Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. An image display system which provides a display by joining projected images together, comprising:
a plurality of projecting means for projecting images;
display means for displaying a single image by joining the images from the projecting means together;
dividing means for dividing the images projected by the projecting means into a plurality of processing unit areas; and
correction processing means for performing correction processing for each of the processing unit areas;
wherein the processing unit areas differ in size between joint portions of the images projected by the projecting means and other portions than the joint portions.
2. The image display system according to claim 1, wherein the size of the processing unit areas is smaller in the joint portions than in the other portions.
3. The image display system according to claim 1, wherein the correction processing means performs correction processing on the basis of previously stored input-output characteristic data specific to each of the processing unit areas.
4. The image display system according to claim 2, wherein the correction processing means has select means for selecting an item of input-output characteristic data suitable for each processing unit area from among a plurality of items of previously stored input-output characteristic data and performs correction processing based on the input-output characteristic data selected by the select means.
5. The image display system according to claim 2, wherein the correction processing means performs interpolation operations based on the results of correction processing on at least two specific areas contained in the processing unit area, thereby performing correction processing on a plurality of processing blocks contained in the processing unit area.
6. The image display system according to claim 5, wherein the processing unit area is made up of (2m1)(2n1) processing blocks with (2m1) rows and (2n1) columns where m and n are positive integers, and the interpolation operation is performed using bit shift operations of digital values.
7. The image display system according to claim 1, further comprising storage means for previously storing input-output characteristic data for a specific processing block in a plurality of processing blocks contained in each processing unit area, and wherein the correction processing means seeks input-output characteristic data for other processing blocks than the specific processing block by operations based on a position relationship between the specific processing block and the other processing blocks and the input-output characteristic data previously stored in the storage means and performs correction processing on the basis of the input-output characteristic data previously stored in the storage means and the input-output characteristic data sought by the operations.
8. The image display system according to claim 1, wherein the correction processing means has a function of performing correction processing using input-output characteristic data specific to each of primary colors.
9. The image display system according to claim 1, further comprising:
imaging means for capturing the state on a screen that forms the display means;
determination means for determining the size of overlapped portions in the joint portions on the basis of an image obtained by the imaging means; and
means for setting the size of each processing unit area on the basis of the results of determination by the determination means.
10. The image display system according to claim 1, further comprising:
numerical value input means through which numerical values are externally input; and
means for setting the size of each processing unit area on the basis of numerical values input through the numerical value input means.

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 real-time transcode transfer method based on hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) under digital living network alliance (DLNA), wherein the method comprises:
matching playing capability information with media item resource information, acquiring data of multimedia content from a digital media server according to a matching result.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said acquiring data of multimedia content from a digital media server according to a matching result comprises:
directly acquiring data of multimedia content from the digital media server according to the matching result, or sending the matching result to the digital media server, receiving data of multimedia content on which transcoding and HTTP chunked transfer encoding are performed by the digital media server according to the matching result.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said matching the playing capability information with the media item resource information comprises:
the digital media server sending the media item resource information to a digital media player;
the digital media player matching playing capability information of the digital media player with the media item resource information.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the media item resource information comprises: an original resource item, a special resource item and a full matching resource item;
said directly acquiring the data of multimedia content from the digital media server according to the matching result, or sending the matching result to the digital media server, and receiving the data of multimedia content on which transcoding and HTTP chunked transfer encoding are performed by the digital media server according to the matching result comprises:
when the digital media player is able to match with the original resource item, directly acquiring data of multimedia content from the digital media server;
when the digital media player is unable to match with the original resource item but able to match with the special resource item or the full matching resource item, sending a matching result to the digital media server and receiving data of multimedia content on which the transcoding and HTTP chunked transfer encoding are performed by the digital media server according to the matching result.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein said matching the playing capability information with the media item resource information comprises:
the digital media server sending the media item resource information to a digital media controller;
the digital media controller acquiring playing capability information of a digital media renderer, and matching the playing capability information with the media item resource information.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the media item resource information comprises: an original resource item, a special resource item and a full matching resource item;
said directly acquiring the data of multimedia content from the digital media server according to the matching result, or sending the matching result to the digital media server, and receiving the data of multimedia content on which transcoding and HTTP chunked transfer encoding are performed by the digital media server according to the matching result comprises:
when the digital media controller is able to match with the original resource item, sending a matching result to the digital media renderer, and the digital media renderer directly acquiring data of multimedia content from the digital media server according to the matching result;
when the digital media controller is unable to match with the original resource item but able to match with the special resource item or the full matching resource item, sending a matching result to the digital media server, and the digital media renderer receiving data of multimedia content on which the transcoding and HTTP chunked transfer encoding are performed by the digital media server according to the matching result.
