1. A liquid crystal display, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel containing an effective pixel region that is configured to emit light corresponding to an image; and
a frame member provided on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, and having an opening opposed to the effective pixel region of the liquid crystal panel,
wherein,
an edge portion of the opening of the frame member is formed of a low-reflection material having a reflectance of less than about 1.5% to green light,
the edge portion of the frame member has a slope facing a light emission surface of the liquid crystal panel, and
the slope is a plane forming an acute angle with a perpendicular to the light emission surface.
2. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein at least the edge portion of the frame member is covered with a thin film formed of the low-reflection material.
3. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein the frame member is configured of the low-reflection material.
4. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein the edge portion of the frame member has a height of about 80 \u03bcm or less.
5. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal panel is of a transmissive type.
6. A liquid crystal display, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel containing an effective pixel region that is configured to emit light corresponding to an image; and
a frame member provided on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, and having an opening opposed to the effective pixel region of the liquid crystal panel,
wherein,
an edge portion of the opening of the frame member has a slope facing a light emission surface of the liquid crystal panel, and
the slope is a plane forming an acute angle with a perpendicular to the light emission surface.
7. A projection display, comprising:
a light source;
a liquid crystal panel containing an effective pixel region that is configured to modulate light from the light source to emit light corresponding to an image;
a frame member provided on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, and having an opening opposed to the effective pixel region of the liquid crystal panel; and
a projection lens projecting the image based on light emitted from the liquid crystal panel,
wherein,
an edge portion of the opening of the frame member is formed of a low-reflection material having a reflectance of less than about 1.5% to green light,
the edge portion of the frame member has a slope facing a light emission surface of the liquid crystal panel, and
the slope is a plane forming an acute angle with a perpendicular to the light emission surface.
8. A projection display, comprising:
a light source;
a liquid crystal panel containing an effective pixel region that is configured to modulate light from the light source to emit light corresponding to an image;
a frame member provided on a light emission side of the liquid crystal panel, and having an opening opposed to the effective pixel region of the liquid crystal panel; and
a projection lens projecting the image based on light emitted from the liquid crystal panel,
wherein,
an edge portion of the opening of the frame member has a slope facing a light emission surface of the liquid crystal panel, and
the slope is a plane forming an acute angle with a perpendicular to the light emission surface.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An authentication apparatus comprising:
an authentication unit configured to compare at least one of face image data detected from image data and a plurality of items of registered face image data in a data recording unit and calculate each authenticity of the plurality of items of registered face image data with respect to the detected face image data based upon similarity between the detected face image data and the plurality of items of registered face image data; and
a result determination unit configured to compare a first authenticity, which is the maximum value from among the calculated authenticities of the plurality of items of registered face image data, with a first threshold value and determine that an authentication by said authentication unit is success if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value and that the authentication is failure if the first authenticity is not more than the first threshold value;
wherein a least part of the plurality of items of registered face image data in the data recording unit is associated with a name of a person corresponding to the item of registered face image data and a group name to which the person corresponding to the item of the registered face image data belongs, each group name is associated with two or more items of the registered face image data,
wherein said result determination unit determines whether the first authenticity is greater than a second threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displays a name of a person associated with an item of a first registered face image data of which a first authenticity is calculated on a display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the second threshold value,
and displays a group name but not a name of a person associated with the item of the first registered face image data on the display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value and the group name is associated with the item of the first registered face image data.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said result determination unit, even when the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value and the person’s name and the group name are associated with the item of the first registered face image data , compares the calculated authenticity of an item of a remaining registered face image data other than the item of the first registered face image data with a third threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displays a name of a person but not a group name associated with the item of the first registered face image data on the display unit if the calculated authenticity of the item of the remaining registered face image data is not greater than the third threshold value.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when said result determination unit determines that the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value and an item of a second registered face image data of which the calculated authenticity is greater than the third threshold value exist from among the item of the remaining registered face image data,
said result determination unit determines whether the group name associated with the item of the first registered face image data and the group name associated with the item of the second registered face image data are identical or not, and displays the group name on the display unit if the group names are identical, but displays the person’s name associated with the item of the first registered face image data on the display unit if the group names are not identical.
