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AD Mlekara was founded on March 4th,1955 under the name "Co – operative Dairy - Independent Business Organization ". A group of twenty people with a few milk cans and a horse and carriage, had an ambitions task to supply the people of Subotica with milk and other dairy products. At that time Ad Mlekara only had one steam boiler and one facility for ice at its disposal. In the 1957 mlekara purchased its first used trucks, a batch pasteurizer with ribbed cooler and a separator pasteurizer, although pasteurized milk, fermented dairy drinks and cheese, were packed manually. At that time, the first chemical analyses of milk quality, regarding acidity analyses and the assessment of milk fat content were made. In May of 1959 "Co- operative Dairy" became "Mlekara" Subotica. The year 1963 is the first significant milestone in the existents and operations of Mlekara. Instead of milk cans, glass packaging for milk and yogurt were introduced. Many important agreements were signed with the Belgrade-based dairy and also with Sarajevo dairy. The cooperation with Sarajevo Dairy was marked by production growth from 10.000 liters to 30.000 liters of milk per day.
In 1968 Mlekara is awarded with a Yugoslav Oscar for packaging, more precisely for plastic cup packaging for sour cream. New, so called "Dutch tanks" for the production of cheese were purchased. On March 23rd, 1972 Mlekara had moved to a new location. It meant better working conditions and a significant increase in the number of employees involving their better qualification structure. The period of 1966 and onwards is the age of modernization. Mlekara was equipped with a roller-type milk drying installation. New vehicles were bought, as well as a fuel oil driven steam boiler and a number of milk cooling devices. In 1975, a new, 100.000 liters per day capacity spray drier was put into operation. At that time, the production program of Mlekara Subotica constitutes of: Sonja pasteurized milk, fermented milk drinks, cheeses, butter and powder milk.
In 1978.Mlekara purchased a combined installation and another spray drier for processing milk, fruit and vegetables, thus ensuring safety in supplying final consumers with dairy product, as well as its buyers - companies from the confectionery industry and bakeries, as well as fodder producers. The development of the new powder milk production facility was finished. Another roller was bought for drying milk for powder milk, as well as a two-stage evaporation plant, a compressor, then a new "freezing" water line, a brand new vehicles and a whole range of minor investments was implemented. In 1985 Mlekara celebrated three decades of successful and continuous growth of operations. The company processed over 56 million raw milk and other dairy products, and had 265 employees. On the milky way of growth, Mlekara Subotica had grown into one of the biggest in Vojvodina, at the same time occupying a significant market share in the processing industry group on the level of the SFR of Yugoslavia.
The period between 1986 and 1995 was marked by the building of the cheese plant, where quark and soft white cheese were produced. Mlekara Subotica introduced the technology of creamy cheese spreads. The production of instant powder products started in 1989. Mlekara Subotica had found its market niche by conquering Belgrade! Mlekara Subotica opened a representative office and a shop in Belgrade, and started the cooperation with C Market. At the same time, another representative office and a shop where opened in Cuprija together with the company Pomoravlje, as well as the company's own branch office and shop in Nis. Major investments in new machines "tetra rex" and "elopak", provided eco-friendly paper packaging of short shelf-life liquid products. The investment in the Aseptic A3 sterilizing line, in the amount of about 2 million Swiss Francs enabled tetra-pak packaging of aseptic milk, chocolate milk and juices, and it provided a more serious presence in the center of former Yugoslavia, since product shelf-life was prolonged. Significant funds were invested in primary production. In this period, about 1.800 calf heifers, 400 milking machines and about 100 cooling devices were purchased. In the year 1995 melakra welcomes the forth decade completely solvent and free from any debt, with investments financed solely from the company's own funds. During the 1990s, when Serbian economy was faced with a large – scale economic crisis, Mlekara had always successfully met market demands.
The activities of Mlekara were categorized by the trend of growth in the field of raw milk receptions and in technical –technological and marketing areas. From a simple co – operative dairy Mlekara has successfully managed to develop into a factory, which can today bee measured by the European standards. Mlekara Subotica had processed more than 1.3 billion liters of milk. The quantities processed today are one hundred times more than at the very beginning! During 2003, the full automation of the fermented dairy product plant was finished, and it consisted of new equipment for milk standardization, milk and fermented cream pasteurization and homogenization, fermented dairy product production (yogurt, fermented milk, fermented cream, new probiotic and low-calorie drinks). Together with the British Salford Investment Fund, which is the majority owner of Mlekara from November 2003, the investments into new technologies were continued. In the same year, the buy-up of about 60 million liters of milk were planned, hence the emphasis was given to the development of family farms. At present, there are 72 family farms owned by Mlekara, and by the end of the year another 30 farms will be developed, where milk production can be measured by European standards. These efforts will ensure extra quality raw milk. The laboratory equipped for microbiological and chemical control and for the control of the cows' health safety has started to work recently. This lab is an additional link in the chain of internal quality control. In 2005, Mlekara was certificated to ISO 9001:2000. The HACCP system for controlled production has also been introduced in the company, and it will enable export to EU countries and the countries of the region.
The implementation of the quality management standard initiated several strategically significant technical-technological and constructional investments, where of the most important are the following:
- Reception and storing of raw milk
- Pasteurization and storage of pasteurized milk
- A complete plant for fermented dairy product production
- Ultraclean machines for filling and packaging pasteurized milk and fermented dairy products
- Aseptic equipment for filling and packaging sterilized products
- Technological line for the ultrafiltration and filling of feta cheese
- Automatic cleaning systems for the technological equipment, CIP
- Premises for the operators wardrobes and catering
- Traffic roads within the dairy
- Fences and video surveillance of the whole dairy
- Business information system
- Technological line for filling and packaging consumer products in PET package
- Raw water treatment
- Trucks for raw milk transport with thermally insulated tanks and automatic sampling
- Truck for the distribution of final products with thermally insulated chambers and devices for keeping temperature below +8°C.
- Wastewater treatment plant was built and put into operation
In the year 2008, the application area of BRC Standard was extended to the full production range, while in the year 2009 HALAL standard has also been implemented which defines the conditions for food producers aiming to export in the countries with mostly Muslim population. Thanks to the intensive joint work with the Veterinary Administration, the positive assessment by the European Commission came in September 2010, and on November 11th, 2010 Mlekara Subotica was on the list. The Commission's decision is a confirmation of quality and the safety of products, which results in a 30 million euro investment of Danube Foods Group in all aspects of business since it became the majority owner in 2003. In the year 2010 Mlekara adapted and improved its operations according to modern concepts of environmental protection and introduced the environmental management system ISO 14001:2004. More importantly is that the entire system of production and business was brought to the required level when the control of the EU commission was announced in the first quarter of 2010, thus confirming the decision of the Veterinary Inspection of Serbia which approved the export of products of Mlekara to the EU which can be seen on this link https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sanco/traces/output/MMP_RS_en.pdf
The year 2011 has brought another standard to Mlekara, IFS V5 which should improve food safety and product quality, as well as increase security and confidence of consumers and among all improve cost efficiency in the food chain.
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M.D Dinesh Nair
The Pain Of Being God - Poem by M.D Dinesh Nair
It is a pain and not a pleasure, thee know not;
Being God and not being felt by thee all so.
I am the God of thy past and thy present
And helplessly of thy future too.
I came from nothing but am still the Lord of everything
And at times I wonder about my omnipresence.
I created a lot and thought of recreation next
And so I have left this world of thy concerns.
I cause drought and flood; famine and calamities
But I am faulted neither on Sundays nor on Fridays.
I bless the wicked and shower riches on the filthy rich,
But the righteous suffer and the have-nots starve to death.
I kill a few hundreds in a plane crash or a rail mishap.
With a few surviving I am thanked again!
I first send the demon of floods and then the angels of the Red Cross,
And the silent prayer of the soon-to die goes up in the air.
My past was full of passivity and penury, I recollect and
My present is full of activity and riches, I fear.
In the elusive be-wilderness of this universe
I continue to hide my head with palms stained!
At times I weep within for long
For I too have a large mind and a huge heart.
I regret about my creating spree and recreational excesses.
I know the error of being myself but I am composed yet!
