Video Display Patents (Class 348/739)
  • Patent number: 8274612
    Abstract: An LCD television includes an LCD panel including a plurality of LCD units with concave structure, three sides of the LCD unit also include liquid crystal molecule (LCM), all of the first side of the LCD unit constitutes a first LCM array and forms a first display interface, all of the second side of the LCD unit constitutes a second LCM array and forms a second display interface, all of the third side of the LCD unit constitutes a third LCM array and forms a third display interface. The LCD television also includes three signal conversion modules configured to convert three TV program signals into three control signals respectively, three driving modules are configured to drive the three LCM arrays according to the control signals and cause the first display interface, the second display interface, and the third display interface to display corresponding TV programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Fang Wong, Xin Lu, Yu-Cui Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120236211
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display has an indicator, an information extractor, and an indicator controller. The indicator is configured to irradiate first visible light indicative of an operation status of the display The information extractor is configured to extract at least a video signal and additional information from an input signal. The indicator controller is configured to modulate the first visible light with a frequency higher than a frame rate of the video signal according to the additional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hideyuki Hagino
  • Publication number: 20120236210
    Abstract: A system and method for multi-view output of one or more wireless portable devices. The system includes a device, such as a TV, that has a processor, a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor, and programming executable on said processor. The programming is configured for carrying out the steps of: receiving a first wireless output signal from a first portable device with the wireless transceiver; receiving a second wireless output signal from a second portable device with the wireless transceiver; identifying the first portable device and second portable device; displaying the identity of the first portable device and second portable device in an input list comprising one or more inputs; selecting the first portable device and second portable device for output on a display; and displaying the first wireless output signal simultaneous with the second wireless output signal on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Matsubayashi
  • Publication number: 20120229709
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for treating a self-assembled monolayer coating on a dielectric layer to improve epoxy adhesion to the self-assembled monolayer coating. In implementations of the methods, a dielectric layer on a surface of a substrate is provided. A self-assembled monolayer coating is formed on the dielectric layer. A seal region of the self-assembled monolayer coating is selectively treated. A component is bonded to the seal region of the self-assembled monolayer coating with an epoxy. Implementations of the methods may be used to encapsulate an electromechanical systems device on the substrate with a cover using an epoxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David Leslie Heald, Majorio Arafiles Rafanan
  • Patent number: 8264607
    Abstract: A method of sampling phase calibration and a device thereof is suitable for an analog-to-digital converter and phase lock loop (ADC-PLL). The ADC-PLL conducts sampling on a periodic analog signal according to a sampling phase so as to produce a plurality of digital signals. The sampling phase calibration device includes a storage unit, a motion-detecting unit and a control unit. The motion-detecting unit is to calculate the number of motion data corresponding to a sampling phase. The control unit is coupled to the motion-detecting unit for changing the sampling phase so as to obtain the number of motion data corresponding to each sampling phase and selecting the sampling phase corresponding to the minimum number of motion data as an optimal sampling phase. The ADC-PLL can correctly sample an analog signal by using the optimal sampling phase and reduce the influence of clock jitter to the minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chian-Wen Chen, Wei-Lung Lu, Jui-Yao Lee
  • Publication number: 20120224108
    Abstract: An optical laminated body includes a phase difference layer that has two or more kinds of phase difference regions having different directions of a slow axis from each other, a polarization plate contacted with a bottom face of the phase difference layer with a bonding layer or an adhesive layer in between, a base material contacted with a top face of the phase difference layer with a bonding layer or an adhesive layer in between, and an antireflection layer or an anti-glare layer directly contacted with a face not contacted with the phase difference layer of the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kei Obata
  • Patent number: 8259226
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present application, a frame interpolation circuit performs frame interpolation on an input video signal, and outputs a drive video signal containing original and interpolation frames. A motion determination circuit outputs a control signal in accordance with the amount of motion, based on a motion vector obtained by a motion detection circuit. In accordance with the control signal, the frame interpolation circuit increases the proportion of interpolation frames contained in the drive video signal as motion in an image increases, while increasing the proportion of original frames contained in the drive video signal as the motion in the image decreases. As a result, any moving image blur due to following line of sight and noise generated in the interpolation frames are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masamitsu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20120218478
