40th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100253856 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD OF VIDEO SIGNAL - Provided is a display apparatus including a first signal receiving unit that receives a non-compressed video signal from an external device via a first transmission path through a plurality of channels by means of a differential signal, an image display unit that displays images by processing the video signal received by the first signal receiving unit, a second signal receiving unit that receives a compressed video signal of a same video source as the non-compressed video signal by using a bi-directional communication path configured by predetermined lines of the first transmission path, and a signal transmitting unit that transmits a compressed video signal corresponding to the compressed video signal received by the second signal receiving unit to another external device different from the external device. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253857 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A liquid crystal device | 2010-10-07 |
20100253858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TUNING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a system and method for tuning an electronic device. More specifically, in one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method comprising maintaining a modulation type search order list of a plurality of modulation types and periodically re-ordering the modulation type search order list based on a first specified number of most recently tuned channels. The exemplary method further comprises tuning a requested channel whose modulation type is not known by selecting a one of the plurality of modulation types in order from the modulation type search order list until a modulation type corresponding to the requested channel is determined. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253859 | MODULAR LED ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention is directed to an illumination system. The illumination system comprises a plurality of modules comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) adapted to emit light signals. The illumination system further comprises a plurality of polarizing elements disposed subsequent to the LEDs. Each of polarizing elements is adapted to render a unique polarization to the light signals emitted by a respectively corresponding one of the modules. Further, the illumination system comprises a polarization converting element disposed subsequent to the plurality polarizing elements. The polarization converting element is adapted to uniformly polarize all of the light signals emitted by the plurality of modules. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253860 | Projector - A projector includes: a determination section to specify a reflection position of a reflected light received by a light receiving sensor based on a horizontal synchronizing signal and a pixel clock signal of an image signal, and to determine an amplification quantity of the intensity of a reflected light reflected at the specified reflection position to be received by the light receiving sensor; an amplification section to amplify the intensity of the reflected light received by the light receiving sensor by the determined amplification quantity; an identification section to identify an external obstacle when the intensity of the amplified reflected light exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and a calculation section to calculate the position information of the external obstacle based on the timing of identifying the external obstacle, the horizontal synchronizing signal, and the pixel clock signal of the image signal. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253861 | DISPLAY - A display includes a plurality of matching sections | 2010-10-07 |
20100253862 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE AND CAPTION DISPLAY METHOD - The present invention provides a projection display device configured to solve a caption dropout problem. CPU | 2010-10-07 |
20100253863 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Image display apparatus ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100253864 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME - A digital photo frame enabling video to be viewed not only in a stationary state but also when carried in the hand of the viewer, that is, a digital photo frame having a display for displaying an image, a detector detecting if the frame is carried on a cradle or is detached from the cradle, and an output controller setting different output modes of the video in accordance with the results of detection of the detector. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253865 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a liquid crystal panel having liquid crystal encapsulated between a pair of substrates;
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20100253866 | LCD DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF - Each pixel of an LCD display includes a main pixel, a sub-pixel, a resistor, and a third switch. The third switch is used for controlling the charging time of the main pixel and the sub-pixel. A data signal of a main pixel of a previous pixel is utilized to pre-charge the main pixel and the sub-pixel, and then data is transmitted to the sub-pixel and the main pixel. When data transmission to the sub-pixel is ended, the data transmission path to the sub-pixel is switched off, and the data keeps being transmitted only to the main pixel. The LCD panel utilizing this method only needs to add one gate line at each of the top and bottom of the panel to realize the AMVA structure of 8-domain for the LCD panel. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253867 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a manufacturing method thereof, capable of preventing vertical crosstalk caused by a deviation of a parasitic capacitance, includes a first pixel electrode formed in a first gray scale region of each subpixel region divided into first and second gray scale regions, and a second pixel electrode formed in the second gray scale region separated from the first pixel electrode and encompassed by the first pixel electrode. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253868 | METAL PATTERN STRUCTURE OF RESTRAINING STATIC DAMAGE OF THIN FILM TRANSISTOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a metal pattern structure of restraining static damage of thin film transistor liquid crystal display. It includes a pattern discharge metal body; a pattern metal slice deposed opposite the pattern discharge metal body; and at least one pattern metal lump deposed between the pattern discharge metal body and the pattern metal slice and connected to the pattern metal slice. The present invention restrains the static damage of the pattern discharge metal body and the pattern metal slice, so as to avoid abnormal display picture like the phenomenon of the bright line. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253869 | PIXEL ARRAY, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS - A pixel array including first scan lines, second scan lines, data lines, and sub-pixels is provided. Each sub-pixel includes a first switch, a second switch, a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first switch, a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second switch, a third switch, and common lines connected with each other and disposed under the first and the second pixel electrode. The first and the second switch are electrically connected to the same first scan line and data line. The first scan line is located between the first and second pixel electrode. The third switch is electrically connected to the second scan line and the first pixel electrode and has a floating terminal. The floating terminal is capacitively coupled to the second pixel electrode to form a first capacitor and capacitively coupled to the common line under the second pixel electrode to form a second capacitor. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253870 | REPAIRING STRUCTURE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND REPAIRING METHOD THEREOF - A repairing structure of an LCD is provided, which includes at least a first conductive layer, an insulating layer located on the first conductive layer, at least a second conductive layer located on the insulating layer, and an opening located on the first conductive layer in a crossing region where the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are overlapped. A repairing method of the repairing structure is further provided. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253871 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus is provided. The LCD apparatus includes a frame, a liquid crystal panel which is disposed inside the frame, at least one fluorescent lamp which is disposed inside the frame to project light toward the liquid crystal panel, a voltage supply printed circuit board (PCB) which supplies a driving voltage to the fluorescent lamp and includes a connection end and at least one connection terminal arranged on the connection end; and at least one fluorescent lamp connector to which the fluorescent lamp and the voltage supply PCB are connected and which includes a PCB insertion recess into which the connection end is inserted, and the PCB insertion recess has opposite sides which are open in a width direction of the fluorescent lamp connector. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253872 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING LED LIGHT SOURCE - A liquid crystal display device includes a support main having a rectangular frame shape, a reflection sheet in the support main, a light guide plate over the reflection sheet, a light-emitting diode (LED) assembly including a plurality of LEDs arranged along a side surface of the light guide plate, a reflection tape covering the LED assembly and the side surface of the light guide plate, a plurality of optical sheets over the light guide plate, a liquid crystal panel over the plurality of optical sheets, a cover bottom at a rear surface of the reflection sheet and having at least one side wall, and a top cover covering edges of a front surface of the liquid crystal and combined with the support main and the cover bottom, wherein the reflection tape contacts the at least one side wall. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253873 | Liquid Crystal Screen - An LCD screen comprises an optical stack of at least one optical film against the rear polarizer placed at the rear of the plate of the LCD module. That face of the optical film overlaid against the polarizer is rough. A bead of glue is dispensed over the thickness of the rim of the stack over the whole of its perimeter. Depending on whether or not the polarizer is of the hardened type, the screen is encapsulated in a mechanical structure comprising an outer frame and an inner frame clamping the plate and the rear polarizer or the plate alone, the bead of glue being dispensed in the space between the inner frame and the stack. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253874 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a structure for holding a display panel disposed within a cabinet, which includes a frame part positioned on one side of a display face of the display panel; a peripheral part positioned around the display panel; and a rear part covering the other face side of the display panel, from both sides by the frame part and a holding member supported by the peripheral part, a projecting portion projects on an inner face portion of the frame part in a position on an outer peripheral side of a rim portion of the display panel and the holding member so as to extend from the side of the display face of the display panel toward the opposite side of the display face, and a reinforcing portion for coupling the inner face portion of the projecting portion and the inner face portion of the frame part is provided. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253875 | Position tuning structure and adjustable optical film device comprising the same - A position tuning structure is disclosed, which comprises a holding tube having a side hole extending through the wall of the holding tube; a nut locating in the holding tube and connecting to the side hole; a tuning element threadedly engaged in the nut; an elastic rod locating in the holding tube and pushed by the tuning element; a supporting element locating in the holding tube and pushed by the elastic rod; and an elastic element locating in the holding tube and connecting to the supporting element. Also, an adjustable optical film device comprising the above position tuning structure is disclosed. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253876 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AS A LIGHT SOURCE - A light emitting device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate, each of the first and second substrates having an active area and an inactive area surrounding the active area, the first substrate having recesses in a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate; cathode electrodes in the recesses and extending along a first direction; electron emission regions on the cathode electrodes; gate electrodes on the side of the first substrate, extending along a second direction crossing the first direction of the cathode electrodes, and having a mesh structure with openings formed therein; first spacers between the first and second substrates in the active area; and second spacers between the first and second substrates in the inactive area. The second spacers press the gate electrodes to the first substrate to fix them in place. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253877 | Flat display panels, methods and apparatuses to repair the same - When a defective pixel causing light leakage is detected in a flat display panel, an optical modulation region is formed in a substrate by emitting a laser beam such that a virtual image is displayed at a position corresponding to the defective pixel. Accordingly, quality of the flat display panel may be improved thereby increasing manufacturing process yield. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253878 | Display Device - Provided is a display device. The display device comprises: a liquid crystal panel; a first light guide plate disposed above the liquid crystal panel; a second light guide plate disposed below the liquid crystal panel; a light guide member emitting light incident toward the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate; and a light source disposed on a side of the light guide member. Because of the light guide member, the sizes of the light guide plates and the light source are not limited to each other and then disposed. Additionally, the display device uses one light source to realize two screens. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253879 | OPTICAL SHEET, OPTICAL SHEET PRODUCTION METHOD, SURFACE-EMITTING APPARATUS, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical sheet includes a sheet body including a single translucent resin material layer having a first surface that light enters and a second surface that the light exits. The sheet body is orientationally crystallized in a first in-plane axis direction and a second in-plane axis direction orthogonal to each other and having a linear expansion coefficient of 1.0*10E−5/° C. or less in all in-plane directions. A structure surface portion that has a geometric configuration and is formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253880 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, SURFACE-EMITTING APPARATUS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - A light guide plate includes a light-incident surface, a light-reflecting surface, and a light-emitting surface. The light-reflecting surface includes a plurality of first light diffusion portions and a second light diffusion portion. The plurality of first light diffusion portions each have a first concavo-convex height. The second light diffusion portion has a second concavo-convex height lower than the first concavo-convex height and is extended around the plurality of first light diffusion portions in a net-like manner. The light-emitting surface emits light that enters from the light-incident surface and is reflected by the light-reflecting surface. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253881 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display using the same - A backlight unit capable of improving contrast properties by implementing a local dimming method while making the backlight unit slim, and a liquid crystal display using the same are provided. The backlight unit includes a first light guide plate array including a plurality of first light guide plates arranged in parallel in a first direction to define a first light guide channels; a second light guide plate array including a plurality of second light guide plates arranged in parallel in a second direction intersected with the first direction to a second light guide channels; a first light array arranged near at least one end of the first light guide plate array to illuminate light to the at least one end of the first light guide plate array; and a second light array arranged near at least one end of the second light guide plate array to illuminate light to the at least one end of the second light guide plate array. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253882 | BACK LIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A backlight unit comprises: a first light guide plate comprising intaglio patterned lines formed along a first direction thereon to define light guide channels in the first direction; a second light guide plate disposed under the first light guide plate and comprising intaglio patterned lines formed thereon along a second direction crossing the intaglio patterned lines of the first light guide plate to define light guide channels in the second direction; first light sources disposed to face the side of the first light guide plate and irradiating light to the light guide channels of the first direction; and second light sources disposed to face the side of the second light guide plate and irradiating light to the light guide channels of the second direction. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253883 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device, wherein the backlight has a light guiding plate, a first light source group made up of light sources aligned along a first side of the light guiding plate and a second light source group made up of light sources aligned along a second side that faces the first side, the first light source group has a first region where the distance between adjacent light sources is a first distance and a second region where the distance between adjacent light sources is a second distance that is smaller than the first distance, the second light source group has a third region facing the first region and a fourth region facing the second region, the third distance between adjacent light sources in the third region is smaller than the fourth distance between adjacent light sources in the fourth region, and semiconductor devices are positioned so as to face the first region. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253884 | POLARIZING PLATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A polarizing plate of the present invention includes a polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizer; and transparent protective films provided on both sides of the polarizer with an adhesive layer interposed between the polarizer and each transparent protective film, wherein the transparent protective film on one side comprises a lactone ring structure-containing (meth)acrylic resin and has an in-plane retardation of less than 40 nm and a thickness direction retardation of less than 80 nm, and the transparent protective film on the other side is a retardation plate that comprises a cellulose ester and satisfies the relation: nx>ny>nz, wherein nx is a refractive index in an X-axis direction where the in-plane refractive index is maximum, ny is a refractive index in a Y-axis direction perpendicular to the X-axis, and nz is a refractive index in a Z-axis direction corresponding to the thickness direction. The polarizing plate can satisfy durability and display uniformity (unevenness). | 2010-10-07 |
20100253885 | OPTICAL FILM ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Microstructured optical films, assemblies of films including at least one microstructured optical film, and (e.g. illuminated) display devices including a single microstructured optical film or assembly. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253886 | POLARIZING FILM INCLUDING ANTISTATIC COATING LAYER - A polarizing film, including a polarizer, a resin film as a base film, and an antistatic coating layer, the antistatic coating layer containing a cured mixture of a conductive polymer, a curable resin, a hydroxyacrylate compound, a cellulose compound, and a photopolymerization initiator. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253887 | Liquid crystal display device and polarizing plate with a condensing element - A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a rear light source device, a rear polarizing plate, a liquid crystal cell including liquid crystal molecules that are substantially perpendicularly aligned during black display, and a front polarizing plate, which are provided in the stated order, wherein: an absorption axis of a polarizer of the rear polarizing plate is perpendicular to an absorption axis of a polarizer of the front polarizing plate; and condensed light in which a half-value angle in a direction perpendicular to the absorption axis of the polarizer of the rear polarizing plate is smaller than a half-value angle in a direction parallel to the absorption axis of the polarizer of the rear polarizing plate enters the rear polarizing plate. According to the present invention, a liquid crystal display device having an excellent front contrast ratio, and a polarizing plate with a condensing element for realizing the liquid crystal display device having the excellent front contrast ratio may be provided. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253888 | Colored composition, color filter and method of manufacturing the same - Disclosed is a coloring composition including a pigment, a transparent resin, a monomer having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond, and a photo-polymerization initiator, wherein a ratio (M/P) of weight (M) of the monomer having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond to weight (P) of the transparent resin is confined to a range of 0.12 to 1.35, and the coloring composition is adapted to be employed in a manufacturing method of a color filter including coating a surface of a substrate with the coloring composition, irradiating a filter segment-forming region or a black matrix-forming region of the coated coloring composition film with a laser beam having a wavelength of 340 nm to 380 nm, thereby curing the irradiated region, and removing uncured portion of the coated coloring composition film to form the filter segment or the black matrix. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253889 | COLOR FILTER FOR TRANSFLECTIVE TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The main object of the present invention is to provide a color filter for a transflective type color liquid crystal display which is easily produced and capable of displaying the same color tone with both of a reflecting light and a transmitting light, and shows light scattering in a reflective light region. In order to attain the above mentioned object, the present invention provides a color filter for transflective type color liquid crystal display comprising a transparent substrate and a reflective light coloring layer and a transmissive light coloring layer formed on the transparent substrate, wherein, a convex-concave is formed on a surface of a liquid crystal layer side of the reflective light coloring layer, and an average thickness of the reflective light coloring layer is formed to be thinner than the thickness of the transmissive light coloring layer, and a refractive index difference between the reflective light coloring layer and a layer in contact with the surface of the convex-concave formed side of the reflective light coloring layer, is 0.1 or more. Further, a main object of the present invention is to provide a color filter for transflective type liquid crystal display comprising a transparent membrane pattern region obtained by laminating: a transparent substrate; a transparent membrane pattern layer comprising a transparent membrane formed in a pattern on the transparent substrate; and a coloring layer formed so as to cover the transparent membrane pattern layer. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253890 | COLOR FILTER FOR TRANSFLECTIVE TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The main object of the present invention is to provide a color filter for a transflective type color liquid crystal display which is easily produced and capable of displaying the same color tone with both of a reflecting light and a transmitting light, and shows light scattering in a reflective light region. In order to attain the above mentioned object, the present invention provides a color filter for transflective type color liquid crystal display comprising a transparent substrate and a reflective light coloring layer and a transmissive light coloring layer formed on the transparent substrate, wherein, a convex-concave is formed on a surface of a liquid crystal layer side of the reflective light coloring layer, and an average thickness of the reflective light coloring layer is formed to be thinner than the thickness of the transmissive light coloring layer, and a refractive index difference between the reflective light coloring layer and a layer in contact with the surface of the convex-concave formed side of the reflective light coloring layer, is 0.1 or more. Further, a main object of the present invention is to provide a color filter for transflective type liquid crystal display comprising a transparent membrane pattern region obtained by laminating: a transparent substrate; a transparent membrane pattern layer comprising a transparent membrane formed in a pattern on the transparent substrate; and a coloring layer formed so as to cover the transparent membrane pattern layer. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253891 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a LCD device providing wide viewing angle display and having an improved transmittance and contrast ratio. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including:
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20100253892 | POLARIZING PLATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention provides a polarizing plate that includes: a transparent protective film; a polarizer; and an optical compensation layer. The transparent protective film, the polarizer, and the optical compensation layer are laminated in this order. A moisture percentage of the polarizing plate is 2.8% by mass or less. The optical compensation layer includes a retardation film. The retardation film includes at least one resin selected from the group consisting of norbornene resins, cellulose resins, polyvinyl acetal resins, polyimide resins, polyester resins, and polycarbonate resins. The optical compensation layer shows an optical property represented by the following formula (I): | 2010-10-07 |
