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|27th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 19
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|COMPONENT RECOGNIZING DEVICE, SURFACE MOUNTING MACHINE, AND COMPONENT TESTING MACHINE - To enable image recognition of a component at a high degree of accuracy in a stable manner over a long term with a component recognizing device configured to take an image of a component by moving a scan unit having an imaging device using a linear motor, and a surface mounting machine and a component testing machine each equipped with the component recognizing device.
|MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING THE CONDITION OF ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS OF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE - Methods and systems for monitoring a component of an electrical device and/or a brush of a brush holder assembly are disclosed. One method includes receiving data from a plurality of remote monitoring locations at a central control unit, where the data may be evaluated in order to monitor states of brushes or other components of an electrical device at a plurality of remote electrical facilities. For example, multiple images of a component of an electrical device may be acquired. A comparison of the images, for example, a comparative imaging technique, such as pixel-by-pixel comparison or visual observation, may then be performed in order to evaluate a condition of the brush or other component, such as a threshold and/or anomalous condition of the brush or other component.
|METHOD FOR MEASURING RETAIL DISPLAY AND COMPLIANCE - Method and apparatus for measuring retail store display and shelf compliance are provided. A mobile capture unit, (
|OPTICAL INSPECTION APPARATUS WITH A DETACHABLE LIGHT GUIDE - An optical inspection apparatus is disclosed including: a digital image sensing module, a light source, a detachable light guide configured for guiding incident light to transmit within the detachable light guide and to output from a first angle, and an adapter engaged with the digital image sensing module for guiding light emitted from the light source to the detachable light guide; wherein the detachable light guide is detachably engaged with the adapter.
|Driving Assistance System And Connected Vehicles - A tractor and a trailer are connected together and a camera is installed on the trailer side of the connected vehicles. The camera captures images behind the trailer. A driving assistance system projects the captured images on bird's-eye view coordinates parallel with a road surface to convert the images into bird's-eye view images and obtains on the bird's-eye view coordinates an optical flow of a moving image composed of the captured images. The connection angle between the tractor and the trailer is estimated based on the optical flow and on movement information on the tractor, and further, a predicted movement trajectory of the trailer is obtained from both the connection angle and the movement information on the tractor. The predicted movement trajectory is overlaid on the bird's-eye view images and the resulting image is outputted to a display device.
|DRIVE RECORDER - An object of the present invention is to provide a drive recorder that can record all video information required and only what is required. More particularly, the invention provides a drive recorder for recording video information received from an image capturing unit onto a recording medium, includes an acceleration sensor which outputs acceleration information representing an acceleration applied to a vehicle, and a control unit which, determines that a recording condition holds and records video information captured for a first predetermined period of time before the occurrence of the recording condition and video information captured for a second predetermined period of time after the occurrence of the recording condition on the recording medium when the acceleration information equals or exceeds a threshold, wherein after the recording condition holds, the control unit does not record newly captured video information on the recording medium when the acceleration information again becomes equal to or exceeds the threshold in less than a third predetermined period of time which is shorter than the second predetermined period of time.
|Inside mirror with surveillance camera - A mirror with a frame on the front of the body and which navigation and a circuit and control panel of camera's module can be installed inside, includes an inside camera installed in a jointed structure on an upper part of the body and which can move up and down and side to side, a frontal camera connected to an antenna bracket joined to a back of the body by a ball joining method, a touch screen monitor that can move up and down utilizing a touch sensor button on the front of the body and a removable communication antenna projected from the antenna bracket.
|Stored vision for automobiles - A method for the driver of an automotive vehicle to avoid distraction from the task of driving, but yet to preserve and later recover legal evidence of events, objects, or conditions that may be encountered during the driving of the vehicle, by utilizing a perimeter optical viewing system in conjunction with a central digital recording system to record and subsequently retrieve images of those events, objects, or conditions.
|REAR-VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A BICYCLE - A display system for a bicycle is disclosed that comprises a camera selectively attachable to the bicycle and a display unit fixable to the handlebars of the bicycle. The camera includes a power source and a signaling means adapted for sending visual scene information from the camera, either wirelessly or through a plurality of conductive cables. The display unit includes a display means, a power source, and a signal receiving means. The signal receiving means is adapted for receiving the visual scene information of the signaling means so that the display unit may display the visual scene information on the display means.
|VIDEO ARCHIVAL SYSTEM - A video archival system for recording events of interest is disclosed. The system comprises: a video camera for providing video data for a location; a remote control device having user operable controls for enabling a user to identify the event of interest and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting event data; a receiver for wirelessly receiving the event data from the remote control device; and a data recorder for recording the video data provided by the video camera. The system is arranged to use the event data received by the receiver to identify the video data for the event of interest.
|Panoramic Experience System and Method - In one general sense, a user may be presented with a multimedia experience corresponding to an entertainment event or venue by managing a sensor array having at least two sensors that are made configured to provide a stream of data units, associating location information with sensors in the sensor array, enabling the user to perceive a map related to an entertainment event or venue, relating the perceived map to one or more sensors within the sensor array, receiving a user request identifying a selected position within the map, identifying one or more sensors within the sensor array corresponding to the selection, and presenting to the user a multimedia experience based on one or more streams of data units associated with the selected sensors.
|IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An object of examination is irradiated with an electromagnetic wave including a frequency component from 30 GHz to 30 THz and a Fourier transform image of the transmitted or reflected electromagnetic wave from the object of examination is obtained. The obtained Fourier transform image is subjected to a spatial frequency filtering processing. This method can visualize only the part to be visualized in an imaging operation using a terahertz wave.
|IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An image capturing apparatus comprising an object detection unit which detects a specific object from an image signal, and a control unit which performs first control corresponding to the specific object when the object detection unit detects the specific object, and performs second control different from the first control when the object detection unit does not detect the specific object, wherein when a state in which the specific object is detected by the object detection unit transits to a state in which the specific object becomes undetectable, the control unit changes, based on information before the specific object becomes undetectable, at least either of a time for which the first control is held and a transition speed when transiting from the first control to the second control.
|VARYING CAMERA SELF-DETERMINATION BASED ON SUBJECT MOTION - In a method and digital camera, an initial set of evaluation images are captured. A plurality of characteristics of the initial set of evaluation images are assessed to provide a first assessment. The characteristics include subject motion between the initial set of evaluation images. When the subject motion is in excess of a predetermined threshold, a final capture state of the camera is set responsive to the first assessment. When the subject motion is less than the predetermined threshold, the evaluation images are analyzed to provide analysis results and the final capture state of the camera is set responsive to the first assessment and the analysis results.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN DIGITAL TV BROADCASTING SYSTEM USING 8-VSB MODULATION METHOD AND COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEM USING ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS - A apparatus for evaluating interference of a cognitive radio transmission signal with digital TV broadcasting includes a cognitive radio transmission unit generating and transmitting an interference signal using orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), a broadcast transmission unit generating and transmitting a baseband digital TV broadcast signal containing data about a program to be broadcast, and a broadcast receiving evaluation unit evaluating a signal interference on the digital TV broadcast signal due to the interference signal from a signal combining a broadcast signal that the broadcast transmission unit transmits and the interference signal that the cognitive radio transmission unit transmits, by the signal interference.
|METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGES - A portable image capture device, program and method for controlling and managing data captured thereby. A device program residing on the portable image capture device generally associates data processing attributes with image files generated for image data captured by the portable image capture device. In some embodiments, the device program associates data processing attributes related to prompts for pre-defined image data with corresponding image files generated in response to the prompts. The device program, and attribute and prompt data therefor are created on a data processing system and are transferrable therefrom to the portable image capture device.
|IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION METHOD, AND TANGIBLE COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA CONTAINING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus creates a corrected image CP by combining a plurality of captured images P
|MULTICAST CONTROL OF MOTION CAPTURE SEQUENCES - Capturing motion including: a clock configured to generate a time reference; a plurality of motion capture cameras substantially synchronized to the time reference; at least one device used in motion capture; a multicast module configured to receive the time reference, and to transmit a multicast signal, wherein the multicast signal includes information derived from the time reference to configure the at least one device to operate synchronously with the plurality of motion capture cameras; and an integration module configured to integrate device data generated by the at least one device with camera data generated by the plurality of motion capture cameras.
|IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor; a pixel output judging processor which judges that at least one of a pixel output of a pixel of a specific color and a pixel output of a pixel of a color other than the specific color in the vicinity of the pixel of the specific color reaches a predetermined judging level; a pixel output compensation processor which compensates the pixel output of the pixel of the specific color; and a bit compression convertor which performs a bit compression such that pixel output data which is once converted from a first bit number to a second bit number is converted into the first bit number, wherein the bit compression convertor performs the bit compression on the pixel output data per segment based on a bit compression characteristic respectively set in accordance with the calculated pixel output distribution per segment.
|IMAGER CAPTURING AN IMAGE WITH A ROLLING SHUTTER - An imager is provided having an image-capturing sensor, a focusing detector, and a flicker detector. The image-capturing sensor captures a subject image with a rolling shutter and outputs image data. The focusing detector determines whether a subject image is in focus of the image-capturing sensor using the output image data. The flicker detector detects a flicker in the output image data. The focusing detector uses horizontal data without vertical data from the image data so as to determine whether a subject image is in focus, when the flicker detector detects a flicker.
|IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit operable to output an image signal of a subject, an amplifier unit operable to amplify the image signal output by the imaging unit, a gain adjusting unit operable to adjust a gain of the amplifier unit, and a frame rate adjusting unit operable to set a read frame rate of the imaging unit for a normal operation period to a first frame rate, and set the read frame rate for a focus operation period to a second frame rate which is larger than the first frame rate. When the frame rate adjusting unit changes the read frame rate of the imaging unit from the first frame rate to the second frame rate, the gain adjusting unit adjusts the gain of the amplifier unit so that a substantially equivalent exposure amount is maintained before and after the change in the read frame rate.
|USING A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT TO CORRECT VIDEO AND AUDIO DATA - Described is a device (e.g., a cell phone incorporating a digital camera) that incorporates a graphics processing unit (GPU) to process image data in order to increase the quality of a rendered image. The processing power provided by a GPU means that, for example, an unacceptable pixel value (e.g., a pixel value associated with a malfunctioning or dead detector element) can be identified and replaced with a new value that is determined by averaging other pixel values. Also, for example, the device can be calibrated against benchmark data to generate correction factors for each detector element. The correction factors can be applied to the image data on a per-pixel basis. If the device is also adapted to record and/or play digital audio files, the audio performance of the device can be calibrated to determine correction factors for a range of audio frequencies.
|Automatic Capture Modes - An image capture device is described which is operable in any one of a number of capture modes. The device comprises a camera, a memory and a processor. The memory stores a plurality of sets of capture triggers, with each set of capture triggers being associated with one of the plurality of capture modes. The processor selects one of the plurality of capture modes, such that the device is operable in the selected capture mode. In the selected capture mode, an image is captured automatically when a capture trigger within the associated set of capture triggers is satisfied.
|IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a luminance value calculation unit configured to calculate a luminance average value and a luminance peak value from an image obtained by image-capturing for each of frames formed by dividing one screen, a first calculation unit configured to combine the luminance average value and the luminance peak value obtained for each of the frames, a second calculation unit configured to calculate an average value of composite values equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value among composite values obtained by the first calculation unit, and a setting unit configured to set knee strength based on the average value of the composite values obtained by the second calculation unit.
|SYSTEM, APPARATUS, SOFTWARE AND PROCESS FOR INTEGRATING VIDEO IMAGES - A process for integrating video images includes generating a dancer video with a dancer and identifying a dancer head position of the dancer in the dancer video. A participant head location is identified and a cropped area is generated based on the participant head location. A participant video is generated of cropped area contents and a composite video is generated by overlaying the cropped area contents onto the dancer head position. A video image integration system includes a video camera for capturing participant videos and a processor. The processor has a processor database module storing pre-recorded dancer videos, a face recognition module configured to identify participant head locations from the video camera and generated cropped areas based thereon, and a blender module configured to overlay the cropped areas onto the dancer videos to generate composite videos.
|ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit of positive power, a second lens unit of negative power, a third lens unit of positive power, and a fourth lens unit of positive power, wherein the first lens unit is composed of three or fewer lens elements, wherein the second lens unit is composed of three lens elements, wherein in zooming, the first to the fourth lens units are moved individually along an optical axis such that air spaces should vary, so that variable magnification is achieved, and wherein the conditions are satisfied: tan 2ω
|ZOOMS LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit of positive power, a second lens unit of negative power, a third lens unit of positive power, and a fourth lens unit of positive power, wherein the first lens unit is composed of three or fewer lens elements, wherein the second lens unit is composed of three lens elements, wherein in zooming, the first to the fourth lens units are moved individually along an optical axis such that air spaces should vary, so that variable magnification is achieved, and wherein the conditions are satisfied: 5.50≦f
|Pan/tilt method and apparatus for camera - A camera pan/tilt method includes receiving an input pan/tilt command. The method also includes determining whether the angle to be moved according to the input pan/tilt command is larger than the minimum angle for allowing pan/tilt to be executed by a hardware pan/tilt method. A hardware pan/tilt is executed according to the input pan/tilt command if it is determined that the angle to be moved according to the input pan/tilt command is larger than the minimum angle for allowing pan/tilt to be executed by the hardware pan/tilt method. A digital pan/tilt is executed according to the input pan/tilt command if it is determined that the angle to be moved according to the input pan/tilt command is not larger than the minimum angle for allowing pan/tilt to be executed by the hardware pan/tilt method.
|IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - This invention is directed to easily set the image sensing conditions of an image sensing apparatus. The image sensing apparatus includes a first control means for controlling to change the image sensing conditions, an image sensing means to sense an image sensing target at every first time interval, and to calculate the evaluation value of the sensed image, and a second control means for controlling to change the image sensing conditions within the range where the evaluation value obtained by the first control means changes from increase to decrease, the image sensing means to sense the image sensing target at every second time interval smaller than the first time interval, and to calculate the evaluation value of the sensed image.
|Solid-state imaging device, signal processing method of solid-state imaging device, and image capturing apparatus - A solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of pixel circuits each including a photoelectric conversion element; reading signal lines connected to the pixel circuits; a reference signal output circuit outputting a reference signal whose voltage level varies; a reference signal line connected to the reference signal output circuit; and comparators each having a first input terminal and a second input terminal and each inverting its output depending on a voltage relation of the first input terminal and the second input terminal, wherein the first input terminals of some of the comparators are connected to the reading signal lines and the second input terminals thereof are connected to the reference signal line, and wherein the first input terminals of the other of the comparators are connected to the reference signal line and the second input terminals thereof are connected to the reading signal lines.
