50th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100315523 | OBJECT DETECTION USING AN IN-SENSOR DETECTOR - Systems and methods are provided for detecting an object of object class, such as faces, in an image sensor. In some embodiments, the image sensor can provide a scan sequence that scans a scene over multiple time intervals. The image sensor can scan, in succession, portions of a scene, where each of the portions covers a different amount or location of the scene. This way, the scanned portions can be saved in an image buffer that is sized significantly smaller than an entire frame. In some embodiments, when the image sensor detects the presence of an object of the object class, the image sensor can store positional information (e.g., location and size of the object) in a region of interest buffer. The image sensor can output the positional information to aid an electronic device, such as a camera, perform various functions, such as automatic exposure and color balancing. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315524 | INTEGRATED MOTION CAPTURE - A method including: applying a marking material having a known pattern to a body and a face of an actor; configuring at least one first video motion capture camera to capture the marking material on the body of the actor; configuring at least one second video motion capture camera to capture the marking material on the face of the actor; substantially simultaneously capturing body motion data using the at least one first video motion capture camera and facial motion data using the at least one second video motion capture camera; and integrating the body motion data and the facial motion data. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315525 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a control unit which switches between a first display mode and a second display mode based on whether a zoom state is equal to or greater than a predetermined zoom magnification. The imaging apparatus, in a zoom state where a part of an imaging area is clipped and recorded, switches between the first display mode, which displays on a display unit a clipped recording area, and the second display mode, which displays on the display unit an area which is wider than the clipped recording area. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315526 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC FOCUS FUNCTION - An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit, a detection unit, an area setting unit, and a focusing unit. The image capturing unit captures an image. The detection unit detects a shape of an image area of an observed subject to be focused in the captured image. The area setting unit sets one or more contrast evaluation areas according to the shape of the detected image area. The focusing unit causes the image capturing unit to focus based on image data in the set contrast evaluation areas. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315527 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An apparatus that can display an area wider than a recording area as a display area in a zoom mode, in which a portion of an imaging area is clipped and recorded, includes an image processing unit that keeps constant or increases a ratio of a display area to a clipped recording area when the size of clipped recording areas is made gradually smaller relative to the imaging area, and keeps constant or decreases the ratio of the display area to the clipped recording area when the size of clipped recording area is gradually made larger relative to the imaging area. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315528 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD - A digital photographing apparatus, a method of controlling the same, and a computer readable program product having recorded thereon a program for executing the method. The method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus includes: calculating a distance from the digital photographing apparatus to at least one of a plurality of subject regions; calculating a diaphragm distance by using a focal length calculated based on a diaphragm setting value that indicates a degree of opening of a diaphragm; comparing the distance from the digital photographing apparatus to at least one of a plurality of subject regions with the diaphragm distance; determining whether or not the at least one subject region is in focus, according to the result of comparison; and providing focus information that indicates whether or not the at least one subject region is in focus. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315529 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data, a reduced image generation unit configured to reduce the input image data to a predetermined resolution to generate reduced image data, and a control unit configured to record, on a recording medium, the reduced image data as one file with the input image data if a resolution of the input image data is larger than the predetermined resolution and to record, on the recording medium, the image data as a file if the resolution of the input image data is not larger than the predetermined resolution. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315530 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING DIGITAL PROCESSING ON AN IMAGE SIGNAL OUTPUT FROM CCD IMAGE SENSORS - There is provided a method for performing digital processing on an image signal output from CCD image sensors with a CMYG color filter array, the method including converting a digital CMYG signal of 10 bits each into a first YCbCr signal of 10 bits each, by using color interpolation, converting the first YCbCr signal of 10 bits each into an RGB signal of 8 bits each by using interpolation, performing color correction on the RGB signal of 8 bits each and converting a color-corrected RGB signal of 8 bits each into a second YCbCr signal of 8 bits each in a format which complies with the ITU-601 format, encoding the second YCbCr signal of 8 bits each and converting an encoded second YCbr signal of 8 bits each into an analog video signal, and adjusting automatic exposure and automatic white balance, using the RGB signal of 8 bits each and the second YCbCr signal of 8 bits each. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315531 | DETERMINING A FINAL EXPOSURE SETTING AUTOMATICALLY FOR A SOLID STATE CAMERA WITHOUT A SEPARATE LIGHT METERING CIRCUIT - An embodiment of the invention is a method of generating a final exposure setting, including, (a) selecting one of a number of predetermined exposure settings as a current exposure setting for a solid state camera having a camera imager, (b) generating a captured scene by the camera imager using the current exposure setting, (c) selecting according to an automated search methodology another one of the exposure settings to be the current setting in response to the captured scene being underexposed or overexposed, and, (d) repeating (b) and (c) until the captured scene is neither underexposed or overexposed. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315532 | Apparatus for recording and reproducing plural types of information, method and recording medium for controlling same - Various processes effectively execute updating of related information that is correlated to user selected information. For example, when a selected screen is touched by a pen or the like while an image corresponding to the selected image data is displayed on the screen, existing line drawing data (for example, a first character string) that is correlated to the image data and stored is displayed on the screen. In this instance, if new line drawing data (for example, a second character string) is input using the pen or the like, the new line drawing data is added to the existing line drawing data, and is correlated to the image data being displayed and stored. Different sound data can be correlated to selected image data. Different memo data also can be correlated user selected sound data. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315533 | SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A semiconductor device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a device includes a substrate having one or more vias and a carrier coupled to the substrate to form a sealed cavity between the carrier and the substrate. In some embodiments, the sealed cavity may be pressurized. The device may also include a redistribution layer formed over the one or more vias on a side of the substrate. Other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315534 | IMAGE PICKING-UP PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PICKING-UP DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing device and an image processing method capable of generating a moving image having a high resolution and a high frame rate are provided by suppressing the reduction in the amount of light incident on each camera. The imaging and processing device includes a separation section for separating visible light into at least a first color component and a second color component; a first imaging section for taking a moving image of the first color component, wherein the first imaging section takes images of the moving image with a first spatial resolution and a first temporal resolution by exposure for a first charge accumulation time period; a second imaging section for taking a moving image of the second color component, wherein the second imaging section takes images of the moving image with a second spatial resolution higher than the first spatial resolution and a second temporal resolution lower than the first temporal resolution by exposure for a second charge accumulation time period longer than the first charge accumulation time period; a control section for controlling imaging conditions of the first and the second imaging sections; and a processing section for generating a moving image of the second color component having the temporal and spatial resolutions thereof increased, based on information on the moving image of each of the first color component and the second color component. