08th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100045916 | UPPER SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The lower substrate includes a display part for displaying image and a driving part for providing the display part with a driving signal. The upper substrate includes a common electrode and an insulating member that electrically insulates the common electrode from the driving part. The insulating member has a lower dielectric constant than the liquid crystal layer. Thus, a parasitic capacitance between the driving part and the common electrode is reduced to prevent malfunction of the driving part, and a display quality is enhanced | 2010-02-25 |
20100045917 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer | 2010-02-25 |
20100045918 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display capable of reducing the stray capacitance of a non-display region and a method of manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, gate lines and data lines intersecting each other on the first substrate to define pixels, a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate, a common electrode formed in a display area of the second substrate in which an image is displayed, and a floating electrode formed in a non-display region of the second substrate in which no image is displayed. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045919 | Flexible Light-Emitting Device, and Method for Fabricating the Same - Provided is a flexible light-emitting device including: a base insulating film; a thin film transistor formed over a first surface of the base insulating film; an interlayer insulating film formed over the first surface of the base insulating film with the thin film transistor interposed therebetween; a first pixel electrode formed on a second surface of the base insulating film opposite to the first surface; an electroluminescent layer formed on the second surface of the base insulating film with the first pixel electrode interposed therebetween; a second pixel electrode formed on the second surface of the base insulating film with the first pixel electrode and the electroluminescent layer interposed therebetween; and a wiring electrically connected to a semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor in a contact hole provided in the interlayer insulating film and electrically connected to the first pixel electrode in a through-hole penetrating through at least the interlayer insulating film and the base insulating film. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045920 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a first insulating substrate including a display area and a peripheral area, a display area signal line in the display area of the first insulating substrate. a peripheral area signal line in the peripheral area of the first insulating substrate, a driving circuit portion in the peripheral area of the first insulating substrate, receiving an input signal through the peripheral area signal line, and thereby generating an output signal to supply to the display area signal line, a second insulating substrate facing the first insulating substrate and having a common electrode, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate, and a first sealant disposed between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate and sealing the liquid crystal layer, wherein the common electrode is disposed on a whole surface of the second insulating substrate, and the first sealant is closer to the display area than the peripheral area signal line. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045921 | Display Motherboard and Display Panel - A display motherboard includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of cutting lines, and at least one photo supporting member. The second substrate is opposite the first substrate. The cutting lines are disposed on the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the cutting lines separate the first substrate and the second substrate into at least one display panel. The photo supporting member is located between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the photo supporting member overlaps the cutting lines, and the photo supporting member has a bar shape surrounding the display panel. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045922 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, liquid crystal material, a sealing member and pillar spacers. The substrates are provided with an alignment film respectively and the liquid crystal material is disposed between the substrates. The sealing member is provided between the substrates for sealing the liquid crystal material. The pillar spacers are provided on either one of the substrates and the pillar spacers includes asymmetric pillar spacers each having a major axis and a minor axis viewed from a normal direction of the substrates with a round front end and a sharp rear end of the major axis. The asymmetric pillar spacers are arranged on a pixel region in a vicinity of at least one corner of one of the substrates so that the rear end in a direction of the major axis is directed toward the corner. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045923 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal panel and method for fabricating the same are provided. A plurality of photo spacers and ball spacers are disposed between a color filter substrate and an array substrate. The device for simultaneously applying photo spacers and ball spacers exhibits the ability to eliminate force impact and overcome problems such as touch mura and sound mura. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045924 | Methods for Fabricating Thermochromic Filters - Thermochromic liquid crystal filters are fabricated by providing two polarizers oriented at offset polarity with respect to each other; providing alignment structures adjacent the inner surfaces of the polarizers; placing a plurality of spacers between the polarizers; and filling a space created by the spacers with a thermotropic liquid crystal that acts as a wave block in an isotropic state and acts as a depolarizer in a nematic state. Alternatively, the filters can be created by encapsulating a thermochromic liquid crystal with a polymer material to form a flexible film and orienting the thermochromic liquid crystal in the polymer material to create a structure that functions as a thermochromic optical filter. Such filters can control the flow of light and radiant heat through selective reflection, transmission, absorption, and/or re-emission. The filters have particular application in passive or active light-regulating and temperature-regulating films, materials, and devices, and particularly as construction materials. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045925 | Sun films - Sun films are able to give the consumer the color they want and the UV protection they need. They are easily adjustable and help block brightness. Sun Films then become a great alternative to buying prescription sunglasses. Sun film come in multiple varieties of solid colors and when applied, help your prescription eyeglasses from scratching. Consumers can also benefit from the unique curved design that each comes in to resemble. Eye glasses. Sun films wrap around your lenses as to be wrinkle free. They also cut down on the brightness of daylight so you are able to see better. Sun films are able to closely match the same size and shape of your prescription eyeglasses. Clean your prescription eyeglasses before applying sun films. Apply the left film for your left eyeglass lens and the right sun film for your right eye lens. A person with poor vision may require help when attaching their adhesive/cling on stick on sun film. Sun films are also thin, flexible. Sun films are come in different sets of colors so you may change them anything at your convenience. Sun films may also be used on clear safety glasses. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045926 | COUPLING DEVICE WITH BREAKAWAY AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A coupling device with a breakaway tab and methods of using the same for operably coupling an ornament to a side arm of an apparatus having ornamentation. The coupling device comprises an elongated body having openings at each end. One opening has been adapted to receive a screw of a side arm, the other to receive an ornamental fastener. A breakaway tab or non-threaded portion of the elongated stem is provided to manipulate the screw and coupling device so the coupling device may be inserted between a head of the screw and an inside surface of the side arm. After engaging the side arm by the screw, the breakaway tab or non-threaded portion of the elongated stem of the screw may be broken off at a breakaway and discarded. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045927 | Ophthalmic Lens Incorporating an Optical Insert for Projecting Information - The invention provides an eyesight correcting lens having a front face and a rear face, and into which light beams emitted by a light beam generator system are introduced via an inlet surface and directed towards the eye of an ametropic wearer of said lens to enable information content to be viewed, an optical insert being included in the lens, said lens being arranged so as to enable the wearer of said lens to provide an accommodation effort that is less than or equal to 2D when viewing the information content. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045928 | FASHION EYEWEAR FRAME THAT HOUSES CIRCUITRY TO EFFECT WIRELESS AUDIO COMMUNICATION WHILE PROVIDING EXTRANEOUS BACKGROUND NOISE CANCELLATION CAPABILITY - An eyewear with communications capability to pair with a Bluetooth enabled device and equipped with noise cancellation software. The earpieces are connected to a retraction wheel by a flexible cord. The cord winds about the wheel to retract the earpiece and unwinds to extend the earpiece to its operative position. A retractable button may be pressed to urge the retraction wheel to rotate to wind the cord about it under spring force. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045929 | SPECTACLE LENS - A spectacle lens includes a multi-contact diffractive optical element formed on at least one surface of a overall lens system that is arranged from an object to a pupil, in which an apparent Abbe number V | 2010-02-25 |