|Solid-state imaging device - A solid-state imaging device includes: a light-receiving element making a photoelectric conversion and being disposed in each of a plurality of pixels, wherein a honeycomb structure in which a predetermined pixel is surrounded with six pixels neighboring the predetermined pixel out of the plurality of pixels or a structure in which one to three pixels out of the six neighboring pixels are omitted from the honeycomb structure is used as a basic unit.
|METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention has an object of providing a method for driving a solid-state imaging device which includes photodiodes
|DIGITAL CAMERA AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A digital camera including a lens, first and second sensors, a shutoff member, a display, a detector, an exposure amount determiner, and a still image generator. The first sensor receives light through the lens and the second sensor also receives light through the lens, but is different from the first sensor. The shutoff member performs a first shutoff of the light received by the first sensor through the lens and also ends the first shutoff. The display displays a moving image based on the light received by the first sensor, and while the moving image is displayed, the detector detects a shutter operation. The exposure amount determiner determines, in response to the detected shutter operation, an exposure amount based on the light received by the second sensor when the first sensor does not receive light through the lens. The still image generator generates a still image based on the light received by the first sensor and the exposure amount determined by the exposure amount determiner.
|METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging device. Light-receiving sensor portions each constituting a pixel in the form of a matrix is arranged. The matrix has columns aligned in a vertical direction and rows aligned in a horizontal direction. Charge-transfer portions are formed on either side of the columns of said pixels. Transfer electrodes in said charge-transfer portions are formed to include a first transfer electrode formed of a first electrode layer and a second transfer electrode formed by electrically connecting the first electrode layer and a second electrode layer through a contact. The second transfer electrode being disposed in the vertical direction above the charge-transfer portion in a vicinity of the contact to decrease the width of the charge-transfer portions in the horizontal direction and increase the light receiving sensor portions in the vertical direction.
|DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display control device capable of suppressing an abrupt change in brightness of a display device viewed by a user when a large change takes place in outside light illuminance, thereby relieving a viewing difficulty. A control unit detects illuminance of outside light irradiated onto the display device, calculates a target brightness value corresponding to the detected illuminance, and sets a brightness setting value for the display device based on the target brightness value. If there is continuity in display content of the display device, the brightness setting value is set while providing an upper limit value for an amount of change in target brightness value. If the display content is changed without continuity, the target brightness value is set as the brightness setting value while unrestricting the amount of change in the target brightness value.
|Projection and Registration Device - A projection and recording device, provided with a processing and control unit, a memory for recording images and other data, an input/output interface, a controllable camera, a touch screen for the input and display of data and images, a position determining system for determining the position of at least one object in relation to the projection and recording device, with images recorded by the camera being storable in the memory and displayable on the touch screen, and a projector for projecting an image stored in the memory onto the at least one object, whereby the cooperation between the position determining system and the projector enables the projector to project images onto the object.
|IMAGING APPARATUS AND VIDEO CAMERA, AND METHOD OF REPRODUCING RECORDED INFORMATION PERFORMED BY THE IMAGING APPARATUS OR THE VIDEO CAMERA - There are provided an imaging apparatus and a video camera which allow an image being recorded and an image being reproduced to be easily discriminated from each other when an already recorded image signal is reproduced while a photographed image signal is being recorded. A recording section records an image signal obtained by an image pickup section on a randomly accessible recording medium, and a reproducing section is capable of reproducing an image signal recorded at a random location on the recording medium while the image signal is being recorded on the recording medium by the recording section. The recording section and the reproducing section are controlled such that the image signal recorded at a random location on the recording medium can be reproduced while the image signal obtained by the image pickup section is being recorded. A first display means and a second display means are controlled such that either the first display means or the second display means displays a first image according to the image signal obtained by the image pickup section while the other displays a second image according to the reproduced image signal.
|INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus includes a processing unit configured to execute a predetermined process, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a progress situation of the predetermined process executed by the processing unit, and a display control unit configured to display a progress situation display area for indicating the progress situation of the predetermined process on an area which lies along a plurality of adjacent sides of the display area on a display apparatus, and control a display state of the progress situation display area based on the progress situation acquired by the acquisition unit so that the display state changes from a state indicating that processing is yet to be performed to a state indicating that processing has been performed, progressively from one end to another end of the progress situation display area at a different rate based on a length of the sides along which the progress situation display area lies.
|Parallax Camera and Display Screen - In the beginning, display screens were monochrome, and a video artist was limited to specifying the brightness of a pixel. With the advent of color display screens, the artist could specify the color and brightness of a pixel. With this invention, the artist can now additionally specify the direction from which that color and brightness can be seen. I anticipate a single pixel being capable of displaying different colors in different directions at the same time. This invention also describes a camera capable of capturing this directional information.
|METHOD TO ENLARGE AND CHANGE DISPLAYED IMAGE AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method to enlarge and change an image displayed by a photographing apparatus, and a photographing apparatus using the same. The enlargement method includes adding guide information regarding a zoom-in area and compensating the guide information based on the zoom-in command.
|OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens driving device includes a lens, a moving member that supports the lens, a stationary member that movably supports the moving member, a pitch drive mechanism that drives the moving member in the pitch correction direction, and a yaw drive mechanism that drives in the yaw correction direction. The pitch drive mechanism has first and second magnets provided to the stationary member, and first and second coils provided to the moving member. The yaw drive mechanism has a third magnet provided to the stationary member, and a third coil provided to the moving member. The first and second coils are arranged on opposite sides of the lens when viewed in a third direction that is perpendicular to the pitch and yaw correction directions, and the third coil is arranged on the same side as the first coil with respect to the lens when viewed in the third direction.
|SOLID-STATE IMAGE-TAKING APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA - A solid-state image-taking apparatus which have a solid-state image-taking device includes a chip of the solid-state image-taking device, an imaging lens configured to focus incoming light into an image on the solid-state image-taking device, and a material of a refraction index larger than 1, which is arranged between the chip and the imaging lens.
|Multiscale Optical System - A means of enabling an imaging lens system that overcomes some of the costs and disadvantages of the prior art is disclosed. A lens system in accordance with the present invention reduces or eliminates one or more aberrations of an optical input by separating image collection functionality from image processing functionality. As a result, each function can be performed without compromising the other function. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a collection optic that provides a first optical field, based on light from a scene, to a processing optic that comprises a plurality of lenslets. The processing optic tiles the first optical field into a plurality of second optical fields. Each lenslet receives a different one of the plurality of second optical fields, reduces at least one localized aberration in its received second optical field, and provides the corrected optical field to a different one of plurality of photodetectors whose collective output is used to form a spatially correlated sub-image of that corrected optical field. The sub-images are readily combined into a spatially correlated image of the scene.
|Live-View Optical System and Image Capture Apparatus - A live-view optical system A is, in an image capture apparatus capable of obtaining an image of an object in a moving picture mode by reflecting an optical image formed on a focusing plate D from a part of a reflective surface F of a penta-dach mirror B and by re-forming the optical image on a live-view imaging device H, positioned between an opening G of the penta-dach mirror and the live-view imaging device, and re-forms light reflected from the part of the reflective surface on the live-view imaging device, wherein
|CAMERA SYSTEM AND CAMERA BODY - A camera system includes an interchangeable lens and a camera body. The camera body includes an imaging unit, a contrast detection unit, a defocusing amount detection unit, and a body microcomputer. The contrast detection unit is configured to detect a contrast value from an image signal of a subject acquired by the imaging unit, and is configured to detect the focal state of an optical image on the basis of the contrast value. The defocusing amount detection unit is configured to detect the focal state of the optical image by phase difference detection method. The body microcomputer is configured to select either the contrast detection unit or the defocusing amount detection unit on the basis of lens information on the interchangeable lens side.