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315535 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A LUMINESCENT ELEMENT - A portable device including at least one luminescent element, a camera including an image sensor for activation to produce an electrical image signal representative of an image sensed by the image sensor, and a camera signal processor including a camera memory for storing the image signal for subsequent reproduction of the image, the device also including a luminescence controller for controlling a brightness of the luminescent element, the camera signal processor is also arranged to activate the image sensor intermittently to produce sample signals representative of ambient light during periods in which the image signal is not being stored in the camera memory, the luminescence controller being responsive to the sample signals to modulate progressively the brightness of the luminescent element as a function of a brightness of ambient light. In a portable device including at least one luminescent element, a plurality of human-interface actuators, at least one sensor responsive to an ambient variable relating to usage of the device, a timer and an activation controller for controlling activation and deactivation of the luminescent element, the activation controller is responsive to different conjunctions of signals from the actuators, the sensor and the timer to activate selectively and to extinguish the luminescent element, whereby to economise power consumption of the luminescent element when the conjunction of signals is indicative of user inactivity of the device. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315536 | METHOD UTILIZING DIGITAL PICTURE TAKING OPTICAL READER HAVING HYBRID MONOCHROME AND COLOR IMAGE SENSOR - A portable hand held optical reader having a specially constructed two-dimensional image sensor array is operational in a bar code decoding mode and in a picture taking mode. The specially constructed image sensor array, in one embodiment, is a hybrid monochrome and color image sensor pixel array, wherein a first subset of the pixels are monochrome pixels devoid of wavelength selective color filter elements and a second subset of the pixels are color sensitive pixels including wavelength selective color filter elements. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315537 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a focus cam for converting a first rotation amount given upon a focus operation into a movement of the focus lens group and further converting a second rotation amount given upon a zoom operation into the movement of the focus lens group, and a focus cam follower engaged with the focus cam and operable to move in the focus cam. The focus cum follower rotates in the focus cum according to the rotation amount of the zoom driving unit to move the focus lens group. A lift amount of the focus cam is defined so that a rotation amount of the focus driving unit from a far end position to an infinite position when the rotation position of the zoom driving unit is at a wide-angle end becomes larger than the rotation amount when the rotating position of the zoom driving unit is at a telephoto end. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315538 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system of the present invention has a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element and, in order from the object side to the image side, comprises: a first lens unit having negative optical power and composed of two lens elements; a second lens unit having positive optical power; and a third lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming, the lens units are moved such that an interval between the first lens unit and the second lens unit should decrease and that an interval between the second lens unit and the third lens unit should increase, so that magnification change is achieved, and wherein the condition is satisfied: 1.52010-12-16 | |
20100315539 | IMAGE PICKING-UP PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PICKING-UP DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing device and an image processing method capable of generating a moving image having a high resolution and a high frame rate are provided by suppressing the reduction in the amount of incident light on each camera. The imaging and processing device includes a separation section for separating visible light into at least a first color component and a second color component; a first imaging section for taking a moving image of the first color component, wherein the first imaging section takes images of the moving image with a first spatial resolution and a first temporal resolution by exposure for a first charge accumulation time period; a second imaging section for taking a moving image of the second color component, wherein the second imaging section takes images of the moving image with a second spatial resolution higher than the first spatial resolution and a second temporal resolution lower than the first temporal resolution by exposure for a second charge accumulation time period longer than the first charge accumulation time period; a control section for controlling imaging conditions of the first and the second imaging sections; and a processing section for generating a moving image of the second component having the temporal and spatial resolutions thereof increased, based on information on the moving image of each of the first color component and the second color component. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315540 | A/D converter, solid-state image capturing apparatus and electronic information device - The CMOS image sensor according to the present invention includes a sample hold section | 2010-12-16 |
20100315541 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING IMAGE SENSOR - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a sensor unit, a resolution extraction circuit and a generation circuit. The sensor unit has a transparent (W) filter and color filters of at least two colors which separate wavelengths of light components that have passed through an optical lens having at least one of spherical aberration and chromatic aberration. The sensor unit converts light that has passed through the transparent filter into a signal W and converts light components that have passed through the color filters into at least first and second color signals. The resolution extraction circuit extracts a resolution signal from signal W converted by the sensor unit. The generation circuit generates red (R), green (G) and blue (B) signals from signal W and the first and second color signals converted by the sensor unit. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315542 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An image capturing apparatus has either one of a first display mode for continuously displaying a captured image on an image display unit and a second display mode for not displaying the captured image on the image display unit and displays an image according to the detection result on the image display unit when the second display mode is set. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315543 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING A RESOLUTION AND IMAGE SENSOR THEREOF - A method for converting resolution of images for a preview mode from an image sensor to provide the images through a display apparatus is provided, which includes (a) providing resolution information of the display apparatus to the image sensor side, (b) providing the images having the resolution that coincides with the resolution information from the image sensor to the display apparatus side, and (c) providing the images from the image sensor to the user. A method for converting resolution of images for a preview mode from an image sensor to provide the images through a display apparatus is also provided, which includes (a) providing resolution information of the display apparatus to the image sensor side, and (b) providing the images having the resolution that coincides with the resolution information from the image sensor to the display apparatus side, wherein the step (b) alternately removes pixels constituting the images, and removes pixels in different positions among the neighboring images. In addition, an image sensor for providing images of an object to a user through a display apparatus by executing a preview mode is provided, which includes a plurality of pixels for detecting successive images from light incident from the object, a digital conversion unit for converting analog images provided from the respective pixels to digital images, and a resolution conversion unit for converting the digital images provided from the digital conversion unit into images having resolution that coincides with resolution of the display apparatus to provide the converted images to the display apparatus. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315544 | IMAGER THAT PHOTOGRAPHS AN IMAGE USING A PUPIL-DIVIDING AUTOFOCUS MECHANISM - An imager is provided having an imaging sensor, a pupil divider and a display. The imaging sensor photographs a subject image obtained through a photographing lens, and outputs image data. The pupil divider has shutters positioned in a light path between the photographing lens and the imaging sensor. The display displays an image using the image data photographed by the imaging sensor. The shutters periodically blocks part of the light path. The imaging sensor outputs multiple image data by photographing a subject image passing through a light path that is not blocked by the shutters. The display displays multiple image data that is compensated for shifts between subject images in the multiple image data. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315545 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus - Provided is a zoom lens including a first lens group, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein conditional expressions f | 2010-12-16 |