20100045930 | VARIABLE FOCUS LENS AND SPECTACLES - A variable focus lens ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100045931 | Short Channel Progressive Addition Lenses - Designing a progressive addition lens includes using scaled surface powers and/or cylinder powers of base curves to determine a set of power targets, and using these targets to determine a lens design. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045932 | Wireless scleral search coil including systems for measuring eye movement and methods related thereto - Featured is a wireless scleral search coil that includes one or more passive, resonant coils and in a particular embodiment two orthogonal, passive, resonant coils, where each coil resonates at a different frequency. Each resonant coil includes a coil-capacitor circuit, each circuit being configured to resonant at a different frequency. Such a wireless scleral search coil is disposed within a biocompatible material that is shaped to conform and rest upon the eye of a subject. Also featured are system including such a wireless scleral search coil, one or more transmitter coils, an assembly of one or more receiver coils and a calculating sub-system for processing signal data to obtain eye measurement information. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045933 | Device and method for determining the orientation of an eye - In a device or a method for determining the direction of vision of an eye, a starting point or a final point of a light beam reflected by a part of the eye and detected by a detector system, or of a light beam projected by a projection system onto or into the eye two-dimensionally, describes a pattern of a scanning movement in the eye. The inventive method uses a displacement device that guides the center of the pattern of movement into the pupil or macula center of the eye, and a determination device that uses the pattern of movement of the scanning movement to determine the pupil center or macula center. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045934 | DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION TECHNIQUES FOR A WAVEFRONT SENSOR INCLUDING USE IN OPHTHALMIC MEASUREMENT - An ophthalmic error measurement system includes a projecting optical system delivering light onto a retina of an eye, a pre-correction system which compensates a light beam to be injected into the eye for aberrations in the eye, the pre-correction system being positioned in between the projecting optical system and the eye, an imaging system which collects light scattered by the retina, and a detector receiving light returned by the retina from the imaging system. Use of the pre-correction system allows the end-to-end aberrations of the ocular system to be analyzed. The use of a pre-correction system also allows use of a minimized spot size on the retina, and all of its attendant advantages. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045935 | METHOD OF DEVELOPING A VISUAL PROCESSING PROFILE BASED ON A RETINO-GENICULO-CORTICAL PATHWAY - A method of developing a visual processing profile for a person including displaying a filtered visual stimuli to portions of the person's field of view; allowing the person to respond to the filtered visual stimuli; measuring the person's response to the filtered visual stimuli in the portions of the person's field of view; determining a level of retinal ganglion function of a first retinal ganglion subtype for the person based on at least the person's measured response to the filtered visual stimuli; determining a level of retinal ganglion function for at least a second retinal ganglion subtype; and determining the visual processing profile for the person based on at least the determined levels of retinal ganglion function for at least the first and second retinal ganglion subtypes. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045936 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An illumination optical system | 2010-02-25 |
20100045937 | RECYCLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING BRIGHTNESS USING LIGHT PIPES WITH ONE OR MORE LIGHT SOURCES, AND A PROJECTOR INCORPORATING THE SAME - A recycling system and method for increasing the brightness of light output using at least one recycling light pipe with at least one light source. The output end of the recycling light pipe reflects a first portion of the light back to the light source, a second portion the light to the input end of the recycling light pipe, and transmits the remaining portion of the light as output. The recycling system is incorporated into a projector to provide color projected image with increased brightness. The light source can be white LEDs, color LEDs, and dual paraboloid reflector (DPR) lamp. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045938 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR PROJECTION DEVICE - An optical system for a projection device is disclosed. The projection device includes three different light sources, three condensers corresponding to the light sources, an integrator, an optical lens array, a total internal reflection prism, a digital micro-mirror device and a projection lens. The light sources generate light transmitting through the condensers, the integrator, the optical lens array, the total internal reflection prism, and the digital micro-mirror device into the projection lens. The optical system includes an emitting and reflecting module emitting and reflecting light from the light sources to the integrator and comprises a first, second emitting and reflecting mirrors intersecting thereto, the intersections of the first, second emitting and reflecting mirrors facing the corresponding light sources and condensers. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045939 | LIGHT INTEGRATION APPARATUS FOR USE IN A PROJECTION DEVICE - A light integration aparatus for use in a projection device is provided. The light integration apparatus comprises the first integration rod and the second integration rod symmetrically disposed with respect to a symmetric axis. The light emerging ends of the first integration rod and the second integration rod are both disposed towards the symmetric axis. Thus, the light is adapted to be guided through the first integration rod and the second integration rod, and emerge from the light emerging ends to travel parallel to the symmetric axis. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045940 | PROJECTOR AND LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A projector includes: a light source unit configured to emit light; a light source heat absorber configured to cause coolant to absorb heat from the light source unit; an ejector pump configured to allow passage of the coolant having absorbed the heat in the light source heat absorber; a radiator configured to radiate the heat of the coolant flowed out from the ejector pump; an evaporator configured to cool the coolant stored in the evaporator by evaporating the coolant; and a heat source other than the light source unit, wherein the ejector pump decompress the interior of the evaporator by a pressure drop due to the passage of the coolant having absorbed the heat in the light source heat absorber, and heat from the heat sources other than the light source unit is absorbed by the coolant cooled by the evaporator. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045941 | PROJECTOR WITH COOLING CONFIGURATION - A projector includes a casing, an optical engine, and a heat dissipating module. The casing includes a first sidewall, a front wall defining a hole, a second sidewall, and a rear wall connected in sequence. The optical engine includes a lens module substantially aligned with the hole defined by the front wall, a DMD, and an illuminator module. The illuminator module is arranged at a side of the lens module away from the second sidewall, and includes a housing having a side surface away from the lens module and at least one light source installed on the side surface. The heat dissipating module includes a first heat sink attached to the at least one light source, a blower, and an exhaust fan. The blower is for blowing air towards the first heat sink from an air inlet. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045942 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - A projection display apparatus for displaying an image on a projection plane by projection, includes: an image capturing unit capturing an image; an angle calculator calculating an angle of the projection plane relative to the projection display apparatus; a straight line detector detecting at least one reference line segment in the captured image; a line segment complementing section setting at least one complementary line segment in the captured image on the basis of the calculated angle so that an area on the projection plane corresponding to an area defined by the reference line segment and the complementary line segment is rectangular; and a keystone corrector correcting a keystone distortion of an image displayed on the projection plane on the basis of the reference line segment and the complementary line segment. