772 results about "Transducing Unit" patented technology

An organic light emitting display includes a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels arranged at intersecting points of data lines, scan lines and light emitting control lines; a temperature sensor provided to measure a temperature of the pixel unit; a first analog/digital converter (first ADC) to convert information of the temperature measured in the temperature sensor into a first digital value; a controller to receive the first digital value outputted from the first ADC and outputting a control signal corresponding to the received first digital value; a sensing unit to extract a degradation level of an organic light emitting diode included in each of the pixels; a second analog/digital converter (second ADC) to receive information of the degradation of the organic light emitting diode extracted from the sensing unit and a control signal outputted from the controller and generating a second digital value corresponding to the information of the degradation of the organic light emitting diode that is varied according to the temperature; a conversion unit to convert an input data (Data) into a correction data (Data′) so as to display an image having uniform luminance regardless of the changes in the degradation level of the organic light emitting diode according to temperature, by using the second digital value outputted from the second ADC; a data driver to receive the correction data (Data′) outputted from the conversion unit and generating data signals to be supplied to the pixels.

An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasound probe with transducers, memory storing probe identification information and binary state generation unit generating a binary electrical state corresponding to a probe identifier, probe identifier conversion unit converting the electrical state into the probe identifier, read unit reading the probe identification information from the memory, determination unit determining consistency between the probe identifier after conversion and the probe identification information read from the memory, and warning output unit outputting a predetermined warning if the probe identifier is inconsistent with the probe identification information.

An image recording device is provided with a first memory which is a volatile memory, a second memory, an input unit through which authentication information is input, an authentication judging unit. The recording unit is controlled to print an image on the printing sheet based on the drive data, which is converted from the image data stored in the first memory or the second memory and is stored in the first memory or the second memory. The drive data or the image data is stored in each of the first memory and the second memory is transmitted therebetween. The image recording device further includes a restricting unit capable of restricting power supply to the converting unit and the first memory in a sleep mode.

A character screen information generating unit (34) has a function also serving as a spotlight information generating unit and outputs spotlight information for brightness toward a brightness information converting unit (30). The brightness information converting unit (30) uses this spotlight information for brightness to convert brightness information. A shading computation unit (24) uses the converted brightness information and color information of an object to determine color information to be displayed on a display at each pixel. A depth cueing computation unit (26) uses depth information to make a depth cueing computation relative to the determined color information. Thus, a pattern such as headlight can be displayed in the form of spotlight. Further, such a spotlight display can reflect by the depth information. There may further be provided a depth information converting unit for converting the depth information by the use of spotlight information for depth.

A system for controlling a body part includes a number of sensing devices that sense signals from a hemisphere of a brain. A signal translating unit translates the signals into a command signal for controlling the body part, which is on a same side of the body as the hemisphere of the brain. A prosthetic device receives the command signal from the signal translating unit and manipulates the body part in response to the command signal.

The invention discloses a digital electric valve positioner and a method thereof. The positioner consists of a control unit, an I/P electric conversion unit, a valve position feedback unit and a malfunction diagnosis unit. By the configuration of the flux characteristic parameters of the positioner, the working flux characteristic aberration which is caused by the factors such as a change of the pressure drop ratio of the adjusting valve, etc. is corrected, which is based on that a plurality of flux characteristics and action directions of the adjusting valve integration are provided. The control to the valve position of the adjusting valve is based on a Fuzzy-PI dual-mode no-interference shifting algorithm. Depending on the internal relationship between the valve position given value, the valve position feedback value and the valve film head pressure which are arranged by a control center and applying a rule-based knowledge reasoning, the malfunction diagnosis is realized through that the user selects to release or partly release the valve film head pressure during the stuck freeing operation. The valve displacement/electric conversion of the valve position feedback unit depends on a non-contact magnetic sensitive potentiometer. The man-machine interaction adopts a touch screen technique, and the control unit is accessed in a control network by an Ethernet interface.

