| 05th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
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| 20100026892 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING AND DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A vehicle entertainment system is described for reproducing and displaying information and control options. It comprises means for information reproduction ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026893 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A rendering control unit determines movie and graphic display modes with reference to a rendering processing command, and acquires maximum speed information indicating the maximum value of a read/write speed allowed for a memory. The rendering control unit decides a speed to be distributed to a read/write speed of the movie data and a speed to be distributed to a read/write speed of the graphic data with respect to the memory, of a maximum speed indicated by the maximum speed information, based on the determination result. The rendering control unit controls a read/write access of an image with respect to the memory based on the rendering processing command, in accordance with the decided speeds. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026894 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus having multi-window display mode for displaying a plurality of images and single-window display mode for displaying one image on the display screen, including receiving units which receive broadcast signal and acquiring image signals relating to programs, and acquisition unit which acquires program information of the programs, and memory unit which stores program information of a selected program, and control unit which selects display mode for an image, and the control unit exerts control such that if the multi-window display mode is selected, a comparison is made at predetermined timing between the program information about the selected program and program information about newly selected program, and the display mode is switched from multi-window mode to single-window mode according to the comparison result. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026895 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY TIME OF ON-SCREEN-DISPLAY - An apparatus and a method for controlling a display time of an OSD are provided. The apparatus includes a display unit and a controller. The display unit displays an OSD icon. The controller removes the OSD icon based on a screen change of the display unit. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026896 | NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS AND NOISE REDUCTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a noise reduction apparatus includes a frame delay module, first and second impulse noise detectors, first and second impulse noise reducers, a motion detector, and a noise reducer. The frame delay module delays a video signal by one frame to obtain a frame delay video signal. The first and second impulse noise detectors detect impulse noise in the video signal and the frame delay video signal. The first impulse noise reducer generates a current frame video signal by reducing the impulse noise in the video signal. The second impulse noise reducer generates a previous frame video signal by reducing the impulse noise in the frame delay video signal. The motion detector detects motion amount from the current and previous frame video signals. The noise reducer reduces noise other than the impulse noise in the current frame video signal based on the motion amount. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026897 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Software for Modifying Moving Images Via Motion Compensation Vectors, Degrain/Denoise, and Superresolution - A video processing method and concomitant computer software stored on a computer-readable medium comprising receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of frames, removing via one or more GPU operations a plurality of artifacts from the video stream, outputting the video stream with the removed artifacts, and tracking artifacts between an adjacent subset of the plurality of frames prior to the removing step. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026898 | IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - Deterioration in image quality of a moving image obtained by special reproduction caused by frame rate conversion (FRC) processing of a motion compensation type is prevented. An image displaying device includes an FRC portion | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026899 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processor that corrects image signals corresponding to sub-pixels which form one pixel includes: a shift amount storage section that stores shift amounts of display positions of display sub-pixels corresponding to the sub-pixels which form a display pixel with respect to a predetermined reference position within a display image; and an image signal correcting section that corrects image signals corresponding to sub-pixels, which form each pixel of an input image, on the basis of the shift amounts stored in the shift amount storage section. The image signal correcting section corrects image signals in which dummy image signals corresponding to dummy sub-pixels, which are provided outside sub-pixels in an endmost portion of the input image, are added to input image signals of the sub-pixels. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026900 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A video signal processing apparatus includes: a gain inverse correction means for giving an inverse correction gain resulting in an inverse correction characteristic to a gain to a video signal subjected to automatic gain control and outputting the video signal; a texture component removing means for removing a texture component from the video signal output from the gain inverse correction means; a gain inverse-inverse correction means for giving an inverse-inverse correction gain to the video signal output from the texture component removing means; a texture component extracting means for extracting a texture component signal, utilizing the video signal output by the gain inverse correction means and the video signal output by the texture component removing means; and a signal synthesizing means for synthesizing a structure component signal based on the video signal output by the gain inverse-inverse correction means and the texture component signal to output a video signal. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026901 | Scene Launcher System and Method Using Geographically Defined Launch Areas - A computer-implemented method of defining and presenting a presentation including a plurality of scenes and a presenter appearing in the scenes. The method includes the steps of defining a first scene including a geographic background, receiving geographic location information and remote video and/or data information from a remote site, and defining within the first scene a launch area at a location within the geographic background corresponding to the geographic location information. The method further includes associating a destination scene with the defined launch area, obtaining a video image of the presenter, combining the video image of the presenter with the first scene such that the presenter appears in the first scene, and tracking a location of a pointing element controlled by the presenter in the first scene. The method yet further includes displaying the destination scene in place of the first scene when the presenter provides a scene change signal with the pointing element located at the defined launch area in the first scene, wherein the destination scene displayed is a background scene generated based on remote video and/or data information received from the remote site. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026902 | Video signal processing apparatus and method - A video signal processing apparatus generates first to third correlation values based on five sequential video line signals C(n−2) to C(n+2) that include two kinds of color-difference signals transmitted line sequentially. The first correlation value indicates degree of similarity between C(n+1) and C(n−1), the second correlation value indicates degree of similarity between C(n+2) and C(n), and the third correlation value indicates degree of similarity between C(n) and C(n−2). When the degree of similarity between C(n+1) and C(n−1) is evaluated to be smaller than a predetermined level based on the first correlation value, the apparatus determines a mixing ratio of C(n+1) and C(n−1) according to relative magnitude of the third correlation value with respect to the second correlation value. The apparatus outputs a mixed signal obtained by mixing the signals C(n+1) and C(n−1) according to the mixing ratio and the video signal C(n) as two simultaneous color-difference signals. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026903 | MOTION VECTOR DETECTION DEVICE, MOTION VECTOR DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A motion vector detection device includes: an evaluation value information creation unit creating, from correlation information of a target pixel in one frame and a reference pixel in another frame in moving image data including frames, evaluation value information evaluating the possibility that the reference pixel is a candidate for the destination of motion from the target pixel; a motion vector extraction unit extracting motion vector candidates of each of the pixels in a frame by using the evaluation value information, comparing, for the extracted candidates, the pixels in an area around the target pixel and the pixels in the area around the reference pixel, evaluating the candidate vectors of the evaluation value information by using the result of comparison in the entire area, and extracting motion vectors having a high evaluation value as candidates; and a motion vector determination unit determining a motion vector among the extracted motion vectors. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026904 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A moving area detecting circuit detects a moving area of image information S(i- | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026905 | Embedded Audio Routing Switcher - An embedded-audio routing switcher includes an input configured to receive digital input signals. The digital input signals include video with embedded audio. The input being coupled to a deembedding module configured to deembed audio from each of the digital input signals. A crosspoint matrix is configured to receive the digital input signals and transfer the digital input signals to an output. A time division multiplexed path is configured to transport the deembedded audio signals to the output. The output is configured to route one of the digital input signals and selected deembedded audio signals in accordance with a routing control setting. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026906 | FRONT END CIRCUIT - An IC of a front end circuit which can be ready for various television broadcasting systems is provided. The front end circuit includes tuning circuits | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026907 | TV AUDIO MULTI-STANDARD DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - An audio multi-standard detection apparatus is provided to pre-record a plurality of audio broadcasting format carrier bands. The detection apparatus includes: a carrier calculation unit and a switch controller. The carrier calculation unit is used for receiving an intermediate frequency signal and calculates the first carrier energy of the intermediate frequency signal in each of the frequency bands. From this first carrier energy, the switch controller determines which frequency bands are existed in the intermediate frequency signal, then analyzes the signal via at least one threshold value to determine the frequency band's primary carrier. The switch controller obtains an effective carrier. Further, the switch controller compares the effective carrier with the pre-recorded carrier bands for selectively outputting the appropriate audio broadcasting format. Hence, the present invention achieves the objective of determining the appropriate audio multi-standard and enables the support of broadcast systems in various countries with a single audio decoding chip. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026908 | PROJECTOR CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION VIA PROJECTION SCREEN OR EXTERNAL DISPLAY AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A displaying method of a projector is disclosed. The projector includes an A/V processor, an output connector, and a detector. The A/V processor is configured for reading A/V data from a data source and processing the A/V data to output corresponding A/V signals. The output connector is configured for outputting the A/V signals to an external display. The output connector includes a pin which outputs synchronization frames of the A/V signals when the output connector is not connected to the external display. The displaying method includes: powering on and initializing the projector; and detecting synchronization frames of the output A/V signals from the pin, if yes, powering on the light source, if no, powering off the light source. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026909 | 3D IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM - A 3D image projection system has a display screen having an array of pixels, an array of pixel pyramids associated with the array of pixels, and a projector configured to project light onto the display screen. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026910 | HIGH RESOLUTION DMP PROJECTION SYSTEM - A high resolution projection system has a light source for generating and emitting light and a plurality of digital micromirror device imagers configured to receive and reflect the light. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026911 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A transmission device includes: a reproduction audio producing unit which produces reproduction audio; a continuous audio producing unit which produces continuous audio; a synthesized audio producing unit which synthesizes the reproduction audio and the continuous audio to produce synthesized audio; a capture audio data producing unit which captures the synthesized audio to produce capture audio data; and a transmitting unit which transmits the capture audio data to a reproduction device. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026912 | Multifunction display system - A multifunction display system is provided comprising a flat panel display screen; an electronic controller receiving video signal from an input and generating an output signal for displaying on the display screen; a power supply providing power to display screen and the electronic controller; a housing securing the display screen, the electronic controller and the power supply, wherein the housing includes a front shell and a rear shell that join together at a meeting line along a periphery of the display screen. The rear shell of the housing is a designed panel to receive multiple devices of specialized media playing capabilities in standardized boxes including but not limited to a regular or HD television tuner, a DVD and optical disc player, a digital video recorder, a hard drive player or an IPTV Divx player, mini PC and Internet and/or receiver router. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026913 | Digital photo frame with interchangeable front frame - The present invention relates to a digital photo frame including: a control module; a display panel electrically connected to the control module and displaying an image; a first front frame having a first and a second surfaces; and a plurality of swing fasteners mounted on the second surface. Each of the swing fasteners is composed of a first arm and a pivot connecting thereto. The first arm pushes against the display panel when the display panel is attached to the front frame. At least one of the swing fasteners has a second arm and a hollow portion thereon, and the digital photo frame is hung on a support by the hollow portion. The design of swing fastener makes the interchangeability of different front frames possible, and the replaced front frame can be wedged in another size-suitable display panel or form a traditional photo frame with a photograph and a rear board. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026914 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY CHANGING DISPLAY MODE - A digital photo frame (DPF) capable of automatically changing display mode is provided. The DPF includes a display unit, a motion detector, a processing unit, and a storage unit. The motion detector is configured to detect whether there is someone around the DPF, and produce a display switching signal if someone is around the DPF. The processing unit detects current display mode when it receives the display switching signal and change the display mode of the DPF to a slide show mode if current display mode is a still mode. The motion detector also produce a stop signal when it detects nobody around the DPF, the processing unit controls the display unit to display the pictures in the still mode when it receives the stop signal and detects current display mode is the slide show mode. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026915 | DIGITAL PHOTOALBUM - The present invention relates to photoalbums. In particular, the present invention relates to photoalbums designed for receiving, securing, and displaying printed images and digital images. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026916 | ADJUSTABLE MONITOR HOOD - The top plate of a monitor hood has at least a hooked slideway for guiding the left/right plates to slide along a direction in the top plate when mounting therein. When the monitor hood is required to be mounted on monitors with different size, the top plate is first fixed on the top plane of the monitor, then the left/right plates are slid outward or inward based on the width of the monitor such that the side components of each plate locate right on the left/right planes of the monitor and can be fixed thereon. The left/right plates are made of polypropylene and capable of being processed with V-shape grooves and bent out sections to be fixed on the monitor. The left/right plates are further made of detachable two-piece components and assembled with plastic rivets. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026917 | AUTOMATIC DARKENING AND GLARE REDUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL MIRROR - An automatic darkening and glare reducing liquid crystal mirror for vehicles is disclosed. The mirror has a front substrate ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026918 | RETARDATION COMPENSATION ELEMENT, VAN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTOR - A retardation compensation element ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026919 | PROJECTOR AND LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE - A light modulation device which modulates light entering from a light source, includes: a light diffusing unit which converts diffusion angle of the light into an angle larger than that before entering the light modulation device and releases the converted light. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026920 | ELECTRO-OPTIC UNIT, DRIVING METHOD OF THE ELECTRO-OPTIC UNIT, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The present invention provides an electro-optic unit. A lens unit disposed at an upper portion of a display panel has a plurality of lens part. An electro-optic unit is disposed between a display panel and a lens unit, and includes an electro-optic material layer formed as a graded refractive index lens in an electric field. A display device shows a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional image according to a mode of the electro-optic unit. A driving part may form the graded refractive index lens to have the same pitch as the pitch of the lens part. The graded refractive index lens may be formed as a convex lens or a Fresnel lens. The electro-optic unit is displayed to form the Fresnel lens. A driving method enhancing mode conversion velocity of the electro-optic unit is displayed. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026921 | Active matrix substrate and display device having the same - In one embodiment of the present invention, a display device is enabled to make the display impulse and to improve the charging characteristics of pixel capacities while suppressing the complexity of a drive circuit or the like and the increase in the operating frequency. In an active matrix substrate of a liquid crystal display device, each pixel electrode is connected through a pixel TFT with a source line and through a discharging TFT with a holding capacity line. For one frame period, a liquid crystal capacity, as established by the pixel electrode corresponding to each display line and a common electrode, is charged, when the pixel TFT is turned ON by a pixel scanning signal on a pixel gate line, and is then discharged when the discharging TFT is turned ON by a discharging scanning signal on a discharging gate line. The source line is subjected to a 2-H dot inverse drive but to a charge share for every horizontal periods. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026922 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, ITS DRIVE METHOD, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVE DEVICE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVE METHOD - An active matrix substrate is provided to be opposed to a counter substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, the liquid crystal layer being in an OCB mode in which orientation is spray orientation when no voltage is applied and the orientation is changed to bend orientation when a voltage is applied. A storage capacitor bus line is provided on a pixel electrode so as to be opposite to the counter substrate and an opening is provided at a part of the pixel electrode at a region where the pixel electrode and the storage capacitor bus line intersect. A liquid crystal control circuit and a relay circuit are provided for applying a transition voltage to the storage capacitor bus line so as to apply an electric field between the pixel electrode and the storage capacitor bus line, and after a certain period in which liquid crystal molecules have responded, applying a transition voltage to the counter electrode so as to apply an electric field between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026923 | PIXEL STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING THE SAME - A repairable pixel structure includes a substrate, at least a data line, at least a gate line, a transparent pixel electrode, a TFT, and a transparent pre-repair electrode. The TFT includes a gate, a drain, and a source. The transparent pre-repair electrode is disposed corresponding to the electrode in a vertical direction and is electrically connected to the drain. When a broken circuit occurs in the pixel structure, a laser beam is provided to perform a welding process on the transparent pre-repair electrode for repairing the pixel structure. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026924 | LIGHT SUPPLYING UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A display device includes a container having a bottom plate, a light source disposed in the container, which provides light, a circuit board disposed in the container, a socket terminal electrically connected to the light source and the circuit board, and a display panel which receives the light from the light source and displays images. The circuit board and the light source are positioned on a same side of the bottom plate of the container. The socket terminal includes a socket part and a fixing part, the socket part and the fixing part are connected to the light source and circuit board, respectively. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026925 | Dynamic image holder - A dynamic image holder can have a magnetic back and fold-out portions that allow it to adapt from a flat display state to an extended display states, such as in a standing or hanging position. The portions may also be re-positioned so that a customer can resume using the image holder on a flat surface, such as a metal refrigerator or filing cabinet. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026926 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a back light unit that has a light source, an optical member that is arranged so as to face the irradiation direction of the light of the light source, and a spacer that supports the optical member from the light source side and is arranged in a state in which the optical member is arranged parallel to the direction of gravity or inclined with respect to the direction of gravity, and a display panel that is arranged so as to be superimposed on the optical member of the back light unit. In the back light unit, the number of spacers arranged in an upper half area of the optical member with respect to the direction of gravity is configured to be smaller than that of the spacers arranged in a lower half area of the optical member with respect to the direction of gravity. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026927 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A receiving container for a display device includes a bottom plate, a sidewall and a grounding unit. The sidewall is extended from the bottom plate to define a receiving space. The grounding unit is integrally formed with the bottom plate. The grounding unit includes a grounding member that grounds a circuit board received in the receiving space. The circuit board includes a grounding electrode and the grounding member corresponds to the grounding electrode. The grounding member is formed on a rear surface of the bottom plate. The grounding member may include a protrusion or a projected portion having an elastic structure. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026928 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit according to the embodiment comprises an LED module comprising an LED; a case supporting the LED module; a fixing part fixing the LED module to the case; a reflective sheet comprising an opening for exposing the LED on the LED module and the fixing part; and a guide pin fixing the reflective sheet to the case. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026929 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A planar illumination device is provided with a plurality of light guide paths, on which scanned light in different scanning sections of a scanning range by a scanning unit is respectively incident, and an illumination unit having a plurality of emission regions for emitting the light guided by the respective light guide paths. The number of the emission regions is 2 or more and 1000 or less, and the respective emission regions successively become luminous as the scanned light is incident on the respective light guide paths. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026930 | DIFFRACTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (LCD) comprises a light source; a light diffractor over the light source configured to diffract light received from the light source; a liquid crystal diffraction grating over the light diffractor and between liquid crystal pixel structures comprising a plurality of liquid crystal pixels; the liquid crystal diffraction grating has a changed diffraction index in response to application of a voltage differential across the diffraction grating, and when having the changed diffraction index aligns diffracted light received from the light diffractor into aligned light directed toward the liquid crystal pixel structure. An LCD may comprise a plurality of liquid crystal pixels each comprising a reflective part and a transmissive part, the reflective part of at least some of the plurality of liquid crystal pixels comprising a retroreflector configured to reflect at least some light rays, received from an external light source, toward the external light source. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026931 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illuminating device includes light emitting elements extending in a lengthwise direction and a light guide plate having a first principal surface for emitting light from the light emitting elements and a second principal surface facing the first principal surface. The light guide plate has light guide regions corresponding to the light emitting elements. The light emitting elements overlap the light guide plate on a side of the second principal surface of the light guide plate in plan view. The side of the second principal surface of the light guide plate has first sectional surfaces, on which light originated from each of the light emitting elements is incident. The side of the second principal surface of the light guide plate has second sectional surfaces, each having a reflection surface for reflecting the light originated from each light emitting element toward the first sectional surface, corresponding to the light emitting elements. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026932 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device including: a light source; a polarizing film of light source side; a liquid crystal cell; and a polarizing film of display side is provided, the liquid crystal display device further comprising: an optical compensatory sheet disposed between the liquid crystal cell and the polarizing film of the light source side or between the liquid crystal cell and the polarizing film of the display side; and a light-scattering sheet disposed at an outermost surface of the polarizing film of display side, wherein luminance in a normal direction with respect to the liquid crystal display device in a black display state without the light-scattering sheet is 0.3 cd/m | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026933 | SECONDARY DISPLAY USING PDLC - A secondary display is provided on, in, or under the case of an electronic device at a location convenient for viewing. The secondary display includes PDLC and a backlight. The backlight is preferably either an electroluminescent panel or an array of light emitting die. In the latter case, a transflector is located between the light source and the PDLC. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026934 | Light uniforming polarization recycling film - Disclosed herein is a light uniforming polarization recycling film comprising a cholesteric liquid crystal layer having a first optical surface and a second optical surface; an optical support formed on the first optical -surface; and alight scattering layer formed on the second optical surface. The light scattering layer includes a ¼ wavelength (quarter wave) plate and a microstructure layer having light diffusing characteristics. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026935 | VOLUME PHOTO-ALIGNED RETARDER - This invention relates to a birefringent layer, wherein the direction of the optical axis varies along the thickness direction of the layer, comprising
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| 20100026936 | Elliptical Polarizer and Vertical Alignment Type Liquid Crystal Display Device Comprising the Same - An elliptical polarizer with excellent viewing angle characteristics is provided which comprises at least a first polarizer, a first optical anisotropic layer, a second optical anisotropic layer, and a third optical anisotropic layer, laminated in this order, wherein the first optical anisotropic layer satisfies [1] 50≦Re1≦500, the second optical anisotropic layer satisfies [2] 0≦Re2≦20 and [3] −500≦Rth2≦−30, and the third optical anisotropic layer satisfies [4] 100≦Re 3≦180 wherein Re and Rth indicate the retardation values in the plane and thickness direction, respectively, of each of the optical anisotropic layers. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026937 | VIEWING ANGLE CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - There are provided a viewing angle control device that can provide a black display without coloring and achieve a significantly improved shielding ability during a narrow viewing angle state, and a display using the same. In order to adjust VT (voltage-transmittance) characteristics of a viewing angle control liquid crystal panel ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026938 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An image display device having a display panel in which a first substrate and a second substrate are disposed to each other, in which the first substrate includes an insulating substrate composed of a resin, a circuit layer having a circuit where a plurality of Thin-film transistors are arranged in a matrix, and a polarizer disposed between the insulating substrate and the circuit layer, the insulating substrate has a thickness of 20 μm or more and 150 μm or less, a transmittance of 80% or more for a visible light at a wavelength of 400 nm or more and 800 nm or less, and a 3% weight reduction temperature of 300° C. or higher, and has no melting point or has a melting point of 300° C. or higher. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026939 | POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a polarizer containing a polarizing film having two surfaces opposing each other and one protective film layer, wherein the polarizing film has a resin film with dichroic dye molecules adsorbed on the resin film with uniaxial orientation, wherein the protective film layer is disposed on or over one of the surfaces of the polarizing film, and wherein the polarizer further has, on or over at least one of the surfaces of the polarizing film, an inorganic particle layer containing inorganic particles, and a polarizer having a polarizing film having two surfaces opposing each other and two protective film layers, wherein the polarizing film has a resin film with dichroic dye molecules adsorbed on the resin film with uniaxial orientation, wherein one of the protective film layers is disposed on or over one of the surfaces of the polarizing film and the other protective film layer is disposed on or over the other surface of the polarizing film, and wherein the polarizer further has, on or over at least one of the surfaces of the polarizing film, an inorganic particle layer containing inorganic particles. Furthermore, a liquid crystal display device composed of a combination of the polarizers and a liquid crystal cell is provided. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026940 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FILM, OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZER, OPTICAL COMPENSATORY FILM, ANTIREFLECTION FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for producing an optical film comprising leading a melt of a composition containing a thermoplastic resin to pass between a first nip-pressing surface and a second nip-pressing surface of a nip-pressing unit whereby the melt is continuously nippressed therebetween to form a film, wherein the nip-pressing unit applies a pressure of from 20 to 500 MPa to the melt, and the first nip-pressing surface moves at a higher speed than the second nip-pressing surface. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026941 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An electro-optical device, includes a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, two electrodes optically modulating the liquid crystal layer in accordance with an electric field being generated by therebetween, a planarization layer configured to be included in one substrate from among the pair of substrates, the planarization layer configured to have a flat planar surface including at least one electrode formed thereon from among the two electrodes formed thereon, and concave portions configured to be formed in the flat planar surface of the planarization layer and be formed so that the depth of each of the concave portions is appropriate for causing an optical diffraction phenomenon. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026942 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - With the present invention, a fitting curve (f | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026943 | DEVICE WITH A DISPLAY INCORPORATED THEREIN - A device, such as a smart-card ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026944 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display, comprising a lower alignment film formed on a lower substrate; an upper alignment film formed on an upper substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the lower and upper substrates; a phase compensation film adhered on the outer surface of the upper substrate; and a polarizer adhered on the phase compensation film wherein the lower alignment film has an alignment angle of −10 to 20° with respect to a horizontal line, the upper alignment film has an alignment angle of 40 to 55° with respect to a horizontal line, the liquid crystal layer has a phase delay value (dΔn) of 0.24-0.27 μm, the phase compensation film has a phase compensation function of λ/4 and also has an optical axis making 140-146° with a horizontal line, and the polarizer has a absorption axis making 120 to 122.5° with a horizontal line. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026945 | CONTRAST COMPENSATION OF MICRODISPLAY PANELS INCLUDING A HIGH ORDER WAVEPLATE - A contrast compensator for improving the panel contrast of liquid crystal (LC) microdisplays having a high-order waveplate configured as an O-plate and supporting a thin film transistor layer is provided. The contrast compensator includes a counter high-order waveplate configured as an O-plate, which has a birefringence opposite in sign to a birefringence of the thin film transistor substrate. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026946 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal layer squeezed between first and second transparent substrates and vertically aligned at a retardation of 300 nm or larger to 940 nm or smaller; two or three viewing angle compensators disposed on the first transparent substrate on the side opposite to the liquid crystal layer, each of the viewing angle compensators having a retardation of 90 nm or larger to 350 nm or smaller in a thickness direction and a retardation of 5 nm or larger to 30 nm or smaller in an in-plane direction; a first polarizer disposed on the two or three viewing angle compensator; and a second polarizer disposed on the second transparent substrate and crossed-Nichol disposed relative to the first polarizer, wherein an in-plane slow axis of each viewing angle compensator is disposed perpendicular to an absorption axis of the first polarizer. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026947 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - The present invention is directed to the provision of a liquid crystal panel that can solve the problem that bubbles are formed in a liquid crystal layer. More specifically, the invention provides a liquid crystal panel includes a first plastic substrate; a second plastic substrate, a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first and second plastic substrates, a transparent conductive layer provided on the first or the second plastic substrate and having a patterned region for driving the liquid crystal layer, and an opening provided in the patterned region of the transparent conductive layer. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026948 | Liquid Crystal Display - A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate has a pixel electrode having many first slits and many second slits, connected to a third slit. Each first and second slit respectively stretches along a first and a second vector with a starting point in a junction with the third slit. Liquid crystal molecules near an alignment layer of the second substrate is aligned by the alignment layer to pre-tilt. Each projection of the long-axis of at least part of the pre-tilted liquid crystal molecules on the second substrate forms a third vector with a starting point at the end of the liquid crystal molecule near the alignment layer. An included angle between the first and the third vector is θ | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026949 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - An LCD panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, pixel units, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate opposite to each other, and an opposite electrode. Each pixel unit has a first auxiliary electrode, a dielectric layer covering the first auxiliary electrode, and a pixel electrode on the dielectric layer. The first auxiliary electrode includes a transparent conductive pattern on the first substrate and a metal conductive pattern on the transparent conductive pattern. An edge of the pixel electrode and the transparent conductive pattern are partially overlapped. The opposite electrode is disposed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer. Liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer tilt away from the edge of the pixel electrode when a common voltage is applied to the first auxiliary electrode and the opposite electrode, and a display voltage is applied to the pixel electrode. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026950 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes a display panel having plural pixels and a second board having a transmitting electrode, the display panel having a first substrate that is disposed so as to overlap the second board, each pixel having a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, and the counter electrode being formed in a planar shape and being commonly provided to the pixel electrodes of each pixel; the counter electrode being divided into a portion A corresponding to the transmitting electrode of the second board and a portion B other than it, and the portions A and B of the counter electrode being connected to a common voltage through resistors. The portion A of the counter electrode constitutes the receiving electrode, and the portion A of the counter electrode acting as the receiving electrode is connected to a receiving circuit in the display panel through a decoupling capacitor. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026951 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF DISPLAY PANEL AND FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A connection structure of a display panel and a flexible printed circuit board is provided. The connection structure includes the display panel, the flexible printed circuit board, and an anisotropic conductive film. The display panel includes a plurality of contact pads. Each of the contact pads includes a first metal layer, a first insulation layer, a second metal layer and a second insulation layer. The flexible printed circuit board is disposed on the contact pads of the display panel. The anisotropic conductive film is disposed between the flexible printed circuit board and the contact pads. The anisotropic conductive film is in direct contact with the exposed first metal layers and second metal layers of the contact pads. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026952 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A display device includes: a flexible first substrate; a flexible second substrate provided facing the first substrate; a display part; and a wiring substrate. The display part has a display component which is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display component produces at least one of an optical characteristic change and a light emission. The wiring substrate is connected to a connection pad provided on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate. At least a portion of the wiring substrate is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate outside the display part. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026953 | LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM - The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium comprising one or more compounds of the formula I | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026954 | PROGRESSIVE-ADDITION LENS, METHOD FOR PREPARING SHAPE DATA THEREOF, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE LENS, AND APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PREPARING SUCH SHAPE DATA - In a progressive-addition lens having a progressive surface on one side and an aspherical or atoroidal surface on the other side, the lens shape is designed so that a high degree of aberration correction can be carried out on the periphery of the lens and the distance power and addition power of the lens acting on the eye of a wearer substantially correspond to the distance power and addition power measured by a lens meter. A progressive-addition lens includes a progressive surface and an aspherically designed surface formed of an aspherical or atoroidal surface, and the reference point of the aspherically designed surface is located in the vertical direction of the lens below a prism reference point of the progressive surface and above a near design reference point. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026955 | OPHTHALMIC LENS DISPENSING METHOD AND SYSTEM | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026956 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMIC METHOD FOR POSITIONING AN EYE OF A PATIENT IN A PREDETERMINED NOMINAL POSITION - An ophthalmic apparatus including a supporting device for a patient and an eye treatment device. The apparatus includes a contact element for spatially fixing an eye of the patient with respect to the treatment device, and a positioning device for shifting the supporting device and a contact element relative to each other in order to position the eye, before it is fixed using the contact element, at a predetermined nominal position relative to the contact elements. The ophthalmic apparatus includes a detection device, which records an image of the eye of the patient present on the supporting device and, on the basis of said recorded image, determines an indication concerning a relative shift of the supporting device with respect to the contact element, which shift is required to move the eye to the nominal position by means of the positioning device. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026957 | Ocular Imaging System - An imaging system for examining the interior structure of the eye at high-resolution under ambient light without the need for chemical dilation of the pupil. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026958 | Fitting Method for Multifocal Lenses - The invention provides methods for fitting multifocal contact lenses that are less time consuming and result in more successful fittings than conventional methods. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026959 | 2D/3D PROJECTOR WITH ROTATING TRANSLUCENT CYLINDER FOR ALTERNATING LIGHT POLARISATION - A 3D image projector having a translucent rotatable hollow cylinder, the hollow cylinder having differently polarized sections, and the projector being capable of passing a light beam generally orthogonally through a wall of the hollow cylinder is disclosed. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026960 | Scanned Beam Overlay Projection - A scanning beam overlay projection system displays an image on a projection surface by scanning a light beam in a raster pattern. Reflective spots on the projection surface reflect light back to the projection system when illuminated by the light beam. A photodetector in the projection system detects the reflected light, and timing circuits determine where in the raster pattern the reflective spots are located. The image can be scaled and warped to correlate tagged points within the image with the locations of the reflective spots on the projection surface. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026961 | LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE MODULE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE MODULE, AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE APPARATUS - A light modulation device module includes a support member, a light modulation device provided on the support member, the light modulation device modulating a plurality of linear light beams in different wavelength bands, a driving unit configured to drive the light modulation device, and a light transmitting member provided on the light modulation device. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026962 | Optical aberration compensating optic - An optical element for compensating for aberrations in a projected image resulting from an air gap between adjacent segments of a separation prism includes a first surface and a second surface opposite said first surface. Each of the first and second surface define a portion of a cylinder having a radius and a cylindrical axis. The optical element is disposed between the separation prism and the projected image. A thickness of the optical element and the radius of the cylinder are selected to correspond to the aberration to be compensated and the cylindrical axis is oriented to correspond to the aberration to be compensated. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026963 | OPTICAL PROJECTION GRID, SCANNING CAMERA COMPRISING AN OPTICAL PROJECTION GRID AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN OPTICAL PROJECTION GRID - The present invention relates to an optical projection grid ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026964 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND COOLING METHOD FOR SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE - A spatial light modulation device includes: a light modulation unit which modulates light according to an image signal; and a first electrode and a second electrode provided on a surface of one of an optical element disposed either on the entrance side of the light modulation unit or the exit side of the light modulation unit and the light modulation unit. Voltage is applied to the first electrodes and the second electrodes. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026965 | PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection type display apparatus includes a plurality of light sources | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026966 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes: a light source lamp; and a housing, wherein the housing includes: a pair of openings formed, along a top and bottom with direction of a luminous flux emission of the light source device; a duct member provided so as to cover the pair of openings, and having an intake which outside air is introduced from the pair of openings to an air flow channel upstream side; a first air flow guide member provided inside the duct member, and causing the air introduced from the intake to circulate to either one of the pair of openings via the duct member by pivots under its own weight; and a second air flow guide members provided in positions in the housing corresponding to the openings, and causing the air introduced from the openings to circulate toward the light source lamp. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026967 | POWDER DUST CAPTURE DEVICE AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A powder dust capture device includes a main body housing ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026968 | PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type image display apparatus that projects an image on a screen, includes a screen frame that holds the screen; an optical engine base that is coupled to a lower edge of the screen frame; an upper cross brace that extends obliquely backwards from an upper edge of the screen frame; a lower cross brace that extends obliquely backwards from a vertical frame of the screen frame; and a coupling member that couples the upper cross brace with the lower cross brace. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026969 | Projection system - A projection system is disclosed. An object of the present invention is to provide a projection system that is able to present brighter images efficiently. A projection system includes a plurality of light sources generating lights, a light source composition part comprising a plurality of protrusions facing the light sources, respectively, to compose the lights incident from the light sources, and an optical system emitting the light outside from the light source composition part. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026970 | Image display device - The eyeglass-mountable image display device is an image display device which includes an image projection part and a clip which is mounted on the image projection part. The image projection part is held on eyeglasses by the clip which clamps a part of a lens portion of the eyeglasses from both surface sides of the lens portion. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026971 | PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type image display apparatus includes a first reflecting optical element and a second reflecting optical element that are retained on a base. A base-side first positioning unit and a base-side second positioning unit are formed integrally with the base. The base-side first positioning unit abuts against the first reflecting optical element to define a position of the first reflecting optical element. The base-side second positioning unit abuts against the second reflecting optical element to define a position of the second reflecting optical element. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026972 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD OF PROJECTOR - A projector which projects projection light representing an image onto a projection surface, includes: a focus adjusting unit which shifts focus of the projection light according to operation by a user; an adjustment image projecting unit which projects an adjustment image containing a portion representing a predetermined pattern by the projection light; an imaging unit which shoots the projection surface to which the adjustment image is projected; a specifying unit which specifies a focusing condition of the focus on the projection surface by analyzing image data that is shot by the imaging unit; and a condition indicating unit which displays the specified focusing condition. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026973 | EXPANDING CHASSIS FOR IMAGING SYSTEMS - An expanding chassis for an imaging unit is provided, the expanding chassis for use in imaging systems having a plurality of imaging units arranged in an array. The expanding chassis comprises a rigid frame for housing a light engine and related circuitry, and for mounting a screen on a front surface of the rigid frame for use with the light engine. The expanding chassis further comprises at least one expandable interface pad on at least one side of the rigid frame. The rigid frame and the expandable interface pad have a combined thermal expansion characteristic that provides an overall expansion in the expanding chassis that substantially matches the expansion of the screen. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026974 | Cooling of Actuator Coils - In order to effectively transfer heat from inner layers of an actuator coil to an area external to the coil, heat transfer elements, located proximate to the actuator coil, can be used. In an embodiment, a heat transfer apparatus for the actuator coil can include one or more heat transfer elements located proximate to one or more layers or one or more windings of the actuator coil and a cooling surface located proximate to the one or more heat transfer elements and to the actuator coil. In this configuration, the heat transfer apparatus can transfer heat from inner layers of the actuator coil to the cooling surface, which in turn transfers the heat to an area external to the actuator coil. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026975 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus includes a shutter, an exposure dose sensor configured to detect an exposure dose on a substrate, and a controller configured to control an exposure operation in accordance with control modes of the shutter, which include a first mode in which an exposure time of the substrate is controlled by opening the shutter and thereafter closing the shutter based on the output from the exposure dose sensor, and a second mode in which the exposure time of the substrate is controlled by controlling an operation speed of the shutter based on control information determined in advance based on a target. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026976 | Actuator System Using Multiple Piezoelectric Actuators - A positioning system adjusts a position of an optical element within an optical device, such as a variable-zoom lens system. A frame supports the optical element, and an elongated surface of each of one or more elongated support structures supports the frame. The frame also supports one or more piezoelectric actuators that, respectively, engage one of the elongated support structures. A controller supplies a control signal to activate each of the one or more actuator modules. Upon activation, a piezoelectric element of each of the activated actuator modules applies a combination of a first force and a second force to an elongated surface of the respective elongated support structures to position the frame along the elongated surface. The combination of forces applied by the piezoelectric element advances the piezoelectric actuator module along the elongated support structure. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026977 | METHOD FOR MEASURING WAVEFRONT ABERRATION - A method comprises determining a first processing center position to calculate a wavefront aberration of an optical system, determining a second processing center position to calculate a wavefront aberration, correcting the first processing center position in a first direction using the second processing center position in the first direction and correcting the second processing center position in a second direction using the first processing center position in the second direction. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026978 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - The disclosure relates a projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, as well as a related microlithographic projection exposure apparatus and method. The projection objective can include a lens of a cubically crystalline material whose crystal orientation is oriented at an angle of at most 15° relative to the optical axis of the projection objective. The projection objective can also include a polarization correction element which has at least two subelements of birefringent, optically uniaxial material and having at least one respective aspheric surface. During use of the projection objective, the polarization correction element at least partially compensates for an intrinsic birefringence of the lens. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026979 | ACTIVE SPOT ARRAY LITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTOR SYSTEM WITH REGULATED SPOTS - An active spot array projection system particularly for microlithographic projection includes a spatial light modulator, such as a digital micromirror device, having individually addressable elements. A focusing array, such as a microlens array, focuses elements transverse segments of the light beam into spots. Within an imaging optic between the spatial light modulator and the focusing array, an spatial frequency filter attenuates certain spatial frequencies of light arising from the irregularities of the individually addressable elements while avoiding attenuating higher spatial frequencies of light arising from the peripheral boundaries of the individually addressable elements for regulating light distributions of the spots while limiting crosstalk between adjacent spots. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026980 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A processing apparatus of the present invention processes for a wafer | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026981 | ELASTIC BACKSCATTERING AND BACKREFLECTION LIDAR DEVICE FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES - A method is described for the characterization of atmospheric particles by means of a lidar device. The method provides to send a laser pulse in the atmosphere, a part of which is directly backscattered by the particles in the atmosphere. A reflecting optical device is provided, that is positioned at a predetermined distance d from the lidar device, whereby a part of the laser pulse that directly reaches the reflecting device is backreflected and is later backscattered by the particles in the atmosphere thus generating a counterpropagating backscattering signal directed towards the reflecting device, which signal reaches the reflecting device and is backreflected towards the lidar device. The lidar device detects the direct backscattering and counterpropagating signals. The optical characteristics of the particles are determined on the basis of the direct backscattering signal and the counterpropagating backscattering signal. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026982 | OPTICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING DISTANCE AND IMAGE INFORMATION - An optical instrument and a method for obtaining distance and image information of an object is disclosed to improve the speed and accuracy of data acquisition. The instrument comprises a camera, positioning unit, distance measuring unit, lens arrangement and control unit. The camera acquires images of an object and the control unit defines an area to be scanned and measurement pixels of an object in the image, wherein the measurement pixels are converted into an approximation of coordinates of positions to be measured assuming a default distance to the positions, and the optical axis of the lens arrangement is adjusted sequentially onto the positions to be measured. After measuring the distances to the positions, the coordinates are recalculated increasing the accuracy of the coordinates. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026983 | LIGHTWAVE INTERFEROMETRIC DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - When the geometric distance L from the body of an interferometer to a target 110 is accurately measured from distance measurement values D | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026984 | Optical sensor device - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the acquisition of repetitive signals in a sensing device comprising a transmitter, a receiver and an object. The transmitter repetitively emits a modulated electromagnetic signal into a transmission medium, with the emitted signal interacting with the object producing a counter propagating return signal. The return signal may contain properties that reflect all, or a portion, of the initial signal or may be correlated with said signal through a process of absorption and reemission, in which reflected signal characteristics are governed by the object's physical material characteristic. The return signal is detected and converted into digital signals by a receiver via a reception channel through the use of edge transitions rather than logic levels from one or more comparator outputs to reconstruct the return signal waveform. A several waveform acquisition and reconstruction methods are disclosed for use with an edge sampling detection apparatus. When directed towards the time-of-flight distance measurement the invention also discloses a useful method to provide optical feedback using a moving waveguide. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026985 | RETAIL COMPATIBLE DETECTION OF CVD GROWN DIAMOND - A system includes a radiation source to provide short wavelength light. A holder positions a table of a gemstone to receive the light. A detector is positioned to receive fluorescent light from the gemstone when the gemstone is a CVD grown gemstone. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026986 | Method and Apparatus for Separating A Composite Liquid Into At Least Two Components And For Determining The Yield Of At Least One Component - Method and Apparatus for predicting the yield of a selected cellular component from a composite blood product by sensing the movement of the separated cellular component or another component during expression from a separation container to a collection container to produce a signal indicative of the movement, and predicting the yield of the separated cellular component from the signal. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026987 | PHOTOLUMINESCENT HEAT-SHRINKABLE FILMS - A primary object of the present invention is to provide a multilayer heat-shrinkable styrene-based film that makes it possible, even when the film is transparent, to confirm that the film is correctly applied on a drink bottle and the like as a label. The present invention provides a heat-shrinkable styrene-based film having at least one layer containing a styrene-based resin containing a copolymer b1 of 98 to 40% by weight vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and 2 to 60% by weight aliphatic unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, and/or a block copolymer b2 of 70 to 85% by weight vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and 15 to 30% by weight conjugated diene hydrocarbon, and a fluorescent brightening agent in an amount of 100 to 2,000 weight ppm with respect to the total weight of the styrene-based resin. The present invention also provides a heat-shrinkable film having a three-layer structure containing front and back layers and a core layer, wherein the above-mentioned copolymer b1 and/or copolymer b2 forms the core layer. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026988 | ONLINE SENSOR FOR MONITORING CHEMICAL CONTAMINATIONS IN HYDRAULIC FLUIDS - An online sensor for monitoring chemical contaminations in hydraulic fluids, having a receiving device for the fluid to be monitored, the device having observations windows disposed on two opposite sides, is characterized in that the online sensor has an IR emitter and an IR detector comprising at least two, preferably four detector fields for IR spectroscopy, wherein the fields are disposed opposite of each other on both observations windows. This provides a sensor that is capable of detecting the maintenance-relevant parameters of hydraulic fluids based on phosphate esters online, which is to say without having to withdraw the same from the airplane's hydraulic system and remove the same as a sample. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026989 | Detection of Open Cracks in Eggs - A conveying device for conveying eggs comprises an endless conveyor provided with rollers extending transversely to the direction of conveyance. The rollers are arranged in pairs, and each pair of rollers forms an receiving space, in which an egg is accommodated in such a way that the egg rests on both rollers. The conveying device furthermore comprises a transfer device provided with a plurality of pick-up elements for picking up the eggs from a tray and placing the eggs on the conveyor. The pick-up elements on the transfer device can be moved from a first position in which they are positioned at a distance from each other corresponding to the distance between the individual eggs on the tray, viewed in the direction of conveyance, and a second position corresponding to the centre-to-centre distance between two receiving spaces. In use, the rollers are set in rotation, with the result that an egg resting on them is set in rotation, which is advantageous if the eggs on the conveyor have to be inspected for cracks. In this case by means of a plurality of lasers disposed in a stationary position one after the other a laser beam is directed at the egg during movement of the egg, and the light transmission of the egg surface is observed by optical observation means. Data processing means are equipped to decide on the basis of the observed light transmission whether or not an egg has a crack. | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026990 | SHEET IDENTIFYING DEVICE - A sheet identifying device comprising a light-receiving section ( | 2010-02-04 |
| 20100026991 | AUTHENTICITY MARK IN THE FORM OF LUMINESCENT SUBSTANCES - The invention relates to a printed document of value having an authenticity feature in the form of at least two luminescent substances on the basis of host lattices which are doped with one or a plurality of ions. | 2010-02-04 |