4. An image sensing apparatus comprising:
an image sensor configured to sense the image of an object and generate image data;
a face detection unit configured to detect face image data of a person included in the image data obtained by said image sensor;
a face image data recording unit in which a plurality of items of registered face image data have been registered in advance;
a group information recording unit configured to create a group that includes at least one item of registered face image data from among the plurality of items of registered face image data, and associating registered names of face image data that belong to the group and a group name;
an authentication unit configured to compare at least one of face image data detected by the face detection unit and the plurality of items of registered face image data registered in said face image data recording unit and calculate each authenticity of the plurality of items of registered face image data with respect to the detected face image data based upon similarity between the detected face image data and the plurality of items of registered face image data; and
a result determination unit configured to compare a first authenticity, which is the maximum value from among the calculated authenticities of the plurality of items of registered face image data, with a first threshold value and determine that an authentication by said authentication unit is success if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value and that the authentication is failure if the first authenticity is not more than the first threshold value;
wherein a least part of the plurality of items of registered face image data in the data recording unit is associated with a name of a person corresponding to the item of registered face image data and a group name to which the person corresponding to the item of the registered face image data belongs, each group name is associated with two or more items of the registered face image data,
wherein said result determination unit determines whether the first authenticity is greater than a second threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displays a name of a person associated with an item of a first registered face image data of which a first authenticity is calculated on a display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the second threshold value,
and displays a group name but not a name of a person associated with the item of the first registered face image data on the display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value and the group name is associated with the item of the first registered face image data.
5. An authentication method executed by a computer, comprising:
an authentication step of comparing at least one of face image data detected from image data and a plurality of items of registered face image data in a data recording unit and calculating each authenticity of the plurality of items of registered face image data with respect to the detected face image data based upon similarity between the detected face image data and the plurality of items of registered face image data; and
a result determination step of comparing a first authenticity, which is the maximum value from among the calculated authenticities of the plurality of items of registered face image data, with a first threshold value and determining that an authentication by said authentication unit is success if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value and that the authentication is failure if the first authenticity is not more than the first threshold value;
wherein a least part of the plurality of items of registered face image data in the data recoding unit is associated with a name of a person corresponding to the item of registered face image data and a group name to which the person corresponding to the item of the registered face image data belongs, each group name is associated with two or more items of the registered face image data,
wherein said result determination step comprises determining whether the first authenticity is greater than a second threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displaying a name of a person associated with an item of a first registered face image data of which a first authenticity is calculated on a display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the second threshold value,
and displaying a group name but not a name of a person associated with the item of the first registered face image data on the display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value and the group name is associated with the item of the first registered face image data.
6. An authentication apparatus comprising:
an authentication unit configured to compare at least one of face image data detected from image data and a plurality of items of registered face image data in a data recording unit and calculate each authenticity of the plurality of items of registered face image data with respect to the detected face image data based upon similarity between the detected face image data and the plurality of items of registered face image data; and
a result determination unit configured to compare a first authenticity, which is the maximum value from among the calculated authenticities of the plurality of items of registered face image data, with a first threshold value and determine that an authentication by said authentication unit is success if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value and that the authentication is failure if the first authenticity is not more than the first threshold value;
wherein the plurality of items of registered face image data in the data recording unit is associated with a name of a person corresponding to the item of registered face image data,
wherein said result determination unit determines whether the first authenticity is greater than a second threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displays a name of a person associated with an item of a first registered face image data of which a first authenticity is calculated on a display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the second threshold value,
and if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value, said result determination unit compares the calculated authenticity of an item of a remaining registered face image data other than the item of the first registered face image data with a third threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value, determines whether an item of a second registered face image data of which the calculated authenticity is greater than the third threshold value exists from among the item of the remaining registered face image data and displays a group name in accordance with a difference between the calculated authenticity of the item of the second registered face image data and the first authenticity if the item of the second registered face image data exist.
7. An authentication method comprising:
an authentication step of comparing at least one of face image data detected from image data and a plurality of items of registered face image data in a data recording unit and calculating each authenticity of the plurality of items of registered face image data with respect to the detected face image data based upon similarity between the detected face image data and the plurality of items of registered face image data; and
a result determination step of comparing a first authenticity, which is the maximum value from among the calculated authenticities of the plurality of items of registered face image data, with a first threshold value and determining that an authentication by said authentication unit is success if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value and that the authentication is failure if the first authenticity is not more than the first threshold value;
wherein the plurality of items of registered face image data in the data recording unit is associated with a name of a person corresponding to the item of registered face image data,
wherein said result determination step comprises determining whether the first authenticity is greater than a second threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value,
and displaying a name of a person associated with an item of a first registered face image data of which a first authenticity is calculated on a display unit if the first authenticity is greater than the second threshold value,
and if the first authenticity is greater than the first threshold value but not more than the second threshold value, said result determination step comprises determining the calculated authenticity of an item of a remaining registered face image data other than the item of the first registered face image data with a third threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value, determining whether an item of a second registered face image data of which the calculated authenticity is greater than the third threshold value exists from among the item of the remaining registered face image data and displaying a group name in accordance with a difference between the calculated authenticity of the item of the second registered face image data and the first authenticity if the item of the second registered face image data exist.