I am waiting for a huge ball of fire or something like that to come
From somewhere spanning the material to the man
So that its flames may lick away my entity
And I may fade away into nothingness as of earlier.
A new earth and a new sky thenceforth shall be,
A new order of life that sans thoughts of me may rule high,
And a God of thy choice be created by thee.
Still spare me for my pains of being thy God till then.
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|01st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 30
|Patent application number
|IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device is provided that includes an imaging component, an image processor a display component, and a controller. The imaging component is configured to capture a subject image and produce image information that corresponds to the subject image. The image information has a first region and a second region. The image processor is configured to perform a vignette processing on the second region to produce a vignetted image. The image processor is further configured to enlarge at least part of the first region to produce an enlarged image according to an operation signal from an interface component. The display component is configured to display the vignetted image on the second region and the enlarged image on the first region. The controller is configured to control at least one of the imaging component, the image processor, and the display component.
|METHOD AND/OR ARCHITECTURE FOR MOTION ESTIMATION USING INTEGRATED INFORMATION FROM CAMERA ISP - A camera comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to perform image signal processing using encoding related information. The second circuit may be configured to encode image data using image signal processing related information. The first circuit may be further configured to pass the image signal processing related information to the second circuit. The second circuit may be further configured to pass the encoding related information to the first circuit. The second circuit may be further configured to modify one or more motion estimation processes based upon the information from the first circuit.
|AXIAL CHROMATIC ABERRATION CORRECTION - A 9 pixel-by-9 pixel working window slides over an input Bayer image. For each such window, a demosaicing operation is performed. For each such window, corrective processing is performed relative to that window to produce relative differences for that window. For each such window for which relative differences have been produced, those relative differences are regulated. For each window, a maximum is found for that window's regulated relative differences; in one embodiment of the invention, this maximum is used to select which channel is sharp. For each window, the colors in that window are corrected based on the relative difference-based maximum found for that window. For each window, edge oversharpening is softened in order to avoid artifacts in the output image. The result is an output image in which axial chromatic aberrations have been corrected.
|IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM,AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CORRECTING CHROMATIC ABERRATION - There is a problem in that when magnification chromatic aberration correction is carried out, the difference in reproducibility of high-frequency components, depending on the spatial position, between a color for which position shift correction is not performed and a color for which position shift correction is performed may influence the image quality of an output image. In order to perform magnification chromatic aberration correction, high-frequency components, which are lost due to the position shift correction of a color for which position shift correction is carried out, are extracted from a color for which position shift correction is not carried out, and are added to the color for which position shift correction is carried out. Therefore, the high-frequency components are restored in a pseudo manner.
|IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE COMBINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image pickup apparatus arranged to derive a change amount of an image B to an image A as combination position information, on the basis of which the image B is combined to the image A by shifting a position of the image B to generate a combined image D and a position of pixel defect information of the image B is changed, and synthesize pixel defect information of the image A and pixel defect information of the image B after the change to generate pixel defect information of the combined image D such that the pixel defect information in which a detection level corresponding to ISO100 is deleted from the pixel defect information of the combined image D and a detection level of pixel defect information of the pixel shown by same addresses is raised.
|IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Pixel values of focus detection pixels are suitably corrected according to reducing occurrence of a residual error of correction.
|METHOD OF CALCULATING LENS SHADING COMPENSATION FACTOR AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING FOR LENS SHADING BY USING THE METHOD - Provided is a method of calculating a compensation factor to compensate for lens shading due to the characteristics of an image capturing device, which requires a small amount of memory. A reference image is captured, and a compensation factor is calculated using the characteristics of a lens shading pattern of the captured reference image. A distribution of pixel values is approximated using an exponential spline function, and a compensation factor is calculated using the approximated distribution. In addition, a method and an apparatus for compensating for lens shading by using a calculated compensation factor are provided.
|ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING ONE IMAGE SENSOR AND TWO LENS MODULES - An electronic device includes a main body and an image capturing device positioned on the main body. The image capturing device includes a fixing pole, a rotating plate, two lens modules, and an image sensor. The fixing pole is fixed on the main body. The rotating plate is sleeved over the fixing pole and rotates around the fixing pole. The two lens modules are mounted on the rotating plate and symmetrical with the fixing pole. The image sensor is arranged on the main body. The rotating plate is rotated to make the two lens modules be alternated to align with the image sensor.
|IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels, the pixels being arranged in a two-dimensional matrix form, m digital signal output circuits, each of which is arranged for a column of the pixel unit or for every two or more columns, and outputs an n-bit digital signal corresponding to a level of a pixel signal of a pixel of the corresponding column, m latch circuits, each of which is arranged to correspond to the digital signal output circuit, and includes n latch units that hold respective bit signals of the digital signal of the corresponding digital signal output circuit, respectively, and (m-1) switches, each of which is arranged to correspond to the latch unit, and transfers the digital signal held in the corresponding latch unit to the corresponding latch unit in the neighboring latch circuit.
|SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging device with a layout in which one sharing unit includes an array of photodiodes of 2 pixels by 4×n pixels (where, n is a positive integer), respectively, in horizontal and vertical directions.
|IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM - An image sensing device comprises: a pixel array that is arrayed such that pixels that output signals to column signal lines constitute a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and in which the plurality of pixels are connected to each of the plurality of column signal lines; a plurality of readout units that read out signals from the pixel array via the plurality of column signal lines, each of the plurality of readout units including an input transistor that receives a signal that has been read out via the column signal line; and a first load transistor that supplies an electric current to the input transistor, and a plurality of first bias supply units that supply mutually different bias voltages to gates of the first load transistors at least in readout units of the plurality of readout units and arranged adjacent to each other.
|SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state image capturing apparatus including: a pixel array unit including two-dimensionally arranged pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, a transfer transistor that transfers charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit, and a charge discharging transistor that selectively discharges the charges accumulated in the photoelectric conversion unit; and a driving unit that performs driving for reading signals from each pixel of the pixel array unit, and drives the charge discharging transistor by using a signal for the driving.
|SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a transfer gate electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion unit including an electric charge storage area that is formed from a surface side of the semiconductor substrate in a depth direction, a transfer auxiliary area formed of a second conductive type impurity area that is formed in such a manner as to partially overlap the transfer gate electrode, and a dark current suppression area that is a first dark current suppression area formed in an upper layer of the transfer auxiliary and formed so as to have positional alignment in such a manner that the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area on the transfer gate electrode side is at the same position as the end portion of the transfer auxiliary area; and a signal processing circuit configured to process an output signal output from the solid-state imaging apparatus.
|IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor that includes a plurality of pixels each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion units and a microlens and that is capable of capturing a subject and periodically outputting image signals individually from the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a control unit that performs control such that, within the period in which the image sensor outputs an image signal, charge accumulation durations of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units of each pixel of the image sensor are shifted with respect to each other, and a synthesizing unit that sums up, for each pixel, the image signals individually output from the plurality of photoelectric conversion units.
|Image Pickup Lens - An image pickup lens has a configuration of five lenses whose aberrations are corrected favorably despite its compactness compared to a conventional type.
|SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND CAMERA - A solid-state imaging device is provided in which transfer failure of signal charges is suppressed. The solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of vertical transfer units having a plurality of vertical transfer electrodes, a plurality of horizontal transfer units having a plurality of horizontal transfer electrodes, and an intermediate transfer unit having a branch transfer electrode. In the first horizontal transfer unit, one of the horizontal transfer electrodes includes a plurality of column direction electrodes that are disposed adjacent to one another in the vertical direction and transfer the signal charges via the intermediate transfer unit to the second horizontal transfer unit. The vertical transfer electrode, the horizontal transfer electrodes, and the branch transfer electrode are a single layer electrode.
|IMAGING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Once an imaging mode is set, an imaging apparatus displays a through image with a tracking frame on the predetermined position. If a shutter button is pressed halfway, an object that is overlapped by the tracking frame is recognized as a main subject that a user wants to capture. Until the shutter button is fully pressed or until the halfway-press is released, it is detected where the recognized subject is in frame image data that is captured in sequence, and the tracking frame is displayed based on the detected position. If the halfway press of the shutter button is released before the shutter button is fully pressed, the tracking frame is displayed on the predetermined position. Then if the shutter button is pressed halfway once again, the process is repeated.