20100315546 | Imaging Device and Manufacturing method therefor - There is provided an imaging device capable of easily shielding an imaging element. The imaging device comprises a conductive mirror frame, an element unit including an imaging element equipped with a photoelectric converter, and an imaging lens attached within the mirror frame and imaging a subject image on the photoelectric converter of the imaging element. The element unit has an exposed conductive member contactable to the mirror frame. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315547 | MOVING REGION DETECTION DEVICE - To provide a moving region detection device capable of rapidly and accurately detecting a main moving region from plot data on a computer screen. A moving region detection unit ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100315548 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FRAME RATE UP CONVERSION - A method for frame rate up conversion is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a plurality of consecutive input video frames; detecting luminance information for a current frame; and generating a first output frame according to the luminance information for the current frame and a preceding frame before the current frame and generating a second output frame according to the luminance information for the current frame and a succeeding frame after the current frame, wherein the second output frame is outputted after the first output frame. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE CONTENT RENDITION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for adaptive content rendition, the method comprising receiving media content for playback to a user, adapting the media content for playback on a first device in the user's first location, receiving a notification when the user changes to a second location, adapting the media content for playback on a second device in the second location, and transitioning media content playback from the first device to second device. One aspect conserves energy by optionally turning off the first device after transitioning to the second device. Another aspect includes playback devices that are “dumb devices” which receive media content already prepared for playback, “smart devices” which receive media content in a less than ready form and prepare the media content for playback, or hybrid smart and dumb devices. A single device may be substituted by a plurality of devices. Adapting the media content for playback is based on a user profile storing user preferences and/or usage history in one aspect. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315550 | IMAGE FRAME INTERPOLATION DEVICE, IMAGE FRAME INTERPOLATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FRAME INTERPOLATION PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an image frame interpolation device including: a decider configured to decide an interpolation area having a predetermined size for an interpolation frame to be interpolated between adjacent image frames; an acquirer configured to acquire at least two motion vectors between at least one pair of image frames dependent on a position of the interpolation frame based on a position of the interpolation area decided by the decider; a selector configured to apply the at least two motion vectors acquired by the acquirer between two image frames sandwiching the interpolation frame, and select a motion vector to be used based on degrees of correlation between image areas that have a predetermined size and are associated with each other by a respective one of the vectors on the image frames; and a forming unit configured to form and interpolate pixel data by using the vector selected by the selector. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315551 | CIRCUIT FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL - A circuit is used to process video signal from a video sensor. The video signal includes video content signal and synchronization signals. The circuit includes a status register, a data register, and a processor. The status register provides a sampling clock signal to the data register and the video sensor. The sampling clock signal is synchronized with the synchronization signals to sample the video signal. The status register stores the synchronization signals. The data register storing the video content signal. The processor is coupled to the status register and the data register. The processor reads the video content signal from the data register according to the synchronization signals in the status register. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315552 | Asynchronous Scanning Display Projection - A scanning projector includes a mirror that scans in two dimensions, at least one of which is sinusoidal. A digital phase lock loop locks to the sinusoidal movement of the mirror. A free-running pixel clock is provided. An interpolation component interpolates pixel intensity data from adjacent pixels based on the position of the mirror when a pixel clock arrives. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315553 | AUDIO-VIDEO DATA SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, VIDEO OUTPUT DEVICE, AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE, AND AUDIO-VIDEO OUTPUT SYSTEM - To provide an audio-video data synchronization method whereby an increase in the amount of control message transmission can be suppressed and the video output can be prevented from being interrupted. The audio-video data synchronization method includes: obtaining, by the audio output device, a first latency that is a period of time taken for the video output device to output the video, by receiving the display identification data that includes information indicating the first latency from the video output device when the indication of the connection validity status information changes from Invalid to Valid; adjusting, by the audio output device, timing of outputting the audio according to the first latency; obtaining, by the video output device, a second latency which is a period of time taken to output the video in the outputting; notifying the audio output device of the second latency by sending a control message from the video output device when the connection validity status information indicates Valid, the control message including information that indicates the second latency obtained in the obtaining of a second latency; and adjusting, by the audio output device, timing of outputting the audio according to the second latency. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315554 | COLOR SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, COLOR SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND TELEVISION SYSTEM - According to embodiments, a color signal processing circuit includes: an A/D converter configured to convert an analog television signal into a digital signal by using a clock; a color signal demodulation circuit configured to color-demodulate the television signal converted into the digital signal by the A/D converter; a clock generation section configured to generate the clock that is used by the A/D converter; and a frequency control section configured to control the clock frequency of the clock generation section on the basis of a color subcarrier frequency of a color signal included in the analog television signal and on the basis of the vertical synchronization signal frequency of the analog television signal. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315555 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit which receives image data of program contents and genre information regarding the program contents; a determining unit which determines a characteristic parameter indicating characteristics of a filter filtering a local image obtainable by decoding encoding data, which is generated by encoding the image data received by the receiving unit, in accordance with the genre information received by the receiving unit; a characteristic changing unit which changes the characteristics of the filter in accordance with the characteristic parameter determined by the determining unit; and an encoding unit which generates the encoding data by encoding the image data received by the receiving unit by executing a prediction process by use of a local decoded image filtered in accordance with the characteristics of the filter changed by the characteristic changing unit. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315556 | IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing circuit and a method thereof are provided herein. The image processing circuit has a first scaling circuit, a plurality of line buffers, a first sharpness circuit, a second scaling circuit, and a second sharpness circuit. The first scaling circuit enlarges an input image along a first direction to generate a first enlarged image. The line buffers temporarily store the pixel values of a plurality of pixel rows of the first enlarged image. The first sharpness circuit vertically sharpens the first enlarged image to generate a first sharpened image. The second scaling circuit enlarges the first sharpened image along a second direction to generate a second enlarged image. The second sharpness circuit horizontally sharpens the second enlarged image to generate a second sharpened image. Accordingly, it is possible to use the line buffers having shorter data lengths to perform the vertical sharpening. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315557 | REDUCING FLICKER IN THE DISPLAY OF VIDEO STREAMS - Image frames of a video stream are encoded with the aim of reducing flicker in the video stream when displayed. In one embodiment, the quantization parameter used to quantize an image frame is capped to be not greater than a quantization parameter used to quantize an immediately previous image frame. In another embodiment, the quantization step size used to quantize a macro-block of an image frame is computed based on the value of a quantization error of a co-located macro-block in an immediately previous image frame. In yet another embodiment, macro-block transform coefficients corresponding to high-frequency components are quantized using relatively higher quantization parameter values if the image frame is deemed to contain high activity. In yet another embodiment, flicker-prone macro-blocks of a source frame are replaced by corresponding best-match macro-blocks of a previous reconstructed frame, prior to being encoded. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315558 | CONTENT ADAPTIVE NOISE REDUCTION FILTERING FOR IMAGE SIGNALS - A method includes selecting a target pixel and comparing a value of the target pixel with a respective value of each of a plurality of pixels located in an area that includes the target pixel. Further, for each pixel of the plurality of pixels that has a value different by at least a threshold amount from the value of the target pixel, the value of such pixel is replaced by the value of the target pixel. A filter function is applied to a set of pixels which includes the value of the target pixel and current values, after the selective replacement step, of the plurality of pixels. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315559 | CONTOUR FREE POINT OPERATION FOR VIDEO SKIN TONE CORRECTION - A method for color tone correction is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of first intermediate components by scaling a plurality of first color components towards a first ideal color, wherein the first color components (i) are for a first plurality of pixels in an input video signal and (ii) fall inside a first region of a color space, (B) generating a plurality of first corrected components by adjusting the first intermediate components such that a first mapping of the first color components to the first corrected components is both (i) continuous in the color space and (ii) non-overlapping in the color space and (C) generating an output video signal by combining the first corrected components with a plurality of unaltered color components, wherein the unaltered color components (i) are for a second plurality of the pixels and (ii) fall outside the first region. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315560 | Image Processing Method With Motion Estimation And Image Processing Arrangement - A method for processing a video image sequence with a number of successive images and an image processing device for processing a video image sequence are described. The method comprises:
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20100315561 | Robust mode staggercasting fast channel change - A method and apparatus for staggercasting a plurality of content representative signals includes encoding a first and a corresponding second signal representing each of the plurality of content representative signals. A composite signal is generated comprising the plurality of first and second encoded signals. In the composite signal, each respective second encoded signal is delayed with respect to the corresponding first encoded signal. The first and second encoded signal representing a selected one of the content representative signals is extracted to reproduce the selected content representative signal. The extracted first encoded signal is decoded if an error is detected in the extracted second encoded signal, otherwise the extracted second encoded signal is decoded. When a different content representative signal is newly selected, the first extracted encoded signal is decoded until the delayed second extracted encoded signal is available. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315562 | REMOTE CONTROL AND TELEVISION AND POWER INDICATION SYSTEM - A remote control for an electronic device includes a plurality of keys, a power supply, a power control unit, a code modulating unit, and a transmitter. The plurality of keys generates different first electrical signals when actuated. The power supply is operable to power the remote control. The power control unit detects a voltage of the power supply, and generates a second electrical signal when the voltage of the power supply falls below a predetermined value. The code modulating unit generates different key code signals according to the different first electrical signals, and a switch code signal according to the second electrical signal. The transmitter converts the different key code signals and the switch code signal into different wireless signals, and transmits the different wireless signals to the electronic device. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315563 | REMOTE CONTROLLER AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A displaying method for a remote controller for remotely controlling a broadcast display apparatus includes displaying information of at least one external device connected to the broadcast display apparatus, transmitting a control command to control a selected external device which is selected from the at least one external device to the selected external device through the broadcast display apparatus, receiving a result of executing the control command of the external device in response to the control command, and displaying the result of executing the control command and a control menu for controlling operation of the selected external device. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315564 | EMBEDDED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An embedded electronic device includes a display, a foreground application module, and a plurality of standalone background function modules. The foreground application module is operable to display a plurality of accessible foreground applications on the display. The background function modules include a process handler module and a source manager library module. The process handler module is operable to switch between the plurality of accessible foreground applications. The process handler module is operable to destroy a running foreground application to launch a new foreground application. The source manager library module is operable to retrieve different kinds of multimedia resources to provide to the foreground application module. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315565 | Display system - A display system is based on a linear array phase modulator and a phase edge discriminator optical system. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315566 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY AND THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - A three-dimensional display including a display and a micro-lens is provided. The display has a plurality of pixel units thereon, and each pixel unit has a pixel pitch i. The micro-lens is disposed at a side of the display, the micro-lens has a plurality of lens units thereon, and each lens unit has a lens pitch l. A right eye viewing zone and a left eye viewing zone are formed if an image displayed from the display passes though the micro-lens, wherein a distance between the center of the right eye viewing zone and the center of the left eye viewing zone is w | 2010-12-16 |
