing is found in advance. Also, the invention uses a scene change in combination with the sawtooth detector to thereby avoid a poor edited image and obtain a preferred image quality.

Abstract: A method that hides data inside video signals and transmits the video signals to a display device, the method includes detecting whether a signature signal is attached to a window frame, picking the signature signal from the window frame when detecting the signature signal is attached to the window frame, generating a control signal according to the signature signal, and acting correspondingly on the display device according to the control signal.

Abstract: A system and method for enabling access to closed captioning data present in a broadcast stream is disclosed. The technology includes a method for enabling access to closed captioning data present in a broadcast stream. The method includes accessing device data associated with a broadcast stream receiver, wherein the device data indicates whether the broadcast stream receiver is configured to receive a digitized format of closed captioning data or an analog format of closed captioning data. Provided the digitized format of the closed captioning data is not present in the broadcast stream, the method includes ensuring the broadcast stream receiver is configured to access the analog format of the closed captioning data.

Abstract: Measurement of the relative timing between images and associated information, for example video and audio. Image mutual event characteristics are recognized in the images and associated mutual event characteristics are recognized in the associated information. The image mutual events and associated mutual events are compared to determine their occurrences, one relative to the other as a measure of relative timing. Particular operation with audio and video signals is described.

Abstract: A video processing apparatus, for use in a video receiver, includes a decoder configured to decode encoded video information into decoded video information and to output the decoded information, and a configuration module coupled to the decoder and configured to a provide a control signal to the decoder indicative of a reduced-image portion of the video frames to be displayed, where the decoder is configured to respond to the control signal by decoding first macroblocks of the video information within the reduced-image portion and second macroblocks of the video information, in a reference section, adjacent the first macroblocks to account for motion of the images in the reduced-image portion without decoding third macroblocks lying outside of the reduced-image portion and the reference section.

Abstract: A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining whether caption data included in the video data is digital caption data or analog caption data on the basis of caption information included in the supplementary information, and outputting a control signal according to a result of the determining; a digital caption decoder for extracting and decoding digital caption data from the video data according to the control signal; and an analog caption decoder for extracting and decoding analog caption data from the video data according to the control signal.

Abstract: A display device performs the fractional part of gamma translation by using a logarithm lookup table. The logarithm of an image data value is found in a look-up table. The retrieved result is multiplied by the fractional portion of the power, and a search in the look up table for this product produces an index related to the desired result. In another embodiment, rather than a search of the first look up table, a second inverse logarithm look up table is used to produce the desired result by looking up the exponentiation of the product.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gamma correction circuit including a serial storage unit which serially stores first and second parameter information in a storage area, a first parallel storage unit which parallelly stores the first parameter information in the storage area, a second parallel storage unit, a gamma correction unit which receives a video signal and which performs gamma correction to the video signal based on the first or second parameter information, and a control unit which serially reads the first or second parameter information, parallelly stores the information in the first or second parallel storage units, parallelly reads the first or second parameter information, supplies the information to the gamma correction unit, and performs gamma correction to the video signal based on the first or second parameter information.

Abstract: A digital IF demodulator includes an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter that receives an analog IF signal and converts it to a digital IF signal. A parallel multiplier then down-converts the digital IF signal to a baseband signal having a video component and an audio component. The frequency down-conversion uses a parallel multiplier driven by an outer feedback loop that corrects gross frequency errors in said digital IF signal. The digital IF demodulator also includes a video recovery circuit that selects the video component from the baseband signal and further down-converts the baseband signal to a video baseband using a video complex mixer driven by an inner feedback loop that corrects fast phase perturbations in the video recovery circuit. Finally, the digital IF demodulator includes an audio recovery circuit that (i) receives said baseband signal from the parallel multiplier, and (ii) down-converts the audio component to an audio baseband signal using an audio complex mixer.

Abstract: A receiver (400) includes a mixing digital-to-analog converter (DAC) (410), a direct digital frequency synthesizer (DDFS) (402), a scrambler (404), a decoder (406), and a multiplexer (408). The DDFS (402) includes outputs configured to provide bits associated with a digital local oscillator (LO) signal to control inputs of the mixing DAC (410). The scrambler (404) includes inputs coupled to the outputs of the DDFS (402) and is configured to scramble the bits of the digital LO signal. The decoder (406) includes inputs coupled to the outputs of the DDFS (402). The decoder (406) is configured to provide the bits of the digital LO signal without scrambling. The multiplexer (408) includes first inputs coupled to outputs of the scrambler (404), second inputs coupled to outputs of the decoder (406), and outputs coupled to the control inputs of the DDFS (402).