|IMAGING DEVICE, AZIMUTH INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Even when a posture of an imaging device changes, the imaging device can display a compass image in a natural mode when seen from a user's viewpoint and record a correct image capturing azimuth. Provided is an imaging device including: an image capturing unit which captures an image of a subject and outputs the captured image; an azimuth calculating unit which calculates an azimuth of the image capturing unit in an image capturing direction, based on geomagnetism information detected by a geomagnetic sensor and acceleration information detected by an acceleration sensor; an azimuth converting unit which calculates a rotation angle of the imaging device in a roll direction, based on the acceleration information, and converts the azimuth in the image capturing direction into a display azimuth based on the rotation angle in the roll direction; a display unit which displays a compass image representing the display azimuth and the captured image; and a recording unit which associates azimuth information representing the azimuth in the image capturing direction, with the captured image to record in a recording medium.
|ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - When complicated functions are provided to an electronic apparatus, the number of menu items to be set and guide items to be reference by a user increases. A user can become lost when searching through the menu items to be set and guide items to be referenced from among items in a hierarchical configuration grouped in categories and displayed in the display section. The electronic apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a processing section that performs processing; a display section that performs display; and a control section that, when a change in biometric information of a user is obtained, causes the display section to display a display screen that includes at least one of a setting screen and a guide screen relating to the processing of the processing section.
|IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS WITH VARIABLE TRANSLUCENCY MIRROR - An image capture apparatus includes a variable translucency mirror, a viewfinder unit configured to receive light reflected by the variable translucency mirror, an imaging sensor configured to receive light transmitted through the variable translucency mirror, an image display unit configured to display an image based on the light received by the imaging sensor, and a controller configured to set a translucency of the variable translucency mirror. In a viewfinder mode, the controller sets the variable translucency mirror to be at least partially reflective such that light incident on the variable translucency mirror is reflected thereby and received by the viewfinder unit. In a display view mode, the controller sets the variable translucency mirror to be at least partially transparent, such that light incident on the variable translucency mirror is transmitted therethrough and received by the imaging sensor.
|Portable Video Viewing Device - A viewfinder employing 3-LCD technology is described which employs a dichroic prism and provides full high definition resolution with a near-to-eye display. Video from digital cinema or digital broadcast cameras, as well as, playback of recorded high definition video is supported with a viewfinder no larger than 8 inches by 4 inches by 4 inches or even smaller. A telecentric lens system may be arranged so that monochrome optical modulators or LCDs to modulate red, green and blue video, respectively, are arranged at a focal point of this lens system.
|PORTABLE VIDEO VIEWFINDERS WITH MULTIPLE MODULATED LIGHT SOURCES - A viewfinder apparatus includes a plurality of solid state light emitters, a plurality of electro-optic modulators corresponding to ones of the plurality of solid state light emitters, and a plurality of light diffusion layers. Each light diffusion layer is disposed between one of the plurality of the electro-optic modulators and a respective one of the plurality of solid state light emitters. A light combiner, such as a dichroic prism, is configured to form color images by combining modulated luminous flux from the electro-optic modulators. At least one optical element is positioned relative to the light combiner such that the electro-optic modulators become the focal point of an eye of a user of the viewfinder apparatus. As such, the eye of a user is focused on the color images formed by the light combiner.
|ADJUSTMENT OF IMAGING PROPERTIES FOR AN IMAGING ASSEMBLY HAVING LIGHT-FIELD OPTICS - Image capture using an image capture device which includes an imaging assembly having a spectral sensitivity tunable in accordance with a spectral capture mask and light-field optics for projecting a light-field of a scene onto the imaging assembly. A first spectral capture mask is applied to the imaging assembly and preview image data of a scene is captured under the first capture mask. A designation of a region of interest, and a designation of a capture preference in the region of interest are received. A second spectral capture mask is calculated by calculations which use the preview image data and the capture preference for the region of interest. The second spectral capture mask is applied to the imaging assembly, and light-field image data of the scene is captured under the second spectral capture mask.
|DATA RECORDING CONTROL DEVICE AND DATA RECORDING DEVICE - A data recording control device controls a recording device to record data acquired by a data acquisition device from a first time point before inputting a trigger signal to a second time point after the trigger signal is input, to a record medium. The control device has a sensor for detecting a light; an output portion for outputting the trigger signal in correspondence to the sensor detecting the light with a predetermined amount of lighting or above when the output portion is set in a standby state; and a control portion releasing the standby state when the output portion outputs the trigger signal, and setting the output portion in the standby state in correspondence to the sensor not detecting the light with the predetermined amount of lighting or above within a predetermined period of time.
|LIGHT-REDUCTION DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A light reduction device for adjusting an amount of light reaching an imaging device includes: a light shielding plate in which light shielding parts are discretely formed for blocking the light, and a light transmission part is formed for transmitting the light; a first light reduction plate in which light reduction parts are discretely formed for reducing the amount of the light passing through, and a light transmission part is formed for transmitting the light; and a moving unit configured to move at least one of the light shielding plate and the first light reduction plate in a first direction which intersects with an incident direction of the light, in which the light shielding plate and the first light reduction plate overlap each other at least in part, when viewed from the incident direction of the light.
|OPTICAL IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention provides an optical imaging lens assembly comprising five lens elements with refractive power, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power; a third lens element with negative refractive power; a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric; and a fifth lens element having a concave image-side surface, at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof being aspheric, and made of plastic. By such arrangement, photosensitivity and total track length of the optical imaging lens assembly can be reduced, and the aberration and astigmatism of the assembly can be effectively corrected. Moreover, high image resolution can be obtained.
|Image Enhancement Via Lens Simulation - The described implementations relate to enhancing images. One system includes a lens configured to focus an image on an image sensor. The image sensor is configured to capture the image. The model of the lens can be known to the system. The system can also include an image enhancement component configured to receive the captured image and to utilize a simulated blur kernel of the known model to produce an enhanced image.
|SMA ACTUATION APPARATUS - An SMA actuation apparatus uses SMA actuator wires to move a movable element supported on a support structure, for example to provide optical image stabilisation. Eight SMA actuator wires are arranged inclined with respect to a notional primary axis with a pair of the SMA actuator wires on each of four sides around the primary axis. The SMA actuators are connected so that on contraction two groups of four SMA actuator wires provide a force with a component in opposite directions along the primary axis, so that the groups are capable of providing movement along the primary axis. The SMA actuator wires of each group have 2-fold rotational symmetry about the primary axis, so that there are SMA actuator wires opposing each other that are capable of providing lateral movement or tilting.
|Zoom Lens System, Imaging Device and Camera - A zoom lens system comprising: a positive first lens unit; a negative second lens unit; a positive third lens unit; and one or more subsequent lens units, wherein in zooming, the first to third lens units are moved along an optical axis to perform magnification change, a lens unit α which is one of the subsequent lens units does not move during zooming, but moves during transition from an imaging state to an accommodated state, and the conditions: 0.8
|IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: a control section configured to control timing for starting accumulations by photodiodes of a plurality of distance measuring sensors, wherein the control section controls the timing for starting the accumulations by the photodiodes such that the accumulations by the photodiodes of the plurality of distance measuring sensors end at same timing.
|IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image pickup apparatus is characterized in that it includes an imaging element having imaging pixels and focus detecting pixels, a determining unit determining an amount of noise superimposed on an image obtained by driving the imaging element, and a pixel interpolation unit executing the interpolation processing from among a plurality of interpolation processings with different processing contents in accordance with a determination result of the amount of noise determined by the determining unit, with respect to the image, to generate interpolation pixel values with respect to the focus detecting pixels.
|LENS BARREL AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - Provided is a lens barrel comprising a lens holding member that holds a lens; a guide axle that extends in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the lens; and an oil-retaining bearing that is fixed to the lens holding member, and into which the guide axle is slidably inserted. In the lens barrel, the guide axle and the oil-retaining bearing may be made of metal, and at least a portion of the lens holding member to which the oil-retaining bearing is fixed may be made of resin.