7. The method of claim 4, wherein the special resource item comprises: one or more of a transport stream (TS) resource item, a MP4 resource item and a partial resource item.
8. The method of claim 4, wherein the HTTP chunked transfer encoding comprises: dividing data of multimedia content into common data blocks and an ending block;
the common data blocks comprise: data block length information, data block extension information, extension information separator, data block data and a separator;
the ending block comprises: ending block length information and a separator, and the length of the ending block is zero.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein
the data block extension information comprises: a data block type, a data block content encoding mode and a decoding timestamp of data block content; andor,
the extension information separator and the separator are a carriage returnline feed character; andor,
the data block length information occupies 4 bytes of a network byte order, and the maximum length of each data block is (232\u22121) bytes.
10. A real-time transcode transfer system based on hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) under digital living network alliance (DLNA), wherein the system comprises:
a digital media controller, configured to match media item resource information with playing capability information of a digital media renderer, and send a matching result to the digital media renderer;
the digital media renderer, configured to receive the matching result sent by the digital media controller and acquire data of multimedia content according to the matching result;
a digital media player, configured to match playing capability information of the digital media player with the media item resource information, and acquire data of multimedia content according to a matching result.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the system further comprises:
a digital media server, configured to receive the matching result sent by the digital media player or the digital media controller, perform transcoding and HTTP chunked transfer encoding on data of multimedia content according to the matching result, and transfer the data to a corresponding digital media player or digital media renderer;
the digital media renderer is further configured to directly acquire data of multimedia content from the digital media server according to the matching result, or receive data of multimedia content on which transcoding and HTTP chunked transfer encoding are performed by the digital media server;
the digital media player is further configured to directly acquire data of multimedia content from the digital media server according to a matching result, or, send the matching result to the digital media server, and receive data of multimedia content on which the transcoding and HTTP chunked transfer encoding are performed by the digital media server according to the matching result.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein
the digital media server is further configured to send the media item resource information to the digital media player;
the digital media player is further configured to match the playing capability information of the digital media player with the media item resource information.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the media item resource information comprises: an original resource item, a special resource item and a full matching resource item;
the digital media player is further configured to: when being able to match with the original resource item, directly acquire data of multimedia content from the digital media server;
when being unable to match with the original resource item but able to match with the special resource item or the full matching resource item, send a matching result to the digital media server and receive data of multimedia content on which the transcoding and HTTP chunked transfer encoding are performed by the digital media server according to the matching result.
14. The system of claim 11, wherein
the digital media server is further configured to send the media item resource information to the digital media controller;
the digital media controller is further configured to acquire the playing capability information of the digital media renderer, and match the playing capability information with the media item resource information.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the media item resource information comprises: an original resource item, a special resource item, and a full matching resource item;
the digital media controller is further configured to: when being able to match with the original resource item, send a matching result to the digital media renderer; when being unable to match with the original resource item but able to match with the special resource item or the full matching resource item, send a matching result to the digital media server;
the digital media renderer is further configured to: when receiving the matching result of matching with the original resource item, directly acquire data of multimedia content from the digital media server; receive data of multimedia content on which the transcoding and HTTP chunked transfer encoding are performed by the digital media server according to the matching result.
16. The method of claim 6, wherein the special resource item comprises: one or more of a transport stream (TS) resource item, a MP4 resource item and a partial resource item.
17. The method of claim 6, wherein the HTTP chunked transfer encoding comprises: dividing data of multimedia content into common data blocks and an ending block;
the common data blocks comprise: data block length information, data block extension information, extension information separator, data block data and a separator;
the ending block comprises: ending block length information and a separator, and the length of the ending block is zero.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein
the data block extension information comprises: a data block type, a data block content encoding mode and a decoding timestamp of data block content; andor,
the extension information separator and the separator are a carriage returnline feed character; andor,
the data block length information occupies 4 bytes of a network byte order, and the maximum length of each data block is (232\u22121) bytes.