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a proper light source holding function in a lighting device. A backlight unit 12 according to the present invention includes cold cathode tubes 18 as light sources and lamp holders 20. Each cold cathode tube 18 includes electrodes 18b in end sections 18E. The lamp holders 20 are covers that cover the end sections 18E of the cold cathode tubes 18. Light source holddown members 25 are arranged on the lamp holders 20. Each light source holddown member 25 projects from the lamp holder 20 toward the middle of the cold cathode tube 18 and holds down the middle section 18C rather than the electrode 18b. The middle section 18C of the cold cathode tube 18 held down by the light source holddown member 25 is lower in temperature than the end section 18E including the electrode 18b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Patent number: 8253858
    Abstract: A multimedia device generates and outputs video signals to a display component and an external display device, and includes a video output circuit and a load detection circuit. The load detection circuit isolates and buffers the video output circuit and the load detection circuit, and retrieves horizontal sync signals from the video signals. The load detection circuit further amplifies and integrates the retrieved horizontal sync signals to output direct current signals, and finally compares the direct current signals with a predetermined voltage to output a control signal indicating a connection between the video output circuit and the external display device. The multimedia device turns off the display component according to the control signal indicating that the video output circuit has been connected to the external display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Ambit Microsystems (Shanghai) Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bo-Song Huang
  • Patent number: 8253868
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a display device includes a movably suspended diffuser screen, and a voice-coil mechanism coupled to the diffuser screen. A signal-processing device, such as a microprocessor, is coupled to a driver circuit to produce a drive signal at an output terminal for the voice coil in response to a voltage sensed across the voice coil. The driver circuit includes shutdown control to drive its output terminal to a high-impedance state to accommodate sensing voltage across the voice coil. Thus, the signal for the voice coil is produced by the signal-processing device in a closed-loop feedback arrangement without the need for separate position-sensing elements. In a preferred arrangement, a second voice coil is coupled to the diffuser screen and to the signal-processing circuitry to produce a second signal for the second voice coil to accommodate generating a circular motion for the diffuser screen without stationary points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: David Joseph Mehrl, Stephen Wesley Marshall
  • Publication number: 20120212682
    Abstract: A backlight unit which is a lighting device is provided with: a diffusion plate; a chassis having rising sections which are provided at the outer periphery of the main flat surface thereof and supporting the diffusion plate; light-emitting modules disposed at the main flat surface and the rising sections of the chassis and applying light to the diffusion plate; and reflecting sheets disposed at the main flat surface and the rising sections of the chassis and reflecting the light, which is emitted from the light-emitting modules, toward the diffusion plate. The reflecting sheets have formed thereon sloped sections for reflecting, toward the diffusion plate, the light emitted from the light-emitting modules disposed at the rising sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Publication number: 20120206660
    Abstract: An LED package (PG) includes: an LED chip (11); and a support base (15) which has a bottom surface (15B) and an inclined surface (15S) that is inclined with respect to the bottom surface (15B), and which supports the LED chip (11) at the inclined surface (15S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Kasai
  • Patent number: 8243209
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless television system and a wireless transmitter, capable of automatically turning off a light-emitting unit installed in the wireless transmitter depending on a power state of the wireless transmitter and the wireless television system. The wireless television system includes: a wireless transmitter for relaying a video signal received from the outside; a wireless television for receiving the video signal from the wireless transmitter and displaying an image corresponding to the received composite video signal; a light-emitting unit installed in at least one of the wireless transmitter and the wireless television, and displaying one of a power state and a signal transmission/reception state from one of the wireless transmitter and the wireless television; and a light-emission control unit for controlling the light-emitting unit to emit light when both power of the wireless transmitter and power the wireless television are turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sang Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20120200784
    Abstract: Brightness is less likely to be deteriorated and a heat release property is ensured in a lighting device. A backlight unit 12 includes cold cathode tubes 18 as a light source, a chassis 14 and lamp holders 20 as a cover member. Each cold cathode tube 18 has an electrode portion 18b at its end portion 18E and the light sources 18 are housed in the chassis 14. The lamp holder 20 extends along one side (a short-side direction) of the chassis 14 and covers the end portions 18E of the cold cathode tubes 18. The lamp holder 20 includes opening portions 26 that are open toward a middle portion of the cold cathode tube 18. An opening area of the opening portion 26 is greater in one of end portions (a first end portion 20A and a second end portion 20B) of the lamp holder 20 in an extending direction of the lamp holder 20 than in a middle portion 20C of the lamp holder 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Publication number: 20120188465
