39th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150268463 | LIGHT SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH THE SAME - Respective first semiconductor lasers | 2015-09-24 |
20150268464 | OPTICAL IMAGING WITH FOVEATION - Selected embodiments include an imager providing wide field (WFOV) and foveated images. The imager includes a frontend optic receiving light. Corrective optics reduces distortions, and transmits the light to a splitter. One portion of the light exiting the splitter is focused on a WFOV image detector. A second portion falls on a scanning mirror targeting a selected field position. The light is corrected by an adaptive corrector, which may be configured for field position-dependent correction. The light from the corrector is focused on a foveated image detector. An eye tracker may be employed to select the foveated position corresponding to user gaze direction. Another imager includes a configurable corrector in the imager's optical stop. Free space optical (FSO) communication laser may be combined with a foveated/WFOV imager, with a corrector of the imager correcting the FSO light and a scanning component selecting transmission direction for the FSO light. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268465 | Transparent Display Overlay Systems for Vehicle Instrument Cluster Assemblies - An instrument cluster assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle instrument that is viewable by an occupant of the vehicle. A transparent protective cover covers the vehicle instrument such that the vehicle instrument is viewable by the occupant through the transparent protective cover. A transparent display overlay system includes an overlay display comprising a transparent display layer connected to the transparent protective cover by an optical adhesive layer. A display controller displays an image on the transparent display layer based on vehicle information. The vehicle instrument is viewable by the occupant through the transparent protective cover and the transparent display layer adjacent the image. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268466 | VEHICULAR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A vehicular display apparatus includes a light source unit that emits laser light; a first optical system that uses a first projection surface, onto which a display image is projected, to make a virtual image discernible; a second optical system that uses a second projection surface, onto which the display image is projected, to make a real image discernible; a controller; and a switching mechanism that switch the two optical systems. The distance between the light source unit and first projection surface is smaller than the distance between the light source unit and second projection surface. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268467 | IMAGING LIGHTGUIDE WITH HOLOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES - An optical element for a Head Mounted Display (“HMD”) includes a lightguide. The lightguide is embedded in the optical element and optically coupled to receive display light and direct the display light in an eyeward direction. The lightguide includes an eyeward hologram, a scene-side hologram, and a propagation region disposed between the eyeward hologram and the scene-side hologram. The eyeward hologram is configured to reflect a wavelength range of the display light that is incident upon the eyeward hologram at a specific angle. The scene-side hologram is configured to reflect the wavelength range of the display light that is incident upon the scene-side hologram at the specific angle. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268468 | COMPOSITE DISPLAY DEVICE - A composite display device is provided with an optical combiner, a first display unit which displays a virtual image by projecting an image including certain display information to a front surface of the optical combiner, a second display unit which is disposed on a position of a rear surface side of the optical combiner and displays a real image, and a composite display control unit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE PRODUCTION ILLUSTRATION INFORMATION - Systems and methods for providing interactive production illustration information are provided. One system includes a machine vision system configured to attach to a user, wherein the machine vision system when attached to the user is aligned with a line of sight of the user towards a physical location. The machine vision system controllable by the user and configured to acquire an image of an article. The system also includes an interactive production illustration system coupled to the machine vision system, wherein the interactive production illustration system has stored therein interactive production illustration. The interactive production illustration system is configured to select interactive production illustration information for an assembly process for the article at the physical location based at least in part on the acquired image. The interactive production illustration information is further configured to communicate the selected interactive production illustration information to the machine vision system for display. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268470 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head mounted display (HMD) is disclosed. The HMD comprises a screen, a processing circuit and an eyeglass frame. The screen displays a coded data associated with an exchange information. The processing circuit outputs the coded data to the screen. The eyeglass frame carries the screen and the processing circuit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268471 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS IN WHICH A PART OF A SCREEN AREA IS IN A THROUGH-STATE - Display control that extends a user's visual ability is accomplished. By wearing an eyeglass-type or headgear-type mounting unit, he or she is allowed to see display means disposed in front of his or her eyes. By causing a part of a screen area of the display means to be in a through-state and a display with a display image signal to be executed, the user can see an image of a scene different from a scene that he or she ordinarily sees with a display of the display image signal while he or she can see the ordinary visual scene with the through-state area. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268472 | VIEWING DEVICE COMPRISING A COMBINER WITH VARIABLE REFLECTION FACTOR - The general field of the invention is that of optical viewing systems comprising a display and a tilted optical plate arranged above this display and forming therewith substantially a dihedron. The system according to the invention comprises means for adjusting the reflection coefficient of the said tilted optical plate along an axis perpendicular to the axis of the dihedron and up to a variable height so as to ensure the total reflection of a first part of the image displayed by the display and the partial reflection of a second part of the image displayed by the display, complementary to the first part. The insertion of optical components between the display and the optical plate makes it possible to modify the distance of the display image reflected by the optical plate. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268473 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A head-mounted display device with which a user can visually recognize a virtual image and an outside scene includes an outside-scene acquiring unit configured to acquire outside scene information including at least a feature of the outside scene in a visual field direction of the user, a position estimating unit configured to estimate, on the basis of at least two kinds of the outside scene information acquired by the outside-scene acquiring unit over time, a position of any target object present in a real world, and an augmented-reality processing unit configured to cause the image display unit to form, on the basis of the estimated position of the target object, the virtual image representing a virtual object to be added to the target object. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268474 | WEARABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a planar waveguide optical element, a projection optical system, and a microdisplay device. By including free-form optics and waveguide technology, the volume and weight of the display apparatus can be reduced, and an optical system can be realized with improved image quality, structure, and performance parameters. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268475 | GLASS TYPE TERMINAL - Disclosed is a glasses-type terminal including a display, a controller, a power supply, and a frame. The frame includes a main frame configured to mount to a front portion of a head of a user, a first sub frame connected to a first end of the main frame and configured to be received by a first ear of the user, and a second sub frame detachably connected to a second end of the main frame and including the power supply unit, wherein the first sub frame includes the controller and wherein the power supply unit is electrically connected to the controller when the first sub frame and second sub frame are respectively connected to the first end and second end of the main frame. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268476 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image display device includes an image converter, a display unit including pixels provided on a first surface, and a first lens unit including lenses. The image converter acquires a first image, and drives second image from the first image. The pixels emit light corresponding to the second image. The emitted light is incident on the lenses. The first surface includes a first display region and a second display region. The pixels include first pixels and second pixels. The first pixels are provided inside the first display region and emit light corresponding to a first portion of the first image. The second pixels are provided inside the second display region and emit light corresponding to the first portion. A position of the first pixels inside the first display region is different from a position of the second pixels inside the second display region. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268477 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a supporting member having a containment structure configured to contain a two-dimensional (2D) display terminal for displaying a parallax image. The display apparatus also includes a transflective device configured to face a display surface of the 2D display terminal and to transmit and reflect light from the displayed parallax image. Further, the display apparatus includes a connecting mechanism configured to connect the supporting member with the transflective device, wherein the containment structure includes an installation part configured to install a light-splitting device; an area of the light-splitting device is greater than or equal to an area of the display surface; and a three-dimensional (3D) image to be viewed is formed after the light from the parallax image displayed by the 2D display terminal is separated by the light-splitting device and transmitted and reflected by the transflective device. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268478 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a transmissive display module and an optical control member which provides light emitted from a light source to the transmissive display module. The optical control member includes a barrier member and a focus control member coupled to a surface of the barrier member. The barrier member includes a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer to transmit or reflect the light incident thereto based on an arrangement of liquid crystal droplets therein. A left-eye barrier pattern and a right-eye barrier pattern are formed at different time points by controlling the arrangement of the liquid crystal droplets. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268479 | Directional backlight - A directional display may include a waveguide. The waveguide may include light extraction features arranged to direct light from an array of light sources by total internal reflection to an array of viewing windows and a reflector arranged to direct light from the waveguide by transmission through extraction features of the waveguide to the same array of viewing windows. A further spatially multiplexed display device comprising a spatial light modulator and parallax element is arranged to cooperate with the illumination from the waveguide. An efficient and bright autostereoscopic display system with low cross talk and high resolution can be achieved. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268480 | OPTOELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TAKING AN IMAGE - An optoelectronic apparatus ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150268481 | OPTOELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALIGNMENT - An optoelectronic apparatus ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150268482 | METHOD OF DESIGNING COLORED LENS - To identify colors of objects as natural as those seen in naked eye view, it is provided a method of designing a colored lens specified by color coordinate values L, a, and b in a uniform color space, including: selecting a=+0.35 and b=+3.0 in L=87.4, a=−0.25 and b=+1.6 in L=74.2, and a=+1.5 and b=+3.35 in L=49.9 as target values in an a-b plane determined from the L-value, respectively; setting −4.3≦a≦+5 and −3≦b≦+9 in L=87.4, −3.5≦a≦+3 and −5≦b≦+8.2 in L=74.2, and −1.5≦a≦+4.5 and −0.5≦b≦+7.2 in L=49.9 as deviation ranges, respectively; forming an allowable range by connecting vertexes of the deviation ranges in L=87.4, L=74.2, and L=49.9 by second-order polynomial approximation curves in the uniform color space; and selecting the values L, a, and b of the colored lens so as to be included in the allowable range in the uniform color space. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268483 | ENHANCED OPTICAL AND PERCEPTUAL DIGITAL EYEWEAR - Improved wearable optics is disclosed. The wearable optics comprises a frame member and a lens. The wearable optics also includes circuitry within the frame member for enhancing the use of the wearable optics. A system and method in accordance with the present invention is directed to a variety of ways to enhance the use of eyeglasses. They are: (1) media focals, that is, utilizing the wearable optics for its intended purpose and enhancing that use by using imaging techniques to improve the vision of the user; (2) telecommunications enhancements that allow the eyeglasses to be integrated with telecommunication devices such as cell phones or the like; and (3) entertainment enhancements that allow the wearable optics to be integrated with devices such as MP3 players, radios, or the like. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268484 | DECORATIVE EYEGLASSES ATTACHMENT - An eyeglass frame attachment assembly generally comprising a base and a platform. The base in generally comprised of a right upper frame, a left upper frame and a center support. The right upper frame and the left upper frame each comprise an arm groove wherein the eyeglass frame attachment assembly may be attached to the eyeglasses by passing the temple arm of the eyeglasses through the arm groove. The center support strap can be affixed through a center hole for added support and stability to the platform. The platform comprises a channel, whereby the channel receives an interchangeable banner piece. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268485 | COLOR CHANGING MATERIALS ARRANGED IN SLOW PARTICLE COLORATION MATERIALS - Articles comprises iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains, wherein the chains of nanocrystals are embedded within a material used to form the article or a transfer medium used to transfer a color to the article are described. The material or transfer medium includes elastic properties that allow the nanocrystals to display a temporary color determined by the strength of an external force applied to the article, and the material or transfer medium includes memory properties that cause the displayed temporary color to dissipate when the external force is removed, wherein the dissipation of the displayed temporary color is sufficiently slow as to be visually observable by an average observer's unaided eye. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268486 | Operating a Pockels Cell - A Pockels cell driver circuit has a first circuit node that can be connected to a first terminal of a Pockels cell and a second circuit node that can be connected to a second terminal of the Pockels cell. The first circuit node is connected via a first switch to a positive potential and the second circuit node is connected via a second switch to a negative potential. The first circuit node is connected to the second circuit node via a short-circuit switch which is controlled for discharge of a linked Pockels cell. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268487 | Apparatus for Manipulating Color Changing Materials in Articles of Wear - Apparatuses for manipulating a color displayed by an article of wear comprising iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains are described. The apparatus includes (a) a magnetic field source, wherein a strength of a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field source is tunable to control the color displayed by the article of wear, and (b) an energy source, wherein energy generated by the energy source is applied to at least some of the chains of nanocrystals to soften materials within the article of wear immediately surrounding the chains of nanocrystals to which the energy is applied. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268488 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING COLOR CHANGING MATERIALS - Systems and methods of manipulating a color displayed by an article of wear comprising iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains are described. Steps may include forming the article of wear from a raw material that include the chains of nanocrystals, applying a magnetic field to the raw material, applying energy to at least some of the chains of nanocrystals to soften materials within the raw material immediately surrounding the chains of nanocrystals to which the energy is applied, adjusting a strength of the magnetic field to control the color displayed by the raw material, removing the energy to allow the materials within the raw material immediately surrounding the chains of nanocrystals to harden and fix a location of the nanocrystals within the chains, and removing the magnetic field. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268489 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING ALIGNMENT LAYER USING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, an alignment layer disposed on the substrate and in which a pinhole is defined in the alignment unit, the alignment layer including an alignment unit including a vertical functional group and a photoreactive group, and a repair layer filled in the pinhole, wherein the repair layer and the alignment unit include a solvent and polymers, and the solvent of the repair layer and the alignment unit includes at least two materials with the same content, and a polymer content of the repair layer is less than a polymer content of the alignment unit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268490 | PACKAGING FILM FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a packaging film for a display device, which includes a first region corresponding to a top surface of a backward diode equipped on a bottom surface of a display panel; and a second region extending from the first region and corresponding to a side surface of the backward diode. Due to the packaging film, a bezel region can be minimized. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268491 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH MICROCAVITIES - The disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly to a display device having an improved aperture ratio and robustness. The display device may provide a display device including: a substrate; a thin film transistor formed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; microcavities formed on the pixel electrode, the microcavities holding liquid crystals; a roof layer formed on the microcavities and covering some sides of the microcavities; and an encapsulation layer formed on the roof layer to seal the microcavities, wherein sides of neighboring microcavities define openings are disposed in a matrix configuration. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268492 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided is a liquid crystal display device which exhibits power saving property and high display quality and is capable of suppressing the time-dependent degradation in display quality. The above problem is solved by providing a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal cell unit including a color filter having a transparent substrate and a plurality of coloring layers formed on the transparent substrate, a counter substrate and a liquid crystal layer formed between the color filter and the counter substrate and a backlight unit including a light emitting device having a blue light emitting element, and a red fluorescent substance and a green fluorescent substance, and the plurality of coloring layers has a blue coloring layer containing a color material of a specific triarylmethane-based compound and the red fluorescent substance is a surface-treated M | 2015-09-24 |
20150268493 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a pair of field generating electrodes respectively disposed on the first substrate and the second substrate, an alignment pattern disposed on an inner side of any one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a liquid crystal disposed in a spiral structure in which chiral nematic liquid crystal molecules are repetitively twisted at a predetermined pitch with reference to a spiral axis which is vertical to a progress direction of light in a voltage-off state, where the alignment pattern is defined in a protruding shape to correspond to the predetermined pitch. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268494 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first line, a second line, a switching element, a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a first alignment film. The second substrate includes a second alignment film. The liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal molecule kept between the first alignment film and the second alignment film. First anchoring strength is provided on the first alignment film which is a photo-alignment film, second anchoring strength is provided on the second alignment film which is a rubbing alignment film, and the first anchoring strength is substantially equal to or greater than the second anchoring strength. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268495 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGE DEVICE - In a liquid crystal optical element, a first substrate includes a first main surface. A second substrate includes a second main surface opposed to the first main surface. First electrodes are provided on the first main surface. Common electrodes are provided on the second main surface. A liquid crystal layer is formed between the first main surface and the second main surface. A first alignment layer is formed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer. A second alignment layer is formed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer. The first alignment layer has an anchoring force that is weaker than an anchoring force of the second alignment layer. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268496 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device may include a substrate. The liquid crystal display device may further include a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate. The liquid crystal display device may further include a common electrode overlapping the pixel electrode, wherein a liquid crystal injection hole is formed through at least the common electrode. The liquid crystal display device may further include a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The liquid crystal display device may further include a light-blocking element disposed inside the liquid crystal injection hole. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268497 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a substrate including a pixel area, a thin-film transistor formed on the substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the thin-film transistor, a common electrode formed on the pixel electrode, a space formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and a roof layer formed on the common electrode. The common electrode and the roof layer include a protrusion protruding from at least one of an upper edge and a lower edge of the pixel area. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268498 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A semiconductor device | 2015-09-24 |
20150268499 | Methods And Systems For Enhanced Viewing Of A Display Device - A method and system for enhanced viewing of a display device is disclosed in this application. In some implementations, a method and system for improving a perceived contrast of a screen of a display device is disclosed. Some implementations may also relate to a method and system for privately viewing content displayed on a screen. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268500 | AUTOMOBILE AND ANTI-DAZZLING METHOD FOR AUTOMOBILES - An automobile includes an anti-dazzling system and a luminous body. The anti-dazzling system includes a sensing module, a calculating unit, a controlling module and a display module. The sensing module includes a signal receiver and a recorder. The signal receiver defines a through hole and a signal receiving chip is received therein. The signal receiving chip can receive infrared light through the hole. The recorder can obtain an emitting time and a receiving time of the infrared light, and send the emitting time and the receiving time to the calculating unit. The calculating unit calculates a size and a location of the display module to be shielded, and sends the size and the location of area to be shielded to the controlling module to control the correspondingly area of the display module being opaque or translucent. The present disclosure also provides an anti-dazzling method. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268501 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPACER IN LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL OBTAINED THEREBY - The present disclosure provides a method for producing spacers in a liquid crystal panel, comprising: (a) exposing a material layer adjacent to a side of a thin film transistor substrate of said liquid crystal panel by a mask with a pre-set pattern, in order to form a groove in said material layer, wherein the exposure energy of said exposure ranges from 10 to 100 mJ/cm2; (b) forming a main spacer and a side spacer in an opposite substrate, wherein the height of the side spacer is higher than that of the main spacer; and (c) assembling a TFT array substrate and the opposite substrate together, such that the main spacer of the opposite substrate abuts against the TFT array substrate, and the side spacer extends into said groove. The present disclosure also provides a liquid crystal panel obtained by said method. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268502 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display comprises: a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions; first electrode formed on the substrate in each of the pixel regions and including a plurality of separated branch electrodes; a cover layer forming a cavity with the substrate, the cover layer including side walls formed on the substrate to partition the plurality of pixel regions and a roof formed on the side walls; a second electrode formed on a bottom surface of the cover layer; a capping layer formed in the cavity to cover the first electrode on the substrate and to cover the second electrode on the bottom surface of the roof; an alignment layer formed on the capping layer; and a liquid crystal layer formed through injection of liquid crystal molecules into the cavity. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268503 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display panel includes a base substrate, a first step difference compensating pattern, a gate metal pattern, a semiconductor pattern, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a pixel electrode and a color filter. The first step difference compensating pattern is disposed on the base substrate and includes an inorganic material. The gate metal pattern is disposed on the first step difference compensating pattern and includes a gate electrode and a gate line electrically connected to the gate electrode. The semiconductor pattern is overlapped with the gate electrode. The source electrode is electrically connected to the semiconductor pattern. The drain electrode is electrically connected to the semiconductor pattern and is spaced apart from the source electrode. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the drain electrode. The color filter is overlapped with the pixel electrode. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268504 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a first insulating film, and a circumferential line, a second substrate includes a second insulating film, a first main spacer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate within a peripheral area and positioned between the first insulating film and the second insulating film, the first main spacer having a first height, and a first sub-spacer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate within the peripheral area and positioned between the circumferential line and the second insulating film, the first sub-spacer having a second height which is less than the first height. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268505 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate including a first through-hole; a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a second through-hole corresponding to the first through-hole; a sealant coupling the first substrate and the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a spacer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a supporting assistance member including a third through-hole connected to the first through-hole and the second through-hole, wherein the supporting assistance member includes a first supporting assistance member made with the same material as the spacer. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268506 | CURVED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a curved liquid crystal display device, which includes: a backlight module ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150268507 | CURVED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a curved liquid crystal display device, which includes: a backlight module ( | 2015-09-24 |
20150268508 | MULTI-PURPOSE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An electronic packaging box includes a receiving structure, a transmissive/reflective component, and a support structure. The receiving structure is configured to receive an electronic display device having a display screen for displaying an image by the electronic display device. The transmissive/reflective component is spatially coupled to the receiving structure such that, when the electronic display device is placed into the receiving structure, the display screen of the electronic display device faces the transmissive/reflective component. The support structure is configured to support the receiving structure and the transmissive/reflective component. Further, the transmissive/reflective component is configured to form a virtual image of the image displayed by the electronic display device placed in the receiving structure when viewed by a viewer at a viewing angle. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268509 | POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel which displays an image on a surface thereof; two polarizing films disposed on opposing surfaces of the liquid crystal panel, respectively; two compensation films disposed between the liquid crystal panel and the two polarizing films, respectively; two protective films disposed on outer surfaces of the two polarizing films, respectively, and an anti-glare layer disposed on the two protective film in a direction of displaying the image. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268510 | Methods for Fabricating Display Structures - An electronic device display may have a color filter layer and a thin film transistor layer. A layer of liquid crystal material may be interposed between the color filter layer and the thin film transistor layer. A layer of polarizer may be laminated onto the surface of the color filter layer. Laser trimming may ensure that the edges of the polarizer are even with the edges of the color filter layer. The thin film transistor layer may have an array of thin film transistors that control pixels of the liquid crystal material in the display. Driver circuitry may be used to control the array. The driver circuitry may be encapsulated in a planarized encapsulant on the thin film transistor layer or may be mounted to the underside of the color filter layer. Conductive structures may connect driver circuitry on the color filter layer to the thin film transistor layer. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268511 | COLOR FILTER SUBATRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL - A color filter substrate is provided. The color filter substrate has a plurality of first sub-pixel areas and a plurality of second sub-pixel areas. The color filter substrate includes a first substrate, a plurality of first filters, a plurality of second filters, and a plurality of protrusions. The plurality of first filters are disposed on the first substrate and respectively located in the plurality of first sub-pixel areas. The plurality of second filters is disposed on the first substrate and respectively located in the plurality of second sub-pixel areas. The color of the first filters is different from that of the second filters. The protrusions are disposed on the first substrate and adjacent to two of the first sub-pixel areas adjacent to each other. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268512 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGE APPARATUS - A liquid crystal optical element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a first alignment film, a second alignment film, spacers and a liquid crystal layer. The first electrode includes a plurality of lens parts. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268513 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE, BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A light source module, backlight assembly, and display device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the light source module includes a printed circuit board, a plurality of light sources arranged over the printed circuit board, and a plurality of optical lenses respectively arranged over the light sources. Each of the optical lenses has upper and lower surfaces opposing each other. The light source module further includes a plurality of reflection patterns respectively formed on the optical lenses. Each of the reflection patterns includes a first reflection pattern formed on the lower surface of the corresponding optical lens and a second reflection pattern formed on the upper surface of the corresponding optical lens. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268514 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PHOTOALIGNMENT AGENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a thin film transistor positioned on the first substrate, a first electrode connected to the thin film transistor, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a first alignment layer positioned on the first electrode and a second alignment layer positioned on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a liquid crystal molecule. At least one of the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer includes a copolymer of cyclobutanedianhydride (CBDA), a diamine, and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268515 | CURVED DISPLAY DEVICE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A curved display device including a plurality of pixels that may be bent in a first direction crossing a second direction. The curved display device may include first and second substrates facing each other, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268516 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, which hardly causes display unevenness in joining parts in which mutually neighboring exposure regions are overlapped upon carrying out a photo-alignment treatment for forming a horizontal alignment film. The method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a step of forming a horizontal alignment film by carrying out a photo-alignment treatment of irradiating a photo-alignment film material applied to at least one substrate of a pair of substrates with polarized light, wherein the photo-alignment treatment is carried out by exposure to a plurality of regions of one substrate surface; two neighboring regions among the plurality of regions to be exposed include an overlapped part; an irradiation amount of the polarized light to the overlapped part is gradually lowered in one of the two neighboring regions toward the other of the two neighboring regions; and the overlapped part of the two neighboring regions has a width of 20 mm or wider. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268517 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a pixel that includes a first sub-pixel chargeable with a first voltage and a second sub-pixel chargeable with a second voltage different from the first voltage, a pixel electrode that includes a first sub-pixel electrode in the first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel electrode in the second sub-pixel, a common electrode that faces the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The first sub-pixel electrode includes a first trunk portion and a plurality of first branch portions protruding from and extending from one side of the first trunk portion. The second sub-pixel electrode includes a second trunk portion and a plurality of second and third branch portions that protrude from both sides of the second trunk portion and extend substantially parallel to the first branch portions. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268518 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a pixel electrode on the first substrate and including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode separated from each other and located in one pixel area, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode on the second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a first voltage applied to the first subpixel electrode is higher than a second voltage applied to the second subpixel electrode, wherein the first subpixel electrode includes first branch electrodes, the second subpixel electrode includes second branch electrodes, the second subpixel electrode is located around the pixel area to enclose the first subpixel electrode, wherein the first branch electrodes and the second branch electrodes face each other in a boundary portion of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268519 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first subpixel electrode on the first substrate configured to receive a first voltage and including a first and second subregion, a second subpixel electrode on the first substrate configured to receive a second voltage and including a third subregion and a fourth subregion, an insulating layer between the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a common electrode at the second substrate and configured to receive a common voltage, wherein the third subregion overlaps the first subregion, the second subregion includes first branch electrodes, the second subpixel electrode includes second branch electrodes, the first branch electrodes and the second branch electrodes include a first end and a second end facing each other, and the second branch electrodes have a reduced width at the second end. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268520 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and overlaps the first electrode, an insulating layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first alignment layer disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a second alignment layer disposed on the second substrate, where a first resistivity value of the first alignment layer is smaller than a second resistivity value of the second alignment layer. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268521 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device, a first interlayer insulating film is arranged on a gate line and first, second and third source lines. A first common electrode includes a first sub-common electrode on the first interlayer insulating film and facing the gate line. A second insulating film covers the first common electrode. A first main pixel electrode extends on the second interlayer insulating film between the first source line and the second source line. A second main pixel electrode extends on the second interlayer insulating film between the second source line and the third source line. A second common electrode includes a second sub-common electrode extending on the second interlayer insulating film between the first source line and the second source line so as to face the first sub-common electrode, and is cut out between the second source line and the third source line. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268522 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a substrate, a gate line and a data line disposed on the substrate, a first passivation layer disposed on the gate line and the data line, a first electrode disposed on the first passivation layer, a second passivation layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the second passivation layer and including a plurality of first cutouts and a plurality of branch electrodes defined by the plurality of first cutouts, wherein the second passivation layer has a second cutout overlapping a portion of the plurality of first cutouts, and the second cutout is defined close to the end of the first cutout. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268523 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor substrate, a counter substrate that faces the thin film transistor substrate, a liquid crystal composition that is arranged between the thin film transistor substrate and the counter substrate, an oriented film that arranges orientation of the liquid crystal composition contacting with the thin film transistor substrate, a seal material that seals the liquid crystal composition between the two substrates, and a driver circuit. The driver circuit has a light transmission area that is formed inside of the driver circuit, and is higher in light transmittance than an area in which a non-transparent conductive film forming the driver circuit is formed, and a high sealing property area in which the seal material and an insulating film come into direct contact with each other between the light transmission area and an outer edge of the thin film transistor substrate. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268524 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A first interlayer insulating film is arranged on a gate line and a source line. A first common electrode includes a first sub-common electrode extending in the first direction on the first interlayer insulating film and facing the gate line. A second interlayer insulating film covers the first common electrode. A pixel electrode includes a first main pixel electrode extending in the second direction on the second interlayer insulating film. A second common electrode includes a second sub-common electrode and a second main common electrode and set to the same potential as the first common electrode. The second sub-common electrode extends on the second interlayer insulating film in the first direction so as to face the first sub-common electrode, and is cut out on a straight line along which the first main pixel electrode extends. The second main common electrode extends in the second direction facing the source line. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268525 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a gate line and a common voltage line that are on the first substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate line and the common voltage line; a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer; a data line and a drain electrode that are on the semiconductor layer; a pixel electrode on the data line and the drain electrode; a passivation layer on the pixel electrode; a common electrode on the passivation layer; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates. The pixel electrode contacts the drain electrode via a first contact hole, the common electrode contacts the common voltage line via a second contact hole in the gate insulating layer and the passivation layer, and the first and second contact holes are adjacently disposed in a thin film transistor forming region. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268526 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus, including a substrate including: a pixel electrode; an organic insulating film; a common electrode laminated on the organic insulating film so as to be opposed to the pixel electrode via an insulating layer; a common signal line connected to the common electrode; and a transistor configured to apply, to the pixel electrode, a voltage signal input to a signal line. The pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of the transistor via a through hole formed through the organic insulating film. The through hole includes, in at least one extending portion formed by retreating the organic insulating film toward an outer side of the through hole, a stepped portion formed by laminating a part of the common signal line. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268527 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes: a first and second substrates disposed opposite to each other; a gate line and a divided reference voltage line on the first substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate line and the divided reference voltage line; a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer; a data line on the semiconductor layer; a passivation layer on the data line; a pixel electrode on the passivation layer; and a common electrode on the second substrate, where the divided reference voltage line and the data line are connected to a data driving line extension and a divided reference voltage driving line extension at a side of the first substrate, a common voltage driving line extension is at a side of the first substrate, the divided reference, common and data voltage driving line extensions are linearly connected to each other through resistors having different resistances. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268528 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line disposed on the first insulation substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate line, a data line insulated from and crossing the gate line and including a source electrode and a drain electrode facing the source electrode, a first insulating layer disposed on the source electrode and the drain electrode, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode, a second insulating layer disposed on the pixel electrode, a common electrode disposed on the second insulating layer, and a shielding pattern part disposed on a same layer as the pixel electrode and overlapping the data line. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268529 | AMBIENT LIGHT ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM - An ambient light adjustment (ALA) apparatus, a method and a system therewith are proposed. The ALA apparatus includes a main body having a plurality of edges, one or more light sources, a light blocking layer and a controller. The light source is mounted on at least one edge of the ALA apparatus. The main body comprises at least one light guide plate. The light blocking layer is disposed over a surface of the main body. The controller is coupled to the light source and the light blocking layer. The ALA apparatus further comprises at least one sensor coupled to the controller. The controller controls the light characteristics of the light source and/or the light blockage levels of the light blocking layer to adjust ambient light characteristics, according to a sensed result by the sensor or sensors. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268530 | Electrochromism Display Device and Method for Fabricating the Same - The invention disclose an electrochomism display device and a method of fabricating the same, relates to the field of display technology, and the electrochomism display device may effectively suppress the light-leakage phenomenon in the opening region between adjacent electrochomism pixels, thus the display effect of the electrochomism display device is improved. The electrochomism display device comprises a plurality of eletrochromism pixels, each of the eletrochromism pixels comprises a first conductive layer, an eletrochromism layer, and a second conductive layer sequentially formed on a transparent substrate, an opening region is provided between every two adjacent eletrochromism pixels, wherein a thin film transistor is provided in the opening region, and a gate, a source and a drain of the thin film transistor are made of opaque material. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268531 | COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a reflective color display device which can display multiple color states, without the disadvantages associated with previously known color display devices. The display fluid of the present invention comprises (a) black and white electrophoretic particles which are oppositely charged and (b) charged color-generating particles having photonic crystal characteristics, all of which are dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268532 | ADAPTIVE PHOTOTHERMAL LENS - An adaptive photo thermal lens comprising at least one cell, each cell provided with at least one photo absorbing particle, a thermo-optical material in thermal contact with the cells and at least one controllable light source for illuminating the photo absorbing particles, the light source having at least one spectral component which can be absorbed by the photo-absorbing particles and being controllable in wavelength and/or power and/or polarisation. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268533 | FOCAL PLANE SHUTTER AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - A focal plane shutter includes: a first board including a first opening; a first shutter including plural first blades, and facing the first board and closing the first opening such that an overlapped state where the plural first blades overlap each other is shifted to an expanded state where the plural first blades expand; and a drive member connected to a root portion of the first shutter and causing the first shutter to move. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268534 | DOME CAMERA - A camera includes a cover, a camera lens provided behind the cover, and a shield configured to block at least a portion of light entering the camera lens through the cover, wherein the shield is movable from a retracted position at which the shield does not block the at least a portion of light entering the camera lens through the cover, to an inserted position at which the shield position blocks the at least a portion of a field of view of the camera lens and is positioned between the cover and the camera lens. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268535 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING MEMBER FOR LOCKING GRIP PART - An electronic apparatus reduced in the number of components without impairing the operability of an unlocking operation part and an adjacent other operation part of a grip part. A digital video camera has a camera body and a grip part rotatable with respect to the camera body. A lock member within the grip part is rotatable in unison with the grip part, and is pivotally moved between a locking position for locking the grip part and an unlocking position for unlocking the same. A spring member urges the lock member toward the locking position. An operation knob formed on the lock member pivotally moves the lock member to the unlocking position against the urging force of the spring member. A recording start/stop button is formed in the lock member adjacent to the operation knob. The knob and the button are operated in respective different directions. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268536 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes an illumination unit which has an optical system including a light source apparatus, an image formation unit which has an optical system including a light modulator (liquid crystal panels), a projection unit which has an optical system including a projection lens, to which the image formation unit is coupled, and which is coupled to the illumination unit, and a base frame which fixes one of the illumination unit and the projection unit and holds the other shiftably in a direction parallel to a projection direction. In a case where the projection unit is fixed to the base frame, second fixing portions (projection unit fixing portions) of the projection unit are fixed, and first fixing portions (illumination unit fixing portions) of the illumination unit are shiftably held. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268537 | PROJECTOR AND PROJECTION IMAGE CONTROL METHOD - A projector includes a projection section adapted to project a projection image on a projection surface including a target part, a detection section adapted to detect a distance from a predetermined position to the target part, and a control section adapted to set an area to be projected on the projection surface other than the target part out of the projection image as a partial area based on the distance thus detected, and change a display state of the projection image so that the partial area set is masked. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268538 | OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING DEVICE AND PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical member driving device of the present disclosure includes an optical member for changing an optical path, the optical member having a parallel flat plate shape; a driving mechanism having a movable portion controlled to move in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the optical member by a drive signal, the driving mechanisms being disposed outside the optical member; a connecting member rotatably connecting an end of the optical member and the movable portion of the driving mechanism on two axes orthogonal to each other at a surface center of the optical member; a support portion disposed between the end of the optical member and the movable portion of the driving mechanism, the support portion rotatably pivoting the connecting member; and a controller configured to control the movable portion of the driving mechanism. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268539 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a projection optical apparatus that projects an image and a projection position adjustment apparatus that moves the projection optical apparatus in orthogonal directions orthogonal to a central axis of the projection optical apparatus. The projection position adjustment apparatus includes a first movable member that supports the projection optical apparatus, a support member that supports the first movable member movably in the orthogonal directions, and a first transmission unit that moves in the orthogonal directions with the first transmission unit engaging with the first movable member to move the first movable member in the orthogonal directions. The first transmission unit is disposed in a position where the first transmission unit overlaps with part of the first movable member when the projection position adjustment apparatus is viewed along the central axis of the projection optical apparatus. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268540 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes an illumination unit having an optical system including a light source apparatus, an image formation unit having an optical system including liquid crystal panels, a projection unit having an optical system including a projection lens, and a base frame on which the illumination unit and the projection unit to which the image formation unit is coupled are disposed, and a gap is provided between the illumination unit and the projection unit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268541 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus includes a light source unit including a light source detachable from a main body, an image forming part to form an image with a light from the light source, a projection optical system to project the image, an openable cover to open and close an opening formed for attaching and detaching the light source unit to and from the main body, an abutting member on which the light source unit abuts when the light source unit is attached to the main body, and a pressing member to press the light source unit to the abutting member, in conjunction with a fix operation of the openable cover to the main body. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268542 | PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ATTACHING DEVICE - A projection display system includes: an image projection device projecting an image on a projection surface; an optical detecting device; and an attaching device, wherein the optical detecting device includes an irradiating section emitting an irradiation light toward a detection region which is set along the projection surface, a light receiving section receiving a reflected light generated as a result of the irradiation light being reflected from the object, and a detecting section detecting position information of the object based on the result of the light received by the light receiving section, and the attaching device includes a first attaching section attached to a support supporting the attaching device, a second attaching section attached to the image projection device, and a third attaching section attached to the optical detecting device. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268543 | Radiation-emitting Component - A radiation-emitting component is disclosed. In embodiments a component includes a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip having a radiation exit area including a side face and a main face, a conversion element having a radiation exit area including a side face and a main face, and a first reflection element disposed downstream of the conversion element and the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, wherein a ratio of a sum of the radiation exit areas of the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip to a sum of the radiation exit areas of the conversion element is greater than 1, wherein the conversion element adjoins the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, wherein the radiation-emitting semiconductor chip is configured to generate primary radiation, wherein the conversion element is configured to convert the primary radiation into secondary radiation, and wherein the primary radiation and the secondary radiation leave the radiation-emitting component exclusively through the first reflection element. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268544 | DRIVING APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND DRIVING METHOD, SUITABLE FOR DRIVING LOAD IN WHICH VALUE OF PHYSICAL QUANTITY AS CONTROLLED OBJECT PERIODICALLY CHANGES - A driving apparatus drives a load so as to periodically change a physical quantity as a controlled object. The apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate a deviation between the targeted value and a detection value detected by the detection unit, a storage unit configured to store past deviations calculated by the calculation unit, a determination unit configured to determine a manipulative variable corresponding to the physical quantity, by referring to a past deviation before a predetermined period, which has been stored in the storage unit, and a driving unit configured to drive the load, based on the manipulative variable determined by the determination unit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268545 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type display apparatus includes a light source unit, a first optical system that rays from the light source unit enter, a second optical system that rays from the first optical system enter, an image display device that rays from the second optical system enter, and a projection lens that magnifies and projects an optical image formed by rays that have been optically modulated by the image display device onto a screen. The second optical system is configured to pass again the rays that have been output from the image display device, and to make the rays enter the projection lens. The first optical system includes at least one reflective optical element, and the second optical element consists essentially of two positive lenses. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268546 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An autostereoscopic display device includes a projector, an angle-enlarging module, a screen, and a polarization selector. The projector provides a lamp image unit with a first polarization state. The angle-enlarging module includes a deflecting plate, a wavelength retarder, and a polarizer. The deflecting plate has a first deflecting segment and a second deflecting segment alternately with each other. The first and the second deflecting segments respectively deflect the lamp image unit to a first direction and a second direction different from each other. The wavelength retarder has a transmitting segment aligned to the first deflecting segment and a wavelength retarding segment aligned to the second deflecting segment. The transmitting segment maintains the first polarization state when the lamp image unit passes therethrough. The wavelength retarding segment converts the first polarization state into a second polarization state. The polarization selector is disposed between the projector and the angle-enlarging module. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268547 | REMOVING AND RECOMBINING A PORTION OF A PROJECTED LIGHT STREAM - Mechanisms for clipping, or diverting, a portion of a projected light stream and seamlessly recombining the diverted portion with the projected light stream on a display surface are disclosed. A reflective surface having a shape diverts a portion of a projected light stream from a first optical path between a projector and a display surface to an imaging system outside of the first optical path. The imaging system focuses the portion at a focal plane that is coplanar with the display surface to generate a focused portion based at least on a distance between the imaging system and the display surface. The focused portion is issued through an aperture having the shape to combine the focused portion with the projected light stream on the display surface. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268548 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE USING PROJECTOR AND WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A wearable electronic device is configured to project an image on a glass. The wearable electronic device include: a glass; a projector configured to output one or more images; a shutter unit positioned in front of the projector to output the images output from the projector toward the glass or in an outward direction; and a control unit configured to control the shutter unit. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268549 | TENSIONED PROJECTION SCREEN ASSEMBLY - A projection screen assembly is disclosed including a projection screen and a projection screen frame. The projection screen frame includes a plurality of projection screen frame modules that may be coupled together to provide a projection frame for projection screens of different sizes. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268550 | THERMALLY DEVELOPABLE IMAGING MATERIALS - A thermally developable material comprising a support and having thereon at least one thermally developable imaging layers comprising in reactive association at least one non-photosensitive source of reducible silver ions, at least one reducing agent for said reducible ions, at least one binder comprising vinyl butyral repeat units and vinyl alcohol repeat units, and at least one crosslinker comprising an isocyanate group, where the thermally developable material has a composition that exhibits an equivalent weight ratio of the vinyl alcohol repeat units in the at least one binder to the isocyanate groups in the at least one crosslinker of at least 75. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268551 | PRODUCING RESIST LAYERS USING FINE SEGMENTATION - Methods of designing resist layers to enhance production accuracy, as well as respective layers, design files and metrology targets are disclosed. Continuous or uniform feature(s) adjacent to segmented feature(s) having a pitch and a critical dimension (CD), are configured by design to be segmented upon exposure at a same pitch and a smaller CD than the segmented feature(s), to yield respective unsegmented continuous feature(s) upon development of the exposed resist. The disclosed approach allows producing imaging and scatterometry targets which are compatible with device design rules and with optical constraints of the exposure system, without loss of contrast of the produced targets. The methods may be fine-tuned according to the specific characteristics of lithography tools which are used in the production. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268552 | BLANKMASK AND PHOTOMASK USING THE SAME - A blankmask and a photomask using the same are provided. The blankmask can be useful in preventing the loss in thickness of lateral, top and bottom surfaces of a pattern of a light shielding film or a phase shifting film after the manufacture of the photomask by forming protective film, which has an etch selectivity with respect to a pattern of a hard film or the light shielding film, on the light shielding film or the phase shifting film so that the loss of the phase shifting film formed under the light shielding film or the phase shifting film can be prevented when a process of removing the light shielding film disposed under the hard film or a pattern of the light shielding film is performed during a washing process and a process of removing a pattern of the hard film in a method of manufacturing a photomask, thereby securing uniformity in thickness. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268553 | CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED POSITIVE-TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - A chemically amplified positive-type photosensitive resin composition capable of suppressing the phenomenon of footing in which the width of the bottom (the side proximal to the surface of a support) becomes narrower than that of the top (the side proximal to the surface of a resist layer) when a resist pattern serving as a template for a plated article is formed on a metal surface of a substrate using the composition. A mercapto compound is contained in the composition which includes an acid generator capable of producing an acid when irradiated with an active ray or radiation and a resin whose solubility in alkali increases under the action of acid. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268554 | BLUE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR COLOR FILTER AND APPLICATION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a blue photosensitive resin composition for a color filter and an application thereof. The blue photosensitive resin composition includes an organic pigment (A), a dye (B), an alkali-soluble resin (C), a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group (D), a photo-initiator (E) and a solvent (F). The alkali-soluble resin (C) includes a first alkali-soluble resin (C-1) having a hindered amine structure. The blue photosensitive resin composition of the present invention can improve a voltage holding ratio and a contrast ratio of the color filter. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268555 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - The present invention provides a positive resist composition comprising: (A) a resin having repeating units represented by the following general formula (1) and the following general formula (2) as repeating units containing an acid-labile group, and an alkali solubility of which being increased by an acid, (B) a photoacid generator, (C) a compound represented by the following general formula (3), and (D) a solvent. There can be provided a positive resist composition which can provide a pattern excellent in resolution, in particular excellent in depth of focus (DOF) characteristics, and having good line width roughness (LWR). | 2015-09-24 |
20150268556 | CHEMICALLY-AMPLIFIED NEGATIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND RESIST PATTERNING PROCESS USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a chemically-amplified negative resist composition including a sulfonium salt capable of providing a pattern having an extremely high resolution with reduced line edge roughness, and also provides a resist patterning process using the same. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268557 | CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED POSITIVE-TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR THICK-FILM APPLICATION - A chemically amplified positive-type photosensitive resin composition for thick-film application capable of forming a resist pattern having a nonresist section with a good rectangular cross-sectional shape under a low exposure level even when a resist pattern having a film thickness of 10 μm or more is formed. A chemically amplified positive-type photosensitive resin composition for thick-film application comprising an acid generator and an organic solvent, in which an acrylic resin is added that contains a constituent unit derived from an acrylic acid ester comprising an —SO | 2015-09-24 |
20150268558 | MONOMER FOR HARDMASK COMPOSITION, HARDMASK COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE MONOMER, AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS USING THE HARDMASK COMPOSITION - A monomer for a hardmask composition, a hardmask composition, and a method of forming patterns, the monomer being represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: | 2015-09-24 |
20150268559 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Radiation - A radiation source (e.g., LPP— laser produced plasma source) for generation of extreme UV (EUV) radiation has at least two fuel particle streams having different trajectories. Each stream is directed to cross the path of an excitation (laser) beam focused at a plasma formation region, but the trajectories are spaced apart at the plasma formation region, and the streams phased, so that only one stream has a fuel particle in the plasma formation region at any time, and so that when a fuel particle from one stream is generating plasma and EUV radiation at the plasma generation region, other fuel particles are sufficiently spaced so as to be substantially unaffected by the plasma. The arrangement permits potential doubling of the radiation intensity achievable for a particular fuel particle size. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268560 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHY METHOD, LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided is a lithography apparatus that has a plurality of processing units each of which configured to perform processing of pattern formation for substrates. The lithography apparatus also has a controller configured to manage the plurality of processing units as groups in accordance with characteristics of the pattern formation respectively, allocate the substrates included in one or more lots to one of the groups, and, if an unprocessed substrate allocated to the group still exist upon a standby state of a processing unit included in the group, allocate the unprocessed substrate to the processing unit in the standby state and then cause the processing units to perform parallel processing for the substrates based on the allocation. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268561 | Method of Fabricating an Integrated Circuit with Enhanced Defect Repairability - The present disclosure provides one embodiment of a method for extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) process. The method includes loading a mask to a lithography system. The mask includes defect-repaired regions and defines an integrated circuit (IC) pattern thereon. The method also includes setting an illuminator of the lithography system in an illumination mode according to the IC pattern, configuring a pupil filter in the lithography system according to the illumination mode and performing a lithography exposure process to a target with the mask and the pupil filter by the lithography system in the illumination mode. | 2015-09-24 |
20150268562 | MASK MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT AND MASK MANUFACTURING METHOD - According to an embodiment, mask manufacturing equipment includes a detector, an irradiator, a calculator, and a controller. The detector detects positional deviation of a pattern formed on a mask substrate. The irradiator irradiates the mask substrate with laser light to form a heterogeneous layer that is expanded in volume in the mask substrate. The calculator calculates an area periphery irradiation condition under which the irradiator is caused to emit laser light to a peripheral area of the pattern on the basis of the positional deviation detected by the detector so that the pattern area is reduced by forming the heterogeneous layer in the peripheral area of the pattern. The controller controls the irradiator to form the heterogeneous layer in the peripheral area of the pattern according to the area periphery irradiation condition. | 2015-09-24 |