|LIGHT AMOUNT ADJUSTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - A light amount adjusting device includes: a cover plate having a light-passing hole; a first separator being sheet-shaped and having a hole; a second separator being elastically deformable and sheet-shaped, positioned on a side opposite to the cover plate with the first separator therebetween, and having a hole; a first light amount adjusting blade movable between the cover plate and the first separator; a second light amount adjusting blade being movable between the first separator and the second separator; a base body to which the cover plate, the first separator, and the second separator are mounted, having a throughhole and mounting grooves, the throughhole being formed to have a diameter larger than a diameter of the hole of the second separator, the mounting grooves allowing the second separator to be mounted therein and being opened toward the throughhole.
|LENS CONTROL APPARATUS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND LENS CONTROL METHOD - An imaging apparatus controls a movement of a second lens unit to compensate for an image-plane movement due to a movement of a first lens unit when a captured image is zoomed by moving the first lens unit, and controls the movement of the second lens unit to be performed within a range selected from data based on second information corresponding to an object distance. The data indicates a position of the first lens unit and a position of the second lens unit on an optical axis located behind the first lens unit, and is provided for each of object distances. The range of the movement of the second lens unit is changed according to a detection result by a second detection unit at a predetermined time.
|IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In an image sensing apparatus including an image sensing unit with an image sensor and an EVF, first image signals obtained every preset number of frames, of image signals output from the image sensing unit are displayed on the EVF, focus evaluation values indicating a focus state of an image are obtained from second image signals obtained in frames other than the frames for the first image signals of the image signals output from the image sensing unit, a direction of driving a focus lens for an in-focus state is determined on the basis of the obtained focus evaluation values, and the determined driving direction is displayed on the EVF. Further, the focus lens is moved for image sensing in the frames for the second image signals to carry out image sensing of the subject at different focus lens positions for each frame.
|Optical device, imaging device, and method for manufacturing optical device - An optical device comprises a vibration member
|Solid-state imaging device and driving control method - A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array section formed by a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion element disposed in the form of a matrix; and control means for selectively controlling shutter operations and readout operations performed on the pixels of the pixel array section on a row-by-row basis to control an exposure time for the pixels, wherein the control means provides an exposure time lasting for Q frame periods to expose the pixels in each row of the pixel array section when sub-sampling reading is performed at a sub-sampling ratio of 1/Q (Q is a positive integer).
|Apparatus and method for photographing image in portable terminal - A portable terminal includes an apparatus for photographing an image. The portable terminal can receive an image via a camera and recognize the received image through an image recognition process. The portable terminal can determine a photographing composition corresponding to the recognition result, and adjust an angle of the camera depending on the determined photographing composition.
|IMAGER CAPTURING AN IMAGE WITH A ROLLING SHUTTER - An imager is provided having an image-capturing sensor, a focusing detector, a flicker detector, and a light source. The image-capturing sensor captures a subject image with a rolling shutter and outputs image data. The focusing detector determines whether a subject image is in focus of said image-capturing sensor using the output image data. The flicker detector detects a flicker in the output image data. The light source illuminates a subject while the image-capturing sensor captures a subject image. The light source emits light having a phase opposite to the phase of the flicker detected by said flicker detector.
|IMAGE-TAKING APPARATUS - An image-taking apparatus includes a chassis which is disposed inside an outer package member of the image-taking apparatus and is a structural body of the image-taking apparatus, an image-pickup device which photoelectrically converts an object image, a first circuit which processes output signals from the image-pickup device, and a second circuit which generates an electromagnetic wave. Herein, the first circuit is disposed on the opposite side of the second circuit with respect to the chassis.
|Digital Detector for ATSC Digital Television Signals - A Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) receiver comprises a transceiver for communicating with a wireless network over one of a number of channels, and an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) signal detector for use in forming a supported channel list comprising those ones of the number of channels upon which an ATSC signal was not detected, wherein the ATSC signal detector is a threshold-based detector and detects an ATSC signal as a function of at least one threshold, and wherein the ATSC signal detector is responsive to at least one of a carrier tracking loop lock signal, a symbol timing recovery lock signal and a synchronization (sync) lock signal.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING AND DISPLAYING VIDEO CONTENT - A television receiver displays television receiver menu information simultaneously with a video stream in an integrated display screen. From within the display screen, the user can select the video stream to close the menu information and display the video stream the television programming in a full screen mode.
|System for Identifying Motion Video/Audio Content - A system for identifying motion video/audio content by means of comparing a video A to a registered video B so as to determine if they are originally the same as each other, wherein said system at least comprises a fingerprint extractor A for fingerprint A from the video A; a fingerprint database for the registered video B; and a matcher which is adapted to search from the fingerprint database for the registered fingerprint B of the video B by means of comparison of fingerprint A with a shifting window of a possible fingerprint B, so as to determine that the video A is visually identical to the video B if a match is found. According to the present invention, the method for extracting a fingerprint data from video/audio signals facilitates the automatic identification, archiving and search of video content, and can be of archiving without the need for human visual inspections.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CONTENT CONTROL SIGNAL VIA COLOR BURST PHASE MODIFICATIONS - The "color stripe" process is well known in the video field for preventing copying by analog video tape recorders of video content, and operates by altering the phase of a portion of the video signal color burst. Here, a weakened version of the color stripe process is employed in a video signal whereby the color burst phase alterations are reduced or attenuated so there is no copy prevention effect on a typical video tape recorder. However the weakened color stripe process is still sufficient to be detectable by a suitable detector located in a compliant device, so the detected presence of the color stripe serves as an encoded indication of copy control or other content control for the video signal by the compliant device.
|GENERATION OF A CUSTOMIZABLE TV MOSAIC - Method for generating at least one mosaic of content-transport streams, said method comprises the following steps after displaying a screen including at least a first area (Z
|METHOD FOR TUNING CODING RATE AND APPLYING UNEQUAL ERROR PROTECTION FOR ADAPTIVE VIDEO TRANSMISSION, AND VIDEO TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - Provided are a method of tuning a coding rate and applying an unequal error protection for an adaptive video transmission, and a video transmission/reception apparatus using the method. The video transmission apparatus may include: a coding rate tuner to predict, as a channel capacity of a subsequent channel interval, an estimated channel capacity value fed back from the video reception apparatus, and to tune video and channel coding rates within the predicted channel capacity; a video encoder to perform video encoding of video frames at the tuned video coding rate, and to generate a video packet; and a forward error correction (FEC) encoder to apply the unequal error protection based on a length of the video packet and a type of the video frames included in the video packet, and to perform channel encoding of the video packet at the tuned channel coding rate to generate a bitstream.
|Data Transmission Over a Video Link - A technique transfers data over a standard video transport, where this data may be in a nonstandard format or include control, audio, or other nonvideo data, or combinations of these. This standard video transport may be a DVI connection. The technique can increase the color depth by transferring high colors signals in a first packet and low colors signals in a second packet. The low and high color signals are combined to form a received pixel which is shown on a display of the display unit. For example, video with increased color depth and audio signals can be transferred over the standard video transport.
|Video processing apparatus - A final-correction-value acquisition unit performs, for each frame, reduction processing for reducing a difference in gamma correction value between frames and thereby acquires a final correction value of the frame. The final-correction-value acquisition unit determines into which type an observed frame is classified among a first-, a second- and a third-type frames, and controls a level of the reduction processing on the observed frame according to a determined type of the observed frame, the first-type frame being a frame having a change amount obtained from a change-amount calculator equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold, the second-type frame being a frame having a change amount larger than the threshold and at least one frame having a change amount larger than the threshold exists within a preceding predetermined period immediately before the observed frame, the third-type frame being a frame other than the first- and second-type frames.