|LENS ASSEMBLY AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a lens assembly and a camera module having the lens assembly. An aspect of the present invention provides a lens assembly that can include: a barrel arranged having a space inside thereof; a first lens accommodated in the space; a second lens stacked over the first lens and arranged to be separated from the first lens; and a cap installed over the barrel and configured to provide a load to support the second lens to the barrel.
|LENSES FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to a lens component having one or more lenses attached to a retainer portion configured to removably attach to communication devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, media players, and the like. The retainer portion may be configured so as not to interfere with a user's view of a display panel of the communication device. In some embodiments, a plurality of lenses may be provided, and the lenses may be removably attached to the retainer portion and may be interchangeable. A structure for providing a flash may also be provided. In some embodiments, additional features may be provided, such as attachment components to facilitate attachment to stability devices, such as tripods, and to user-wearable accessories.
|System And Method For Image Capture Device - A system and method for stabilization of an image capture device are disclosed. Also disclosed are a system and method for autofocus of an image capture device.
|METHOD OF CONTROLLING ADAPTIVE AUTO EXPOSURE BASED ON ADAPTIVE REGION WEIGHT - Provided is a method of controlling adaptive auto exposure. In the method, a digital photograph captured from an object and a background is divided into an object region where the object is mainly located and a background region where the background is mainly located. Average luminances of the object and background regions are calculated, and a luminance difference between the average luminances of the object and background regions is calculated. If the luminance difference is within a predetermined range, an average luminance of the entire photograph is calculated by applying a weight to the average luminance of the object region, and exposure is controlled based on the calculated average luminance of the entire photograph so as to emphasize the object region.
|ACCESSORY, CAMERA, ACCESSORY SHOE, AND CONNECTOR - An accessory which is controlled by a control signal supplied from a camera, includes: a terminal section having a plurality of terminals located adjacent to each other in an array that extends in an array direction, the plurality of terminals including at least a power terminal to which power is supplied from the camera and a signal input terminal to which the control signal is input from the camera; and a ground portion corresponding to the power terminal. The power terminal is disposed at a first end of the array the signal input terminal is disposed near a second end of the array opposite the first end, and the ground portion is disposed in a position further away from the power terminal than is the signal input terminal.
|ACCESSORY, CAMERA, ACCESSORY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CAMERA CONTROL PROGRAM - An accessory is an accessary controlled by a camera. The accessory includes an information holding section that holds predetermined information by which the camera determines whether or not the accessary requests a supply of power consumed in the accessory to the camera.
|ACCESSORY, CAMERA, ACCESSORY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CAMERA CONTROL PROGRAM - An accessory is an accessory supplied with power from a camera. The accessory includes an accumulation section that accumulates power, a receiving section that receives a control command, for instructing a charging operation on the accumulation section, from the camera, a charging section that charges the accumulation section with the power supplied from the camera in accordance with the control command, and an accessory control section that outputs, to the camera, a charging request that requests to output the control command from the camera.
|CASE STRUCTURE AND IMAGING DEVICE - Herein describes, by example, a case structure that includes a first cover, a second cover and a first side frame. The second cover opposes the first cover. An internal space is formed between the first cover and the second cover. The first side frame is arranged between the first cover and the second cover. The first side frame has a reinforcing part and a strap holder part. The reinforcing part is arranged along each of a first side end part of the first cover and a second side end part of the second cover. The reinforcing part is connected to each of the first side end part and the second side end part. The strap holder part connects to an end part of the reinforcing part. The strap holder part is folded in an outward direction from the internal space.
|VIDEO SIGNAL SENDING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - A video signal sending apparatus includes at least two video adjustment units and a video integration unit. Each video adjustment unit is used for receiving video signals which have more than one original frame rate, and for adjusting each original frame rate into more than one new frame rate. The video integration unit is used for combining each video signal into an integrated video signal which has each original frame rate or each new frame rate, and for transmitting the integrated video signal to a remote end through a sending channel. The sum of the new frame rate of each video signal is smaller than or equals to a maximum frame rate within a bandwidth range of the sending channel. Therefore, the efficiency of video signal transmission may be increased.
|VIDEO INTERPOLATION METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SMOOTH FALLBACK INTERPOLATION MODE - Evolution of a scene represented in a video sequence of input frames is analyzed. Output pixels of an output frame having a time position intermediate between time positions of the input frames are computed by combining respective input pixels of the input frames. At least three interpolation modes are provided for computing the output pixels, including (i) a first mode in which the combined input pixels for an output pixel are selected based on a position of the output pixel in the output frame and a default interpolation vector, (ii) a second mode in which the combined input pixels are selected based on the output pixel position and at least one first interpolation vector determined for the output pixel when analyzing scene evolution, and (iii) a third mode in which the combined input pixels are selected based on the output pixel position and at least one second interpolation vector that is intermediate between the default interpolation vector and a respective first interpolation vector determined for the output pixel when analyzing scene evolution.
|DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - It is an object of the present invention to obtain high brightness and appropriately correct the chromaticity of a display image, based on the configuration of a lighting device. A liquid crystal display device
|USER INPUT BACK CHANNEL FOR WIRELESS DISPLAYS - As part of a communication session, a wireless source device can transmit audio and video data to a wireless sink device, and the wireless sink device can transmit user inputs received at the wireless sink device back to the wireless source device. In this manner, a user of the wireless sink device can control the wireless source device and control the content that is being transmitted from the wireless source device to the wireless sink device. As part of establishing the communication session, the wireless sink device and the wireless source device may perform capability negotiation.
|Methods and Systems for Transport Stream Time Base Correction - Provided are methods and systems for correcting decoder artifacts.
|BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST THEREOF - A broadcast receiving device and a method for receiving a broadcast thereof are provided. The broadcast receiving device includes a channel receiving unit which receives a channel broadcasting signal, generates a first parallel signal from the received channel broadcasting signal, converts the parallel signal into a serial signal, and outputs the serial signal; and a main body unit which receives the serial signal output from the channel receiving unit, reconverts the received serial signal into a second parallel signal, processes the second parallel signal, and outputs a video signal, an audio signal, and an additional data signal extracted from the processed second parallel signal. Since the channel receiving unit is provided as a separate unit from the main body unit, the thickness of the broadcast receiving device can be further reduced.
|IMAGE SYNTHESIZING APPARATUS THAT SYNTHESIZES MULTIPLE IMAGES TO OBTAIN MOVING IMAGE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image synthesizing apparatus which is capable of, when synthesizing moving images, carrying out an image synthesizing process without bringing about increases in processing time and the amount of transfer to memory irrespective of the number of images to be synthesized. A preset number of frames are synthesized to obtain a first synthesized image. When an image of another frame is to be synthesized with the first synthesized image, an image of a predetermined frame used for the synthesis obtaining the first synthesized image is subtracted from the first synthesized image, and the image of the other frame is added to the first synthesized image to generate a synthesized image.
|TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEIVING METHOD - A transmission apparatus according to the present invention includes: an audio input unit configured to obtain audio data of 32-bit precision and to add additional information to the audio data, to generate output audio data including the audio data of 32-bit precision and the additional information, the additional information indicating characteristics of the audio data obtained; and a video-audio synthesizing unit configured to: add packet type information to the output audio data generated by the audio input unit, to generate at least one audio sample packet; and multiplex the at least one audio sample packet into a horizontal blanking interval of video data, the packet type information indicating that the output audio data includes audio data of 32-bit precision.
|CLOCK GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - A clock generation method and apparatus in a multimedia system includes generating a first intermediate clock with multiple phases by multiplying a frequency of an input clock by a predetermined factor using a phase-locked loop or a delay-locked loop, generating a transmission clock by dividing a frequency of the first intermediate clock by 5, and generating a pixel clock used in the multimedia system using a frequency of the transmission clock. When the first intermediate clock with the multiple phases is used to generate the pixel clock corresponding to a color depth, the number of phase-locked loops or delay-locked loops necessary for frequency multiplication can be reduced.
|DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD IN DISPLAY DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD IN RECEIVING DEVICE - There is provided a display device including a signal receiving unit for receiving a video signal from an external device via a transmission path through a plurality of channels using a differential signal, an information receiving unit for receiving program information from the external device using a bidirectional communication path including predetermined lines of the transmission path, an image display unit for displaying images on image display elements based on the video signal received by the signal receiving unit, and a program information display unit for displaying the program information on the image display elements based on the program information received by the information receiving unit.
|PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF MULTIMEDIA DEVICE - A portable communication device for remote control of a multimedia device includes a motion sensor, a command generation module and a wireless communication interface. The motion sensor senses various motions of the portable communication device and generates signals corresponding to the sensed motions. The command generation module translates one or more of the signals into remote control commands for remote control of the multimedia device. The wireless communication interface transmits the remote control commands to the multimedia device. A method for remote control of the multimedia device using the portable communication device is also provided.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCAL VIDEO DETECTOR FOR MIXED CADENCE SEQUENCE - Aspects of the invention are directed towards an apparatus and method for detecting local video pixels in mixed cadence video. The local video detector comprises a comb detector that is adaptive to the contour of moving objects and local contrast, a motion detector that is robust to false motion due to vertical details, and a fader value estimator that provides a video confidence value to a fader that combines film mode and video mode processing results. The coupling of the local video detector to a film mode detector increases the robustness, accuracy, and efficiency of local film/video mode processing as compared to the prior art.
|Splitter/Combiner for CATV Networks - A splitter circuit means for use with a CATV network comprising: a first signal input for receiving a CATV signal; a first splitter for splitting the CATV signal into a first split signal and a second split signal; a second signal input for receiving a MoCA signal; a second splitter for splitting the MoCA signal into a third split signal and a fourth split signal; a first diplex filter arranged to lowpass filter the first split signal and highpass filter the third split signal and to combine said filtered signals into a first combined signal to be supplied in a first output; and a second diplex filter arranged to lowpass filter the second split signal and highpass filter the fourth split signal and to combine said filtered signals into a second combined signal to be supplied in a second output.
|Split Edge Enhancement Architecture - A system and method for enhancing the detail edges and transitions in an input video signal. This enhancement may be accomplished by enhancing small detail edges before up-scaling and enhancing large amplitude transitions after up-scaling. For example, detail edge enhancement (detail EE) may be used to enhance the fine details of an input video signal. An edge map may be used to prevent enhancing the large edges and accompanying mosquito noise with the detail enhancement. Noise may additionally be removed from the signal. After the fine details are enhanced, the signal may be up-scaled. Luminance transition improvement (LTI) or chrominance transition improvement (CTI) may be used to enhance the large transitions of the input video signal post scaler.
|Signal Controller For Display Device, Display Device, And Driving Method Thereof - A display device includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels, and a signal controller for generating a compensation image data signal for offsetting a difference of a deterioration degree of a pixel from among the plurality of pixels, based on a data accumulation value of an input video signal of the pixel for displaying a normal image to the display unit, wherein the signal controller is configured to generate the compensation image data signal for offsetting a difference between a maximum data accumulation value of a maximum light emitting pixel from among the plurality of pixels and each data accumulation value of remaining pixels from among the plurality of pixels.
|SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A signal processing device (
|Systems for reducing adverse effects of deep fades in DTV signals designed for mobile reception - Digital television broadcasting signals employ parallel concatenated convolutional coding, commonly called "turbo coding", to improve reception by receivers in motor vehicles. Turbo coded Reed-Solomon codewords are transversally disposed in the payload fields of encapsulating MPEG-2-compliant packets to improve the capability of the Reed-Solomon coding to overcome deep fades. Turbo codewords are transmitted more than once in so-called "staggercasting". Reception of DTV signals is improved by combining soft decisions concerning repeated transmissions of turbo codewords before turbo decoding. Only the data components of turbo codewords are transmitted twice in "punctured" staggercasting of turbo codewords, with parity components being transmitted only once, so code rate is reduced by a smaller factor than two.
|DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - It is an object of the present invention to obtain high brightness and high color reproducibility in a liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal display device
|TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a tuner; a display device; an input module; a housing; a component; a sensor; and an actuator. The input module receives input. The housing includes an opening, and houses the display device and the tuner. The component is removably housed in the opening with at least a portion thereof being exposed to outside of the housing. The sensor outputs a signal based on external force applied to the housing. The actuator restrains the component from coming out from the opening, in response to an output of the signal from the sensor.
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING AND TRANSFERRING VIDEO INFORMATION - Devices and methods for receiving, processing and formatting digital video. The devices may include a single semiconductor chip on which is imprinted a radio frequency signal tuner module and a display interface module. The display interface module may be configured to receive programming information from the radio frequency signal tuner module. The display interface module may be configured to communicate the programming information to a digital video recorder. The radio frequency tuner module may include a first radio frequency input channel and a second radio frequency input channel. The radio frequency signal tuner module may include a system oscillator and a phase-locked loop ("PLL") circuit configured to generate a clock signal. The phase-locked loop circuit may be configured to transmit the signal to the display interface module and to any other suitable modules on the chip.
|REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD EMPLOYING RANDOM ADDRESSING - A remote control device is presented which includes a user interface, control logic, a memory and a transmitter. The user interface is configured to accept an input From a user. The control logic is configured to generate a random number as an address for the remote control device, and to generate a command for an electronic device based on the input from the user. The command comprises the address. The memory is configured to store the address for the remote control device. The transmitter is configured to transmit the command to the electronic device.
|METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUI FOR SELECTING BROADCAST CHANNEL WITH KEYPAD OPERATED BY POINTER AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for providing Graphical User Interface (GUI) for selecting a broadcast channel, and a broadcast receiving apparatus having the same are provided. The GUI for selecting a broadcast channel includes a keypad having a pointer to be moved by manipulation of a user on a remote control apparatus and keys selectable by the pointer, and then the user is able to input a preferred broadcast channel by using the keypad and the pointer. Accordingly, the user is able to input a preferred broadcast channel without using the number keys, so the number keys may be omitted in the remote control apparatus. As a result, miniaturization of the remote control apparatus is possible.
|User Control of the Visual Performance of a Compressive Imaging System - A compressive imaging system modulates an incident light stream and senses the modulated light stream to obtain compressive measurements. The measurements are algorithmically processed to reconstruct a sequence of images. The image sequence is displayed. The system receives user input (through a user interface) representing a user command to set or change one or more visual performance factors such as image quality and frame rate. The system immediately adjusts the visual performance factors by adjusting one or more underlying system parameters/algorithms. Thus, the visual consequences of any inputs to the user interface become immediately apparent in the displayed sequence of images. The user may therefore intuitively learn how to operate the user interface simply by making trial inputs and observing their effects in the displayed image sequence. The user interface may include one or more mechanical input devices and/or one or more graphical user interface (GUI) elements.
|VIDEO PROJECTOR - A video projector includes a cooling system arranged in a frame accommodating an optical component. The cooling system includes an ambient air drawing unit and a cooling fan. The ambient air drawing unit includes an inlet, through which the ambient air is drawn into the frame, an air filter arranged facing the inlet, and a case that accommodates the air filter and forms an air passage extending from the inlet to an exit side of the air filter. The cooling fan sends the ambient air, which is drawn in by the ambient air drawing unit, to the optical component. The ambient air drawing unit is formed to be movable to a position outside the frame so that the air filter is replaceable in a state in which the ambient air drawing unit is moved to the position outside the frame.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS AND DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a liquid crystal lens which controls an optical path, and a display including the liquid crystal lens. The liquid crystal lens includes a first and a second electrode which face each other, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and has flat top and bottom surfaces, and a dielectric layer interposed between the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer, where the dielectric layer includes a first and a second dielectric sub-layer, the first dielectric sub-layer made of a material having a different dielectric constant from that of the second dielectric sub-layer, the first dielectric sub-layer includes one or more unit patterns, a surface of each of the unit patterns includes a plurality of flat sections, and a height of each of the unit patterns in a first flat section is different from the height thereof in a second flat section.