20100315567 | LIQUID CRYSTAL BASED BROADBAND FILTER FOR FAST POLARIZATION IMAGING - A liquid crystal based broadband filter and imaging system for analyzing the polarization state of radiation. The filter includes four elements: a quarter wave plate; a 45° polarization rotator; a 90° polarization rotator; and a fixed polarizer. The first three of these elements are electronically switchable, allowing the user to select from any of the six possible polarization states. The switchable elements use multiple liquid crystal cells made from dual-frequency materials. A dual-frequency signal is used to activate and deactivate the various elements to achieve the desired state configuration. The dual-frequency signal drives the liquid crystal cells in and out of states, improving the overall switching time of the filter. The configuration of the liquid crystal cells within each of the filter allows broadband operation over most of the visible, infrared and ultraviolet spectra. The filter cycles through six configurations corresponding to the six polarization states of the incident radiation. Thus, the polarization state of the radiation can be completely characterized using the four Stokes parameters. Information related to the intensity and polarization of the radiation can be stored, displayed and analyzed. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315568 | Liquid crystal devices and methods providing fast switching mode - A liquid crystal device includes carbon nanotube-doped liquid crystal materials that have a fast switching mode. The liquid crystals may be nematic liquid crystals contained in an optically controlled birefringence cell, with a small amount of nanotubes relative to the liquid crystals. The cell may operate between an optical bend state and homeotropic state, where the liquid crystals aligning in a bend state in response to low voltage and transform to a homeotropic state in response to high voltage. The cell may capable of a large change in effective birefringence, or variable effective birefringence enabling self-compensated optical retardation. The liquid crystals may be included with an electro-optical film, which may be formed with polymer encapsulated liquid crystals with the inclusion of at least a small amount of nanotubes sufficient to induce homogeneous liquid crystal dispersion. The electro-optical film may be fabricated by lamination or otherwise onto a substrate. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315569 | PIXEL DESIGNS OF IMPROVING THE APERTURE RATIO IN AN LCD - This invention in one aspect relates to a pixel structure. In one embodiment, the pixel structure includes a scan line formed on a substrate and a data line formed over the substrate defining a pixel area, a switch formed inside the pixel area on the substrate, a shielding electrode having a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and formed over the scan line, the data line and the switch, where the first portion is overlapped with the switch and the second portion is overlapped with the data line, and a pixel electrode having a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and formed over the shielding electrode in the pixel area, where the first portion is overlapped with the first portion of the shielding electrode so as to define a storage capacitor therebetween and the second portion has no overlapping with the second portion of the shielding electrode. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315570 | PORTABLE COMPUTER DISPLAY STRUCTURES - An electronic device housing may have upper and lower portions that are attached with a hinge. At least one portion of the housing may have a rear planar surface and peripheral sidewalls having edges. A display module may be mounted in the housing. The display module may have glass layers such as a color filter glass layer and a thin-film transistor substrate. The color filter glass layer may serve as the outermost glass layer in the display module. The edges of the display module may be aligned with the edges of the peripheral housing sidewalls to create the appearance of a borderless display for the electronic device. The display module may be provided with an opening that allows a camera or other electronic components to receive light. Traces may be provided on the underside of the thin-film transistor substrate to serve as signal paths for the electrical components. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315571 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device is connected with a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted to an electronic device. The LCD device includes a display module having a bare copper area, a holding frame for receiving the display module, and a shielding casing coupled to an end of the holding frame after the display module being assembled to the holding frame. The shielding casing has a bottom plate disposed between the display module and the PCB. The bottom plate has a portion contacting the bare copper area of the display module, and a contacting strip biased from the bottom plate and abutting against the PCB, for preventing the ESD from impacting the display module. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315572 | CIRCUIT TOPOLOGY FOR DRIVING HIGH-VOLTAGE LED SERIES CONNECTED STRINGS - A system for backlighting a display uses an open or closed loop and small components that are well suited to high-frequency applications. The system includes multiple LED strings, a high-voltage source, and a low-voltage regulator that has a polarity opposite to that of the high-voltage source. The high-voltage source and the low-voltage regulator provide voltage differences across the LED strings to illuminate them. In one embodiment, the high-voltage source is about 200 VDC, and the low-voltage regulator produces voltages between −2 VDC and −30 VDC. Many types of displays, such as those used on LCD televisions and LCD personal computers, can be backlit in accordance with the embodiments. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315573 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, APPLICATION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal panel, an application and a manufacturing method are described. The liquid crystal panel includes a transistor substrate including a plurality of data lines, a color filter disposed on the transistor substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the transistor substrate and the color filter, and a plurality of spacer structures respectively disposed between the data lines and the color filter. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315574 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A compact liquid crystal display device is provided by connecting a plurality of liquid crystal display panel units each provided with a light guiding plate unit on a back side with a connection portion and supplying a laser light source via the connection portion. It includes a plurality of display portions formed of liquid crystal display panel units and light guiding plate units disposed in intimate contact with the back sides of the liquid crystal display panel units, a connection portion connecting a plurality of the display portions, and a laser light source. By supplying a laser beam emitted from the laser light source to the light guiding plate units via the connection portion, the display surfaces of the liquid crystal display panel units are illuminated by the laser beam. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315575 | Liquid Crystal Display and Method for Assembling the Same - An LCD and a method for assembling the LCD are provided. The LCD includes a display assembly and a tape. The display assembly has a top surface, a bottom surface which is opposite the top surface, and a lateral edge connected the edge of the top surface with the edge of the bottom surface. The tape comprises a peripheral portion and a bending portion extending from the peripheral portion. The peripheral portion is utilized to attach to the peripheral area of the top surface, and the bending portion is bended to attach to the lateral edge and the peripheral area of the bottom surface. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315576 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes a light source, a liquid crystal display panel including a pixel having a plurality of a color sub-pixel, and a reflective polarizer disposed between the light source and the liquid crystal display panel to transmit or reflect a light according to a direction in which the light vibrates. The reflective polarizer includes a reflective polarizing layer including a plurality of microfibers which each extend in a same direction with respect to each other, and a protective layer overlapping the reflective polarizing layer. A thickness of the reflective polarizing layer is a function of a pixel size. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315577 | Display System - A display system | 2010-12-16 |
