1. A shingle holder and alignment tool comprising:
a telescopic bar keeper extendable along a horizontal axis, the bar keeper comprising:
a first cylindrical member;
a second cylindrical member disposed within the first cylindrical member, the second cylindrical member extendable from within the first cylindrical member;
a first end, perpendicularly attached to the first cylindrical member;
a second end, perpendicularly attached to the second cylindrical member;
wherein the first end and the second end pivotally attach to a first bracket and a second bracket respectively;
the first bracket comprising a contact face and an upward face and the second bracket enantiomorphic with respect to the first bracket;
a parallelepiped telescopic rod guide, disposed parallel to the bar keeper between the first bracket and the second bracket, the rod guide comprising:
a first parallelepiped member and a second parallelepiped member, the second parallelepiped member slidingly extendable from within the first parallelepiped member along a horizontal axis whereby the first bracket and the second bracket are distanced farther apart;
a first and a second catch moveably attached to the first bracket and the second bracket respectively, the first and second catches adjustable along a respective first slide guide and a second slide guide, the first and second slide guides extendable along a plane perpendicular the rod guide, wherein each of the first catch and the second catch are extendable to accommodate a specific shingle height;
a first adjustment knob disposed upon the first bracket, the first adjustment knob rotatably tightened to secure the first catch at a desired extension by means of the first slide guide;
a second adjustment knob disposed upon the second bracket, the second adjustment knob rotatably tightened to secure the second catch at a desired extension by means of the second slide guide;
a third adjustment knob disposed upon the rod guide, the third adjustment knob rotatably tightened to secure the rod guide at a desired length of extension wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are fixed at a definite distance apart.
2. The shingle holder and alignment tool of claim 1 wherein the bar keeper is secured in a closed position by means of a first spring and a second spring, the first spring coiled between a pair of spring mounts disposed on the first end the first bracket, the second spring coiled between a second pair of spring mounts disposed upon the second end and the second bracket.
3. The shingle holder and alignment tool of claim 2 wherein the bar keeper is pivoted against the first and second springs into an open position.
4. The shingle holder and alignment tool of claim 3 wherein the rod guide has a bottom groove, the bottom groove configured to receive an edge of a shingle.
5. The shingle holder and alignment tool of claim 4 wherein the rod guide first parallelepiped member has an elongated opening along an outward surface, the third adjustment knob rotationally engaging the second parallelepiped member through the elongated opening to secure the shingle holder and adjustment tool at an extension with the first and second brackets at a desired distance apart.
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. A stereoscopic image display device comprising:
a display panel including pixels having subpixels representing at least three different colors and arranged in a matrix form;
a lenticular lens disposed on the display panel;
a data driver applying a data voltage to the display panel;
a signal controller controlling the data driver; and
a converter that filters an image signal representing a 2-D image signal received from an external source to generate and transmit output data to the signal controller,
wherein the converter includes a line memory for storing the image signals for one row of the image signals, and a filtering unit for filtering the image signals stored in the line memory, and
wherein the lenticular lens has a semi-circular cylinder shape and is aligned to transmit light from at least one row pixel of the display panel,
the filtering uses a 3\xd73 square matrix of weight values,
the filter is applied to image signals sequentially stored to the line memory wherein the output data is generated by multiplying the corresponding image signal by the weight values of the square matrix and accumulating the multiplied values, and
the central weight value of the square matrix is the largest, and the surrounding weight values are the same, and the filtering is processed for subpixels representing the same color.
2. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 1, wherein the lenticular lens is aligned to transmit light from three row pixels of the display panel.
3. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 2, wherein the subpixels corresponding to the lenticular lens include subpixels representing at least three different colors which form a column.
4. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 3, wherein
the subpixels corresponding to the lenticular lens are grouped in a same row or a same column to define a column pixel or a row pixel, and wherein the column or the row includes a first pixel having a sequence of red, green, and blue subpixels, a second pixel having a sequence of green, blue, and red subpixels, and a third pixel having a sequence of blue, red, and green subpixels.
5. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 1, wherein the converter is formed of a programmable integrated circuit (IC) chip.
6. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 1, wherein the filtering includes in the output data the image signal corresponding to pixels surrounding a specific pixel weighted according to their position relative to the specific pixel.
7. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 6, wherein the filtering processes eight pixels surrounding the specific pixel.
8. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 7, wherein the filtering processes subpixels representing the same color in the specific pixel and the surrounding pixels.
9. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 1, wherein the converter render-processes an image signals representing a 3-D stereoscopic images received from the external source.
10. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 1, further comprising:
a protecting substrate formed between the display panel and the lenticular lens; and
a protecting film disposed at the surface of the lenticular lens.
11. A method for displaying an image of a stereoscopic image display device that uses a lenticular lens, comprising:
determining whether an input image signal received from an external source is an image signal representing a 2-D image or an image signal representing a stereoscopic image;
filtering the input image signal to generate output data when the input image signal is an image signal representing a 2-D image; and
outputting the output data to display an image,
wherein the filtering uses a 3\xd73 square matrix of weight values,
the filter is applied to image signals sequentially stored to the line memory wherein the output data is generated by multiplying the corresponding image signal by the weight values of the square matrix and accumulating the multiplied values,
the central weight value of the square matrix is the largest, and the surrounding weight values are the same, and
the filtering is processed for subpixels representing the same color.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the filtering processes subpixels representing the same color in the specific pixel and the surrounding pixels.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the sum of the weight values of the specific pixel and the surrounding pixels is 1.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the filtering processes eight pixels surrounding the specific pixel.