|PROJECTOR - A projector has plural liquid crystal light valves each of which modulates color light, a cross dichroic prism which combines the color lights modulated by the plural liquid crystal light valves, and a projection lens which projects the light combined by the cross dichroic prism. The projector includes: a holding unit which holds the liquid crystal light valve; and a supporting member having a body unit supported to the cross dichroic prism and first plate-like portions which protrude from the body unit and support the holding unit. The first plate-like portions are inclined from a vertical plane including an optical axis of the liquid crystal light valve.
|Lighting Device and Projector - A lighting device includes a first light source, a second light source of a light-emitting surface area larger than that of the first light source, first light-converging optics configured to converge light from the first light source into a first light beam, second light-converging optics configured to converge light from the second light source into a second light beam, and an illumination optical system configured to make the first light beam and the second light beam into illumination light, with a f-number of the illumination optical system for the second light beam being lower than a f-number of the illumination optical system for the first light beam.
|STEREO IMAGING DEVICE HAVING LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS - A stereo imaging device includes two imaging units and an image processing unit. Each of the imaging units includes an image sensor, a liquid crystal lens, and a driving unit. The liquid crystal lens includes a first electrode layer having concentric, annular electrodes, a second electrode layer and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second electrode layers. The driving unit provides voltages between each of the annular electrodes and the second electrode layer so as to create a radial gradient of the refractive indexes of the liquid crystal layer. The image sensor receives light through the liquid crystal lens to form an image. The image processing unit combines the two images formed by the image sensors to form a single stereo image, and controls the driving unit to apply varying voltages between each of the annular electrodes and the second electrode layers.
|COUNTER SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A counter substrate for liquid crystal display includes a transparent substrate, a black matrix, and stripe transparent electrodes. The black matrix divides a plane surface of the transparent substrate into pixel or sub-pixel unit to form a light-shielded area and openings above the plane surface. The stripe transparent electrodes are formed into the pixel unit or the sub-pixel unit above the plane surface. The black matrix includes a frame pattern including two sides facing each other in parallel in the pixel or the sub-pixel unit, and a linear central pattern which is parallel to the two sides of the frame pattern and is formed at a midsection of the pixel or the sub-pixel unit. The transparent electrodes are each parallel to the two sides of the frame pattern and the central pattern and are located symmetrically to the central pattern.
|LCD, ARRAY SUBSTRATE OF LCD AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING BROKEN LINE - A liquid crystal display (LCD), an array substrate of the LCD and a method for repairing a broken line are disclosed. According to the present disclosure, a detection line and a repairing line are disposed on an array substrate of the LCD, the detection line is connected to a non-defective scan line and the repairing line is connected to a broken line; and when a scan signal is detected by the repairing IC via the detection line, a repairing signal is outputted at an appropriate time to repair the broken line via the repairing line. With this arrangement of the LCD and the method for repairing a broken line of the present disclosure, broken scan lines that are detected in the LCD after the cell process can still be repaired. This reduces the reject ratio, avoids unnecessary waste and lowers the manufacturing cost.
|BACKLIGHT STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY MODULE USING THE SAME - A backlight structure is provided. The backlight structure includes a backlight unit and a casing. The backlight unit configured to provide light to a display panel. The casing has a base portion and a support portion. The base portion surrounds the backlight unit. The support portion is connected to the base portion, and overlaps with part of the backlight unit. The support portion is for supporting the display panel thereon.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to generate driving signals for driving the liquid crystal panel, a chassis disposed on the liquid crystal panel, a light source disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the chassis, a main flexible printed circuit board (FPC) having a first end connected to the liquid crystal panel and a second end connected to the PCB, the main FPC including at least one grounding pattern between the liquid crystal panel and the PCB, and a conductive member contacting the chassis and the at least one grounding pattern.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE - A liquid crystal display module comprises a backplate and a light source assembly disposed within the backplate. The backplate is a hexahedron which is open at the top, and the light source assembly comprises a light source and a light source support. The backplate has an open side edge that is completely open, and side edges located at two sides of the open side edge are each formed with a snap-fit hole respectively. The light source support is provided with snap-fit elements for being detachably joined with the snap-fit holes, and the light source assembly is inserted into the backplate from the open side edge with the snap-fit elements being mated with the snap-fit holes to fix the light source assembly and the backplate together. The liquid crystal display module and the LCD device can effectively decrease the complexity in replacing the light source and reduce potential damage to components.
|EDGE-LIGHT ILLUMINATING DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an edge-light illuminating device in which a deformation is prevented from occurring in a reflection sheet due to thermal expansion of the reflection sheet. An edge-light illuminating device (
|ELECTRICAL DEVICE HAVING LOW VOLTAGE DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALING CABLE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE USING THE CABLE - An electrical device includes a circuit board and a metal shield. The circuit board includes an electric cable for transmitting LVDS signals. The metal shield covers the circuit board to shield electromagnetic interference occurring in the circuit board. The metal shield defines an opening facing the electric cable, with at least most of the electric cable exposed.
|CIRCUIT BOARD, BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - The present invention relates to a device which comprises a light source of a light emitting device, and more particularly to a circuit board, a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device with the same. The backlight unit comprises a circuit board having a first line with circuit lines provided thereto, a plurality of second lines connected to the first line each to have elasticity at least at a point connected to the first line, and a light emitting device mounting portion connected to the second line and electrically connected to the circuit line, and a light guide plate positioned on the circuit board.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND LIGHTING DEVICE - In a liquid crystal device, when the local dimming is adopted, at a light guide plate of a lighting device, light guide plate portions having a trapezoidal planar shape where two sides facing each other in the Y-axis direction have different lengths are arranged in the X-axis direction to have reverse orientations in the Y-axis direction. A light emitting element emits the light of a light source from the end surface of the light guide plate portion which is located at a short side into the light guide plate portion. A light scattering surface is installed at the space between the light guide plate portions.
|Backlight Device, Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus, and Lens - Provided is a backlight device having: a light source element having LEDs and a lens expanding light from the LEDs; a housing containing the element; a diffuser plate covering an opening portion of the housing; and a reflection sheet reflecting light emitted from the element, toward the diffuser plate. The LEDs are arranged in one or more rows, at a central zone. The lens has an incident surface receiving light from the LEDs, and an exit surface from which the light goes out, being expanded. In the exit surface, in an optical-axis-containing sectional plane viewed laterally along the orientation in which the LEDs are arrayed, the len's curvature C in a minute interval along the exit surface is maximum in a range 60°<θ
|LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A light control device is provided which (i) controls an arbitrary area on a plane to emit light and (ii) can suppress a crosstalk. A light control device (
|LED SUBSTRATE, BACKLIGHT UNIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an LED substrate including a plurality of LEDs that is capable of being downsized in width. An LED substrate (
|DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a light source unit configured to emit light from a light emitting surface; and a phosphor layer (
|EDGE LIGHT TYPE PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an edge light type planar light source device capable of preventing luminance unevenness. An edge light type planar light source device includes a light guide plate (
|REFLECTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED COLOR GAMUT - A display system includes a reflective display panel and a light source tailored to enhance the color gamut of the system. The panel, which may be a Cholesteric liquid crystal display panel, includes an array of reflective pixels, each pixel comprising a first, second, and third subpixel of different first, second, and third colors. The light source illuminates a front of the display panel with source light to enable observers to view images formed by the panel. The light source includes a lamp and an enhancing element. The lamp, which may be a metal halide lamp, emits lamp light that includes the first, second, and third colors. The enhancing element may be an optical filter, a supplemental LED light source or other light source, or both. The enhancing element enhances the system color gamut, for example, by increasing the color gamut area relative to illumination with the lamp alone.
|POLYMER COMPOUND AND POLYMER LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A polymer compound containing a structure of the following formula (B):
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A liquid crystal display panel includes: a liquid crystal layer including a liquid crystal material with positive dielectric constant anisotropy; a vertical alignment film being in contact with the liquid crystal layer; a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other with the liquid crystal layer in between; and an electrode disposed on a surface of one or both of the first substrate and the second substrate and generating, in the liquid crystal layer, an electric field in a direction orthogonal to or intersecting with a normal to the first substrate.
