25th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140168555 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an array substrate, its manufacturing method, and a display device. The array substrate comprises a plurality of grid lines, a plurality of data lines, and pixel regions defined by every two adjacent grid lines and every two adjacent data lines. The pixel region is provided with a common electrode, a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor. The common electrode includes a first common electrode and a second common electrode which are powered independently. A projection of the first common electrode onto a layer where the data lines are located covers the data line, and a projection of the second common electrode onto a layer where the pixel electrode is located falls on the pixel electrode. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168556 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The example of present invention provides an array substrate, the method for manufacturing the same, and a liquid crystal display device, wherein the array substrate comprises: a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a barrier layer pattern and an active semiconductor layer pattern formed by metal oxide semiconductor which are located on the gate insulating layer, a semiconductor protecting layer which covers the barrier layer pattern and the active semiconductor layer pattern, and has via holes at positions corresponding to the barrier layer pattern and the active semiconductor layer pattern; a data wire, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed by metal Cu, which are located at via holes. Metal Cu is used to form the data wire, the source electrode and the drain electrode, and the metal oxide semiconductor is used as the barrier layer for the metal Cu, and as a result, the diffusion of metal Cu into the layers such as the gate insulating layer etc., is prevented in the manufacturing process of TFT. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168557 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY SCREEN AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to liquid display technology, and provides a liquid crystal display screen and a display device. A first and a second optical compensation film are disposed on each side of the liquid crystal layer respectively. By the first optical compensation film, a polarized light obtained from a light non-normally incident into a first polarizing layer is compensated so that the polarized light becomes a first elliptically polarized light. By means of the phase retardation function of the liquid crystal layer, the first elliptically polarized light is converted into a second elliptically polarized light with its polarization direction consistent with that of the first elliptically polarized light and its rotation direction opposite to that of the first elliptically polarized light. By the second optical compensation film, the second elliptically polarized light is compensated into a polarized light capable of being absorbed completely by a second polarizing layer. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168558 | TFT ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - There are provided a TFT array substrate and a liquid crystal display. The TFT array substrate includes: a substrate with a peripheral wiring area set on it; a transparent conductive layer disposed in the peripheral wiring area, which includes a plurality of first conductive layer areas and a plurality of second conductive layer areas; and a protective layer disposed under the plurality of first conductive layer areas. A top surface of the conductive layer in the plurality of first conductive layer areas is located in the same plane in parallel with the substrate. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168559 | Array Substrate, Manufacturing Method for the Same and Display Device - According to one aspect of the present invention, the provided is an array substrate. Specifically, the first conductive strip that is coupled to the first data shorting bar and the second conductive strip that is coupled to the second data shorting bar are formed on the array substrate. The width of the first conductive strip is greater than the width of the first data shorting bar. The width of the second conductive strip is greater than the width of the second data shorting bar. The first conductive strip is overlapped with the second conductive strip. Such a structure of the array substrate effectively increases the overlapped capacitance between the data metal layer and the gate metal layer. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168560 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING PULSE WAVEFORM SIGNAL - A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a plurality of storage capacitor lines and a storage capacitor drive circuit. The storage capacitor lines are connected to the respective storage capacitors. The storage capacitor drive circuit generates storage capacitor signals CSs | 2014-06-19 |
20140168561 | VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - A vertical alignment liquid crystal display device (VA-LCD) includes a display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel unit includes a first thin film transistor (TFT), a second TFT, and a liquid crystal capacitor having a pixel electrode and a common electrode. The common electrode is applied with a common voltage, a first gray voltage is applied to the pixel electrode through a first TFT, and a second gray voltage is applied to the pixel electrode through a second TFT different from the first gray voltage, such that liquid crystal capacitor maintains two different gray voltages in a display frame time of the VA-LCD. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168562 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - An optical device comprises: an optical structure including a first set of prisms and a second set of prisms which engage with each other, the second set of prisms are formed from electro-optical effect material or provided with electro-optical effect material, when no electric field is applied to the second set of prisms, the first set and the second set of prisms have the same refractivity; at least one pair of electrodes being provided at two sides of the second set of prisms respectively, for generating an electric field therebetween so as to change the refractivity of the second set of prisms in the direction of the electric field; and a control unit connected to the at least one pair of electrodes and performs control to power on the electrodes or power off the electrodes, and controls the intensity of the electric field when the electrodes are powered on. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168563 | LCD MODULE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) module includes a backplane, and the backplane is configured with fixed beams to vertically fix the backplane. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168564 | CURVED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A curved liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a backlight unit, a bottom cover and a reinforcement frame. The liquid crystal display panel includes a thin film transistor substrate and a color filter substrate. The backlight unit applies light to the liquid crystal display panel. The bottom cover supports the backlight unit and has a flat shape. The reinforcement frame has a predetermined curvature and is attached to the bottom cover. The flat bottom cover is mounted on the reinforcement frame such that the flat bottom cover has the predetermined curvature of the reinforcement frame. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168565 | BACK FRAME FOR INSTALLING BACK LIGHT SOURCE, A BACK LIGHT SOURCE AND A DISPLAY DEVICE - The embodiments of the present invention provide a back frame for installing back light source, a back light source and a display device. The back frame comprises a frame body having an accommodation space for holding a light guide plate; a light source seat detachably connected to said frame body for placing a light source. In the embodiments of the present invention, the light source seat and the frame body are connected detachably so that the light source disposed on the light source seat can be detached from the back frame, which realizes that the light source can be replaced without the need of detaching the display panel, the environment inside the back light source is not destroyed, the material inside the back light source is not harmed or destroyed, thus the replacement cost is reduced and the waste of resources is avoided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168566 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE, DISPLAY DEVICE SET INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) module includes a liquid crystal panel, a mold frame provided below the liquid crystal panel and supporting the liquid crystal panel, a light guide plate provided below the mold frame, and a light source assembly coupled to an outside of the mold frame to accommodate the light guide plate therein, the light source assembly partially inserted into the mold frame, and supplying light to the light guide plate. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168567 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS - A current driving circuit is connected to an LED terminal LED | 2014-06-19 |