20100253893 | DISPLAY FILTER FOR LCD HAVING ANTI-FOG LAYER - A display filter for a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) having an anti-fog function includes a transparent support arranged in front of the display module and an anti-fog layer stacked in the rear of the transparent support to face the display module. The anti-fog layer prevents the display filter from fogging up. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253894 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME HAVING SPACER IN ALIGNMENT GROOVE IN WHICH THE GROOVE WIDTH IS GREATER THAN THE SPACER DIAMETER - A liquid crystal display device, and a method for fabricating the same is described, in which an alignment film is formed divided into a plurality of sub-alignment films spaced from each other, and a column spacer is formed in the space between the sub-alignment films. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, and a second substrate opposite to each other, a first alignment film on the second substrate, the first alignment film having a first alignment film groove in a predetermined portion, a first spacer in the first alignment film groove, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253895 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and liquid crystal interposed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes an active element, a first insulating film formed on the active element, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first insulating film, a second insulating film disposed on the first electrodes, and a pixel electrode disposed on the second insulating film. The pixel electrode is electrically coupled to the active element via a portion defining a contact hole formed in a portion defining a clearance between the plurality of first electrodes. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253896 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided with high fabrication efficiency, which produces small display unevenness and which is capable of high quality display with excellent viewing angle characteristics and high transmittance. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253897 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a liquid crystal display device of high picture quality with high brightness and small display unevenness. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253898 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device at which the contact-type wiring inspection can be accurately carried out is provided. In a display device in which two or more kinds of lines are arranged on a substrate by way of an interlayer insulation film, in at least a partial region of the substrate outside a display region, a plurality of upper-layer lines which are arranged parallel to each other on an upper side of the interlayer insulation film, lower-layer lines which are arranged on a lower side of the interlayer insulation film and between the upper-layer lines or adjacent to the upper-layer lines, and adjustment layers for adjusting a height which are arranged on a lower side of the interlayer insulation film and below the upper-layer lines so as to position surfaces of the upper-layer lines at a highest position on the substrate are formed. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253899 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THEREOF - The liquid crystal display device includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line which is disposed on the first insulation substrate and extends substantially in a first direction, first and second data lines which are insulated from the gate line, extend substantially in a second direction and intersect the gate line, a pixel electrode which includes first and second sub-pixel electrodes which are each provided with different data voltages via the first and second data lines, respectively, and which are separated from each other by a gap, the second sub-pixel electrode at least partially overlapping the first and second data lines, a second insulation substrate which faces the first insulation substrate, a black matrix which is disposed on the second insulation substrate and includes an irregular shape and extends substantially along the first and second data lines and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first and second insulation substrates. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253900 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE - A liquid crystal module includes a liquid crystal cell, a board and a base film mounted on the board. Electrodes are aligned on an edge of the liquid crystal cell. Terminals are aligned on an edge of the base film. The terminals include first terminals and a second terminal. The first terminals, is connected to the electrodes by a thermally compression bond, and is disposed so as to be applied a correction before the thermally compression bond. The correction is a offset by which the first terminals correspond to the electrodes after the thermally compression bond. The second terminal is disposed so as to correspond to first one of the electrodes before the thermally compression bond. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253901 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display including a couple of substrates facing each other and pixel electrodes formed on inside surfaces of the couple of substrates, each of the pixel electrodes has gaps. A liquid crystal layer is sealed between the couple of substrates with the pixel electrodes formed and the gaps are alternately disposed to form a staggered arrangement between the pair of pixel electrodes. The liquid crystal layer has pre-tilt regions where liquid crystal molecules are tilted. In these regions, the spacing between adjacent pre-tilt regions is smaller than spacing in the substrate surface direction between the gap of a pixel electrode on one substrate and the gap of a pixel electrode on the other substrate. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253902 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device which can be used in a variety of situations and applications. The liquid crystal display device comprises: a first substrate comprising a first display region, a second display region, and a third display region wherein the first display region, the second display region, and the third display region are continuously formed; a second substrate having a form which fits the first substrate; and a liquid crystal interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The second display region is interposed between the first display region and the second display region. The second display region is curved, and the first display region and the second display region are substantially flat. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253903 | Bridge for Clip-On Sunglasses and Auxiliary Lenses - The instant invention introduces a clip-on eyewear assembly that is compatible with both framed and frameless clip-on eyewear and securely mounts to various sets of eyewear. This clip-on eyewear assembly features a centrally position bridge assembly, left and right lens members and attachment members that are used to hold the lens members in place when mounted to a set of eyewear. The bridge assembly typically provides some type of force to keep the lens members securely held to the set of eyewear to which the clip-on eyewear assembly is attached. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253904 | WEARABLE HIGH RESOLUTION AUDIO VISUAL INTERFACE - An adjustable visual optical element is provided, which may be supported, for example, by an eyeglass. The optical element is preferably adjustable in each of the X, Y, and Z axes to allow the wearer to optimize projection of the optical element. A view axis of the display is preferably also angularly adjustable with respect to a wearer's straight ahead normal line of sight. Source electronics may be carried onboard the eyeglasses, or may be connectable to the eyeglasses via either a hardwire, optical guide, or radiofrequency link. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253905 | DIAGNOSING AND REMEDIATING COGNITIVE DEFICITS INVOLVING ATTENTION, SEQUENTIAL PROCESSING, READING, SPEED OF PROCESSING, AND NAVIGATION - Cognitive deficits involving attention, sequential processing, reading, speed of processing, and navigation may be diagnosed and remediated in a subject by respectively measuring and improving contrast sensitivity for motion discrimination of the subject. A background may be displayed with a contrast and temporal frequency and either single, or multiple, higher spatial frequencies that may repeat over a wider area than the individual frequency components. A test window may be superimposed over the background, and includes a test pattern with a contrast and a spatial frequency and a temporal frequency The subject may provide a signal indicative of the direction the subject believes the test pattern moved. In response to this signal, the contrast of the test pattern, the spatial frequency of the background, the spatial frequency of the test pattern, or the temporal frequency may be modified, either by increasing or decreasing its respective value. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253906 | METHOD FOR MEASURING AND VERIFYING THE CORRECT ADAPTATION OF LENSES TO FRAME - A device and method for verifying the fitting of ophthalmic lenses in a frame for spectacles, the device comprising a mask to be placed on at least one lens of the spectacles, the mask having at least one transparent stain within an opaque area of the mask, the stain located correspondingly to a test point on the lens. The method comprising placing a mask on at least one lens installed in the spectacle's frame, the mask having at least one transparent stain within an opaque area of the mask, the stain located correspondingly to a test point on the lens. Additionally, a system and method for optometric measurements by using the described mask are also provided. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253907 | Ocular surface interferometery (OSI) devices and systems for imaging, processing, and/or displaying an ocular tear film - Ocular surface interferometry (OSI) devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for measuring a tear film layer thickness (TFLT) of the ocular tear film, including lipid layer thickness (LLT) and/or aqueous layer thickness (ALT). The measured TFLT can be used to diagnosis dry eye syndrome (DES). In certain disclosed embodiments, a multi-wavelength light source can be controlled to illuminate the ocular tear film. Light emitted from the multi-wavelength light source undergoes optical wave interference interactions in the tear film. An imaging device can be focused on the lipid layer of the tear film to capture optical wave interference interactions of specularly reflected light from the tear film combined with a background signal(s) in a first image. The imaging device can also be focused on the lipid layer of the tear film to capture a second image containing the background signal(s) present in the first image. The second image can be subtracted from the first image to reduce and/or eliminate the background signal(s) in the first image to produce a resulting image. The resulting image can be processed and analyzed to measure a tear film layer thickness (TFLT), including lipid layer thickness (LLT) and/or aqueous layer thickness (ALT). | 2010-10-07 |
