47th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100295997 | AUTOMATIC WHITE BALANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An automatic white balance (AWB) system including a luminaire, a light sensing unit, an analog-to-digital converter, a control unit and a driving circuit is provided. In the AWB system of a projection apparatus, the suitable AWB method is applied. The light sensing unit includes a light sensor and a light sensing circuit. The light sensor is coupled to the light sensing circuit for sensing intensity of the color lights emitted from the luminaire, no matter what colors the color lights emitted from the luminaire are. The white balance of the color lights in the AWB system of the projection apparatus is automatically achieved with the light sensor instead of the color sensors. Therefore, the cost of the projection apparatus with the AWB system is reduced. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295998 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A feature amount is calculated from input image data, then a scene of the input image data is determined based on the feature amount and the reliability of the scene is calculated. Then correction processing is performed on the input image data that corresponds to the determined scene and the scene reliability of the scene. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295999 | MULTI-CHANNEL KVM SERVER SYSTEM EMPLOYING MULTIRESOLUTION DECOMPOSITION - A multi-channel KVM server system for supplying video data to a plurality of clients is disclosed. The KVM server includes a plurality of video processors and a video switch for connecting each video processor to one or more video sources. Each video processor processes video data using a multiresolution decomposition method to generate a plurality of decomposition components at different resolution levels. A main processor of the KVM server transmits the decomposition components generated by various video processors to various clients based on the clients' requirements. When some clients are in a multi-source (“TV wall”) mode and some clients are in a single-source mode, the main processor uses decomposition components generated by some video processors to supply both the clients in single-source mode and as a part of the TV wall data for the clients in multi-source mode. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296000 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO DATA - The method for transmitting video data encoded in a scalable video stream representing said video data in a plurality of layers, comprises, for at least one layer:
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20100296001 | DIGITAL BROADCAST TRANSMITTER, DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER, AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND PROCESSING STREAMS THEREOF - A method for processing a stream of a digital broadcast receiver is provided. The method which processes a stream that is divided into a first area allocated to first mobile data and a second area allocated to normal data, includes: receiving a transport stream including new mobile data in at least a part of the second area separately from the first mobile data, demodulating the transport stream, equalizing the demodulated transport stream, and decoding at least one of the first mobile data and the new mobile data from the equalized transport stream. Accordingly, mobile data services may be provided in various ways. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296002 | Circuit for Detecting a Digital Data Stream and Associated Method - A circuit for detecting a digital data stream includes a first detecting circuit, a second detecting circuit and a decision unit. The digital data stream includes a predetermined symbol having a first data and a second data. The first detecting circuit detects a correlation between the second data and a first frequency-shifted data to generate a first correlated data; and the second detecting circuit detects a correlation between the second data and a second frequency-shifted data to generate a first correlated data, where the first frequency-shifted data and the second frequency-shifted data are generated by performing first frequency-shifting and second frequency-shifting upon the first data, respectively. The decision unit determines a signal status of the digital data stream according to the first and second correlated data. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296003 | LAMP HOLDER, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - A lamp clip | 2010-11-25 |
20100296004 | CHASSIS ASSEMBLY, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER APPARATUS - A chassis assembly comprises a chassis | 2010-11-25 |
20100296005 | DISCHARGE TUBE, LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A discharge tube | 2010-11-25 |
20100296006 | DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING BROADCAST DATA - A digital television receiving system includes a first known data detector, a second known data detector, and a selector. The first known data detector detects a location of a first known data sequence in a broadcast signal by calculating a first correlation value between the broadcast signal and a first reference known data sequence. Similarly, the second known data detector detects a location of a second known data sequence in the broadcast signal by calculating a second correlation value between the broadcast signal and a second reference known data sequence. The selector selects the location information detected by one of the first and second known data detectors with a greater correlation value. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296007 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING A CABLE TELEVISION CHANNEL MAP - There is provided a system and method for updating a cable television channel map. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising determining whether channels in a scan list are not available to the user, marking these channels as removed, and notifying the user of the changes. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296008 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 2010-11-25 |
20100296009 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal television ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100296010 | DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME GREETING CARD - A multimedia device configured as a greeting card is provided with electronics a display of user configured pictures and sounds. Media storage is provided on the display. The device resembles traditional paper greeting cards. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296011 | RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording device includes a first voltage application unit that applies a first voltage to a display layer; a second voltage application unit that applies a second voltage; a first irradiation unit that irradiates to the display layer first light synchronized with the application of the second voltage; a second irradiation unit that irradiates to the display layer a second light after the application of the second voltage is terminated, the second light having a third intensity if the second light is irradiated at an area corresponding to the first tone in the second liquid crystal layer, the second light not being irradiated if the second light is irradiated at an area corresponding to the second tone in the second liquid crystal layer. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296012 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A three-dimensional display apparatus, including a backlight module, two panels, and a synchronization device, is provided. The backlight module has a light emitting side and sequentially emits a plurality of color light. Both panels are disposed at the light emitting side, and the first panel is disposed between the backlight module and the second panel. The first panel includes a first polarizer and a first liquid crystal substrate, and the first polarizer is disposed between the backlight module and the first liquid crystal substrate. The second panel includes a second liquid crystal substrate and a second polarizer, and the second liquid crystal substrate is disposed between the second polarizer and the first panel. The synchronization device is electrically connected to the backlight module and the two liquid crystal substrates. During a frame time, the backlight module and the two liquid crystal substrates are synchronously driven by the synchronization device. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296013 | PANEL - A panel is disclosed in the present invention. The panel includes at least a liquid crystal layer, at least a first electrode layer, at least a second electrode layer and at least two control electrodes. The liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first electrode layer is disposed in a first direction with respect to the liquid crystal layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of etching structures and a plurality of conducting structures. The second electrode layer is also disposed in the first direction with respect to the liquid crystal layer. The two control electrodes are disposed in a second direction with respect to the liquid crystal layer. The two control electrodes are utilized to generate an electric field substantially distributing along the second direction to control operations of the plurality of liquid crystal molecules. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296014 | LCD APPARATUS - The disclosed subject matter can include an LCD apparatus having a high visual quality. The LCD apparatus can include a first substrate including a plurality of first electrodes connecting to first wiring lines that are located on a first surface thereof, and a second substrate including a plurality of second electrodes connecting to second wiring lines that are located on a second surface thereof. A liquid crystal layer can be disposed between the first and second surfaces, wherein at least one of the first wiring lines partially intersects with at least one of the second wiring lines. Impedance variations among the first and second electrodes can be reduced by adjusting the area of an intersecting region of the wiring lines, and thereby display variations among display patterns between the first and second electrodes can be reduced. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can provide an LCD apparatus having a high visual quality. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296015 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates and including liquid crystal molecules; a gate line which transmits a gate signal; first and second data lines which respectively transmit first and second data voltages, the first and second data voltages having opposite polarities; a first switching element connected to the gate line and the first data line; a second switching element connected to the gate line and the second data line; a first subpixel electrode connected to the first switching element; and a second subpixel electrode connected to the second switching element. The first and second subpixel electrodes overlap portions of the first and second data lines. The first and second subpixel electrodes include first and second branches, respectively, which are alternately arranged between the first and second data lines. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296016 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An active array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a method for manufacturing the active array substrate are provided. The active array substrate includes a base, scan lines, data lines and gate tracking lines disposed on the base. Each of the gate tracking lines has first portions, auxiliary portions and junction portions, wherein the junction portion and the first portion are formed in different layers. One of the junction portions is electrically connected with corresponding one of the first portions. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296017 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device in which lengths (d | 2010-11-25 |
20100296018 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A thin film transistor array substrate for a liquid crystal display includes a substrate, and a gate line assembly formed on the substrate to receive gate signals. The gate line assembly has gate lines proceeding in the horizontal direction, and gate electrodes connected to the gate lines. A storage capacitor line assembly proceeds in the horizontal direction. A gate insulating layer is formed on the substrate while covering the gate lines and the storage capacitor line assembly. A semiconductor pattern is formed on the gate insulating layer over the gate electrodes. A data line assembly is formed on the gate insulating layer. The data line assembly has data lines crossing over the gate lines to define pixel regions, source electrodes connected to the data lines while being placed on the semiconductor pattern, and drain electrodes facing the source electrodes around the gate electrodes while being placed on the semiconductor pattern. A protective layer covers the data line assembly and the semiconductor pattern with contact holes. Pixel electrodes are formed on the protective layer at the respective pixel regions such that the pixel electrodes are connected to the drain electrodes through the contact holes. The gate lines or the pixel electrodes are provided with repair members, and the repair members are partially overlapped with the front gate lines or the pixel electrodes. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296019 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A TFT substrate includes drain signal lines which are connected with respective pixels, source electrodes which are connected with the drain signal lines via channel portions of transistors, and pixel electrodes which are electrically connected with the source electrodes. The pixel electrode is, further, constituted of a contact-portion electrode which is connected to the source electrode, an opening-portion electrode which is an electrode in an opening portion which is not covered with a black matrix, and a channel upper electrode which is formed so as to cover the channel portion of the transistor of the neighboring pixel. By extending the channel upper electrode to the channel portion of the neighboring pixel, an area of the pixel electrode is increased, and a line width of the opening-portion electrode is made relatively small. Accordingly, the TFT substrate can hold a stable potential. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296020 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND A DEFECT CORRECTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A liquid crystal display uses a pixel division method by which the size of a defect can be reduced much more than conventionally possible, and a defect correcting method for the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display is provided with an active matrix array substrate including a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of source lines arranged on a transparent substrate so as to intersect with each other, and a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, each pixel electrode including an assembly of a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes, separate TFTs respectively connected to the sub-pixel electrodes in the vicinity of an intersection portion of the gate line and the source line, the TFTs being driven by the common gate line and the common source line, and at least one opening portion being formed in a lower-layer side line placed in a lower layer at the intersection portion. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296021 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit, light guide panel, and liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus having the same are provided. The backlight unit includes a light guide panel which comprises a plurality of patterns to scatter light forward on a bottom surface, and one or more fixing grooves on an edge area; a light source unit which is disposed on a side surface of the light guide panel, and emits light towards the light guide panel; and a supporting member which supports the light guide panel, and comprises one ore more fixing protrusions being inserted into the fixing groove, wherein the amount of patterns formed on a darkness occurring area adjacent to the fixing groove is increased compared to that on an adjacent area, and the amount of patterns formed on a bright line occurring area adjacent to the fixing groove is decreased compared to that on an adjacent area. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296022 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE - A liquid crystal module is provided. A rectangular frame includes an upper bezel, a lower bezel, a left bezel and a right bezel which are coupled to each other and encloses four peripheral edges of a liquid crystal panel. A rib is disposed at a rear side of each coupling portion between adjacent bezels to prevent the adjacent bezels which are coupled to each other from falling down inwardly. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296023 | DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display method, a display device and a display apparatus are provided. The display method comprises: providing a white reflection plate ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100296024 | Liquid crystal display device and color filter for liquid crystal display device - Disclosed a liquid crystal display device including a backlight device including a white-emitting LED device which emits a white light arising from a color mixture created through a combination of a blue-emitting LED, a red-emitting phosphor and a green-emitting phosphor, and a color filter equipping color pixels exhibiting plural colors including a red pixel and formed on a transparent substrate, wherein the white-emitting LED device is enabled to exhibit an emission spectrum having a first peak wavelength falling within a range of 440-470 nm, a second peak wavelength falling within a range of 510-550 nm and a third peak wavelength falling within a range of 630-670 nm, and a red display chromaticity of the liquid crystal display device is confined within a region bounded by lines connecting four points (0.620, 0.280), (0.620, 0.300), (0.680, 0.315) and (0.680, 0.280) based on an xy chromaticity coordinate system. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296025 | LIGHT GUIDES - This invention relates to film layer which is suitable for use in a light guide plate and methods of forming said film layer and light guide plate. The invention also relates to the light guide plate and light guide devices made therefrom. The film and light guide plate are suitable for use in a range of applications, particularly in connection with the backlighting of displays, for example, liquid crystal displays. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296026 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An LCD device using LEDs as light sources provided herein is capable of reducing the manufacturing cost and the power consumption by a reduction in the number of LEDs used. A backlight according to the present invention includes LEDs mounted on a wiring board and a light guide plate having a matrix array of light guide plate blocks assigned the LEDs. The number of LEDs assigned to the block located in a peripheral area is smaller than the number assigned to the block located around the center to reduce the number of LEDs used in the backlight. If a ratio of the brightness in a peripheral area of the screen to the brightness in a central area is 60% or higher, the human eye does not perceive non-uniform luminance. Thus, the manufacturing cost and the power consumption of the LCD device can be reduced. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296027 | Display device - Glass plates for reinforcement are attached over an entire surface of a display region on a display surface side and its opposite side of a liquid crystal panel | 2010-11-25 |
20100296028 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device excellent in display qualities, capable of suppressing coloring of stains such as a fingerprint which has adhered to a surface of a display so that the stains are not recognized. The present invention is a liquid crystal display panel having a structure in which the first polarizer, the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, the second substrate, and the second polarizer are stacked in this order toward a display surface, wherein the second polarizer includes an anti-reflective film on a display surface side, a reflection spectrum of the anti-reflective film having a bottom wavelength of less than 550 nm, at least one of the first and second substrates includes a color filter including three colors of blue, green, and red, and in the color filter, blue has the highest depolarization property of all the three colors. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296029 | CHLOROFLUOROBENZENE COMPOUND, OPTICALLY ISOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTAL MEDIUM, AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal compound and a liquid crystal medium are described. The liquid crystal compound is stable to heat and light and has a large dielectric anisotropy and a large optical anisotropy. The liquid crystal medium has a wide temperature range of liquid crystal phase, a large optical anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy, and exhibits an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase. The liquid crystal compound has 4 or 5 benzene rings, one of which is a chlorofluorobenzene ring. The liquid crystal medium is characterized in containing the liquid crystal compound and a chiral dopant and exhibiting an optically isotropic liquid crystal phase. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296030 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FILM - An optical film that includes an optical compensation layer having a refractive index anisotropy satisfying nx>ny>nz. The optical compensation layer contains a polyvinyl alcohol resin subjected to ultraviolet cross-linking with a cross-linking agent having at least two double bonds, where nx: a refractive index in a direction (a slow axis direction) in which an in-plane refractive index of the optical compensation layer reaches its maximum ny: a refractive index in a direction (a fast axis direction) that is orthogonal to the nx direction within a plane of the optical compensation layer nz: a refractive index in a thickness direction of the optical compensation layer that is orthogonal to each of the nx and ny directions. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296031 | OPTICAL FILM, PROTECTION FILM FOR POLARIZER, POLARIZING PLATE FABRICATED THEREFROM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE EMPLOYING THEREOF - The present invention relates to an optical film, comprising a copolymer that comprises (a) a (meth)acrylic monomer, (b) an aromatic vinyl monomer, (c) at least one monomer of an acid anhydride monomer and an unsaturated organic acid monomer, and (d) a vinylcyan monomer, a protection film for a polarizer, a polarizing plate fabricated therefrom, and a display device employing the same. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296032 | OPTICAL FILM, PREPARATION METHOD OF THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a composition for liquid crystal alignment layer, a preparation method of liquid crystal alignment layer using the same, and an optical film comprising the liquid crystal alignment layer. More particularly, the composition for liquid crystal alignment layer according to the present invention includes crosslinkable functional monomers as well as a photoreactive polymer, thereby improving thermal stability and durability of the liquid crystal alignment layer that is prepared by using the composition for liquid crystal alignment layer. In addition, when the liquid crystal alignment layer is used to produce an optical film, adhesive strength between substrate and liquid crystal alignment layer and between liquid crystal alignment layer and liquid crystal film can be improved. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296033 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device, without light leakage in a black display mode, is provided. The liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a LCD panel, a light source, and an optical filter between the LCD and the light source. When the LCD panel is in the black display mode without the optical filter, leakage light leaking from the LCD panel in an oblique direction shows a hue having a local minimum value in a wavelength range from 450 nm to 550 nm. Normal incident light entering into the LCD in a normal direction shows a hue same as that of light just emitted from the light source, and oblique incident light entering into the LCD panel in an oblique direction shows a hue having a local maximum value in a wavelength range from 400 nm to less than 550 nm. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296034 | COLOR FILTER PLATE AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR PLATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE PLATES - A color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a black matrix formed on the substrate, and a plurality of color filters formed on the substrate with the black matrix. Each color filter has a flat central portion, and a peripheral portion placed on the black matrix with a thickness smaller than the central portion. A common electrode is formed on the plurality of color filters. A thin film transistor array substrate for the liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines formed on the substrate, a plurality of data lines crossing over the gate lines while defining pixel regions, a thin film transistor formed at each pixel region, and a plurality of color filters. Each color filter has a flat central portion, and a peripheral portion placed on the data lines with a thickness smaller than the central portion. Contact holes expose the drain electrodes, and pixel electrodes are connected to the drain electrodes through the contact holes. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296035 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a transparent substrate, a pixel layer, an organic insulating layer, a transparent electrode and a reflective electrode. The pixel layer is formed on the transparent substrate, and includes a plurality of pixel parts. Each of the pixel parts includes a transmission region and a reflection region. The organic insulating layer is formed on the pixel layer. The transparent electrode is formed on the organic insulating layer corresponding to each of the pixel parts. The reflective electrode is formed on the transparent electrode corresponding to the reflection region. The reflective electrode includes a silver alloy that includes silver (Ag) and impurities having a low solubility in the silver. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296036 | Semi-transparent reflector with plural reflecting surfaces and liquid crystal display unit using the same - A semi-transparent reflecting plate including plural reflecting surfaces extending substantially over an entire surface of a reflecting plate, not only permitting light to pass therethrough, but also reflecting the light on the reflecting surfaces. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296037 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device having a high contrast ratio and no coloring during black display, over a wide viewing angle range. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a reverse wavelength dispersion-type biaxial retardation film having R | 2010-11-25 |
20100296038 | Liquid Crystalline Medium and Liquid Crystal Display - The instant invention relates to liquid crystal media comprising one or more bimesogenic compounds, one or more chiral dopants and one or more additives, liquid crystal displays comprising these media, in particular displays exploiting the flexoelectric effect and to a method of improving the response time of such displays. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296039 | Photo-aligned liquid-crystal micropolarimeter array and its manufacturing method - A micropolarimeter is described for simultaneously extracting all Stokes parameters from incident light. The micropolarimeter includes at least one superpixel, which further includes three or more subpixels, each exact a different polarization components from the incident light. The micropolarimeter includes a first and second alignment layers and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second alignment layers. The liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are aligned in accordance with the first and second alignment layers to form the superpixel. A method is provided for manufacturing the photo-aligned liquid-crystal micropolarimeter array. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296040 | Array substrate for fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device - An array substrate for a fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel regions each having a first domain, a second domain and a domain boundary area between the first and second domains; gate and data lines on the substrate and crossing each other to define the pixel region; a thin film transistor in each pixel region and connected to the gate and data lines; a pixel electrode in each pixel region and connected to the thin film transistor; and a common electrode overlapping the pixel electrode with an insulating layer interposed between the common and pixel electrode, wherein a plurality of openings are formed through the common electrode or the pixel electrode, and each opening has a first angle in the first and second domains with respect to a rubbing direction and a second angle larger than the first angle in the domain boundary area with respect to the rubbing direction. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296041 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object of the present invention to apply a sufficient electrical field to a liquid crystal material in a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display device typified by an FFS type. In a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display, an electrical field is applied to a liquid crystal material right above a common electrode and a pixel electrode using plural pairs of electrodes rather than one pair of electrodes. One pair of electrodes includes a comb-shaped common electrode and a comb-shaped pixel electrode. Another pair of electrodes includes a common electrode provided in a pixel portion and the comb-shaped pixel electrode. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296042 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first substrate including a slit electrode that has slit-like apertures to form line-like patterns substantially in a same direction as either source wires or gate wires; a second substrate including a light shielding film that extends in a same direction as the line-like patterns of the slit electrode, and that has an overlap area with either the source wires or the gate wires, and that is arranged that color filter films are partitioned to prevent color mixture when displayed in a single color. A non-opposed area to the light shielding film is formed at an end of the slit electrode in a width direction that a transmittance may not be reduced due to the light shielding film in the areas where the light shielding film and the slit electrode are arranged in an overlapped manner. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296043 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - A liquid crystal display comprises two parallel spaced substrates and a liquid crystal layer with negative dielectric anisotropy interposed between the substrates. The ratio d/p, the cell gap d between the substrates to the pitch p of the liquid crystal layer, is equal to or less than 0.3, and the retardation value Δn*d may be in the range of 0.25-0.4. In absence of electric field, the liquid crystal molecules are arranged vertically to the substrates, and when the sufficient electric field is applied, the liquid crystal molecules are parallel to the substrates and twisted by 90° from one substrate to the other. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296044 | LENS FIXING METHOD FOR RIMLESS EYEGLASSES, AND RIMLESS EYEGLASSES USING THE SAME - Rimless eyeglasses are provided that allow a lens to be fixed to a connector only by fitting the lens into the connector, and that also enable strong engagement between the lens and the connector. Rimless eyeglasses include a rimless lens, a bridge, and a connector that is provided at the tip of a temple. The rimless lens has an inwardly extending notch near upper left and right ends thereof. The bridge and the connector have a groove having a C-shaped longitudinal cross section and extending between top and bottom surfaces thereof. The notches of the rimless lens engage with the grooves of the bridge and the connector. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296045 | DIGITAL MEMORY DEVICE IMBEDDED IN THE TEMPLE PIECES OF EYEWEAR - An eyewear assembly having a frame and a separable temple piece in which a digital memory device is at least partially held within a temple piece. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296046 | Side shield for eyewear - Disclosed is a side shield which can be easily assembled with and separated from the eyewear temple, identically widen together with the eyewear temple, and prevent the external impact from being transferred to and reaching the eyewear. The side shield includes a shield body surrounding a hinge, through which an eyewear temple is connected with an eyewear frame of an eyewear, and covering a side space of the eyewear frame, to prevent foreign substances from entering the eyes, the shield body including blocking wings formed at an upper part and a lower part of the shield body, and a coupling means for maintaining a coupling state between the shield body and the eyewear temple, the coupling means being provided at the shield body and including a coupler assembled with the eyewear temple and a fastener for fastening the coupler. Therefore, the side shield is easily detachable and further includes the elastic means, to improve the wearing comfort. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296047 | EYEWEAR FOR USE ON LAND - Eyewear includes a lens unit and a frame mechanism coupled to the lens unit. The lens unit includes two viewing sections each having a front face that is a portion of a peripheral face extending between an apex and a bottom face of a cone. The apex is below the bottom face of the cone. A vertical axis passes through a center of the bottom face of the cone. A spacing from a top edge of each viewing section to the vertical axis in a thickness direction is smaller than a spacing from a bottom edge of the viewing section to the vertical axis in the thickness direction A normal plane perpendicular to each viewing section is at an acute angle with the vertical axis. Each viewing section is a curved face in a circumferential direction about the vertical axis. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296048 | PRESCRIPTION LENS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a prescription lens. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of obtaining information of a prescription lens and information of a frame to accommodate the prescription lens, wherein the information of the prescription lens comprises a lens power, an optical area and a spherical front base curve, and wherein the information of the frame comprises a frame curve; calculating the maximum lens thickness of the prescription lens at the optical area according to the information of the prescription lens; selecting a lens according to the calculated maximum lens thickness at the optical area, the information of the prescription lens and the information of the frame; and processing the selected lens so as to obtain the prescription lens that has a transition zone surrounding the optical area and an edge portion surrounding the transition zone such that the thickness of the edge portion is substantially thinner that the maximum lens thickness of the optical area. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296049 | ACTINICALLY-CROSSLINKABLE SILOXANE-CONTAINING COPOLYMERS - The invention provide a class of actinically-crosslinkable silicone-containing prepolymers which comprise dangling polysiloxane chains each having a terminal ethylenically-unsaturated group and are obtained in a one-step of RAFT polymerization of a reactive mixture comprising a polysiloxane crosslinker, a hydrophilic vinylic monomer, a RAFT agent, and a free-radical initiator. The present invention is also related to silicone hydrogel contact lenses made from a prepolymer of the invention and methods for making the contact lenses in a cost-effective way and with high consistency and high fidelity to the original lens design. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296050 | TILTED-WEAR TYPE CONTACT LENS - A contact lens including a circumferential positioning member that can selectively set up a first stable state where a superficial center of a second power zone is decentered on a symmetrical meridian from a geometrical center of an optical zone and an orthogonal meridian perpendicular to the symmetrical meridian with the lens worn on a right eye is circumferentially tilted by a first angle relative to a vertical line of the eye, and a second stable state where the orthogonal meridian under condition in which the lens is worn on a left eye with the right eye wearing state inverted upside down is circumferentially tilted by a second angle on the opposite side of the first angle relative to the vertical line, as well as a visible indicator mark for identifying a lens orientation. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296051 | OPHTHALMIC LENS HAVING A YELLOW DYE LIGHT BLOCKING COMPONENT - The invention is a polymeric ophthalmic lens material comprising a polymeric ophthalmic lens material comprising a) one or more lens-forming polymerizable monomers selected from the group of hydrophilic acrylate-substitute monomers, hydrophobic acrylate-substituted monomers, vinyl-substituted monomers, and platinum-catalyzed vinyl hydride addition-cured silicones, b) a polymerizable ultraviolet absorber and c) a polymerizable yellow dye. In one embodiment of the invention, the polymerizable ultraviolet absorber has the formula: | 2010-11-25 |
20100296052 | Pair of Spectacle Lenses for Anisometropia - According to the invention, a method for producing a spectacle lens or a pair of spectacle lenses is proposed which comprises a calculation and optimization step for at least one of the surfaces of the spectacle lens taking into account an anisometropia D of the eyes of a spectacles wearer, said calculation and optimization step involving a target function F being minimized: minF=Σ | 2010-11-25 |
20100296053 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SPECTACLE OPHTHALMIC LENS BY CALCULATING OR SELECTING A DESIGN - A method for providing a spectacle ophthalmic lens to a wearer, the method comprising: measuring the higher order aberrations in at least an eye of the wearer; calculating a design of the spectacle ophthalmic lens or selecting a design in a spectacle ophthalmic lens design data base by adapting the management of residual astigmatism based on the measure of higher order aberrations in the eye of the wearer. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296054 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE PERIPHERAL VISION OF A SUBJECT - Systems and methods for improving the peripheral vision of a subject are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure includes a method, which may be embodied on a system, for improving peripheral vision of a subject using a visual marker on a display screen, the method includes, displaying a peripheral target on the display screen, the peripheral target having a visually discernable characteristic and determining whether the subject is able to correctly identify the peripheral target displayed on the display screen using the peripheral vision. The visual marker is intended for viewing using central vision of the subject and the peripheral target is intended for identification using the peripheral vision of the subject. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296055 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING FAR AND NEAR REFERENCE POINTS - The invention relates to a method for specifying or determining the spatial position of a distance reference point and/or a near reference point of a progressive spectacle lens for correcting defective vision of a spectacle wearer. Said method consists of the following steps: individual data of the spectacle wearer is obtained; the individual vertical and/or the horizontal position of the distance reference point and/or the near reference point is determined or calculated in accordance with the determined individual data of the spectacle wearer. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296056 | FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A fundus photographing apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture a fundus image of an subject's eye via a photographing optical system, an imaging magnification output unit configured to output imaging magnification of the photographing optical system, a fixation target presenting unit configured to make the subject's eye to look firmly at a fixation target, a fixation target presenting position detection unit configured to detect a presenting position of the fixation target presenting unit, a matching area determination unit configured to determine an area for matching a fundus image based on the imaging magnification and the presenting position of the fixation target, and a correlation value calculation unit configured to calculate a correlation value between a plurality of fundus images captured by the imaging unit based on the matching area determined by the matching area determination unit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296057 | OPHTHALMIC DEVICE - An ophthalmic device is provided with a photographing optical system that photographs an eye fundus; an illumination optical system that illuminate the eye fundus; a split target projection optical system that projects a split target for focusing the photographing optical system on the eye fundus; an alignment target projection optical system that projects an alignment target for aligning the photographing optical system with an examining eye; an observation optical system that displays optical images of the eye fundus; and a pseudo-target display processing unit that takes an observation video signal output by the observation optical system in, detects at least one of positions of the split target and the alignment target in the observation video signal, and displays a pseudo-target on the monitor in accordance with the detected position. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296058 | DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL ADJUSTMENTS FOR RETARDING MYOPIA PROGRESSION - A method or process for providing an anti-myopia lens or treatment for a patient's eye with progressive myopia, which involves (in one form) generating biometric data relating to the central and peripheral refractive errors of the eye, optionally together with data relating to the patient's visual or lifestyle needs and the patient's predisposition to progressive myopia. This data is input to a processor or algorithm that generates a basic lens design, a customised design or a program for reshaping the cornea of the eye. The selected modality is applied to the patient and its suitability is assessed with the result of the assessment feedback to the algorithm to generate a refined output design, which is applied to the patient. The process is repeated at intervals to check continued myopia progression and adjust the design of the selected modality after further measurement. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296059 | Polarization modulation wheel - A polarization switch provides substantially ideal binary polarization switching over a broad range of wavelengths using a polarization modulation wheel having at least one retarder stack that transforms polarization. Using the polarization modulation wheel in a polarization system provides a high throughput polarization switch and operates over a wide range of incidence angles while providing substantially continuous and smooth polarization output for each component for any selected polarization basis set. The polarization modulation wheel is well-suited for stereoscopic polarized projection applications. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296060 | INTEGRATED MICRODISPLAY PROJECTION AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An integrated microdisplay projection and imaging system includes: a focus-adjustable lens system, a planar polarization beam splitter, a reflective polarization modulation imager and an imaging sensor with a post polarizer in orthogonal polarization orientation to the planar polarization beam splitter, as well as a lighting module. Placed on two separate sides of the planar polarization beam splitter, the reflective polarization modulation imager and the imaging sensor have substantially equal-length optical passes through the planar polarization beam splitter to the focus-adjustable lens system, and thus the focus-adjustable lens system provides a unified means for adjusting focus with both the reflective polarization modulation imager and the imaging sensor, relative to an external object such a projection screen or an imaging object. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296061 | PROJECTION WITH CURVED SPECKLE REDUCTION ELEMENT SURFACE - In a coherent light projection system including an image forming system, a relay system, a speckle reduction element, and a projection subsystem, the relay system can have a first f-number, and the projection subsystem can have a second f-number less than the first f-number. The relay system can have a first working distance, and the projection subsystem can have a second working distance less than the first working distance. The image forming system can project an initial image having a first size, and an intermediate image can have a second size greater than or equal to the first size. The speckle reduction element can have a curved surface through which the intermediate image is transferred. The speckle reduction element can include a lenslet arrangement formed on a surface thereof. The speckle reduction element can be moved in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the speckle reduction element. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296062 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention discloses a projection display device. The projection display device includes a light module, a director, an image generator, and an image projection lens set. The light module emits a light along a first light path. The director directs the light toward a second light path. The image generator directs the light directed by the director toward a third light path, wherein a reference surface is defined to cross where the second light path crosses the image generator and to be substantially vertical to the image generator. Particularly, the light module, the director, the image generator, and the image projection lens set are substantially disposed at a side of the reference surface. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296063 | PROJECTION WITH LARGER INTERMEDIATE IMAGE - In a coherent light projection system including an image forming system, a relay system, a speckle reduction element, and a projection subsystem, the relay system can have a first f-number, and the projection subsystem can have a second f-number less than the first f-number. The relay system can have a first working distance, and the projection subsystem can have a second working distance less than the first working distance. The image forming system can project an initial image having a first size, and an intermediate image can have a second size greater than or equal to the first size. The speckle reduction element can have a curved surface through which the intermediate image is transferred. The speckle reduction element can include a lenslet arrangement formed on a surface thereof. The speckle reduction element can be moved in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the speckle reduction element. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296064 | PROJECTION WITH LENSLET ARRANGEMENT ON SPECKLE REDUCTION ELEMENT - In a coherent light projection system including an image forming system, a relay system, a speckle reduction element, and a projection subsystem, the relay system can have a first f-number, and the projection subsystem can have a second f-number less than the first f-number. The relay system can have a first working distance, and the projection subsystem can have a second working distance less than the first working distance. The image forming system can project an initial image having a first size, and an intermediate image can have a second size greater than or equal to the first size. The speckle reduction element can have a curved surface through which the intermediate image is transferred. The speckle reduction element can include a lenslet arrangement formed on a surface thereof. The speckle reduction element can be moved in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the speckle reduction element. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296065 | OUT-OF-PLANE MOTION OF SPECKLE REDUCTION ELEMENT - In a coherent light projection system including an image forming system, a relay system, a speckle reduction element, and a projection subsystem, the relay system can have a first f-number, and the projection subsystem can have a second f-number less than the first f-number. The relay system can have a first working distance, and the projection subsystem can have a second working distance less than the first working distance. The image forming system can project an initial image having a first size, and an intermediate image can have a second size greater than or equal to the first size. The speckle reduction element can have a curved surface through which the intermediate image is transferred. The speckle reduction element can include a lenslet arrangement formed on a surface thereof. The speckle reduction element can be moved in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the speckle reduction element. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296066 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An illumination device is including an illumination body and a hollow sleeve. A light emitting element and a transparent sheet is disposed in the illumination body. A first convex lens is disposed in the hollow sleeve. The light emitting element, the transparent sheet, and the first convex lens are arranged sequentially along a moving direction. When the hollow sleeve is operated to move along the moving direction, the first convex lens is moved with respect to the light emitting element and the transparent sheet, and the projection facula is changed from presenting a light source pattern of the light emitting element to a predetermined pattern of transparent sheet. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296067 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE APPARATUS - A lithographic apparatus comprising a projection system, and a liquid confinement structure configured to at least partly confine immersion liquid to an immersion space defined by the projection system, the liquid confinement structure and a substrate and/or substrate table is disclosed wherein a measure is taken to reduce the effect of droplets and/or a liquid film on the last element of the projection system. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296068 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus exposes an object with exposure light. The exposure apparatus includes: a moving body which holds the object and is movable in a predetermined plane, and in which a scale member including a grating is disposed; a measurement system which measures positional information of the moving body in the predetermined plane using the scale member; a detection system which detects information regarding foreign matter on a surface of the scale member and the size of the foreign matter; and a cleaning apparatus which can clean the scale member. A cleaning operation is performed on the scale member according to a detection result of the detection system. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296069 | Pattern division method, pattern division processing apparatus and information storage medium on which is stored a program - There is provided a pattern division method to form crowded patterns accurately on a substrate includes acquiring a mask pattern, dividing a predetermine area into a plurality of areas to prepare a division pattern in which the plurality of the areas are classified into first and second groups, generating a reduced mask pattern by reducing each of two or more patterns laid out in the object mask pattern substantially toward the center of the particular pattern, overlapping the division pattern with the reduced mask pattern and extracting the reduced patterns overlapped with the area classified as the first group of the division pattern to generate a first reduced mask pattern, and restoring the reduced patterns laid out in the first reduced mask pattern to the original size before generation of the reduced mask pattern. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296070 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - While an exposure processing is performed to a wafer held by a fine movement stage supported by a coarse movement stage in an exposure station, at least a part of a measurement processing to a wafer held by another fine movement stage supported by another coarse movement stage and an exchange of a wafer held by yet another fine movement stage on a center table is concurrently performed. Because of this, exposure with a higher throughput becomes possible, even when compared with a conventional exposure apparatus which concurrently performs an exposure processing to a wafer on a wafer stage, and processing such as wafer exchange and alignment on another stage. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296071 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A fine movement stage is driven by a controller, based on positional information of the fine movement stage in a measurement direction measured by a measurement system and correction information of a measurement error caused by a tilt of the fine movement stage included in the positional information. Accordingly, driving the fine movement stage with high precision becomes possible, which is not affected by a measurement error included in the positional information in a measurement direction of the measurement system that occurs due to a tilt of the fine movement stage. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296072 | Inspection Apparatus, Lithographic Apparatus and Method of Measuring a Property of a Substrate - A piezo-electric material is placed adjacent to the path of the radiation beam such that, when power is applied to the piezo-electric material it rotates into the path of the radiation beam to block it. A smaller and lighter radiation beam shutter therefore results. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296073 | Lithographic Apparatus, Substrate Table, and Method for Enhancing Substrate Release Properties - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system constructed and arranged to condition a radiation beam, and a support constructed and arranged to support a patterning device. The patterning device is capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam. The apparatus also includes a substrate table constructed and arranged to hold a substrate, and a projection system constructed and arranged to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate. The substrate table includes a chuck having a plurality of protrusions constructed and arranged to support corresponding parts of a bottom surface of a wafer. The top surface of at least one of the protrusions includes a plurality of elements that define a reduced contact area between the substrate and the top surface of the protrusion. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296074 | EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lateral shift ΔX | 2010-11-25 |
20100296075 | DISTANCE-MEASURING METHOD FOR A DEVICE PROJECTING A REFERENCE LINE, AND SUCH A DEVICE - The invention relates to a device ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100296076 | Optical Blind-Guide Apparatus And Method Thereof - An optical blind-guide apparatus for detecting an object is provided. The optical blind-guide apparatus includes an illuminant module illuminating the object to form a reflection light from the object; a sensor sensing the reflection light to generate a digital message; a system module receiving and processing the digital message to obtain a blind-guide information; and an output device coupled with the system module and outputting the blind-guide information. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296077 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A three-dimensional range imager includes a light source for providing a modulated light signal, a multiplexer, an optical fiber connecting the light source to the multiplexer, a plurality of optical fibers connected at first ends to the multiplexer and at second ends to a first fiber array, and a transmitter optic disposed adjacent the first fiber array for projecting a pixel pattern of the array onto a target. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296078 | OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - The invention relates to an optical-electronic distance measuring method according to the phase measurement principle by emitting of optical measuring radiation, which is modulated according to the burst modulation principle, having a burst period duration made of an active burst time and a dead time, receiving at least a part of the measuring radiation ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100296079 | SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sensing system is configured to detect physical parameters of a fluid sample. In particular, the sensing system is configured to detect the dew point of the fluid by reducing temperature of a sensing medium and detecting the fluid condensate on a sensing surface by directing light from a light source to the sensing surface and detecting the light reflected off the sensing surface onto a light detector. The light source and the light detector are on the opposite side of the sensing medium from the sensing surface. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296080 | OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR - An objective of the present invention is to provide an optical fiber sensor which has a simple configuration to enable sensitively measuring a refractive index of a measurement medium in a wide range of refractive indexes. An optical fiber sensor according to the present invention includes; an optical fiber having a core in which a short-period gratings are formed and a cladding, the optical fiber being made so that transmission loss occurs due to cladding-propagation-mode leakage at its cladding portion where the short-period gratings are formed; a light source from which light having a wavelength range of the cladding propagation mode is emitted; and a light receiving unit for receiving transmission or reflection light having passed through the cladding at the position where the short-period gratings are formed. The optical fiber sensor detects, based on the total receiving light intensity that the light receiving unit receives, the refractive index of the measurement medium contacting the cladding, in which the optical fiber is multi-mode one, and the short-period gratings have plural kinds of periods. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296081 | INDOOR LIGHT BALANCING - An illumination system ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100296082 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TOTAL LUMINOUS FLUX - In a total luminous flux measurement apparatus according to an embodiment, a total luminous flux emitted by an object is calculated based on a result of measuring illuminances using a measuring unit when providing relative movement between the object and an integrating unit to expose a substantially entire light emitting surface of the object to an inner space of the integrating unit. Specifically, under conditions that the object is disposed to penetrate the integrating unit from one sample hole to the other sample hole, a luminous flux of a portion of the object within the inner space of the integrating unit is measured, then the integrating unit is moved relative to the object, and a luminous flux of a portion accordingly contained in the inner space of the integrating unit is measured. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296083 | Detection and identification of solid matter - Detection and identification of minute quantities of condensed or solid state materials with significantly improved performance over the present state-of-the-art, comprises illuminating a small target particle with an appropriate laser radiation at a wavelength that is strongly absorbed by the target. The resulting temperature rise is observed by monitoring the increased blackbody radiation from the sample. An unambiguous determination of the target compound or the target material composition can be achieved through the use of a tunable laser that generates an absorption fingerprint of the target. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296084 | Inspection Systems for Glass Sheets - Glass inspection systems are provided for detecting particles and defects in or on a glass sheet or glass ribbon ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100296085 | RAMAN SPECTROMETRY ASSEMBLY - A Raman spectrometry assembly includes a Raman spectrometer having a laser light source and a Raman signal analyzer, an interface module comprising a housing which is connectable to and disconnectable from the spectrometer, and a fiber optic assembly which is connectable to and disconnectable from the interface module, the fiber optic assembly including optical fibers and a probe head at a distal end thereof for disposition adjacent a specimen to be tested, the optical fibers extending from the probe head and adapted to extend to the interface module. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296086 | INTEGRATED DEVICE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING CHEMICAL SEPARATION AND LIGHT SCATTERING - An integrated chemical separation device includes a single device body, a chemical separation unit configured to separate a chemical from a fluid, a Raman sensor substrate comprising one or more surfaces configured to be adsorbed by molecules of the chemical from the fluid, and a Raman scattering spectrometer unit that can emit a laser beam to illuminate the Raman sensor substrate and to detect the chemical from the light scattered from the Raman sensor substrate. The chemical separation unit, the Raman sensor substrate, and the Raman scattering spectrometer unit are held in or mounted to the single device body. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296087 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING TRACE ELEMENT RELATED DISORDERS IN BLOOD PLASMA - The present invention provides for spectrometric methods of analyzing blood plasma or serum for metal distribution in metalloproteins by subjecting the sample to size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and determining the metal content of the separated protein fractions by inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). The methods can be used to assess such conditions as toxicity and disease in subjects. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296088 | Method and apparatus for detecting polarizing direction of electromagnetic wave - A method for detecting polarizing direction of electromagnetic wave includes disposing a carbon nanotube structure in a vacuum environment, irradiating a surface of the carbon nanotube structure by an electromagnetic wave with a polarizing direction while rotating the carbon nanotube structure, and determining the polarizing direction of the electromagnetic wave according to change of the visible light emitted from the carbon nanotube structure. The carbon nanotube structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes arranged along a substantially same direction. The carbon nanotube structure can absorb the electromagnetic wave and emit a visible light. The rotating axis is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the carbon nanotube structure irradiated by the electromagnetic wave. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296089 | WAVELENGTH TRACKER FOR SWEPT WAVELENGTH SENSOR INTERROGATION SYSTEM - A swept wavelength interrogation system includes a tunable light source for outputting a light beam that is tunable over a range of wavelengths and an optical reader head for distributing the light beam among a plurality of sensors and for measuring response spectra from the sensors. A wavelength-tracking device measures centroid wavelengths of the light beam. A processor calculates a centroid wavelength of the response spectra from the sensors based on the measured centroid wavelengths of the light beam. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296090 | Large Field of View, High Numerical Aperture Compound Objective Lens With Two Pairs of Identical Elements and Near IR Spectrometer Containing Two Such Compound Lenses - An apparatus consisting of two pairs of identical lenses which is suitable as a compound objective lens for high numerical aperture imaging is disclosed. The compound lens also has a wide field of view as a fraction of the compound lens focal length. By suitable choice of lens materials, well corrected near infrared imaging can be achieved. When two such compound lenses together with a diffraction grating are assembled into a spectrometer, excellent wavelength resolution in the near infrared can also be obtained. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296091 | Optical Multiplexer/Demultiplexer - An apparatus for optical spectrometry utilizes a simplified construction, reducing the number of independent optical elements needed while providing a sizeable dispersed spectrum. The apparatus provides a spectral intensity distribution of an input source wherein individual spectral components in the source can be measured and, in some embodiments, can be manipulated or filtered. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296092 | SINGLE-POLARIZER FOCUSED-BEAM ELLIPSOMETER - The present invention relates to a single-polarizer focused-beam ellipsometer. An ellipsometer according to the present invention includes a light source ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100296093 | APPARATUS AND METHODS USING HOLLOW-CORE FIBER TAPERS - An optical device and methods of using an optical device are provided. The optical device includes a hollow-core fiber including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a hollow core having a first diameter. The second portion includes a hollow core having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. The difference between the first diameter and the second diameter is less than 10% of the first diameter. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296094 | OPTOFLUIDIC MICROSCOPE DEVICE - An optofluidic microscope device is disclosed. The device includes a fluid channel having a surface and an object such as a bacterium or virus may flow through the fluid channel. Light transmissive regions of different sizes may be used to image the object. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296095 | OPTICAL CAVITY ENHANCED TURBIDIMETER AND TURBIDITY MEASURING METHOD - Provided are an optical cavity enhanced turbidimeter and a turbidity measure method. After casting a pulse beam or a beam having a steep intensity gradient into an optical cavity, the turbidity of the inside region of the optical cavity can be calculated using an attenuation rate of an output beam from the optical cavity. | 2010-11-25 |
20100296096 | IMAGING OPTICAL INSPECTION DEVICE WITH A PINHOLE CAMERA - The invention relates to an imaging optical inspection setup for inspecting a sample ( | 2010-11-25 |