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a rotate-and-slant projector that takes advantage of symmetries in the geometry to compute truly volumetric projections to multiple oblique sinograms in a computationally efficient manner. It is based upon the 2D rotation-based projector using the fast three-pass method of shears, and it conserves the 2D rotator computations for multiple projections to each oblique sinogram set. The projector is equally applicable to both conventional evenly-spaced projections and unevenly-spaced line-of-response (LOR) data (where the arc correction is modeled within the projector). The LOR-based version models the exact location of the direct and oblique LORs, and provides an ordinary Poisson reconstruction framework. Speed optimizations of various embodiments of the projector include advantageously utilizing data symmetries such as the vertical symmetry of the oblique projection process, a coarse-depth compression, and array indexing schemes which maximize serial memory access.

Abstract: A combination display is provided. The combination display includes a front projector and a direct-view screen having a shared video processing system.

Abstract: In a thin type display device when driving is started by a swivel mechanism, voltage which is supplied from a power voltage supply circuit 14 to a motor driving IC 12 is switched and raised in stepwise. By this switching, operating voltage of a motor 13 by the motor driving IC 12 is switched and raised in stepwise, as a result vibration of a display portion can be suppressed.

Abstract: A driving apparatus includes a voltage applying unit, a light irradiation unit and a resistance control unit. The voltage applying unit forms a voltage applying circuit together with a pair of electrode layers of a photo-addressing type display element. The voltage applying unit applies a voltage between the pair of electrode layers. The light irradiation unit irradiates the photo-addressing type display element with addressing light. The resistance control unit controls a resistance to a current which flows in a direction to reduce a potential difference between the pair of electrode layers to be larger than that during a period in which the voltage applying unit is applying the voltage.

Abstract: An input-capable display device includes a first substrate a second substrate, a detection electrode, a dielectric film, and a detector. A pair of electrodes that drive a liquid crystal layer are provided on the first substrate. The second substrate is opposed to the first substrate through the liquid crystal layer. The detection electrode and the dielectric film are laminated on an outer surface of the second substrate. The detector detects a position at which an electrostatic capacitance is formed with the detection electrode through the dielectric film. The second substrate includes a shield conductor that is provided on a side adjacent to the liquid crystal layer. An electric potential of the shield conductor is fixed. The shield conductor has a plurality of birefringent structures that are arranged in a stripe.

Abstract: The present invention provides a touch-panel-equipped display module which arranges a touch panel on a display panel and can maintain a favorable display obviating the adhesion of the touch panel to the display module even when the touch panel is strongly pushed. In the touch-panel-equipped display module which arranges the touch panel on the display panel, the touch panel arranges a plurality of first dot spacers on a surface thereof which faces the display panel in an opposed manner.

Abstract: Moirés due to interference between two liquid crystal display panels in a display device which achieves three-dimensional displaying by using two liquid crystal display panels is to be prevented. By disposing a lenticular lens array between an upper liquid crystal display panel and a lower liquid crystal display panel, moirés and image blurs are prevented. This configuration can prevent the luminance levels and contrast of images from dropping.

Abstract: The present invention prevents a moiré generated by the interference of two liquid crystal display panels in a display device capable of performing a three-dimensional display using two liquid crystal display panels. By arranging an upper lens array and a lower lens array between an upper liquid crystal display panel and a lower liquid crystal display panel, a moiré and smearing of an image can be prevented. Due to such a constitution, lowering of brightness and contrast can be suppressed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a driver, including: data lines disposed in parallel with each other; gate lines disposed in parallel with each other and at right angles to the data lines so as to be electrically insulated from the data lines; odd-numbered pixel cell connected to the odd-numbered data line from the head one, and the odd-numbered gate line from the head one; even-numbered pixel cell connected to the even-numbered data line from the head one, and the even-numbered gate line from the head one; driving means for driving the odd-numbered gate lines and the even-numbered gate lines independently of each other; inputting means for inputting a signal having a predetermined potential to each of the odd-numbered gate lines and the even-numbered gate lines; and comparing means for comparing potentials of the each adjacent odd-numbered data line and even-numbered data line with each other, and outputting a comparison result.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) that includes a plurality of pixels, a switch unit, and a gate line driving unit. Each of the pixels includes a liquid crystal capacitor having a pixel electrode and a common electrode, and the pixels are located at intersections of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of source lines. The switch unit applies source line driving voltages having levels opposite to a common voltage applied to the common electrode, to the source lines. The gate line driving unit sequentially outputs via gate lines gate line driving voltages to control the source line driving voltages to be applied to the pixel electrodes of the pixels. The common voltage transits from a first level to a second level or vice versa at the boundary between a first half frame and a second half frame. At the first half frame, the switch unit applies the source line driving voltages to only odd-numbered source lines.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes: a first base substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines disposed on the first base substrate and crossing each other; a pixel electrode pattern disposed on the first base substrate; a storage pattern disposed on the first base substrate, the storage pattern being positioned between consecutive gate lines and substantially in parallel with the gate lines; a second base substrate; a common electrode disposed on the second base substrate and alternately positioned with the pixel electrode; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second base substrates.

Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display (200) includes a liquid crystal panel (210), a driver (280), and a flexible printed circuit board (220). The liquid crystal panel includes an active area (230) and a peripheral non-active area. The driver is configured to drive the liquid crystal panel. The flexible printed circuit board includes at least one the ground line (222) electrically coupled to the ground. The non-active area includes an electrostatic guiding line (240) and a protection line (270). The electrostatic guiding line surrounds the active area, and is electrically coupled to the at least one the ground line via the driver. The protection line surrounds the electrostatic guiding line, and electrically coupled to the at least one the ground line directly.

Abstract: A testing system of a liquid crystal display panel including a substrate, a driving circuit, a first testing pad, and a second testing pad is provided. The substrate includes a pixel array whose one side has a pixel testing area. The driving circuit is formed on the substrate and connected to the other side of the pixel testing area for providing a signal to the pixel array. The first testing pad is connected to the driving circuit. The second testing pad is connected to the pixel testing area. The testing method of the liquid crystal display panel includes: respectively testing whether the liquid crystal display panel and the pixel testing area have a defect and accordingly generating a first testing pattern and a second testing pattern; combining the first testing pattern and the second testing pattern to determine whether the defect occurs at the driving circuit or the pixel array.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a plurality of lamps disposed behind the liquid crystal display panel, and a container which accommodates the lamps. The container includes a first container component parallel with the liquid crystal display panel and disposed behind the lamp, a second container component upwardly bent from an end part of the first container component, and a third container component that is cut away from the first container component and is upwardly bent from the first container component. The liquid crystal display device also includes a reflective member including a first reflective member at least partially disposed between the first container component and the lamp, and a second reflective member separated from the first reflective member and covering the third container component.

Abstract: A transflective cockpit display device for aircraft has display electronics and a transflective liquid crystal display (LCD). The backlight lamp of the transflective LCD is brighter than those of common transmissive LCDs to facilitate viewing in the changing light conditions experienced by aircraft.

Abstract: A lamp sockets guide is provided which includes a lamp sockets receiving and fastening portion for alignably receiving and retaining a plurality of lamp sockets and an inverter cover portion formed at one side of the lamp sockets receiving and fastening portion to protect an inverter, wherein the lamp sockets receiving and fastening portion and the inverter cover portion are integrally formed.

Abstract: An image display apparatus including a light source unit, a liquid crystal display panel, an illumination optical system leading light from the light source unit to the liquid crystal display panel, and a display optical system leading light from the liquid crystal display panel to an observer. The illumination optical system and the display optical system share an optical surface having dielectric multilayer films and being concave toward the liquid crystal display panel on a plane including a center ray corresponding to an angle of view. The optical surface reflects light from the light source unit for leading the light to the liquid crystal display panel while transmitting light reflected from the liquid crystal display panel. On the plane including the center ray, the brightness of the light-emitting surface of the light source unit is reduced toward the optical surface smaller than that in the remote from the optical surface.

Abstract: An anti-Newton's ring backlight module and liquid crystal display using the same has a housing, a light guide plate, multiple optical films, an air passage and a adhesive layer. The housing has a top surface, where an internal cavity is formed, and a sidewall having an inner shoulder. The light guide plate is disposed in the internal cavity. The optical films are disposed on the light guide plate and are substantially smaller than the inner shoulder of the internal cavity to define an air passage between the optical films and the inner shoulder. The adhesive layer is bonded to the optical films and the inner shoulder and mainly has at least one through hole corresponding to the air passage and communicates with the air passage to allow air trapped between adjacent optical films to escape away. The release film simplifies the Liquid crystal panel module manufacturing process.