|Video Decoder System for Movable Application - This invention is a digital television receiver receiving alternative broadcasts. Separate tuners receive separate broadcast signals, such as 12-segment HDTV and 1-segment QVGA. A multiplexer selects one tuner based upon receiver status of a first tuner. The selected signal is decoded and resized for a display. The decoder uses a frame buffer of images in the resized size. In the preferred embodiment the input signals are a 12-segment HDTV broadcast and a 1-segment QVGA broadcast and the resized size is VGA.
|PRESENTATION OF READING SERVICE CHANNELS TO THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED - Systems and methods are disclosed to automatically provide an audio sub-channel for a reading service to a visually impaired user. An audio service system includes a control module and a transmit module. The control module is operable to identify an audio sub-channel for a reading service available for reception within a broadcast area of a television content provider. The control module is further operable to identify a set of commands for a television tuner instructing the television tuner to tune to the audio sub-channel. The transmit module is operable to transmit the set of commands to the television tuner so the visually impaired user can listen to the audio sub-channel for the reading service.
|REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET TELEVISION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - The claimed invention relates to an interactive television system including a controller for converting the hand motion of the user into acceleration data of three axes by a single 3-axis accelerometer
|Video frame recorder - The invention comprises a video framed electronic frame display screen with a touch screen LCD, a power supply (either DC battery powered or AC power cord), a memory component, video and audio input and output jacks adaptable to DVD and VCR players, cameras and mp3 players, and speakers. The video frame display screen can be controlled by operation of the touch screen display or by a remotely operated infra-red controller.
|WEATHER-RESISTANT DISPLAY - An outdoor weather-resistant display may include a housing, an air-inlet, an air-outlet, a liquid crystal panel, a fan, and a thermostat. The air-inlet may be disposed through the housing into a cavity. The air-outlet may be disposed through the housing out of the cavity. The fan may be positioned to move air from outside the housing, through the air-inlet, into the cavity, across the liquid crystal panel, and out of the cavity through the air-outlet to outside the housing. The thermostat may have a temperature sensor within the cavity which provides temperature readings. The thermostat may control operation of the fan based on the temperature readings in order to regulate temperature within the cavity. The outdoor weather-resistant display may have further components to allow the display to operate in varying weather conditions, and to allow for wireless operation.
|PROJECTION STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A projection stereoscopic display includes: a stereoscopic display optical system receiving linearly polarized light from the light source and displaying a first picture and a second picture both having binocular parallax by linearly polarized light with polarization directions orthogonal to each other, in which the stereoscopic display optical system includes: a reflective liquid crystal panel modulating and reflecting linearly polarized light from the light source in response to a picture signal, a first polarizing device splitting the first picture from reflected light from the reflective liquid crystal panel, a retardation device converting the polarization direction of the first picture into a direction orthogonal thereto, and a second polarizing device splitting the second picture from reflected light from the reflective liquid crystal panel, and superimposing the second picture on the first picture of which the polarization direction is converted by the retardation device.
|DIGITIZER FUNCTION-EQUIPPED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INFORMATION PROCESSING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND GAME DEVICE - Provided is a digitizer function-equipped liquid crystal display device capable of preventing the wire shadows of a loop antenna from being projected on a liquid crystal panel and capable of being applied to a large size liquid crystal panel. It is also possible to provide an information processing electronic device and a game device provided with the digitizer function-equipped liquid crystal display device. Here, the digitizer function-equipped liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel
|Fringe Field Switching Mode Liquid Crystal Display Device - Disclosed is a Fringe Field Switching (FFS) mode Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) including lower substrate, an upper substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates. Each pixel region is defined by gate lines and data lines formed to cross each other on the lower substrate. Switching devices are disposed at intersections of the gate lines and the data lines. The FFS mode LCD includes a transparent pixel electrode, and a transparent common electrode disposed apart from the transparent pixel electrode by an insulating layer interposed therebetween to adjust a transmittance by applying an electric field to the liquid crystal layer. A metal line of a specific thickness is formed to be electrically connected with the transparent common electrode on or under the transparent common electrode of a non-opening region in which the gate lines and the data lines are formed.
|Liquid crystal display panel with eliminating image sticking abilities and method of the same - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel with eliminating image sticking abilities. The liquid crystal display panel includes a main thin film transistor disposed on a substrate which includes a first gate coupled to a corresponding scanning line, a first source coupled to a corresponding data line. A sub thin film transistor disposed on the substrate includes a second gate coupled to pro-scanning line of the corresponding scanning line, a second source coupled to the adjacent data line of the corresponding data line. The main thin film transistor and the sub thin film transistor are disposed on a pixel.
|SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY IMAGES - A system for displaying images including a liquid crystal display panel is provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate having at least one sub-pixel, a first transparent electrode layer disposed over the first substrate in the sub-pixel, a second substrate having an inner surface corresponding to the first substrate, a second transparent electrode layer disposed over the inner surface corresponding to the sub-pixel, wherein the second transparent electrode layer has only one pattern thereon, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and the second substrates. The liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and the liquid crystal molecules are orthogonal to the first and the second substrates.
|SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A display device includes a main body, a support stand, and a display portion. The display portion includes a pixel having a TFT and a capacitor. The capacitor includes a capacitor electrode on an insulating surface, an insulating film on the capacitor electrode, and a pixel electrode of the TFT on the insulating film.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a first thin film transistor for pixel selection formed on the first substrate, a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed above the first thin film transistor of the first substrate, a second substrate provided above the pixel electrode and the common electrode via a liquid crystal layer, a shield electrode formed on a surface of the second substrate, and the shield electrode and an interconnection, which supplies specific AC or DC potential, and is turned on by potential larger than a predetermined potential.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device which is capable of preventing light leakage and preventing a dark portion from being viewed. The liquid crystal display device includes: a lower receiving container; a plurality of supporting walls arranged in a line along at least one side wall of the lower receiving container with gaps therebetween; a plurality of light sources arranged in a line so as to be provided in the gaps; and a reflecting cover covering at least a portion of each of the gaps.
|Display Device - Disclosed is a display device. The display device comprises a receptacle comprising a sidewall section, and a support section extending from an inner side of the sidewall section and a liquid crystal panel and a backlight assembly, at least one of which is received in the receptacle.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An object of the invention is to provide a liquid crystal display of which a reduction in thickness can be realized without increasing the thickness of a frame member configuring a backlight. Also, another object is to provide a liquid crystal display which secures a sufficient property of insulation from electrode fittings and lamp cables.
|Display Device and Method for Manufacturing Thereof - Disclosed is a display device. The display device comprises a frame receiving at least one of a liquid crystal panel and a backlight unit, an adhesive layer coupling the liquid crystal panel to the backlight unit, and wherein the adhesive layer comprises at least one of an adhesive sheet for light diffusion and a polarizer film.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the invention is to reduce the effect of moisture on the inside of a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel in which a display surface including a display area is disposed upright, a first frame including an aperture opposed to the display area, disposed leaving a space between it and the display surface of the liquid crystal display panel, and a rail-shaped member extending in a horizontal direction affixed to the display surface of the liquid crystal display panel, below the display area, in such a way that it does not come into contact with the first frame.