|Electronic Device with Color-Changing Layer Over Optical Shuttering Layer - An electronic device includes a housing, an electronic display viewable from a front side of the electronic device, an optical shuttering layer substantially parallel to the front side, and a color changing layer positioned over at least a portion of the shuttering layer. A driver controls transitions of the shuttering layer between a transparent clear state and an opaque state and also transitions of the color changing layer between a transparent clear state and a colored state. Depending on driver control, the appearance of the electronic device can change from an opaque color (solid color or with graphic design elements), to a translucent color (solid color or with graphic design elements) possibly with an underlying electronic display somewhat visible, to a transparent color with an underlying electronic display clearly visible.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device (
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes: a first panel having a display unit with a plurality of pixels and a non-display unit with a driving circuit to drive the pixels; a second panel facing the first panel; a liquid crystal layer between the first panel and the second panel; a transparent conductive layer at a surface of the second panel opposite to the surface of the second panel facing the first panel; and a first polarizing plate on the transparent conductive layer, the first polarizing plate including a main body unit covering a region corresponding to the display unit and an extension covering a region corresponding to a portion of the non-display unit.
|INTEGRATING EMI SHIEL IN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICES - Certain embodiments of liquid crystal display protection panels and liquid crystal display protection panel integrals have low reflection for outdoor applications. Various embodiments also have the advantage of being able to provide efficient EMI shielding for touch panels without substantially degrading touching force.
|DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VARIABLE LENS ARRAY - A display apparatus includes: a display unit that displays a two-dimensional image; and a variable lens array disposed to face the display unit, wherein the variable lens array includes a variable phase difference layer that receives incident linearly polarized light polarized in a first direction and allows the linearly polarized light polarized in the same direction to exit or allows linearly polarized light polarized in a second direction switched from the first direction and different therefrom to exit, and an optically anisotropic layer that receives the light having exited out of the variable phase difference layer and works as a lens array for one of the light polarized in the first direction and the light polarized in the second direction whereas working as a transparent layer for the other light.
|Boundary artifact suppression in segmented liquid crystal modulators - Disclosed herein are apparatuses and related methods for avoiding liquid crystal molecule twisting through local boundary orientation relevant to the alignment direction of liquid crystal structures. In one embodiment, a segmented polarization control panel may comprise a plurality of segment electrodes corresponding to a plurality of display segments of the sequentially scanning display. The plurality of segment electrodes comprise liquid crystals therein, and are arranged contiguously in a direction of the sequential scan. Electrode boundaries are created between adjacent segment electrodes, where each may be cascaded substantially parallel and perpendicular to a liquid crystal alignment direction of liquid crystals located within the segments. Preventing twisting by the disclosed techniques is particularly attractive in active retarder display systems employing fast striped pi-cell modulators.
|TOUCHING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touching display panel and a display device using the same are provided. The touching display panel includes a liquid crystal layer, a first substrate having a hard surface structure, a second substrate, a touch sensor layer, a thin-film transistor layer, and a color filter layer. The first and second substrates are respectively disposed at two sides of the liquid crystal layer. The touch sensor layer is disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, and is formed on the first substrate. The thin-film transistor layer and the color filter layer are both disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. At least one of the thin-film transistor layer and the color filter layer is formed on the first substrate.
|POLARIZING ELEMENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A polarizing element includes a plurality of polarizing sections, wherein a first polarizing section included in the plurality of polarizing sections has a first base material and a plurality of first acicular particles dispersed in the first base material such that long axes of the first acicular particles are aligned in substantially the same direction, a second polarizing section included in the plurality of polarizing sections has a second base material and a plurality of second acicular particles dispersed in the second base material such that long axes of the second acicular particles are aligned in substantially the same direction, and the specification of the first acicular particles is different from that of the second acicular particles.
|POLARIZING ELEMENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A polarizing element includes a plurality of first needle-shaped particles that have transmittance for first polarized light, which is in a first polarization state, that is different from transmittance for second polarized light, which is in a second polarization state different from the first polarization state, in a first wavelength region and a plurality of second needle-shaped particles that have transmittance for the first polarized light that is different from transmittance for the second polarized light, in a second wavelength region different from the first wavelength region.
|OPTICAL FILM, OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An optical film is provided and has retardations satisfying relations (1) to (3):
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - When radiating light onto a liquid crystal composition containing a photosensitive material, the alignment of liquid crystal molecules is adjusted by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal composition layer, to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, or the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules is made uniform by adjusting the structure of the liquid crystal display device, or any display defect is driven out of the display area. When radiating light to the liquid crystal composition containing the photosensitive material, the alignment of the liquid crystal molecules can be adjusted so as to achieve substantially orderly alignment of the liquid crystal molecules, and the liquid crystal display device can thus be driven stably.
|METHOD OF FABRICATING A LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS, LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS PROVIDED BY THE SAME - A method of fabricating an axially symmetric liquid crystal lens is disclosed, which comprises steps: (A) providing a first substrate; (B) forming a first conductive layer on the first substrate; (C) forming a first resist layer on the first conductive layer; (D) forming a first pattern with sub-micrometer period in the first resist layer by laser scanning; (E) developing the first resist layer to obtain a first patterned layer with sub-micrometer period; (F) providing a second substrate; and (G) forming a liquid crystal layer between the first patterned layer and the second substrate, wherein the first substrate, the first conductive layer, the first patterned layer, the liquid crystal layer, and the second substrate are sequentially arranged to form a layered structure. Also, an axially symmetric liquid crystal lens and liquid crystal alignment substrate for liquid crystal lens provided by the same are disclosed.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In the present invention, it is an object to improve display quality by improving response speed of a liquid crystal element in a liquid crystal display device, in particular, response speed in the case of falling.
|LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal panel includes (i) an active matrix substrate (
|LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An MVA mode liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric constant anisotropy held between a first substrate and a second substrate. It includes a structural body which controls an alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules to form a multi-domain in each of pixels. The structural body includes a first structural body which overlaps a light-blocking wiring line, and a second structural body which is disposed in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first structural body and is narrower than the first structural body.


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She was known until Friday as NBC's Chief Legal analyst. Now, Savannah Guthrie has officially been named a "Today" show co-host alongside Matt Lauer.
Born in Melbourne, Australia, (where her father was working at the time according to The Hollywood Reporter), Savannah, the newest co-host of NBC's "Today" show, grew up in Tuscon, Arizona.
After graduating from the city's Ampitheater High School, Savannah went on to study at the University of Arizona, where she graduated with a degree in journalism in 1993.
She returned to her alma mater in 2011, to give the commencement address, where she explained how she fell in love with journalism, the discipline she pursued.
"When I started, I enrolled as a business major, but that's basically because I didn't know what else to do. And about halfway through college, my mom actually suggested I take some journalism classes and once I did, I really got hooked on it. I loved to write and I was encouraged by the professors," she said at the event, in a video provided by U of A.
Not long after college, a 24-year-old Savannah honed her skills in 1994 and 1995, reporting for Columbia, Missouri's KMIZ.
By 2001, Savannah was reporting for WRC in Washington, D.C., covering the Pentagon attack on September 11.
She eventually earned her law degree from Georgetown University, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2002, and, later, she served as NBC's White House Correspondent from 2008-2011.
Last June, on the same day Ann Curry began co-anchoring, Savannah was named co-anchor of the third hour along with Al Roker and Natalie Morales. She's also NBC News' Chief Legal Analyst.
Savannah was married for three years, to Mark Orchard, a journalist for the BBC, but is currently single.
She's also over 6-feet tall in heels.
"You take off your shoes behind the newsdesk?" Access Hollywood's Jill Martin previously asked Savannah.
"That's true, because I'm too tall for that set," she said.


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It's very much still Pelagic season here in the UAE. There had been a storm heading for Oman which we thought might bring us a few more birds, however it changed direction and headed off for Pakistan. Nevertheless we set off at 3pm for a 4 hour Pelagic ranging from the Omani Border up to and beyond Fujeirah. The sea was pretty rough to start with but had settled a little by the time we were half way through. Birds were difficult to find and a lot of time was spent searching the seas. Small groups of Persian Shearwater , Bridled Terns and Common Terns were seen here and there but nothing much out of the ordinary. Eventually about 2 hours we came across a large group of mixed terns in a feeding frenzy when suddenly one of the team calls out "Sooty Tern". Took me a little while to find it but eventually locked on. It flew from one group to the next and was quite distinguishable from the other Terns, wing span being quite noticeable. The tern was identified as 2nd year individual. I believe only the 7th Record for the UAE. Unfortunately my photography was off form today, we have all had those days right ? So not the best shots I'm afraid. Once the excitement was over and the tern had left the area we then continued scouring the seas. Just as it was starting to go dark and we were returning to the Harbour we fortunately (for me) came across two Wilson's Storm Petrel, firsts for me as was the Sooty tern. It was too dark to get any decent shots I'm afraid, but still went home with two new birds for my UAE list.