    Abstract: A thickness of a backlight unit is reduced and brightness in a middle portion of a display device is improved. The backlight unit includes a first LED unit 23; a first light guide plate 20 including a light entering surface 20b, and a light exiting surface 20a; and a second light guide plate 21 including a light entering surface 21b, and a light exiting surface 21a. The light exiting surface 21a of the second light guide plate 21 is disposed to overlap at least a portion F of the light existing surface 20a of the first light guide plate 20 that is farthest from the first LED unit 23. Light outputted from the light exiting surface 21a of the second light guide plate 21 enters the first light guide plate 20 at least through a surface of the first light guide plate 20 opposite to the light exiting surface 20a thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Susumu Ohyama
  • Publication number: 20120182483
    Abstract: A flat cable for connecting a plurality of devices includes a plurality of signal lines which are divided into a plurality of signal groups, wherein at least a part of the signal groups are separated by a separating section; and a plurality of connectors which are respectively provided at opposite ends of the plurality of signal lines and respectively connectable to the plurality of devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tai-hung KIM
  • Publication number: 20120182405
    Abstract: An image display method includes the following steps: transmitting an active data of a full image to a display screen, and after transmitting the active data of the full image is completed and before a driving period for an original vertical blanking interval corresponding to the active data is started, adjusting a display control signal transmitted to the display screen during an extra driving period, wherein a period length of the extra driving period is not equal to a period length of transmitting the active data of the full image to the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Wei-Heng Huang, Chao-Shih Huang, Chueh-Pin Ko
  • Publication number: 20120176555
    Abstract: The invention is intended to provide a lighting device that shortens time required to obtain peak brightness. A backlight unit 16 according to the invention includes: cold cathode tubes 22 as a light source; a chassis 18 housing the cold cathode tubes 22; a reflection sheet 21 disposed within the chassis 18 and reflecting light; and a heat insulator 27 disposed between the chassis 18 and the reflection sheet 21. Because the heat insulator 27 is disposes between the chassis 18 and the reflection sheet 21, heat in the chassis 18 is less likely to escape to the outside. Therefore, the temperature inside the chassis 18 can be efficiently increased with the heat generated by the cold cathode tubes 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhiro KASAI
  • Publication number: 20120176554
    Abstract: A reflectivity absorption system for identifying a target precious or semi-precious material can include a primary emitter, a detector and an output display. The primary emitter can emit an incident electromagnetic radiation at a primary wavelength which corresponds to an upper reflectivity of the target material. The detector is capable of detecting a reflected electromagnetic radiation at the primary wavelength. The reflected electromagnetic radiation derives from reflection of the incident electromagnetic radiation from a sample surface. The output display registers the reflected electromagnetic radiation in a viewable format. The sample surface can be identified as a target material by comparing the reflectivity response of the reflected radiation with a standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventor: Cruz Bilbao
  • Publication number: 20120169941
    Abstract: A lighting device achieves cost reduction and suppression of power consumption with suppressing the occurrence of a lamp image. A lighting device 12 includes: a plurality of linear light sources 17 disposed in parallel; a chassis 14 housing the linear light sources 17 and having an opening 14b through which light from the linear light sources 17 exits; and an optical member 15a facing the linear light sources 17 and disposed to cover the opening 14b. The linear light sources 17 are arranged at relatively small intervals in a light source high-density region LH and arranged at relatively large intervals in a light source low-density region. An optical member 15a includes a light reflection portion 50 configured to reflect light from the linear light sources 17 at least in a portion overlapping with the light source low-density region LL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20120169942
    Abstract: To prevent uneven brightness in a backlight unit, a backlight unit 12 includes: a hot cathode tube 17 that is a light source; a chassis 14 housing the hot cathode tube 17; a reflection sheet 20 arranged inside the chassis 14 and configured to reflect light; an optical member 15 arranged on a light exit side with respect to the hot cathode tube 17; and a support member 21 including a support portion 26 that has an axis extending in a space inside the chassis 14 and supports the optical member 15 from a side opposite to the light exit side. The support member 21 has a pressing surface 28 enabled to press the reflection sheet 20 from the light exit side and the pressing surface crosses an axial direction of the support portion 26 and crosses a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Publication number: 20120162543