20100315578 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A transflective-type and a reflection-type liquid crystal display device having a high reflection efficiency and a high image quality are provided. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device including a reflection region for reflecting incident light toward a display surface, wherein the reflection region includes a metal layer, an insulating layer formed on the metal layer, a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer, and a reflective layer formed on the semiconductor layer; a plurality of recesses are formed in at least one of the metal layer, the insulating layer and the semiconductor layer; a plurality of dents are formed in the reflective layer in the reflection region according to the plurality of recesses; and a shortest distance a between edge portions of at least two of the plurality of recesses is 4 μm or less. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315579 | COLORED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A colored liquid crystal display includes a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive layer, a planar liquid crystal cell, and a backplane substrate in sequence of receiving an incident light. The backplane substrate includes a first conductive reflector, a second conductive reflector and a third conductive reflector, tiled in a planar arrangement perpendicular to the incident light and electrically connected to a driving circuitry in the backplane substrate. The driving circuitry electrically drives the first conductive reflector, the second conductive reflector and the third conductive reflector individually as well as the transparent conductive layer to form spatially colored reflective light modulation. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315580 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display panel having a pixel region and a sensing region includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a display medium layer. A plurality of pixel structures and at least one photo-voltaic cell device are disposed on the first substrate. The pixel structures are arranged in the pixel region in array, and each of the pixel structures includes a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The photo-voltaic cell device disposed in the sensing region includes a doped semiconductor layer, a transparent electrode layer, a first type doped silicon-rich dielectric layer and a second type doped silicon-rich dielectric layer. The first type doped silicon-rich dielectric layer and the second type doped silicon-rich dielectric layer are disposed between the doped semiconductor layer and the transparent electrode layer. The display medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315581 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An orientation controller which divides a pixel into a plurality of different priority alignment regions and an additional orientation controller are provided in a pixel. The additional orientation controller is provided at least at an end of a pixel of a long-side alignment region formed along the long side of the pixel among the divided alignment regions, for example, around a center position of the long side of the pixel. The additional orientation controller can be realized, for example, by forming a cutout pattern in a side of a first electrode (pixel electrode) forming a part of the pixel. Because the alignment direction is also controlled by the additional orientation controller, the alignment of liquid crystal in this region is stabilized. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315582 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Two electrodes parallel to each other are formed on one of two substrates, homeotropic alignment films are formed on the substrates and a liquid crystal material having positive dielectric anisotropy is injected between the substrates. When a voltage is applied to the two electrodes, a parabolic electric field between the electrodes drives the liquid crystal molecules. Since the generated electric field is symmetrical with respect to the boundary-plane equal distance from each of the two electrodes, the liquid crystal molecules are symmetrically aligned with respect to the boundary-plane, and the optical characteristic is compensated in both regions divided by the boundary-plane, thereby obtaining a wide viewing angle. The electric field does not exert influences on the liquid crystal molecules on the boundary-plane since the electric field on the boundary-plane is parallel to the substrates and perpendicular to the two electrodes; and thus, it is perpendicular to the liquid crystal molecules. Here, the polarization of the light is changed while passing through the liquid crystal layer and as a result, only a part of the light passes through the polarizing plate The transmittance of the light can be varied by controlling the magnitude of voltage applied to the two electrodes. The alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules is changed in both regions of a bent portion of the electrodes by forming the electrodes in the saw shape in a pixel or in by pixel, and the retardation of the light is compensated, thereby obtaining a wider viewing angle. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315583 | PIXEL DESIGNS OF IMPROVING THE APERTURE RATIO IN AN LCD - This invention in one aspect relates to a pixel structure. In one embodiment, the pixel structure includes a scan line formed on a substrate and a data line formed over the substrate defining a pixel area, a switch formed inside the pixel area on the substrate, a shielding electrode formed over the switch, a plane organic layer formed over the date line and the pixel area and having no overlapping with the shielding electrode, and a pixel electrode having a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and formed over the shielding electrode and the plane organic layer in the pixel area, wherein the first portion is overlapped with the shielding electrode so as to define a storage capacitor therebetween, and the second portion overlays the plane organic layer and has no overlapping with the data line. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315584 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR IPS-MODE LCD DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided is an array substrate for an IPS-mode LCD device and method of fabricating the same that prevents a problem referred to as wavy noise. The IPS-mode LCD device and method have a shorter processing time and low error rate without an increase in fabrication and production costs. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315585 | Electro-optical device and method for controlling color - The present invention provides an electro-optical device comprising a cell of polymer-stabilized blue phase (PSBP) liquid crystal under an electrical field and a method of controlling the reflection and transmission of an incident electromagnetic radiation such as visible light, by way of controlling the electrical field. The invention exhibits merits such as cost-effectiveness; simpler manufacturability due to the removal of requirements of polarizer and color filter; and fast switching, among others. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315586 | DECORATIVE EYEGLASS TEMPLES - Eyeglasses having temples with detachable decorative pieces. The decorative pieces generally comprise an inner piece and outer piece which connect to one another through and/or around the eyeglass temples. When attached together, the outer decorative piece and the inner decorative piece are supported by and attached to the eyeglass temples. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315587 | Prism Glasses with Movable Lenses and Detachable Temples - The prism glasses include movable prism lenses and, optionally. detachable temples. The movable lenses permit the user to alter the viewing angle from substantially 90 degrees downward to substantially 90 degrees upward. The glasses include a planar frame plate, a bridge, a forward outboard face and view ports therethrough. Two prisms, one for each view port, transmit the image. Prism frames have mounting elements for attachment and detachment to complementary mount elements on the frame. The mounts permit either rotation or removal and re-insertion on the frame. In a first mode of operation, the prism transmits a 90 degrees image. The prism mounts cooperate with the complementary frame mounts and the prism lenses can be (a) removed and re-positioned at a 180 degrees position or (b) moved 180 degrees from the downward 90 degree viewpoint to an upward 90 degree viewpoint to the second operational mode. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315588 | Biomedical devices - Biomedical devices such as contact lenses formed from a polymerization product of a mixture comprising (a) a hydrophilic polymer comprising one or more hydrophilic units and one or more thio carbonyl thio fragments of a reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (“RAFT”) agent; and (b) one or more biomedical device-forming monomers are disclosed. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315589 | TORIC OPHTHALMIC LENS - An ophthalmic lens for placement on the human eye or implanted into an eye is described. The lens has a cylinder power for eye astigmatism refraction error correction and incorporates aspherization of at least one of the surfaces to reduce vision quality reduction with toric ophthalmic lens rotation that creates meridional misalignment as compared with the equivalent toric lens with non-aspherized surface. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315590 | Ophthalmic photographing apparatus - To provide an ophthalmic photographing apparatus capable of checking a measurement (photographing) position of a tomographic (cross-sectional) image of a fundus on a front (surface) image of the fundus. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315591 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TEAR FILM ANALYSIS - Tear film stability has an important role in the quality of vision. A system and method for performing Fluctuation Analysis of Spatial Image Correlation (FASIC) provides for a non-invasive system and method for evaluating the dynamics of the tear film surface using spatial autocorrelation analysis. With FASIC, a series of images are obtained using illumination and a camera. The spatial autocorrelation is calculated for image frames produced by the camera. A sinusoidal background appears in this correlation together with other features. The changes in the sinusoidal background of the spatial autocorrelation is extracted and monitored over time. The spatial period of this sinusoidal background correlates with the thickness of the tear film. In this regard, one is able to derive the tear film thickness from the period of this sinusoidal background. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315592 | Optical Coherence Imaging Systems Having a Mechanism for Shifting Focus and Scanning Modality - Some embodiments of the present invention provide adapters for use in posterior imaging systems. The adapters include lens set configured to adapt the posterior imaging system to operate as an anterior imaging system. Related optical coherence tomography systems and anterior imaging systems are also provided herein. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315593 | Illuminating Apparatus For An Operating Microscope - The present invention relates to an illuminating apparatus for an operating microscope comprising two observation beam paths ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100315594 | HIGH PRECISION CONTRAST RATIO DISPLAY FOR VISUAL STIMULUS - Embodiments of the present invention include approaches for controlling light valve devices to improve the range and precision of the contrast ratio and the grayscale levels of a display used for visual field tests. In one embodiment, two or more illumination devices are used to enable the display device to display a wide range of contrast stimuli at precise illumination intensities over a fixed background illumination level. In another embodiment, the gamma curves of the display elements are adjusted to allow greater variations in the brightness of the display. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315595 | DYNAMIC ILLUMINATION CONTROL FOR LASER PROJECTION DISPLAY - A display apparatus ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100315596 | WIDE COLOR GAMUT PROJECTOR - A wide color gamut projector having a plurality of dichroic prisms configured to split a light beam into six primary color components and direct each of the six primary color components to separate digital micromirror devices is disclosed. The projector further comprises a translucent rotatable drum having different polarization sections, wherein the light beam is capable of being passed orthogonally through a wall of the drum. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315597 | Apparent Speckle Reduction Via Beam Offset Diversity in Pupil Space - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, beam position diversity or beam offset diversity in pupil space performs the complement to angular diversity by maintaining angular content of a beam while changing its position and/or polarization properties in pupil space over time. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315598 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A projection optical system can achieve compactness and improve a state where polarized rays are separated by a polarized light separation section, without a separate optical system which makes the whole system telecentric, by using a reflective light valve. The projection optical system includes, in order, the reflective light valve, a projection lens and the polarized light separation section. The reflective light valve modulates incident illumination light in response to an input image signal and reflects and emits the modulated light. The projection lens transmits the illumination light incident to the reflective light valve and the modulated light emitted from the reflective light valve and is formed to be telecentric on the reduction side. The polarized light separation section separates the optical path of the illumination light incident to the projection lens from the optical path of the modulated light emitted from the projection lens. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315599 | PROJECTOR APPARATUS - A projector apparatus includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, a light source device provided in the housing, an image projection unit provided in the housing and configured to emit an image projection light beam so as to project an image onto a screen, and a cooling device configured to cool the light source device and the image projecting unit. The cooling device includes a cooling passage extending from the air inlet to the air outlet, and a fan configured to suck in outside air from the air inlet and to exhaust the outside air passing through the cooling passage, out of the housing from the air outlet. The air filter section includes a cylindrical filter body, a filter support member configured to support the filter body, and a rotating unit configured to rotate the filter support member. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315600 | Lamp unit and projector employing same - A projector includes a light source, a pump which supplies a compressed gas to cool the light source, and an ejector member having a hole, in which, a tube connects the pump to the ejector member, the compressed gas is discharged from the hole, and a diameter of the hole is in a range from 0.2 mm to 0.4 mm. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315601 | PROJECTOR AND TRAPEZOIDAL DISTORTION CORRECTING METHOD - A projector includes: capturing section that images an object on which an image is projected to produce a captured image; a projection distance information generating section that generates projection distance information representing a projection distance, which is the distance to the object on which an image is projected; a judging section that judges based on the projection distance information whether the projection distance exceeds a reference value; and a correcting section that performs trapezoidal distortion correction based on boundary lines of the object on which an image is projected contained in the captured image when the projection distance exceeds the reference value, whereas performing trapezoidal distortion correction based on at least coordinate information representing three-dimensional coordinates of the object on which an image is projected when the projection distance does not exceed the reference value. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315602 | PROJECTOR, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND IMAGE PROJECTING METHOD - A projector includes: a judging section that judges whether or not an event representing an instruction to project a message image containing a character string has occurred; a projection distance information generating section that generates projection distance information representing a projection distance when the event has occurred; a focus adjusting section that carries out focus adjustment for projection based on the projection distance information; and a projecting section that projects the message image after the focus adjustment is started. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315603 | ELEVATOR SHAFT PROJECTION SYSTEM - A projection system configured in an elevator shaft is designed to project a same image at a same time on elevator shaft doors of different stories with a single projector. Each of the shaft doors functions as a projection screen, persons in the lobby before the elevator shaft door can watch the image or images displayed on the shaft door during the time waiting for the elevator car. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315604 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROJECTION DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT EMITTED DURING A SPOKE TIME PERIOD - The invention relates to an illumination system ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100315605 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is an image display apparatus which can reduce the influence of image quality degradation caused by a spot size on a screen generated when using a light source having a high directivity such as a laser beam and scan-type image formation means. The image display apparatus includes: a light source device ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100315606 | Image display apparatus - A projection optical system including a projection lens, a first mirror that reflects a light from the projection lens, and a second mirror that widens an angle of a light from the first mirror by reflecting the light projects a light modulated according to an image signal from an optical engine unit. A third mirror reflects a light from the projection optical system. A screen transmits a light from the third mirror. An optical axis of the projection lens substantially matches an optical axis of the second mirror, and the light from the optical engine unit is shifted to a specific side from the optical axis of the projection lens. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315607 | MINI PROJECTOR FOR CALENDAR DATA - A MINI PROJECTOR FOR CALENDAR DATA is a pocket size integrated device, combining the ability to render monthly calendar images with the ability to project them on an external surface from an integrated standalone tool. The innovative idea is the combining of the above capabilities into one device comprising independent energy source (battery), embedded calendar rendering application, integrated image projection component (light source), adjustable focus lens and operating control buttons. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315608 | METHOD FOR CONTACT COPYING OF HOLOGRAMS AND HOLOGRAPHIC PRINTS - The invention relates to holography and is devoted for hologram copying and Denysiuk type hologram manufacture. The method comprises steps, wherein non-exposed photomaterial ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100315609 | Maintenance method, maintenance device, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method - An exposure apparatus is provided with a nozzle member that has at least one of a supply outlet which supplies the liquid and a collection inlet which recovers the liquid. By immersing the nozzle member in cleaning liquid LK stored in container, the nozzle member is cleaned. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315610 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed having comprising a pump and buffer volume configured to remove remaining liquid from a substrate, the pump and the buffer volume configured to generate a vacuum cleaning gas flow near the substrate by gas suction into the buffer volume. In an embodiment, since gas flow is needed only a limited amount of time (ordinarily less than 5%), evacuation may be performed using only a moderately powered vacuum pump. In addition or alternatively, the buffer volume may be used as a backup volume buffer configured to provide gas vacuum suction, e.g., in case of a vacuum supply outage. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315611 | EXPOSURE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, PHOTOMASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOMASK - There is disclosed an exposure method is a method of projecting patterns (M | 2010-12-16 |
20100315612 | Radiation Beam Modification Apparatus and Method - A radiation beam modification apparatus for controlling a property of a beam of radiation in a lithographic apparatus includes a flexible sheet provided with a plurality of apertures, and a positioning apparatus comprising a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member, wherein a first end portion of the flexible sheet is coupled to the first rotatable member, a second end portion of the flexible sheet is coupled to the second rotatable member and a central portion of the flexible sheet extends between the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member. The apertures may be used to control the numerical aperture of a projection system of a lithographic apparatus. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315613 | Inspection Method and Apparatus, Lithographic Apparatus, Lithographic Processing Cell and Device Manufacturing Method - A scatterometer configured to derive a property of a substrate, includes an optical arrangement that produces a beam of radiation. An objective lens is arranged to focus the beam of radiation onto a target on the substrate. The optical arrangement is arranged to change the divergence of the beam incident on the objective lens, thereby changing spherical aberration caused by the objective lens on the beam focused on the target. A detection arrangement is arranged to detect the beam of radiation after reflection or scattering from the substrate. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315614 | SOURCE-MASK OPTIMIZATION IN LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A method for configuring an illumination source of a lithographic apparatus, the method including dividing the illumination source into pixel groups, each pixel group including one or more illumination source points; selecting an illumination shape to expose a pattern, the illumination shape formed with at least one pixel group; ranking the pixel groups according to how a change in state of a pixel group affects a lithographic metric; and for each pixel group in order of ranking, determining whether to adjust the illumination shape by changing the state of the pixel group based on a calculation of the lithographic metric as a result of a change in state of the pixel group. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315615 | Measurement Apparatus and Method - A measurement apparatus disclosed that has a radiation source configured to provide a measurement beam of radiation such that an individually controllable element of an array of individually controllable elements capable of modulating a beam of radiation, is illuminated by the measurement beam and redirects the measurement beam, and a detector arranged to receive the redirected measurement beam and determine the position at which the redirected measurement beam is incident upon the detector, the position at which the redirected measurement beam is incident upon the detector being indicative of a characteristic of the individually controllable element. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315616 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHOD - Illumination devices of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, include a deflection device with which at least two light beams impinging on the deflection device can be variably deflected independently of one another by variation of the deflection angle in each case in such a way that each of the light beams can be directed onto at least one location in a pupil plane of the illumination device via at least two different beam paths; wherein, on the beam paths, at least one optical property of the respective light beam is influenced differently. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315617 | WAFER STAGE - A wafer stage and a method of supporting a wafer for inspection. the wafer stage comprises a platform for supporting a wafer such that a backside of the wafer is suspended above a cavity of the platform; and a support structure disposed substantially within the cavity for supporting a portion of the wafer; wherein the wafer stage is adapted for relative movement of the platform with respect to the support structure for alignment of the wafer with respect to a probe. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315618 | GEODETIC SCANNER WITH INCREASED EFFICIENCY - The present invention provides a method and a geodetic scanner for determining the appearance of a target. In the method and geodetic scanner of the present invention, an initial can is performed to calculate or determine a set of optimal gain values for each one of a number of predetermined positions ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100315619 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DISTANCE-MEASURING UNIT - An electro-optical distance-measuring unit ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100315620 | Method and Metric for Selecting and Designing Multimode Fiber for Improved Performance - A new metric applicable to the characterization and design of multimode fiber (MMF) is described. The metric is derived from a Differential Mode Delay (DMD) measurement and when used in combination with industry-standard metrics such as Effective Modal Bandwidth (EMB) and DMD, yields a more accurate prediction of MMF channel link performance as measured by Bit Error Rate (BER) testing. The metric can also be used in the design of MMF for improved bandwidth performance. When implemented as a test algorithm in production, it can be used to select, sort, or verify fiber performance. This process can yield a multimode fiber design with a greater performance margin for a given length, and/or a greater length for a given performance margin. | 2010-12-16 |
20100315621 | PHASE MODULATOR, PHASE MODULATOR ASSEMBLY, AND PHOTOSENSOR - The present invention provides a photosensor that uses a phase modulation technique for optical detection and conducts a highly accurate measurement. The photosensor uses a phase change difference of light propagated through a polarization preserving fiber with respect to tensile stress and employs proper polarization preserving fibers for a phase modulator | 2010-12-16 |
20100315622 | LENS MOUNTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ALIGNING LENSES IN A MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A lens mounting assembly includes a lens barrel with a first lens assembly. A lens mount includes an image sensor, and the lens barrel matingly connects with the lens mount in a manner which allows the first lens assembly to be moved along an optical axis to adjust a focus on the image sensor. A second lens assembly is provided for adjusting the focus on the image sensor during use of the lens. An alignment projection is provided on at least one of the first or second lens assemblies, the alignment projection being adapted to mate with a portion of the other of the first or second lens assemblies in order to directly optically align the first and second lens assemblies with the image sensor | 2010-12-16 |