Feeding Terns, Bridled and Common
Common Tern, Sterna hirundo
Common Tern, Sterna hirundo


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Johannesburg - The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Wednesday refused to comment on a report that the union federation's general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi was involved in financial wrongdoing.
"I can't comment I'm afraid. It's all based on anonymous sources. We have a standing policy that we don't comment on such stories," Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven said.
He was responding to a Mail & Guardian online report that Vavi would be investigated for a number of allegations, including financial impropriety relating to Cosatu's new building in Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Craven said the matter would be mentioned at a press briefing on Thursday, following Cosatu's central executive committee meeting.
In addition, Vavi allegedly collaborated with opposition parties, including the newly formed Agang, headed by activist and academic Mamphela Ramphele, and Cosatu's rival unions, to destabilise the government and the ANC.
According to the Mail & Guardian, Cosatu leaders at the central executive committee meeting demanded tough action against Vavi.
Cosatu affiliates initially demanded that he be put on special leave, pending the investigation, but the committee decided not to suspend him immediately, the Mail & Guardian said, quoting anonymous sources. - Sapa


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ahhh bullshit, saw them in 2008 in berlin and 2013 in new zealand, both times they were awesome and a lot of people went along not knowing what to expect in new zealand and they completely blew them...
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ahhh bullshit, saw them in 2008 in berlin and 2013 in new zealand, both times they were awesome and a lot of people went along not knowing what to expect in new zealand and they completely blew them...
come on guys, just cause a song has a bass n drum intro, "it sounds like stuffs messed up" gee.. no it doesn't.
i like it, its cool but it sounds like a very basic production? look i need to hear...
fuck id love to be rich, nothing wrong with that, whats wrong with success? fuck punk, show me the money.
oh great! the lost script to dawsons creeks final episode!!!
when i was a kid i thought nofx was so cool, but as a 29 year old i think they are totally lame, a one trick pony, i wouldnt diss them but i saw them on youtube saying greenday isnt punk etc, its...
its cause of the song i wrote you are ok
nobody wins
nobody heres you fall,
nobody wins when its done
why are we praying for him??? i have missed that one?
yeah but i am gonna move to berlin again, too many hot ladys there. not like here, where all the girls are fatttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!
well, if you see billy talent, you will never see anyone sweat so much as there guitarist. holly shit, he was soaking!!!
what a great show last night, last time i saw them was in berlin 2008, even with 5 years gone by the band was still so energetic, the crowd was good and the setlist was amazing!!!
they played...
yes!!!! this will be a sell out!!!! everyones amping on this one!
is anyone on this bbs from nz and are you going???
cool, the rock is running a contest, if you hear dgb call up first, if the song plays in its eintirety then you win a trip for 3 days to la or somewhere for the sunset festival... the album is...
i was like wow dexters so mad at noodles... but then he said he was kidding i just cracked up.... good to see they are still having fun after all these years.... ps noodles, we have lots in common, i...
hahahahhaha a link to creed!!! banned? should have given him a medal, thats hilarious!
rockin back n forth??? more likes he keeping the earth in equilibrium
pete fur den sieg!!!
im going with 16 million copies, i believe there will be a downward trend in internet useage and youtubes popularity should decline to almost zero by 2013....among some of my other predictions
if i could punch you in the nose i would do it, fucken spell the song, its ok to say DGB but you start saying dkjfdsjdhsahdasdhnld sounds like dfjgdslfdsljfdsdw its pretty fucken hard to work out if...
man what are you fav tracks on dgb, i love em all but i wanna secret family with you is a rocker, but those first two omg they just blow up, then you got hurting as one, what an amazing track, then...
all the old albums suck now that dgb is out, it beats them all, honestly, it is the best album i own.... by a long way... from any band
ps i still love all there albums, but dgb is just that good!!!
i said this previous but the old one sucks compared with the new, the new is mean dark and sinister, i love it, the old one is dated, thin and boring (in comparison) anyone who says the old is only...
what the hell, the old version sucks compared to the new, the new is dark and sinister, the old is thin and boring
cool as album, love all of it, all i have left is you is a great track. what a great album, i might say its there best ever?? oc guns is a bit weird though?
great two songs, particularly DBZ - dragon ball z lol
man, this song is a flop. personally i like it, but its a flop, people hate it, i expected it to go number one in nz, but it is not even played. ever.
they probably will regret this song, but its...


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REVIEW: Rory Burke Revisits Mortality Through Ghost White China Sculptures
Decay, debris, mortality: These words define the concepts sculptor Rory Burke explores at Brookfield's Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in the her exhibition "Finite Differences."
In the past five years since Burke exploded on Milwaukee's art scene, her skulls, heads and busts have turned the heads and minds of viewers on end. Through Burke's now expanded scale, seen here at the Wilson Center, her rough visages appear eerily as ghostly apparitions from another era.
One wall in the upper level Ploch Art Gallery displays nine fragmented, massive skulls inspired from a trip to a Cambodian temple titled Speak No Evil, constructed from vitreous china and Kohler glazes. The half heads allude to stacked stones seen in the sacred site, where pieces remain missing similar to those lost in the wars, irreplaceable. War casualties somehow taken for granted in contemporary society, now merely numbers on a list. The provocative sculpture sends shivers up and down the spine, as does another piece on loan from the John Michael Kohler Arts collection.
This large floor sculpture Irreverence and Relocation heaps multiple, distorted skulls on a whitewashed metal and wood gurney. This painful pile of bone like materials reminds one of the pictures seen in the National Holocaust Museum, although Burke was triggered by a visit to the Paris Catacombs, where the bodies were relocated from other graves, where remnants of human beings lay in disarray.
Burke's imaginative and sleek Fingerprint Birdbaths divert the viewer to another direction, legacy and the living. Each bowl was imprinted with the ivory whorl from a human fingerprint that circles around the matte black basin. One piece incorporates a totem placed in the center of the bowl made from five disfigured skulls, all shaped in translucent gray glass rising above the basin, tiny birds perched on the basin's edges. This sculptural lawn ornament contrasts the decrepit skull(s) with the delicate china birds that invite living organisms to drink, quench the thirst from daily life, and almost perverse dichotomy.
Another entire gallery wall features Burke's 20 prints named Finite Differences, a series of collagraphs and digital prints with mixed media, that are being sold as a fundraiser for the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Her evocative heads seem to roll and toss on the paper, the colors distinctly developing moods and reflections in the viewer's imagination. In the same gallery in the center of the room, Burke fashioned a toilet bowl to inventively cast a hooded monk she named St. Francis of Kohler, complete with an outstretched arm where a bird alights on his palm.
Her multiple heads en mass placed on pedestals still fascinate, their resin tops glowing similar to light through a magical prism. While each face could be scrutinized, one near the front displays a soft lavender rose beneath the translucent skull, the bloom appearing petrified in the brain, still living, with the face's cheeks stratified in jeweled colors of amethysts, iolite and sapphires. The striking differences between the royal colors and raw emotion mesmerize.
Burke's exquisite, must see exhibition explores uncharted depths in her casting techniques and sculptural capabilities. Fresh, expanded personal adventures fuel her intelligent development of decay, mortality and the human beings unmovable finite existence in this world that lapses into disintegration over time. While Burke illuminates decay and ruin from an aesthetic perspective, ghostly apparitions from the universal human condition, Burke's talents culminate in an incredible ascension into otherworldly realms.
The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts presents "Rory Burke: Finite Differences" through December 21. Milwaukee's Elaine Erickson Gallery also represents Burke. For hours and further information: www.wilson-center.com


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