A head-related transfer function measurement method includes the steps of: first measuring, including placing an acousto-electric conversion unit nearby both ears of a listener where placement of an electro-acoustic conversion unit is assumed, picking up sound waves emitted at a perceived sound source position with the acousto-electric conversion unit in a state with a dummy head or a human at the listener position, and measuring a head-related transfer function from only the sound waves directly reaching the acousto-electric conversion unit; second measuring, including picking up sound waves emitted at a perceived sound source position with the acousto-electric conversion unit, with no dummy head or human at the listener position, and measuring a natural-state transfer property from only the sound waves directly reaching the acousto-electric conversion unit; normalizing the head-related transfer function with the natural-state transfer property to obtain a normalized head-related transfer function; which is stored in a storage unit.

A color processing apparatus that creates a lookup table for performing a conversion process corresponding to ambient light comprises: an obtainment unit configured to obtain the illuminance of the ambient light and the device luminance of a destination device; a creation unit configured to create an adaptive luminance function from the illuminance of the ambient light and the device luminance; a setting unit configured to set an adaptive white luminance from a luminance value of grid point color data corresponding to a grid point in the lookup table, using the adaptive luminance function; a conversion unit configured to perform a conversion process on the grid point color data in accordance with a color appearance model, using the adaptive white luminance; and a saving unit configured to save the converted color data in the lookup table.

A phase-modulating apparatus includes a spatial light modulator, an input value setting unit, a plurality of sets of reference data, a converting unit, and a driving unit. The input value setting unit sets an input value for each pixel. Each set of reference data corresponds to at least one pixel. The converting unit converts an input value inputted for each pixel to a control value by referencing the corresponding set of reference data. The driving unit converts the control value to a voltage value. The driving unit drives each pixel with a drive voltage corresponding to the voltage value. Each set of reference data correlates a plurality of first values from which input values are taken, and a plurality of second values from which control values are taken to ensure that the relationship between the plurality of first values and phase modulation amounts attained by the corresponding at least one pixel is a prescribed linear relationship.

A solid state image pickup apparatus capable of reading a signal at a high speed while securing a wide dynamic range is provided. A signal based on a part of charges having overflown a photoelectric conversion unit (201) to a floating diffusion region (205) is quantified at an upper bit of an AD converter (206), and a signal based on charges stored in the photoelectric conversion unit (201) is quantified at a lower bit of the AD converter (206). Thereby, multi-bit data having a wide dynamic range can be taken out at a speed as high as possible without increasing the number of devices.

The invention discloses a self-balancing motorized spindle comprehensive performance test platform. A balancing head is arranged at the front end of a motorized spindle, a non-balancing simulation disc is used for fixing the balancing head and simulating the imbalance of the motorized spindle, an optical fiber sensor is embedded in a stator of the balancing head, an acceleration sensor is installed on a front bearing seat of the motorized spindle, two mutually perpendicular displacement sensors are arranged at a shaft section at the front end of the motorized spindle in the radial direction, temperature sensors are arranged on a motorized spindle shell body and an outer ring of a supporting bearing of the motorized spindle shell body, and a high-precision displacement sensor is arranged at the front end of the motorized spindle in the axial direction. The rotation speed of the spindle, the vibration of the shell body, vibration of a shaft, axis track, the temperature of a motor winding and the bearing, and heat deformation of the shaft are respectively detected, and signals output by each sensor pass a sensor signal integration transducing unit and then are respectively input to a vehicle-mounted unit, a portable signal collection analysis instrument and an electric control cabinet. The self-balancing motorized spindle comprehensive performance test platform realizes the functions of on-line dynamic balancing, automatic alarming, active machine stopping and the like, and has the advantages of being high in integration degree, comprehensive in function, controllable in fault and the like.

A laminate type thin-film solar cell which can convert sunlight efficiently into electric power and be formed in multi-laminate structure without limitation in selecting a semiconductor material, and be excellent in conversion efficiency, and a production method therefor are provided. A first photoelectric conversion unit including a first semiconductor lamination portion (1a) made of a semiconductor having a first band gap energy and a first pair of electrodes (13, 14) is provided on a substrate (4), and a second photoelectric conversion unit including a second semiconductor lamination portion (2a) made of a semiconductor having a second band gap energy and a second pair of electrodes (23, 24) is stuck thereon. A third photoelectric conversion unit including a third semiconductor lamination portion (3a) made of a semiconductor having a third band gap energy and a third pair of electrodes (33, 34) may be stuck thereon, and as many conversion units as desired can be stuck.