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045943 | Projector Mount - A mount for mounting a projector and a display screen to a mounting surface. In one set of embodiments, the mount comprises a mounting bracket for attachment to a mounting surface, a carriage operatively connected to the mounting bracket and slidable in relation to the mounting bracket. The carriage is configured for operative connection to a display screen and operative connection of a projector adapted to project an image onto the display screen. The display screen is selectively positionable in relation to the mounting surface. Repositioning of the display screen simultaneously repositions the projector, substantially maintaining the orientation of the projected image in relation to the display screen. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045944 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes a light valve, a light source for producing light directed to the light valve, an integrator lens disposed in an optical path extending from the light source to the light valve and including a first lens array and a second lens array, and a light amount adjustment mechanism disposed in the optical path between the first lens array and the second lens array. The light amount adjusting mechanism includes a pair of light shielding elements pivoting in the form of a pair of double doors. The pair of light shielding elements have an opening formed in a region of tip portions thereof which corresponds to lens cells in contact with the optical axis of the second lens array. A region of the opening corresponding to one lens cell in contact with the optical axis of the second lens array is of a triangular configuration. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045945 | Lens-Adjusting Module - A lens-adjusting module includes a base, a tray movably disposed on the base, a lens fixed at the tray, and an adjusting device including a casing, a worm, a transmission gear, and a transmission element. The casing is fixed at the base. The worm is pivoted at the casing. The transmission gear is pivoted at the casing and geared to the worm. The transmission element is fixed at the transmission gear and connected to the tray. When the worm rotates such that the transmission gear rotates, the transmission gear drives the transmission element such that the tray moves relatively to the base along an axis. The disposition of the elements of the lens-adjusting module may satisfy a designing requirement of a designer for space planning. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045946 | Projection Apparatus - A projection apparatus includes a housing, a switch unit, a projection module, a circuit unit and a remote controller. The housing has an accommodation space and a containing groove. The switch unit is arranged in the containing groove. The projection module and the circuit unit are arranged in the accommodation space, and the circuit unit is electrically connected to the projection module and the switch unit. The remote controller is adapted to be contained in the containing groove and be taken out from the containing groove. When the remote controller is contained in the containing groove, the remote controller contacts the switch unit, and the circuit unit enables and disables the projection module according to a contact relation between the remote controller and the switch unit. The remote controller of the projection apparatus is easy to be contained. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045947 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: an outer housing; and a plurality of handles provided on an upper surface of the outer housing to hold the projector, wherein each of the handles includes a pair of attachment members standing on the upper surface, and a grip member connected with the pair of the attachment members and extended substantially in parallel with the upper surface. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045948 | EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CONTAMINATION STATUS OF AN EUV-REFLECTIVE OPTICAL SURFACE - The invention relates to an EUV lithography apparatus with at least one EUV-reflective optical surface and a cavity ringdown reflectometer adapted to determine the contamination status of the EUV-reflective optical surface for at least one contaminating substance by determining the reflectivity of the EUV-reflective optical surface for radiation at a measuring wavelength (λm). The invention further relates to a method for determining the contamination status of at least one EUV-reflective optical surface arranged in an EUV lithography apparatus for at least one contaminating substance comprising determining the reflectivity of the EUV-reflective optical surface for radiation at a measuring wavelength (λm) using a cavity ringdown reflectometer. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045949 | Exposure apparatus, maintaining method and device fabricating method - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with exposure light that passes through a liquid. The exposure apparatus comprises: a porous member that has a first surface, which is capable of opposing an object disposed at an irradiation position of the exposure light, and a second surface, which is opposite the first surface, and forms a first space that is capable of holding the liquid between the first surface and the object; a supply port, which is capable of supplying the liquid to the first space; a prescribed member, which forms a second space that faces the second surface; an adjusting apparatus, which is capable of decreasing a pressure in the second space such that the liquid in the first space moves to the second space via holes in the porous member; and a control apparatus, which controls an operation of supplying the liquid via the supply ports and a pressure adjustment operation performed by the adjusting apparatus. The control apparatus repetitively executes a first operation, which supplies the liquid to the first space, and a second operation, which stops the supply of the liquid to the first space and negatively pressurizes the second space such that the liquid is substantially eliminated from the first space, to clean the porous member. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045950 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, DRYING DEVICE, METROLOGY APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An immersion lithographic apparatus is described in which a two-phase flow is separated into liquid-rich and gas-rich flows by causing the liquid-rich flow to preferentially flow along a surface. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045951 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A temperature sensor is provided to measure the temperature of immersion liquid at a position where the immersion liquid is supplied. The reading of this temperature sensor is used to control the magnitude of heat input to the immersion liquid using a heater and/or cooler. A controller is used to calculate the calibration error of the temperature sensor relative to a temperature sensor that is provided upstream. The controller uses readings of the temperature difference between the two temperature sensors at one or more mass flow rates in order to estimate the temperature difference between the two temperature sensors at an infinite mass flow rate. The temperature difference at this infinite mass flow rate is estimated to be the temperature calibration error of the temperature sensor to measure the temperature of immersion liquid at a position where the immersion liquid is supplied relative to the upstream temperature sensor. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045952 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A microlithographic projection exposure apparatus contains an illumination system ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100045953 | Laser irradiation device and method of manufacturing organic light emitting diode display device using the same - A laser irradiation device and a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting diode display device using the same. The laser radiation device prevents the scattering of the laser light into portions of the donor substrate that correspond to non-transmissive regions of a mask pattern. To reduce the scattering, the mask pattern is designed so that 1) non-transmissive regions of a surface of the mask pattern that faces the laser source have a reflective layer, 2) the surface of the mask pattern that faces the laser source is oriented to have a certain angle with respect to the laser beam axis, and 3) a surface of the mask pattern that faces the donor substrate has an anti-reflective layer. Each of these design aspects of the mask pattern prevents laser light from being scattered and prevents irradiating portions of the donor substrate that corresponds to a non-transmissive region of the mask pattern. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045954 | Controllable radiation lithographic apparatus and method - A lithographic arrangement allows for controlling radiation characteristics. An illumination system provides a beam of radiation from radiation provided by a radiation source. The radiation source includes an array of individually controllable elements, each individually controllable element being capable of emitting radiation. A support structure supports a patterning device. The patterning device imparts the radiation beam with a pattern. A projection system projects the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate held by a substrate table. A radiation peak intensity detection apparatus detects a peak in the intensity of an emission spectrum of one or more of the individually controllable elements of the radiation source. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045955 | Particle Detection on an Object Surface - Systems and methods are provided for inspecting an object surface. An illumination source illuminates the object surface. An optic intercepts scattered light from the illuminated object surface and projects a real image of an area of the object surface. A sensor receives the projected real image. A computer system, coupled to the sensor, stores and analyzes the real image. The real image is processed to detect particles located on the object surface. This arrangement is particularly useful for detecting contaminants or defects on a reticle of a lithography device. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045956 | Lithographic Apparatus, Method for Determining at Least One Polarization Property Thereof, Polarization Analyzer and Polarization Sensor Thereof - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a polarization sensor configured at least in part to couple to a reticle stage, wherein components of the reticle polarization sensor can be loaded and unloaded in the lithographic apparatus in the manner used for conventional reticles. In one configuration an active reticle tool includes a rotatable retarder configured to vary the retardation applied to polarized light received from a field point in the illumination system. In another configuration, a passive reticle tool is configured as an array of polarization sensor modules, where the amount of retardation applied to received light by fixed retarders varies according to position of the polarization sensor module. Accordingly, a plurality of retardation conditions for light received at a given field point can be measured, wherein a complete determination of a polarization state of the light at the given field point can be determined. In another configuration, the polarization sensor is configured to measure the effect of a projection lens on a polarization state of light passing through the projection lens. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045957 | POLARIZATION-MODULATING OPTICAL ELEMENT - The invention relates to a projection system, comprising a radiation source, an illumination system operable to illuminate a structured mask, and a projection objective for projecting an image of the mask structure onto a light-sensitive substrate, wherein said projection system comprises an optical system comprising an optical axis or a preferred direction given by the direction of a light beam propagating through the optical system; the optical system comprising a temperature compensated polarization-modulating optical element described by coordinates of a coordinate system, wherein one preferred coordinate of the coordinate system is parallel to the optical axis or parallel to said preferred direction; said temperature compensated polarization-modulating optical element comprising a first and a second polarization-modulating optical element, the first and/or the second polarization-modulating optical element comprising solid and/or liquid optically active material and a profile of effective optical thickness, wherein the effective optical thickness varies at least as a function of one coordinate different from the preferred coordinate of the coordinate system, in addition or alternative the first and/or the second polarization-modulating optical element comprises solid and/or liquid optically active material, wherein the effective optical thickness is constant as a function of at least one coordinate different from the preferred coordinate of the coordinate system; wherein the first polarization-modulating optical element comprises optically active material with a specific rotation of opposite sign compared to the optically active material of the second polarization-modulating optical element. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045958 | LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A maskless lithography system for transferring a pattern onto the surface of a target. At least one beam generator for generating a plurality of beamlets. A plurality of modulators modulate the magnitude of a beamlet, and a control unit controls of the modulators. The control unit generates and delivers pattern data to the modulators for controlling the magnitude of each individual beamlet. The control unit includes at least one data storage for storing the pattern data, at least one readout unit for reading out the data from the data storage, at least one data converter for converting the data that is read out from the data storage into at least one modulated light beam, and at least one optical transmitter for transmitting the at least one modulated light beam to the modulation modulators. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045959 | PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS WITH LEVELING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR LEVELING A WAFER - A method for leveling a wafer in a photolithography apparatus is disclosed, including inputting a wafer into the photolithography apparatus to be supported by a chuck, using at least three image capture devices to capture images of corresponding alignment marks on the wafer; and leveling the wafer according to the clarity of the images of the corresponding alignment marks on the wafer captured by the image capture device. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045960 | MAGNETIC LEVITATION WAFER STAGE, AND METHOD OF USING THE STAGE IN AN EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A magnetic levitation wafer stage is used to align a wafer in an exposure apparatus of photolithographic equipment. The wafer stage includes a base, a table supported on the base and whose entire top surface exhibits magnetism of a single polarity, and motors for moving the table in the X and Y directions relative to the base. Alternatively, the wafer stage includes a wafer table having a main body and a number of electromagnets disposed in an upper portion of the main body, and electronics that selectively supply current in either direction through coils of the electromagnets respectively and independently of one another. In the exposure process, the bottom surface of the substrate is provided with a magnetic substance such that the substrate exhibits magnetism of a given polarity. The substrate is delivered to and set on the table of the stage. There, the substrate is levitated by a magnetic force of repulsion between the substrate and the table. The substrate can be moved horizontally while the substrate remains levitated above the table of the stage. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045961 | DUAL STAGE POSITIONING AND SWITCHING SYSTEM - The present invention has disclosed a dual stage positioning and switching system, which comprises at least a base, a first object stage positioning unit disposed on the base for a first workstation, and a second object stage positioning unit for a second workstation. Each of the object stage positioning units comprises at least a supporting structure, an X-direction guide bar, a Y-direction guide bar, and a motion positioning detector, wherein, the supporting structure comprises an object stage, and an object stage connector moving relative to the object stage. The object stage positioning unit further comprises a driver connecting to the object stage connector and driving the connector to move along the X-direction guide bar. The X-direction guide bars are positioned on and movable along the Y-direction guide bars. The system further comprises an object stage connector for transitional use during the switching process, which is positioned at the center of the Y-direction guide bar located on one side of the base. The present system does not include a cable stage, so that the structure of the system is simplified. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045962 | Distance Estimation Based On Image Contrast - The determination of an apparent distance between an object and a surface is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises illuminating the object with a spatially inhomogeneous irradiance from the surface, an intensity variation in the spatially inhomogeneous irradiance in a plane parallel to the surface responsive to a distance between the plane and the surface. Next, an image of the object is acquired while the object is illuminated by the spatially inhomogeneous irradiance, and the apparent distance of the object from the surface is determined based on a brightness contrast in the image of the object due to the spatially inhomogeneous irradiance. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045963 | OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASURING SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An optical distance measuring sensor includes a light receiving element arranged on the same plane as a light emitting element. The light receiving element includes a light receiving unit having a plurality of cells and collecting the light emitted from the light emitting element and reflected by a target object, a flash memory unit storing a predetermined position on the light receiving unit, and a signal processing circuit unit sensing the collection position of the light on the light receiving unit, and measuring the distance to the target object based on a relative positional relationship between the predetermined position stored in the flash memory unit and the collection position of the light on light receiving unit. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045964 | Apparatus and Method for Laser Ranging - The present invention relates to a method for laser ranging with high precision and high efficient, a method for identifying distance mode automatically during laser ranging process, and a laser ranger with high precision, high efficient and low power waste. The accuracy of ranging is increased through multi classes of receiving process; the accuracy of ranging is further increased through the selection of distance mode and the adjustment of receiving sensitivity before the measuring steps are executed; the accuracy of ranging is further increased through executing jitter judgment on obtained distance measured values to discard the distance measured values that do not satisfy the setting conditions and judge whether the number of remaining distance measured values satisfies the setting quantity requirement; and the present invention is also of simple structure, high measurement efficiency, and low power waste. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045965 | LIDAR SYSTEM USING A PSEUDO-RANDOM PULSE SEQUENCE - A light detection and ranging system includes a transmitter transmitting a transmitted light pulse timing sequence, with pseudo-random timing and including a plurality of light pulses, toward a target. An optical receiver receives a reflected light pulse timing sequence including a plurality of light pulses from the target. An electronic control unit identifies a time delay between the transmitted light pulse timing sequence and the reflected light pulse timing sequence as a function of a correlation between the transmitted and reflected light pulse timing sequences. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045966 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING A 3-D IMAGE OF A SCENE - For acquiring a 3-D image of a scene, the scene is illuminated with modulated light emitted by an illumination unit and imaged onto an array of lock-in pixel sensor cells, which detect the previously emitted light after it has been scattered or reflected by an object or a living being in the scene. One determines the modulation phase of the light detected at the lock-in pixel sensor cells and provides a reference modulation phase that stands in a known relationship with the modulation phase of the light at the time of the emission. Based upon the reference modulation phase and the modulation phase of the light detected at the lock-in pixel sensor cells one then calculates depth information on the scene. The modulated light is emitted by a plurality of individual light emitting devices of the illumination unit, each of the light emitting devices emitting a part of the modulated light, and the reference modulation phase is provided as an average of the modulation phases of the parts of modulated light emitted by the light emitting devices. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045967 | VELOCITY DETECTOR - A method of detecting the velocity of a moving object comprising the steps of: passing a beam of coherent light through an optical mask having a pattern of alternating opaque and non-opaque regions formed thereon, whereby an image of alternating light and dark fringes is projected along the length of the light beam; causing the moving object to pass through the projected image such that a portion of the light beam is reflected from the moving object as a series of pulses; detecting the reflected light pulses and the frequency of the pulses; and calculating the velocity of the object as a function of the pulse frequency and the known separation of the fringes of the image. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045968 | Method for non-contact measurement of the velocity and/or the length of an extrudate moved in the longitudinal direction, of a cable in particular - A method for non-contact measurement of the velocity and/or the length of an extrudate moved forward in the longitudinal direction, in particular of a cable during the production. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045969 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING ENANTIOMERIC PURITY WITH VARYING CHIRAL ANALYTE CONCENTRATION - A new strategy for the quantitative determination of enantiomeric purity that combines guest-host complexation, spectroscopy, and chemometric modeling. Spectral data for samples of known enantiomeric composition is subjected to a type of multivariate regression modeling known as partial least squares (“PLS-1”) regression. The PLS-1 regression produces a mathematical model that can be used to predict the enantiomeric composition of a set of samples of unknown enantiomeric purity. In this strategy, the concentration of the chiral compound does not have to be fixed or known. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045970 | Infrared imaging using thermal radiation from a scanning probe tip - A method for performing sub-micron optical spectroscopy, using a heated SPM probe and far-field collection optics is described. The enhanced emission characteristics at a sharp heated tip constitute a highly localized wideband IR source. Thus the IR absorption and emission properties of a sample surface adjacent can be observed and measured in the farfield even though the interaction region is sub-micron in scale. . . . providing spatial resolution mapping of sample composition. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045971 | Solar-powered light intensity measurement device - There is provided a solar powered light intensity measurement device which includes one or more photovoltaic cells, one or more resistors and one or more light emitting diodes. The one or more photovoltaic cells convert light to electricity, the output corresponding to the intensity of incident light. Electrically activated from the photovoltaic cells, through the one or more resistors, the light emitting diodes emit a signal color, further corresponding to their electrical activation and hence to the intensity of light incident upon the one or more photovoltaic cells. The signal color is compared to reference color or chart for use in determining the relevant light intensity. In one embodiment, the device further includes an analog switch. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045972 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INDIRECT ILLUMINATION IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA RATING SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes reflecting infrared light off of a room ceiling to indirectly illuminate the audience member, receiving reflections of the indirect illumination off of the audience member, blocking visible light prior to receiving the reflections of the indirect illumination off of the audience member, and processing the received reflections to detect the audience member. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045973 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image pickup apparatus with a thin-shaped body. The image pickup apparatus includes: emitter means | 2010-02-25 |
20100045974 | Compact Background-Free Balanced Cross-Correlators - A compact, background-free, balanced cross-correlator enables (a) the detection of a timing error between two ultrashort pulses with (sub-)femtosecond resolution and (b) the timing synchronization of ultrashort pulse lasers using the output signal of the detector to close a phase-locked loop and can therefore serve as an integral part of femtosecond timing distribution and synchronization systems. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045975 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING DEFECTS IN CERAMIC FILTER BODIES | 2010-02-25 |
20100045976 | INSPECTION DEVICE - What is disclosed is an inspection device and a method wherein interconnected, substantially flat bags are provided, in which bags objects are present which are set vibrating, after which one or more images of the objects in the bag are recorded. The vibration is exerted on the objects in the plane of the interconnected bags, whilst a squeezing force effected by means of a pulling force on the bags is exerted on the vibrating objects. The combination of said vibration and said squeezing force on the objects, such as tablets, leads to a quiet and reliable inspection device. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045977 | Methods of Analyzing Samples Using Broadband Laser Light - Broadband light, for example, from a Fabry-Perot quantum cascade laser, is shone onto a sample, and spectral data concerning the broadband light reflected from the sample is collected. The spectral data is analyzed to determine information about one or more substances in the sample. For example, if the sample contains micro-organisms, such as bacteria or fungus, the biological classification(s) (e.g., species) of the micro-organisms can be determined from the spectral data. As another example, if the sample contains virus, the biological classification(s) (e.g., species) of the virus(es) can be determined from the spectral data. As yet another example, if the sample contains particles, size, location and velocity can be determined from the spectral data. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045978 | SPECTRAL SIGNATURE EXTRACTION FOR DRUG VERIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION - Systems and methods perform signature extraction from an acquired spectrum of a pharmaceutical. An acquired spectrum of the pharmaceutical is measured using a spectrometer. The acquired spectrum is obtained from the spectrometer using a processor. A system-response function of the spectrometer is removed from the acquired spectrum using the processor. An intensity of the acquired spectrum is normalized to a predetermined scale using the processor. Fluorescence is removed from the acquired spectrum using the processor. Finally, an extracted signature of the pharmaceutical is obtained from the remainder of the acquired spectrum using the processor. If the acquired spectrum of the pharmaceutical is measured by the spectrometer through a container holding the pharmaceutical, a spectrum of the container is removed from the remainder of the acquired spectrum to produce the extracted signature of the pharmaceutical using the processor. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045979 | PHOTOCATALYSIS TESTING DEVICE - A photocatalysis testing device includes a reaction chamber, a light source, and a spectrophotometer. Reactants including a methylene blue (MB) solution and a photocatalyst can be added to the reaction chamber and illuminated by the light source. Color vanishing rate of the MB solution can be measured by the spectrophotometer. Further, the photocatalysis testing device also includes a light-tight chamber and a temperature stabilizer. The reaction chamber and the light source are received in the light-tight chamber to avoid ambient light effecting on the photocatalysis test. The spectrophotometer is positioned outside the light-tight chamber and optically coupled to the reaction chamber. The temperature stabilizer is configured for stabilizing temperature of the MB solution. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045980 | SPECTROPHOTOMETER - A liquid sample is dropped onto the upper surface of a transparent and cylindrical light-transmitting body ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100045981 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPTICAL CONSTANT OBTAINING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM EXECUTING SAME - In a method of obtaining an optical constant of each the films of a film-stacked structure formed on a substrate, a basic process obtains an optical constant of each of the films by successively providing the films one by one as a target film from bottom to top and obtaining an optical constant of the target film by using a previously obtained optical constant of a below-located film that is located below the target film and a re-obtaining process re-obtains the optical constant of each of the films by correcting the previously obtained optical constant of the below-located film and the optical constant of the target film obtained in the basic process. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045982 | PARTICLE COUNTER AND PARTICLE COUNTING DEVICE HAVING PARTICLE COUNTER, AND PARTICLE COUNTING SYSTEM AND ITS USE METHOD - A particle counting device | 2010-02-25 |
20100045983 | Spatially precise optical treatment or measurement of targets through intervening birefringent layers - A treatment pattern (such as a focused spot, an image, or an interferogram) projected on a treatment target may lose precision if the treatment beam must pass through a birefringent layer before reaching the target. In the general case, the birefringent layer splits the treatment beam into ordinary and extraordinary components, which propagate in different directions and form two patterns, displaced from each other, at the target layer. The degree of birefringence and the orientation of the optic axis, which influence the amount of displacement, often vary between workpieces or between loci on the same workpiece. This invention measures the orientation of the optic axis and uses the data to adjust the treatment beam incidence direction, the treatment beam polarization, or both to superpose the ordinary and extraordinary components into a single treatment pattern at the target, preventing the birefringent layer from causing the pattern to be blurred or doubled. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045984 | DEVICE FOR EVALUATING THE STATE OF WETTING OF A SURFACE, EVALUATION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED INDICATION DEVICE | 2010-02-25 |
20100045985 | Focused-beam ellipsometer - The present invention relates to an ellipsometer, and more particularly, to an ellipsometer to find out the optical properties of the sample by analyzing the variation of the polarization of a light which has specific polarisation then reflected on a surface of the sample. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045986 | IMAGING APPARATUS FOR IMAGING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ON AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARRIER - The invention provides for an imaging apparatus for imaging integrated circuits and a respective integrated circuit carrier. This enables positional analysis to be carried out on the integrated circuits and respective carrier. The imaging apparatus includes a support structure, and a bed mounted on the support structure and displaceable along an operatively horizontal axis, the bed being configured to support a nest assembly that operatively retains the integrated circuit carrier and respective integrated circuits. Also included is a support assembly operatively mountable with respect to a bed on which the integrated circuit carrier and integrated circuits are supported, in use. The apparatus further includes an image recordal device mounted on the support assembly and configured to record an image representing the integrated circuit carrier and integrated circuits, the support assembly including an adjustment mechanism to enable adjustment of a position of the image recordal device relative to the bed. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045987 | APPLICATIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND MONITORING CRITICAL COLORS IN A PRINT JOB AND USING AN EMBEDDED COLOR SENSING DEVICE TO MEASURE CRITICAL COLOR TEST PATTERNS INSERTED IN THE PRINT JOB - Applications, systems and methods for identifying and monitoring critical colors in a print job and using an embedded color sensing device to measure critical color test patterns inserted in the print job are disclosed. The applications permits the user to interact with a print job and select of one or more critical colors from within the print job. In one embodiment, an application is configured to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate the user in selecting critical colors. A printing system and method are disclosed for automatically monitoring critical colors in a print job and using an embedded color sensing device to measure critical color test patterns inserted in the print job. In one embodiment, printed critical color test patterns are separated from the printed customer documents and direct to a color sensing device for measurement. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045988 | SYNCHRONOUS OPTICAL MEASUREMENT AND INSPECTION METHOD AND MEANS - The invention relates to a method for finding holes, and other related defects and measuring characteristics of sheets of industrial material. Optical detections systems are constantly plagued by intense ambient light and challenged in accuracy. The invention exhibits a defect detection method and means that is resistant to intense ambient light and is capable of inspecting sheets of material ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100045989 | Method and device for monitoring the condition of a medium - The invention relates to a method for monitoring the condition of a medium in a channel, based on the transmission/emission of light, in which
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20100045990 | OSCILLATOR ELEMENT FOR PHOTO ACOUSTIC DETECTOR - An oscillator element ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100045991 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A PHOTOACOUSTIC SIGNAL WITH COMPUTER-ASSISTED EVALUATION - The application relates to a method for measuring the photoacoustic signal in a photoacoustic cell ( | 2010-02-25 |
20100045992 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE PRETILT ANGLE IN A LIQUID-CRYSTAL CELL - To determine the tilt angle in a twisted nematic liquid-crystal cell, the transmission of the cell is calculated as a function of the angle of incidence of a light beam of given wavelength λ using apparent values of the thickness of the cell cavity, of the extraordinary index and of the twist angle, in order to obtain a plurality of simulation curves, one per given pretilt angle, the transmission curve is measured as a function of the angle of incidence of the cell along the axis passing through the top and bottom positions of the cell, for the light beam of wavelength λ, using a contrast meter, and the coincidence between this measurement curve and a curve from among the plurality of simulation curves gives the pretilt angle of this cell. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045993 | METHOD OF DETECTING ANALYTE - A system and method is provided for detecting concentration of an analyte in a fluid. The method comprises detecting an optical property of a first region of two or more regions in a system, the first region located in a container having a reservoir for one or more modifiers of one or more optical properties of the first region. The movement of the one or more modifiers is responsive to changes in concentration of the analyte. A next step detects an optical property of a second region of the two or more regions in the system, the second region located in a container having a reservoir for one or more modifiers of one or more optical properties of the second region. The movement of the one or more modifiers is responsive to changes in concentration of a compound, where the compound is something other than the analyte. The detected optical property of the first region and the detected optical property of the second region are used in embodiments to separate the effect of the analyte on the detected optical property of the first region from the effect of the compound, where the compound is an interfering compound. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045994 | PHOTOMETRIC APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - A photometric apparatus and an automatic analyzer in which liquid samples contained in vessels are measured with light of different wavelengths while the vessels are transferred are provided. A photometric apparatus includes light sources that are arranged in the movement direction of a vessel and emit light of different wavelengths, light-receiving devices that are located opposing the light sources with the vessels interposed inbetween and receive light of different wavelengths emitted from the light sources. The arrangement length of light sources along the movement direction of the vessels is shorter than the arrangement pitch of the vessels. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE BASED DETECTION OF MOLECULES - A system and method for molecule detection uses a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) system with detection spots having fixed nanostructures. An SPR assembly may be combined with a digital microfluidic control system such as an electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) chip. The microfluidic system individually directs sample droplets to different detection spots of the SPR assembly, thus allowing the SPR examination of different samples or sample reactions on the same surface. The nanostructures at the detection spots enhance the sensitivity of the SPR signals. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045996 | SENSING APPARATUS - A sensing apparatus comprises a sensing element having a metal member of a periodic structure formed on a substrate, a light source for projecting a light beam to the sensing element, and a photosensor for sensing the light beam from the sensing element, wherein the sensing element has an optical waveguide layer between the substrate and the metal member, and the light beam illuminated from the light source and propagating in the optical waveguide layer and the light of a Rayleigh mode formed by the metal member are phase-matched. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045997 | OXYGEN SENSOR USING PRINCIPLE OF SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE AND OXYGEN TRANSMISSION RATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An oxygen sensor using the principle of surface plasmon resonance, capable of measuring an oxygen concentration in a measurement chamber by detecting a change in resonance angle or refractive index using field enhancement effects, is provided. An oxygen transmission rate measurement system including the oxygen sensor is also provided. In this invention, only a change in voltage is measured at a fixed angle, thus achieving rapid measurement, and also, a single wavelength light source is used, thus reducing the size of the oxygen sensor and oxygen transmission rate measurement system. The oxygen sensor includes a laser diode for emitting light, a polarizer for converting the emitted light into polarized light, a prism for receiving the polarized light from the polarizer and having a sensor substrate provided on one surface thereof so that the polarized light is reflected, an oxygen concentration measurement chamber provided to enclose the sensor substrate so that oxygen a concentration of which is to be measured is contained therein, a photodiode for measuring the amount of light reflected from the prism, and a microcontroller unit for controlling operation of the oxygen sensor and calculating the oxygen concentration. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045998 | PHOTOACOUSTIC SENSOR - Embodiments of the apparatus, systems, and methods relate to a photoacoustic sensor includes an excitation source, a modulator, a quantum dot filter, an interferometer, a gas chamber, and a microphone. The excitation source generates a monochromatic light. The modulator intensity modulates the monochromatic light at a first modulation frequency. The quantum dot filter down converts the modulated monochromatic light into a broadband spectrum of infrared light. The interferometer further intensity modulates the broadband spectrum such that the at least one wavelength component of the broadband spectrum is further intensity modulated at a second modulation frequency. The gas chamber stores a sample gas and receives the plurality of modulated wavelength components. The microphone detects pressure changes within the gas chamber to produce an acoustic signal, which can be used to analyze properties of the sample gas. | 2010-02-25 |
20100045999 | OPTICAL PHASE-MODULATION EVALUATING DEVICE - It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical phase modulation evaluating device that can measure and evaluate the precise degree of modulation in phase of an optical phase modulation signal in comparison with the conventionally-known optical phase modulation evaluating device. The optical phase modulation evaluating module includes: a bit delay device located on optical paths of the third and fifth light beams, and adapted to change the length of the optical paths to delay the third and fifth light beams by one bit per second; and an optical phase difference setting means for delaying either or both the ninth and tenth light beams by a designated phase angle which is not equal to zero, the optical phase difference setting means having a light transmissive plate located on an optical path for the ninth light beam, and a light transmissive plate located on an optical path for the tenth light beam. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046000 | Semiconductor ring laser gyroscope - A semiconductor ring laser gyroscope includes: a semiconductor laser for emitting two lights from both end surfaces thereof; an optical fiber ring through which the two light propagate in the respective opposite directions, which, in association with the semiconductor laser, constitutes a laser resonator, and which includes a sensor coil made of an optical fiber wound in a multilayer manner; and an optical detection unit for detecting a rotational angular velocity based on beat frequencies of the two lights, wherein an expression: 2ΔF | 2010-02-25 |
20100046001 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRAFAST OPTICAL SIGNAL DETECTING VIA A SYNCHRONOUSLY COUPLED ANAMORPHIC LIGHT PULSE ENCODED LATERALLY - In one general embodiment, a method for ultrafast optical signal detecting is provided. In operation, a first optical input signal is propagated through a first wave guiding layer of a waveguide. Additionally, a second optical input signal is propagated through a second wave guiding layer of the waveguide. Furthermore, an optical control signal is applied to a top of the waveguide, the optical control signal being oriented diagonally relative to the top of the waveguide such that the application is used to influence at least a portion of the first optical input signal propagating through the first wave guiding layer of the waveguide. In addition, the first and the second optical input signals output from the waveguide are combined. Further, the combined optical signals output from the waveguide are detected. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046002 | SINGLE WAFER FABRICATION PROCESS FOR WAVELENGTH DEPENDENT REFLECTANCE FOR LINEAR OPTICAL SERIALIZATION OF ACCELEROMETERS - A plurality of Fabry-Perot interferometric sensors are optically coupled in series with each other to form an ordered optical series. Each Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor has a unique signalband and a passband. Each Fabry-Perot interferometric sensor has its unique signalband within the passbands of all of the next higher ordered Fabry-Perot interferometric sensors in the optical series so that a corresponding unique fringe signal from each of the Fabry-Perot interferometric sensors is a multiplexed output from the optical series. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046003 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING A SYNTHETIC WAVELENGTH - In a method for generating a synthetic wavelength, particularly for an interferometric distance measuring setup, with a primary laser source defining a primary frequency U | 2010-02-25 |