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television includes a display apparatus, a casing, a tuner and a support section. The display apparatus includes a display screen. The casing exhibits a static inhibiting effect. The casing houses the display apparatus and includes a first face section provided with an opening through which the display screen is exposed and a second face section positioned at the opposite side of the casing to the first face section. The tuner is housed in the casing. The support section exhibits a static inhibiting effect and supports the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Takayoshi Tomioka, Teruyuki Kamizuru
  • Publication number: 20120154693
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a hot cathode tube 17, a chassis 14 housing the hot cathode tube 17, and an inverter board 26 configured to supply driving power to the hot cathode tube 17. The hot cathode tube 17 has a glass tube 17a, a filament 17d arranged inside the glass tube 17a, and a ferrule 17b connecting the filament 17d and the inverter board 26 to each other. The ferrule 17b is exposed to the outside of the chassis 14. The lighting device further includes a heat dissipation member 50 configured to dissipate heat from the glass tube 17a to the chassis 14. The heat dissipation member 50 is provided between the glass tube 17a and the chassis 14, and is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the glass tube 17a at a portion between the filament 17d and the ferrule 17b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Publication number: 20120154692
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a hot cathode tube (17) and a chassis (14) housing the hot cathode tube (17). The discharge tube includes an exposed portion that is exposed to the outside of the chassis (14). The lighting device further includes an inverter board (26) configured to supply driving power to the hot cathode tube (17). The hot cathode tube (17) has an a glass tube (17a) and a ferrule (17b) which is electrically connected to the inverter board (26), and the exposed portion of the hot cathode tube (17) is the ferrule (17B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasumori Kuromizu, Kenichi Iwamoto, Kiyoshi Kakuda, Mayumi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120154691
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes hot cathode tubes; a chassis 14 housing the hot cathode tube therein and from which light from the hot cathode tube exits; a diffuser plate; and a reflection sheet 20 facing the diffuser plate in the chassis 14. The hot cathode tubes include at least a first hot cathode tube relatively close to the diffuser plate and a second hot cathode tube relatively far from the diffuser plate. A distance between the first hot cathode tube and the diffuser plate is different from a distance between the second hot cathode tube and the diffuser plate. The backlight unit further includes a directional reflection surface provided on a portion of the reflection member that does not overlap at least the second hot cathode tube, and the directional reflection surface faces toward a portion of the diffuser plate overlapping with the second hot cathode tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shiyoshi Cho
  • Publication number: 20120154690
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, processes, and apparatus implementing and using techniques for fabricating flexible integrated circuit (IC) device layers. In one implementation, a sacrificial layer is deposited on a substrate. The sacrificial layer can include amorphous silicon or molybdenum, by way of example. One or more electronic components are formed on the sacrificial layer. A polymer coating is provided on the one or more electronic components to define a coated device layer. The sacrificial layer is removed to release the coated device layer from the substrate. The sacrificial layer can be removed using a xenon difluoride gas or by etching, for example. Coated device layers made in accordance with this process can be stacked. The substrate can be formed of glass, silicon, a plastic, a ceramic, a compound semiconductor, and/or a metal, depending on the desired implementation. The electronic component(s) can include a passive component such as a resistor, an inductor, or a capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Teruo Sasagawa, Brian Arbuckle
  • Patent number: 8205267
    Abstract: When an image processing apparatus outputs an image to a display apparatus, the image processing apparatus confirms display conditions on the designated display apparatus. After the confirmation, the image processing apparatus reads an image of a document according to the display conditions. The image to be outputted is a different image from an original image, i.e., the image to be outputted is restricted. The image processing apparatus transmits the restricted image to the display apparatus. The display apparatus displays the restricted image differing from the original image. By restricting the image to be displayed depending on the display apparatus, the security can be improved and leakage of confidential information can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Okamoto, Naofumi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20120147275
    Abstract: In a lighting device 12 according to the present invention, a first board 20a and a second board 20b on which a plurality of light sources 17 are mounted are arranged in a first board arrangement area 30a and a second board arrangement area 30b of a chassis 14, respectively, in respective predetermined orientations. The first board 20a includes a first board-side interlock portion 31a interlocked with a first chassis-side interlock portion 32a provided in the first board arrangement area 30a, and the second board 20b includes a second board-side interlock portion 31b interlocked with a second chassis-side interlock portion 32b provided in the second board arrangement area 30b. In arranging the first board 20a in the second board arrangement area 30b, the first board-side interlock portion 31a is not interlocked with the second chassis-side interlock portion 32b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Kasai