15. A stereoscopic image display device comprising:
a display panel including pixels having subpixels representing at least three different colors and arranged in a matrix form; and
a converter that filters an image signal representing a 2-D image signal received from an external source to generate output data and to transmit it to the signal controller, wherein the converter includes a line memory for storing the image signal for one row of the image signals, and a filtering unit for filtering the image signal stored in the line memory;
wherein the filtering uses a 3\xd73 square matrix of weight values and the filter is applied to the image signal sequentially stored to the line memory wherein the output data is generated by multiplying the corresponding image signal by the weight values of the square matrix and accumulating the multiplied values, and
the central weight value of the square matrix is the largest, and the surrounding weight values are the same, and
the filtering is processed for subpixels representing the same color.
16. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 15, further comprising a lenticular lens disposed on the display panel, wherein the lenticular lens has a semi-circular cylinder shape and is aligned to transmit light from three rows of three pixels of the display panel,
wherein the subpixels corresponding to the lenticular lens are grouped in a same row or a same column to define a column pixel or a row pixel, and wherein the column or the row includes a first pixel having a sequence of red, green, and blue subpixels, a second pixel having a sequence of green, blue, and red subpixels, and a third pixel having a sequence of blue, red, and green subpixels.
17. A stereoscopic image display device comprising:
a display panel including pixels having subpixels representing at least three different colors and arranged in a matrix form;
a lenticular lens disposed on the display panel;
a data driver applying a data voltage to the display panel;
signal controller controlling the data driver; and
a converter that filters an image signal representing a 2-D image signal received from an external source to generate and transmit output data to the signal controller, wherein:
the converter includes a line memory for storing the image signals for one row of the image signals, and a filtering unit for filtering the image signals stored in the line memory,
the lenticular lens has a semi-circular cylinder shape and is aligned to transmit light from at least one row pixel of the display panel,
the filtering uses a 3\xd73 square matrix of weight values,
the filter is applied to image signals sequentially stored to the line memory wherein the output data is generated by multiplying the corresponding image signal by the weight values of the square matrix and accumulating the multiplied values,
the central weight value of the square matrix is the largest, and the center top, center bottom, center right, and center left weight values are the same and are different from the weight values of the upper left corner, upper right corner, lower left corner, and lower right corner that are the same, and
the filtering is processed for subpixels representing the same color.
18. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 17, wherein the lenticular lens is aligned to transmit light from three row pixels of the display panel.
19. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 18, wherein the subpixels corresponding to the lenticular lens include subpixels representing at least three different colors which form a column.
20. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 19, wherein
the subpixels corresponding to the lenticular lens are grouped in a same row or a same column to define a column pixel or a row pixel, and
wherein the column or the row includes a first pixel having a sequence of red, green, and blue subpixels, a second pixel having a sequence of green, blue, and red subpixels, and a third pixel having a sequence of blue, red, and green subpixels.
21. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 17, wherein the converter is formed of a programmable integrated circuit (IC) chip.
22. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 17, wherein the filtering includes in the output data the image signals corresponding to pixels surrounding a specific pixel weighted according to their position relative to the specific pixel.
23. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 22, wherein the filtering processes eight pixels surrounding the specific pixel.
24. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 23, wherein the filtering processes subpixels representing the same color in the specific pixel and the surrounding pixels.
25. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 17, wherein the converter render-processes an image signals representing a 3-D stereoscopic image received from the external source.
26. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 17, further comprising:
a protecting substrate formed between the display panel and the lenticular lens; and
a protecting film disposed at the surface of the lenticular lens.
27. A method for displaying an image of a stereoscopic image display device that uses a lenticular lens, comprising;
determining whether an input image signal received from an external source is an image signal representing a 2-D image or an image signal representing a stereoscopic image;
filtering the input image signal to generate output data when the input image signal is an image signal representing a 2-D image; and
outputting the output data to display an image, wherein:
the filtering uses a 3\xd73 square matrix of weight values,
the filter is applied to image signals sequentially stored to the line memory wherein the output data is generated by multiplying the corresponding image signal by the weight values of the square matrix and accumulating the multiplied values,
the central weight value of the square matrix is the largest, and the center top, center bottom, center right, and center left weight values are the same and are different from the weight values of the upper left corner, upper right corner, lower left corner, and lower right corner that are the same, and
the filtering is processed for subpixels representing the same color.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein the filtering processes subpixels representing the same color in the specific pixel and the surrounding pixels.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein the sum of the weight values of the specific pixel and the surrounding pixels is 1.
30. The method of claim 27, wherein the filtering processes eight pixels surrounding the specific pixel.
31. A stereoscopic image display device comprising:
a display panel including pixels having subpixels representing at least three different colors and arranged in a matrix form; and
a converter that filters an image signal representing a 2-D image signal received from an external source to generate output data and to transmit it to the signal controller,
wherein the converter includes a line memory for storing the image signal for one row of the image signals, and a filtering unit for filtering the image signal stored in the line memory;
wherein the filtering uses a 3\xd73 square matrix of weight values and the filter is applied to the image signal sequentially stored to the line memory wherein the output data is generated by multiplying the corresponding image signal by the weight values of the square matrix and accumulating the multiplied values,
wherein the central weight value of the square matrix is the largest, and the center top, center bottom, center right, and center left weight values are the same and are different from the weight values of the upper left corner, upper right corner, lower left corner, and lower right corner that are the same, and
the filtering is processed for subpixels representing the same color.
32. The stereoscopic image display device of claim 31, further comprising a lenticular lens disposed on the display panel,
wherein the lenticular lens has a semi-circular cylinder shape and is aligned to transmit light from three rows of three pixels of the display panel,
wherein the subpixels corresponding to the lenticular lens are grouped in a same row or a same column to define a column pixel or a row pixel, and wherein the column or the row includes a first pixel having a sequence of red, green, and blue subpixels, a second pixel having a sequence of green, blue, and red subpixels, and a third pixel having a sequence of blue, red, and green subpixels.