20140168568 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE MODULE AND LIGHT BAR HAVING THE SAME - A light bar includes a printed circuit board, and light emitting diode (LED) modules adhered to the printed circuit board. Each LED module includes an LED, a frame and a lens. The frame includes a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, the top surface being recessed towards the bottom surface to define a cavity in the frame. The LED is received in the cavity. The bottom surface of the frame is adhered to the printed circuit board. The lens is mounted on the top surface of the frame and covers the LED. A bottom surface of the lens occupies an area substantially the same as that occupied by the top surface of the frame. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168569 | APPARATUS FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ARRAY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an apparatus for driving a light emitting diode (LED) array and an LCD device using the same. The apparatus for driving the LED array includes a current amount setter configured to have a resistance value which varies according to a selection signal inputted from an external system, and a controller configured to generate a driving voltage and a driving current by using an input voltage inputted from the external system and the resistance value set by the current amount setter, and supply the driving voltage and the driving current to the LED array. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168570 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - The invention relates to a display device, to a backlighting element, and to a method of manufacturing a backlighting element and a display device, the display device comprising a display element, the display element being backlit using a light source, a backlighting element being provided to backlight the display element, the backlighting element comprising a light guide part providing the light guide functionality, the backlighting element comprising a reflective element part, the light guide part of the backlighting element and the reflective element part being functionally combined with one another, the reflective element part and the light guide part of the backlighting element being joined, during the manufacture of the backlighting element, to form a single component. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168571 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a light source; a wavelength conversion member adjacent to the light source; and a display panel to which light output from the wavelength conversion member is incident, wherein the wavelength conversion member includes an inclined surface which is inclined with respect to a surface perpendicular to an optical axis of the light source. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168572 | PHOSPHOR SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A phosphor substrate ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140168573 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed are a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including the same with a light guide plate of a reduced size to enable driving at a low power and manufacture at a low cost despite using fewer light sources, and realizing high-brightness and high quality-driving. The backlight unit includes a lower case having a bottom surface and side walls extending upward extended from edges of the bottom surface. A supporter on the bottom surface is placed along a side surface of the side wall which forms an accommodation area in conjunction with the supporter. A light guide plate is disposed in the accommodation area. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168574 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight disposed on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel. A light guide plate, a lower diffusion sheet and a lower prism sheet, are accommodated in a mold. An upper prism sheet extends over an upper surface of the mold, and bonded to the liquid crystal display panel and the mold with an adhesive. An edge of the upper prism sheet as the uppermost layer is invisible even when the screen is viewed from an oblique direction so as to prevent generation of an emission line due to the edge of the optical sheet. A sufficient bonding area is ensured between the mold and the liquid crystal display panel, and separation of the liquid crystal display panel from the mold is prevented under influence of damage. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168575 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is described, which includes a backlight module and a liquid crystal display panel. The backlight module includes a light guide plate and a plurality of blue light-emitting diodes adjacent to the light guide plate. The liquid crystal display panel is disposed above the backlight module. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first transparent substrate, a first electrode, a liquid crystal layer, a phosphor powder layer, a color filter, a second electrode and a second transparent substrate stacked above the light guide plate in sequence. The phosphor powder layer includes a plurality of green phosphor powder regions and red phosphor powder regions. The color filter is adjacent to the phosphor powder layer. The color filter includes a plurality of green color filter regions and red color filter regions respectively and correspondingly located, on the green phosphor powder regions and the red phosphor powder regions. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168576 | TITLE OPTICAL MEMBER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are an optical member and a display device having the same. The optical member includes a first substrate, a plurality of wavelength conversion parts provided on the first substrate while being spaced apart from each other, and a sealing layer on a top surface of the wavelength conversion parts and at a lateral side of the wavelength conversion parts. Each of the wavelength conversion parts includes a host on the first substrate, and a plurality of wavelength conversion particles in the host. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168577 | INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - An inspection apparatus for a display substrate includes a reflection plate, a liquid crystal layer, an electrode layer, a ¼ wavelength retardation plate and a polarization plate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed on the reflection plate and includes liquid crystal molecules which have a retardation value of about 140 nanometers to about 200 nanometers and are operated in a twisted nematic mode. The electrode layer is disposed on the liquid crystal layer and generates an electric field in cooperation with an electrode of the display substrate. The ¼ wavelength retardation plate is disposed on the electrode layer and the polarization plate is disposed on the ¼ wavelength retardation plate. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168578 | SINGLE-SUBSTRATE DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a single substrate display panel and fabricating method thereof and relates to a field of display. The single substrate display panel comprises: a parallel electric field substrate; and a display medium layer above the parallel electric field substrate. The display medium layer comprises liquid crystal molecules and a matrix, the matrix encapsulates the liquid crystal molecules so that the liquid crystal molecules form liquid crystal groups. The present disclosure also provides a fabricating method of the single substrate display panel. The present disclosure can achieve single substrate display so as to reduce the weight and thickness of the liquid crystal display panel and improve display quality. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168579 | POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A polarizing plate includes a polarizer, a retardation film on a first side (e.g., a lower side) of the polarizer, and a protective film on a second side (e.g., an upper side) of the polarizer. The retardation film has an axis distortion angle between a fast axis of the retardation film and an absorption axis of the polarizer of about +0.03° to less than +0.2°. The protective film has an in-plane phase difference (Ro) of greater than about 10,000 nm and about 15,000 nm or less at a wavelength of 550 nm. A liquid crystal display apparatus includes the polarizing plate. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168580 | POLARIZING PLATE - Provided are a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device. The polarizing plate has lighter weight, a smaller thickness, and excellent physical properties such as durability, water resistance, workability, and light leakage preventing ability. In addition, the polarizing plate prevents curling occurring in the polarizing plate or a polarizer in formation thereof, and has excellent thermal resistance or thermal shock resistance. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168581 | LCD PANEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LCD PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140168582 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a lower panel having a lower substrate. A pixel electrode is formed on the lower substrate and includes a partial plate electrode and a plurality of minute branch electrodes extending from the partial plate electrode. A lower layer is formed on the lower substrate and below the pixel electrode and includes an inclined portion. An upper panel includes an upper substrate facing the lower substrate and a common electrode formed on the upper substrate. A liquid crystal layer is positioned between the lower panel and the upper panel, in which a part of the inclined portion is overlapped with a part of the minute branch electrode. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168583 | PIXEL STRUCTURE OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND PIXEL FORMING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel structure of a liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate; a color filter layer formed on the first substrate, the color filter layer comprising a plurality of filtering areas for filtering light, and a plurality of blocking areas for blocking light; a main spacer formed on one of the blocking areas; a sub spacer formed on another one of the blocking areas; a second substrate; a thin film transistor formed on the second substrate; an insulating layer formed above the thin film transistor and the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein a distance from an upper surface of the insulating layer near the main spacer to the second substrate is greater than a distance from an upper surface of the insulating layer near the sub spacer to the second substrate. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168584 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device which is capable of improving a user's visual perception characteristics by decreasing a reflectance difference of external light between an active area and a peripheral area, wherein the LCD device includes a first substrate having an active area and a peripheral area; a second substrate confronting the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; a light shielding layer in the active area and the peripheral area of the first substrate; and first, second and third color filters respectively formed in individual pixels of the active area, wherein the first color filter is formed between the first substrate and the light shielding layer in the active area and the peripheral area. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168585 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, MANFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a color filter substrate, comprising: a transparent substrate, a black matrix unit being arranged on the transparent substrate, and color resin coatings. The black matrix unit may comprises first sub black matrices, being configured to be a forming foundation of the color resin coatings; and second sub black matrices, being configured to be on the first sub black matrices, and be filled between the color resin coatings after the color resin coatings have been formed. At least a portion of the first sub black matrices are covered by the color resin coatings formed after the first sub black matrices are formed. And a sum of a thickness of the first sub black matrix and a thickness of the second sub black matrix is not less than a minimum thickness value satisfying a shading requirement. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168586 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Several aspects of the present invention provide a liquid crystal composition capable of shortening the takt time and achieving excellent display qualities, and a liquid crystal display device and a method for producing a liquid crystal display device which use the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition of several aspects of the present invention includes a liquid crystal material and one or more kinds of radical polymerizable monomers, at least one kind of the radical polymerizable monomers being a compound generating radicals through a self-cleavage reaction by exposure to light and having at least two radical polymerizable groups. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168587 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a gate line and an auxiliary capacitance line extending in a first direction, a source line extending in a second direction orthogonally crossing the first direction, and a pixel electrode having a main pixel electrode arranged on the auxiliary capacitance line and extending in the first direction. The second substrate includes a common electrode having a main common electrode arranged above the gate line and extending in the first direction. A liquid crystal layer is held between the first substrate and the second substrate having liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal molecules are initially aligned in the first direction in a splay alignment state between the first substrate and the second substrate in a state where electric field is not formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168588 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device including an array of pixels each including first and second substrates, first and second electrodes formed on opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates, which surfaces are positioned opposite to the second and first substrates, first and second alignment restricting portions provided in the first and second electrodes, first and second alignment films covering respectively the first and second electrodes, the first and second alignment restricting portions, and the opposing surfaces of the first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second alignment films and containing liquid crystal molecules, wherein, in each pixel, major axes of a group of liquid crystal molecules are positioned substantially in the same imaginary plane in a predetermined overlapped region between the first and second electrodes, and a pre-tilt is given to the liquid crystal molecules by at least the first alignment film. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168589 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device having excellent display quality, with reduced string-like defects that occur in display pixels. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein at least one of the pair of substrates includes a photo-alignment film, the photo-alignment film aligns liquid crystal molecules horizontally to a main surface of the at least one of the pair of substrates, and the photo-alignment film has a film thickness of 50 nm or more. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168590 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and an electrode structure. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The electrode structure is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the electrode structure is used to generate a horizontal electric field for driving the liquid crystal layer. The electrode structure includes a plurality of sub-electrodes. Each of the sub-electrodes includes a first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern, and a first insulating layer. The first and the second conductive patterns are disposed in a stack configuration along a vertical projective direction perpendicular to the first substrate and the second substrate. An area of the first conductive pattern is larger than an area of the second conductive pattern. The first insulating layer is disposed between the first and the second conductive patterns. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168591 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING DUAL LINK STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is an LCD device having a dual link structure and a method of manufacturing the same, which can reduce a width of a bezel. A link line structure includes a plurality of first and second link lines which are alternately disposed. The first and second link lines are formed on different layers. Also, embodiments herein provide a method which can reduce the number of masks used in a manufacturing process and can easily manufacture the LCD device in consideration of the possibility of misalignment of exposure equipment. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168592 | BONDING PAD OF ARRAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A bonding pad of an array substrate, comprising: a gate electrode formed on the array substrate; a first insulation layer formed on the gate electrode; a first conductive layer formed on the first insulation layer; a Source/Drain electrode (S/D) layer formed on the first conductive layer; a second insulation layer formed on the S/D layer; and a second conductive layer formed on the second insulation layer, wherein the second insulation layer is formed with a bonding pad via through which the second conductive layer is electrically connected to the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer is separated from the S/D layer by the second insulation layer and does not contact the S/D layer. The present invention also discloses a method for producing the bonding pad, an array substrate comprising the bonding pad, and a liquid crystal display apparatus comprising the array substrate. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168593 | PIXEL STRUCTURE, ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A pixel structure comprises a plurality of pixel regions, and each of the pixel regions includes first and second electrodes that are overlapped with each other, the first electrode is disposed above the second electrode, and each of the pixel regions is divided at least into a first to fourth domain display regions; strip-shaped first electrodes in the first to fourth domain display regions make first to fourth angles with a reference direction; the sum of the first angle and the second angle is 180 degrees, the sum of the third angle and the fourth angle is 180 degrees, and the first, the second, the third and the fourth angles are different from one another. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168594 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display, including at least one repairing line, a short circuit bar area, a number of data line pads, a number of testing lines for connecting short circuit bars on the short circuit bar area and the data line pads, a wiring area, a displaying area, and a number of data lines passing through the wiring area and the displaying area; first ends of the data lines being electrically connected to the data line pads and second ends of the data lines extending to be located under the displaying area; the repairing line comprising a first portion isolably intersecting with the testing lines, a second portion isolably intersecting with the second ends of the data lines, and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion in the repairing of a disconnected line. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168595 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device may include a liquid crystal and a coloring material including at least one of yellow, magenta, and cyan coloring materials. The coloring material may have high solubility and dispersion stability on the liquid crystal, and thus, it can be used for a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal display device may include a partition delimiting pixels, and the liquid crystal layer may be provided in the pixels. The pixels may include first, second, and third pixels. The coloring materials in the first, second, and third liquid crystal layers may be adjusted, in terms of kind, composition, and weight percentage, to control colors to be displayed by the first, second, and third pixels. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168596 | ORIENTED FILM PRINTING PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to prevent protruded parts formed on an oriented film print pattern of a printing plate for flexographic printing from being lost, a linear bank is formed on the periphery of one side of the oriented film print pattern where wiping work is started. The bank prevents the protruded part in the oriented film print pattern from being lost by the wiping work. The protruded parts are formed in a matrix in order to retain an oriented film liquid in the oriented film print pattern. Thickness irregularity of the oriented film due to presence of the bank is reduced by making the diameters of the protruded parts smaller in a peripheral region than in a central region of the oriented film print pattern and forming a space between the peripheral-side protruded parts and the bank. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168597 | Brandable Shutter Eyewear Apparatus - A shutter eyewear apparatus | 2014-06-19 |
20140168598 | Eyewear Attachment Device - A sweat wicking and glare reducing eyeglass attachment is provided that is adapted to secure to the upper surfaces of a pair of eyeglasses or pair of sunglasses. The attachment comprises a U-shaped frame having a frontal portion and a pair of side portions, wherein the cross section of the frame is J-shaped and comprised of an upstanding portion and an upper overhang portion. The overhang portion secures via clips over the top bar, bridge, and upper portions of both eyeglass lenses, while the side portions of the frame secure to the temples of the eyeglass. The frame further comprises a sweat wicking material layer coextensively disposed thereon that is adapted to draw sweat from the user's skin through capillary action and dry swiftly thereafter. Overall, the device acts as a partial visor along the upper portion of eyeglass and a means of absorbing brow sweat from the user. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168599 | ADJUSTABLE EYEWEAR - Eyewear includes a frame front ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140168600 | OPHTHALMIC LENS COMPRISING A UNIQUE LENS IDENTIFICATION CODE - An ophthalmic lens ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140168601 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATION OF COMPONENTS OF AN ENERGIZED OPHTHALMIC LENS - This present invention provides apparatus and methods for the activation of an energized ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, the present invention provides for activation and deactivation of one or more components via wireless communication with an activation unit external to the ophthalmic lens. In some embodiments, an energized ophthalmic lens contains components that detect external signals, process the detected signal and activate components that change optical characteristics via the control of electrical energy. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168602 | MULTI-RING LENS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS - Systems and methods for providing enhanced image quality across a wide and extended range of foci encompass vision treatment techniques and ophthalmic lenses such as contact lenses and intraocular lenses (IOLs). Exemplary IOL optics can include an aspheric refractive profile imposed on a first or second lens surface, and a diffractive profile imposed on a first or second lens surface. The aspheric refractive profile can focus light toward a far focus. The diffractive profile can include a central zone that distributes a first percentage of light toward a far focus and a second percentage of light toward an intermediate focus. The diffractive profile can also include a peripheral zone, surrounding the central zone, which distributes a third percentage of light toward the far focus and a fourth percentage of light toward the intermediate focus. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168603 | Systems And Methods For Creating Aberration-Corrected Gradient Index Lenses - Embodiments include methods, systems, and/or devices that may be used to create aberration-corrected gradient index lenses. In some embodiments, data related to aberration measurements is received. This data is processed and an inverse map is generated to compensate for the aberration measurements. An intensity pattern corresponding to the inverse map is then projected onto a blank lens (e.g., to locally polymerize a mobile monomer) to create an exposed lens with a gradient index to correct for the aberration measurement. For example, in some embodiments, the lens may be an intraocular lens and the data can be generated by using a wavefront sensor to measure aberrations (e.g., an optical phase profile to correct defocus or astigmatism) in a patient's eye. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168604 | OPHTHALMOLOGY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPHTHALMOLOGY APPARATUS - An ophthalmology apparatus includes: an aberration measuring unit configured to measure an aberration of an eye to be examined on the basis of returned light from the eye to be examined irradiated with measurement light, and a change unit configured to change a size of an irradiating area in the aberration measurement unit to be irradiated with the returned light. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168605 | LARGE DIOPTER RANGE REAL TIME SEQUENTIAL WAVEFRONT SENSOR - Example embodiments of a large dynamic range sequential wavefront sensor for vision correction or assessment procedures are disclosed. An example embodiment optically relays a wavefront from an eye pupil or corneal plane to a wavefront sampling plane in such a manner that somewhere in the relaying process, the wavefront beam from the eye within a large eye diopter range is made to reside within a desired physical dimension over a certain axial distance range in a wavefront image space and/or a Fourier transform space. As a result, a wavefront beam shifting device can be disposed there to fully intercept and hence shift the whole beam to transversely shift the relayed wavefront. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168606 | INTERACTIVE MEDICAL DIAGNOSING WITH PORTABLE CONSUMER DEVICES - Medical tests and examinations are performed with consumer computing devices. The medical tests and examinations are selected and customized in accordance with conditions present in the testing environment, as well as physical characteristics of a user taking the test. The tests can include visual acuity tests, colorblindness tests and other medical tests, such as hearing tests. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168607 | EYEGLASSES-WEARING SIMULATION METHOD, PROGRAM, DEVICE, EYEGLASS LENS-ORDERING SYSTEM AND EYEGLASS LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD - An eyeglasses-wearing simulation method comprising: a step of creating a pair of left and right original images for enabling a patient to perform stereoscopic viewing by utilizing binocular parallax, based on virtual scene data constituted by virtual objects placed in visual field spaces of the left and right eyes; a step of calculating distortion and blur of a right eye eyeglass lens and adding the distortion and blur to the right eye original image, and calculating distortion and blur of a left eye eyeglass lens and adding the distortion and blur to the left eye original image; and a step of stereoscopically displaying the processed images viewed through the pair of left and right eyeglass lenses on a screen, wherein a value of the blur is calculated by setting a same amount of accommodation to the left and right eyes in regard to all of object points. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168608 | VEHICLE ADAPTATION TO AUTOMATIC DRIVER INDEPENDENT CONTROL MODE - A road vehicle which may switch between a driver dependent mode in which the control of the vehicle is dependent on a driver located in the vehicle and a driver independent mode in which the control of the vehicle is independent of a driver. The vehicle includes an image projecting system for projecting a motion picture on an interior surface of the vehicle, and at least one window glass configurable to function as a screen for showing images projected by the image projecting system. When the vehicle is controlled in the driver independent mode, an area of the window glass is changed from readily transparent to the screen for showing images projected by the image projecting system either by a change in a property of the window glass or covering the area of the window glass by an image reflecting surface. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168609 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING A LIGHT BEAM WITH THREE OR MORE SECTORS FOR A GLIDE ANGLE INDICATOR FOR AIRCRAFT AND A GUIDE ANGLE INDICATOR COMPRISING THE DEVICE - An air intake device for a submarine comprises a first fixed member connected to the submarine hull and a second member which is telescopically movable relative to the first member to rise up with an upper end of it above the water's surface to allow air to be taken in from the atmosphere during navigation of the submarine at periscope depth, the movable member mounting at its upper end a radar device designed to emerge from the water together with the selfsame movable member. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168610 | DECENTRALIZED INTELLIGENT NODAL LIGHTING SYSTEM - Techniques are disclosed for providing a decentralized intelligent nodal lighting system. The intelligent nodal lighting system may be controlled using a wireless protocol, such as Wi-Fi, and each lighting node in the system may have its own independent Wi-Fi address and may receive, store, and interpret commands from a wirelessly connected controller. Each intelligent light node may contain a CPU and memory for storing and interpreting commands from the controller to achieve a desired light color, intensity, or quality. In some embodiments, individual lighting nodes may be dynamically added or removed from the lighting system without interrupting the system's operation. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168611 | LASER PROJECTION DEVICE - A laser projection device includes a blue laser chip, a red laser chip and a green laser chip and a spectroscope arranged on light paths of laser beams emitted from the laser chips. The laser projection device further includes a substrate. The laser chips are mounted on the substrate. The laser beams emitted from the laser chips are converged by a lens to reach the spectroscope and then reflected by the spectroscope to mix together. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168612 | LASER PROJECTION DEVICE - A laser projection device includes three laser chips, a spectroscope arranged on light paths of laser beams emitted from the three laser chips, and a lens mounted between the laser chips and the spectroscope. The lens includes a main body and a bending part bent from the main body. The main body is on the light paths of two of the laser chips. The bending part is on the light path of another laser chip. The laser beams emitted from the corresponding two laser chips are refracted by the main part of the lens. The laser beams emitted from the corresponding another laser chip are refracted by the bending part. The laser beams emitted from the laser chips are converged by the lens to reach the spectroscope and then reflected by the spectroscope to be mixed together. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168613 | OPTICAL EXCITATION DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE MODULE, AND PROJECTOR USING THE SAME - An optical excitation device for exciting a laser light source includes a wavelength converter and a moving element. The laser light source emits a first light beam. The wavelength converter includes a wheel, a motor connected to the wheel, and a wavelength converting layer disposed on a light receiving surface of the wheel for converting the first light beam with the first wavelength into a second light beam with a second wavelength. The moving element is connected to the wavelength converter for moving the wavelength converter relative to the laser light source. There is a first reaction area between the laser light source and the wavelength converter when only the motor is operated, there is a second reaction area between the laser light source and the wavelength converter when both the motor and the moving element are operated, and the second reaction area is greater than the first reaction area. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168614 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes a wavelength conversion element adapted to emit a second light in a first wavelength range due to irradiation of a first light, and a wavelength separation element to which the second light is input, and the wavelength separation element generates a third light reduced in light intensity of a component in a second wavelength range among a component in the first wavelength range compared to the second light. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168615 | MICROLENS ARRAY, LIGHT INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION UNIFORMIZING ELEMENT HAVING SAME, AND PROJECTION APPARATUS HAVING LIGHT INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION UNIFORMIZING ELEMENT - The present invention provides a microlens array including multiple microlenses arranged axially parallel to one another, wherein entrance surfaces of the microlenses on which light is incident are made of resin, and exit surfaces of the microlenses from which light exits are made of glass. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168616 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus of the present disclosure includes a semiconductor light source, a light source holding member on which the semiconductor light source is disposed, the light source holding member being made of a thermal conductive material, and a cooling member that radiates heat generated by the semiconductor light source through the light source holding member. In addition, the light source apparatus includes an optical lens, an optical lens holding member that holds the optical lens and that is disposed on a light-emitting portion side of the semiconductor light source, and a thermal conductive member having a hole that houses a light-emitting portion of the semiconductor light source. The thermal conductive member is sandwiched between the light source holding member and the optical lens holding member, and comes into close contact with a side surface of the light-emitting portion. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168617 | PROJECTION APPARATUS - A projection apparatus includes a casing, a motherboard, a power board, a light source, and a projection lens. The motherboard includes a host circuit board, a light valve, and a CPU, and is contained inside the casing. The light valve and the CPU are on the host circuit board. The power board includes a power circuit board and an AC/DC power module. The power circuit board is contained inside the casing, and the AC/DC power module is on the power circuit board. The light source is used to produce an illuminating beam. The light valve is used to transform the illuminating beam into an image beam. The projection lens is used to transform the image beam into a projecting beam. The power circuit board is parallel to the host circuit board. An optical axis of the projection lens is perpendicular to the host circuit board and power circuit board. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168618 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A projector includes a light source, a light modulator having an image formation area to form an image, a projection system that projects the image on a display surface, an enclosure that holds at least the light modulator and the projection system, an inclination detection section that detects the inclination of the enclosure with respect to an axis along the optical axis of the projection system, and an image display control section that forms a reference line on the image formation area, the reference line having a predetermined angle with respect to a horizontal line irrespective of the inclination of the enclosure, and the image display control section changes the inclination of the reference line with respect to the image formation area in accordance with the inclination of the enclosure in such a way that the reference line has the predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal line. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168619 | LASER PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF DETECTING SCANNING ANGLE RANGE OF LASER BEAM THEREOF - A method of detecting a scanning angle range of a laser beam of a laser projector is provided. First, a photo sensor is disposed between first and second positions on a projection mirror. Then, a laser beam emitted from the laser projector scans back and forth between the first and second positions, so that the photo sensor receives the laser beam sequentially at first and second scanning time points to generate first and second sensing signals, respectively. If an actual time interval between the first and second sensing signals conforms to an expected time interval, an actual scanning angle range of the laser beam is determined as normal. If the actual time interval does not conform to the expected time interval, the actual scanning angle range of the laser beam is determined as abnormal and the laser projector stops emitting the laser beam. A laser projector is also provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168620 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A lithography tool is calibrated using a calibration substrate having a set of first marks distributed across its surface in a known pattern. The tool is operated to apply a pattern comprising a plurality of second marks at various positions on the substrate, each second mark overlying one of the first marks and being subject to an overlay error dependent on an apparatus-specific deviation. The second marks are applied by multiple exposures while the substrate remains loaded in the tool. An operating parameter of the apparatus is varied between the exposures. An overlay error is measured and used to calculate parameter-specific, apparatus-specific calibration data based on knowledge of the parameter variation used for each exposure. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168621 | Fly Eye Lens and Proximity Exposure Machine Optical System - An embodiment of the present invention provides a fly eye lens which is applied to a proximity exposure machine optical system. The fly lens includes a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly, wherein the first lens assembly includes a plurality of lenses which form a first lens face, and the second lens assembly includes a plurality of lenses which form a second lens face. The first lens face is used to split an incident broad light beam into narrow light beams and then refract the narrow light beams onto the second lens face, and the second lens face is used to dispersively refract the received narrow light beams onto a concave mirror in the optical system. A lens closer to a center of the second lens face has a higher transmittivity, and a lens farther from the center of the second lens face has a lower transmittivity. According to the embodiment of the present invention, since different lenses on the second lens face have different transmittivities, the illuminances of light radiated to different regions of a mask plate through the fly eye lens are different, and thus the uniformity of the critical dimensions of the exposed patterns can be improved to a certain extent. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168622 | MICROLENS ARRAY AND SCANNING EXPOSURE DEVICE USING SAME - This microlens array comprises hexagonal field diaphragms in inverted-image-forming positions, i.e., microlenses, a plurality of which are arranged in the direction perpendicular to a direction of scanning, and from which rows of microlenses are configured. Further, for three rows of microlenses, microlens rows are arranged with offset by (a length S) in a direction perpendicular to the direction of scanning such that triangular portions of the hexagonal field diaphragms overlap in the direction of scanning. Furthermore, microlens row groups, which are configured from three microlens rows, are arranged with offset in the direction perpendicular to the direction of scanning in increments of a minute amount of shifting F (for example, 2 μm). Thereby, this scanning exposure device using a microlens array is capable of preventing exposure ununiformity even in the direction perpendicular to the direction of scanning. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168623 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus includes: an optical element positioned along an optical axis of a projection optical system and configured to include a surface having a rotationally asymmetric shape; a driving unit configured to drive the optical element with at least two degrees of freedom; and a control unit configured to control the drive with two degrees of freedom to correct an aberration having twofold symmetry in a direction represented by a linear sum of the aberration of components in two directions based on information showing a relationship between a driving amount with two degrees of freedom and the components of the aberration in the two directions, and an amount to be adjusted of each of the components of the aberration in the two directions. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168624 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND ALIGNMENT METHOD FOR EXPOSURE - An exposure apparatus capable of preventing a reduction in its accuracy due to, for example, the influence of aging or the influence of heat is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of controlling the same, and an alignment method for exposure. In one aspect, the exposure apparatus includes a main stage for adjusting a position of a substrate, a beam irradiation unit for irradiating a beam onto a mask, and a beam monitoring unit having a position fixed with respect to the main stage, and for recognizing the beam emitted from the beam irradiation unit and passed through one pattern of the mask. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168625 | POSITIONING APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a positioning apparatus including a holder configured to hold an original or a substrate and to be movable, and an interferometer for measuring a position of the holder, and positioning the holder based on an output from the interferometer. The positioning apparatus comprises a reference member provided with the holder and including a reference plane; and a plurality of measuring devices respectively configured to face the reference plane, and to respectively measure positions of a plurality of measurement points on the reference plane in a measurement direction intersecting the reference plane. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168626 | LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND LITHOGRAPHY METHOD - A lithography system may include a wafer stage. The wafer stage may include a wafer mounting part configured to carry a wafer and configured to oscillate along a plane that is parallel to a top surface of the wafer in a wafer exposure process. The wafer stage may further include a driving device configured to affect an oscillatory movement of the wafer mounting part in the wafer exposure process. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168627 | Method of Operating a Lithographic Apparatus, Device Manufacturing Method and Associated Data Processing Apparatus and Computer Program Product - A reticle is loaded into a lithographic apparatus. The apparatus performs measurements on the reticle, so as to calculate alignment parameters for transferring the pattern accurately to substrates. Tests are performed to detect possible contamination of the reticle or its support. Either operation proceeds with a warning, or the patterning of substrates is stopped. The test uses may use parameters of the alignment model itself, or different parameters. The integrity parameters may be compared against reference values reflecting historic measurements, so that sudden changes in a parameter are indicative of contamination. Integrity parameters may be calculated from residuals of the alignment model. In an example, height residuals are used to calculate parameters of residual wedge (Rx′) and residual roll (Ryy′). From these, integrity parameters expressed as height deviations are calculated and compared against thresholds. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168628 | DRAWING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a drawing apparatus for performing drawing on a substrate with a charged particle beam, the apparatus including a first member in which an aperture, through which the charged particle beam passes, is formed, a chamber including a first space and a second space which are partitioned by the first member, and a removing device including a first supply device configured to supply a first gas containing unsaturated hydrocarbon to the first space and a second supply device configured to supply a second gas containing ozone to the second space, and configured to remove contamination on the first member by active species generated by reaction of the first gas with the second gas. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168629 | DRAWING APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a drawing apparatus including a plurality of drawing devices each of which is configured to draw a pattern on a substrate with a plurality of charged particle beams, the plurality of drawing devices performing respective drawings in parallel, the drawing apparatus comprising: a measuring device configured to measure a flatness of the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of drawing devices comprises: a charged particle optical system configured to irradiate the substrate with the plurality of charged particle beams; and a controller configured to control an operation of the charged particle optical system so as to compensate for distortion of the pattern which is determined by data of inclination of a charged particle beam of the charged particle beams with respect to an axis of the charged particle optical system and data of the flatness measured by the measuring device. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168630 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A distance measurement method, includes measuring a distance to an object by means of a distance measurement circuit of a distance measurement apparatus and by scanning a light beam; designating a first mode which controls a projection angle of the light beam so that sampling positions in a given number of successive scans do not overlap, when the distance to the object is greater than or equal to a threshold value, by using the processor; and designating a second mode which controls the projection angle of the light beam so that the sampling positions overlap in each scan, when the distance to the object is less than the threshold value, by using the processor. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168631 | Multi-clad Fiber Based Optical Apparatus and Methods for Light Detection and Ranging Sensors - Methods and apparatus for light detecting and range sensing. In one approach, a light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) sensor uses an optical directing device; a multi-clad optical fiber, a light source, and a detector. The light source is optically coupled to the multi-clad optical fiber which is configured to receive optical rays transmitted from the light source and route the rays on an optical path leading to the optical directing device. The optical directing device is configured both to direct the transmitted optical rays routed through the multi-clad fiber towards a target to be sensed and direct optical rays reflected from the target on an optical path leading to the multi-clad optical fiber. The multi-clad optical fiber is configured to receive the reflected optical rays and route the reflected optical rays on an optical path leading to the detector. The detector is configured to detect the reflected optical rays. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168632 | Measuring Apparatus and Referencing Method for a Digital Laser Distance Meter, and Laser Distance Meter - A handheld distance measuring instrument includes a first emission device, a first reception device and a second reception device. The first emission device is configured to emit an optical measurement radiation onto a target object. The first reception device is configured to detect the radiation returning from the target object. The second reception device is configured in order to detect a reference radiation internal to the instrument. The reception devices respectively include a first detector unit, a second detector unit, a first time measurement unit, and a second time measurement unit. The first time measurement unit is configured to be connected selectively to the first detector unit and to the second detector unit. The second time measurement unit is configured to be connected selectively to the first detector unit and to the second detector unit. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168633 | TERRAIN SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A system for the surveillance of terrain and the detection of intrusions over a plane extending into that terrain. A curtain array of light beams is projected along the plane and reflections from the terrain are detected by a sensor array essentially spatially coincident with the array of light sources. The times of flight of the beams are determined, and these characterize the form of the terrain being surveilled. The initial background reflection pattern is acquired and stored by the system. A sudden change in this detected background pattern can be defined as arising from an unexpected reflection, indicative of an intrusion. Signal processing systems are described utilizing modulated laser beams and detection at a frequency at least twice that of the modulation, such that reflected signals arising from the ON and the OFF periods of the laser modulation can be subtracted to eliminate the background signals. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168634 | LASER RADAR DEVICE, SAFE LANDING SENSOR FOR PLANETFALL, DOCKING SENSOR FOR SPACE APPARATUS, SPACE DEBRIS COLLECTION SENSOR, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED COLLISION AVOIDANCE SENSOR - A laser radar device includes: a pulse laser that outputs transmission light to a target; an transmission optical system that makes the transmission light at a predetermined beam spread angle; a light-receiving element array that receives scattered light from the target and converts the light to an electric signal; an electric circuit array that detects a reception intensity and a reception time from the electric signal; a range/three-dimensional shape output unit that measures a range to the target or a three-dimensional shape of the target on the basis of the reception time; a determination unit that determines whether the beam spread angle is changed or not on the basis of the reception intensity and the reception time; and a control unit that changes the beam spread angle on the basis of a determination result. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168635 | INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION FIXTURE FOR SCRIBING LINES OF WAFER - An inspection method and an inspection fixture for the scribing lines of a wafer are disclosed. The inspection method includes the following steps: providing a wafer having multiple chips and a lower surface attached with a dicing tape, wherein scribing lines are formed between the chips; connecting the dicing tape with a transparent carrier supporting a first liquid medium such that the dicing tape is contacted seamlessly with the first liquid medium, wherein the difference of refractive index between the first liquid medium and the dicing tape is less than 0.3; and inspecting the scribing lines through the transparent carrier from below the lower surface of the wafer by an inspection lens of an optical inspector. The inspection method and fixture increase the image resolution of the scribing lines so as to facilitate the detection of lower-surface defects of the scribing lines. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168636 | SPECTROMETER - A spectrometer includes: a tungsten lamp which emits light with no peak wavelength within a wavelength range of visible light and having a light amount increasing as the wavelength becomes longer; a violet LED which emits light having a peak wavelength within the wavelength range of visible light; a light mixer which mixes light emitted from the tungsten lamp and the violet LED; an etalon which receives light mixed by the light mixer and transmits light contained in the received mixed light and having a particular wavelength; a light receiving unit which receives light transmitted by the etalon; and a measurement control unit which changes the wavelength of light that can pass through the etalon and measures spectral characteristics of the light having passed through the etalon based on the light received by the light receiving unit. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168637 | SIMULTANEOUS REFRACTIVE INDEX AND THICKNESS MEASUREMENTS WITH A MONOCHROMATIC LOW-COHERENCE INTERFEROMETER - A scanning monochromatic spatial low-coherent interferometer (S-LCI) can be used to simultaneously measure geometric thickness and refractive index. The probe beam of the scanning S-LCI can be an off-axis converging single wavelength laser beam, and the decomposed incident angles of the beam on the sample can be accurately defined in the Fourier domain. The angle dependent phase shift of a plane parallel plate or other sample can be obtained in a single system measurement. From the angle dependent phase shift, the geometric thickness and refractive index of the sample can be simultaneously obtained. Additionally or alternatively, the S-LCI system can interrogate the sample to profile the location and refractive index of one or more layers within the sample using the disclosed techniques. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168638 | Measuring Operational Parameters in an ESP Seal with Fiber Optic Sensors - A seal section for use in a wellbore electrical submersible pump and includes an optic fiber detection arrangement wherein one or more optic fiber sensors is used to detect an operational parameter associated with the seal section. The operational parameters can include temperature, vibration and pressure. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168639 | LASER PATTERNING EXAMINING APPARATUS - A laser patterning examining apparatus includes a fixing plate, a rotating plate configured to move vertically with respect to the fixing plate and to rotate, a housing connected to the rotating plate, a laser emission unit over the fixing plate and emits a laser beam, a prism unit on the housing and refracts a first portion of the laser beam received from the laser emission unit and transmits a second portion of the laser beam, and a beam profiler on the housing and analyzes the pattern of the first portion refracted by the prism unit. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168640 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE SCANNING - A method of estimating an in-focus level of a target in an image scanning apparatus is provided, wherein the image scanning apparatus comprises a first line scan detector configured to obtain one or more image scan lines of the target and a second line scan detector configured to obtain one or more focus scan lines of the target. The method comprises obtaining at least one image scan line of the target using the first line scan detector, each at least one image scan line being obtained at a respective focus level; obtaining at least one focus scan line of the target using the second line scan detector, each at least one focus scan line being obtained at a respective focus level; calculating at least one focus parameter using at least one focus scan line; and estimating a nominal in-focus level of the target using the calculated focus parameter(s). | 2014-06-19 |
20140168641 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF LENS AND METHOD USING THE APPARATUS - An apparatus for measuring a thickness of a lens is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first support, a second support, a third support, a first positioning element, a second element and a measuring element. The lens is disposed on the third support. The first positioning element is fixed to the first support to press against a first face of the lens beforehand. The second positioning element is movably mounted to the second support. The second positioning element can move towards the lens to press against a second face of the lens. The measuring element calculates the thickness of the lens according to the moving distance of the second positioning element. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168642 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TILT ANGLE OF CAMERA ACTUATOR MODULE - A method for determining a tilt angle of a camera actuator module is disclosed. A test device is placed on a precision tilt angle fine-tuning seat. The precision tilt angle fine-tuning seat is adjusted to horizontally orient the test device. The camera actuator module is placed on the test device when the test device is horizontally oriented. A coated and thin glass sheet is placed on the camera actuator module. A pressing plate is placed on the camera actuator module and pressed downward to cause the camera actuator module to be steadily position in contact with the test device. A laser beam is emitted onto the glass sheet and the tilt angle of the camera actuator module is determined using a laser rangefinder. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168643 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING DEFECTS OF OPTICAL LAYER ELEMENTS OF A DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a method for inspecting defects of optical layer elements of a display device. The method includes steps of: scanning a selected optical layer element of the display device by a scanning light beam at a predetermined scan angle, wherein the optical layer element is selected from a polarizing layer, a filter layer, an alignment layer, a liquid crystal layer, a thin film transistor substrate layer, a light diffusion layer, a light guide layer, or a combination thereof; retrieving a light pattern generated by scanning the selected optical layer element; generating an inspecting result information according to the light pattern in relation to the selected optical layer element; and analyzing the optical layer element regarding defect conditions according to the inspecting result information. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168644 | APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING ELEMENTS IN LIQUID - An elemental analysis apparatus | 2014-06-19 |