  • Patent number: 8194094
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: an image display panel having a two-dimensional matrix with (P×Q) pixels each including first, second and third sub-pixels for displaying respective first, second and third elementary colors, and fourth sub-pixel for displaying a fourth color; and a signal processing section configured to receive first, second and third sub-pixel input signals respectively provided with signal values of x1-(p, q), x2-(p, q) and x3-(p, q), and to output first, second, third and fourth sub-pixel output signals respectively provided with signal values of X1-(p, q), X2-(p, q), X3-(p, q) and X4-(p, q), which used for determining the display gradations of the first, second, third, and fourth sub-pixels, respectively, with regard to a (p, q)th pixel where notations p and q are integers satisfying equations 1?p?P and 1?q?Q.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Sakaigawa, Yukiko Iijima, Amane Higashi, Koji Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20120133837
    Abstract: A video display apparatus includes a video display unit configured to display a video image, a viewer detection unit configured to detect a position of a viewer, a moving speed measurement unit configured to measure a moving speed of the viewer, a display area determination unit configured to determine, based on the position and moving speed of the viewer, a video display area where the video image is displayed on the video display unit, and a video control unit configured to display the video image in the video display area determined by the display area determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takeshi Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20120133845
    Abstract: Provided is an illumination device wherein the occurrence of noise can be suppressed while the occurrence of uneven brightness is suppressed. The illumination device is comprised of a back chassis (5) in which a light emitting module (6) is contained, a diffusion plate (8), and a supporting member (10). The supporting member (10) has a pair of end portions, and contains a linear element (10a) papered toward the diffusion plate (8). The pair of end portions of the linear element (10a) are attached to the back chassis (5), and the top portion of the linear element (10a) supports the diffusion plate (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kaori Ikuta
  • Patent number: 8189125
    Abstract: An apparatus for audio, video and/or data recording and/or reproducing includes a cabinet. The cabinet is provided with a front and a side. In order to get the impression of a slim device the side is provided with an optically reflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventor: Theodorus Franciscus Emilius Maria Overes
  • Patent number: 8184202
    Abstract: A display apparatus including an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module, a phase detecting module, and a clock generator is provided. The ADC module is used to receive a first analog video signal, and convert the first analog video signal into a digital signal according to a clock signal. The first analog video signal includes a first synchronous information and a first video information. The phase detecting module is used to receive the digital signal, and output a phase adjustment signal according to a part of the digital signal corresponding to the first synchronous information. The clock generator is used to output the clock signal according to the phase adjustment signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shang-Hsiu Wu, Kuo-Chi Chen
  • Publication number: 20120120324
    Abstract: A backlight unit 12 according to the present invention includes LEDs 17 as light sources, an LED board 18 mounting the LEDs 17 thereon, a chassis 14 that stores the LED board 18 therein and includes an attachment hole 14e, a body portion 24 that sandwiches the LED board 18 between the body portion 24 and the chassis 14 and holds the LED board 18, and a board holding member 20 including an attachment portion 25 that is protruded from the body portion 24 toward the chassis 14 to be inserted into the attachment hole 14e, and the board holding member 20 is configured to be rotatable along a plate surface of the chassis 14 between a holding position at which the attachment portion 25 overlaps with an edge of the attachment hole 14e in a plan view and sandwiches the edge of the attachment hole 14e between the attachment portion 25 and the body portion 24 and a non-holding position at which the attachment portion 25 does not overlap with the edge of the attachment hole 14e in a plan view and attaching and detaching
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takahiro Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20120113328
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mounting substrate for semiconductor light emitting elements, a backlight chassis containing the substrate, a display device and a television receiver. The substrate is easily manufactured and has a simple structure that allows good dissipation of heat from semiconductor light emitting elements, and can suppress temperature increases when mounted thereupon with a flip flop-type semiconductor light emitting element. A mounting substrate for semiconductor light emitting elements comprises a pair of electrode patterns that respectively connect the positive and negative electrodes of LED chips on an insulating substrate and wire patterns drawn between the electrode patterns. The pair of the electrode patterns have a larger surface area than the wire patterns. This allows heat from the LED chips to transfer favorably via the large electrode patterns to the insulating substrate. The mounting substrate is attached to a backlight chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Mitsuru Takeshima, Hideaki Katoh, Akio Tsutsui
  • Publication number: 20120113327