20100046004 | PATTERN PROJECTING APPARATUS, THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND VARIFOCAL LIQUID LENS BEING USED IN THE SAME - A pattern projecting apparatus usable with a three-dimensional imaging apparatus includes a light generator which emits a light beam, and a pattern adjusting unit disposed in front of the light generator. The pattern adjusting unit forms a projection pattern on an object, and adjusts a focus of the light beam emitted from the light generator. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046005 | ELECTROSTATICE CHUCK WITH ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING, MEASURING METHOD AND USE OF SAID CHUCK - The invention relates to a device for the contactless detection of a three-dimensional contour, comprising a projector with an imaging element and a projection lens for depicting a stripe pattern that is generated on the imaging element in an object space. The invention further comprises a camera arrangement for the surveillance of the object space from two different directions, having two camera lenses. The projector and the camera arrangement are housed together in a measurement head that can be handheld. The invention further relates to a method for detecting a three-dimensional contour using said device. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046006 | PATTERN MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND PATTERN MEASUREMENT METHOD - A pattern measurement method includes: acquiring sectional shapes of a first pattern corresponding to process parameters, respectively; using the acquired sectional shapes to calculate predicted spectral waveforms which would be obtained when light is applied to the first pattern, and adding information on the corresponding process parameters to the calculated predicted spectral waveforms, respectively, to form a waveform library; setting a process parameter to obtain a desired shape, and acquiring an actual spectral waveform of a second pattern actually created from the first pattern using the set process parameter; performing waveform matching between the actual spectral waveform and the predicted spectral waveforms to acquire matching scores for respective waveform matching, and calculating an optimum process parameter providing the maximum matching score; generating an optimum pattern sectional shape corresponding to the optimum process parameter to measure the optimum pattern sectional shape. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046007 | MEASURING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING POSITIONAL ANALYSIS ON AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARRIER - The invention relates to a measuring apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing assembly that defines an enclosure, a control system mounted in the housing assembly, and an operator interface mounted on the housing assembly and connected to the control system to allow an operator to control the measuring apparatus. The apparatus also includes a measuring table assembly mounted in the housing assembly and configured to receive a nest assembly supporting an integrated circuit carrier carrying a number of integrated circuits, and a camera assembly mounted in the housing assembly and configured to generate image data representing the integrated circuit carrier and the integrated circuits. The camera assembly is connected to the control system which is configured to carry out a positional analysis on the integrated circuit carrier and the integrated circuits to determine at least one of positions of the integrated circuits on the carrier and relative positions of consecutive integrated circuits. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046008 | Measurement Method - A method for measuring the gap between a multibladed rotatable member and a surrounding housing in a gas turbine engine. In accordance with the method, a blade is removed from the rotatable member and replaced by a distance measuring clearance probe. The distance from the probe to the housing is then measured at a number of axial positions of the rotatable member. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046009 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT PROCESSING HAVING PEER DEVICE DISCOVERY AND JOB ROUTING - The subject application is directed to a document processing device, system, and method having peer device feature discovery and job routing. Electronic document data is received from an associated document processing device, which electronic document data includes data corresponding to an electronic document and instruction data corresponding to a desired document processing operation associated with the document. Data corresponding to available features of the document processing device is compared relative to received instruction data. A prompt is generated to a second document processing device based upon the output of the comparison indicating that the document processing device has insufficient capabilities for performing the desired operation. Response data is received from the second device corresponding to capabilities of the second document processing device relative to the desired operation, and the electronic document data is routed to the second device in accordance with received response data. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046010 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING CUSTOMIZED PRINTED SURFACES - A method and device are disclosed for producing individualized patterns from a genre-specific prototype pattern. The prototype pattern is stored in the form of electronically-readable prototype pattern data and individualized pattern data is generated from the prototype pattern data by electronic data processing. The individualized pattern data is modified relative to the prototype pattern data such that the individualized patterns differ from the prototype pattern but the genre of the pattern is still visually recognizable. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046011 | RASTER-TO-SWATH IMAGE DATA CONVERSION PRINTING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD - A printing system for printing an image swath by swath according to image data that is provided to an image memory buffer in raster format. The printing system includes a carriage that moves a printhead with a plurality of columnar marking elements based on input provided by an encoder and a printer controller for reformatting the image data and controlling the marking elements. The printer controller includes a direct memory access controller for extracting the data from the image memory buffer and rotating the data from raster format to column format, a plurality of stroke buffers for receiving image data in column format from the direct memory access controller, an encoder control portion for providing stroke firing strobes based on input from the encoder, and a printhead driver control portion for generating data requests from the stroke buffers based on input provided by the encoder and to provide signals necessary to cause the marking elements to print according to the timing of the stroke firing strobes. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046012 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND RECORDING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A liquid discharge head that is detachably attached to a recording apparatus includes a liquid discharge substrate, a planar region including a plurality of connection terminals that electrically connect the liquid discharge head to the recording apparatus by sliding relative to the recording apparatus while turning when mounted on the recording apparatus, and definition portions defining a rotational center. The planar region is disposed parallel to the rotational center. Among the plurality of connection terminals, the connection terminal disposed closer to the rotational center is longer in a direction perpendicular to the rotational center and parallel to the planar region than the connection terminal disposed more distant from the rotational center. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046013 | APPLICATIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND MONITORING CRITICAL COLORS IN CUSTOMER PRINT JOBS - Applications, systems and methods for identifying and monitoring critical colors in a print job and using an embedded color sensing device to measure critical color printed actually printed. The application permits the user to interact with a print job and to select of one or more critical colors from within the print job. In one embodiment, an application is configured to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to facilitate the user in selecting critical colors. A printing system and method are disclosed for automatically monitoring critical colors in a print job and using an embedded color sensing device to measure critical color printed. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046014 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS FEED PRINTING SYSTEMS - A method of measuring and correcting the Young's Modulus inline to eliminate its impact on image length variation during print runtime. The method includes intentionally perturbing the nominal operating condition of the web printing system which is controlled by the double reflex printing controller. The perturbation creates misregistration in a control target printed image that is detectable by in-situ sensors, from which Young's Modulus is estimated. Specifically, the web tension before the print zone is set differently from the web tension in the print zone to create misregistration. The error is detected by the inline sensors, and it is used to calculate the actual Young's Modulus. The implementation of the method consists of measuring the Young's Modulus at various frequencies. The correct Young's Modulus in then incorporated into the double reflex printing algorithm. | 2010-02-25 |
20100046015 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLED PRINTING OF DOCUMENTS INCLUDING SENSITIVE INFORMATION - Methods and systems for controllably printing documents including sensitive information. Features and aspects hereof provide a controller coupled to the marking engine. The controller applies rules to automatically detect the presence of sensitive information in a document to be printed and actions to securely print the document. Each rule includes a list of words and/or phrases deemed sensitive in the printing environment and actions to be taken when any of those words or phrases are detected. The actions may define, for example, that a user must enter authentication credentials at the marking engine to indicate that the user is physically present at the marking engine to receive the document printed. The rules may also specify, for example, that portions of the document detected as containing the sensitive information may be automatically modified/redacted by the controller prior printing the document. | 2010-02-25 |