| 05th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
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| 20160033655 | IMAGE PICKUP PANEL AND IMAGE PICKUP PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image pickup panel ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033656 | RARE-EARTH MATERIALS, SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS AND RUGGEDIZED SCINTILLATOR DEVICES INCORPORATING SUCH CRYSTALS - A rare-earth halide material comprising a first surface region having a first surface roughness (R | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033657 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND X-RAY DETECTOR - An X-ray computed tomography apparatus according to an embodiment includes an X-ray detector that includes a first semiconductor chip including a plurality of elements configured to convert X-rays into an electrical signal, a substrate configured to collect the electrical signal from each element, a second semiconductor chip that is provided between the first semiconductor chip and the substrate and is formed of the same material as that of the first semiconductor chip, a plurality of first electrodes configured to couple each element of the first semiconductor chip to the second semiconductor chip, and a plurality of second electrodes that are configured to couple the second semiconductor chip to the substrate and are larger than the first electrodes. The second semiconductor chip wires the first electrodes and the second electrodes on a one-to-one basis. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033658 | SEMICONDUCTOR RADIATION DETECTOR ARRAY - A radiation detector with improved performance includes a probe and a first detector element constructed from planar semiconductor material in the probe. The detector further includes a second detector element constructed from planar semiconductor material in the probe. The detector further includes a focal point located outside of the probe. The detector further includes a circuit in communication with the detector elements. The first and second detector elements face the focal point and have the same solid angle relative to the focal point. The detector elements generate signals in response to incident radiation. The circuit receives the signals generated by the detector elements. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033659 | HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL PROTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A high performance computer system for three dimensional proton computed tomography and method of imaging an object are disclosed. The system includes a proton computed tomography (pCT) detector assembly with an arrangement of fibers attached to silicon photo multipliers (SiPMs). An electronic circuit amplifies and digitizes signals received from the SiPMs and communicates the digitized data over a network for image reconstruction. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033660 | INTERNAL BEND RESTRICTOR FOR OPTO/ELECTRICAL ARMORED CABLES - Embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and apparatus for collecting seismic data in a marine environment. An ocean bottom cable (OBC) comprising a plurality of sensor nodes for collecting seismic data may be deployed to and retrieved from an ocean bottom during seismic operations using a winch. Such deployment and retrieval operations may exert substantial stress on the OBC at an interface between the sensor nodes and cable segments of the OBC. A reinforcement sleeve is provided to reduce the mechanical stress at such interfaces. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033661 | HARMONIC ENCODING FOR FWI - A deterministic method for selecting a set of encoding weights for simultaneous encoded-source inversion of seismic data that will cause the iterative inversion to converge faster than randomly chosen weights. The encoded individual source gathers are summed ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF MARINE SEISMIC STREAMER DURING MAINTENANCE - A method of controlling a marine seismic streamer towed by a vessel includes deploying a workboat next to a section of the streamer and receiving, at the vessel, from the workboat, a command to enter a maintenance mode. In response, a locking command is transmitted via a streamer data link to direct a bird attached to the streamer to lock movable surfaces thereof. A user interface on the vessel is locked so that control of the bird is no longer available therethrough. A control apparatus for marine seismic operations includes the user interface, a receiver to receive commands from the workboat, a streamer interface to command the birds, a memory recording locations and identifiers of the birds, and a processor configured to carry out the method steps. A marine seismic detection system includes the streamer, a maintenance controller in the workboat, and an integrated navigation system controller in the vessel. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033663 | Control of Acoustic Transmitters for Downhole Measurement or Logging - The acoustic energy induced by a transmitter module of an acoustic logging tool is dependent on several factors. In some implementations, the induced acoustic energy is dependent on the electromagnetic energy input into the transmitter module, the response behavior of the transmitter module, and the operating conditions of the transmitter module. Variation in one or more of these factors can result in a corresponding variation in the induced acoustic. Thus, a desired acoustic signal can be produced by applying an appropriately selected input signal to the transmitter module, while accounting for other factors that influence the output of the transmitter module. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033664 | DETERMINING CEMENT IMPEDANCE FROM A FORMATION BOUNDARY - Systems, methods, and software for determining properties of a medium surrounding an exterior portion of a well casing are described. In some aspects, the properties of the medium are determined based on measurements of detected acoustic energy and distances between one or more acoustic transmitters and two or more acoustic receivers. The measurements are obtained based on operating the transmitters and the receivers within a wellbore that includes the well casing. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033665 | Seismic Detector - A technique facilitates seismic wave detection with a seismic receiver. The seismic receiver has a tool body, a vibrationally isolated sensor package mounted in the tool body, and a plurality of contact shoes. The contact shoes are mounted around the sensor package in a distribution which enables three-point contact with a surrounding wellbore wall regardless of the azimuthal orientation of the sensor package. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033666 | Method of Coalescence Microseismic Mapping Including Model's Uncertainty - A technique facilitates improved data acquisition and analysis with downhole tools and systems. The downhole tools and systems utilize arrays of sensing devices which are deployed in arrangements for improved sensing of data related to environmental features and/or tool parameters of tools located downhole in a borehole. For example, the tools and sensing systems may be operated to effectively sense and store characteristics related to components of downhole tools as well as formation parameters at, for example, elevated temperatures and pressures. Similarly, chemicals and chemical properties of interest in oilfield exploration and development also may be detected, measured and stored for analysis. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033667 | METAL DETECTOR APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - Provided is an apparatus, system, and method for detecting a metal contaminant in a sensor-enabled dose form. According to the method, a sensor-enabled dose form is oriented in a predetermined orientation. The sensor-enabled dose form is received through an aperture of a metal detector. A detection signal is generated by the metal detector in response to receiving the sensor-enabled dose form through the aperture of the metal detector. The detection signal is compared to a predetermined threshold. The presence of a metal contaminant in the sensor-enabled dose form is determined based on the comparison of the detection signal and the predetermined threshold. In another method, the sensor-enabled dose form is first oriented in a first orientation and then in a second orientation. The apparatus includes a guide, a metal detector, and a comparator circuit. The system further includes a controller to reject contaminated sensor-enabled dose forms. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033668 | METHOD OF IMAGING THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTION OF A SUBSURFACE - A method of imaging electrical conductivity distribution of a subsurface containing metallic structures with known locations and dimensions is disclosed. Current is injected into the subsurface to measure electrical potentials using multiple sets of electrodes, thus generating electrical resistivity tomography measurements. A numeric code is applied to simulate the measured potentials in the presence of the metallic structures. An inversion code is applied that utilizes the electrical resistivity tomography measurements and the simulated measured potentials to image the subsurface electrical conductivity distribution and remove effects of the subsurface metallic structures with known locations and dimensions. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033669 | ANTENNA COUPLING COMPONENT MEASUREMENT TOOL HAVING A ROTATING ANTENNA CONFIGURATION - Disclosed herein are electromagnetic resistivity logging systems and methods that employ an antenna configuration having at most two transmitter or receiver antenna orientations that rotate relative to the borehole. The measurements made by this reduced-complexity antenna configuration enable the determination of at least seven components of a coupling matrix, which may be determined using a linear system of equations that express the azimuthal dependence of the measurements. For increased reliability, measurement averaging may be performed in azimuthally spaced bins. The coupling matrix components can then be used as the basis for determining logs of various formation parameters, including vertical resistivity and anisotropy. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033670 | Switching an Operating Mode of an NMR Logging Tool - In some aspects of what is described here, a downhole nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging tool can obtain NMR data from a subterranean region. The NMR logging tool includes a magnet assembly operable to produce a static magnetic field in the subterranean region. The NMR logging tool includes an antenna system having a first radio-frequency (RF) antenna, a second RF antenna, and a switching system. The switching system can switch the second antenna among operating modes while the NMR logging tool is disposed in a borehole in the subterranean region. The operating modes can include a booster mode, a spoiler mode, and an inactive mode. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033671 | NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR) INTERECHO INTERVAL CONTROL METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging tool includes a pulsed magnetic field source which provides an NMR logging pulse sequence having a reduced interecho interval (TE). A controller in communication with the pulsed magnetic field source provides a pulse sequence designed to substantially align an echo peak with a measurement deadtime boundary, yielding a partial spin echo data recovery which is at least partially compensated by a substantially higher measurement density. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033672 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING GEOLOGICAL SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE RESISTIVITY - A method for determining geological subsurface resistivity. The method includes obtaining a set of lightning parameters associated with a lighting strike received by a geological volume of material, the set of lightning parameters including an indicium of the current of the lightning strike at a first initial time and an indicium of the current of the lightning strike at a first decay time subsequent to the first initial time, and inferring the resistance of the volume of geological material, at least in part, from the set of lightning parameters. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033673 | ESTIMATING PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS AND INVASION PROFILE USING JOINT INDUCTION AND PRESSURE DATA INVERSION APPROACH - Methods and related systems are described relating to an inversion approach for interpreting the geophysical electromagnetic data. The inversion can be constrained by using a multiphase fluid flow simulator (incorporating pressure data if available) which simulates the fluid flow process and calculates the spatial distribution of the water saturation and the salt concentration, which are in turn transformed into the formation conductivity using a resistivity-saturation formula. In this way, the inverted invasion profile is consistent with the fluid flow physics and moreover accounts for gravity segregation effects. Jointly with the pressure data, the inversion estimates a parametric one-dimensional distribution of permeability and porosity. The fluid flow volume is directly inverted from the fluid-flow-constrained inversion of the electromagnetic data. The approach is not limited by the traditional interpretation of the formation test, which is based on a single-phase model without taking into account invasion or assuming that the fluid, for example mud-filtrate, has been cleaned up from the formation testing zone. The joint inversion of the electromagnetic and pressure data provides for a more reliable interpretation of formation permeability. One advantage of the approaches described herein, is its possible generalization to three-dimensional geometries, for example dipping beds and highly deviated wells. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033674 | Self Contained Mobile Inspection System and Method - The inspection methods and systems of the present invention are mobile, rapidly deployable, and capable of scanning a wide variety of receptacles cost-effectively and accurately on uneven surfaces. The present invention is directed toward a portable inspection system for generating an image representation of target objects using a radiation source, comprising a mobile vehicle, a detector array physically attached to a movable boom having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is physically attached to the vehicle. The invention also comprises at least one source of radiation. The radiation source is fixedly attached to the distal end of the boom, wherein the image is generated by introducing the target objects in between the radiation source and the detector array, exposing the objects to radiation, and detecting radiation. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033675 | GRAVITY AND/OR ACCELERATION MEASUREMENTS USING DUAL INTERFEROMETER CONFIGURATIONS - An apparatus for estimating gravitational properties includes an optical source, a first interferometer including a fixed reference reflector and a first reflector coupled to a first moveable mass, a second interferometer including the fixed reference reflector and a second reflector coupled to a second moveable mass, a first detector configured to detect a first interference pattern generated by the first interferometer, and a second detector configured to detect a second interference pattern generated by the second interferometer. The first mass is configured to move a first amount in response to a change in gravitational force, and the second mass is configured to move a second amount in response to a change in gravitational force, the second amount being smaller than the first amount. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to estimate the change in gravitational force based on a combination of the first and second interference patterns. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033676 | Estimating Material Properties - This disclosure relates to updating an estimate for a material property of a volume, for example, updating the estimate of iron concentration in a block of a mine block model. The estimate is based on values of one or more model parameters. A processor receives a measurement of the material property outside the volume. Then, the processor determines updated values for the one or more model parameters based on the estimate and the measurement and determines an updated estimate for the material property of the volume based on the updated values for the one or more model parameters and the measurement. Since a measurement outside the volume is used to determine updated model parameters and an updated estimate of that volume, the model is more accurate and the estimate for the material property of the volume is also more accurate although measurements within that volume are not available. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033677 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AT A PLURALITY OF LOCATIONS - According to the present invention, a method and a device for determining a physical quantity at a plurality of locations are provided. The method according to the invention comprises approaching the plurality of locations in a first predetermined direction, wherein at each location of the plurality of locations a first measured value of the physical quantity is measured, approaching the plurality of locations in a second predetermined direction substantially opposite to the first predetermined direction, wherein at each location of the plurality of locations a second measured value of the physical quantity is measured, and establishing a determination value for the physical quantity at a respective location of the plurality of locations based on the first and second measured values of the physical quantity which have been measured at the respective location. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033678 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH WEATHER FORECAST - A computer-implemented method includes obtaining, from a storage unit of a mobile device, an event that includes an event start time and an event occurring location; obtaining, by the mobile device, first weather information that is related to the event start time at the event occurring location from a weather server; determining, by the mobile device, whether a forecasted weather condition of the event is unsuitable for the event at the event occurring location based on the first weather information; obtaining second weather information that is related to the event start time at a candidate location from the weather server based on a determination that the forecasted weather condition of the event is unsuitable for the event; and providing, by the mobile device, a recommended location based on the second weather information. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033679 | LIGHT REFLECTIVE SUBSTRATE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a light reflective substrate capable of achieving high optical reflectance even though fine particles are not used as a material, and a light emitting device using the same. The light reflective substrate according to the present invention comprises: a glass matrix; and RNb | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033680 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING FAR-INFRARED RADIATION SHIELDING LAYER - An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for forming a far-infrared radiation shielding layer which is able to form a layer having excellent far-infrared radiation shielding properties. A composition for forming a far-infrared radiation shielding layer of the present invention contains at least inorganic fine particles and a dispersant. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033681 | FABRICATION OF LENSES BY DROPLET FORMATION ON A PRE-HEATED SURFACE - A lithography-free, mold-free, single-step method of fabricating high quality optical lenses by curing polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) droplets on a pre-heated smooth surface allows lenses with different focal lengths to be made by varying the droplet volume and surface temperature. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033682 | IONIC SILICONE HYDROGELS - The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of reacting a reactive mixture comprising at least one silicone-containing component, at least one hydrophilic component, and at least one diluent to form an ophthalmic device having an advancing contact angle of less than about 80°; and contacting the ophthalmic device with an aqueous extraction solution at an elevated extraction temperature, wherein said at least one diluent has a boiling point at least about 10° higher than said extraction temperature. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033683 | WATER-PROCESSABLE SILICONE-CONTAINING PREPOLYMERS AND USES THEREOF - The invention provide a class of water-processable polymerizable prepolymers which comprises (1) siloxane-containing monomeric units derived at least one siloxane containing monomer having one hydrophilic group or chain and/or polysiloxane-containing crosslinking units derived from at least one hydrophilized polysiloxane or chain-extended polysiloxane crosslinker; (2) hydrophilic monomeric units derived from one or more hydrophilic vinylic monomers; and (3) from about 0.05% to about 5% by weight of polymerizable units each having a pendant or terminal, ethylenically-unsaturated group and free of any polysiloxane segment. The prepolymer comprises from about 20% to about 50% by weight of silicone relative to the total weight of the prepolymer and has a high water solubility or dispersibility of at least about 5% by weight in water and suitable for making silicone hydrogel contact lenses. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033684 | OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZING PLATE CONTAINING SAME AND VERTICAL ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical film that can achieve an intended retardation value suitable for a VA type liquid crystal display while decreasing the Rt fluctuation due to humidity is provided. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033685 | SUBWAVELENGTH COATINGS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - Methods are disclosed for forming subwavelength coatings for use in the UV, visible, or infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. A first material and a second material are deposited onto a substrate. The first material may include dielectric spheres of subwavelength size that self-assemble on the substrate to form a template or scaffold with subwavelength size voids between the spheres into which the second material is deposited or filled. First and second materials are heated on the substrate at a preselected temperature to form the subwavelength coating. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033686 | POLARIZING PLATE PROTECTIVE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF POLARIZING PLATE PROTECTIVE FILM - There is provided a polarizing plate protective film including a transparent support having a thickness of 40 μm or less, and a hard coat layer having a film thickness of from 3 μm to 15 μm, wherein the hard coat layer is a layer formed by curing a hard coat layer forming composition containing at least the specific compounds, and a polarizing plate comprising: a polarizer, and at least one polarizing plate protective film, as a protective film for the polarizer. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033687 | OPTICAL FILM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZER, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided an optical film which includes a light transmissive support body containing a thermoplastic resin, a layer containing the thermoplastic resin and a resin cured with light and/or heat, and a layer containing a resin same as the resin cured with light and/or heat and a cyclic polyolefin-based resin in this order. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033688 | DOUBLE-LENS STRUCTURES AND FABRICATION METHODS THEREOF - A double-lens structure and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The double-lens structure includes a first lens structure formed of a color filter layer having a first refractive index and a second lens structure formed of a micro-lens material layer having a second refractive index and disposed on the first lens structure. The first refractive index of the color filter layer is different from the second refractive index of the micro-lens material layer. An incident light enters the second lens structure and then passes through the first lens structure. Further, a method for fabricating the double-lens structure is also provided. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033689 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT COMPRISING OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element has a first surface and a second surface, wherein a tooth structure having a multiplicity of teeth oriented in a second direction is arranged on the first surface, a stepped lens having a multiplicity of steps oriented in a first direction is arranged on the second surface, and the tooth structure forms a total internal reflection lens. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033690 | A TRANSPARENT OPTICAL DEVICE ELEMENT - The present invention relates to transparent optical device elements comprising a deformable lens body and to a method for changing the refractive index (RI) of a deformable lens body. The deformable lens body of the invention has an improved mechanical stability, a high refractive index, an optimal degree of stiffness and sheer modulus for use as optical lens. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033691 | BROADBAND LIGHT ABSORBER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A broadband light absorber and a display apparatus including the same. The broadband light absorber includes a substrate and a pattern layer having a mesh structure including a plurality of openings, wherein any neighboring openings among the plurality of openings are non-uniform. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033692 | COMPOSITION FOR LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM, AND LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM - A composition for light diffusion film in which the angle of aperture of diffused light in a light diffusion film obtainable therefrom can be expanded effectively, and a light diffusion film obtainable by the composition for light diffusion film are provided. Disclosed is composition for light diffusion film for obtaining a light diffusion film which has a predetermined internal structure within the film and in which plural regions having a relatively high refractive index are bent at an intermediate point along the film thickness direction, the composition for light diffusion film including a predetermined (meth)acrylic acid ester as component (A); a urethane(meth)acrylate as component (B); a photopolymerization initiator as component (C); and an ultraviolet absorber as component (D), wherein the content of the component (A) is adjusted to a value within a predetermined range relative to 100 parts by weight of the component (B), the content of the component (C) is adjusted to a value within a predetermined range relative to the total amount of the component (A) and the component (B), and the content of the component (D) is adjusted to a predetermined value relative to the total amount of the component (A) and the component (B). | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033693 | OPTICAL FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical film includes a polarizer and a first adhesive layer on the polarizer, where the first adhesive layer has a haze value of 90% or more. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033694 | MICROTILED PRISMATIC CUBE CORNER ARTICLES - Cube corner articles such as retroreflective sheeting utilize multiple cube corner arrays in a tiled configuration, each tile containing one array of canted cube corner elements. The tiles may be long and narrow, and the array in each of at least two or three adjacent tiles, or even in every tile, may include at least one lengthwise groove that is parallel to an edge of the tile and parallel to a fixed in-plane axis. Each tile may have a width that is narrow (e.g. 0.2 to 5 mm), and equal to an integer multiple of a lengthwise groove pitch to avoid or reduce ineffective fragmented cube corners along the tile edge. Each array may have a plane of cant and a primary plane of entrance angularity, and the primary planes of entrance angularity for the multiple tiles may be more evenly distributed in azimuthal angle than the planes of cant. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033695 | BROADBAND OPTICS FOR MANIPULATING LIGHT BEAMS AND IMAGES - The objective of the present invention is providing optical systems for controlling with propagation of light beams in lateral and angular space, and through optical apertures. Said light beams include laser beams as well as beams with wide spectrum of wavelengths and large divergence angles. Said optical systems are based on combination of diffractive waveplates with diffractive properties that can be controlled with the aid of external stimuli such as electrical fields, temperature, optical beams and mechanical means. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033696 | Phase Gratings with Odd Symmetry for Lensed Optical Sensing - A sensing device with an odd-symmetry grating projects near-field spatial modulations onto a closely spaced photodetector array. Due to physical properties of the grating, the spatial modulations are in focus for a range of wavelengths and spacings. The spatial modulations are captured by the array, and photographs and other image information can be extracted from the resultant data. Used in conjunction with a converging optical element, versions of these gratings provide depth information about objects in an imaged scene. This depth information can be computationally extracted to obtain a depth map of the scene. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033697 | MICROFABRICATION - Microfabrication processes and apparatuses for fabricating microstructures on a substrate are disclosed. The substrate has a current diffraction grating pattern formed by current surface modulations over at least a portion of the substrate's surface that exhibit a substantially uniform grating linewidth over the surface portion. An immersion depth of the substrate in a fluid for patterning the substrate is gradually changed so that different points on the surface portion are immersed for different immersion times. The fluid changes the linewidth of the surface modulations at each immersed point on the surface portion by an amount determined by the immersion time of that point, thereby changing the current diffraction grating pattern to a new diffraction grating pattern formed by new surface modulations over the surface portion that exhibit a spatially varying grating linewidth that varies over the surface portion. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033698 | BRAGG LIQUID CRYSTAL POLARIZATION GRATINGS - An optical element includes a plurality of stacked birefringent sublayers, such as liquid crystal sublayers, configured to alter a direction of propagation of light passing therethrough according to the Bragg condition. The stacked birefringent sublayers respectively include local optical axes that vary along respective interfaces between adjacent ones of the stacked birefringent sublayers to define respective grating periods. The respective thicknesses of the stacked birefringent sublayers may be less than a wavelength of the light. Related apparatus and methods of operation are also discussed. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033699 | POLARIZING PLATE - A polarizing plate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a polarizing film having a thickness of 10 μm or less and a protective layer provided on at least one side of the polarizing film through intermediation of an adhesion layer. The adhesion layer has a thickness of 0.7 μm or more, and the adhesion layer has a percentage of bulk water absorption of 10 wt % or less. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033700 | POLARIZING PLATE - A polarizing plate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a polarizing film having a thickness of | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033701 | WIRE GRID POLARIZER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - According an embodiment, a wire grid polarizer comprising a substrate, a plurality of conductive wire patterns that are formed on the substrate in a parallel arrangement, a first hard mask and a second hard mask disposed on the conductive wire patterns, and a protective layer formed on the first hard mask and the second hard mask, wherein a ratio of a vertical cross-sectional width of the first hard mask to a vertical cross-sectional width of the second hard mask is 1 or less is provided. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033702 | CURED FILM FORMATION COMPOSITION, ORIENTATION MATERIAL, AND RETARDATION MATERIAL - There is provided a cured-film formation composition that forms a cured film having excellent photoreaction efficiency and solvent resistance, and high adhesion, an orientation material for photo-alignment, and a retardation material formed with the orientation material. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033703 | Surface Light Source, Backlight Module and Display Device - The invention relates to the field of display technology, and particularly to a surface light source, a backlight module and a display device. The surface light source of the invention comprises at least one optical fiber and at least one light source, wherein the at least one light source is provided at one end of the at least one optical fiber one to one, the at least one optical fiber each is provided with a plurality of light outgoing windows along its length direction, a light beam emitted from each light source propagates in a corresponding optical fiber, and outgoes from the optical fiber through the plurality of light outgoing windows. The surface light source and the backlight module adopting the surface light source have advantages of wide gamut, high efficiency and high light focusing effect. The display device adopting the backlight module has better display effect. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033704 | LIGHT GUIDE AND LIGHTING ASSEMBLY HAVING LIGHT REDIRECTING FEATURES - A light guide includes a first major surface, a second major surface opposed the first major surface, and a light input edge extending between the first and second major surfaces. Micro-optical elements are at the first major surface. The micro-optical elements are embodied as protrusions from or indentations in the major surface. Each micro-optical element includes an end surface and a side surface. The micro-optical elements are configured to output 60 to 90 percent of the light incident thereon through one of the first and the second major surfaces, and are configured to output 10 to 40 percent of the light incident thereon through the other of the first and the second major surfaces. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033705 | MULTIBEAM DIFFRACTION GRATING-BASED COLOR BACKLIGHTING - Multibeam diffraction grating-based color backlighting includes a plate light guide, a multibeam diffraction grating at a surface of the plate light guide, and light sources laterally displaced from one another in a direction corresponding to a propagation axis of the plate light guide. The light sources produce light of different colors. The plate light guide is to guide light from the light sources. The multibeam diffraction grating is to couple out a portion of the guided light using diffractive coupling as a plurality of light beams of different colors in a plurality of different principal angular directions. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033706 | DIRECTIONAL BACKLIGHT WITH A MODULATION LAYER - A directional backlight has a directional backplane that has a plurality of directional pixels configured to scatter a plurality of input planar lightbeams into a plurality of directional lightbeams. Each directional lightbeam has a direction and angular spread controlled by characteristics of a directional pixel in the plurality of directional pixels. A modulation layer having a plurality of modulators configured to modulate the plurality of directional lightbeams. The directional backlight is configured to generate a | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033707 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, BACKLIGHT UNIT INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - Embodiments of the present invention provide a light guide plate, a method for fabricating the same, a backlight unit including the same, and a liquid crystal display including the same. The light guide plate may include a base layer, a first coating layer formed on one surface of the base layer and including a first optical pattern having a curved surface at a top portion thereof, and a second coating layer formed on the other surface of the base layer and including a second optical pattern. The first optical pattern has an aspect ratio of about 0.10 to about 0.50 and a radius of curvature of the curved surface of about 10 μm to about 35 μm, and the second optical pattern has an aspect ratio of about 0.01 to about 0.07. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033708 | BACKLIGHT UNIT - A back light unit includes a light source and a light guide unit having a first surface emitting light to a display panel, a second surface facing the first surface, and a plurality of connecting surfaces connecting the first surface and the second surface. The connecting surfaces includes a first side surface, a second side surfaces and a third side surface between the first side surface and a second side surface, A first included angle of the first incident surface and the first diffusion surface is equal to or greater than about 90 degree. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033709 | SCANNING TYPE BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The embodiments of the invention disclose a scanning type backlight module and a display device. Since a laser light source with good collimation is applied, during a display time of a frame, with the modulation of the optical path regulator, the laser emitted from the laser light source performs a progressive scanning for a region corresponding to at least one row of pixel units in a light guide plate or a display panel. Therefore, the problem of dynamic picture ghosting can be solved effectively; moreover, since the progressive scanning for the entire light guide plate can be realized by changing the light propagation path of the laser emitted from the laser light source with the optical path regulator, the number of the laser light sources can be reduced and the production cost can be decreased. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033710 | BACKLIGHT UNIT FOR HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY - A backlight unit for a holographic display is provided. The backlight unit includes: at least one light source; at least one input coupler; a light guide panel (LGP) that guides light; a first holographic element on a first surface of the LGP; and a second holographic element on a second surface of the LGP, wherein the at least one input coupler is configured to uniformly transmit rays emitted from the at least one light source toward the first holographic element through the LGP, and the LGP is configured to transmit the rays incident from the at least one input coupler toward the first holographic element, and the first holographic element redirects the rays toward the second holographic element, the redirected rays being substantially parallel to one another, and the second holographic element emits rays incident from the first holographic element toward an outside of the LGP. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033711 | DISPLAY ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The display assembly includes: a light source configured to emit light; a light guide plate disposed to receive light emitted from the light source on a lateral side; and a color transformer disposed proximate to an edge of the light guide plate, and configured to change a color of light incident to the color transformer. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033712 | LIGHT GUIDE AND LIGHTING ASSEMBLY WITH ARRAY OF MICRO-OPTICAL ELEMENT GROUPINGS - A light guide includes a first major surface, an opposed second major surface, and a light input edge extending therebetween. Micro-optical elements at at least one of the first major surface and the second major surface are arranged in an array of micro-optical element groupings. Each grouping includes a first micro-optical element and a second micro-optical element adjacent the first micro-optical element and arranged along a light propagation path extending from the light input edge. In some embodiments, the second micro-optical element is configured to redirect at least a portion of light propagating along the light propagation path and incident thereon toward the first micro-optical element such that the redirected light is incident the first micro-optical element and extracted from the light guide. In other embodiments, the second micro-optical element is configured to redirect at least a portion of the propagating light incident thereon away from the first micro-optical element. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033713 | Backlight Assembly with Brightness Enhancing Arrangement - A backlight assembly is provided with an upper reflective layer including a plurality of first openings; a lower reflective layer secured to the upper reflective layer; a light guide plate disposed between the upper and lower reflective layers; an opaque shading layer disposed on the upper reflective layer and including a circuit and a plurality of second openings; and a light source disposed under the lower reflective layer. The first openings are aligned with the second openings and communicate therewith. Light with enhanced brightness is transmitted to bottom of keycaps of an input device of a 3C product with energy consumed to a minimum during light transmitting. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033714 | BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a backlight module and a display device, relates to the field of display technology, and can solve the problem of inconvenience in sterilization of an existing touch screen. The backlight module of the present invention comprises a plurality of light sources, and the plurality of light sources comprise ultraviolet light sources for sterilization and display light sources for display. The present invention particularly applies to a touch screen display device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033715 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE PACKAGE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a light emitting device package including a light emitting device configured to generate a first light; a body configured to accommodate the light emitting device and comprising a cavity in the body; an optical member configured to divide the cavity into a plurality of cavities including a first cavity and a second cavity; and first phosphor and second phosphor different from the first phosphor accommodated in the first and the second cavities, respectively. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033716 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION DEVICE - A lighting unit | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033717 | PANEL LIGHT ASSEMBLY - A panel light wall assembly comprising a support frame structure including at least first and second substantially straight and parallel support frame members spaced apart on opposite sides of a light panel receiving space, a light panel assembly including a rectilinear assembly frame including first, second, third and fourth substantially straight elongated assembly frame members, a light source mounted to the first assembly frame member, a planar light guide member forming an edge and mounted to the assembly frame with the edge adjacent the light source and a fastener interacting with at least one of the first and second support frame members to secure the light panel assembly with at least a portion of the light panel assembly received within the panel receiving space and a second portion extending outside and to one side of the panel receiving space with the light guide member and light source located within the panel receiving space. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033718 | Movable Barrier Operator Light Distribution - A movable barrier operator mounts to a ceiling or a wall of a garage. The movable barrier operator includes an operator housing with a motor configured to open and close a movable barrier. The movable barrier operator also includes an LED light source mounted to the housing, a light cover, and a light distributing element. The light cover has several side surfaces that surround or covers the light source. The light distributing element mounts relative to the light source and is configured to scatter light projected by the LED light source so that some of the scattered light is directed toward one or more of the side surfaces of the light cover. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033719 | FEW-MODE OPTICAL FIBERS - Herein presents a few-mode optical fiber, wherein the core comprising a main core ( | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033720 | POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING (PM) DOUBLE-CLAD (DC) OPTICAL FIBER - A double-clad (DC) polarization-maintaining (PM) optical fiber comprises a core, an inner cladding, an outer cladding, and stress rods. The core has a core refractive index (n | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033721 | OPTICAL FIBER MICROWIRE DEVICES AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF - Herein presents an optical fiber microwire device, wherein the device comprising a silica tube, an optical fiber (2) inserted into the silica tube (1) and pigtailed at two sides, wherein the two ends of the silica tube (1) are fused with the optical fiber (2) to form a solid structure, or the two ends of the silica tube (2) are filled with silica rods (3), silica capillaries (4) or segments of optical fibers and fused to form a solid structure. The silica tube (1) together with the optical fiber (2) inside is then tapered to form a micro structure region. Therefore, the micro structure region is consisted of the tapered optical fiber as the microstructure core, tapered silica tube, and the air in between. This invention combine the manufacture of optical fiber microwire and the sealing process, avoiding the disadvantages of the conventional tapered optical fiber microwire, such as fragile mechanical structure, and sensitive to the outer environment variations. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033722 | Bracket for Securing Multiple Fiber Optic Cables to a Termination Box - A bracket for mounting multiple fiber optic cables to a termination box includes a first substantially planar portion having one or more fastener perforations, a second substantially planar portion forming a first corner with the first substantially planar portion, and a third substantially planar portion forming a second corner with the second substantially planar portion, a protrusion of the first and second planar portions at the first corner, and a notch in the second planar portion between the first and second corners. The bracket includes a first tether attachment point having first and second recessed edges of the first and second planar portions and a second tether attachment point having a third recessed edge in the notch and a fourth recessed edge of the third planar portion. The first and second tether attachment points are configured to receive first and second tethers wrapped around the first and second corners, respectively. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033723 | STACKABLE OPTICAL FIBER ADAPTER - The present disclosure provides a tightly mountable optical fiber adapter which has a plurality of mating parts formed at front and rear sides of a base of a shell member thereof, and the base is combined with a base plate and two opposite side panels , each side panel is extended to form a first elastic part, and ends of second elastic parts are respectively outwardly bent and extended to form stop parts whose inner sides are bent towards the first elastic part and extended to form third elastic parts. While shell member is transversely mounted into an installing hole, first elastic parts are abutted and deformed to cross installing hole to clasp back side, second elastic parts are located in installing hole, so that shell member cooperating with mounting spring clip can be tightly fastened in installing hole, whereby the entire structure can be more securer. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033724 | MULTIPLE PURPOSE OPTICAL CONNECTING ELEMENT - The disclosure generally relates to sets of optical waveguides such as optical fiber ribbons, and fiber optic connectors useful for connecting multiple optical fibers such as in optical fiber ribbon cables. In particular, the disclosure provides an efficient, compact, and reliable optical fiber connector that incorporates a unitary substrate combining the features of optical fiber alignment and redirection of the optical beam to a connected optical fiber. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033725 | OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY CONNECTOR WITH RIBBON FIBER HOLDER - An optical fiber array connector includes a ribbon fiber and a ribbon fiber holder. The ribbon fiber includes optical fibers having fixed pitch. The ribbon fiber holder includes a connection plate and a support member connected to the connection plate. The connection plate defines a ribbon shaped through hole. The support member includes a top surface and two rails. The two rails are supported by the top surface and parallel to each other. The two rails and the top surface cooperatively define a ribbon shaped receiving channel. The ribbon shaped receiving channel communicates with the ribbon shaped through hole. The ribbon fiber is received in the ribbon shaped receiving channel. The optical fibers are received in the ribbon shaped through hole. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033726 | LOW LOSS FIBER OPTIC HARNESS - The present arrangement provides for a fiber optic arrangement having at least one light transmitting device, at least one light receiving device, and at least one light path between the light transmitting device and the light receiving device. The light path has first and second segments, each having first and second fiber optic element respectively, with the first segment being located proximate to the light transmitting device and where the second segment is located proximate to the light receiving device. A first fiber optic element of the first segment of the light path has a first dimension, and a second fiber optic element of the second segment of the light path has a second dimension larger than the dimension of the first fiber optic element of the first segment. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033727 | PHOTOELECTRIC HYBRID BOARD, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC HYBRID BOARD - A photoelectric hybrid board includes: a first board on which a circuit is formed; an optical waveguide layer stacked with the first board; a first optical waveguide section formed in a direction of stacking in the first board and the optical waveguide layer; and a concave part formed, from the optical waveguide layer side, in the optical waveguide layer in an intersection part of the optical waveguide layer and the first optical waveguide section. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033728 | HYBRID POLARIZATION-MULTIPLEXED COHERENT PIC TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS - Consistent with the present disclosure, active devices, such as lasers, optical amplifiers, and photodiodes, are integrated on a first substrate, and other optical devices, such as passive devices including polarization rotators and polarization beam combiners, are provided on a second substrate. An array of lenses is provided between the two substrates to provide a low loss optical connection from the first substrate to the second substrate. In addition, the orientation or position of the lenses can be readily controlled with Microelectromechnical System (MEMS) actuators so that the light can be directed precisely to a desired optical element, such as a waveguide. Consistent with a further aspect of the present disclosure, the lenses may be controlled to be misaligned by varying degrees in order to control the amount of light that is supplied from one substrate to another. Accordingly, the lenses may act as variable optical attenuators to provide uniform optical power levels, for example, or any desired power distribution. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033729 | OPTICAL ENGINE - An optical engine includes a fiber joint, a fiber pad, and a photoelectric module. The fiber joint, has a fiber installation part and an optical signal output part. The fiber installation part is for accommodating a plurality of fibers, the optical signal output part includes a plurality of fiber positioning through holes running through the optical signal part. Each fiber plugs into one terminal of each positioning through hole and outputs an optical signal via the other terminal of the positioning through hole. The fiber pad is disposed on the fiber installation part and has a plurality of fiber guiding grooves for guiding the fibers to the corresponding fiber positioning through holes. The photoelectric module has a plurality of photoelectric components. Each photoelectric component is aligned with one of the positioning through holes for converting the optical signals coming from the fiber positioning through holes into electric signals. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033730 | AGGREGATION ENCLOSURE FOR ELEVATED, OUTDOOR LOCATIONS - Certain types of aggregation enclosures include cable input ports and downwardly angled cable output ports. A cover is pivotally coupled to the body so that the cover moves between an open position and a closed position. A modular component panel may be disposed within the enclosure. The component panel includes one or more distribution components (e.g., fiber distribution components or power distribution components) configured to connect at least a portion of an incoming cable to at least a portion of an outgoing cable. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033731 | SPLITTER MODULE HOLDER AND COUPLER FOR ADDING ADDITIONAL SPLITTER MODULES TO OPTICAL FIBER DISTRIBUTION HUB - A splitter module holding system and fiber distribution hub cabinet and related method are provided. The splitter module holding system is configured to add additional splitter modules to a fiber distribution hub cabinet that includes preinstalled optical fiber splitter modules. The splitter module holding system is configured to receive at least four splitter modules and to support the at least four splitter modules from a surface within a fiber distribution hub cabinet that is distinct and separate from the position and location of the preinstalled optical fiber splitter modules. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033732 | FIBER OPTIC CABLE MODULE HOLDER - A holder for a plurality of fiber optic cable modules. The holder may includes a tray, wherein the tray is movably positionable in a chassis; and a plurality of mounts coupled to the tray, each mount configured to releasably retain a module of a plurality of various types of modules relative to the tray. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033733 | COMPACT STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION MODULE FOR OPTICAL FIBER AND CABLE - A storage and distribution module for optical fiber and cable includes a base having a bottom wall, and the bottom wall has a raised boss. A number of spool mounting fingers are arranged and configured on top of the boss to retain a fiber supply spool containing slack windings of an optical fiber. The bottom wall of the base, the boss, and an end face of the spool when retained on the mounting fingers, define a storage region underneath the spool for storing a slack length of a provider cable. A bracket is fixed inside the base, and the bracket is formed to support a connector adapter for connecting a first connector that terminates the slack fiber windings contained on the supply spool when retained on the mounting fingers, with a second connector that terminates the slack length of provider cable stored in the region under the spool. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033734 | CABLE MANAGEMENT IN RACK SYSTEMS - A rack system includes one or more racks each configured to receive at least one distribution module. Each rack includes management sections located at the front of the rack; troughs located at the rear of the rack; horizontal channels extending between the management sections and the trough; a storage area located at a first of opposing sides of the rack; a front vertical channel that connects to the storage area and at least some of the management sections; and a travel channel at the rear of the first rack that connects the storage area to the troughs. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033735 | Device For Fixing Wires - A device is provided and includes a first catch plate and a retention ring. The first catch plate includes a plurality of first catch plate gripping slots spaced apart from each other and disposed about a circumference thereof. Each of the plurality of first catch plate griping slots include a wire receiving opening extending through a thickness of the first catch plate. The retention ring is removably secured to a periphery of the first catch plate. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033736 | Voice Coil Motor - A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033737 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS - A lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a cover, a carrier, a first magnet, a coil, a spring, two second magnets and a hall sensor. The holder includes an opening hole. The cover is made of metal material and coupled to the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the cover, and for coupling to a lens. The first magnet is connected to an inner side of the cover. The coil is wound around an outer side of the carrier, and adjacent to the first magnet. The spring is coupled to the carrier. The second magnets are disposed on one end of the carrier which is toward the holder. The hall sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of any one of the second magnets, wherein the magnetic field is varied according to a relative displacement between the hall sensor and the second magnet which is detected. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033738 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program for Capturing Images - An apparatus, method and computer program wherein the apparatus includes an image sensor, an optical arrangement including at least one adjustable focusing element; wherein the adjustable focusing element is configured to alternate between a first focus distance and a second focus distance as an image is captured by the image sensor. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033739 | MINIATURE CAMERA ZOOM ACTUATOR - Some embodiments include a fixed chassis structure and a moveable carriage body carrying one or more lenses. The carriage body is movably mounted to the chassis structure so as to limit a plurality of degrees of freedom of movement of the moveable carriage body but to allow movement along an optical axis through the one or more lenses. An inertial actuator is mounted to the moveable carriage body such that the axis of motion of the actuator is parallel to at least one allowed degree of freedom. The moveable carriage body is held in place with respect to the at least one allowed degree of freedom by one or more friction forces received at one or more mechanical contacts with the chassis structure. The inertial actuator is actionable to overcome the friction forces, and an inertial mass is mounted to the inertial actuator on a side opposite the carriage body. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033740 | OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM - An optical lens assembly includes a first lens element having a planar object-side surface and a first fitting structure disposed on a peripheral portion of an image-side surface. A second lens element has a second fitting structure disposed on a peripheral portion of an object-side surface. The first and second lens elements are engaged with each other using the first and second fitting structures. The first lens element is made of a sapphire glass or other material having a refractive index greater than 1.6. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033741 | OPTICAL IMAGE PICK-UP LENS - An optical image pick-up lens includes an aperture, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens in order along an optical axis from an object side toward an image side. The first lens is a positive plastic biconvex lens, the second lens is a negative plastic meniscus lens, the third lens is a positive plastic meniscus lens, the fourth lens is a positive glass meniscus lens, and the fifth lens is a plastic lens. All the surfaces of the first to the fifth lenses are aspheric surfaces. A refractive index of the fourth lens is greater than 1.7. The fifth lens gradually changes from negative to positive from a center, where the optical axis passes through, to an edge. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033742 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from object side to image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements have refractive power. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element are both aspheric, and the image-side surface has at least one inflection point. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element are both aspheric, and the image-side surface has at least one inflection point. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033743 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. Each second, third, fourth and fifth lens element has refractive power. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and both of the surfaces of the sixth lens element are aspheric. The seventh lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033744 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An imaging optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power in a paraxial region thereof. Both of the third and fourth lens elements have refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The imaging optical system has a total of six lens elements with refractive power. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033745 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical imaging lens includes: a first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lens element. The first lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, the second lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the third lens element has positive refractive power, the fourth lens element has an object-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery, the fifth lens element has an object-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the sixth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, and the sixth lens element being made of plastic. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033746 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - An optical imaging lens includes: a first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lens element, the first lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of its periphery, the second lens element has an object-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery, the third lens element has an object-side surface with a convex part in a vicinity of its periphery, the fourth lens element has positive refractive power, the fifth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, the sixth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave part in a vicinity of the optical axis, wherein the optical imaging lens set does not include any lens element with refractive power other than said first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lens elements. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033747 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An optical image capturing system, from an object side to an image side, comprises a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has a positive refractive power and may have a convex object-side surface. The second through fifth lens elements has a refractive power and the object-side and image-side surfaces of these lens elements are aspheric. The sixth lens element has a negative refractive power and may have a concave image-side surface. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element are aspheric, and at least one of the two surfaces has inflection points. When specific conditions are satisfied, the optical image capturing system may has a large aperture value and a better optical path adjusting ability to acquire better imaging quality. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033748 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, a third lens unit having positive refractive power, and a rear lens group including a lens unit having negative refractive power arranged along an optical axis thereof. A focal length fw of the zoom lens at a wide-angle end, a focal length ft of the zoom lens at a telephoto end, an amount of movement M | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033749 | Zoom Lens and Image Pickup Apparatus Using the Same - A zoom lens comprising in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rearmost lens unit having a negative refractive power, and the rearmost lens unit is positioned nearest to an image in the plurality of lens units, and at the time of zooming, distances between the lens units in the plurality of lens units change. Moreover, an image pickup apparatus includes the zoom lens, and an image pickup element having an image pickup surface. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033750 | System and Method for Expansion of Field of View in a Vision System - This invention provides a field of view expander (FOVE) removably attached to a vision system camera having an image sensor defining an image plane. In an embodiment the FOVE includes first and second mirrors that transmit light from a scene in respective first and second partial fields of view along first and second optical axes. Third and fourth mirrors respectively receive reflected light from the first and second mirrors. The third and fourth mirrors reflect the received light onto the image plane in a first strip and a second strip adjacent to the first strip. The first and second optical axes are approximately parallel and a first focused optical path length between the scene and the image plane and a second focused optical path between the image plane and the scene are approximately equal in length. The optical path can be rotated at a right angle in embodiments. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033751 | OBSERVATION METHOD USING MICROSCOPIC IMAGING DEVICE - A certain embodiment provides an observation method using a microscopic imaging device which has a solid-state imaging device having a plurality of pixels arranged at predetermined intervals, each of the pixels including a microlens configured to collect light, and a light receiving unit configured to receive the light collected by the microlens. The observation method includes mounting an object to be observed on the microlenses or above the microlenses by disposing a specimen containing the object to be observed on the microscopic imaging device, and imaging the object to be observed, mounted on the microlenses or above the microlenses by a solid-state imaging device. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033752 | MICROSCOPY IMAGING DEVICE WITH ADVANCED IMAGING PROPERTIES - Systems, methods and devices are implemented for microscope imaging solutions. One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed toward an epifluorescence microscope. The microscope includes an image capture circuit including an array of optical sensor. An optical arrangement is configured to direct excitation light of less than about 1 mW to a target object in a field of view of that is at least 0.5 mm | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033753 | IMAGE ACQUIRING APPARATUS - An image acquiring apparatus configured to acquire an image of an object, including: an imaging optical system; an image taking element; a changing mechanism configured to change a posture of the object or the image taking element; a control unit configured to calculate a control target value; and a correcting mechanism configured to correct the posture such that a reached posture approaches the target posture, wherein the control unit compares reached image data obtained as a result that the image taking element actually takes an image of a correction chart whereof drawing information is known in a state that the posture is the reached posture, and target image data which is expected to be obtained when the image taking element takes an image of the correction chart in a state that the posture is the target posture to calculate a correction value of the posture. | 2016-02-04 |
| 20160033754 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A display device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The device is an active matrix interference modulator (IMOD) display device which includes a thin film transistor and an interference modulator (IMOD). The interference modulator (IMOD) is integrated on the thin film transistor, a first metal layer is simultaneously used as a light-shielding pattern and a gate electrode, and a second metal layer is simultaneously used as a wiring and a source/drain metal layer. Therefore, the fabricating time and cost are saved. In addition, the aperture ratio of the display device is improved because the pixel thin film transistor is not below an optical gap. | 2016-02-04 |