|Liquid crystal display - A liquid crystal display having a backlight module, liquid crystal layer and a color filter layer is disclosed in the invention. An ultraviolet unit for emitting ultraviolet is disposed in the backlight module. The color filter layer is composed of a purity of pixels, and at least one of the purity of pixels is filled with a wavelength-converting material. The wavelength-converting material can convert ultraviolet into green light.
|ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An illuminating device is provided that includes a light guide plate, a light source disposed on a side face of the light guide plate, and a light modulation element disposed on the surface or on the inside of the light guide plate and joined to the light guide plate. The light modulation element has a pair of transparent substrates disposed apart from each other and opposed to each other, an electrode capable of generating an electric field in a direction parallel to the surface of the transparent substrates, and a light modulation layer provided in a gap between the pair of transparent substrates, and including a first region and a second region whose response speeds to the electric field are different from each other, and at least one of the first region and the second region has optical anisotropy.
|Backlight Module and Double-Sided Liquid Crystal Display Device - A backlight module includes a plate and a plurality of light sources. The plate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The plate is bent to form a plurality of first grooves on the first surface and a plurality of second grooves on the second surface. The light sources are respectively disposed in the first grooves and the second grooves. The backlight module is capable of providing two plane light sources to different directions and has thinner thickness. A double-sided liquid crystal display using the above-mentioned backlight module is also provided.
|TRANSFLECTIVE DISPLAY PANEL - A transflective display panel includes a first substrate, a plurality of electroluminescent (EL) elements disposed on the first substrate, a plurality of reflectors disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a plurality of transparent electrodes disposed on a side of the second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a plurality of color filter layers disposed on a side of the second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. Accordingly, a problem of insufficient contrast ratio of the transflective display panel can be solved, when the ambient light is too high.
|POLARIZATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a polarization control system which includes an E-type polarizer and therefore can provide excellent dark state at a wide azimuth and viewing angle. Further, the polarization control system includes a viewing angle control element for controlling a traveling direction of light which has passed through the E-type polarizer and therefore can provide excellent bright state at a wide azimuth and viewing angle. The present invention further provides a display device including such a polarization control system. The polarization control system of the present invention is a polarization control system including a plurality of polarizer, wherein the polarization control system includes an E-type polarizer and a viewing angle control element, and the viewing angle control element controls a traveling direction of light which has passed through the E-type polarizer.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal panel of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizing plate placed on one side of the liquid crystal cell; a second polarizing plate and a third polarizing plate placed on another side of the liquid crystal cell in the stated order from a side of the liquid crystal cell; a first retardation plate placed between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizing plate; and a second retardation plate placed between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizing plate, in which: refractive index ellipsoids of the first retardation plate and the second retardation plate exhibit a relationship of nx>ny>nz; and a transmittance (T
|Anti-Reflection Film - The present invention provides an anti-reflection film which weakens color in reflection light and prevents an occurrence of color unevenness. The anti-reflection film has a value in the range of 0.5-1.5% as an average luminous reflectance, a value in the range of 0.2-0.9% as a difference between the maximum and the minimum of spectral reflectance in the visible light region, a value in the range of 0.5-3.0% as an absorption loss in average luminous transmittance, a value in the range of 0.5-4.0% as a difference between the maximum and the minimum of absorption losses in light transmittance at all wavelengths within the visible light region, and a magnitude relation of Q
|REFLECTIVE LCOS DISPLAYS UTILIZING NOVEL POLARIZING BEAM SPLITTERS - Disclosed are display systems using reflective liquid-crystal microdisplays that efficiently use unpolarized light sources without needing to double the étendue of the source as occurs with conventional polarization conversion systems. Furthermore, the display systems can utilize on-axis projection lenses, and fast-switching ferroelectric-liquid-crystal-on-silicon (FLCOS) microdisplays. The systems utilize beam splitters that split unpolarized incident light into two diverged beams of opposite polarization. Ferroelectric liquid crystal display elements are combined with fixed retarders to enable an element that can selectively flip or not flip the handedness of incident circularly polarized light.
|Display Device and Display Panel and Color Filter thereof - A display device and a display panel and a color filter thereof are provided. The color filter includes a transparent substrate, at least a red filter film, at least a green filter film, at least a plurality of blue filter film and at least a white filter film. The red filter films, the green filter films, the blue filter films and the white filter films are disposed on the transparent substrate. The blue filter films have a first largest transmittance when a light with first wavelength transmits it. The green filter films have a second largest transmittance when a light with second wavelength transmits it. The white filter films have a third largest transmittance when a light with third wavelength transmits it. The third largest transmittance is larger than the first largest transmittance and the second largest transmittance. The third wavelength is between the first wavelength and the second wavelength. Therefore, the images displayed by the display device with the color filter may have accurate color-level and high brightness.
|Liquid crystal display device - To provide a liquid crystal display device to suitably perform color balance adjustment. For this, the liquid crystal display device includes pixel regions each including a light reflection portion and a light transmission portion on a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of respective substrates arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching liquid crystal therebetween, wherein color filters are formed in pixel regions on a liquid-crystal-side surface of the other substrate out of the respective substrates, and each color filter is provided with an opening or notch at a part of a portion facing the light reflection portion in an opposed manner, material layers having a layer thickness substantially equal to a height of step generated by the color filters in regions facing the opening or notch of each color filter in an opposed manner on the liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a transparent first substrate placed on the display plane side; a transparent second substrate opposed to the first substrate; a cholesteric liquid crystal that is placed between the first and second substrates and whose selective reflection color is yellow; and a reflector for white/blue display opposed to the second substrate. The angular dependence of scattered light intensity of the reflector for white/blue display is equivalent to the angular dependence of scattered light intensity of the cholesteric liquid crystal.
|DUAL DISPLAY LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a dual display LCD device including: a front light unit supplying light; a first polarizer on the front light unit; an LCD panel on the first polarizer; a selective reflection/transmission part on the LCD panel; and a second polarizer on the selective reflection/transmission part; wherein the selective reflection/transmission part selectively reflects the light in a reflection mode to display an image on a front side thereof in a first display mode; and wherein the selective reflection/transmission part passes the light in a transmission mode to display an image on a rear side thereof in a second display mode.
|COMPOSITE RETARDATION PLATE, AND OPTICAL COMPENSATION POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH COMPOSITE RETARDATION PLATE - A composite retardation plate for use in a Twisted Nematic liquid crystal display device, at least includes: a first retardation film; and a second retardation film stacked on the first retardation film, the first retardation film being such that the first retardation film has a refractive index anisotropy which varies in thickness of the first retardation film so as to compensate for sequential variations in refractive index anisotropy of a liquid crystal layer included in the Twisted Nematic liquid crystal display device, the sequential variations being caused by a region which is approximately regarded as a region in which liquid crystal molecules hybridly orient during voltage application, and the second retardation film having a refractive index anisotropy for compensating for a residual refractive index anisotropy which remains after the compensation performed by the first retardation film. This provides a composite retardation plate which is capable of highly accurately compensating for a refractive index anisotropy which may cause a decrease in contrast of a TN liquid crystal display device due to a viewing angle.
|Liquid Crystal Display Device - An LCD device having a backlight module, a display module and an adhesive layer is provided. The backlight module has an inner fringe for holding the display module. The display module sequentially includes a lower polarizer, a display panel and an upper polarizer. The edge of the upper surface of the display panel is exposed because the area of the upper polarizer is smaller than the area of the display panel. The adhesive layer has a first adhesive film and a second adhesive film. The display module is disposed on the inner fringe of the backlight module by using the adhesive layer wherein the first adhesive film is on the side wall of the backlight module and portion of the edge of the upper surface of the display panel, the second adhesive film is on the portion of the first adhesive film and the exposed edge of upper surface of the display panel.