1. A diode pumped solid state laser system, comprising:
two or more diode pumped solid state laser cavities able to produce beams of two or more respective wavelengths travelling in associated paths;
a controller to selectively control activation of at least one of the two or more diode pumped solid state laser cavities and to selectively control associated power levels of the produced beams of the at least one of the two or more diode pumped solid state laser cavities; and
an optical configuration to align the associated paths of said beams along a common optical axis.
2. (canceled)
3. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one said laser cavities comprises a primary laser section and a frequency doubling section.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein said primary laser section comprises a pump diode laser source.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein said optical configuration comprises at least one fold mirror.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein said optical configuration comprises one or more combiner mirrors to combine the paths of at least two laser beams.
7. The system of claim 1, comprising a plurality of optical ports associated with an output of said optical configuration.
8. The system of claim 1, comprising at least one delivery system to deliver at least one of said laser beams to a target area.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein said two or more diode pumped solid state laser cavities are three diode pumped solid state laser cavities, able to produce beams of three respective wavelengths.
10. An illumination method, comprising:
controlling activation of at least one of two or more diode pumped solid state laser cavities and power levels of beams produced by the at least one of the two or more diode pumped solid state laser cavities, the beams traveling in associated paths;
aligning the paths of two or more diode pumped solid state generated laser beams having two or more respective wavelengths on a common optical path; and
delivering at least one of said laser beams to a target area.
11. The method of claim 10, comprising:
passing said two or more laser beams through two or more respective fold mirrors; and
combining the paths of at least two said respective laser beams using one or more combiner mirrors.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising delivering an aiming beam substantially along said optical path.
13. The method of claim 10, comprising channeling said two or more respective laser beams via one or more optical ports.
14. The method of claim 10, comprising delivering said respective laser beams using one or more delivery systems.
15. An apparatus to combine the paths of respective laser beams of two or more wavelengths, comprising:
a collimation lens to collimate at least two diode pumped solid state laser generated beams of different wavelengths; and
an optical configuration to align the paths of the collimated beams along a common optical axis.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said optical configuration includes at least one combiner mirror.
17. The apparatus of claim 15, comprising a moving attenuator to attenuate at least one of said beams.
18. The apparatus of claim 15, comprising at least one power-monitoring detector to detect the power of at least one of said beams on said common optical axis.
19. The apparatus of claim 15, comprising at least one pickoff mirror to reflect at least one or said beams to a diffuser.
20. The apparatus of claim 15, comprising a safety shutter to limit the exposure of said target to said beams.
21. The apparatus of claim 15, comprising an aiming beam to enable aiming of said beam towards a target.
22. The apparatus of claim 15, comprising at least one optical port associated with said common optical axis.
23. The apparatus of claim 15, comprising at least one optical socket.
24. The apparatus of claim 15, comprising one or more laser delivery systems to deliver at least one of said beams to a target.
25. A method to operate a laser illumination system at one or more selected wavelengths, comprising:
selecting a desired wavelength to be delivered;
selecting a diode pump laser source to activate;
selecting laser exposure settings for the selected wavelength; and
activating said selected laser source to generate a beam with a desired wavelength.
26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:
processing feedback from a detector, for said generated beam; and
validating accuracy of the actual power output of said generated beam.

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 memory, comprising:
a plurality of memory cells, each of the memory cells including a memory element with first and second terminals, and first and second diodes as program selectors, each of the first and second diodes having a first terminal associated with a first active region with a first type of dopant and a second terminal associated with a second active region with a second type of dopant, both the first and second active regions being fabricated from sources or drains of CMOS devices and residing in a common well, the first diode having the first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the memory element, and the second diode having the second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the memory element;
a plurality of local wordlines, each coupled to a plurality of the memory cells via the second terminal of the first diodes or to the first terminal of the second diodes and having a first resistivity;
a plurality of global wordlines, each coupled to at least one of the local wordlines and having a second resistivity; and
a plurality of bitlines, each coupled to a plurality of the memory cells via the first terminal of memory element;
wherein, for each of the memory cells, the memory element is configured to be programmable by turning on the first diode while cutting off the second diode for one state and by turning on the second diode while cutting off the first diode for another state.
2. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the memory element is a Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) that has a multi-layer of ferromagnetic or anti-ferromagentic as a fixed layer stack, another multi-layer of ferromagnetic or anti-ferromagentic stack as a free layer stack, and a dielectric layer in between the stacks.
3. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the memory element comprises a metal-oxide film between metal or metal alloy electrodes.
4. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the memory element comprises a solid-state electrolyte film between metal or metal alloy electrodes.
5. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the well is shallower than the Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) for isolating CMOS devices.
6. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the well is fabricated for CMOS devices.
7. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the local wordline is at least in part constructed from a well.
8. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the global wordline is constructed of metal.
9. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the global wordline is coupled to the local wordline through at least one of conductive via or contact.
10. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the bitline is coupled to a first supply voltage and the global wordline is coupled to a second supply voltage during program or read, and wherein the voltage between the first and second supply voltages has a larger magnitude or longer duration for program than read.
11. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the bitline is coupled to a first supply voltage line and the global wordline is coupled to a second supply voltage line during program, and wherein the voltage between the first and second supply voltages lines has one polarity for one state and another polarity for another state.
12. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the memory further comprising a plurality of write bitline selectors to select a bitline coupled to a first supply voltage and a plurality of wordline drivers to select a local wordline coupled to a second supply voltage to conduct a current during program.
13. A memory as recited in claim 1, wherein the memory further comprising a plurality of read bitline selectors to select a bitline coupled to a sense amplifier and a plurality of wordline drivers to select a local wordline coupled to a supply voltage to conduct a current through the sense amplifier during read.
14. An electronics system, comprising:
a processor;
a memory operatively connected to the processor, the memory including at least:
a plurality of memory cells, each of the memory cells including a memory element with first and second terminal, and first and second diodes as program selectors, each of the first and second diodes having a first terminal associated with a first active region with a first type of dopant and a second terminal associated with a second active region with a second type of dopant, both of the first and second active regions being fabricated from sources or drains of CMOS devices and residing in a common well, the first diode having the first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the memory element, and the second diode having the second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the memory element;
a plurality of local wordlines, each coupled to a plurality of the memory cells via the second terminal of the first diodes or to the first terminal of the second diodes and having a first resistivity;
a plurality of global wordlines, each coupled to at least one of the local wordlines and having a second resistivity; and
a plurality of bitlines, each coupled to a plurality of the memory cells via the first terminal of memory element,
wherein for each of the memory cells, the memory element is configured to be programmable by turning on the first diode while cutting off the second diode for one state and by turning on the second diode while cutting off the first diode for another state.
15. An electronics system as recited in claim 14, wherein the memory element is a Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) that has a multi-layer of ferromagnetic or anti-ferromagentic as a fixed layer stack, another multi-layer of ferromagnetic or anti-ferromagentic stack as a free layer stack, and a dielectric layer in between the stacks.
16. An electronic system as recited in claim 14, wherein, in each of the memory cells, the second terminal of the first diode is coupled to the first terminal of the second diode.
17. An electronics system as recited in claim 14, wherein the electronics system is configured to periodically read content of each of the memory cells and writes the content back.
18. A method for programming a memory, comprising:
providing a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell including a memory element with first and second terminals, and first and second diodes as program selectors, each of the first and second diodes having a first terminal associated with a first active region with a first type of dopant and a second terminal associated with a second active region with a second type of dopant, both of the first and second active regions being fabricated from sources or drains of CMOS devices and residing in a common well, wherein the first diode having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the memory element, and the second diode having the second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the memory element;
providing a plurality of local wordlines, each coupled to a plurality of the memory cells in the second terminal of the first diode or the first terminal of the second diode and having a first resistivity;
providing a plurality of global wordlines, each coupled to at least one of the local wordlines and having a second resistivity;
providing a plurality of bitlines, each coupled to a plurality of the memory cells via the first terminal of memory element; and
programming at least one selected memory cell selected from the plurality of memory cells by applying a first supply voltage to at least one selected bitline and applying a second supply voltage to at least one select global wordline.
19. A method as recited in claim 18, wherein the memory element is a Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) that has a multi-layer of ferromagnetic or anti-ferromagentic as a fixed-layer stack, another multi-layer of ferromagnetic or anti-ferromagentic stack as a free-layer stack, and a dielectric layer in between the stacks.
20. A method as recited in claim 18, wherein the at least one selected memory cell is programmed to one state by conducting the first diode in one current direction, and the at least one selected memory cell is programmed to another state by conducting the second diode in another current direction.