    Abstract: A method for performing video processing within a video display system includes: detecting whether dropping at least one frame is required; and when it is detected that dropping the at least one frame is required, removing at least one flip command from a command queue and selectively removing at least one video processing command from the command queue. An associated video processing circuit and an associated video display system are also provided. In particular, the video processing circuit is positioned within the video display system, where the video processing circuit includes a hardware module and a controller, and the controller operates according to the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Guoping Li, Chin-Jung Yang, Shih-Rong Kao
  • Publication number: 20120105737
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a lighting device configured to suppress uneven brightness, and a display device or a television receiver which includes the lighting device. The lighting device of the present invention includes a plurality of LEDs 16, an LED board 17S, a chassis 14, a connecting component 60, and a reflection sheet 21. The LEDs 16 are mounted on the LED board 175. Both of the LED boards 17S and 17C are attached to the chassis 14. The connecting component 60 electrically connect the LED boards 17S and 17C to each other. The reflection sheet 21 is overlaid on light source mounted surfaces 17A. In the lighting device, the connecting component 60 is arranged on a connecting component attached surface 17B of the LED board 17S. The connecting component attached surface 17B is opposite to the surface on which the reflection sheet 21 is overlaid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Publication number: 20120105734
    Abstract: A unitary multi-panel display device is described that includes a housing, a single inner operating component, and at least two displays installed in the housing for viewing to video or other images displayed thereon and listening to audio content played thereon. The display device can be a television, a computer monitor, a handheld computing device, a handheld gaming device, a handheld multimedia device, or any other suitable device that can be used to view video or to view and listen to multimedia content. The singular device allows the viewing of the same or different programs from opposite sides of the device, for example, viewing of the at least two displays from points of view facing anterior and posterior sides of a television embodiment of the device. The single inner operating component is capable of playing the same or different audio/video sources on the at least two displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Zakiyaa Jada Johnson, Hana Abdul Majid
  • Publication number: 20120099026
    Abstract: An LED unit U of the present invention includes an LED 17 that is alight source, a diffuser lens 19, a board reflection sheet 23 and a restriction member 27. The diffuser lens 19 is provided to face a light emitting surface 17a of the LED 17. The board reflection sheet 23 is provided to face a surface of the diffuser lens 19 that is closer to the LED 17 and is configured to reflect light. The restriction member 27 projects from the diffuser lens 19 toward the board reflection sheet 23 and restricts positional relationship between the diffuser lens 19 and the board reflection sheet 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Yokota
  • Patent number: 8164690
    Abstract: An image display device includes an MPEG decoder configured to generate image signals based on digital signals received by a tuner unit, an image segmenting unit configured to extract image signals included in a segment area being an arbitrary area portion from image signals outputted from the MPEG decoder, a display position adjusting unit configured to set a display area being an arbitrary area portion displaying the extracted image signals, an expansion display producing unit configured to allocate the extracted image signals to the display area to generate an expanded image, and a video synthesizing unit configured to synthesize image signals outputted from the expansion display producing unit and image signals outputted from the MPEG decoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideaki Fukui, Akira Ishii
  • Patent number: 8159591
    Abstract: A dual sided viewing panel and a method of capturing and displaying images, is disclosed. The dual sided viewing panel includes a first viewing panel and a second viewing panel. The first and second viewing panels are controllable by a control device to capture an image and display an image. The first and second viewing panels are positioned in an aligned back to back relationship to each other. In a method, a first image is captured by the first viewing panel and a second image is captured by the second viewing panel. The first captured image is displayed on the second viewing panel and the second captured image is displayed on the first viewing panel. The viewing direction of the first viewing panel is opposed to the viewing direction of the second viewing panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Manico, John N. Border
  • Patent number: 8159529
    Abstract: An operation unit switches the operating mode between a 3D display output mode in which the images of the 3D image file are displayed as a stereoscopic images and a 2D display output mode in which one of the images of the 3D image file is displayed as an ordinary planar image. The 3D image file is composed of stereoscopic image data which represents a plurality of monocular images constituting a multi-ocular stereoscopic image and information which is added to the stereoscopic image data and which indicates that the data is stereoscopic data. In the 2D display output mode, a control unit makes an output unit display an image of the 3D image file read from a medium by a media reader and also display a mark on the same screen, indicating that the image displayed in the 2D display output mode is based on the 3D image file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: Olympus Imaging Corp., Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Yoshida, Ken Mashitani, Toshio Nomura, Tadashi Uchiumi, Hidehiko Sekizawa