20100253908 | Stabilized Retinal Imaging With Adaptive Optics - A system provides an optical image of an object. A first module tracks a reference feature of the object. A second module includes a source for an imaging beam, a scanning device to move the imaging beam along a portion of the object and a detection device receives a signal associated with an image of the portion of the object. The first module controls the position of the imaging beam relative to the reference feature to correct for the motion of the object. A third module detects a distortion of the object and compensates for the distortion. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253909 | INDUCED HIGH ORDER ABERRATIONS CORRESPONDING TO GEOMETRICAL TRANSFORMATIONS - Wavefront measurements of eyes are typically taken when the pupil is in a first configuration in an evaluation context. The results can be represented by a set of basis function coefficients. Prescriptive treatments are often applied in a treatment context, which is different from the evaluation context. Hence, the patient pupil can be in a different, second configuration, during treatment. Systems and methods are provided for determining a transformed set of basis function coefficients, based on a difference between the first and second configurations, which can be used to establish the vision treatment. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253910 | Ocular light stimulus apparatus - An ocular light stimulus apparatus is proposed in which an ocular fundus of an examinee's eye is illuminated by infrared light from an illumination light source via a ring slit disposed in the position conjugate with the anterior ocular segment thereof, and the ocular fundus is irradiated with stimulus light from a stimulus light source and background light from a background light source via a photographic stop disposed in the position substantially conjugate with the anterior ocular segment of the examinee's eye. This allows the background light to be projected onto the ocular fundus so as to spread in all directions about the center of the anterior ocular segment. Therefore, the entire ocular fundus can be uniformly illuminated about the position onto which the stimulus light is projected, and an accurate local ERG examination can be performed. Since the ocular fundus is irradiated with the background light and the stimulus light via the center part of the pupil, shading does not occur even when the pupil diameter is somewhat small, and the amount of the background light and the stimulus light can be kept constant regardless of the pupil diameter, ensuring a highly reliable local ERG examination. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253911 | Optical Measurement Apparatus and Method Therefor - An optical measurement apparatus comprises an optical system ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100253912 | METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING AN OBJECT, AND A SURGICAL MICROSCOPE HAVING AN ILLUMINATING DEVICE - A microscope and a method for illuminating an object to be imaged by a microscope are described. The method includes illuminating the object by primary light of a first spectral intensity distribution and by secondary light of a second spectral intensity distribution, the secondary light arising from the scattering of the primary light; measuring the intensity of at least one wavelength of the secondary light; comparing at least one of the measured intensity and a value derived from this measured intensity to a threshold value; and generating a signal indicating a change in the spectral intensity distribution of the secondary light by indicating whether the at least one of the measured intensity and value derived from this measured intensity either exceed or stay below the predefined threshold value. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253913 | AUTOMATED METHOD FOR MEASURING READING ACUITY - The procedure is based on the use of a reading test, whose fundamental objective is to remove the traditional Examiner from the process; in a way that not only removes the inherent costs of having an Examiner present but also eliminates the risk of errors being made by the Examiner. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253914 | System and method for detecting central retinal distortions associated with macular diseases - Provided herein are methods and systems to screen for subjects at risk for retinal-associated eye diseases or to monitor the progression/regression thereof. Generally, the method comprises simultaneously or sequentially displaying to a potentially at-risk individual targets of parallel and nonparallel lines, obtaining an orientation discrimination threshold based on the subject's selections and correlating an increase in the threshold compared to that of a normal control or to a previous threshold measured for the subject as indicative of risk for a retinal-associated eye disease or a progression of the eye disease. Also provided are program storage devices and computer program products effective to store instructions or source code to perform the methods. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253915 | Retro-Reflective Light Diffusing Display Systems - Aspects of the present invention involve novel display screens comprising light diffusion and retro-reflectivity. In embodiments, a retro-reflective light diffusion screen can be used to generate a three-dimensional autostereoscopic display by generating a plurality of viewing windows wherein each viewing window depicts a unique perspective image view. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253916 | Retro-Reflective Light Diffusing Display Systems - Aspects of the present invention involve novel display screens comprising light diffusion and retro-reflectivity. In embodiments, a retro-reflective light diffusion screen can be used to generate a three-dimensional autostereoscopic display by generating a plurality of viewing windows wherein each viewing window depicts a unique perspective image view. In embodiments, the retro-reflective light diffusion screen comprises a transparent medium layer between the retro-reflector surface and the light diffuser layer to help reduce ghost images. In embodiments, the retro-reflective light diffusion screen comprises a lenticular layer positioned such that the light diffuser layer is between the lenticular layer and the retro-reflective surface and is also positioned so that the light diffuser layer is at a focal plane of the lenticular layer. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253917 | Aerial Three-Dimensional Image Display Systems - Aspects of the present invention involve novel three-dimensional display systems. Multi-view-window-based display systems are used to generate floating three-dimensional displays. In embodiments, an optical focusing element is positioned at a distance that is greater than or equal to the focal length of the optical focusing element from the viewing windows to form projected viewing windows through which a user can see a floating 3D image. In alternative embodiments, an optical focusing element is positioned at a distance that is less than the focal length of the optical focusing element from the viewing windows to form a rear-projection-like three-dimensional display system. In embodiments, a retro-reflective light diffusion screen is used in the multi-view-window-based display systems. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253918 | INFOTAINMENT DISPLAY ON FULL-WINDSHIELD HEAD-UP DISPLAY - A method to display an infotainment graphic upon a surface within a vehicle includes monitoring a source of infotainment content; determining the infotainment graphic based upon monitoring the source of infotainment content, and displaying the infotainment graphic upon the surface including a material reactive to display graphics in response to an excitation projector, wherein the excitation projector includes an ultraviolet projector. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253919 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LASER PROJECTION AND HOLOGRAPHIC DIFFRACTION GRATING FOR A VEHICLE - The present invention is a method and system for projecting an image from a vehicle onto a surface, such as a road or sidewalk. A laser diode assembly is installed in the vehicle and comprises: a light beam source; a power source; a power regulating chip; an image creation means; and, power activating means. A lens is secured to an output end of the laser diode assembly, and comprises a light diffraction image which can be a message, logo, or graphic design Activation is initiated by switching on the assembly from a position within the interior of the vehicle, or by an activity such as the opening of a door. The activation is ramped up to a full-on state over a pre-set period of time. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253920 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a light source which emits light; a light modulating device which modulates the light emitted from the light source according to image information; an image forming system which forms an image corresponding to the optical image formed by the light modulating device of modulated light which is modulated by the light modulation device at an image forming position; a polarized light emitting unit disposed at the image forming position of the image forming system to selectively convert the polarization direction of a part of entering light; and a projecting device which projects the light from the polarized light emitting unit. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253921 | LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT POSITIONING METHOD FOR PROJECTOR, AND PROJECTOR - A method for positioning a light modulation element of a projector comprising: providing the projector including a first light modulation element unit having a first through a three light modulation elements, a second light modulation element unit having a fourth through a sixth light modulation elements, and a combining system for combining first image light supplied from the first light modulation element unit and second image light supplied from the second light modulation element unit and supplying combined light, positioning first light modulation element unit and second light modulation element unit such that color of combined light of color lights obtained from the first light modulation element, the second light modulation element, and the sixth light modulation element and combined by the combining system becomes a predetermined color. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253922 | OPTICAL ENGINE - An optical engine including an illumination system, a beam splitting element, a second dichroic unit, and a light valve is provided. The illumination system provides a visible beam and an invisible beam. The beam splitting element is disposed in transmission paths of the visible and invisible beams. After the visible and invisible beams leave the beam splitting element, the optical axes of the visible and invisible beams are separated from each other. The second dichroic unit is disposed in the transmission paths of the visible and invisible beams from the beam splitting element. The visible beam passes through the second dichroic unit, and the invisible beam is reflected by the second dichroic unit. The light valve is disposed in the transmission path of the visible beam from the second dichroic unit and converts the visible beam into an image beam. The image beam passes through the second dichroic unit. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253923 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND PROJECTOR - A heat exchanger which is hollow and contains a plurality of small flow paths includes: a plurality of partition walls disposed in parallel with one another in the width direction of the heat exchanger to form the plural small flow paths; and an inlet unit and an outlet unit configured to communicate with the inside and the outside of the heat exchanger, and allow cooling liquid to flow into and out of the heat exchanger through the inlet unit and the outlet unit, the inlet unit and the outlet unit extend in directions opposite to each other along the width direction from a pair of center positions located approximately at the centers of inner side surfaces of the heat exchanger in the width direction and opposed to each other, and penetrate outer side surfaces of the heat exchanger. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253924 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes: a light emitting tube; a reflecting mirror; and a tubular member disposed on a forward side of light emission of the reflecting mirror, and surrounding the light emitting tube, the tubular member has a pair of air circulating units communicating inside and outside of the tubular member and adapted to allow introduction of external air from the forward side toward a backward side of the light emission in a vertically symmetrical manner on a center axis of the light emitting tube, inside the air circulating unit there is disposed a air flow guide member, and the air flow guide member is pivoted rotatably around a predetermined rotational axis with respect to the air circulating unit under own weight of the air flow guide member, and rotates to thereby open and block at least a part of a flow passage inside the air circulating unit. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253925 | Microactuator,optical device, display apparatus, exposure apparatus, and method for producing device - A microactuator includes a base member, a plate-shaped member which is deflectively deformable, and a driving force applying device. A driving objective is connected to a predetermined portion of a deflectively deformable area of the plate-shaped member. The driving force applying device deflectively deforms the deflectively deformable area to change an inclination of the predetermined portion of the plate-shaped member between a first inclination and a second inclination; and a part of the plate-shaped member or a part of a member fixed to the plate-shaped member is brought into abutment against a member when the inclination is the first inclination, and the part of the plate-shaped member or the part of the member fixed to the plate-shaped member is brought into abutment against the base member when the inclination is the second inclination. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253926 | ILLUMINATION OPTICS FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY - An illumination optics for microlithography includes an optical assembly for guiding illumination light to an object field to be illuminated in an object plane. The illumination optics can divide an illumination light radiation bundle into a plurality of radiation sub-bundles which are assigned to different illumination angles of the object field illumination. The illumination optics is configured so that at least some of the radiation sub-bundles are superimposed in a superposition plane which is spaced from the object plane and which is not imaged into the object plane in which superposition takes place. This superposition is such that edges of the superimposed radiation sub-bundles coincide at least partially. In some embodiments, a field intensity setting device includes a plurality of adjacent individual diaphragms which at least attenuate illumination light when exposed thereon. These individual diaphragms are insertable into an illumination light radiation bundle in a direction parallel to an object displacement direction. All individual diaphragms of the field intensity setting device are insertable into the illumination light radiation bundle from one and the same side. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253927 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATING UNIT, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - There is disclosed a spatial light modulating unit comprising: | 2010-10-07 |
20100253928 | RADIATION SOURCE - A radiation source includes a chamber, a supply constructed and arranged to supply a substance to the chamber at a location that allows the substance to pass through an interaction point within the chamber, a laser constructed and arranged to provide a laser beam to the interaction point so that a radiation emitting plasma is produced when the laser beam interacts with he substance at the interaction point, and a conduit constructed and arranged to deliver unheated buffer gas into the chamber at a location adjacent to the interaction point at a rate that removes heated buffer gas from a region around the interaction point before a subsequent interaction between the laser beam and the substance at the interaction point. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253929 | PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF SELECTIVE DIE EXPOSURE - Several embodiments of photolithography systems and associated methods of selective die exposure are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for exposing a microelectronic substrate in a photolithography system includes producing an illumination radiation from a radiation source and identifying a field on the microelectronic substrate to be exposed. The field is partitioned into a first region discrete from a second region. The method further includes inhibiting the illumination radiation to expose the first region while simultaneously exposing the second region to the illumination radiation. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253930 | LINEAR MOTOR, AND STAGE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A linear motor is provided with a first member including a magnet and a second member including a coil facing the magnet, which are moved relative to each other. The second member includes a thermal conduction member, a thermal insulation member, the coil, and a first cooling unit, which are disposed in this order from the magnet side, and a second cooling unit configured to cool the thermal conduction member being disposed outside an area in which the magnet and the coil face each other. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253931 | COORDINATE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A coordinate measurement instrument includes an optical distance measurement device ( | 2010-10-07 |