|HOMEOTROPIC ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL FILM, OPTICAL FILM COMPRISING THE SAME, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film is provided with a liquid crystalline substance containing a side chain liquid crystalline compound having an oxetanyl group, as a constituent, aligned homeotropically on an alignment substrate while being in a liquid crystal state and fixed in the homeotropic alignment by allowing the oxetanyl group to react. Thus, the homeotropic alignment liquid crystal film can be stably produced without necessitating a complicated step such as light irradiation under an inert gas atmosphere and is excellent in alignment retainability after being fixed in the homeotropic alignment and in mechanical strength.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal display panel capable of reducing or eliminating metal erosion in an area in which a conductive dot is formed. In some embodiments, a display panel comprises a common electrode formed on an upper substrate, a first electrode formed on a lower substrate opposing the upper substrate and configured to receive a common voltage, a conductive dot formed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate and positioned to supply the common electrode with the common voltage, an insulating layer having a contact hole exposing the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the insulating layer to connect the conductive dot and the first electrode, wherein a cross sectional area of the conductive dot between the upper substrate and the lower substrate is greater than a cross sectional area of an opening of the contact hole.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a miniaturized liquid crystal display device, a thickness of the liquid crystal display device is decreased and the occurrence of cracks is prevented. A portion of a TFT substrate to which a lower polarizer is adhered has a small thickness, and a periphery of the TFT substrate including a terminal portion has a large thickness. A portion of a counter substrate to which an upper polarizer is adhered has a small thickness, and a periphery of the counter substrate except for one side which forms a U shape has a large thickness. Accordingly, in adhering the upper polarizer to the counter substrate, it is possible to decrease a possibility that a foreign material is entangled. By applying chemical polishing to edge portions of the TFT substrate and edge portions of the counter substrate, the edge portions are rounded and hence, the probability of occurrence of cracks caused by an impact or the like from the outside can be decreased.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - At least one side of a sealing member is formed on an outer edge of a first substrate, and a common transfer terminal portion is formed along at least a part of the sealing member formed on the outer edge of the first substrate.
|DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a display device using a substrate cell obtained by separating a glass laminate substrate, in which two or more display regions are provided between two glass substrates, into substrate cells each having the display region by cutting. A physically-formed cut surface of the peripheral end face of the substrate cell is smoothed by subsequent chemical polishing, and the smoothed peripheral end face becomes flattened so that an area ratio R determined by the following formula is less than 1.2: R=S/S
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes two glass substrates, a liquid crystal unit formed by sandwiching a liquid crystal layer between the two glass substrates, a first polarizing film, and a second polarizing film. In another example, the LCD further includes a diffuse reflective film formed on the other side of the second polarizing film. In another example, the second polarizing film is replaced by a reflective film. The liquid crystal layer is composed of an antiferroelectric (including intermediate antiferroelectric) smectic liquid crystal material, and a birefringence of the liquid crystal layer changes along with an electric field applied to the liquid crystal layer.
|Spectacle Glass and Spectacle Lens for Data Reflection - The invention relates particularly to a spectacle lens having a first and a second surface, wherein at least the first surface of the spectacle lens has a major portion zone and at least one prism zone. The major portion zone of the first surface, together with the opposing second surface of the spectacle lens, forms a major portion of the spectacle lens, which is designed for vision in at least a predetermined distance. The prism zone of the first surface, together with the opposing second surface of the spectacle lens, forms a prism portion, which is designed and arranged such that an optical image of a display is formed at a predetermined virtual distance in front of the eyes of the spectacle wearer. The invention further relates to spectacles, which comprise the spectacle lens, and to a method and apparatuses for calculating or optimizing and producing the spectacle lens.
|LACTAM POLYMER DERIVATIVES - Lactam polymers has been modified with sodium borohydride (NaBH


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a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
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a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri
James River
The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is 348 miles long, extending to 444 miles if one includes the Jackson River, the longer of its two source tributaries. The James River drains a catchment comprising 10,432 square miles. The watershed includes about 4% open water and an area with a population of 2.5 million people. It is the 12th longest river in the United States that remains entirely within a single state.
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James River
an important river of Virginia, U.S., formed by the junction of the Jackson and the Cowpasture, and flows in a south-easterly direction across Virginia, falling into the Atlantic at the S. end of Chesapeake Bay. It has a course of 450 m., and is navigable as far as City Point.
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From: GetUp!
Date: 10/11/2011 12:12:42 PM
Subject: re: Great Barrier Reef under threat
Just 3 days ago we sent out an emergency call to action. The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area ecosystem is in crisis: millions of cubic metres of sea floor is being dredged up to make way for the expansion of coal seam gas export facilities.
GetUp members have responded to the call in force - so far 41,870 people have added their name to the petition calling for an immediate halt to all dredging in the Gladstone Harbour and Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area1.
We're aiming to reach 75,000 signatures before we take this campaign global and have the petition delivered to UNESCO* in Paris!
Can you join the petition now, and let your friends and family know about this campaign by forwarding the message below?
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* The United Nations' Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), which is responsible for protecting world heritage listed sites like the Great Barrier Reef.
PS - In breaking news, late yesterday the NSW Labor Opposition reversed their stance on coal seam gas and joined calls for a ban on all new coal seam gas operations - but we urgently need their federal counterparts to follow suit. Click here to add your name to this urgent petition before it's delivered to UNESCO.
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Dear friends,
Millions of cubic metres of sea floor are being dredged up from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area1 to make way for massive new coal seam gas export facilities. No, we're not kidding.
It's the largest dredging project ever undertaken in Australia, and one that has the United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) so alarmed they're warning the Reef could lose its iconic world heritage status. We've created an emergency petition to stop this. Sign here, tune in and spread the word now.
As The Age recently put it- what's of primary concern is the "vast dredging program" associated with the construction of three coal seam gas plants located inside the reef's World Heritage area. "The Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) has approvals to dredge 46 million cubic metres from within the harbour boundaries, inside the World Heritage area, over the next 20 years...a volume equivalent to 27 Melbourne Cricket Grounds." 2
Environment Minister Tony Burke has so far refused to stand up for the Reef, a priceless and fragile site of significance not just to Australia, but to the world. Imagine if the Pyramids were being bulldozed or the Grand Canyon mined -- the global community would be furious. Well UNESCO is furious. They're sending a special delegation in March to investigate what is happening - but that's too late to stop the damage happening now.
Meanwhile, UNESCO are being lobbied hard by the insatiable coal seam gas industry. And although they failed to even tell UNESCO about the project, the state and federal governments would have us simply trust them to monitor and regulate this crazy project -- claiming it's possible to dredge up 46 million cubic metres of reef inside a world heritage site provided there's sufficient environmental oversight. If the Australian Government won't stand up for the Great Barrier Reef as it's ripped up for corporate profit, we will.
That's why we've created an urgent petition, as we prepare to launch this campaign on the global stage.
The fragile and unique ecosystem of the Great Barrier Reef is already under intense pressure due to earlier floods and a changing climate. We've witnessed a steep increase in the rates of death of endangered marine wildlife this year -- including dolphins, dugongs and turtles. The massive development for the coal seam gas industry may well prove too much for it to handle.
Coal seam gas mining is now affecting our communities and environment, from the family farm to the deep blue sea, and once these areas are destroyed, no amount of money will ever bring them back. Sign the petition now, and if you're on Twitter and Facebook, be sure to share this emergency call to action with your friends.