  • Publication number: 20120086877
    Abstract: An electronic display (e.g., a LCD) may be built inside a picture frame. The picture frame may include an opening the same size of the electronic display to enable a viewer to view both the picture frame and the electronic display. The electronic display may include a media player storing the still picture and video data, and a sensor. The electronic display may default to displaying the still picture. However, upon the sensor detecting a person approaching, the still picture may be replaced with a video to be played to the approaching person thereby engaging the person. After the video has been played, the electronic display may return to displaying the still picture until the next approaching person is detected, or alternatively may continue to play video until the sensor detects that there are no persons within the detection range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventor: Andy K. F. Kaoh
  • Publication number: 20120086872
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device that can be provided as a final product such as a television receiver simply by assembling a display panel and a backlight and is excellent in workability in assembling the panel to the backlight while securing a wide effective display region. A display device 100 according to the present invention includes a light source 50, a display panel 11, a first cabinet Ca, and a second cabinet Cb. The display panel 11 is configured to provide display using light from the light source 50. The display panel 11 is attached to the first cabinet Ca. The light source 50 is attached to the second cabinet Cb. The first cabinet Ca and the second cabinet Cb are engaged with each other. The first cabinet Ca and the second cabinet Cb are configured as an outer case that constitutes an exterior of the display device 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20120086871
    Abstract: The backlight unit (49) of a display device (69) having a liquid crystal display panel (59) is provided with a chassis (41), a diffuser plate (43) supported by means of the chassis, and a light source which irradiates the diffuser plate (43) with light. In the light source, a plurality of light emitting modules (MJ), each of which includes an LED (22), a diffusing lens (24) covering the LED, and a built-in reflecting sheet (11) disposed between a mounting substrate (21) and the diffusing lens, are disposed in matrix on the chassis which supports the diffuser plate. The built-in reflecting sheet has a light reflection ratio higher than that of the mounting substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masashi Yokota
  • Patent number: 8156244
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method can include: determining a topology of digital picture frames in a frame network; identifying a lead picture frame from among the digital picture frames; sending the digital picture frame topology to a client coupled to the lead picture frame; receiving in the lead picture frame and from the client, media content for display on a destination digital picture frame in the frame network; and routing the received media content to the destination digital picture frame using router functionality in at least one of the plurality of digital picture frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Blair
  • Patent number: 8154557
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, even if a sample-and-hold circuit samples a signal from a signal processor to a display unit, an image quality reduction is hard to occur. According to an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a flat-panel display device includes a phase control circuit setting a state that a first parallel arrangement RGB pixel signal shifts by 120 degrees, a sample-and-hold circuit sampling a second parallel arrangement RGB pixel signal parallel-output from the phase control circuit to obtain a series arrangement RGB pixel signal, which is three times as much as a single pixel signal, and a driver supplying the series arrangement RGB pixel signal to the corresponding display pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kimio Anai
  • Publication number: 20120082429
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a video display apparatus including, a monitoring module, LAN-connected to a command supplier, configured to monitor a start state of a power unit which is and turned on when receiving a start command, and a controller, LAN-connected to a command supplier, configured to detect that the start command is transmitted to a power unit which and turned on when receiving the start command, and configured to supply a start signal to the power unit via a bidirectional interface when the power unit does not start after a predetermined time elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Isogai
  • Publication number: 20120081616
    Abstract: The present application describes a light emitting diode (LED) bar comprising a substrate, a plurality of LED modules, a detector, and a LED driver. The plurality of LED modules are positioned over the substrate, and each LED module has a lens and at least two substantially identical LED units covered by the lens. The detector is positioned on the substrate and configured to detect an operating status of at least one of the LED modules. The LED driver is positioned on the substrate and configured to drive the at least one of the LED modules based on the detected operating status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Chieh HUANG
  • Publication number: 20120082435
    Abstract: When an instruction to start list display of moving images is given, a process is performed to display representative images of respective Video 1 and Video 2. Then, a moving image of Video 1 is decoded, and the moving image of the Video 1 is displayed. Thus, a user can immediately check the contents of multiple moving images to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Akira Kimura, Hiroshi Ohkubo