Abstract: An optical sheet includes a substrate onto which light is incident, and a convex part protruded from the substrate by a predetermined thickness. A thickness of the convex part increases from an edge to a center thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a backlight unit, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display including the backlight unit. According to the present invention, an optical plate, a diffusion sheet, and an optical sheet are integrally formed using adhesives having diffusion beads dispersed therein.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device, including: a liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate disposed in a rear direction of the liquid crystal panel, a lamp disposed along at least one side edge of the light guide plate, a lamp housing covering a portion of a circumference of the lamp, and a reflecting plate disposed at a rear surface of the light guide plate, wherein a protrusion portion is disposed at an inner surface of the lamp housing adjacent to the reflecting plate, and an end portion of the reflecting plate is curved to extend toward the protrusion portion, thus to provide a liquid crystal display panel which can obtain uniform luminance and minimized light leakage.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to make parts and kinds of liquid crystal display devices in common for cope stably and flexibly with commercial products of computer makers and television makers which have been promoted in various kinds, for simplifying maintenance of a liquid crystal display unit mounted on computers, display monitors therefor or televisions, and preferably for enabling to omit positional adjustment of a light source unit and a liquid crystal display panel during the maintenance of the liquid crystal display device.

Abstract: According to the invention, a semi-transmissive liquid crystal display device that achieves good brightness in both reflection mode and transmission mode is provided. In the invention, two cylindrical microlenses are formed at the backlight side of the TFT substrate dividing the area of the pixel into two, and further, another cylindrical microlens is formed which covers the whole pixel at the external light incident surface of the CF substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal cell including a liquid crystal layer twist-aligned at 90° sandwiched between a pair of substrates, first and second polarizing layers arranged to sandwich the liquid crystal cell therebetween so that their absorption axes set to parallel with directions crossing aligning treatment directions of the substrates at 45°, and viewing angle compensating plates respectively arranged between the polarizing layers and the liquid crystal cell. A total value of retardations in a thickness direction, defined as a value of a product of a phase difference within a plane perpendicular to substrate surfaces of the liquid crystal cell and a layer thickness, of optical layers present between the polarizing layers is set to a value that substantially cancels out a retardation in a liquid crystal layer thickness direction when a saturation voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A broadcasting receiving apparatus includes a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal cell in which a liquid crystal layer that is twist-aligned at 90° and sandwiched between a pair of substrates, first and second polarizing layers arranged to sandwich the cell therebetween so that their absorption axes are set in parallel with directions crossing aligning treatment directions of the substrates at 45°, and viewing angle compensating plates respectively arranged between the polarizing layers and the cell. A total value of retardations in a thickness direction, defined as a value of a product of a phase difference within a plane perpendicular to substrate surfaces of the cell and a layer thickness, of optical layers present between the polarizing layers is set to a value that substantially cancels out a retardation in a liquid crystal layer thickness direction when a saturation voltage is applied to the liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes first and second substrates, an electrically controlled birefringence (ECB) mode liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, a first polarizer under the first substrate, a second polarizer on the second substrate, and a first compensation film between the first and second polarizers, wherein an optical transmission axis of the first compensation film is set at a 90° angle with respect to an alignment direction of the ECB liquid crystal layer.

Abstract: An image display system includes a first polarizer, a first substrate, a liquid crystal (LC) layer and a second substrate. The first polarizer is disposed on the first substrate. The LC layer has a plurality of LC cells each having an optical axis parallel to an absorbing axis of the first polarizer. The second substrate has a plurality of light transmitting zones and a plurality of light reflecting zones. A plurality of reflectors is disposed within the light reflecting zone. The LC cells are horizontally disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The LC cells corresponding to the light reflecting zones are driven in a normally white mode, while the LC cells corresponding to the light transmitting zones are driven in a normally black mode.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel includes a bottom substrate, a plurality of wires disposed on the bottom substrate, a plurality of pixel units electrically connected to the wires, a top substrate disposed opposite to the bottom substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the top and bottom substrates, and at least one protrusion disposed on the top substrate corresponding to the wires formed between two adjacent pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode disposed on the bottom substrate. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the thin film transistor, in which the pixel electrode has a plurality of main slits.

Abstract: A polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable liquid crystal monomer capable of achieving hybrid alignment on an alignment processed surface and at least one of a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following general formula (1) and a photopolymerization initiator represented by the following general formula (2): wherein R1 to R6 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.