20140168645 | QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS METHOD FOR MEASURING TARGET ELEMENT IN SPECIMEN USING LASER-INDUCED PLASMA SPECTRUM - Disclosed herein is a quantitative analysis method for measuring a target element in a specimen using laser-induced plasma spectrum. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for analyzing a composition ratio of a target element by calculating peak intensities when peaks overlap each other in a spectrum, and a method for selecting a peak of a wavelength at which the highest precision and reproducibility are secured through linearity of a correlation plot of the peak intensities and a value by dividing a standard deviation value of calibration curve data (peak intensity ratios) by a slope when an internal standard method is used for quantitative analysis of a target element. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168646 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING IN PATTERNED STRUCTURES - An optical system is presented for use in measuring in patterned structures having vias. The optical system comprises an illumination channel for propagating illuminated light onto the structure being measured; a detection channel for collecting light returned from the illuminated structure to a detection unit; and an attenuation assembly accommodated in the illumination and detection channels and being configured and operable for selectively attenuating light propagating along the detection channel, the attenuation creating a predetermined condition for the selectively attenuated light, said predetermined condition being defined by a predetermined ratio between a first light portion corresponding to a dark field condition and a second light portion corresponding to a bright field condition in said selectively attenuated light, detected selectively attenuated light being therefore indicative of at least one parameter of the via being illuminated. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168647 | INTEGRATED SMOKE CELL - A device and method for manufacturing an integrated smoke cell are presented. The smoke cell includes an integral housing with a ceiling portion and a smoke permeable wall forming a chamber when mounted on a printed circuit board. An emitter and detector are mounted above apertures in the chamber ceiling so the emitter and detector are mounted substantially outside the chamber while detecting smoke present within the chamber without blocking ingress of smoke through the chamber wall. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168648 | ALIGNMENT DEVICE FOR EXPOSURE DEVICE, AND ALIGNMENT MARK - This alignment device is furnished with an alignment light source for emitting alignment light, and is housed with a camera for example. The alignment light source emits alignment light, doing so, for example, coaxially with respect to the optical axis of light detected by the camera. The alignment light illuminates a substrate and mask, and reflected light is detected by the camera. A microlens array for exposure use is present between a mask alignment mark and a substrate alignment mark, whereby an erect unmagnified image reflected from the substrate alignment mark is formed on the mask. A control device then uses the mask alignment mark and the substrate alignment mark detected by the camera to perform alignment of the substrate and the mask. Alignment of the substrate and the mask can be performed with high accuracy thereby. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168649 | SPHEROID SAMPLE CELL FOR SPECTROMETER - A sample cell for a spectrometer, and a spectrometer using such a sample cell. The sample cell may include a housing having a reflective inner surface which is at least a section of a spheroid bounding a cavity. A lens system receives electromagnetic radiation from a source and directs a converging beam through a port in the cavity to a focal point inside the cavity, such that the beam undergoes multiple reflections on the inner surface before exiting the cavity. Arrangements for adjusting beam cross-sectional area and angle are optionally provided. Methods which can be performed on such an apparatus and computer program products for performing such methods are further provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168650 | Spectral Control System - The disclosure is directed to a system and method of controlling spectral attributes of illumination. According to various embodiments, a portion of illumination including an excluded selection of illumination spectra is blocked, while another portion of the illumination including a transmitted selection of illumination spectra is directed along an illumination path. In some embodiments, optical metrology is performed utilizing the spectrally controlled illumination to enhance measurement capability. For instance, the spectral attributes of illumination utilized to analyze different portions of a sample, such as different semiconductor layers, may be selected according to certain measurement characteristics associated with the analyzed portions of the sample. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168651 | NANOSTRUCTURE DIFFRACTION GRATINGS FOR INTEGRATED SPECTROSCOPY AND SENSING - The present disclosure pertains to metal or dielectric nanostructures of the subwavelength scale within the grating lines of optical diffraction gratings. The nanostructures have surface plasmon resonances or non-plasmon optical resonances. A linear photodetector array is used to capture the resonance spectra from one of the diffraction orders. The combined nanostructure super-grating and photodetector array eliminates the use of external optical spectrometers for measuring surface plasmon or optical resonance frequency shift caused by the presence of chemical and biological agents. The nanostructure super-gratings can be used for building integrated surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectrometers. The nanostructures within the diffraction grating lines enhance Raman scattering signal light while the diffraction grating pattern of the nanostructures diffracts Raman scattering light to different directions of propagation according to their wavelengths. Therefore, the nanostructure super-gratings allows for the use of a photodetector array to capture the surface enhanced Raman scattering spectra. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168652 | REFLECTION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - Provided is a light beam incident device including an off-axis parabolic mirror that receives parallel light beams and converges the parallel light beams at one point on an object to be measured, and an incident-side light reception surface of a mirror that feeds the parallel light beams to the off-axis parabolic mirror. An angle (incident angle) between the object to be measured and converged light beams obtained by converging the parallel light beams changes in accordance with a light reception portion at which the off-axis parabolic mirror receives the parallel light beams. The incident side light reception surface of the mirror can change the light reception portion by moving with respect to the off-axis parabolic mirror. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168653 | BAND DETECTION SENSOR AND DETECTION METHOD THEREFOR - A band detection sensor includes LEDs configured to radiate detection light onto one side of a web, photodiodes configured to receive the detection light reflected by the web and output a detection signal corresponding to the detection light, and a discrimination section configured to discriminate bands on the web on the basis of the detection signal from the photodiodes, wherein the discrimination section includes a rise discriminating criterion indicating a rate of rise of the detection signal and generates a band signal indicative of the presence of a band when change of the detection signal fulfills the rise discriminating criterion. | 2014-06-19 |
20140168654 | FIBER-TYPE IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A fiber-type image capturing apparatus includes a fiber optic, an optical rotating module, an outer tube, an air inlet hole, and an air outlet hole. The optical rotating module is connected to one end of the fiber optic and has a light forward exit and a light lateral exit. The optical rotating module further includes a stator, a rotor, and a light path selector. The stator is fixed correspondingly to the fiber optic. The rotor has a fan blade which is pivotally connected to the stator. The light path selector is installed at the rotor and has a forward scanning path and a lateral scanning path. The outer tube fixes the fiber optic and the optical rotating module. The air inlet hole is disposed at the outer tube and feeds the fan blade with air. The air outlet hole is disposed at the outer tube and vents the air. | 2014-06-19 |