An organic light emitting display includes a plurality of pixels arranged at intersecting points of data lines, scan lines and light emitting control lines; a sensing unit extracting a signal corresponding to a degradation level of organic light emitting diodes provided in each of the pixels; a storage unit storing the signal obtained from the sensing unit, calculating degradation level information of the organic light emitting diodes using the stored signal and storing the calculated information; a conversion unit for converting an input data (Data) into a correction data (Data′) using the degradation level information stored in the storage unit; and a data driver for receiving the correction data (Data′) outputted from the conversion unit and generating data signals to be supplied to the circuits.

A photographing apparatus includes a lens array and a photoelectric conversion unit. The lens array includes a plurality of lenses that are regularly arranged on a single plane. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion areas, each including a plurality of pixels. The plurality of photoelectric conversion areas are installed on a single plane. Each photoelectric conversion area corresponds to an irradiation range of light passing through a respective one of the plurality of lenses of the lens array. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a first mode and at least one second mode. In the first mode, data is continuously read out from all pixels included in the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas. In the at least one second mode, a subset of fewer than all pixels of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas are selected and used to generate a color image. The selected pixels of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion areas are at relatively the same positions with respect to each respective lens of the lens array. Data is continuously read out from the selected pixels.

The invention is suitable for the field of electronic circuits and provides a battery voltage detection circuit and a battery management system. The circuit comprises a plurality of switch units, a first operational amplification unit, a second operational amplification unit, a control unit and a power supply changeover unit; the plurality of switch units are used for switch-on and switch-off under the control of a control signal; the first operational amplification unit is used for sampling voltage of an odd number of corresponding single batteries when the switch units are switched on, and outputting first sampling voltage; the second operational amplification unit is used for sampling voltage of an even number of corresponding single batteries when the switch units are switched on and outputting second sampling voltage; the control unit is used for outputting the control signal and controlling the switch-on and switch-off of the switch units when power is supplied and performing analog-to-digital conversion on the first sampling voltage and the second sampling voltage; and the power supply changeover unit is used for providing a stable working power supply for the control unit.Two operational amplifier units are staggered in an odd and even way and sample a battery to be detected; and the circuit has a simple structure, and is low in cost, reduces the electricity consumption difference of the battery, switch control is provided, and power consumption during standby is further reduced.

A manufacturing method for a solid-state image sensor, the method comprises the steps of: forming a charge storage region in a photoelectric converting unit by implanting a semiconductor substrate with ions of an impurity of a first conductivity type, using a first mask; heating the semiconductor substrate at a temperature of no less than 800° C. and no more than 1200° C. through RTA (Rapid Thermal Annealing); forming a surface region of the charge storage region by implanting the semiconductor substrate with ions of an impurity of a second conductivity type, using a second a mask; heating the semiconductor substrate at a temperature of no less than 800° C. and no more than 1200° C. through RTA (Rapid Thermal Annealing); and forming an antireflection film that covers the photoelectric converting unit at a temperature of less than 800° C., after the step of forming the surface region, in this order.

An image processing apparatus includes a separation unit which determines the attribute of data contained in input document image data and separates the document image data into areas by attributes, an extraction unit which extracts, from the separated areas, an area of a graphics image as a target of vectorization processing, a determination unit which determines whether the attribute of the area of the graphics image is a clipart area or a line drawing area including a line drawing, and a vector conversion unit which performs vectorization processing corresponding to the attribute of the graphics image based on the determination result of the determination unit.

The present disclosure relates to a receiving device and a receiving method that can receive both signals of a GNSS signal and a wireless LAN at lower cost and more compactly. A selecting unit selects either a received GNSS signal or wireless LAN signal. By multiplying the signal selected in the selecting unit by a local oscillation signal generated in a local oscillation circuit, a converting unit converts the selected signal into an IF signal with lower intermediate frequency. A control unit controls the selecting unit, and performs control so that the GNSS signal and the wireless LAN signal are processed in a time-sharing manner in the converting unit. The technology of the present disclosure can be applied to a receiving device that receives a signal from a GPS satellite, for example.