Thank you for using your voice now,
The GetUp team
1In our previous email we referred to dredgeing the 'reef' however what's being dredged is the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area which the reef is within.
2New battlefront opens up in gas debate, Tracey Ferrier, The Age, October 31 2011.
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THE crisis over the European budget is set to deepen after the union representing most of the Brussels' commission's civil servants announced a strike later this month.
Just a day after German chancellor Angela Merkel held talks in Downing Street with Prime Minister David Cameron to find a compromise on the EU budget, pressure on European leaders was heightened with the announcement of a strike by the USF union.
Mr Cameron wants to freeze the budget for the next seven years against demands for an increase by the European Commission and some member states which receive net subsidies from the EU.
However, with negotiations set to take place on 22 November, the USF has raised the pressure by announcing a strike involving the EU civil servants.
The leader of the USF union said yesterday that more action will be considered over the coming weeks, including a stoppage during the EU summit which was specially called to consider spending plans up to 2020.
USF president Sylvie Jacobs said: "It is quite likely we have to take further action over the coming days."


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The navigation bar is broken into two parts, the primary navigation and the sub navigation (highlighted yellow). The primary navigation outlines the features available within your XSellco software, and the sub navigation breaks down the functions within each feature. In the example shown, we have clicked the repricer tab, and the sub navigation shows all the features available in the repricer.
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Jared, Mike (His friend), and I went out and hit a couple of bars. We ran into TIMMY again. He is sooooooooooooooo kewl. No he is not… Any ways, we had some fun drinking and playing pool. I cannot wait until next Tuesday to do the same.
I got into work and noticed that I got Wed and Thurs off. I became fuckin pissed. I have to work 8 days in a row. What the FUCK?!? He NEVER works more than 6 days in a row. I get stuck pulling an 8 day shift. I think I should go ahead of the boss and goto the operations guy. I think he would like to hear the stupid shit we are putting up with… Nah… He will let it go on.


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How can you tell if the molecule is ionic or covalent?Does an ionic compound HAVE to have a metal? and if the molecule has a metal does it HAVE to be ionic? also, what about the metalliods?
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In nature there are no 100% ionic compounds. Each chemical compounds has a certain percentage of ionic character in its bonds and the remaining percentage as covalent bonds. The only compounds that are accepted as being 100% covalent are the chemical combinations that happen between two similar atoms, like for example the C-C bond existent in diamond, or the O-O bond in O2. Usually if atoms are different in the compound it will present a certain percentage of ionicity in its bond, the highest the difference between electronegativity of elements the highest the percentage of existent ionic bonds. Thus usually the compounds like NaCl (first element from group IA, last element from group VIIA) are regarded as ideal ionic compounds, whereas compounds like GaAs, or InSb (first element from group IIIA, last element from group VA) are regarded as covalent compounds (although they present about 10-15% ionicity in their bonds). For metaloids, like Ge-Ge and Si-Si bonds, because they contain atoms of the same type the bond is almost 100% covalent.
Ionic compounds are the one which gain or loase electrons.While covalent share electrons. We can tell if the molecule is ionic or covalent by seeing the formula of it. For eg. H2O is a covalent bond as it has two hydrogen atoms sharing electrons with an oxygen atom. For ionic compounds the atoms loase or gain electrons.
for eg. Fe[II]O. Fe gives two electrons to Oxygen and both complete their octet.
Most of the Covalent bonds actually have a non-metal and most of the ionic compound have a metal.


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It's not all about confidence.
I am tired of people saying, "Just feel good! It makes you look good!"
It might be true, but I don't like it anyway, because it's too much pressure.
I know the confidence people have good intentions. They want to make beauty more accessible. They're trying to point out that beauty is available to all of us, all the time, we already are it. Which is a great thought. But since I'm not already glowing with self-esteem, I have to find another way.
And anyway, sometimes the confidence people get a little snippy. They have no patience for women feeling insecure. "Come on! You're ruining it for everyone! Why can't you tell you look fine?" The moment is always being spoiled by women's insecurities. If only women would just stop whining and love themselves. Then we could finally do something interesting. Then we could have really good sex. I don't know. The message is: you are suddenly beautiful when you get confident, because inner beauty is the only beauty that matters. Or because your inner beauty magically becomes outer beauty. So just do that.
It feels accusatory sometimes.
I think I'd rather feel good than look good, but I'm not sure that feeling good really changes the way I look. It's more likely to just make me stop caring so much about the way I look. But somehow, we have ended up with this idea that feeling good means looking good.
Heroines are either naturally stunning or they don't care even slightly how they look. Often, they are naturally stunning and they don't care even slightly.
In Disney movies and fairytales, the villainess is often motivated by a desperate desire to stay young and beautiful. Remember Snow White's stepmother? And probably like fifty other ones I'm writing too quickly to think of. The desire to be beautiful is gross. It's dangerous. It's sometimes despicable. It's always at least a little pathetic.
It's a lot of pressure. Stop feeling unattractive! Just decide to love yourself! And then you'll look good! If you look bad, it's because you're insecure. Get secure! Be the woman whose smile lights up the room, simply because she's so happy, all the time. Be the woman whose poise and self-assurance puts everyone else at ease, and makes everything feel somehow more reasonable. Be the woman whose warmth is radiant. Who doesn't need makeup, who doesn't worry about her weight, because she knows these things are trivial compared to her radiant warmth. Be the woman who trusts herself intrinsically, all the time. That is beautiful. Supermodels have nothing on that. Be her.
These are mixed messages. Wait…will I be AS beautiful as the supermodel if I feel good about myself? That doesn't sound right…Or will people just stop caring completely what I look like? Am I supposed to want to be beautiful at all? Or is that not allowed?
This is much is clear: I am not that fabulously self-possessed woman. I am awkward. I am complicated, and not necessarily in lots and lots of cute ways that complicated women in movies are. I am too moody for incessant confidence and too doubtful for vibrant self-trust. I need reassurance. I can sometimes rely on myself and sometimes I really, really can't.
I am a little of a lot of things. A little beautiful, a little ugly, a little totally messed up, a little ridiculously cool, a little tempestuous, a little obnoxious, a little lame, a little fun, a little full of potential. I am not an easy solution. Because there really isn't one. I am one day at a time. I am tiny epiphanies.
But I will give the confidence people this much: it's better to smile, when you feel like smiling.
But I also reserve the right to be totally mopey. To be frustrated when I need to. To not light up the room.
I don't want to have to light up the room, OK? Not right now. Maybe later. But don't tell me to light up the room.
Does a smile affect the way you feel? Do you think the way you feel can change the way you look?
Kate Fridkis blogs at Eat the Damn Cake. Her writing has appeared on Salon.com, A Practical Wedding, Jezebel, AOL's front page, and on the Huffington Post among others. Kate lives in NYC and you can follow her on Twitter here.


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A line 464 in HTLine.c in the ComLine program there is a bug. While it is processing the form command line options, it kills whitespace inside of a form item i.e.: w3c -form http://kjwelkrj "foo=bar" "baz=foo and bar" This sends only foo=bar and baz=foo to the http server. Here is the old lines 464-465: char * name = HTNextField(&string); char * value = HTNextField(&string); And what I suggest: char * name = HTNextField(&string); char * value = string; This fixes it for me. Please put this in the base distribution please. -Jeremy Bettis firstname.lastname@example.com on Tuesday, 19 January 1999 16:33:08 UTC
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