20100253932 | COMPUTATION OF WIND VELOCITY - A system for computation of wind velocity including a laser adapted to transmit a beam to a target, a collecting lens for receiving a beam returning from the target, and receiver optics comprising a multi-element detector array at a focal plane of the collecting lens, wherein for each element of the multi-element detector array there is a specific optical path in the atmosphere leading from the laser to the target and back from the target to the element; and processor apparatus operative to measure signal fluctuations of an element of the multi-element detector array, and compute therefrom crosswind velocity of wind in the atmosphere, wherein said processor apparatus is operative to calculate turbulence strength changes and wind profiles. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253933 | IN-LINE MERCURY DETECTOR FOR HYDROCARBON AND NATURAL GAS - A method and a device are presented for measuring the mercury content of hydrocarbon and natural gases in a continuous mode and in-situ in a gas production line in a real time mode, comprising diverting a gas sample from the gas production line in an optical flexible measuring cell for optical detection of the mercury present in the gas production line. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253934 | ANALYSIS OF MIXTURES INCLUDING PROTEINS - The quality control of vaccines is an important step in the release of vaccines to patients. Problems when dealing with vaccines include stability, batch-to-batch consistency and contamination. The invention provides a method of analyzing the composition of a protein-containing sample by electromagnetic spectroscopy, and derivatising the obtained spectrum to obtain a derivative spectrum of the sample. The derivative spectrum may optionally be compared to a reference spectrum, to assess stability, contamination etc. relative to the reference. The derivative analysis technique allows the separation and discrimination between the spectral contributions of different components, thereby allowing differences in the spectra to be assigned to particular groups of the protein, or particular contaminants etc. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253935 | APPARATUS AND METHODS RELATING TO ENHANCED SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS - The apparatus and methods herein provide light sources and spectral measurement systems that can improve the quality of images and the ability of users to distinguish desired features when making spectroscopy measurements by providing methods and apparatus that can improve the dynamic range of data from spectral measurement systems. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253936 | MEASUREMENT OF NONLINEAR EFFECTS OF AN OPTICAL PATH - A network device may include a receiver to receive optical pulses from an optical path, wherein the optical pulses include a plurality of intensities and represent data. The network device may also include a processor to determine a rate of bit errors introduced during propagation of the optical pulses through the optical path and to determine a parameter indicative of nonlinear effects of the optical path based on the rate of bit errors and the plurality of intensities. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253937 | MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING A FOCUSED LASER BEAM - According to an embodiment, a measuring device for measuring a laser beam comprises a magnification lens system with a total of two lenses which are arranged in series in the beam path of the laser beam and whose foci are coinciding, as well as a camera which is arranged behind the two lenses in the focus of the last lens and includes an electronic image sensor which generates an electronic image of the magnified laser beam. The lenses together with the camera are adjustable along the beam path relative to a reference point of the measuring device, for the purpose of locating the beam waist of the laser beam and of determining a diameter profile of the laser beam. The measuring device further comprises an adapter enclosing the beam path for coupling the measuring device to a laser system which provides the laser beam. The adapter forms an abutment surface or the laser system, which is axially directed with respect to a beam axis of the laser beam, and permits the measuring device to be coupled in situ at the installation site of the laser system. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253938 | OPTICAL INSPECTION METHOD AND OPTICAL INSPECTION APPARATUS - In the conventional contaminant particle/defect inspection method, if the illuminance of the illumination beam is held at not more than a predetermined upper limit value not to give thermal damage to the sample, the detection sensitivity and the inspection speed being in the tradeoff relation with each other, it is very difficult to improve one of the detection sensitivity and the inspection speed without sacrificing the other or improve both at the same time. The invention provides an improved optical inspection method and an improved optical inspection apparatus, in which a pulse laser is used as a light source, and a laser beam flux is split into a plurality of laser beam fluxes which are given different time delay to form a plurality of illumination spots. The scattered light signal from each illumination spot is isolated and detected by using a light emission start timing signal for each illumination spot. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253939 | Industrial Laparoscope - An industrial laparoscope includes a handle and a socket connected to the handle. A hemisphere is partially, rotationally located in the socket. A button is connected to the hemisphere so that the button is operable to rotate the hemisphere. A gooseneck connected to the socket, a flexible tube connected to the gooseneck. A lens is connected to the flexible tube. A first wire spacer is located in the flexible tube. A second wire spacer is located in the flexible tube. A major spring is located in the flexible tube and compressed between the first and second wire spacers. At least four wires are inserted through the socket and the gooseneck. Each of the wires includes an end connected to the hemisphere and another end connected to the first wire spacer. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253940 | STRUCTURE FOR SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - A structure for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy is disclosed herein. A substrate has a stack configured vertically thereon. The stack encompasses at least two metal layers and at least one dielectric layer therebetween. Each layer of the stack has a controlled thickness, and each of the at least two metal layers is configured to exhibit a predetermined characteristic of plasmonic resonance. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253941 | Coded Aperture Snapshot Spectral Imager and Method Therefor - The present invention enables snap-shot spectral imaging of a scene at high image generation rates. Light from the scene is processed through an optical system that comprises a coded-aperture. The optical system projects a plurality of images, each characterized by only one of a plurality of spectral components, onto a photodetector array. The plurality of images is interspersed on the photodetector array, but no photodetector receives light characterized by more than one of the plurality of spectral components. As a result, computation of the spatio-spectral datacube that describes the scene is simplified. The present invention, therefore, enables rapid spectral imaging of the scene. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253942 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHARACTERIZING SILICON LAYER ON TRANSLUCENT SUBSTRATE - A method for the characterization of a silicon layer on a translucent substrate, in particular, for the characterization of a solar cell blank, includes detecting by at least one optical detector, the light transmitted through the silicon layer and/or reflected on the silicon layer. The method also includes determining a degree of absorption of the silicon layer for at least one wavelength by means of the detected light. The method further includes determining a quantity ratio between an amorphous fraction and a crystalline fraction of the silicon layer or between one of these fractions and the total of these fractions by means of the degree of absorption. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253943 | Method and systems for particle characteruzation using optical sensor output signal fluctuation - Methods and systems for particle characterization using a light fluctuation component of an optical sensor output signal. The use of the light fluctuation component enables particle characterization (e.g. provision of information on particle size, type and confidence) without requiring measurements at multiple wavelengths or multiple angles and using relatively lightweight calculations. The methods and systems allow integration of real-time airborne particle characterization into portable monitors. The methods and systems in some embodiments also use the output signal to further characterize particles through determination of particle density information. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253944 | PARTICLE COUNTING AND DNA UPTAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION, ASSESSMENT AND FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THREATS DUE TO NEBULIZED BIOLOGICAL AGENTS - The Nebulized Airborne Biohazard Stage Alert (NABSA) is a method utilizing an optical particle counter in conjunction with a fluorometer as triggers to detect and assess potential biohazard threats infused into surrounding air. In the first stage an optical particle counter is constantly passing sampled air in front of an energy source, in turn scattering light. This scattered light is evaluated to establish if the particles are above one micrometer in concentrations, and thus potentially an aerosolized threat. Such detection triggers the secondary stage in which the sample particles are tested for viability via processing through a dye with fluorescent properties affected when bonded with an entity universally found in all biological substances and a UV light source. The detection of concentrations of oversized, viable particles triggers the third stage to compare a sample of the particles to known biowarfare agents to delineate the specific agent species. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253945 | PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION - In one general aspect, a method of measuring characteristics of particles in a liquid sample is disclosed. The method includes suspending the liquid sample in a tube. The suspended liquid sample is illuminated along an illumination axis, and at least a portion of the light is detected along a first detection axis after it is scattered by the particles in the suspended liquid sample. The illumination axis and the detection axis are oriented at an angle with respect to each other. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253946 | Colour image reference system for monitor and projector images - A test apparatus comprising a self illuminated light source and second moveable element having spectrophotometrically neutral gray and colour patches of predetermined hues and saturations. A digital software file provides identical spectrophotometrically neutral grayscale and colour data which, when reproduced on a monitor or projection system, should match the grayscale and test colors provided by the apparatus. When the apparatus is placed in front of the monitor image or projected image, the neutral grays and colour patches reproduced on the monitor image or projected image are compared against the image of the apparatus. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253947 | OPTICAL INSPECTION APPARATUS - An optical inspection apparatus capable of adjusting an incident angle of a detected light beam and adjusting a detecting angle for detecting the detected light beam. A driving mechanism is used to actuate two arms having a light source and a detector disposed thereon respectively to conduct a relative movement between the two arms so as to control the incident angle and the detecting angle. By means of the embodiments, mechanism for adjusting the angle is simplified so that the apparatus is capable of being adapted to combine with the application of micro sensors such that practicality of modularization design and microminiaturization and convenience of operation are capable of being greatly improved and that the cost can be reduced. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253948 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESONATOR FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE INTENSITY MODULATION CONTROL - Systems and methods for improved resonator fiber optic gyroscope intensity modulation control are provided. In one embodiment, a resonant fiber optic gyroscope (RFOG) having a residual intensity modulation (RIM) controller comprises: an intensity modulator optically coupled to receive a light beam from a laser source modulated at a resonance detection modulation frequency; an optical tap device optically coupled to the intensity modulator; and a feedback servo coupled to the optical tap device and the intensity modulator, the demodulating feedback servo generating a sinusoidal feedback signal to the intensity modulator. The feedback servo adjusts an amplitude and phase of the sinusoidal feedback signal provided to intensity modulator based on a residual intensity modulation detected by the demodulating feedback servo. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253949 | Miniature Optical Elements for Fiber-Optic Beam Shaping - In part, the invention relates to optical caps having at least one lensed surface configured to redirect and focus light outside of the cap. The cap is placed over an optical fiber. Optical radiation travels through the fiber and interacts with the optical surface or optical surfaces of the cap, resulting in a beam that is either focused at a distance outside of the cap or substantially collimated. The optical elements such as the elongate caps described herein can be used with various data collection modalities such optical coherence tomography. In part, the invention relates to a lens assembly that includes a micro-lens; a beam director in optical communication with the micro-lens; and a substantially transparent film or cover. The substantially transparent film is capable of bi-directionally transmitting light, and generating a controlled amount of backscatter. The film can surround a portion of the beam director. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253950 | Carrier-Envelope Phase Shift Using Linear Media - The carrier-envelope phase in a train of optical pulses is varied utilizing the dispersive properties of lossless plates while the total dispersion in transmission is maintained practically constant. The plates include sloped surfaces and are mounted for displacement such that the ratio of the thicknesses of the two plates through which the optical pulses will pass can be varied by displacing the plates so as to shift the carrier-envelope phase in the optical pulses. In one embodiment, the plates include a barium fluoride wedge and a fumed silica wedge, wherein the wedges are bond together to form a composite structure with thicker and thinner portions of the wedges inversely matched. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253951 | Image Reading Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - A manuscript reading apparatus capable of reading manuscript through a proper scan resolution without performing troublesome operation by user is supplied. In the image reading apparatus, a setting section | 2010-10-07 |
20100253952 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIRMING ATTRIBUTES OF MEDIA LOADED IN A MEDIA TRAY IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for confirming attributes of media loaded in a media tray in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include determining which media tray of one or more media trays is being loaded with media using one or more media tray sensors, displaying a graphical representation of the media tray being loaded to a user on a user interface, prompting the user to enter and confirm attributes of the media being loaded into the media tray through the user interface, determining if confirmation has been received from the user interface, wherein if it is determined that the confirmation has been received from the user interface, storing the confirmed attributes for the determined media tray in a memory, and processing print jobs using the stored media tray attributes. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253953 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA AMOUNT REDUCING METHOD, AND DATA AMOUNT REDUCING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to reduce the data amount of image data while preventing degradation of image quality, an MFP includes an image data acquiring portion to acquire image data, a region extracting portion to extract regions having predetermined attributes from the image data, a selecting portion to select one of the extracted regions, a reduction portion to reduce the data amount of the image data by processing the selected region in a manner predetermined for the attribute of that region, and a comparing portion to compare the data amount of the image data after reduction of the data amount with a predetermined target value, in which the selecting portion selects the regions one by one until the comparing portion determines that the data amount of the image data is equal to or less than the target value. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253954 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TRANSFORMING DIGITAL COLOUR IMAGES - A general framework for adaptive gamut mapping is presented in which the image is first decomposed in two bands, one containing the local means, the other the local variations. Two spatial and color adaptive gamut mapping algorithms are introduced. Based on spatial color bilateral filtering, they take into account the color properties of the neighborhood of each pixel. Their goal is to preserve both the color values of the pixels and their relations between neighbors. | 2010-10-07 |
20100253955 | Recording Control Device, Recording System, and Recording Control Method - A recording control device can adjust the recording density without causing color shifting when recording images using chromatic and achromatic inks. A host computer | 2010-10-07 |